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  1. In and Out on The Uber Economy Needs a New Category of Worker · · Score: 1

    That's what I want in a service my life depends on: here today and gone tomorrow like a fart in the wind.

  2. M-5 on An Organic Computer Using Four Wired-Together Rat Brains · · Score: 1

    Of course! If we imprint the circuits with the neural networks of a rat instead of an unstable madman, we will have fewer fatalities and more cheese. Science!

  3. Re:It's a strange thing on Judge Tosses Jury's $533M Patent Verdict Against Apple, Orders New Trial · · Score: 1

    Work for who? Ain't no rest for the wicked, baby.

  4. Re:Miserable? on Time Warner Cable Owes $229,500 To Woman It Would Not Stop Calling · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For Time Warner it is a purposeful, long standing choice and not a knee jerk reaction. You don't get something this pervasive and long lasting without an overall corporate culture that promotes it. There is a reason their frequent billing mistakes are always in their favor: they aren't mistakes at all.

  5. Han shoots first on Han Solo To Get His Own Star Wars Movie Prequel · · Score: 4, Funny

    [knock, knock, knock on bathroom door]
    Young Han: Mom! I'm busy! Go away!

  6. Re:Weight has always been a "quality" factor on Two-Pounder From Lenovo Might Be Too Light For Comfort · · Score: 1

    That's how I felt about the iPhone 5 vs 4. The 4 with glass was heavy enough it felt like a solid block. The 5, when tapped firmly on the back, had this vibration that I think is the camera element. Maybe the extra weight damped the vibrations? It made it feel cheaper. I tested a friend's 5 and it had the same vibration when tapped on the back. It affects nothing functionally, but it has a non-premium feeling.

  7. Re:Somebody never saw Phantasm on Learning Simple Robot Programming With a 'Non-Threatening' Robot Ball (Video) · · Score: 1

    Tea bagged by a toaster. Oh, the inhumanity.

  8. Re:It's the Google way on Google's Business Plan For Nest: Selling Your Data To Utility Companies · · Score: 0

    they still only have one business model: selling advertisements

    Yes. Is this supposed to make me sharpen my pitchfork?

  9. Re:first post :P on Ask Slashdot: Hungry Students, How Common? · · Score: 1

    2. Natty Light

    You mean sex in a canoe?

  10. Re:Apple Products never play nice with WIFI on Wi-Fi Problems Dog Apple-Samsung Trial · · Score: 1

    It's all part of the larger Apple strategy...

    It's not an official Apple strategy until Samsung copies it. Zing. Fan the flames of fanboy rage. Wifi so serious?

  11. Re:first world problems... on Comcast Takes 2014 Prize For Worst Company In America · · Score: 1

    ...starvation and ethnic cleansing.

    I did not see that on the telefied looky box, my Comcast cable went out.

  12. Re:I'm surprised nobody asked about a reboot of B5 on Interviews: J. Michael Straczynski Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    Needs more Ewoks and cowbell.

  13. Re:Traffic Calming on Your Car Will Tell You How To Hit the Next Green Light · · Score: 1

    Typo. It should be Corpus Christi. Too much politics on the brain.

  14. Traffic Calming on Your Car Will Tell You How To Hit the Next Green Light · · Score: 1

    Some places, like Corpus Christie Texas, actively timed lights to minimize the flow of traffic. Officials used the term "traffic calming". You can't get to green when the intent is to stop you with red. It's been a while, so maybe that horrific policy is no longer in place.

  15. Re:Wait... wha? on OKCupid Warns Off Mozilla Firefox Users Over Gay Rights · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I based every software purchasing decision on whether or not the company CEO was a prick...

    Larry Ellison just felt a disturbance in the force.

  16. Zero Fin on UN Court: Japanese Whaling "Not Scientific" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somebody set up us the harpoon.
    All your whale are belong to us.
    For great justice.

  17. Re:patented keyboard technology? on Typo Keyboard For iPhone Faces Sales Ban · · Score: 3, Informative

    Your link is for an Apple suit over a design patent. Rounded corners was only a part of that design patent. Anyone can use rounded corners and not violate the design patent. They can't copy the entirety of the design patent. Hence the conclusion that Apple suing over the stand alone concept of rounded corners is a myth.

  18. Re:patented keyboard technology? on Typo Keyboard For iPhone Faces Sales Ban · · Score: 2

    Some people still believe the Earth is 6000 years old in the age of open science. If you don't want to know, then you won't.

  19. Crowd Funding on China Arrests 1,500 People For Sending Spam Messages From Fake Mobile Bases · · Score: 0

    Let's all chip in for bullets so China can reward these spammers.

  20. Re:Idiot on More On the Disposable Tech Worker · · Score: 1

    ...any primate could do.

    An IT department of pygmy marmosets would be super cute. Then, if they get too much experience and start asking for raises, you can just step on them.

  21. Re:A myth indeed. on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 1

    Social security is 6.2%, and 1.45% for medicare, making it combined 7.65%

    That is the part that shows up on a paystub, then the employer pays the same again making the total 15.3%. Those who are self employed get to pay the full amount themselves. I always thought it was tricky to hide half of payroll taxes in that way. It's always better to have the real numbers in people's face.

  22. Why is libm.a empty? on GNU C Library Alternative Musl Libc Hits 1.0 Milestone · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the FAQ:

    On musl, the entire standard library is included in a single library file — libc.a for static linking, and libc.so for dynamic linking. This significantly improves the efficiency of dynamic linking, and avoids all sorts of symbol interposition bugs that arise when you split the libraries up — bugs which have plagued glibc for more than a decade.

    Bringing it all together? That's why they call it the love musl.

  23. Re:To be fair... on $30K Worth of Multimeters Must Be Destroyed Because They're Yellow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would have to agree with you on that. The summary refers to the Sparkfun multi-meter as "yellowins-orange" but in the picture it looks strikingly like the yellow that fluke uses. The grey face is pretty darn close to the grey Fluke uses too. I'd like to see a side by side comparison photo.

    The curves and proportions are slavishly copied as well. This was meant to confuse no doubt.

  24. Re:Did Fluke request this? on $30K Worth of Multimeters Must Be Destroyed Because They're Yellow · · Score: 4, Funny

    You are new to this "capitalism" thing, aren't you?

    Why yes, I am. Please, trustworthy sir, can you watch my stuff while I learn the basics?

  25. Re:Return the money AND the risk premium on Kickstarted Veronica Mars Promised Digital Download; Pirate Bay Delivers · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, according to movie industry math, Warner Bros ought to pay every backer $350?

    They will pay in the fabulous new wbcoin crypto currency. Just as soon as they get some kickstarter money to develop it. Contribute now!