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  1. Re:Watch the age trend on Matt Smith Leaves "Doctor Who" · · Score: 1

    It turns out the next incarnation will be Mork from Ork

  2. Re:not a fan on Review: Star Trek: Into Darkness · · Score: 1

    I also noticed a trend where it seems to me that each new incarnation of the Dr is a bit younger than the previous. If they want to keep that consistency, they're going to have to pick someone really young for the next (and last if my count of 12 is correct) Doctor.

    I'm waiting for the big reveal in the 50th anniversary special where it's revealed the Doctor is actually the lovechild of a Timelord and Mork from Ork.

  3. Re:Don't post it on Slashdot on How To Promote Stage Comedy In a Geeky Way? · · Score: 1

    Yes but you're being voted +5 funny by people who find themselves laughing a jokes with punchlines like 'And the funny thing was he was trying it with a TMS320c32 processor!'

    Or maybe that's just me ;-)

  4. NASA provide a good MSL multimedia section on 4-Billion-Pixel Panorama View From Curiosity Rover · · Score: 1

    I have just finished doing a music video for a song I have about the Mars rovers. I was very impressed with the image data that NASA makes available on the Mars Science Laboratory - RAW images from cameras as well as annotated images with explanations.

  5. Re:Butthurt on Man Fired For His Online Customer Service Game · · Score: 2
  6. Re:Cheese on Humans Have Been Eating Cheese For At Least 7,500 Years · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cheese is made from milk.

    Unless it's Edam, which is made backwards....

    .

  7. Re:So it'll actually be respectable on Facebook? on Firefox 18 Beta Out With IonMonkey JavaScript Engine · · Score: 0

    There will be issues on 64-bit Windows as it seems 64-bit Firefox isn't being supported anymore...
    http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/64-bit-firefox-for-windows-should-be-prioritized-not-suspended

  8. Re:Guild Wars 2 on Ask Slashdot: What Video Games Keep You From Using Linux? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, my personal fave text adventure game on Linux was xorg.conf. Spent hours on it. Way ahead of its time it was also the only text game I can think of with dual monitor support. Or not, as they case may be.

  9. Re:crash faster on Windows 8 Graphics: Microsoft Has Hardware-Accelerated Everything · · Score: 4, Funny

    What time does it now take to draw the entire screen blue?

  10. Re:Wait till Windows 8.1 on Windows 8 Release Date: October 26th · · Score: 0

    Doesn't even have a working Mail app - hard to view this as an upgrade.

  11. Space Seed is the new movie.... on Ask Slashdot: How To Introduce Someone To Star Trek? · · Score: 2

    The Rebooted Star Trek 2 will also involve the Khan character - so I assume this will rework Space Seed in some way rather than Wrath of Khan.

  12. Re:still waiting on the fart combuster. on Wearable Device Generates Electricity From Walking Knee Movements · · Score: 1

    As with many business decisions it'll depend on what the accountants say. And this one may be tough to get past the bean counters.

  13. The author's name on The Mathematics of Obesity · · Score: 2

    Chow, an MIT-trained mathematician and physicist

    The fact it's written by Chow is making me hungry.

  14. How good is it? on Apple Developing Tool To Remove Flashback · · Score: 1

    I'm still having flashbacks to the time I saw the Goatse image. Will it work on that too?

  15. Re:If you like privacy... on The Privacy Richter Scale · · Score: 2

    And where you buy your tin foil.

  16. Re:Mac interface VASTLY improved on VLC 2.0 'Twoflower' Released For Windows & Mac · · Score: 1

    I hope they haven't taken away the option to have the playlist in a separate window. I do performances of nerdy songs about science where I have backing video and music being played on VLC player. The video goes through the projector and the playlist is on my Windows laptop screen. It would be an annoyance if that modus operandi had been taken away for me.

  17. Re:Stick to ASCII on Unicode 6.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Something wrong with the Java code for this though Character.getNumericValue() is documented as returning -1 for this character, when quite clearly it should be a number 2.

  18. Re:It won't last on Volkswagen Turns Off E-mail After Work-Hours · · Score: 2

    I was very impressed when I saw this news item - German factory built especially for an older workforce. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16260315

  19. Re:Gobbling on Microsoft, Nokia, and Amazon Contemplated RIM Takeover · · Score: 1

    >It is interesting to see who will gobble up RIM. Personally I was hoping Apple would do it under its previous CEO. A collaboration called RIM Jobs would have been fantastic!

  20. Re:First post from firefox on Chrome 15 Overtakes IE 8 For Top Browser Spot · · Score: 1

    You could pay the fee and get the ad free version, which I did as well. Certainly in the age of dial-up it kicked IE4 and Netscapes bottom. When I was working in the Caribbean at the time it was great as it fitted onto a single floppy disk and you could just press G to stop images from downloading while surfing which made it great for accessing content. It was a browser and a mail client, was fast, had tabbed browsing and mice gestures and just nice to use.

  21. Re:Combination on Self-Contained PC Liquid Coolers Explored · · Score: 1

    Prognosis not good. The technology is just moving in the wrong direction. It's now commonplace to get PCs without cupholders.

  22. Error in the summary on Many Early Adopters of the Amazon Fire Are Unhappy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple is tough to beat because most of its mistakes are software-based

    Apple is tough to beat because most of its mistakes are user based.

  23. Wife Won't Let Me Upgrade on Linux Mint 12 Released Today · · Score: 4, Funny

    Katya is my wife. I don't think I'm allowed to upgrade to Lisa.

  24. Re:Not surprised on Spock Gives Up the Con · · Score: 1

    He also had a significant role in the Star Trek reboot as well - I thought Spock prime would feature in the next movies as an elder advisor character, though that tramples on Sareks turf.

  25. Sequel? on Review: Cowboys & Aliens · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So when is Cowboys vs Predators coming out?