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  1. Re: Mammoth steak, vats grown. Mmmmmm on Woolly Mammoth On Verge of Resurrection, Scientists Reveal (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    A faux bacon double pseudo mammoth burger with special sauce and a super size diet Croak. Hold the Velveeta. I'm not into fake foods.

  2. Oh yea? Well your mother was a hamster on 34 'Highly Toxic Users' Wrote 9% of the Personal Attacks On Wikipedia (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1
  3. I hope my wife doesn't read this... on Nanorods Emit and Detect Light, Could Lead To Displays That Communicate Via Li-Fi (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    She'll start calling me "nanorod".

    No, you can't ask why.

  4. Sooooo. It's like San Jose? on First Gene Drive In Mammals Could Aid Vast New Zealand Eradication Plan (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Released in large enough numbers on an island

    Or in a Google or Amazon R&D facility

    the daughterless rodents

    i.e. S/W developers

    could, over the course of several months to a few years, result in a ... population that is, so to speak, all Mickey and no Minnie. Then (they) die out.

    Well. It hasn't happened yet. The pesky males keep finding ways to breed.

  5. The name was a premonition.

  6. Let the robots take over Capital Hill on Are Robots Coming To Take Investor Jobs on Wall Street? (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't see how fighting robots could be any worse at writing legislation than the fighting bozos currently in congress.

  7. Forget "Gold", "Silver" and "Bronze" medals on Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals To Be Made From Recycled Phones (silicon.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    We got yer Lithium, Zinc and Antimony medals right here.

  8. Please, no political jokes on Scientists Find 'Oldest Human Ancestor' -- A Big-Mouthed Sea Creature With No Anus (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I know; the temptation is undeniable, but resist. I'd like just one slashdot story without a "my guy is bigger than your guy" political flamewar.

  9. Re:He seems to be completely bananas... on Elon Musk Says He'll Start Digging a Tunnel From SpaceX HQ Next Month (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Dam. I thought it was the pesky ruskies. Judging by how frequently they come up on slashdot.

    Hey, How about changing Slashdot's name to SickleHammer?

  10. Re:He seems to be completely bananas... on Elon Musk Says He'll Start Digging a Tunnel From SpaceX HQ Next Month (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Musk?? Trump? All of the above? I get confused so easily.

  11. Can the skin tone be modified? 3D printed tats? How about a zebra-stripe or checkerboard pattern? How about clear? What about rejection? Can I shave off my fingerprints and replace them with 3D printed ones?

  12. There goes breitbart's numbers on Researchers Discover Massive Networks of Fake Twitter Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Down to the 71 actual humans who follow it.

  13. Re: An attack, ok, but not a hack on FBI Is Probing Sundance Cyberattack That Forced Box Office To Close (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Whooooosh.

  14. Sounds like the wires were still warm when the FBI got there (that's a metaphor of you can't tell) . Somebody at Sundance must have friends in high places. Brian Krebs had to do his own investigation when his site was hit by Mirai. I never read about govt involvement until 2 kids in Israel were detained.

  15. Re:Wind and Solar are Environmental Disasters on New Wyoming Bill Penalizes Utilities Using Renewable Energy (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    Interestingly, even the new generation of coal plants are now built this way, with a gasifier to turn the coal into gas, running that through a gas turbine, then using the outlet heat to drive a Rankine cycle. I imagine they use the solid residue to power the gasifier and probably an inter stage reheat on the Rankine cycle as well.

    Any idea if one of these re-tooled coal plants be "easily" converted to run on natural gas, or back again? "Easily" meaning "cheaper than building a new plant from scratch".

  16. Re:Cats are Environmental Disasters on New Wyoming Bill Penalizes Utilities Using Renewable Energy (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    I propose that Wyoming add "cats" to it's list of energy fuels along with nuke, oil, coal, wood and them libral east-coast democrats and californicatin commie pinko faggots. yee-ha.

    Too bad about wind. It definitely blows up there. Really really blows.

  17. Re: Trump Trump Trump on FTC Dismantles Two Huge Robocall Organizations (onthewire.io) · · Score: -1

    Grate America Up With Trump!

  18. Re:Right... on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    About 50% of registered voters went to the polls. Trump did in fact get explicit affirmative votes from 25.5% of Americans registered to vote. Enough to win but not exactly a "mandate by the people". I wonder how much it cost him and how long til buyer's remorse sets in?

  19. Re:Incorrect on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I saw the same thing. I've read that Melania will not be moving into or living in the White House. I hope you're taking notes Bill. Open season on interns!

  20. Re:He's certainly *different* in many ways on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    He is really good at shepherding, managing and promoting the "Trump" brand name. And now with the power of the US Military and the Presidential directive, he can definitely make a major contribution to Trump branded properties world-wide. As he's said, conflicts of interest do not apply to the office of the President, nor to him. OTOH, actually managing property or being a leader seems to not come as easily. He gives the impression of being a rebellious teenager with a twitter account.

  21. Many thanks for the link. I thought that when the head of the NSA said "squirrels", it was a metaphor or sekret code word. Not so. Now I'm worried about jellyfish. We get a lot of outages in rural Colorado. I'm going on the hunt for giant electricity-sucking alien jellyfishes hovering above high tension towers.

  22. Re: gee i wonder who on Ukraine's Power Outage Was a Cyber Attack, Says Power Supplier (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    More cowbell.

  23. Re: gee i wonder who on Ukraine's Power Outage Was a Cyber Attack, Says Power Supplier (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Funniest comment of 2017 (so far)

  24. Re: Think of it as evolution in action. on 'Superbug' Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills A Patient In Nevada (upi.com) · · Score: 1

    Donnie Trump & $0.00?

  25. So I was out in the south forty on the John Deere spreading around some asbestos and tilling it under. i get paid a buttload to take that stuff off the hands of them rich city folks who is refurbing old homes. Anyway, there I was kicked back, steering with my leg, scarfing down a quadruple bacon and egg sanwich and finishing off my 2nd six pack of Leinenkugel's, when damn if my cigar don't just leap outta my hand and hit the floor. I figured if I pick it up before I count to 3 then no harm, no foul. Am I right? I lean over and all hell breaks loose. Fell out of the seat and almost ended up on the ground. The tractor is still puttin along but now it's headed for the river that sits between my property and the Danburry nukelear power plant. I'm hanging onto a couple spark plug wires with one hand and trying to keep from getting sucked under the rear wheel. It was at that moment that my wife called on the CB radio. "Vern" she says, "My bags are packed and I'm leaving you for the nice man we met in Jamaica last winter. So this is good bye". In about 1 second I was so mad my eyeballs about popped. Then I was in a long tunnel with a bright light at the end. That's all I remember.