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  1. Re:Here we go... on Sunspot Activity Continues To Drop · · Score: 2, Funny

    But how can I tie this to a poticial ideology? I hate fact based science.

  2. I blame the CSA on Researcher's Death Hampers TCP Flaw Fix · · Score: 4, Funny

    Much of the work has been taken over by Louis' friend and long-time colleague Robert E. Lee.

    Clearly this was the result of a conspiracy by veterans of the civil war. I hope the other researchers, Grant and Lincoln, hear about this.

  3. Re:Yes on Could the Internet Be Taken Down In 30 Minutes? · · Score: 1

    Easier to just flush some paper towels down it and clog up the tubes.

  4. Re:"Pimp your mounts" on Blizzard Shows Off Diablo III Archivist Class, WoW Dance-Off · · Score: 1

    I just want to be able to put a bunch of speakers on my mount and be able to upload some obnoxious thudding rap music so I can cruise around Orgrimmar. Kodo low-rider.

  5. Re:Yikes on Yeast-Powered Fuel Cell Feeds On Human Blood · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man comes staggering into Dunkin Doughnuts....

    "For god's sake give me a crueller!"

  6. Re:Waste on Yeast-Powered Fuel Cell Feeds On Human Blood · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I'm noth drunkth offizer...hic!...I'vvve goth a pacemaker...hic!"

  7. Re:Slashdot achievements on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 4, Funny

    - Make a "In Soviet Russia..." reference
    - "Hot grits"
    - Call someone a Nazi
    - Use a car metaphor
    - Actually read the article referenced
    - Use "RTFA" in a reply
    - Point out that the article is a dupe
    - Get a dupe posted
    - Mention that you are not a lawyer
    - Point out a grammar or spelling error
    - Flame a Windows/Linux fan boy
    - Start a discussion that goes off topic for at least 5 generations deep
    - Post a reply over 100 words long without using any punctuation and paragraphs.
    - Reply to your own comment using a second account

    Are there going to be Slashdot dailies also? "Get 100 karma points for reading 1 article from each of 10 different topics today."

  8. Re:Slashdot achievements on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    Be such a troll that someone spits coffee on YOU.

  9. Re:Memtest not perfect. on Reliability of Computer Memory? · · Score: 1

    It is easier if you use a treadmill while doing this.

  10. Re:Heaviest chute drop? on NASA Tests Heaviest Chute Drop Ever · · Score: 1

    Say "NASA just had a huge chute drop" fast to someone and watch their response.

  11. Re:Naming things, publicity, and financing on Fermilab Discovers Untheorized Particle · · Score: 1

    We congratulate CDF on the first evidence for a new unexpected Y state that decays to J/psi and phi

    I'm sorry but this is the THIRD time I've heard someone say this today alone!

  12. Re:whew... untheorized... on Fermilab Discovers Untheorized Particle · · Score: 1

    They should've saved this for April 1st.

  13. Re:Deep Blue on Believable Stupidity In Game AI · · Score: 1

    I think his motivation can be explained in Rubles or Dollars.

  14. Re:everything old is new again on Auto Safety Tech May Encourage Dangerous Driving · · Score: 1

    My brother had a Ford Escort that couldn't get above 70 unless you were going down a steep hill. Then it would shudder to the point where I thought I was in the opening for "The Bionic Man". "It's breaking up! It's breaking up!"

  15. Re:This is a Tax on Cities View Red Light Cameras As Profit Centers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I love revenue sources that depend on negative behavior. If people stopped smoking and drinking most state govs would really be broke.

  16. Re:Congrats! on Rocket Hobbyists Prevail Over Feds In Court Case · · Score: 2, Funny

    Won't someone PLEASE think about the children!

  17. Re:Y, for one, welcome... on Sci Fi Channel Becoming Less Geek-Centric "SyFy" · · Score: 1
  18. Re:My IQ on Sci Fi Channel Becoming Less Geek-Centric "SyFy" · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You don't play online games by any chance?

  19. Re:Cost/Benefit? on New Laser System Targets Mosquitoes · · Score: 2, Funny

    The article talks about disrupting their vision. I'm sorry but anything less than little puffs of smoke from mosquitoes being zapped out of the air is unacceptable.

    We'd probably just end up breeding a race of laser resistant mosquitoes anyway.

  20. Re:Can we stop enabling these people? on Are Quirky Developers Brilliant Or Dangerous? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That "millions" number was probably pulled out of thin air but anyway...

    How much would it cost to replace the good coders who might leave for a better work environment? How much would it cost to debug or port that guy's code after he left with no documentation? How much would it cost to defend the company in, say, a hostile workplace lawsuit?

    Even the president of the US can be replaced as the last election showed. No one is irreplaceable, especially a hostile person.

  21. Re:Can we stop enabling these people? on Are Quirky Developers Brilliant Or Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    If a second person can document your work as thoroughly as you could then that person could probably do your work too. They would need an equal level of understanding of the code.

    If that person is so brilliant then they'd understand the importance of documenting their own work.

  22. Re:Can we stop enabling these people? on Are Quirky Developers Brilliant Or Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    If your business success hangs on one person then you have far greater issues than them.

  23. Re:Water is heavy on Using Lasers and Water Guns To Clean Space Debris · · Score: 1

    He doesn't see any problem with creating sprays of water droplets that will freeze into clouds of bits of ice traveling at thousands of miles per hour? Granted they will sublimate over time but until that happens you have a bit of a problem.

  24. Re:I love the smell of burning bridges in the morn on The Art of The Farewell Email · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have found that big companies are just as likely to treat you decently and give you a fair shake if they have to let you go. I've heard plenty of stories from people who have worked at small businesses (such as start ups) who were at the mercy of personality wars and psycho owners.

  25. Re:That's just a bit premature... on Cory Doctorow Calls Death To Music, Movies, Print · · Score: 1

    The time when privately run, for profit news actually served a socially noble purpose, if they ever did exist, are long gone.

    News organizations (and that means newspapers for most of history) have always been manipulative, especially those controled by a single entity like Pulizter, Hearst or Murdoch. You could go beyond the Cold War to the red scare of around 1920, anti Chinese immigrant pushes of the late 1800s, and the hysteria to go to war against Spain before the Spanish-American war (yellow journalism). Even papers during the Revolutionary period were full of opinion disguised as news. Papers published the most amazing libel during presidential elections during the 1800's. What is replacing them isn't much better. I swear I heard Fox News declaring Obama's policies as failures before he had even finished his first week in office.