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  1. Re:Two marshmallows? on Google Reveals What N In Android N Stands For -- Nougat · · Score: 2

    To misquote Blazing Saddles...

    "You listed Marshmallow twice."
    "I LIKE Marshmallows"

  2. Re:"Customer feedback"? on Microsoft To Make Saying No To Windows 10 Update Easier (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Does anyone really feel like they need "Customer Feedback" to understand that deceptive practices are something customers don't want?

    Yes. Marketroids.

  3. Re:That'll be interesting on US Customs Wants To Know Travelers' Social Media Account Names (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Mixed up series... but I like it!

  4. Re:That'll be interesting on US Customs Wants To Know Travelers' Social Media Account Names (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh come on. It's not like he said "BELGIUM"!!!

  5. Re:Many pardons come before trial or arrest on President Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Before Leaving Office (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Johnson pardoned the draft dodgers of Vietnam

    Wasn't that Carter?

  6. I can see how this might be useful... on Rolls-Royce Eyes Autonomous Ships, Expects Remote-Controlled Cargo Ships By 2020 (pcmag.com) · · Score: 2

    Remote controlled/autonomous ships near the Horn of Africa...

    Fine, the pirates board, but they can't commandeer the ship, it's still going where the shipping company wants it.

    Of course, that only lasts until someone breaks the remote control protocol and sells it to the pirates.

  7. Re:Not really ready for prime time on .NET Core 1.0 Released, Now Officially Supported By Red Hat (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This is what I was about to ask...

    What version of the .NET CLR is it compatible with? 3.0? 4.0? 4.7?

  8. Re:c++ needs to know its place on New C++ Features Voted In By C++17 Standards Committee (reddit.com) · · Score: 1

    And what language is the managed code runtime/manager written?

    I know! It's managed code all the way down!!!

  9. Re:Sweet on New C++ Features Voted In By C++17 Standards Committee (reddit.com) · · Score: 1

    TECO command strings.

  10. No HHGG love? on Remember When You Could Call the Time? · · Score: 1

    Nobody else remembers Ford Prefect doing this to somebody in one of the HHGG books?

  11. Really/? You can get bold and ital

    Did you even look at the "Allowed HTML" below the Submit button?

  12. [head explodes -- literally]

  13. Re:The Chrysler 200 had a differently weird shifte on J.J. Abrams Reacts To Death of Star Trek Actor Anton 'Chekov' Yelchin (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    I rented the same thing. It freaked me out.

  14. Re: Break out my Windows 3.11 box on BadTunnel Bug Hijacks Network Traffic, Affects All Windows Versions (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Piker. I am going to install my copy of Windows 1.03. As soon as I can find a 5.25" 360K drive.

  15. Re:why no upper body capture loop? on SpaceX's Falcon 9 Crashes Into Droneship (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I think they need a giant articulated arm ending in a gigantic catcher's mitt.

  16. Re:Uh good one on Executive Says Facebook Will Be All Video, No Text In 5 Years (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Please mod parent up.

    +1 Billy Madison

  17. When I was at WUSTL (early '80s), EE 280 (?) was the washout class for engineers. Everyone who was an engineer had to take it.

    For science majors, Organic Chemistry was often the washout class...

    Can't remember the others...

  18. I wonder if they are as resistant to EMP as old school tubes were.

    Or is that simply a factor of size?

  19. Re:Who's really to blame here? on Oracle Whistleblower Suit Raises Questions Over Cloud Accounting (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Under SOX (Sarbannes-Oxley), wouldn't Larry Ellison be personally responsible?

  20. Spider Robots! on Siemens Now Commands An Army Of Spider Robots (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Has anyone told Norman Osborne about this yet?

  21. Re:On an ALWAC IIIE on Slashdot Asks: How Did You Learn How To Code? · · Score: 1

    You win.

    Computer class in school, summer '74. Vintage 1950 North American Recomp III (owned by the teacher).

    Coded in octal, 4K 40 bit words of memory, divided into 8K 20-bit half words.

  22. My favorite IP.... on Wonder Boy Remake Finally On The Way (grabitmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    is 127.0.0.1

  23. It will stop in the middle of the road on Microsoft Wants To Power Self-Driving Cars With Software, Not Build One (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    To upgrade to the new version of the software, which you already said you didn't want.

  24. Re:No such thing as foolproof on Olympic Athletes To Sport Visa's New Payment Ring In Rio (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    On a tin-foil-hat conspiratorial note, anyone else wonder if someone has weaponized Zika and seeded the world with carrier mosquitos, to create an extinction-level event for the human race? Thought's occurred to me.

    That would be more "fun" with Ebola than Zika. AFAIK, Zika isn't immediately deadly like Ebola.

    Tom Clancy already did it.

  25. Re:First Mars inhabitants on SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Predicts People On Mars In 9 Years (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Darned speed of light delay!!!!!