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  1. ObamaCare units on Mars Orbiter Spies Comet ISON · · Score: 1

    I converted the distance to ObamaCare units and you know can either pay 64 million a year or be penalized at a cost of 4 light sabers. Long live the Empire!

  2. Is it relevant on Sinkhole Sucks Brains From Wasteful Bitcoin Mining Botnet · · Score: 1

    Does the stats on electricity cost really apply? If those PC's are not infected, wouldn't they be using the electricity anyways? They are not on for the bot. The bot just infected them for it's own purposes.

  3. Re:The graphics were simply brilliant on Myst Was Supposed To Change the Face of Gaming. What Is Its Legacy? · · Score: 0

    Actually Castle Wolfenstein came out on the Apple+ back in the 80's.. but I suspect you mean the revamped PC version..

  4. Re:jerk on Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    Right and if you should go one mile above your local speed limit, he can nail you and feel satisfied about it because you are a law breaker. Bull.. most cops have leeway.. 800 tickets means he is practicing a little hard. It sounds like a dumb law too. I have my phone mounted on my dash and being a galaxy note 2 , it's an excellent nav device. They should be focusing on those who have their heads in their laps while driving..

  5. Team effort? on Can Even Apple Make a Watch Insanely Smart? · · Score: 2

    I wouldn't be surprised if the managers at Apple are all so busy watching each other and playing court politics that innovation is dead. Jobs was very vocal and out there about what was good and bad for his company and what he liked and didnt like. I hear the new guy has nothing to say unless hes pissed. Good luck Apple..

  6. Hello? QA? Hello!!! on Xerox Photocopiers Randomly Alter Numbers, Says German Researcher · · Score: 2

    Something like this shouldn't have passed QA.. did we outsource or what?

  7. Declined to Respond on CNET: Feds Put Heat On Web Firms For Master Encryption Keys · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From TFA.. "Apple, Yahoo, AOL, Verizon, AT&T, Opera Software's Fastmail.fm, Time Warner Cable, and Comcast declined to respond to queries about whether they would divulge encryption keys to government agencies." Now you know who is coughing up to the NSA..

  8. Re:Nice on Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 1

    As a CON a Atheist president wouldn't represent most of the people who do believe in God in one fashion or another.

  9. Re:Smart guns... on Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' · · Score: 2

    This happened a few miles away from me.. just back in April.. perhaps it's rare but it does appear to be a factor.. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/04/27/mckinney-homeowner-shot-during-home-invasion/

  10. Clams have hands! on Microsoft Slashes Prices On Surface · · Score: 2

    Microsoft has tablets?

  11. Out you go! on Why Are Japanese Men Refusing To Leave Their Rooms? · · Score: 1

    Every species in the world knows to kick the kids out of the nest, herd, whatever.. except maybe fish.. maybe they are eating too much fish?

  12. Re:Internet on Why Are Japanese Men Refusing To Leave Their Rooms? · · Score: 1

    Good for you! :)

  13. Re:Turn a negative into a positive on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When Another Dev Steals Your Work and Adds Their Name? · · Score: 1

    Very well said!

  14. Temper temper.. on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When Another Dev Steals Your Work and Adds Their Name? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they are just testing your temperment.. It's common for a new developer to start putting his name on stuff as he does changes or writes routines. Should have left yours in though.. But I would think that simply explaining you wrote it and the new name is a maintenance developer would be plausible. I would think your subject matter expertise and ability to sell yourself would make the most difference..

  15. Re:What's the government's problem? on Judge Orders Google To Comply With FBI's Warrantless NSL Requests · · Score: 1

    I don't smoke dope, i shave my head,, nope not a hippie, probably one of those people in robes singing at airports about insects..

  16. Really fat (and smart) chicks.. on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Make a Computer Science Club Interesting? · · Score: 1

    That's about the only lucky lay those geeks are gonna get :p

  17. What's the government's problem? on Judge Orders Google To Comply With FBI's Warrantless NSL Requests · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If their concerns are valid, why don't they simply get a warrent?

  18. Re:It's more about what you find interesting.. on Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    On a side note, I would say that the challenge of mastering a difficult topic that you are not interested in will serve you well when you run into similar challenges throughout life. Instead of going left, you will succeed and get it done.

  19. It's more about what you find interesting.. on Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    You are satisfying requirements for a BS degree which requires the higher math. It's not necessarily specific to computer science. I wouuld say in Comp Sci as compared to other science majors that math is less important in regards to most of the jobs you might obtain and the ability to design complex solutions is more important. But again, it depends on what you are going to specialize in. It sounds to me like your problem is girls, parties, and too much liquor. Ok I'm just kidding.. It sounds to me like you simply are not very interested in math and thus find it challanging. It's too abstract and you need concrete. Many Comp Sci majors are simply not that kind of mind. Some go off to Info Systems or whatever the current variation of that is and specialize in business. The truth is that its simply boring if you are not into it.

  20. What? Another one? on Neil Gaiman, Amber Benson and the Blood Kiss Crew Answer Your Questions · · Score: 1

    This is when I recall it really first took off.. almost 20 years ago. I like the idea of that American God's series though :) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110148/

  21. bottoms up! on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Work On Projects While Traveling? · · Score: 1

    At the bar my friend.. at the bar..

  22. Just give Valve a call! on World's Biggest 'Agile' Software Project Close To Failure · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they should have tried a no management approach?

  23. Re:A solution to a problem that doesn't exist on New Flying Car Design Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Who says they are going to get to pilot these vehicles. It's gonna have to be an automatic system in order for Joe Shmoe to drive it safely. As more and more hit the sky, it will have to be automated for the most part.

  24. Mr Kraut! COME ON DOWN! on New Flying Car Design Unveiled · · Score: 1

    You have just invented a new smilie for flying car... ^H^ 20 years from now someone will publish an article on the first use of this smilie and it's YOU!

  25. May be the best thing that ever happens to her on Florida Teen Expelled and Arrested For Science Experiment · · Score: 1

    Perhaps her parents will enroll her in a educational process where her highly active intelligence isn't constantly being beaten down to a sub-par level?