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  1. Re:Causing cancer on Brain Cancer Worries? Look Up Your Phone's SAR · · Score: 1

    White mice cause cancer.

  2. Re:Oh the Drivel You Will Spew on Anatomy of a Privacy Nightmare · · Score: 1

    Searching with my actual name yielded nothing. When I used my nickname, the only information it had correct was my address and phone number. The google street view showed a neighbor's house. Everything else was wrong.

    It said my late wife was still living at my address. I can't wait to get home to see where she's been hiding the last 10 years since she died.

  3. Simple things on RadioShack Trying To Return To Its DIY Roots · · Score: 1

    1. Overpriced

    2. No-nothing employees

    3. Pitiful selection

    I used to shop at RadioShack all the time, but over the years they simply forgot what the store is supposed to be about. The last visit was several years ago when I was needing an adapter for a microphone jack. Nobody there knew what I wanted or even if they had such an item. I found it myself, but it was so over-priced that I just walked out without it.

    Our company used to buy a lot of stuff there (fuse blocks, wire, switches, etc), but we found that we could buy the same stuff cheaper elsewhere.

  4. Re:Amazon Gags on Gaga on Amazon Gags On Gaga · · Score: 0

    I'm still not sure that she wasn't previously a man. She has very masculine facial features. Does she shave before her concerts?

  5. Re:A proper role for government on Draft Horses Used To Lay Fiber-Optic Cable · · Score: 1

    What burns my ass is that some farmer or mountain man way out in the middle of nowhere will now get fiber years before I do, and I live 20 miles from the middle of a major city.

    I've seen new subdivisions with only a couple of houses built so far that have fiber to every lot. We current "broadband" customers will be a long time getting such service. I guess I should be content with my Charter provided internet for the next 10 freaking years.

  6. Re:Evolutionary scientists?? on Scientists Take Charles Darwin On the Road · · Score: 2

    "Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting."

    -- Ernest Rutherford

  7. I'm not quite elderly on How Today's Tech Alienates the Elderly · · Score: 1

    Only 58, but my eyes are getting worse as time goes on. My biggest problem is web sites that display in flash. Text about 5 points!?! Can't resize that crap. If I can't read it, I just ignore that site and move on somewhere else.

    I propose we institute the death penalty for anybody who has their text and background in colors that are nearly the same. Contrast, people, contrast!

    Oh, and get the fuck off my lawn!!!
    And take your pooping dog with you!!!

  8. All's well until . . . . on The Future of Shopping · · Score: 2

    There's always one freaking item that won't scan no matter what you do, and you're left with keying in a number that's a mile long, or you have to call for help. The self-checkout at Wally World moves slower than the other checkout that have live human beings.

    Would these scanners be better and more reliable?

  9. It's apparently legit on Porn Reportedly Found At Bin Laden Compound · · Score: 2

    Some of the movie titles were:
    Deep Goat
    Hairy Popper and the Prisoner of Guantanamo
    Roadside Bombshells
    Debbie Does Darfur
    Behind the Green Tent Flap
    Her Mouth is Like a IED and She Will Blow You Away

  10. Re:Who would want to buy on TwitPic Will Sell Your Photos, But No Cash For You · · Score: 1

    Make that pictures of twats, and you've got yourself a deal!

  11. Re:Run-to-Failure on Alabama Nuclear Reactor Gets 'F' Grade · · Score: 1

    May I remind you that the Brown's Ferry reactor is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, a corporation owned by the federal government? Profit plays no role here.

  12. He's dead, Jim on AP Files FOIA Request For Bin Laden Photos · · Score: 1

    Yeah, he's dead, but we paid for those photos and we have the right to see them.

    Change you can step in. Indeed!

  13. You all asked for it! on Is Your Electricity Meter Spying On You? · · Score: 1

    Well, you and all the other so-called environmentalists.

    So now you have it, and it's going to get worse when all of your appliances are "smart". You're home alone watching television in your living room and the power company notices that you left the kitchen light on. Busted!

