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  1. Wood Burning Trucks on If Tesla Can Run Its Gigafactory On 100% Renewables, Why Can't Others? · · Score: 2
  2. Re:Actually, the edits look good! on Bot Tweets Anonymous Wikipedia Edits From Capitol Hill · · Score: 1
    Similar addition to the Alex Jones page:

    Following his appearances on Russia Today, there were allegations that he was a disinformation agent with ties to the Kremlin.

  3. wrong on CO2 Levels Reach 400ppm at Mauna Loa For First Time On Record · · Score: 1

    MYA = "Million Years Ago."

  4. Not-so-sensitive?! on DefCon Contest Rattles FBI's Nerves · · Score: 4, Funny

    What participants can do is collect data on less sensitive subjects such as, "who does your dumpster removal; who takes care of your paper shredding," Hadnagy said.

    "If you don't tell me, I'll look at the dumpster behind your building and read the name on it!"

  5. Re:What is the magic word. on Acer Recalls 22,000 Notebooks Due To Burn Hazard · · Score: 1

    "Disco Inferno."

  6. What's for lunch? on What Questions Should a Prospective Employee Ask? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Where do we eat?

  7. Classic UI for Vista on The Advantages of Upgrading From Vista To XP · · Score: 0

    Why completely eliminate the look and feel of the UI users have mastered since Win9x/2k (or at least leave a Classic Win2k option for the UI)
    Right-click the desktop and choose "Personalize" from the context menu. Then click on "Windows Color and Appearance" and select "Windows Standard" or "Windows Classic" in the "Color scheme" box. This part hasn't changed one bit. (Well, except for the "Vista Basic" and "Vista Aero" options.)
  8. Re:Only part of the problem. on Nanotube Body Armor Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Let's take these nano-tubes for a moment, and "fill them" with advanced hole and wound sealant technology? Why, the moment a soldier was shot, their wound would be patched, as the breaking of the tubes themselves would release the treatment
    Well, not really. The body armor would stop the bullet and there would be no puncture wound: that's the whole point. Also, most of the wounds in Iraq are from IEDs, and involve wounds to extermities not covered by body armor (arms, legs, neck, etc.)
  9. I'm Sorry, I can't do that. on Nissan Adds Robot Helper To Its Concept Car · · Score: 1

    Open the pod bay doors, Pivo-kun. ... Open the pod bay doors, Pivo-kun.

  10. Re:Within the retail sector... on Ubuntu On Dell After Four Months · · Score: 4, Funny

    if you want a toaster, get a toaster
    I want a toaster with working WiFi drivers. Know where I can get one?
  11. Need a New Extension on Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Avoid · · Score: 1

    I know a lot of you guys on Slashdot are programmers - and probably clever ones at that. Can one of you come up with a Firefox extension that somehow manages to fit a 2000-word article on a single page instead of spanning it across four pages? And then send it to Computerworld so they can offer it to their readers? Thanks.

  12. Re:Comparison Pricing: on Beginning GIMP · · Score: 1
  13. Where's Crackton? on A Complete Map To Springfield · · Score: 1

    Where's Crackton?

  14. Re:Spend the money on the network... on South Korea Plans National 100 Mbps Network · · Score: 1
    ...We, as Americans, are behind the progress curve, in terms of broadband connectivity. There is a huge chunk of population still using 56k modems. I mean, Christ. Broadband should be a cheap commodity and a requirement in every house
    Um...let's see,
    • Population density of South Korea -- 459 persons per SqKm
    • Population density of the United States -- 28 persons per SqKm
    While it is a valid position to take that the US should be doing more to encourage broadband availability, you glossed over the details, don't you think?
  15. Re:very curious indeed. on Human Accomplishment · · Score: 1
    He is not talking about _biological_ evolution
    I guess he should have avoided the term "natural selection," then.
  16. Re:very curious indeed. on Human Accomplishment · · Score: 1

    If anyone had ever been able to show a corelation between scientific discovery and economic success, and if anyone had ever been able to show a corelation between economic success and reproductive success (in modern times), you might have a point. But this is simply not the case. Further, you are now demonstrating profound ignorance of simple economics, despite what you might claim.

  17. Re:very curious indeed. on Human Accomplishment · · Score: 1
    Simple natural selection now means that our populations are becoming geared towards those who consume handouts but produce no new discoveries
    What is that, a joke? You are sugesting that there is evolutionary pressure slecting against the types of people who discover things?! And that this evolutionary pressure has made some sort of significant difference in humanity over a period of less than 3000 years?

    You are woefully ignorant about modern evolutionary theory.