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  1. Put out salt blocks.... on US Gained a Decade of Flynn-Effect IQ Points After Adding Iodine To Salt · · Score: 1

    Put out salt blocks....at the next "Occupy" protest. They are cattle, they will probably like it.

  2. Yeah, some of us lost our first accounts you know.

  3. I sometimes feel infested... on First Successful Unmanned Drone Landing On an Aircraft Carrier · · Score: 1

    I sometimes feel infested...after a really big lunch. "For the *BRRRRPPP* swarm!"

  4. Don't forget to budget... on DHS Chief Janet Napolitano Resigns · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to budget for the extra half million or so rounds of ammunition needed by University Police, for training purposes of course.

  5. My Favorite Dilbert Cloud Strip on IT Analyst Dan Kusnetzky Talks about Cloud Computing and Cloud Hype (Video) · · Score: 1
  6. What can you say about tinker toys? on Electrical Engineering Labor Pool Shrinking · · Score: 1

    "What can you say about tinker toys?"

    I can say that they make much better "Transformers" than Lego blocks.

  7. Voting vs Drinking Age on Orson Scott Card Pleads 'Tolerance' For Ender's Game Movie · · Score: 1

    Ever seem odd that you are not considered responsible enough to drink at 18, but are allowed to vote.

  8. When it is time to decommission.... on Meet the Stampede Supercomputing Cluster's Administrator (Video) · · Score: 1

    When it is time to decommission....will they throw the cluster off a cliff?

  9. Re:Biggest Fear? on Things That Scare the Bejeezus Out of Programmers · · Score: 1

    You think velociraptors are scary? You should see what COBOL programmers look like these days!

  10. Find yourself a nice cave.. on Things That Scare the Bejeezus Out of Programmers · · Score: 1

    Find yourself a nice cave.. Cavemen were modern way before their time. They were fully wireless and I hear they liked to go clubbing.

  11. Re:getting raped at your work seat on Things That Scare the Bejeezus Out of Programmers · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ba Zynga?!

  12. Re:NOPE! on AOC's 21:9 Format, 29" IPS Display Put To the Test At 2560x1080 · · Score: 2

    "Hello World!" was smaller back then.

  13. Training their replacements? on Foxconn's Robot Workforce Now 20,000 Strong · · Score: 1

    Do they have to train the robots that will replace them?

  14. Hello World! on Dr. Dobb's Calls BS On Obsession With Simple Code · · Score: 1

    The is a good reason I need a separate class defined to output each character in the string "Hello World!"

  15. How many man/droid hours did it take on The Plight of Star Wars Droids · · Score: 1

    How many man/droid hours did it take to polish his big golden ahem... droid body?

    I bet he got a free/complementary lube job too.

  16. Humans are stupid. on Five predictions for (Bit)coin · · Score: 0

    Humans are stupid. You can tell this by what they "value".

  17. Copyright $$$ Strategy on Birthday Song's Copyright Leads To a Lawsuit For the Ages · · Score: 1

    1. Copyright your entire DNA pattern
    2. Impregnate many women, yes this is the ??????? for most Slashdot readers.
    3. Sue them for unlawful derivative works of copyrighted material.

    Not sure if that is unlawful dissemination or insemination.

  18. Bring it On! on Brain-Computer Interface Makes Learning As Simple As Waving · · Score: 1

    I am a total MENTAL athlete!!!

    I can "think" faster than I can move. I want my mind controlled exoskeleton now!

  19. What about old fashioned snail mail on What Can You Find Out From Metadata? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does the post office or other government branch keep records of from to on regular old snail mail? Would that be acceptable if they did? Isn't that just meta data?

  20. All Caps Post -- Drone Strike on US Mining Data Directly From 9 Silicon Valley Companies · · Score: 2

    Could we get automated drone strikes against the real terrorist who post in all caps?
    Think of the children who may never lean proper capitalization because of this rampant abuse.

  21. TSA robbed my wife on TSA Decides Against Allowing Small Knives On Aircraft · · Score: 1

    My wife went on a cruise and was flying home. She had bought a "spa pack" of lotions and such things and forgot to put it in her checked bag.
    TSA agent told her she had to surrender that spa pack or miss her flight, so she surrendered it. Then she was told she had missed her flight anyway and she asked for it back so she could ship it home. TSA agent refused to give it back. I met her at the airport with a replacement "spa pack" from a local store to make her feel better.

  22. Phone vs Email on When Smart Developers Generate Crappy Code · · Score: 1

    Yes, a phone call needs to be answered now. You can reply to an email later.

    I hate the interruptions when I am finally down to the make it happen phase. I enjoy the interaction during the planning and design phase.

  23. Will they answer the question... on Green Lantern Writer To Pen Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 1

    Will they answer the question?

    Is/Was Harrison Ford's character in the movie a replicant?

  24. Learn the basics first on Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    I believe I know how you feel. You may be great at many subjects but just don't get math.

    Start with the basics. Basic principles of calculus and standard derivative formulas. Memorize them. Write them out on a "Master Formula List" and memorize it.
    Write it out on a blank piece of paper as many times as it takes to get it perfect 10 times in a row.

    The funny thing is that by the time you do this, you no longer need to write it out when you take a quiz or test. You may even start to realize that cos, sin, and tan are related and there are patterns to the formulas. Most people who struggle with advanced math are just not getting the basics and foundation set in place first so their math house crumbles. Take it slow and steady and you will realize that the individual pieces are not harder than basic arithmetic. You just have to learn to do the bookkeeping.

    I forced myself to finish my Computer Science degree almost 10 years ago and have not regretted it since.

  25. Dream job, once upon a time on When Smart Developers Generate Crappy Code · · Score: 1

    My dream job once upon a time would have been coding on something like VT220, green font on black background, terminal in a small office/closet.

    Somehow my days are spent interacting with the people necessary to get the job done. Oddly enough, I actually enjoy it.