  14. Questions on America's First Pipeline-Fed Hydrogen Fueling Station · · Score: 1

    I didn't see anything in the article about the size of the pipeline, where it came from, what diameter pipe it is, or what material it's made of. But the number one question is, what odorizer is in the hydrogen? Hydrogen is explosive over a greater range than methane, and natural gas pipelines have to be regularly checked for leaks. Without leak surveys and with no odor in the gas, hydrogen transported by pipelines is going to be extremely dangerous.

    Oh, my job for the last 35 years? Checking natural gas pipelines for leaks.

  15. Re:More then I have on 24 Rooms in 344sq Feet · · Score: 1

    You don't really need a toilet. Just open a window and let it fly!

  16. Re:A reasonable stance on DHS Wants Mozilla To Disable Mafiaafire Plugin, Mozilla Resists · · Score: 3, Funny

    13. Who died and made you God?

    (they think they are!)

  17. Re:Buy more ram on Ask Slashdot: Best Small-Footprint Modern Browser? · · Score: 3, Funny

    You put rouge on your computer???

    I love my computer, but it's beautiful without makeup.

  18. Rollover gigabytes on On Monday, AT&T Customers Enter Era of Broadband Caps · · Score: 1

    Since AT$T pioneered rollover minutes for their cell phone service, maybe they should consider doing the same with their internet service. Just as I don't talk the same amount each month, neither do I download the same each month.

    I love them for cell service. Best thing going in my area. If they ever get around to offering their U-verse service here, I'd seriously consider them to replace my current isp, Charter (aka asshats).

  19. Re:I am reminded of... on Rep. Bill Posey Introduces 'Back To the Moon' Bill · · Score: 1

    And it's even more addicting. They really pitch a fit when they don't get what they think they're supposed to get. Here locally they're bitching about the end of an "occupational tax" that years ago was supposed to be temporary and recently ruled illegal. So, they've shut down our convenient satellite courthouses to get our "attention" for the need for another tax increase. Assholes all.

    Money to a politician is like crack to an addict.

  20. Just like the old saying on Apple: "We must Have Comprehensive Location Data" · · Score: 1

    One rotten Apple spoils the whole barrel.

    Time to toss the barrel!

  21. Re:Why is it being removed in the first place? on Sony Should Pay For OtherOS Removal, Says Finnish Board · · Score: 1

    Sony says "We don't care what you bought, our EULA allows us to add and remove features as we wish."

    What's next? Can General Motors remove my steering wheel?
    Yeah, I know there's no EULA with GM -- we just needed a bad car analogy here.

  22. Want real 3-D? on Why People Should Stop Being Duped By the 3D Scam · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Go to a play. All the actors are right there on stage in living 3-D!

  23. Re:iPads are cool and all on Minnesota School Issues iPad 2 To Every Student · · Score: 2

    Of course students love the iPad. With a Kindle you can't watch youtube videos or view porn in color. Tough playing games, too. Bye bye, angry birds!

    A Kindle with wifi and 3G is only $189 and is a much better tool for reading books, checking gmail, looking up definitions and searching wikipedia. My niece is an elementary school teacher and she used grant money to buy her students Kindles. Much better use of taxpayer money!

  24. Easiest way on Erasing CDs By Using 150,000 Volts of Electricity · · Score: 2

    Just give it to a three year old to play with for a while. Even the NSA wouldn't be able to get any data off of it!

  25. Re:No on Is Sugar Toxic? · · Score: 1

    http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0706.htm#headingA11

    "We therefore conclude that our data strongly suggests that these GM maize varieties induce a state of hepatorenal toxicity. This can be due to the new pesticides (herbicide or insecticide) present specifically in each type of GM maize, although unintended metabolic effects due to the mutagenic properties of the GM transformation process cannot be excluded."

    Took all of a minute to find that one. You might want to look for others.