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  1. And.. on The Pirate Bay Returns, Anonymous Hater Takes Credit For DDoS · · Score: 1

    And nothing of value was truly lost.

  2. Agreed on Ask Slashdot: Is Outsourcing Development a Good Idea? · · Score: 2

    I'm an "on-shore" dev for my company which has hired contractors from India to work on our flagship internal product for literally years now. I can add nothing that hasn't already been sung from the chorus of outsourcing detractors, except the old saying, which I haven't seen posted yet: If you think it's expensive hiring professionals, wait until you hire amateurs.

  3. Re:Missle? on North Korea Shows Off Space Center and Launches Missile · · Score: 1

    Kim Jong Il took more with him when he croaked than we thought.

  4. Not so fast on Neutrinos Travel No Faster Than Light, Says ICARUS · · Score: 2

    ...clocked neutrinos traveling at the speed of light, and no faster, after monitoring a beam of neutrinos sent from CERN in late October and early November of last year

    Sent last year? I would say that puts the speed of neutrinos at considerably slower than the speed of light..

  5. Re:Genius. on Campaign Urges People To Send MPAA and RIAA Copied Currency · · Score: 4, Funny

    I made a more or less faithful digital representation of a different comment and then changed the specific wording so as to make it not an exact duplicate of the original one in order to avoid any sort of copyright infringement lawsuit, and I feel as though it was time well spent.

  6. Re:Can we stop calling them hackers? on Hackers Manipulated Railway Computers, TSA Memo Says · · Score: 1

    I'm with you on the nomenclature issue buddy, but let's face it: we've lost. Best to drain it of its usual affect so you can get on with your life in peace.

  7. Re:I can see how this could happen on Hackers Manipulated Railway Computers, TSA Memo Says · · Score: 2

    Did you notice that quite a few of your sentences .

  8. Re:WWCSD? on Russian Scientist Claims Signs of Life Spotted On Venus · · Score: 5, Funny

    What Would Charlie Sheen Do?

  9. Re:SOPA not dead on SOPA and PIPA So Far · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course it was. The initial "shelving" of the bill was a last ditch attempt to stop January 18th, so it could continue to be passed quietly. When tech giants of the internet decided to run their message anyway... well, no point in keeping up illusions anymore, might as well actively pass it.

  10. Screenshots on SOPA and PIPA So Far · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am collecting screenshots of blacked-out sites today so we can have them all in one place. If you know of any other sites, please email them to me.

    https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117902136861919925087/albums/5698963233208682849

  11. Windows without Windows on Windows Admins Need To Prepare For GUI-Less Server · · Score: 1

    How very....

  12. And BTW this is not documentation on How To Get Developers To Document Code · · Score: 1

    // Close the stream
    stream.Close();

  13. That's a ton of bandwidth on Almost 1 In 3 US Warplanes Is a Drone · · Score: 1

    Sort of a Netflix in the sky?

  14. Re:Don't pick a fight on PR Firm Unwisely Tangles With Penny Arcade · · Score: 2

    Don't pick a fight during semen week?

  15. Re:This isn't miraculous. It's merely fortunate. on Satellite Piece Crashes Through Man's Roof · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because right before hitting Publish, most people go back over their article to make sure every word is well thought out so as not to offend the linguistically sensitive of the world.

  16. Re:Just recycle the old ones .. on Why We Need More Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    Don't forget assembler on rails

  17. Re:It deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers are on Skilled Readers Recognize Words By Shape · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it has nothing to do with the fact that by the 100th time this is reposted you already know what it says and speed-read it anyway and enjoy a nice dose of coaifrnimton bais.

  18. Amazing Detail on China Building Gigantic Structures In the Desert · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like to know what technology they're using to get such fine etchings of the google copyright image in the sand. I'm very impressed.

  19. What year is this? on 2011 Geek IQ Test · · Score: 1

    A post back to the server with fresh page content and new ads etc, for every question? No thanks. For bailing on question 2 I award myself an IQ of infinity.

  20. Gerontological Treatment in Fiction on What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years? · · Score: 1

    Kim Stanley Robinson deals with a lot of these issues in his sci fi trilogy about the colonization of Mars (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars), where the life-extending treatment is invented and provided to the colonists of Mars. It's fascinating and if you ever wondered about this idea, you should get these books and read them, especially the first two. In his portrayal of this process it seems the most prevalent side effect is memory loss, which makes sense. Also this type of thing needs to be paired with strict population control measures, which he also goes into in a very elegant way (every person granted the implicit right to bear 0.75 children, licencing off the other 0.5 or buying it from another couple that does not want it, etc.)

  21. Can see the headline now on Encoding Messages In Bacteria · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two million pounds of meat recalled due to high levels of profanity... more at 11pm.

  22. Re:Count to 7 Billion. on Earth's Population To Hit 7 Billion This Year · · Score: 1

    You can imagine 10 people in one room easily. Now if you count those 10 people every second for about 21 years straight without sleep, you'll hit 7 billion.

    Without sleep? Make it 6,999,999,999.

  23. Re:I went the Dvorak route. on Correcting Poor Typing Technique? · · Score: 1

    I solved the passwords issue by making sure the alphabetic components of all my passwords are comprised only of the 2 letters in common between qwerty and dvorak. Thus I never need to guess which layout is currently active when I am logging in somewhere, because it's typed the exact same way on either layout.

  24. Re:one of the most important targets on Magnetic Ring Could Launch Satellites, Weapons · · Score: 1

    First rule of government spending!

  25. Re:Good Starter Program on How Many Keys Have You Pressed? · · Score: 1

    I think your program is a fun idea. It really isn't worth anything to anyone, but it is interesting just knowing actually how much you type.

    This is the spirit under which it was developed.