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  1. Re:Not the first occurrence of drilling in Bedrock on Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample · · Score: 1

    Bam-bam doesn't count. He was adopted.

  2. Re:zeros and ones on The Return of CISPA · · Score: 1

    So if I can video tape the Congressman 24/7, he won't object, because once I make it digital, it's just zeroes and ones, right?

  3. Re:Get a rope! on Email Trails Show Bankers Behaving Badly · · Score: 1

    HSBC was smart enough not to be prosecuted by Carmen Ortiz for alleged copyright infringement.

  4. Re:Yeah Right! on Is the Era of Groundbreaking Science Over? · · Score: 1

    How?

    Space-time tells matter where to go. Matter tells space-time what shape to be.

  5. Re:Why does it have to be in relation to Einstein? on Is the Era of Groundbreaking Science Over? · · Score: 1

    Go back and read the newspapers on microfiche of when Einstein made his discoveries. I doubt people were throwing parades in his honor.

    See the front page of the New York Times for No 10 Nov 1919

  6. Re:They flew close but... on Details of Chinese Spacecraft's Asteroid Encounter · · Score: 0

    Wasn't that the Japanese?

  7. MOD PARENT UP!!!! on Missile Defense's Real Enemy: Math · · Score: 1

    This is an incredibly important point.

    I worked for a few years in missile defense, and one of the big algorithms was determining *where* the inbounds were going to hit. If they were just going to splash, or hit something of no value*, we didn't bother scheduling an interceptor for them.

    * "no value" is a subjective term, determined by the higher-ups.

  8. Re:Sensible for both sides to appeal on Judge Koh Rules: Samsung Did Not Willfully Infringe · · Score: 5, Interesting

    General consensus on Groklaw is that she's sick of the whole mess and knows everyone is appealing everything, so she's just kicking it upstairs.

  9. Re:WeMo vs. high current devices? on Turning the Belkin WeMo Into a Deathtrap · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would that be the definition of a WeMowatt? (Beware the sleeping lion tonight.)

    Bravo, sir. You win the pun of the day award. I bow before your horrendous pun, and wish I had thought of it first.

  10. Re:Actually USE all your wiretapping crap on FTC Gets 744 New Ideas On How To Hang Up On Robocallers · · Score: 1

    I think we just found a use for Camp X-Ray over in Gitmo....

  11. Re:Check truth in political speech on Real-Time Fact Checking With "Truth Teller" · · Score: 1

    Duh. It's well known that the way to tell if a politician is lying is to look at his lips.

    If they're moving, he's lying.

  12. Re:Schroedinger's joke and what the tropers call C on New Secure Boot Patches Break Hibernation · · Score: 1

    No big deal. As I noted above, I am quite willing to admit that I missed your joke as well.

    It's possible that I bow to your superior quantum level of humor.

  13. Re:Whoosh on New Secure Boot Patches Break Hibernation · · Score: 1

    Quite possibly, but PP seemed quite serious about his response -- with two links, even!

  14. Whoosh on New Secure Boot Patches Break Hibernation · · Score: 1

    That was the sound of the joke going over your head.

  15. Needs to go to the cents... on Google Pledges Pi Million Dollars In Pwnium 3 Prizes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    $3,141,592.65 whould be better.

  16. Re:Now I'm going to have to drag out DOSBOX on Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1 · · Score: 1

    Bragging rights? And until recently, I *did* have a 5.25 floppy, but I've done some system upgrades, and haven't cleaned out my boxes of old media, etc....

  17. Now I'm going to have to drag out DOSBOX on Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1 · · Score: 1

    and my ancient Windows 1.03 floppies. Of course, finding a 5.25" drive to read them may be a problem... I'll have to dig around in my junk box.

  18. Re:Ting! on Ask Slashdot: Best Pay-as-You-Go Plan For Text and Voice Only? · · Score: 1

    No, we're not going to be travelling. She just wants to be able to talk and text with friends and family, and she can no longer use her traditional phone for that.

    If we were on a T-Mobile or AT&T plan, I'd just swap the SIM, but because we're VZW, I need to buy a SIM and a cheap plan.

  19. Re:Hi, Story Poster here... on Ask Slashdot: Best Pay-as-You-Go Plan For Text and Voice Only? · · Score: 1

    No, she can't use a bluetooth headset. Well, actually, she can, but it would be pretty useless. She can't talk, and relies on the computer to generate voice for her.

  20. Hi, Story Poster here... on Ask Slashdot: Best Pay-as-You-Go Plan For Text and Voice Only? · · Score: 1

    I thought I'd be a bit more specific ....

    My wife has ALS, and cannot use her hands, and has difficulty speaking. She uses a Tobii C15 with EyeGaze for speaking. Her computer also allows her to use it as a phone for voice (the voice output can be routed through the internal SIM) and SMS.

    I appreciate all the thoughtful suggestions. Coverage is not an issue for me, as I live in Los Angeles. I may go with the T-Mobile $15 unlimited text thing. However I am reconsidering some stuff... because it's very slow for her to type with her eyes, I may need unlimited voice minutes as well, in which case, I might be better off with just a regular unimited voice/text plan.

    Maybe I should start with the $15 plan, and change it if necessary.

  21. Re:Really? on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 5, Funny

    Red October Shtanding by

  22. Re:Ex post facto laws are illegal on California's Surreal Retroactive Tax On Tech Startup Investors · · Score: 1

    And if someone doesn't pay this retroactive tax, what do you think will happen to him?

  23. Re:Go Arch on Alan Cox: Fedora 18 "The Worst Red Hat Distro," Switches To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Don't know about ROSA. Yeah, the current release of Mageia is several months old, but Mageia 3 is in beta right now.

  24. Re:Go Arch on Alan Cox: Fedora 18 "The Worst Red Hat Distro," Switches To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Try Mageia. It has all the Mandriva goodness and none of the suckitude.

  25. Re:Reprehensible. on Scientist Seeks 'Adventurous Human Woman' For Neanderthal Baby · · Score: 1

    Hello, Friday!!!!!