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  1. Weenies on Apple Maps Flaw Sends Drivers Across Airport Runway · · Score: 1

    99% of the time it's perfectly safe.

  2. Re:It's a fact. on Popular Science Is Getting Rid of Comments · · Score: 2, Funny

    And to keep in the spirit of comments in general, they're Worse Than Hitler, Satan And JarJar Binks All Rolled Into One!!!!!!!!!

  3. No good. That still would be broadcasting RF so you won't be allowed to use it.

  4. Re:Handgrenades count? on TSA Reminds You Not To Travel With Hand Grenades · · Score: 2

    Nah, that'd be a hand greenade.

  5. Galaxy exploding on Mystery Alignment of Planetary Nebulae Discovered · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Galaxy is exploding. Not news.

  6. A Riddle on Japanese Ice Wall To Stop Reactor Leaks · · Score: 1

    Can ice be hot and cold at the same time?

  7. Electroshock S&M facebook page on New Keyboard Accessory Shocks Users When They Try To Go On Facebook · · Score: 1

    What about my updates to the Facebook Electroshock S&M site?

  8. Re:The real market on New Keyboard Accessory Shocks Users When They Try To Go On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Upgrade it so it kills them *before* they complete the firstpost. Then the next firstposter comes along ....

  9. Re:Very dangerous on NASA Visualizes Asteroid Grab Mission · · Score: 0

    Well, technically, hitting Earth with it would put it into "lunar orbit".

  10. Re:Burning bridges on Ask Slashdot: When Is It OK To Not Give Notice? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you already have a new employer then why would it raise flags? They've already hired you and (probably) have no idea what sort of circumstances you plan to leave your old employer under unless you have informed them and that would be pretty dumb to do.

    Sometimes bridges are worth burning. Not a good idea as a general practice I'll concur but if someone came to me and said I'll triple your salary, you'll work with nice people and you get to work 20 hours a week I'd consider burning a few bridges for that. I've also had the "pleasure" of working for a few real douchebags and those are bridges I wouldn't mind burning either.

    1 If I'm the hiring person and you don't give your current employer notice then I'll assume that you are a snake and will do the same to me later, regardless of whether I would need knowledge transition at that point. You're talking a professional (knowledge) position here, right? 2 How sure are you that you won't ever want the old job as a reference? I've been surprised at how well some older references have worked for me.

  11. Re:Pointless and self-congratulatory on NASA To Send Poems To Mars · · Score: 0

    Flesh-pots in space? Sweet!

  12. Re:So firing 90% of their admins on NSA Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a spy agency. You're misinterpreting the meaning of "firing" here. As in "ready, aim, ...".

  13. Re:Hookers on Soldiers Looking For Hookups On Craigslist Are Being Warned of a Military Sting · · Score: 5, Funny

    The key to military success is good advance planning.

  14. Re:Rise of the clones on Rise of the ARM Clones · · Score: 1

    Better warn Niven.

  15. Re:Breaking News: Microsoft goes bankrupt. on Microsoft Launches $100k Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 1

    Does "up to" include negative numbers?

  16. Re:Finally on Microsoft Launches $100k Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 2

    Can the MS devs apply to the program for some *very* recent bugs?

  17. Re:Bugs in Windows? Unthinkable! on Microsoft Launches $100k Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Slashdotters shut up about Windows? Also unthinkable.

  18. Bugs in Windows? Unthinkable! on Microsoft Launches $100k Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bugs? In Windows? I'm gonna be rich!

  19. Re:What is the point of this? on Google Aims To Cull Child Porn By Algorithm, Not Human Review · · Score: 1

    Making it not searchable means they identified it, knows where it is, and can alert authorities to same. Second-order effect is to reduce cp production.

  20. Re:Good movie title on DNA Fog Helps Identify Trespassers, Thieves, and Brigands · · Score: 1

    The fog rolls in a changes your DNA and you go from being a person to a thing while you try devour the L.A pretty people. FTFY

  21. Can't wait on Mozilla Launches Initiative To Adapt Scientific Practice To the Open Web · · Score: 1

    I for one can't wait for academic credentials to be judged based on .... #cough# ... blogs.

  22. Re:The horse poop will be 6ft deep in Chicago... on World Population Could Reach Nearly 11 Billion By 2100 · · Score: 1

    Got news for ya. If you average DC in then the depth of horseshit in the streets (and everywhere else) is way deeper than six feet.

  23. Re:Just make patents full ownership on Never Mind the Epidemic, Who Gets Patent Rights For the Cure? · · Score: 2

    I feel that one euro per unlicensed copy created by the defendant is fair compensation your honor.

  24. Treat it like the Windows registry on Ask Slashdot: When Is the User Experience Too Good? · · Score: 1

    Easy enough to get to, but most people don't know about it or use is. Never more than "click - delete - confirm" from bricking your machine once in the registry but in my experience that rarely happens. Make it relatively easy to get to but not at the top 1-2 levels where people will stumble into it. Maybe add a dire warning when one tries to access it, and maybe a couple confirmations before do something destructive. Having and "undo" button is good. If it's too omni and can phuck up other people unintentionally or deliberately then take it out - function should either exist or not exist and have sufficient warnings to stop accidental usage. Obnoxious wait-timers can be useful in these cases (but they really are obnoxious).

  25. Re:Invasive species taste good. on UN Says: Why Not Eat More Insects? · · Score: 1

    What about the most invasive species of all?