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  1. Mission is a fake on NASA: Curiosity Has Found Plastic On Mars · · Score: 1

    Obviously the whole "people sent stuff to Mars" is a sham like the moon missions. The laser just cut down into the bottom of the stage.

  2. Re:I got it! on WW2 Carrier Pigeon and Undecoded Message Found In Chimney · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Getting hungry on the front. Send more pigeons."

  3. Like Icarus, you just need to fly closer to the sun to get enough energy.

  4. Re:Shooters' earmuffs on Why Can't Industry Design an Affordable Hearing Aid? · · Score: 1

    And you look like you should be armed. You don't need to listen then, people need to listen to *you*.

  5. Nukem on 72% of Xbox 360 Gamers Approve of "More Military Drone Strikes" · · Score: 1

    In the parallel poll, 100% of Duke Nukem players said using drones strikes on everything that moves is a good idea.

  6. Re:Genius on Facebook Patents Pokes-Per-Minute Limits · · Score: 2

    "Phone"?

  7. Reflects poorly on Torvalds Uses Profanity To Lambaste Romney Remarks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    eom

  8. Re:New Onion Article on Ask Slashdot: What's Holding Up Single Sign-On? · · Score: 1

    Mod up

  9. Re:Might not have happened on 50th Anniversary of the Starfish Prime Nuclear Weapon Test Today · · Score: 2

    Horribly, fiery, radioactive death, for one.

    Hardly. That's the primary and intended effect.

  10. Re:Inevitably... on Nukes Are "The Only Peacekeeping Weapons the World Has Ever Known," Says Waltz · · Score: 1

    They are easy to get rid of you know....

  11. Re:Bring Life on NASA Rover May Contaminate Its Samples of Mars · · Score: 1

    We won't be able to afford that. We'll be busy terraforming Earth.

  12. Re:How?? on NASA Rover May Contaminate Its Samples of Mars · · Score: 2

    Huh. They aren't exactly rocket scientists either. No, wait a minute....

  13. My projections based on historical rise on NC Planners May Be Barred From Using Speculative Sea Level Rise Predictions · · Score: 1

    My projections based on historical sea level rise in NC over the last 4 hours (3 feet) mean that we are going to be in a whole lot of trouble in a year or so.

  14. Re:expat forums on Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? · · Score: 1

    mod up

  15. Re:Are you nuts? on Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? · · Score: 2

    Seriously - I think you could get some mileage from this suggestion. You'd want to market yourself directly to a bunch of companies and point out the value of improving their manuals and other customer documents. Offer at least 2 levels of service: (1) just read and correct the manual without learning what it covers in detail (e.g., the way you could correct it now by just reading it), (2) same thing but learn from them what the actual process/usage is in the manual. You'd need a translator yourself for part 2 though.

  16. Re:Microbots? on Microbots Made of Bubbles Are Controlled By Lasers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because entitling it "moving microbubbles with light" wouldn't get many hits.

  17. Re:Big bubbles... on Microbots Made of Bubbles Are Controlled By Lasers · · Score: 2

    Hope they aren't breaking any strategic weapons treaties with those oversized lasers.

  18. Re:Old News on RunCore Introduces Self-Destructable SSD · · Score: 2

    And how, we're having a 30-40 % failure rate on Western Digital drives after 1 year.

  19. Re:the evil get eviler on Verizon To Kill All Unlimited Data Plans · · Score: 3, Insightful

    More corporate assraping goodness

  20. Re:BSOD? on Ask Slashdot: What's a Good Tool To Detect Corrupted Files? · · Score: 1

    "BSOD?" Naw. That just detects a corrupt O/S.

  21. Re:Two things holding up asteroid tracking on Asteroid the 'Size of a Minivan' Exploded Over California · · Score: 1

    Coincidence my ass. Their little experiment with hard-landing an asteroid at their HQ didn't work out. Fortunately for them it didn't reach the surface. NOW they say "just telescopes to look at".

  22. Re:the astronaut party and the space-cadet party on Spaceman-Turned-Politician Can Call Himself 'Astronaut' On Ballot · · Score: 1

    Indeed. More effective at being scum.

  23. Barry Manilow on Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime · · Score: 1

    will empty the stations entirely.

  24. Re:Proven! on Mild Electric Shock To Brain May Boost Spatial Memory · · Score: 2

    But she was really GOOD at stumbling around while drunk!

  25. Re:Work and fun on What's Keeping You On Windows? · · Score: 1

    Similarly, Excel and games. Lots and lots of Excel-based automation that I need to be portable to any machine I use.