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  1. Re:let me correct that for you. on Experiment Shows People Exposed To East German Socialism Cheat More · · Score: 1

    Exactly - the government owned everything. People didn't own anything, no matter how hard they worked. It was considered OK to steal from the government, because the government, in a way, stole from the people.

  2. Re:Amazing technology on Solar-Powered Electrochemical Cell Used To Produce Formic Acid From CO2 · · Score: 2

    Yes, but who owns the patents? If you cannot keep others from using this technology and make all the money, it's useless...

  3. This is our chance... on Microsoft Continues To Lose Money With Each Surface Tablet It Sells · · Score: 3, Funny

    to destroy the evil empire! If we buy enough surface tablets, Microsoft will lose all of its money and go bankrupt!

  4. Re:MOVIN’ ON UP. on Second World War Code-cracking Computing Hero Colossus Turns 70 · · Score: 0

    Could be. Or maybe it's the larger fonts - easier to read and click at my age :-)

  5. Re:MOVIN’ ON UP. on Second World War Code-cracking Computing Hero Colossus Turns 70 · · Score: 0

    I'm OK with beta. I almost like beta. And that's what makes me worry. Maybe I'm loosing my nerdiness...

  6. Re:Awesome on NASA's Next Frontier: Growing Plants On the Moon · · Score: 2

    And then nuke the entire site from orbit - it's the only way to be sure.

  7. Re:Home server not the fix-all on ArkOS: Building the Anti-Cloud (on a Raspberry Pi) · · Score: 2

    Colocation for Raspberry Pi? I'm sure there are services like that.

  8. So... on Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age · · Score: 2

    how old is she? No, wait, don't post here, or we'll get Slashdot sued!

  9. This is perfect... on CMU Researchers Create Multitouch Surface Anywhere · · Score: 1

    ... for those who like to touch themselves!

  10. Re:Every Continent, Except Antarctica on Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global · · Score: 1

    They already have communism. I mean they get their operating systems for free...

  11. Great! on Google Starts to Detail Dart · · Score: 1

    What the world needs is yet another language. One that solves the same problems in the same way, only with code that looks slightly different.

  12. Re:Dude! on Toyota Black Box Data Is More Closed Than Others' · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Indeed they are. Mod parent up!

  13. Re:Well... on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean the Creators are sending us a goatse?

  14. Re:So this implies... on Judge Thinks Linking To Copyrighted Material Should Be Illegal · · Score: 3, Funny

    If no one clicks a link, is it still a link?

  15. Re:No random, no paradox on Netbook-Run Dice Robot Can Rack Up 1.3 Million Rolls a Day · · Score: 1

    But you can still imagine the paradox...

  16. Re:Why? on Netbook-Run Dice Robot Can Rack Up 1.3 Million Rolls a Day · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...neither is anything else. (random), ...an actual random event..

    It's a good thing I have my paradox absorbing crumple zones installed...

  17. You have already answered your question... on What To Do When a Megacorp Wants To Buy You? · · Score: 1

    ...even though all of us agree that if we finished our thing, we'd earn more than what the corporation has offered us.
    If you know there's a good chance to finish your thing on your own - do it. If there's a great risk to fail - maybe you should think about accepting the offer. That's how I'd think.

  18. Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes.. on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    ...Well then perhaps she should have used Gentoo instead.

  19. Re:um on Asus Launches Touchscreen Eee Desktop · · Score: 1

    I don't get it.

  20. Re:No big deal. on 20 Hours a Month Reading Privacy Policies · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a good thing we don't read the articles. The number could be much much bigger...

  21. Re:The future of GIMP on GIMP 2.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Are you one of those Grammar Nazis I keep hearing about? I'm so excited! (by the way, this link says it's Toolkit).

  22. Re:The future of GIMP on GIMP 2.6 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ditch GTK? That's kinda funny, because GTK was created as the toolkit for GIMP (GTK stands for The GIMP Toolkit) :-)

  23. What about... on Panic in Multicore Land · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...functional programming languages? Or flow programming?

  24. Does this mean... on Scientists Find 'Devil Toad' Fossil · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... that robot devil and the hipno toad have the same ancestor?

  25. Re:ah! on Bill Gates and Microsoft Fund Telescope · · Score: 1

    I want my money back!

    Bill