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  1. Re:Back ho? on NASA's New Lunar Rover in Action · · Score: 1

    I guess Bender finally built his lunar lander.

  2. Re:I declare this year of the mouse! on Suspended Animation In Mice Without Freezing · · Score: 3, Informative

    Chopping up mice is old school -- this is how a real man prepares his mice.

  3. Good timing... on Doctors To Control Robot Surgeon With Their Eyes · · Score: 1

    On Friday, I had a balloon angioplasty & stent put in -- the procedure was done at St. Joseph's in Atlanta, which is one of the main training centers for the daVinci system. If my case had required bypass surgery, it might well have been done by the daVinci.

  4. Re:Funny that on Young Employees Pose Increasing Risk to Networks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Most people born after 1980 are treated like shit in the IT industry. So are most people born before 1980.
  5. Re:Transcript of my conversation with "Eddie": on An AI 4-Year-Old In Second Life · · Score: 1

    A fitting tribute to Joseph Weizenbaum, the creator of Eliza, who passed away last week.

  6. Re:Security clearence dodged... too bad on Air Force Cyber Command General Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1

    You don't have to be squeaky clean to get a clearance, you just have to be honest. While that's probably true 99.9% of the time, there are times when honesty doesn't pay.
  7. Re:Mother in Law's Age? on The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old · · Score: 4, Funny

    just cut her in half and count the rings.

  8. Re:Results often don't end up with the patient on Privacy Fears Send DNA Tests Underground · · Score: 1

    FWIW, I had some blood tests done about a month ago. The doc gave me the printed results without my asking for them, and took the time to go over them, explaining what was significant & what wasn't.

  9. Re:Dominos Space Pizza on NASA Awards Space Cargo Grant · · Score: 1

    They need to get earthbound delivery right first. I ordered from them last night -- it took them almost an hour to deliver, and I live less than a mile away.

  10. Re:Who? In what state? on Lessig Campaign and the Change Congress Movement · · Score: 1

    Larry Lessig is better known as Lawrence Lessig, the guy behind Creative Commons. IIRC, he's running for the seat vacated by the late Tom Lantos, who passed away last week.

  11. I figured this out several years ago... on Theory Posits Early Stars Powered By Dark Matter · · Score: 4, Funny

    after all:
    1. Nibblonian civilization predates the Big Bang by 17 years.
    2. Nibblonians poop dark matter.

    Ergo, the first stars were made of Nibblonian poop.

  12. Re:Yep on How Pervasive is ISP Outbound Email Filtering? · · Score: 1

    Used to use Speakeasy DSL but got spooked when Best Buy purchased them and switched to Cox.
     
    Consider switching back -- I stayed with Speakeasy and haven't seen any change in service, prices, or support since BB took over.

  13. Re:Uses for the blind on Cellphone App Developed that Could Allow For 'Pocket Supercomputers' · · Score: 1

    My HTC Tytn II phone has a built-in app called WorldCard Mobile that does something similar. You take a picture of a business card, and the software does OCR on the image & creates a Pocket Outlook contact record with the OCR text. It's not the best OCR I've seen, but it's not the worst, either.

  14. Re:That they aren't primarily a programmer? on How to Recognize a Good Programmer · · Score: 1

    I'd have to agree with you -- I have degrees in Physics, Engineering, and Math, with an unofficial minor in English.

  15. Re:Is it true... on New Chip For Square Kilometer Radio Telescope · · Score: 1

    The looney detector van you mean.

  16. Re:Oh great, we're doomed on Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory · · Score: 1

    So he can blame someone else when things go wrong.

  17. Re:Laws != Justice on Couple Busted For Shining Laser At Helicopter · · Score: 1

    No you won't. "Upto" is not a word; "up to" is two words.

  18. Re:Emotionally Stunted on The Future of Love and Sex - Robots · · Score: 1

    Where are mod points when you need them?

  19. Re:SETI is a waste of time on Does Active SETI Put Earth in Danger? · · Score: 1

    Another intelligent species implies that we've already found one.

  20. Re:I worked for this company... on British Village Requests Removal From GPS Maps · · Score: 1

    I haven't heard the name Etak in years. Back in the mid 80s my Dad had an Etak navigation system in his company car. It used dead reckoning, cassette-tape maps, and a monochrome vector display that showed just the road, your car, and time/distance/direction.

    While he was driving all around southern California with his Etak, I was just out of college, working for a small aerospace company in the San Fernando Valley developing x86-based controllers for inertial navigation systems. One of the controllers I worked on took GPS input (which at that time was still military use only and pretty much unknown outside the aerospace sector) to calibrate the system.

  21. This is hardly new... on New Software Could Warn Sailors of Rogue Waves · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rogue Wave Software has existed since 1989.

  22. Re:Yeah but what if... on Online Nicknames Google better than Real? · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're obviously applying for the wrong jobs -- with your handle, you'd be a shoe-in for upper management.

  23. Re:Those open source terrorists! on Technology Leveling The Playing Field In Modern War · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given their extremist political views, I'd think they'd use Subversion instead of CVS.

  24. Re:Good Eats called... on Turkey Day Chemistry in the Kitchen · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, McGee (the author quoted in TFA) is one of AB's major sources.

  25. Re:Polygraph on FBI Doesn't Tell Courts About Bogus Evidence · · Score: 1

    FBI isn't the only three-letter agency to use the polygraph -- the NSA's really big on polygraphs, too.