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  1. Outliers? on Google Looking To Define a Healthy Human · · Score: 1

    Are they going to really look at the outliers? I'm 6'6" (almost 2.0M) tall. I personally think that some of the health metrics use "average" people and assume linearity for weight, calorie consumption, etc. We need to check the extremely tall, the extremely short as well as weight variations in a large sample.

  2. Crap Traffic on Comcast Carrying 1Tbit/s of IPv6 Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    I tried native IPv6 with them about 6 months back, and I was constantly bombarded with random packets that overwhelmed my router. They have 1TB of traffic that is just junk packets. More Comcast BS.

  3. Re:Pipe dreams... on US Government Embraces Bitcoin in Hearing on Virtual Currency · · Score: 1

    Not pipe, hose; as in you're all hosed.

  4. Euro on North Korea's High-Tech Counterfeit $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    If we make US all digital, they'll just switch to the Euro.

  5. Slashdotted on 2011 Geek IQ Test · · Score: 1

    Evidently, they didn't actually take this test... it won't start.

  6. This is truly sad. I've said it before and I'll say it again: If it can't be done in C, then it can't (or shouldn't) be done.

  7. Michelangelo on Simple Virus For Teaching? · · Score: 1

    Use Michelangelo, you're favorite Ninja Turtle and March 6th event!

  8. Sumbitted a while ago on Google Street View Logs Wi-Fi Networks, MAC Addresses · · Score: 0, Redundant
  9. Re:vi and on Adding Some Spice To *nix Shell Scripts · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    apt-get moo is not quite porn...

  10. Re:Back in the USSA! on US Immigration Bill May Bring a National Biometric ID Card · · Score: 1

    It's the United States Socialist Republic, thank you.

  11. Re:Do no evil, eh? on Google Proposes DNS Extension · · Score: 1

    One man's abuse is another man's useful.

  12. Pip Boy 3000 on Asus Says Netbook Is Dead, Hello Wearable Computers · · Score: 1

    You know Fallout 3 and the Pip Boy isn't a bad idea. Imagine a PDA/cell phone on the wrist. I like the idea.

  13. Re:dumb article/crappy developer on An Android Developer's Top 10 Gripes · · Score: 1

    When you want to quit intentionally cause a seg fault, or exception, or equivalent thereof.

  14. Re:Cars??? on Penny-Sized Nuclear Batteries Developed · · Score: 1

    This is brilliant! I've been looking for a long term solution so beer cooling!

  15. Re:Who was he hurting? on BetOnSports Founder Pleads Guilty To Racketeering · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So isn't the government then guilty of racketeering?

  16. Re:Self-incrimination becoming mandatory on In UK, Two Convicted of Refusing To Decrypt Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, no, no. One is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. However, a cop on the street doesn't follow that. You're guilty, he/she just needs to figure out what it is your guilty of.

  17. Re:Interesting...and so's this! on Tennesee Man Charged In "Virtual Pornography" Case · · Score: 2, Funny

    He didn't die, he just went home.

  18. Re:It's not the eye color screening that bugs me on Fertility Clinic Bows To Pressure, Nixes Eye- and Hair-Color Screening · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I agree. There are also some practical considerations. My wife and I are fairly intelligent people; and I sure most slashdotters would same the same thing about themselves. We therefore have high expectations for the natural children we have. We've decided to stop having our own children (don't really want to take care of babies); but we have looked into adoption. One of the concerns I had and do get addressed in some of the adoption classes; are what to expect about children that aren't naturally yours. This included, but was not limited to, "damage" from pre-existing families/homes; realistic scholastic expectations; and the idea of "ownership". Adoption isn't for everyone.

  19. Re:Bright side on Homeowner Says Crews Demolished Wrong House · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first rule of lawsuits is to sue everyone. You sue the wrecking company, the people who hired the wrecking company. You also sue the gps maker for giving faulty coordinates. You sue the manufacturer of the equipment used in the demolition, the local government, the local police force, all of your neighbors, and microsoft.

  20. Re:More Like Color Recognition on Netbook-Run Dice Robot Can Rack Up 1.3 Million Rolls a Day · · Score: 0

    A little bit of paint on the indentations would be a trivial customizing activiyt.

  21. They'll die on Will Oracle Keep Funding Sun's Pet Java Projects? · · Score: 0

    Oracle will stop funding all "non-value added" work. If it doesn't contribute to the bottom line, it's gone. Look at their recent acquisition of Primavera. they used to have good support, great customer service, and a reasonable Annual User conference. They're short changing support and more or less cancelled the user conference. It's all about the dollars; and those project don't generate any.

  22. Re:What about MySQL? on Oracle Buys Sun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft SQL server

  23. Heretic! on Microchip Mimics a Brain With 200,000 Neurons · · Score: 1

    This violates the Butlerian Jihad.

    "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

  24. Re:Um what? on What Carriers Don't Want You To Know About Texting · · Score: 1

    Since I can get unlimited text, but my web useage is more, I suggest someone code an interface that transfers web pages (and anythign else) via text messages... It's like off-line browsing, but it could be near real time.

  25. Re:United States Socialist Republic on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    The United States was founded on Guns and Religion. It was Religion that sent people to the colonies. It was Guns that kept that Religion from being oppressed.