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  1. Occam's Razor on Company Claims 80% of Facebook Ad Clicks Are From Bots · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the bots are genuinely interested in Mom's Old Fashioned Robot Oil.

  2. Re:Actual title should be on Mac OS X Mountain Lion Gets Three Million Downloads In 4 Days · · Score: 2

    That's an awesome turn of phrase, I'm surprised Apple did not trademark it.

  3. Re:Actual title should be on Mac OS X Mountain Lion Gets Three Million Downloads In 4 Days · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...just poking MS with a stick to amuse yourself?

    It's the simple things that make you smile.

  4. Task Orientated on Controlling Monkey Brains and Behavior With Light · · Score: 5, Funny

    With the proper feedback mechanism the primate can be compelled to perform a variety of directed tasks. One such method is the mod point.

  5. Magical Summary on Flight 4590 Didn't Kill the Concorde; Costs Did · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...powering a stretch Hummer with dolphin blood

    Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

  6. Re:But ... on The World's First 3D-Printed Gun · · Score: 2

    That letter was written and signed by Tea Party Republicans in the House misrepresenting the ATT as a UN conspiracy to disarm Americans when it only calls for a national system of munition export controls to prevent them from being used in war crimes.

    You just provided an example of the kooky conspiracy theories I was talking about.

  7. Re:But ... on The World's First 3D-Printed Gun · · Score: 2

    Which constitutes only 1.37% of the population...

    Beware the tyranny of the minority.

    I'm reposting the AC comment above for visibility.

    I like the fact I was able to walk into my local gun store and walk out with my Glock 19 and XD45 a half hour later. I like the fact that I can buy cases (1000 rounds) of ammunition online. I still think some of what comes out of the NRA is pretty kooky and I see no "liberal" or UN conspiracy to take any of that from me.

  8. Re:Tomorrows News: Oracle sues ex-employees.... on Ex-Sun Employees Are Taking Java To iOS · · Score: 1

    Larry prefers the hand on approach of dressing up as a ninja and hunting them like animals.

  9. Re:First my beloved Viper fighter, now this on Feds Ban 'Buckyballs' Magnets · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had lawn darts. Flying Death From Above is what we called them, and that's the way we liked it!

  10. Re:First my beloved Viper fighter, now this on Feds Ban 'Buckyballs' Magnets · · Score: 5, Funny

    nail, rock, and used condom...

    Call me old fashioned, but I always preferred rock, paper, scissors.

  11. Re:I have this CRAZY idea on how to cut the defici on Senate Bill Raises Possibility of Withdrawl From ITER As Science Cuts Loom · · Score: 1

    Typo, 2011 was about $120 billion.

  12. Re:I have this CRAZY idea on how to cut the defici on Senate Bill Raises Possibility of Withdrawl From ITER As Science Cuts Loom · · Score: 5, Informative

    Unemployment benefits I believe are right now about $500B-$600B of the current federal budget.

    Combined state and federal unemployment benefits peaked in 2010 at $160 billion, 2010 was about $120 billion.

  13. Hip City? on San Francisco Poaching Tech Talent From Silicon Valley · · Score: 2

    My friend who lives there calls it "the city". The hipness is implied by the condescending tone of voice when you say "the city".

  14. Payday! on Gartner Analyst Retracts "Windows 8 Is Bad" Claim · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess the Microsoft check finally cleared.

  15. Red stapler, red stapler on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    Sometimes the best exit interview involves gasoline and a plane ticket to the Bahamas. All work and no play makes Milton a dull boy.

  16. Re:A lose-lose situation(unless you make 3D printe on US Regaining Manufacturing Might With Robots and 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    ...outsourcing out of the human race altogether.

    Human: Spare some change?
    Robot: Get a job meat bag!

  17. Re:~5 years late on Canadians To Get Unbundled Cable TV Channels · · Score: 1

    This is the real kicker. The transition to inexpensive and capable boxes like Roku is only starting, but now that I've had a taste for the convenience and interesting programming I can get on Roku but not from cable/sat, it is clear to me we are close to a rapid transition. Large content companies will see niche players making money on streaming and recognize they can make more without the cable/sat middle men.

    RIM type companies that ignore this shift will be swept away.

  18. Re:Nice dupe, ndogg on Lenovo CEO Gives His $3M Bonus To 10k Workers · · Score: 1

    Yes, but ndogg is a cooler user name, so by the rules of /. the glory is hereby assigned to ndogg. Eeeeeeehnnnndaaaawwwwwg.

  19. Re:One word: "Books" on Viacom and DirecTV Reach New Agreement · · Score: 2

    Free as in payed for with taxes. "Read a book" glosses over the reality that some people just prefer video entertainment, which is what the article is about.

  20. Related Article on Don't Super-Size My Smartphone! · · Score: 2

    Here is an EE Times article on the same subject. The article and commenters agree people using mass transit (mostly outside the US) want to minimize carried weight and prefer a single device with a large screen instead of two devices (pad and phone). If you are already carrying a day pack, the size is less of a problem than weight from two batteries.

  21. Who's that? on Apple Yanks Privacy App From the App Store · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's Clueful, he fights for the iUsers.

  22. Built to Last on Apple Expanding NC Green Data Center · · Score: 2

    When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a data center on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, lad, the greenest data center in all of North Carolina!

  23. Re:Would there have been so much angst if it said. on Microsoft Apologizes For Inserting Naughty Phrase Into Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    B16D1CK5 ??

    That would offend the Roman legate from The Life of Brian.

  24. Re:Non-fiction Art Games on The Decline of Fiction In Video Games · · Score: 1

    You are right, I fumbled what I was trying to say. Oh well.

  25. Non-fiction Art Games on The Decline of Fiction In Video Games · · Score: 4, Informative

    Three games that blew me away that are non-fiction and novel are Flower, Limbo and Journey. All three are more imagination, dream and a reflection of life.