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  1. Re:No, its still an expensive toy. on VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution · · Score: 2

    A spreadsheet on a 10" screen is simply impossible to use.

    We use a notebook with a 17" screen in the field because we have to be able to read what's on the freaking screen and enter data into those tiny cells. A tablet just wouldn't work.

  2. Re:Ok, how many more are there? on Possible New Human Species Discovered In China · · Score: 2

    Don't forget lawyers!

    Well, they're almost human . . .

  3. Skip all this rifle stuff on Camera Gun Would Let Hunters Get Killer Wildlife Shots · · Score: 2

    Just buy a good DSLR and spend the bulk of your money on a fast long lens. A 300mm f2.8 telephoto lens will cost you a lot, but it's worth it for wildlife photography. Either that or just go to the zoo.

  4. Re:Going way too far on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 1

    We need to lock up Mr. Matthew Liao for a long, long time. He's a perfect example of what's wrong with the world, a real danger.

    Oh, and just to add to his misery while in prison - make him eat meat three meals a day.

  5. Re:I don't really agree with Ben here. on Did Benjamin Franklin Invent Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 2

    This morning there will be children standing on the side of roads waiting for their school buses in the dark. Great, right? Moving DST to March 11 was a terrible idea.

    If we have to have it, why not start it about a month from now?

  6. This one worries me more on What To Do About an Asteroid That Has a 1 In 625 Chance of Hitting Us In 2040? · · Score: 1

    Asteroid 2012 DA14

    Size: 60-meters
    Arrives in February 2013
    How close? 27,000 km (16,700 miles)

    That's a little too close for comfort!

  7. Multiple causes on Did the Titanic Sink Due To an Optical Illusion? · · Score: 1

    1. Lookouts not paying attention
    2. Ship was going too fast
    3. Rivets and steel were sub-par
    4. Pure arrogance
    5. Captain was a dunce
    6. Etc

    Like a woman talking on the phone while driving an SUV full of children - an accident looking for a place to happen.

  8. Vortex canons? on The Vortex Gun Coming Soon To a Protest Near You · · Score: 1

    Wow! The Catholic church is getting very high-tech!
    Ecclesiastical rules coming straight at you in a vortex.
    Duck, sinners, duck!!

  9. Re:Anonymity vs. Accountability on In Theory And Practice, Why Internet-Based Voting Is a Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    So . . . . . care to tell us how many times you voted last time?

    You have to show an ID to do damn near anything in this country, so why shouldn't it be required to do the most important thing a citizen can do?

    And, lastly, prove that requiring a photo ID keeps anybody from voting. If you can, you're doing better than any court has done to date.

  10. Re:Lies on YouTube Identifies Birdsong As Copyrighted Music · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is "bald-faced", not "bold-faced". You're just as wrong as he is.

  11. Re:ask a mechanic on Have Bad Cars Gone Extinct? · · Score: 1

    If you like GMC trucks, you can have my 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 company truck (if my boss doesn't mind). Cruise control won't hold a steady speed even after repair; wind noise around both windows even after repair; and the most uncomfortable seats I've ever sat in. I've tried my best to get the company to buy good trucks, but they always go with crap from "government motors".

    I can't see me driving it 45K miles a year. I'll go crazy long before that simply from the freaking wind noise!

  12. Safe for web-based? on Is the Government Scaring Web Businesses Out of the US? · · Score: 0

    The U.S. isn't safe for ANY kind of business. The government we have now is so anti-business, a person would be a fool to start one. They will either shut you down, tax you to death, or put so many nit-picking requirements on you that you'll have to go under.

  13. No problem on Sony Raises Price of Whitney Houston's Music 30 Minutes After Death · · Score: 1

    I never cared for urban yodeling anyway.

  14. What is life? on Boiling Down the Meaning of Life · · Score: 1

    It's that cereal Mikey likes!

  15. Re:Not better off with small backpack on How Much Stuff Can Timothy Jam Into His New Hoodie's Pockets? (Video) · · Score: 2

    You'd be better off with a photographer's vest. You can wear it over a shirt in warmer weather, or wear it under a jacket in colder weather. It will hold everything on Timmy's list and more.

  16. Re:It's not a choice on No Pardon For Turing · · Score: 1


    I thought "straight" was the default, therefore no choice needed.

  17. Re:Meanwhile... on The Hi-Tech Security at the Super Bowl · · Score: 1

    "hundreds of thousands"

    Damn! How big is that stadium?!?

  18. Re:Fear on The Hi-Tech Security at the Super Bowl · · Score: 0

    Bingo! We have a winner!

    You hit the nail on the head, FridayBob.

  19. In a nutshell on Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us · · Score: 1

    Science needs religion and religion needs science.

    Science is really good at how, but can never tell us why.
    Religion is really good at why, but its explanation of how is lacking.

    There has to be some deep unexplainable mystery or everybody goes crazy. We can't know everything.

  20. Re:Don't you get it? Republicans only ones DEFENDI on Romney Invokes Fair Use In Dispute With NBC Over Campaign Ad · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Keep this in mind - the right wing and the left wing are attached to the same vulture.

    George Wallace had it right decades ago when he said there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties (though he was a real asshole, too).

  21. Re:I am not worried about it on Don't Worry About Global Warming, Say 16 Scientists in the WSJ · · Score: 1

    More insurance claims because more people live in hurricane-prone and tornado-prone areas. Bigger claims because of inflation.

  22. Re:Grown-ups? on Google+ Officially Open To Teens · · Score: 2

    Technically, yes. :)

    Lots of people in the same age group are married and have children, so you could say they're grown up even if they're not mature yet.

  23. Re:No shit! on US Plummets On World Press Freedom Ranking · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You must have been asleep for the last three years. Obama has wholeheartedly embraced what Bush was doing and has taken Federal powers, and thus his own, to new levels.

  24. Skipity? Nah! on The Web's Worst Privacy Policy · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's actually the privacy policy of the United States Federal government.

    And getting worse every day . . . .

  25. Not exactly anonymous, but close on Ask Slashdot: Choosing Anonymous Proxies? · · Score: 2

    I live next door to CowboyNeal and use his unprotected wifi.