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  1. Re:Why not just intern at Comcast for a while? on World's Rudest Robot Set To Simulate the Fury of Call Center Customers · · Score: 2

    It would be more fun to turn it loose on Comcast. Their call centers would go supernova.

  2. Start spreadin' the news... on The World's Most Wasteful Megacity · · Score: 0

    ...in a city that never sleeps.

  3. Linux will work fine on Ask Slashdot: Most Chromebook-Like Unofficial ChromeOS Experience? · · Score: 1

    Until a little over a year ago I used Debian on a Thinkpad X41 with 2GB RAM and a 1.6GHz Pentium M single core processor as my regular notebook. I has a 256GB MSATA drive on a IDE adapter which allows it to boot pretty quickly.

  4. Re:The 30 and 40-somethings wrote the code... on Recruiters Use 'Digital Native' As Code For 'No Old Folks' · · Score: 1

    To me an 80 column card is made of paper and has holes punched in it, ya' dang whippersnapper.

  5. Re:Probably best on Automakers To Gearheads: Stop Repairing Cars · · Score: 1

    Car builders that do this are more interested in getting power in the car than tuning. One might call them 'waxers'.

  6. I've got it!!! on Amid Controversy, Construction of Telescope In Hawaii Halted · · Score: 1

    Tell them with this instrument they will be able to look back in time at previous Spam (the luncheon meat) shortages and will be able to plan and prevent these shortages in the future.

  7. Why 3, 5 and 7? on Intel To Rebrand Atom Chips Along Lines of Core Processors · · Score: 1

    It just seems odd.

  8. Sad... on RadioShack Near Deal To Sell Half of Its Stores, Close the Rest · · Score: 2

    but they just don't have anything to offer anymore. Sears will be next.

  9. iconic muscle car like the Mustang on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    Baloney\. Only a very few Mustangs could be considered muscle cars. They, like Camaros, are pony cars where most had inline sixes and small displacement V8s.

  10. Re:Rotary phones? on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 1

    I have a Western Electric 500 sitting in front of me that I use so they do still work.

  11. Re:The whine of the flyback transformer on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 1

    I got older and my ability to hear that sound went away.

  12. Really? on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 1

    My daughter is 23 and she knows the sound of a typewriter. Probably from watching old TV shows and movies.

  13. EPICS on Ask Slashdot: Options For Cheap Home Automation? · · Score: 2

    The Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System. It's commonly used on particle accelerators and will interface to anything. And it's open source. Runs on Linux, Window, OSX operating systems and all hardware including Raspberry Pi, Beagleboard, etc. http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/i...

  14. "regarded as something that only nerds would wear" on Intel Processor Could Be In Next-Gen Google Glass · · Score: 1

    No, this is "regarded as something that only dorks would wear".

  15. Re:Have they checked systemd? on Bad Lockup Bug Plagues Linux · · Score: 2

    Systemd got my dog pregnant.

  16. Why bother with robots? on How the Pentagon's Robots Would Automate War · · Score: 1

    It's computers fighting each other. Don't bother with the mechanics. Let 'em duke it out over interconnects.

  17. In Korea... on Robotic Suit Gives Shipyard Workers Super Strength · · Score: 1

    lifting 30 kilos is considered superhuman.

  18. Re-read your first paragraph... on US Army To Transport American Ebola Victim To Atlanta Hospital From Liberia · · Score: 1

    The aircraft was specially outfitted for this type of scenario. You can't compare this to a scheduled flight on a commercial airliner.

  19. I wear an automatic wristwatch on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For You To Buy a Smartwatch? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't replace it with a smartwatch. I wouldn't even replace it with a quartz watch. I wear 3 silver Navajo bracelets on my opposite wrist so there's no place left for a smart wristwatch.

  20. If it were my brain... on First Movie of an Entire Brain's Neuronal Activity · · Score: 1

    it would be a one-reeler.

  21. Are they repairable? on Chinese-Built Cars Are Coming To the US Next Year · · Score: 1

    Or do you just throw them away when they break?

  22. 500W is the switched outlet capacity on Cable Boxes Are the 2nd Biggest Energy Users In Many Homes · · Score: 3, Informative

    She's reading the outlet capacity. No cable box draws 500W.

  23. U.S. Highway Patrol? on Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets · · Score: 1

    What the hell is that? There's no such thing.

  24. I'll be rich!!! on FBI: $10,000 Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At an Aircraft · · Score: 1

    1. Have some sucker point a laser at a plane. 2. Turn them in 3. Profit!!!

  25. If it's secret... on EU Secretly Plans To Put a Back Door In Every Car By 2020 · · Score: 1

    why do we know about it?