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  1. So, farmville? on NASA Announces Space Apps Challenge · · Score: 0

    I can see it now, a Moon Farmville that can address issues in growing things on social networks outside of earth's atmosphere! I'll be rich!

  2. Re:Not yet well understood on Microsoft Taking Apple's Walled Garden Approach For Metro Apps · · Score: 1
  3. Wow, what a crisis! on Atlas Takes Heat For Melting Glacier Claim · · Score: 1

    I for one want absolute accuracy in my coffee-table books. That's why I routinely scan all my books for even the most minor error and write a letter to the Times. Coffee table or not, someone might look in it and make broad assumptions on how the world works incorrectly and then run for office!

  4. Wow, thanks. You'll be missed on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I've been reading this site for very long time (longer than 5 digits shows, I was slow in signing up) and it was you and Hemos and Cowboy Neil and all the rest that got me to stay thorough all the changes and editors and weird and Ponies.

    Watching the bunch of you slowly move away from this has been strange, and with you gone, I'll still love what you built but can't help but feel that it's no longer the homepage it's been for the past 12 or so years.

    You'll be missed and I look forward to your future as ruler of all things geek.

  5. why is this such a big deal on Researchers Report Spike In Boot Time Malware · · Score: 1

    Get a bootable windows 95 disk with fdisk on it and type fdisk /mbr. That will rewrite the boot record and make things less nasty

  6. The price in Canada has shot back up. on Android On HP TouchPad · · Score: 1

    One retailer sold out, but Future Shop and Best Buy in Canada has raised the price back up to $399. I guess they thought this demand was something they could profit on.

    Nobody's buying end of life tech for full price. I'm going to wait until it drops back to $99.

  7. It makes total sense on Google Pulls Plug On Programming For the Masses · · Score: 1

    They're shutting down google labs, it's a google labs product and, as the blog post reads, "Google will discontinue App Inventor as a Google product and will open source the code" so all that's likely to happen is the URL will change, new eyes will look at and update the code and things will continue as normal.

    Why is making it more accessible a bad thing?

  8. At least it's orange... on Orange Goo Invades Alaskan Village · · Score: 1

    All of the stories I've read say that the world ends from Grey Goo. So Alaska is safe!

  9. it's a rolling supply for the enemy! on Army Gives Robo Jeeps a Go · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I can see it now. Afghani soldiers wait until it drives by and then jump on, cut loose all the stuff and then jump off. Free everything!

    So, you would need a patrol with it so you're saving one guy. Nice work for how many billion dollars each?

  10. Everybody Panic! on Smart Power Grid Could Wreak Havoc On Itself · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's right! And if everyone in town flushes their toilet at the same time, all the pipes will burst and we'll all die!

  11. Re:duh, hollywood finds something else on What Happens After the Super-Hero Movie Bubble? · · Score: 1

    There are thousands of bible movies made for the fundamentalist christian set. They just don't get the big marketing budgets the regular ones do. Most of the B-list actors make good money appearing in them.

  12. Re:What about? on Could the KGB Infiltrate LulzSec? · · Score: 2

    Are you saying that someone could join a security or military organization, download key secret documents and give them to an organization, say, like Wikileaks? I don't believe you! America is too strong for that kind of thing!

  13. But can he compact garbage? on Wall-E Robot Made With LEGO Mindstorms · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sure, he looks wall-e-ish but does he have a 5 tonne compactor in his midriff?

  14. Re:Like on Chrome Extension Adds Facebook, Twitter To Google+ · · Score: 1

    plus one!

  15. Troll! on The Science Behind Fanboyism · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean really, this whole article is just an excuse for the trolls to come out and say how good their fanboyism is versus all the other fanboys.

    I've never seen such an obvious pitch for vi, Windows, and Ubuntu

  16. Yeah, right! on Windows 8 Will Run On All Current PC Hardware · · Score: 1

    I remember these announcements for XP and previous generations of Windows. It would run, all right. It would take 20 minutes to boot and the run like a diseased snail.

  17. Re:For those confused on Firefox 8 20% Faster Than Firefox 5 · · Score: 1

    I was worried. I'm just downloading FF6 Beta and suddenly I'm 2 version behind. This isn't rapid release, this is TARDIS programming.

  18. Why not Gnome on Ubuntu? on Preliminary Benchmarks: Unity vs. Gnome-Shell · · Score: 1

    The only gnome comparison is on Fedora. Why not compare with Gnome 2 on Natty? All it takes is a different selection on GDM. For that matter why not Gnome 3 from a PPA on Natty?

  19. Re:Tea? More Fluids in General? on Coffee Wards Off Cancer · · Score: 1

    As caffeine is a diuretic, coffee does not help with hydration.

  20. Re:Plants are your friend on Coffee Wards Off Cancer · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Quick! Someone tell the Daily Mail! on Coffee Wards Off Cancer · · Score: 1
  22. Neat idea but... on A $25 PC On a USB Stick · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'd love one of these if it had networking as well. It would be a great thing to have a portable computer that could fill in for a emergency terminal, not just a dedicated machine with no connectivity, I guess I could carry a hub and such too but then the usefulness of having it on my keychain is gone.

  23. Sony finally learned from thier error! on Sony To Offer Free Identity Theft Monitoring · · Score: 1

    They learned from their break-in. Now, Sony gets 10% of any revenue gained from the stealing of identities from their service. The finance team wouldn't let them lose this opportunity.

  24. Re:If he can do it, why can't ISPs? on Are Computer Crooks Renting Out Your PC? · · Score: 1

    Then they go beyond "Common Carrier" status and become responsible for the traffic on their network. That would include all the illegal software/media/etc. downloaded through that.

    They'd rather die that have to police your downloads, so they let you have your viruses.

  25. I know! on What Would You Do With Open.org? · · Score: 5, Funny

    A repository of knock spells? Sure to be a winner!