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  1. Translated by Yoda... on Swiss Solar Powered Catamaran Finishes 'Round the World Tour · · Score: 1

    ...TFA was.

  2. Ker-plop on Ask Slashdot: Good, Forgotten Fantasy & Science Fiction Novels? · · Score: 1

    By Ted Reynolds in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, January 1979.

  3. Re:Interval Training on Scientists Study How Little Exercise You Need · · Score: 1

    That would qualify as Special High Intensity Interval Training (SHIIT).

  4. GoDaddy... on Wikipedia Hasn't Forgiven GoDaddy · · Score: 1

    ...the Best Buy of the internet.

  5. I'm holding out... on Why Can't We Put a BASIC On the Phone? · · Score: 2

    ...for FORTRAN.

  6. Re:I recently switched my UI too. on The Condescending UI · · Score: 1

    Well, I really didn't expect anyone to see this as I figured the M$ Mafia would mod it down.
    I started off using Redhat ~ 5.9, Back In The Day.
    I'm partial to KDE for a GUI, but I try to keep that stuff off of my server, just using the console.

  7. Re:Government responsible says, 'Look, commies'. on Was Russia Behind Stuxnet? · · Score: 1

    Yes, of course, always trust the Russians more. Just ask the Poles, or the Czechs. Or the Germans.

  8. I recently switched my UI too. on The Condescending UI · · Score: 1, Funny

    OK, it wasn't really recent; it was in 2001. And I switched to Linux, and I've never been happier!

  9. Just get a gmail account... on Ask Slashdot: Handling and Cleaning Up a Large Personal Email Archive? · · Score: 1

    ...and forward everything there.

    Or set up (an) imap server(s) on additional machine(s) and use imapsync, or similar, to back everything up.

  10. Re:LOL on AMD Downgrades Bulldozer Transistor Count By 800 Million · · Score: 1

    Great sig, MasterNerd.

  11. Oooh Thales! on A Drone Helicopter That Can Land On a Moving Truck · · Score: 1

    They build tubes. Pitot tubes. Pitot tubes for Airbus.

  12. Ooooo! on Working On Man Made Lightning · · Score: 1

    Gimme!

  13. It's that thing... on NASA Snaps New Photo of Incoming Asteroid · · Score: 1

    ...from The 5th Element; Duck and Cover!

  14. Re:Mmkay... on FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert · · Score: 1

    Well Doc - you keep on believing what you believe, and I'll keep on posting in public.

  15. Re:Mmkay... on FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert · · Score: 1

    Boy howdy! Just try to make a fsckin JOKE on here, and you're automatically branded a Republican!!! OK Doc; using YOUR LOGIC; 9/11 was Clinton's Fault.

  16. Mmkay... on FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert · · Score: 1

    But how is this Bush's Fault ?

  17. Re:Let the Penguins "chew on this" on MS Traces Duqu Zero-Day To Font Parsing In Win32k · · Score: 1

    Hey Mr Anonymous - you sound more like Ballmer every minute. And hold Microsoft accountable for security issues? Hyuk! That's FUNeee raht thar!!!

  18. Re:There are a lot of Microsoft shills here... on MS Traces Duqu Zero-Day To Font Parsing In Win32k · · Score: 1

    Ooo! You must have lots of Microsoft Skin in your game, Mr Anonymous. Or should we call you Mr. Ballmer?

  19. Re:There are a lot of Microsoft shills here... on MS Traces Duqu Zero-Day To Font Parsing In Win32k · · Score: 1

    I've been bitching about the Microsoft Shill Takeover of Slashdot for awhile now.
    Glad to see someone else "gets it".
    And again, we see that Microsoft doesn't.

  20. "So, are we about to finally see the realization" on Gut-Check Time For Windows 8, Microsoft · · Score: 1

    "of Microsoft's vision for Information at Your Fingertips...?"

    No.

  21. Well now... on Obama Admin Wants Hackers Charged As Mobsters · · Score: 1

    ...The Obama Administration should be the world's leading expert on mobsters.

  22. Is it red-shifted? on Astronomers Find Unusual Star · · Score: 2

    If so, then it could be the exhaust plume of a Bussard Ramjet.

    Oops! Sorry! Wrong reality...

  23. If Microsoft really wants us to "spare no punches" on Microsoft Wants Your Feedback On Its New Python IDE · · Score: 0

    They should tell their paid shills, masquerading as slashdot moderators, to stop modding down all non Microsoft-Correct posts.

  24. No need to even read TFA... on Feds' Radios Have Significant Security Flaws · · Score: 1

    ....the number one reason will be A DumbAss on a Backhoe.

  25. Here in Texas... on Terrorist Target Mexican Nanotechnology Professors · · Score: 1

    ...we're worried about the Mexican Macroimigration take over that will mean the end of civilization.