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  1. Re:Missing the point on GITAI Partners With JAXA To Send Telepresence Robots To Space (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Aren't all the Space Probes "Telepresence Robots" ?

  2. Re:Maybe lab grown chicken is best... on Fast-Growth Chickens Produce New Industry Woe: 'Spaghetti Meat' (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the conditions for meat chickens, while awful, is not as bad as the battery cages used for egg layers.
    Disclaimer: I keep my own chickens in my backyard. It is a fun hobby, and the eggs taste way better than store bought.

    But . . . doesen't beef have these same problems as the chickens ?

  3. Re:How to kill your own product... on Microsoft Rolls Out New Skype for Web; Does Not Support Firefox, Safari, and Opera (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    So nice for Microsoft to think of themselves first, to the exclusion of anyone else.

    Microsoft is the new Apple

  4. Where's all the salt going to come from?

    Where is all the salt going to go to ?

  5. Re:this has been a pretty brutal winter. on $200 Million Dollars a Year Could Reverse Climate Change, Says Wave Energy Pioneer (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The last thing I'm interested in is trying to figure out a way to make it even worse.

    It will soon be raining salt water .

  6. Re:If you read the fucking article on Neuroscientists Say They've Found An Entirely New Form of Neural Communication (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    "Brain WiFi " BiFi for short. Unfortunately, most people forgot the password for their BiFi network.

    Is this how ESP works ?

  7. >> Google knows you masturbate
    Yeah , When are they going to tell us about the Camera ?

  8. Re: Because it gives you more funding on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Scientists Constantly Surprised By What They Discover? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Scientests aren't actually surprised
    It's the Reporters writing the news stories that are surprised

  9. I have seen this before
    a parent company starts competing with it's venders
    Everybody bails out and leaves the parent to themselves

  10. Re:20-40 terabytes? on The Billion-Dollar Bet on the Future of Magnetic Storage (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    630 Terabytes should be enough for anybody

  11. Re:Who cares? on The GPS Wars Have Begun (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    So, soon there will be 4 or 5 GPS systems operating simultaneously.
    How many Satellites will this be in total ?

  12. Microsoft wanted to Win the Internet so they could change the standards to their liking

  13. Re:Blah blah the sky is falling on Scientists Warn That World's Wilderness Areas Are Disappearing (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    In the late 1970's I visited Saint Andrews State park in Panama City Florida. Went snorkeling many times and was amazed at the amount of Color and Life that was there at the time.
    30 years later in 2003 I revisited the park for a Honeymoon. Once again I went snorkeling a few times and was amazed at how Gray and lifeless everything was.

  14. Re:Aliens on FBI Mysteriously Closes New Mexico Observatory (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    The Movie "2010: the Year We Make Contact" is finally coming true . . .

  15. Re:Landmark on The Ampex Sign Is Coming Down (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't see it from Alabama . . .

  16. Re:Don't all call centers have this already? on Google is Building 'Virtual Agents' To Handle Call Centers' Grunt Work (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    keep saying gibberish and I'm guessing you will talk to a human pretty quick if the place you are calling has *any* commitment to customer service.

    I usually scratch the mouthpiece with my fingernail until a real human answers.

  17. Re:Pluto. The ninth planet is Pluto. on Astronomers Discover 12 New Moons Orbiting Jupiter - One on Collision Course With the Others (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Pluto has been demoted to a Minor Planet, that means it is a planet.

  18. Re:Time for a special project on NASA Again Delays Launch of Troubled Webb Telescope (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Would you rather spend another 9 billion on a new one, or a billion finishing this one?

    This project has grown Too Big To Fail . . .

  19. Cool . . . How much longer will it take to reach Light Speed ?

  20. Re:Going out in style on Elon Musk Shows Off the Tesla Roadster That SpaceX Will Send Beyond Mars (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    SpaceX could give somebody (maybe a university) a free launch though.

    There is no such thing as a free launch . . .

  21. Re:Press Any Key on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 3, Funny

    For your IQ Test, press ALT - F4

  22. Re: Easy on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1

    640 Cores ought to be enough for anybody.

  23. Re:Maybe secure your equipment... on Australia Cockatoos Chew Billion-Dollar Broadband (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They just wanted to have a story about Cockatoos on here

  24. Will the electric models pass the emissions test ?

  25. Re:Want my business? Give me ad-free a-la-cart sho on AT&T Loses Record Number of Traditional TV Subscribers In Q2, Drops 156,000 DirecTV Satellite Customers (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Plus there are the opening and closing Credits making the actual program about 15 minutes long