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  1. I dunno... on Biologists Debunk the "Rotting Y Chromosome" Theory · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tend to shed my genes all over the place ... on the floor, in some Kleenex, in dirty socks...

  2. Too bad. on New Opa S4 Release Puts Forward New 'ORM' For MongoDB · · Score: 1

    So sad that my Opa died before he got to see this software project in his honor...

  3. Speaking as a VC wonk... on Best Language For Experimental GUI Demo Projects? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd be tempted to do it in English, but, given current demographic patterns, Chinese may be better in the long run...

  4. Re:Can't stop... on Researchers Break Video CAPTCHAs · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, look at that. Suck it, AC's.

  5. Can't stop... on Researchers Break Video CAPTCHAs · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...first posters.

  6. Re:So watch the watchers on Universities Agree To Email Monitoring For Copyright Agency · · Score: 1

    Have at it, lazyweb: http://pastebin.com/X4DWunPY

  7. Ford Nucleon? on Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors — the Future of Energy? · · Score: 1, Funny

    Still not good enough. Where's my nuclear powered car already, damnit!

  8. Re:How about oing the same for snow clearing? on Man Digs Out Basement Using Radio Controlled Toy Tractors · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I second that. Would love a scale model RC of one of these bad boys: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/08/jet-engines-on-trucks-for-fun-and.html

  9. Re:Frak! on Study Says Fracking is Safe In Theory But Often Not In Practice · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Humans are just too stupid sometimes." Indeed. That's why the frakking cylons will see us to our early graves...

  10. Re:it can be safe on Study Says Fracking is Safe In Theory But Often Not In Practice · · Score: 1

    This is brilliant. Also: Almost a 3-digit UID. Kudos, sir. Wish I had mod points.

  11. Re:Frak! on Study Says Fracking is Safe In Theory But Often Not In Practice · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In all seriousness, though, "safe in theory but not necessarily in practice" suggests that maybe the theory is wrong...

  12. Frak! on Study Says Fracking is Safe In Theory But Often Not In Practice · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn those cylons!

  13. Re:Blegh on Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce? · · Score: 2

    And, furthermore, there's not really any way from the web-side to tell if the password is being encrypted or stored plaintext. Her position was that nobody would ever store a password file in plaintext, or set up their server in such a way as to make it possible for anyone to read the password file.

  14. Re:Blegh on Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because I have other shit to do.

  15. Re:Blegh on Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'd second that. My wife and I always had completely divided online personas, and still do. Shared assets like domains would be split based on the separation agreement, no? As for shared data, each party gets a full backup. Maybe change your passwords if you've shared them with your spouse. I know that I regretted telling my wife my email password when she started to use it as the password for other sites she signed me up for online (FetLife, for example.) We had a long talk that day about the importance of not re-using passwords on multiple sites; she was convinced that there was no way for website owners to see the passwords that their users put in. Thankfully, Lulzsec came along a few years later and vindicated my paranoia...

  16. Re:Uh huh. on Europe's 'Right To Be Forgotten' Threatens Online Free Speech · · Score: 2

    Just because it's done using email, that doesn't mean it should be patent-able...

  17. Re:Uh huh. on Europe's 'Right To Be Forgotten' Threatens Online Free Speech · · Score: 3, Funny

    In soviet south Korea, old people help robots make petrified grit Beowulf clusters of YOU!

  18. Uh huh. on Europe's 'Right To Be Forgotten' Threatens Online Free Speech · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wish I could forget about Natalie Portman, petrified, and covered in hot grits...

  19. Re:Yes, he is right. on Twisted Metal Designer Rails Against Storytelling Games · · Score: 1

    OMG I want a Pirates! remake so bad, you have no idea. Make it GTA:Pirates! where you can steal your way up from a zodiac or whatever and eventually have a fleet with aircraft carriers and whatnot. DO WANT!

  20. Open Access? on Reddit: No More Suggestive Content Featuring Minors · · Score: 1

    The link to the Reddit post goes directly to the story in question. The link to the SA post goes directly to a page demanding that I register with them if I wish to view their content. This speaks volumes (to me, anyway) about the relative moralities at conflict here...

  21. Re:Not to mention... on What Scorpions Have To Teach Aircraft Designers · · Score: 1

    Actually, I'm also a Scorpio, and my wife is a cancer. Every astrologer I've talked to says that cancer is the 2nd most compatible sign for a Scorpio (Pisces is the first)

  22. Do you have kids? on Dealing With an Overly-Restrictive Intellectual Property Policy? · · Score: 1

    If you have kids, just teach them what they need to know to start the business idea themselves. Also works with a trusted friend or sibling. Give the idea to someone who's not as encumbered by a poorly-negotiated contract.

  23. smoke at least ten times as much on Smart Camera Tells Tobacco From Marijuana · · Score: 2

    I, sir, accept your challenge.

  24. Re:Where's the map? on FCC Maps the 3G Wasteland Of the Western US · · Score: 4, Informative

    The map is there, inline half way through the article, but it's stuck in a banner-ad sized box like 3/4" thick and across the whole page.

  25. Obfsproxy? Really? on Tor Tests Undetectably Encrypted Connections In Iran · · Score: 0

    No need to make the name of the protocol itself an obfuscation. How the hell am I supposed to pronounce the consonant group "bfspr"?