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  1. Re:Another on Posting Photos of Olympics Could Land You In Court · · Score: 1

    In the near future, I believe that's called an election.

  2. ESL Program? on Asian Call Center Workers Trained With US Tax Dollars · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I wonder if USAID would be willing to sponsor a similar program up here in Canada?

    We have lots of friendly college folk who need ESL training and an economic leg up -- so what better way than to operate your call centers up here?

    It's as near shore as you can get and these ESL trained immigrants would do the natural, Canuck thing, and spend their USAIDed wages across the border at Costco and Wal-Mart.

  3. Re:Self-evaluation. on Congress' Gulf Oil Spill Response Given a 'D' By Commissioners · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I seem to remember an awful lot of Clinton blow-job jokes during the Bush years. Sauce for the goose and all.

    Cue uncomfortable silence.

  4. Re:CMOS imaging? on Dental X-Rays Linked To Common Brain Tumor · · Score: 1

    What was considered "routine care" for the CT?

    I can't think of anything in bread and butter dentistry that a CT would actually help with to any practical extent.

  5. Re:One thing to consider on Aviation Security Debate: Bruce Schneier V. Kip Hawley (Former TSA Boss) · · Score: 1

    You fool!

    Now he's going to become a shock jock!

  6. Re:Too Late... well, maybe. on Aviation Security Debate: Bruce Schneier V. Kip Hawley (Former TSA Boss) · · Score: 4, Informative

    China, which has a far superior train system, has airport like security at its stations.

    For some reason, though, I've found the Chinese security even at airports to be much more reasonable and even helpful compared to the NA variety, e.g.

    guard: What's in your pocket?
    Me: My hat.
    guard (double take): But what's THAT?
    Me: A banana.
    guard: (laughs and waves me through)

    Mind you, it's funnier in Mandarin.

  7. Re:The lab called on Aviation Security Debate: Bruce Schneier V. Kip Hawley (Former TSA Boss) · · Score: 2

    I belive that's the first sign that terrorists are winning.

  8. The solution is #NO CARRIER# on Car Hacking Concerns On the Rise · · Score: 5, Funny

    My mom reads CNN and is a Luddite. I expect to hear from her today. She'll probably tell me my new car with bluetooth is unsafe.

    Assure her it's nonsense and that you even wear a Bluetooth headset.

    Then scream, play a recording of Soundwave, and hang up.

  9. Re:Bizzare initials on How SOPA & PIPA Could Hurt Scientific Debate · · Score: 2

    In Canada they mean "Standard Operating Procedure" and "Picture In Picture", eh?

  10. Re:Dear Harper on Canada First Nation To Pull Out of Kyoto Accord · · Score: 1

    You didn't answer the question: what are 20 F-35s (about 1/3 of the proposed planes are flying and operation at any one time) going to do against the Northern Fleet and the planes from the northern bases?

  11. Re:Dear Harper on Canada First Nation To Pull Out of Kyoto Accord · · Score: 1

    The F-35 is a strike fighter with limited speed, range and durability given its single engine -- especially operating in the Arctic.

    Russia who still attempt to do invasion flights into our national airspace.

    Ignoring the laughable paranoia involved in the above quote, what do you suppose, at most, 20 operational F-35s are going to do against the Northern Fleet and the air support of the northern bases?

  12. Re:Dear Harper on Canada First Nation To Pull Out of Kyoto Accord · · Score: 1

    Ah, another Anonymous Coward Conservative -- courage of your convictions from the shadows!

  13. Re:Simple: on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Learn About Game Theory and AI? · · Score: 0

    Uh, sure .... you go next and take my turn too.

  14. Re:Maybe I'm just a speciest... on Can a Monkey Get a Copyright & Issue a Takedown? · · Score: 2

    It's kinda scary imagining what speciesist means to a jackal-headed man.

  15. Re:Vote of no-confidence? on The Microsoft High-Profile Exodus Continues · · Score: 4, Funny

    When the ship is headed toward an iceberg and the captain is being stubborn or unaware, the best course of action is often evacuation.

    Otherwise, it's just like throwing chairs on the Titanic?

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

  16. Re:Why? on Why Are Digital Hearing Aids So Expensive? · · Score: 1

    Speaking of which, I've ordered a pair for great granny from Costco -- 12 channel Rexton for a person with a great deal of loss in several frequencies @ less than CAN$1000 each, i.e., check out discount retailers as well.

  17. Re:Sigh on Mozilla's VP of Engineering On H.264 · · Score: 1

    Except that software/algorithms are excluded from patents in Canada.

  18. Re:The wrong ceo on Ballmer Hits 10th Anniversary As Microsoft CEO · · Score: 1

    Under his reins Microsoft scrambled for MBAs

    Link? I found the MS page for MBA recruitment but is there a story directly linking Ballmer with the drive for MBAs?

  19. Re:Why retain the data? on When a DNA Testing Firm Goes Bankrupt, Who Gets the Data? · · Score: 1

    It's not just legislation that affects data retention -- common law also determines policy as well.

    For example, in dentistry, legislation says 10 years for x-rays, study models, etc. But past legal wrangling in the dental community means we're holding onto stuff for at least 15 years.

  20. Re:Failure to age or failure to grow? on Doctors Baffled, Intrigued By Girl Who Doesn't Age · · Score: 1

    normal mammals live about a billion of their own heartbeats, humans live twice that

    That's because we've evolved to use unsigned 32-bit counters. Maybe the girl's evolved to 64 bits?

  21. Re:I sense a serious hand-slapping in Merck's futu on Merck Created Phony Peer-Review Medical Journal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, now where are all the funny funny modding moderators?

  22. Re:que 500 stupid M$ sux0rs posts on Microsoft Executive Tapped For Top DHS Cyber Post · · Score: 1

    Not really enough money in the pot for the CG to keep a modern fleet and perform all of it's various rolls.

    If they'd stop scuttling their vessels they wouldn't have to keep replacing them!

  23. Re:TLA's (Three Letter Abbreviations) on Microsoft Phasing Out ESP Simulation Platform? · · Score: 1

    Extraneous Software Personnel.

  24. Re:Fast nervous system on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1

    So like Powerpoint -- no wonder they didn't like it!

  25. Re:revenge on the nerds on Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook · · Score: 1

    ohhhhhh ...
    who lives in a pineapple under the sea
    *spongebob squarepants*
    yellow and porous and self-confident is he!
    *spongebob squarepants*
    if high self-estimat'n is something you wish
    *spongebob squarepants*
    then grab yer ankles and blub like a fish!

    It's late ...