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  1. No true Scottsman on Linux Foundation Offers Solution for UEFI Secure Boot · · Score: 5, Funny

    No true Scottsman jokes about sheep.

  2. Already a "partial" member of two minorities on Kurzweil: The Cloud Will Expand Human Brain Capacity · · Score: 1

    I have a titanium plate and a cadaver bone in my neck. This makes me at least partially a zombie and a cyborg, or as I like to call it, a zomborg!

    So rise of the machines or zombie apocalypse, I'm all set!

  3. If the Borg want to assimilate me... on Kurzweil: The Cloud Will Expand Human Brain Capacity · · Score: 1

    If the Borg want to assimilate me, all they have to do is send Seven of Nine. Half the planet's population would probably volunteer.

  4. College and Calculus on Kurzweil: The Cloud Will Expand Human Brain Capacity · · Score: 1

    I had to forget from Kindergarten to Second grade to learn enough to pass Calculus. I can do integrals, but my basic arithmetic has gone straight to hell.

  5. Canadians Reserves on Where Has All the Xenon Gone? · · Score: 4, Interesting
  6. Car Analogy on Steve Ballmer: We're a Devices and Services Company · · Score: 2

    Yes, don't feed the trolls.... but for a car analogy it would be a Ford Fiesta welded in between two Hummers, and only the Fiesta has gas in the tank.

  7. Stirring hot grits motion? on Microsoft's Hand-Gesture Sensor Bracelet · · Score: 2

    Stirring hot grits motion?

  8. 'please send back our nuclear warheads...' on 82-Year-Old Nun Breaks Into Nuclear Facility, Contractors Blamed · · Score: 1

    'please send back our nuclear warheads as quickly as possible'.

    I know a guy who could handle this in 24 hours, or less.

  9. About revenue on To Encourage Biking, Lose the Helmets · · Score: 1

    People run stop signs and red lights all the time where I live. The police catch a few and write tickets. It may deter the person getting the ticket, for a while. It is not a deterrent for the masses who continue to break the law. It is about revenue for the police departments.

    At the local university there was a main bridge across a bayou on campus. The bridge had a posted 10 MPH speed limit. Every fall semester the cops would sit at the bridge writing $200 tickets to anyone going even 11 MPH on that bridge. This did not help student safety or deter people from speeding on campus. It was a simple collection of revenue from people unfamiliar with the campus.

  10. Enough Led Zepplin already on You Can't Print a Gun If You Have No 3D Printer · · Score: 1

    I believe the world has enough Led Zepplin without people printing Vinyl Stairways to Heaven.

  11. Easy way to get more STEM workers on Microsoft Calls For $5B Investment In U.S. Education · · Score: 2

    Go hire and train this years graduates! That is all it will take to prime the pump and keep the student/worker training going.

    I know of way too many people with STEM degrees who work outside their field because they could never get the "entry level" experience in the field.

  12. I get to be Splinter! on First Mammals Observed Regenerating Tissue · · Score: 1

    Being a lizard man didn't appeal to me very much. But getting to be Splinter will totally ROCK!

  13. Apple only has to convince a jury on Did Metro UX Elements Come From a 2009 Demo? · · Score: 1

    Apple only has to convince a jury. Then Microsoft will have "samsung" that same sad tune.

  14. Expensive Travel Cost on Steve Jobs Joins House of Wax · · Score: 1

    The travel/shipping expenses on his wax statue is going to be extreme. They will have to lease a new shipping truck every six months.

  15. Point in time snapshot on Ask Slashdot: Explaining Version Control To Non-Technical People? · · Score: 1

    It also has "snapshots" of particular points in time for all of the files.

  16. Only terrorism if... on Linux Forcibly Installed On Congressman's Computer In Act of Terrorism · · Score: 1

    Only terrorism if...they installed Slackware!

  17. Not real country song in reverse unless.... on Goodyear's 'On TheGo' Self Inflating Tire · · Score: 1

    Not real country song in reverse unless....it also unruns over the dog, and the train unhits mama!

  18. No Bueller... on Goodyear's 'On TheGo' Self Inflating Tire · · Score: 1

    No Bueller! That doesn't work for odometers or tires.

  19. Mine is a bit more selective... on Ask Slashdot: Hearing Aids That Directly Connect To Smart Phones? · · Score: 1

    Mine is a bit more selective, I can't hear anyone or anything that sounds like my wife.

  20. Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter Syndrome on Switching Tasks Changes Worker Bee DNA · · Score: 1

    I have the same problem when I swap between Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. I can get fairly good at one of them, but never good at both of them at the same time.

  21. Understanding Mozart's Genius on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 2

    A snippet of the Wikipedia article on Mozart:

    "In Rome, he heard Gregorio Allegri's Miserere twice in performance in the Sistine Chapel and wrote it out from memory, thus producing the first unauthorized copy of this closely guarded property of the Vatican."

    A bit more than the average tone deaf person can accomplish. Sometime a trained musician would find difficult I would imagine.

  22. Saxophone amost same story on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I played saxophone in the band for 6 years. I have no special musical ability. I played alto sax with the regular band and tenor sax with the jazz ensemble. I was much better at the "jazz" than the regular band music. The difference was that I really enjoyed the jazz ensemble's music selection and I practiced it a couple hours a day, much to the dismay of my neighbors. If you find an interest and practice you can be okay. If someone has an interest in coding/programming they can practice and be okay even if minimally talented.

  23. Oil Cooling will weigh it down on WD Builds High-Capacity, Helium-Filled HDDs · · Score: 1
  24. RE: metallica at full blast. on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 1

    "SAD BUT TRUE!"

    Huh Huh, he said Metallica. Get him Lars!

  25. How about? on Look-Alike Web Sites Hoodwink Republican Donors · · Score: 2

    Caveat Stultus.