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  1. Listen to audio? on 'Yanny vs. Laurel' Reveals Flaws In How We Listen To Audio (theproaudiofiles.com) · · Score: 1

    What else would we listen to?

  2. 2017, like 2016 on 2017: The Year in Programming Languages (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Worked on COBOL. Some new, some 1972.

  3. Add "engineering" to the list on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Along with "pumping your own damn gas".

  4. Re: Irrelevant Studies on Subway Sues Canada Network Over Claim Its Chicken Is 50 Percent Soy (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Jared, how could you let this happen?

  5. It's probaly more drywall than firewall.

  6. Boarders aren't borders. on EU Announces Deal To End All Wireless Roaming Charges (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm bored with borders and boarders.

  7. I hope Mr. The Edge doesn't dump another free album on my iWhatsit. Yuck.

  8. Football fields, again? on Study Links Human Actions To Specific Arctic Ice Melt (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    What's that in square light years?

  9. It seems like it's a recently made-up job title, maybe "producer" or "executive producer" was too hard to spell, or someone wanted to point out how special they are.

  10. Re:A credit card-sized device in 2D, sure. on Raspberry Pi Passes 10M Sales Mark (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What's that in football fields?

  11. Re:Moronic Subject for an Article on C Programming Language Hits a 15-Year Low On The TIOBE Index (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    I haven't seen much COBOL with mixed-case variable names. Funnier with all uppercase and hyphens.

  12. A bigger Blip? on Real-World Pong Created by Amateur Builders (geeky-gadgets.com) · · Score: 2

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_(game)
    Still got mine, I think.

  13. Re:COBOL ueber alles!!! on Symbolic vs. Mnemonic Relational Operators: Is "GT" Greater Than ">"? · · Score: 1

    Compute C = A + B is closer, but not as funny.

  14. Re:130 Secretary of State offices... on Michigan Sues HP Over Decade Long, $49 Million Incomplete Project · · Score: 1

    Different states have different names for the offices where you get your driver's license, plates, etc. I assume Michigan has 130 of these offices.

  15. Re:Scope of the task is *LARGE* on Michigan Sues HP Over Decade Long, $49 Million Incomplete Project · · Score: 1

    VMS isn't MVS, I assume you meant the latter. 3270 terminals, not VT320. Still old, but not 1960's old.

  16. Hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones on 3 Category 4 Hurricanes Develop In the Pacific At Once For the First Time · · Score: 1

    I thought the ones in the Pacific were typhoons?

  17. Re:Open source on Accenture Faces Mid-March Healthcare.gov Deadline Or 'Disaster' · · Score: 1

    Paid.

  18. C-3Pee-O on Scientists Invent Urine-Powered Robots · · Score: 1

    "We're doomed".

  19. Re:Silly Specification on WiFi 802.22 Can Cover 12,000 Square Miles · · Score: 1

    What's this work out to, in football fields?

  20. Freshman? on CMU Eliminates Object Oriented Programming For Freshman · · Score: 1

    Just one student?

  21. Cretan Hop? on Stone Tools Found On Crete Push Back Humans' Maritime History · · Score: 1

    There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin' You gotta keep it beatin' For all the hoppin' cretins Cretin! Cretin! I'm gonna go for a whirl with my cretin girl My feet won't stop Doin' the Cretin Hop Cretin! Cretin! 1-2-3-4 Cretins wanna hop some more 4-5-6-7 All good cretins go to heaven

  22. Re:It's a hoax, people. on Hikers May Have Found Fossett Items · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the plane made it to the ground by now.

  23. Re:CO2 on Probable Water Ice Sighted On Mars · · Score: 1

    Or look outside in the winter, if you live where it gets cold and stays cold.