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  1. Re:Just learn to program on Go R, Young Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    > My biggest fear is we're fostering the next generation of crap coders

    Really? Mine's clowns.

  2. Re:Nauseated. on Developers Race To Develop VR Headsets That Won't Make Users Nauseous · · Score: 2

    I share your pain - I can't play them either. The condition is real and has been documented and researched by the army. Easy-to-read article here

  3. "zero percent of people get motion sick" on Developers Race To Develop VR Headsets That Won't Make Users Nauseous · · Score: 1

    Must be one of the new versions. I tried one six or seven months ago and lasted less than a minute before getting hit by motion sickness. Granted, I get it pretty quickly from FPS (I can play for about five minutes and then I'm laid-up for hours) so I might be overly sensitive to the experience.

  4. Re:It should stand two degrees, for sure! on 20-Year-Old Military Weather Satellite Explodes In Orbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Where was the satellite over geographically when it exploded?

    The Earth.

  5. Re:One by one... on Leonard Nimoy Dies At 83 · · Score: 1

    Captain, I see no reason to stand here and be insulted.

  6. Re:So much for the 2nd Amendment on FedEx Won't Ship DIY Gunsmithing Machine · · Score: 2

    Yes, but the Amendment's delivery is delayed due to bad weather. FedEx apologizes for the inconvenience.

  7. Re:In the "Internet of Things" world on US Gas Pump Hacked With 'Anonymous' Tagline · · Score: 1

    And nothing of value was lost.

  8. Re:Hyperbole Sunday on The NFL Wants You To Think These Things Are Illegal · · Score: 1

    Internet only: $83
    Internet + TV: $73

    You may be right when taking into account taxes, but full disclosure I didn't even think about that until I read your post...

  9. Re:lessons in incompetence on Texas Boy Suspended For "Threatening" Classmate With the One Ring · · Score: 1

    > which seems to be effective since they have had NO students disappear due to magic spells

    Correlation != causation ;)

  10. Re:Hyperbole Sunday on The NFL Wants You To Think These Things Are Illegal · · Score: 1

    We watch them via On Demand, which usually has them a couple of days later and with which we can skip through commercials. (Forgot one: We also watch Downton Abbey via cable On Demand)

  11. Re:Hyperbole Sunday on The NFL Wants You To Think These Things Are Illegal · · Score: 2

    There are three reasons we keep cable:
    1) American Pickers (I know Netflix has it, but we've seen all of those and it's our relax-without-thinking show that we look forward to sitting down together each week once the kids are asleep)
    2) Walking Dead (Ditto Netflix, although I don't know how current they are. That said, I'm increasingly becoming decreasingly interested in the show)
    3) It costs $10 more to get Internet access without also getting cable.

  12. Light on details? on The NSA Is Viewed Favorably By Most Young People · · Score: 1

    Maybe I missed it but how was the question phrased?

  13. Re:Human-intelligence FTW on Amazon Takes On Microsoft, Google With WorkMail For Businesses · · Score: 1

    What is this? Paradise By The Dashboard Light?

  14. Re:No way! on Senator Who Calls STEM Shortage a Hoax Appointed To Head Immigration · · Score: 2

    No. It was because cotton had better lobbyists.

  15. I can just see it now ... on Researchers Moot "Teleportation" Via Destructive 3D Printing · · Score: 2

    Spock: Captain, I'm receiving an odd error message from the 3D printer transporter ...
    Kirk: What's the error message say?
    Spoke: It says, 'PC load letter.'
    Kirk: PC load letter! What the fuck does that mean???

  16. Re:Help on FCC Revamps Customer Complaint System · · Score: 1

    And for SSL you wrap tinfoil around the string, right?

  17. They've come a long way ... on A Domain Registrar Is Starting a Fiber ISP To Compete With Comcast · · Score: 2

    I vaguely recall their early tagline as being "The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software" before branching out to things like being a registrar.

  18. Re:Keep It Simple on Ask Slashdot: Best Software For Image Organization? · · Score: 5, Funny

    But those are all from your trip to Disney in China, right?

  19. Re:I heard that this was about... on Sony Employees Receive Email Threat From Hackers: 'Your Family Will Be In Danger · · Score: 1

    Oh bullshit. So long as you don't preface the word with "yellow" there is plenty of ethics in journalism. The issue is that there's very little in the news business - or more accurately, "the business of news." In the vast majority of cases, reporters receive their assignments from editors who receive "guidance" from their editors who, in turn, receive their marching orders from company/corporate owners (who in turn receive them from stockholders). Now I think it can be argued that there's a difference between "journalists" and "reporters" but that argument goes both ways: In effect all journalists should be "reporters" in that they report whatever has/is occurred/occurring. On the flip side both journalists and reporters want one thing: The big story, either for lofty ideals or to get promoted to a higher-ranking position.

  20. Re:Hard to say on Facebook Founder Presents Vision For The New Republic, Many Resign In Protest · · Score: 1

    If they were offered a lucrative buyout.

  21. Isn't this the story of SnowPiercer? on Scientists Develop "Paint" To Help Cool the Planet · · Score: 1

    Underrated film but I seem to recall that painting the atmosphere (or something similar) caused a global catastrophe. Obviously not saying this will result in the same unfortunate scenario but just found it interesting.

  22. Re:Who knew? on Google Maps Crunches Data, Tells You When To Drive On Thanksgiving · · Score: 1

    Hence the Ingress game as a source of said data.

  23. Re:Hmmmm on Battlestar Galactica Creator Glen A. Larson Dead At 77 · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the same thing true of the Buck Rogers (the one with Gil Gerard, Erin Gray et al)?

  24. Re:Got you, Mrs. Sampson on R. A. Montgomery, Creator of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" Books, Dead At 78 · · Score: 1

    If you want the answer from a Theoretical Physicist, turn to page 43.

    If you want the answer from a Quantum Physicist, turn to page 63.

  25. Please add the wontdoanything tag on U.S. and China Make Landmark Climate Deal · · Score: 1

    So what? At least in the US companies will "convince" Congress to repeal any parts of the agreement that might affect their profits, regardless of what the majority of people want.

    Wait. We are talking about Net Neutrality, right?