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  1. “lots of lubricants, some plastic tubing, and a yak.”

    http://www.filfre.net/tag/leat...

  2. Re:reading FAIL on Ask Slashdot: Is There A Screen-Less, Keyboard-Less, Battery-Powered Computer? · · Score: 1

    Organic/Free range, carbon neutral, and gluten free?

  3. It is almost as good as this idea: https://slashdot.org/story/05/...

  4. If only... on Our Obsession With Trailers Is Making Movies Worse (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only there were tornados that attacked these trailers...

  5. Ooops.

  6. Re:They're after the kids on Amazon Just Announced the Touchscreen Echo Nobody Asked For (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Marty DiBergi: (quoting a review) "This tasteless cover is a good indication of the lack of musical invention within. The musical growth of this band cannot even be charted. They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry."

    Nigel Tufnel: That's just nitpicking, innit?
    -Spinal Tap

  7. We will just agree to suck in our respective markets!

  8. This has a snowball's chance in hell of working... or something.

  9. Re: No worries about Andromeda Strain on Dormant Diseases Frozen In the Ice Are Waking Up (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If all the rubbers were destroyed, wouldn't we have more babies due to that sperm meeting egg thing? As for the "bringing to its knees", that does not cause babies...

  10. Re:this isnt a surprise on Linux 4.11 Delayed For a Week (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    "For a number of years I have been familiar with the observation that the quality of programmers is a decreasing function of the density of go to statements in the programs they produce. More recently I discovered why the use of the go to statement has such disastrous effects, and I became convinced that the go to statement should be abolished from all "higher level" programming languages (i.e. everything except, perhaps, plain machine code)."

    Go To Statement Considered Harmful - Edsger W. Dijkstra

  11. The real reason why Musk, Buffett, Ma, and the rest are bitching about AI is that if we actually program these systems to run the world with morals such as honesty, equality, fairness, objectivity, etc there will not be any room for "nuanced" decisions that involve graft, corruption, favoritism, etc. that made them and theri cronies their billions.

  12. Re:More "trust me" science on Can Geoengineering Drones Fight Global Warming? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    What? Are you some kind of Right Wing Nut Job Climate Denier? Shame! Let me guess, you pray to something other than Gaia? Savage...

  13. Can't We Just Launch on Can Geoengineering Drones Fight Global Warming? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2

    If we can build light sails to get to Alpha Centauri or Serius why can we just put up a giant sunshade?

    http://www.airspacemag.com/dai...
    We would only have to use it during the day as well so it could be half as big.

  14. Re:This is freaking impressive on Google Home Now Recognizes Specific Users' Voices, Gains Support For Multiple Accounts (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    More Cake for the NSA! Yea!

  15. "Google, make an appointment for a photo shoot at that place that sells gut bombs, the Aloha Snackbar."

    What could go wrong?

  16. Re:So what makes Ubuntu different from Fedora? on Ubuntu Is Switching to Wayland (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You mean like Wheezy, Jessie, Sid? Bit of a stretch don't ya think?

  17. You mean like? on TED Wants To Remind Us That Ideas -- Not Politicians -- Shape the Future (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Freedom?
    Individual and Inalienable rights?
    Personal Responsibility?
    Limited Government?

  18. Does Amazon suck to work at? on Amazon Looks to Hire 30,000 Part-Time Employees in US (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm getting headhunted by Amazon. Is it a good place to work or not?

  19. Welcome our new Google overlords. (or whatever...)

  20. Re:Colour me impressed on Britain Wants Tech Firms to Tackle Extremism (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't give them any ideas...

  21. https://www.opensecrets.org/in... (Hint for liberals - look for the "blue").

  22. Sounds like... on The Galaxy S8 Will Be Samsung's Biggest Test Ever (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the next hottest thing! It's going to be smoking hot! What a blast!

  23. Why is every technology breakthrough I read about "five to ten years away from commercial viability."?

  24. What's wrong? on Uber Manager Told Female Engineer That 'Sexism is Systemic in Tech' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    "What's wrong with being sexy?"
    -Nigel Tufnel