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  1. Ahem... on Everything You Needed To Know About the Internet In May, 1994 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know what's even more fascinating? Being there when it happened instead of reading about it...

  2. So says on SpaceX Falcon 9 Blasts Off From California · · Score: 1

    Historically, the initial launch of a new rocket has as much as a one-in-two chance of failure.

    Just ask Germany, North Korea, Japan, India. . .

  3. And... on FDA Approves Wearable "Artificial Pancreas" · · Score: 1

    When MT says they plan an 'improved device', they mean it's ready now - just waiting for certification . . .

  4. Exxon Mobile's new mission statement on Underwater Sonar Linked To Whale Deaths · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "We're no worse than anyone else and you can't prove otherwise"

  5. Chevys, Mayans, Zombies, Black Ops, end 'o the world - all they missed were panda cub pairs and President Lincoln's Doctor's dog.

  6. Remember on Cygnus Spacecraft Makes Historic Rendezvous With Space Station · · Score: 1

    Orbital Sciences works with the DOD for arms delivery, so don't think this passive activity press release means they're helping ship more cute robot toys up there.

  7. Re:It's the scripts, stupid! on An Animated, Open Letter To J.J. Abrams About Star Wars · · Score: 1

    She doesn't have a lifetime of expectations or fandom or anything.

    Sure, except for you and your fandom sitting right there next to her the whole time.

    Just wait 'till the bill comes due on that one...

  8. Re:Growing weary of "Steam Box" talk on What Valve's Announcements Mean for Gaming · · Score: 1

    Bit longer? If you mean that it'll never happen, then sure. Don't patronize what can't happen. Be honest, or at least try, thanks.

  9. :Living Room? on What Valve's Announcements Mean for Gaming · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Did I read that right?

    Talk about dated . . . hello - the world is mobile now. Reach out and be someplace. The living room died so many decades ago, and so many cultures that game don't know what that is, that saying those words declares more about the misplaced hope of a few individuals than it does about whatever efforts they are trying to endorse.

  10. since we're talking on Martha Stewart Out To Exterminate Patent Troll Lodsys · · Score: -1

    How much to make Martha go away?

  11. Let's just hope on Tech In the Hot Seat For Oct. 1st Obamacare Launch · · Score: 0

    . . . the same wonks that gave us so many failed DMV systems haven't found work in this sector too.

  12. No worries on Arrest Made In Webcam Highjacking Extortion Case · · Score: 1

    The perp will be out in 30 days so he can make the rounds on TV talk shows...

  13. Better hurry on Tesco: 3D Printing Will Come To Supermarkets 'Within a Few Years' · · Score: 1

    Expect Kinko's to be ready very soon. But then all the corner store offerings will go the way of photo printing outlets once the ability moves into the home.

  14. Re:Go with with the pros use on Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source CRM/ERP System For a Small Business? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Go with MS-SQL Express. It is free and it has been very, very good to me. Access? Only for beginners. You have been at it 10 years now so you can move up to big boy software: MS-SQL Express. Did I mention it was free? It is free so enjoy. If you want to continue to use VB you may but I recommend also moving up to big boy software, MS .NET, and c sharp. You will need to hunker down and learn to rid yourself of your VB ways, but you need to learn new skills if you want to play with the big boys.

    To cap: Stop using Access. Stop using VB. Advanced IT uses MS-SQL Express. And .NET for customization. Go with the IT pros use.

    Did you just get here from the v e r y distant past or what? Someone w/mod points pls. send this SOB back where they belong . . .

  15. All well and good, but... on Popular Science Is Getting Rid of Comments · · Score: 0

    If they really want out of the mess they say they're in, they need to get off the internet entirely. As it is said, the 'net views and blockage as an outage and works to go around it. Blocking comments on their site does nothing when they can still pop up at will on others.

    It's time for scientists to come down from there ivory towers and let the masses participate, rather than treat them as audience.

  16. They're good for all on Naps Nurture Growing Brains · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Among the many things I learned from the locals while working in Japan was the ability to power nap. Benefits are both physical and mental, but the underlying brain 'tech' is how short term memory is allowed to percolate over to long term. Anyone at any age can apply such a technique.

  17. Good job, Beijing on China Lifts Bans On Social Media, Foreign ISPs In Free Trade Zone · · Score: 1

    Keep it coming.

  18. Re:Alternatives on Why Is Microsoft Setting More Money On Fire With Surface 2? · · Score: 1

    What other choice does Microsoft have? It can't get back in the game if it gives up trying.

    You have to be 'in' the game before you can 'get back in'. MS hasn't even done that so far, so don't try to whitewash the fact they've failed.

  19. I'm shocked on Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty To Leaking Secrets to the Associated Press · · Score: 0

    . . . shocked, I tell you.

    Let the countdown to the next and then the next and then the. . .begin.

  20. Let me be 1 of the 1st here on Utility Sets IT Department On Path To Self-destruction · · Score: 3, Insightful

    . . .to re-emphasize how bad of a decision this will become if put into effect. The issues waiting to occur have been well documented many times here, so I won't bother with them in detail. And know I won't take any satisfaction in saying I told you so later . . . well, maybe a little.

  21. Here's the deal on What I Did During My Summer Vacation: Burning Man Edition · · Score: 1

    . . . without photos of Elon Musk, I stopped reading. Might as well be a Chamber 'O Commerce blurb.

  22. Yes, but on Comments About Comments · · Score: 1

    Kinja is one thing . . . Gawker's aberration with fake video play buttons, cross-linked unrelated topics and animated gifs is another. Please don't relate the two if you care for either.

  23. So many on Comments About Comments · · Score: 2, Funny

    . . . comments on my comments!

  24. Too late on Ask Slashdot: Prioritizing Saleable Used Computer Books? · · Score: 4, Informative

    You've already put more into it than it's worth, but if you really want to know, find the local big book store's buyback locale and walk it in there. They have estimates for everything, and for what they don't have, they can speculate, but at that point it's usually due another trip to the dumpster/recycler.

  25. Poor NASA on NASA Rover Fails to Turn Up Methane On Mars · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't find water, can't find their DICP, can't find methane - no wonder they have a hard time finding funding :)