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  1. Re:Pseudo-intellectuals just for fun reply on Working at Facebook Sounds Like Joining a Cult (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    makes me laugh every time

  2. and then they came for me on Global Majority Backs a Ban On 'Dark Net,' Poll Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
  3. Security! on The Artificial Pancreas For Diabetics Is Nearly Here · · Score: 1

    Hopefully not an afterthought !

  4. Afew of my Favorite on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Books Everyone Should Read? · · Score: 1

    Shogun
    Stranger in a Strange Land
    Lords of Discipline
    The Hobbit
    the Lord of the Rings trilogy
    The Great Escape
    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Just a few that spring to mind , obviously.

  5. Rest in Peace on Margaret Thatcher Dies At 87 · · Score: 1

    You will be missed.

  6. Re:Used to never test on Ask Slashdot: Do You Test Your New Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    But the third drive burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest drive in the entire organization.

    But did it have HUGE tracts of storage ?

  7. its a JUNGLE on Sensor Enables 3D Mapping of Rainforests · · Score: -1, Troll

    Only people who have never lived there call it "rain forest" To the poor people that have to live there its the "goddamned jungle".

    Burn it all down and pave it, I say.

  8. In Other News on eBay Deploys 100TB of SSDs, Cuts Rackspace By Half · · Score: 1

    Fibre Channel Storage equipment floods EBay!

  9. Help NASA scan the sky! on What Objects To Focus On For School Astronomy? · · Score: 1

    Before the budget cuts, their object collision budget was only 1 million dollars, which only allowed them to scan 3% of the sky :)

  10. the Modern version oolite rocks! on Elite Turns 25 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I found oolite a year or two ago and was amazed at how much fun this game still is!

  11. Re:Operation Chinese Freedom on China Considering Cuts In Rare-Earth Metal Exports · · Score: 1

    I heard a quote from my time in the military (a long time ago, when the Soviets/Warsaw pact were the big bad enemy).

    "China could field an army of 17-30 year old males greater than our population". The conventional wisdom was they lacked the logistics and force projection to deploy any meaningful force against us.

    A general told me "True, but if we nuked a million of them a day , we would still have a few years work ahead of us"

    Scary!

  12. I have had an electricity powered LEAF forever! on Nissan Unveils All-Electric LEAF · · Score: 1

    I love my Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall!

    Did anyone else wonder about that too ?

  13. Re:Yeah really on TrapCall Service To Bypass Caller ID Blocking · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I agree. If the phone number is blocked I do not answer. I don't talk on the phone to anonymous people. I don't use voice mail either. So you either call from your unblocked phone # that I recognize or I don't answer. Hell I am not really sure why I have a telephone anyway. The number of people I wish to communicate with via voice is a single digit.

  14. If the Answer is a federal government program.... on Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion · · Score: 1

    it must have been a Stupid Question!

  15. You have never been to mars. on Scientists Erase Specific Memories In Mice · · Score: 2, Funny

    You do not want a vacation on mars. You want to stay here and keep doing Sharon Stone.

  16. Canada. On Strike! on Canadians Battling Proposed Canadian DMCA · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Canada. On Strike!

  17. Re:Don't you mean? on B-2 Stealth Bomber Gets Upgrade, Joins the '90s · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am Pentium of Borg. Division is futile! You will be approximated.

  18. Re:Its legal on GoDaddy VP Caught Bidding Against Customers · · Score: 1

    I always skip hidden reserve price auctions. I just move on to one that has a minimum bid stated, or no minimum/reserve at all. For me a reserve price is a complete waste of time. So the seller loses the bids of anyone like me.

  19. Re:Screen works welll on Persistent Terminals For a Dedicated Computing Box? · · Score: 1

    try ssh -C -X myserver.mydomain.com

    for remote X, compression is a big win for me.

    As always YMMV.

  20. LARTC on Working With 2 ISPs For Home Networking? · · Score: 2, Informative
  21. Re:Too little too late... on 35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I am so sick of this. Clinton LIED under oath in a federal court after taking an oath to tell the truth. He lied ABOUT sex. I love how for some people it is just about sex...no big deal. Anyone else would have been buried in jail for contempt. he paid a fine ($10,000.00 US?) If I was issued a subpoena, then lied, I would either be charged with perjury and jailed or charged with contempt and jailed. I would have more respect for Bill Clinton if he had just said "Yeah I fucked her, what of it?"

  22. Re:yeah.. but.. on Verizon Wireless To Buy Alltel For $28B · · Score: 1

    Everybody, go get your brooms!

  23. Q2 LMCTF was the high point for me. on Games All Downhill Since Pong? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It had great team play. It had balanced objects. It had just the right amount of speed.

    It had suspension of disbelief.

    I so miss it.

  24. Re:30 years is fiction on Impassable Northwest Passage Open For First Time In History · · Score: 1

    I am god, you are god, all that groks is god.

  25. Re:Not a salt on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    You are correct. If I SAY I am going to kick you in the nuts, thats assault. If I actually kick you in the nuts, thats is battery.

    I limp along....corrected.