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  1. Re:Of course on TSA Puts Off Safety Study of X-ray Body Scanners · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This NEW scanner works by vaporizing the air travel candidate with high temperature plasma and shooting the remains through a mass spectrometer. It follows the same basic principle as dunking suspected witches in the river: survivors are obviously witches.

  2. Re:I'm disappointed on Apple Names New Chairman · · Score: 1

    Steve Jobs' vision of hell might have been eternity in the Country Bear Jamboree, but his image wearing denim overalls and playing the iJug would make me laugh.

  3. Re:list? on CarrierIQ: Most Phones Ship With "Rootkit" · · Score: 1

    It can't be AT&T, because they are cups filled to overflowing with the very cream of human goodness.

  4. Re:Disruptive on Qualcomm's Butterfly Wing Display Gets Nearer · · Score: 1

    Ah, another victim of mod abuse by people who don't understand the purpose of forums. I feel your pain.

  5. Re:Disruptive on Qualcomm's Butterfly Wing Display Gets Nearer · · Score: 1

    Seriously? Modded down twice for a reasonable, on topic post? The mods tonight are afraid of discussion, or maybe Qualcomm employees.

  6. Disruptive on Qualcomm's Butterfly Wing Display Gets Nearer · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Apple is working on a high resolution (2048x1536) tablet display. I would guess they are aware of this technology. The article indicates yields are a problem so a 2048x1536 display is probably a ways away. Which will be more disruptive to the market, the leap in resolution or battery life?

  7. More Data on Did Fracking Cause Recent Oklahoma Earthquakes? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I lived in Lawton, Oklahoma for a few months. I can't think of a better place to experiment with fracking and earthquakes. Let's go do some science!

  8. Embrace the Future on In-Vitro Muscle Cells, It's What's For Dinner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Synthetic meat is still too expensive. This process will be optimized to a fabricated protein paste fed through a tube to power your assigned functions until you wear out and are flushed. Witness the progress of humanity.

  9. Anecdotes on Commercial Space: Spirit of Apollo Or Spirit of Solyndra? · · Score: 2

    Anecdotes from a supplier of NASA and Space-X:

    NASA: They called for support, but could not follow suggestions because the person on the phone was a software person, not a hardware person. They were not authorized to use a screwdriver and reseat a PCI card.

    Space-X: Support calls from knowledgable people around the clock and on weekends. Apple employees had their "90 hours a week and loving it" t-shirts. From what I can tell, Space-X is living that sentiment.

  10. Re:Dont' quit, but don't agree either. on Zynga To Employees: Surrender Pre-IPO Shares Or You're Fired · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hyperbole and misdirection are important literary devices.

    ...and porn. Don't forget the porn.

  11. Re:Speaking from personal experience... on With Troop Drawdown, IT Looks To Hire More Vets · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm not saying that everyone who learns IT skills in the military is awesome, but the ones I've met have been.

    In the end you need to carefully examine all job candidates, even ex-military. My experience (I am a vet) is that there are a few saints, a few monsters, and a vast middle of decent but flawed people, just like the general populace.

  12. Re:IW completely ignoring the community on Modern Warfare 3 Released · · Score: 1

    I predict a further boatload of cash! Hookers and blow all round!"

    Modern Warfare 4: The Streets of LA, accepting preorders now.

  13. Re:The slashdot summary is wrong on Bill Gates Advocates Tax On Financial Transactions · · Score: 1

    As people advocate taking the living shit out of everything to fix all our problems...

    The article is about a modest tax on a specific activity to address a particular problem.

    I recall France beheading everyone...

    Which is why there are no more French people... oops, pointless hyperbole leads to absurd conclusions, yet again.

  14. Re:As Much As I Don't Like Obama... on The CIA's Social Mining Department · · Score: 1

    politics has changed into a game of trying to please the unwashed masses while painting the opposition as black as possible.

    That change occurred when humans got involved in politics thousands of years ago. "Thag promise no regulate clubs, not like corrupt evil Ogg."

  15. Re:The Death Star on EU Scientists Working On Laser To Rip a Hole In Spacetime · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...turning the Earth into the Death Star ...dark suits with funky helmets

    Aaaagh! I just had a Dick Cheney flashback!

  16. Re:Most Popular on Vim Turns 20 · · Score: 1

    Yanking. C-y "yank" (paste) the copied/killed region/line

  17. Most Popular on Vim Turns 20 · · Score: 1

    ...the most popular vi-compatible text editor.

    Justin Timberlake is the most popular member of 'N Sync. Ha, I'm just C-y your chain.

  18. Re:Eye For An Eye on US Marshals Ordered To Seize Righthaven Property · · Score: 2

    ...but what would we do with their women?

    Hedley Lamarr: You spare the women?
    Taggart: Naw, we rape the shit out of them at the Number Six Dance later on.
    Hedley Lamarr: Marvelous!

    Ahhh... 70s humor. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

  19. Re:USA against the World? on US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote · · Score: 1

    - Nothing was damaged but that mortar gave the Chinese quite a fright!

    Your comparison falls apart here. Palestinian attacks have caused plenty of damage and Israeli deaths, including civilians. You can't wave away those facts.

  20. Re:Darwin Award Waiting to happen. on Hobby Inspired Electric Multicopter Makes Manned Flight · · Score: 1

    This could be part of the solution to the US budget problems.

  21. Re:Joke's on them. on New Mac OS Trojan Produces BitCoins · · Score: 2

    ...that seems like a net loss for society.

    Yes. Too bad it's become unfashionable to care about that.

  22. Re:Opportunity for U.S. manufacturing to step up? on ASUS Running Out of Hard Disks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    US workers won't work in a HDD manufacturing mill without getting $15+/hr plus benefits...

    My god! $30K/year and health insurance? What a bunch of greedy bastards! Don't they know how those extravagant wages will affect the incomes of the top 1%?

  23. Re:Seen this article everywhere now. on Re-evaluating the Benefits of Cancer Screening · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dead people don't pay premiums.

    1. Healthy people pay premiums.
    2. Sick people pay premiums and collect benefits.
    3. Dead people pay no premiums and collect no benefits.

    The private insurance industry only wants #1. If you become #2, they will do everything in their power to help you progress to #3. There will always be a fresh supply of #1 (young/healthy) to replace "retired" customers.

    If this sounds cynical, it comes from personal experience with private health insurance and a talk with someone whose job with a private health insurer was to comb through records of people costing "too much" money and find any excuse to rescind a person's coverage. He was amazingly successful in helping customers reach #3.

  24. Re:No advanced warning? on Australia's Biggest Airline Grounds Its Entire Fleet · · Score: 1

    This is learned blindness. I post to an article spelling it correctly and still used Quantas. What next? Paul Hogan is not the king of Australia? The Australian national drink is not fermented vegemite?

  25. Re:Makes sense on Career Advice: Don't Call Yourself a Programmer · · Score: 1

    A posting about muscles and manholes in response to a statement about physical requirements... is this slashdot or craigslist personals?