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  1. Re:Expropriate the bourgeoisie! Workers to power! on Former Google Lawyer Michelle Lee To Run US Patent Office · · Score: 1

    You're joking. Right?

  2. Re:Seriously? on US Light Bulb Phase-Out's Next Step Begins Next Month · · Score: 1

    And you had your choice, Gore or Bush. Bush won and started the drive to eliminate incandescents.

  3. Re:WTF? on Was Julian Assange Involved With Wiretapping Iceland's Parliament? · · Score: 1

    If he can find a payphone.

  4. Re:How long is a nanosecond on Google Doodle Remembers Computing Pioneer Grace Hopper · · Score: 1

    Yes, one light foot.

  5. Re:COBOL on Google Doodle Remembers Computing Pioneer Grace Hopper · · Score: 1

    We are assuming that the code actually does what the comment says.

  6. Re:Nonsense! on Gut Microbes Linked to Autism-Like Symptoms in Mice · · Score: 1

    I have a grandson with autism, and his family is always joking about his rank farts. I never thought I'd be writing about farts on slashdot, but maybe there's something to this.

  7. Re:It's the global warming on Ask Slashdot: Why So Hard Landing Interviews In Seattle Versus SoCal? · · Score: 1

    Can you say haboob?

  8. Inexcusable on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 2

    I would award treble damages.

  9. Re:BULL CRAP! on The Quietest Place On Earth Will Cause You To Hallucinate In 45 Minutes · · Score: 1

    In college, I was once up for seven days and nights during finals, and yes, I had hallucinations.

  10. I had a small computer room lined with Armstrong's 'Soundsoak' panels and before the equipment was installed, the effect was stunning. I found the silence to be literally painful to my ears.

  11. Re:When it comes to Nuclear Weapons on Dial 00000000 To Blow Up the World · · Score: 5, Funny

    Access to the big red button should be restricted to those who can pronounce nuclear.

  12. Re: Language? on Snowden Document Says Dutch Secret Service Hacks Internet Forums · · Score: 1

    ROR

  13. Re:Leave the call open on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 1

    Anyone remember the "Telecrapper 2000" ?

  14. Re:It's not an anomaly - it's entirely new on Vint Cerf Thinks Privacy May Be an Anomaly · · Score: 1

    Growing up on a rural farm, the whole town was on the same party line. When you heard your 'ring tone' (a long and a short, and a long and a short) you picked up the receiver and heard click, click, click . . . click as your neighbors jumped on the line to hear what was going on.

  15. Re:changing it is a good idea regardless on Seattle PD Mum On Tracking By Its New Wi-Fi Mesh Network · · Score: 1

    Seattle police don't have a great record of Protect & Serve.

  16. Re:On the plus side on Scientists Says Jellyfish Are Taking Over the Oceans · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I'll take the egg salad sandwich.

  17. Re:And let's not forget... on North Korea Developing Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons · · Score: 1

    Thank goodness we have the Koch brothers to protect us from mob rule.

  18. Re:National Interest? on Republican Proposal Puts 'National Interest' Requirement On US Science Agency · · Score: 1, Insightful

    We need to pick our battles, not leap at every opportunity.

  19. Re:Management on You're Only As Hirable As Your Google+ Circles · · Score: 1

    I worked for a company that made major hiring decisions based on handwriting analysis.

  20. Re:I agree... on Why Organic Chemistry Is So Difficult For Pre-Med Students · · Score: 1

    I remember our first assignment. Read Chapter 1 and answer the questions at the end. I read the first chapter and feel I have a pretty good grasp of the material. I go to the questions, and they don't relate at all to the material just covered. Then I see on question #8 --- "Hint. See Chapter 32". I swear it was as though someone dropped the manuscript on the way to the publisher.

  21. Re:Here is a thought.. on HealthCare.gov: What Went Wrong? · · Score: 1

    I think maybe you should go back and look again. Sarah Murnaghan's first lung transplant failed requiring a second pair of lungs, so it could be said that bending the rules to save Sarah resulted in the death of two others.

  22. Re:And nothing of value was lost... on Microsoft To Can Skype API; Third-Party Products Will Not Work · · Score: 1

    Young whippersnapper. I remember gassing up for 18.9 cents a gallon.

  23. Re:Isn't it a bit rude.... on Citizen Eavesdrops On Former NSA Director Michael Hayden's Phone Call · · Score: 1

    Bravo!

  24. Re:Somewhere 10,000 contractors get a call on Jeffrey Zients Appointed To Fix Healthcare.gov · · Score: 0

    I still haven't found the "death panels"

  25. Re:Ring = Long Building on A Peek At Apple's Planned $5B HQ · · Score: 1

    Right. For a bunch of nerds I'm surprised how difficult this is for some.