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  1. How much on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 1

    are the laughing people getting paid?

  2. Re:One thing they could seize on Countries Don't Own Their Internet Domains, ICANN Says · · Score: 1

    It's a simile

  3. One thing they could seize on Countries Don't Own Their Internet Domains, ICANN Says · · Score: 1

    is those countries series of tubes, and install valves on them and charge for the flow.

    In other words, they could put a toll on the internet superhighway, so that each time a big truck enters that country, there's a price to be paid.

  4. Re:Golly, the "USA Freedom Ac" - it must be good! on Senate Bill Would Ban Most Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I had written the bill, I would have named it "USA #1 Freedom Bald Eagle Star Spangled Flag Waving Democracy Rah Rah Rah Act"

  5. If not black... on Black Holes Not Black After All, Theorize Physicists · · Score: 2

    following the convention for naming stars that are not dense enough to ignite "brown dwarfs", we could name these new, less dense, singularities... "brown holes".

  6. I think this is only going to end on The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist · · Score: 1

    when everyone is on the list.

    The probable good news is that, given the incredible computing power at play, this should not take a very long time, since the reasonable suspicion criterion make it easy to add names.

  7. If it works on ExoLance: Shooting Darts At Mars To Find Life · · Score: 1

    I can see this tech also being used on Europa (and bombing doesn't count as "landing").

  8. Has anyone considered on FBI Concerned About Criminals Using Driverless Cars · · Score: 1

    making another Weekend at Bernie's sequel? This time, Bernie "drives himself" around!

  9. Re:He cant or wont? on White House Punts On Petition To Allow Tesla Direct Sales · · Score: 1

    All you have to do is change the legal definition of "ordnance" to that of "fireworks"

  10. Re:I don't have a phone on Your Personal Data Is On Your Phone -- In the Form of Bacteria · · Score: 1

    But those phones that do make it to a person in jail is shockful of bacteria, and not all of it from the final user.

  11. I wonder what the Mafia techniques are on German NSA Committee May Turn To Typewriters To Stop Leaks · · Score: 1

    for avoiding eavesdroppers. And is this a direction that non-criminal organizations are going towards?

  12. Re:Wait a minute... on Hair-Raising Technique Detects Drugs, Explosives On Human Body · · Score: 1

    Tylenol is in high demand in Cuba. I always buy some as gifts to the hotel staff whenever I visit.

  13. Muto ate it? on How Japan Lost Track of 640kg of Plutonium · · Score: 1

    Let's wake up Godzilla!

  14. Re:How do you defeat dogs? on Police Using Dogs To Sniff Out Computer Memory · · Score: 1

    Don't hunters use activated charcoal liners to prevent being sniffed out by the animals they are hunting? It could also work with dogs.

  15. They didnt think their clever plan on Police Using Dogs To Sniff Out Computer Memory · · Score: 1

    all the way through.

    What if the hardware contains information that is classified at a level above that of the police's security clearance?

  16. Re:It's not illegal for Americans to travel to Cub on Eric Schmidt and Entourage Pay a Call On Cuba · · Score: 1

    "Now what is illegal, thanks to President Kennedy, is for Americans to spend money there without prior authorization from the US Department of Treasury"

    Does buying your all inclusive vacation package in Canada count as spending money there?

  17. Reinstate the Prohibition on CDC: 1 In 10 Adult Deaths In US Caused By Excessive Drinking · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It works so well with currently illegal drugs.

  18. Drug mules survival rate will increase... on Long-Lasting Enzyme Chews Up Cocaine · · Score: 1

    But who will benefit, apart from the mule himself/herself?

  19. First of all on Ask Slashdot: How To Bequeath Sensitive Information? · · Score: 1

    Solve the problem of motivating someone to do your will after you're dead.

  20. Does it come on Century-Old Drug Reverses Signs of Autism In Mice · · Score: 5, Funny

    in the form of a vaccine?

  21. I stopped playing the console version on Grand Theft Auto V For Modern Platforms Confirmed · · Score: 2

    because I got tired of waiting for the mission creator.

  22. Re:Useful Idiot or Russian Agent on Did Russia Trick Snowden Into Going To Moscow? · · Score: 1

    "I think he was right, the leaks carry more weight with a name behind them"

    I think he should have used a cool-sounding pseudonym, like Deep Throat

  23. Re:But do we want "better than human" prosthetics? on Robotics Engineers: "We Don't Want To Replace Humans. We Want To Enhance Humans. · · Score: 1

    He was paraphrasing former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien:
    "It's going to be really hard to purchase handguns. Why buy machine guns or nuclear armaments for pleasure? They're dangerous, and when they're lying around the house, children might get their hands on them."

  24. I never thought on Xanadu Software Released After 54 Years In the Making · · Score: 5, Funny

    anyone would beat the Duke Nukem Forever record

  25. Pointing lasers at UFOs is still cool... on $10k Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At Planes Goes Nationwide · · Score: 2

    right? Right?