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  1. Re:Freakin' Riders. on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 1

    They will become hipster-trendy in the future, sort of like an art deco ice cream cone.

    No, hipsters have already come out in favor of incandescents. I watched interviews with several artistic, facial hair clad, old timey spec wearing hipsters who claim the color output of anything else clouds their aura and degrades their vinyl album collection.

  2. Re:Freakin' Riders. on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, Bush signed it into law and now Obama is repealing it. Does that affect your opinion?

    Probably not. Obamaphone is the moniker applied to the assistance program started by Reagan and expanded by Bush. The origin of a program does not seem to matter.

  3. Comedy Gold on Lawsuit: Oracle Called $50K 'Good Money For an Indian' · · Score: 5, Funny

    An Oracle executive, sales manager and human resources manager walk into a court room...

  4. Longer cycles and tick/tock please on Fedora 21 Linux Will Be Nameless · · Score: 4, Informative

    I gave up on Fedora after 14. It is too much of a bleeding edge perpetual beta and moving target. Please make it a one year new feature release with a 6 month stabilization release. I realize RHEL is the production distribution, and the derivative CentOS 6.x is my favorite distribution by far. A testing distribution like Fedora won't get as wide of testing if it is as unstable as it was when I gave up.

  5. Re:Reduced Friction? on Using Nanotechnology To Build Thinner, Stronger Condoms · · Score: 1

    ...he can sense the temperature and "grip" of his partner

    Stewie: So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?

  6. Re:Custom condoms exist on Using Nanotechnology To Build Thinner, Stronger Condoms · · Score: 1

    Their largest size makes Magnum look like a condom for mice.

    Ah yes, the "Splatterhorn" with liter capacity reservoir.

  7. Re:9.1 on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't want to imagine how bad 9 will be.

    MS introduces the new Psychic (TM) UI, with even more invisible UI elements than Win8! Where are you supposed to click or move the mouse? Wouldn't you like to know!

    Visual feedback in a UI is for the weak. Live strong, MS strong!

  8. Re:And children of public school cheerleaders on How Good Are Charter Schools For the Public School System? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...sacrifice the lives of their children, send them for a poor education merely to prove a social "point"?

    The point is people who have a stake in the public school system are motivated to maintain a quality public school system. People who don't often have other motives.

  9. Re:do be a do bee on Experiment Shows Caffeine Boosts Long Term Memory · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, caffeinated bees boost long term cardio health for humans running in fear.

  10. Re:How do I check if my card number is compromised on Neiman Marcus and Other Retailers Breached, Credit Card Details Stolen · · Score: 4, Funny

    How do I check if my card number is compromised?

    Add the digits of the CC number, multiply by the CSC then divide by the expiration month. Write that number on a piece of paper and fold it in half. Then check your CC statement to see if you shopped at Target or Neimen Marcus. If so, burn the paper. If the Eye of Sauron appears in the flames, you are OK. If not, you are compromised.

  11. Re:Time to overhaul the Credit Card system in the on Neiman Marcus and Other Retailers Breached, Credit Card Details Stolen · · Score: 1

    ...140 million Americans are affected by the Target breach.

    Half of all Americans shop at Target? That may be right, but it seems wrong.

  12. Re:Current PCs are good enough. on PC Shipments In 2013 See the Worst Yearly Decline In History · · Score: 1

    ...multiple, perfectly-working Windows-based PC machines (both desktop and laptop) that are well over a decade old.

    The statement that Macs last "way longer" is ridiculous. In my experience, both platforms have the same productive life of about five years, assuming a top tier Windows box vendor. After that, the CPU socket, RAM type and I/O ports have progressed enough to make upgrading older machines not worth the effort unless you are poor or bored with lots of spare time.

    I've got a tablet for low resource computing, and will spring for a powerful new machine every 4-5 years for other needs. I have no need for a clutter of older, slower and less power efficient boxes without a clear purpose.

  13. Re:People must be free on Cartels Are Using Firetruck-Sized Drillers To Make Drug Pipelines · · Score: 1

    By legalizing the really nasty stuff with a large market (I.E. stuff up the scale from pot[2]) you've already established the principle that damage is acceptable.

    Criminalizing everything that has any potential for harm is not workable. The key is relative harm. The mass incarceration (US is highest in world) and organized crime that results from prohibition is much more destructive than the harm from someone getting high.

  14. Dr. Evil on CES 2014: There's a 'Pre-Show' Before the Consumer Electronics Show (Video) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sharknado with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads? No, but the swag bag is full.

  15. Re:All I can say to that is... on BlackBerry Sues iPhone Keyboard Maker Typo · · Score: 2

    That's some world class meta-hipsterism. I wag my finger at you.

  16. Enthusiasm, Free Time and Resources on "Clinical Trials" For Programming Languages? · · Score: 1

    Enjoy it while you can. Soon enough, job and family concerns will consume most of your attention.

    Dr. Lizardo said it best: "Laugh'a while you can, monkey boy!"

  17. Re:Makes Sense on First US Public Library With No Paper Books Opens In Texas · · Score: 1

    Facebook dude is there for who knows how long. No comparison.

    Yeah, well. That's just, like your opinion, man.

  18. Re:Hackers are the new Rock Stars on Hacker Barnaby Jack Died of Drug Overdose · · Score: 2

    Always know your dose.

    Other words of wisdom from Ron White: "Never let a mormon set your buzz level."

  19. Re:Vending machines? on Coca-Cola Reserves a Massive Range of MAC Addresses · · Score: 1

    Chekov would call it a nuclear wending machine.

  20. Re:What's bzr? on Emacs Needs To Move To GitHub, Says ESR · · Score: 5, Funny

    How bizarre.

    The cathedral and the bizarre?

  21. Re:People Actually Pirated The Hobbit??? on The Hobbit and Game of Thrones Top Most Pirated Lists of 2013 · · Score: 2

    The old saying was wrong. Old hobbits are not hard to break. Smeagol is as Smeagol does.

  22. Re:Betteridge's law of headlines on Chromebooks Have a Lucrative Year; Should WinTel Be Worried? · · Score: 1

    Excel.

  23. Re:Art? on The Strange Story Of the Sculpture On the Moon · · Score: 1

    It could have been worse. The statue could have had pointy Spock ears and the plaque contain the lyrics to Surfin' Bird.

  24. Re:Wait, 3-year ban? on Iowa State AIDS Researcher Admits To Falsifying Findings · · Score: 2

    It's a defacto lifetime ban.

    Absolutely. No matter how he spins this, everyone will know Han shot first.

  25. Re:Mostly because companies are bastards. on Percentage of Self-Employed IT Workers Increasing · · Score: 1

    ...you only have to pay employment taxes (SS and medicare) on that portion of income, the rest falls through at EOY, and you don't have to play employment taxes on that

    This can be done for partnerships as well. The IRS does scrutinize the amount subject to payroll taxes, but you have to be stupid greedy to get zapped.

    Do get a CPA for this however.

    Best advice ever. One of my partners IS an accountant and we still have an outside CPA firm handle the taxes.