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  1. Re:They don't deserve it anyway. on Kansas To Nix Expansion of Google Fiber and Municipal Broadband · · Score: 2

    He had time to deal with the cataracts of Sam's mom.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZeWPScnolo

  2. Re:just now? on Keyless Remote Entry For Cars May Have Been Cracked · · Score: 1
    In the case of my car, a Mitsubishi Lancer:
    • To unlock the door, the key needs to be within 2 feet of the handle, same with the trunk
    • To start the car, the key needs to be inside
    • If you try to lock the doors (by pressing the button on the door handle, while the key is inside, it beeps and the door won't lock
  3. Re:Eurocentric on Interpreting Global Flight Maps · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Also, placing Europe in the middle prevents having to split landmasses. When the Americas are in the middle, Europe and Asia are no longer connected.

  4. Re:Most Transparent Administration Ever on DoJ Answers FOIA Request After Six Years With No Real Information · · Score: 4, Funny
    From TFA:

    I wanted to get back to you on some of the more pressing issues...probably the most important of which is REDACTED."
    This goes on for an entire page. It's a gray box of nothing.

    They are a bit more transparent than before, they are using gray boxes instead of black to redact text.

  5. Re:AND WIPING MY ASS STILL LEAVES POO BEHIND! on Wiping a Smartphone Still Leaves Data Behind · · Score: 1

    The dog stops licking.

  6. Re:The Answer To This Nonsense... on Build a Secret Compartment, Go To Jail · · Score: 4, Funny

    Separately, or together?

    Yes.

  7. Re:This is not news on Boeing Touts Fighter Jet To Rival F-35 — At Half the Price · · Score: 2

    You can pry my poutine from my cold dead hands!

  8. Re:Awesome! on Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad · · Score: 1

    I sometime get that urge but only because all the trackpads I used on PC laptops were crap and/or the size of a postage stamp. A nice size trackpad like the one on Mac laptops or the standalone Apple trackpad makes it unnecessary. Logitech made one for Windows 8 that seems usable as well.

    I prefer not to have finger marks on my laptop. Although, strangely enough, it doesn't bother me on the iPad. Possibly because it's easier to orient it so that the marks are not too apparent.

  9. Re:Do what with daily records? on Texas Schools Using Electronic Chips To Track Students; Parents In Uproar · · Score: 2

    My guess is that it should be "tally attendance records" instead.

  10. Re:That's more like it! on Apple Acknowledges iPhone 5 Camera Flaw · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a feature. You don't need to use Instagram to add a purple tinge to your pictures anymore.

  11. Re:Java runtime vs. .NET runtime on New Java Vulnerability Found Affecting Java 5, 6, and 7 SE · · Score: 1

    I had read 'poop' instead of 'pop' and thought that I never wanted to laugh that hard.

  12. Re:Fantastic first impressions on Microsoft Unveils Outlook.com, Hotmail's Successor · · Score: 2

    I like the way Gmail implements their classification scheme, i.e. tagging, better than folders. With folders you're restricted to a tree structure but tagging allows you to classify an email in several categories by adding different tags.

    What I ended up doing with my emails at work (in Outlook) was to put every old emails into a single folder to be able to use search.

  13. Re:Unrealistic on The Future of Project Glass · · Score: 1

    I want a version that can clip to an Oakley Medusa helmet (http://ca.oakley.com/products/2034/5519.

  14. Re:Plain text on LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked Online · · Score: 2

    Or require users to create a password that when hashed makes a readable sentence.

  15. Re:A Band on Stop Being Poor: U.S. Piracy Watch List Hits a New Low With 2012 Report · · Score: 5, Funny

    This also allows you to drive in the carpool lane.

  16. Re:Am I the first to think... on GreenSQL is a Database Security Solution, says CTO David Maman (Video) · · Score: 2

    Am I the first to think Soylent GreenSQL?

    Reading the posts that came before yours I'd say yes.

    Congratulations!

  17. Re:No Source code available on Berkeley HTML5 Timeline Tool Can Show a Day, Or the Lifetime of the Universe · · Score: 2

    You need to click the Source Code tab on Codeplex, not the Downloads tab.

  18. Re:First on Users Spend More Time On Myspace Than Google+ · · Score: 1

    One what?

    Failed attempt at a first post.

  19. Re:Joseph Kilminster ? on Robert Boisjoly Dies At 73, the Engineer Who Tried To Stop the Challenger Launch · · Score: 1

    You cannot make this shit up.

    I think you just did.

  20. Re:A prize nomination? on Robert Boisjoly Dies At 73, the Engineer Who Tried To Stop the Challenger Launch · · Score: 4, Informative

    He won the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility in 1988.

  21. Re:evil is as evil does on Google Consolidates Privacy Policies Across Services · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course most of this is wasted thought, because many of those complaining about Google violating their privacy just updated their location from their phone, posted what they had for breakfast on Facebook, and tweeted details of their morning bowel movement.

    You must be one of my followers.

  22. Re:If it evolves by replicating, it's life. on Should Science Rethink the Definition of "Life"? · · Score: 1

    Crystals rock!

  23. Re:Even better on Smart Meters Wreaking Havoc With Home Electronics · · Score: 2

    ROT13 is a weak form of encryption.

  24. Re:Recoup the lobby dollars on France To Tax the Internet To Pay For Music · · Score: 1

    Where do you pay an explicit "school tax?" It's usually taken out of property taxes and other general funding streams.

    In Quebec both taxes are separate and you pay school taxes even if you don't have kids.

  25. Re:I'm sorry on Doctor Who To Become Hollywood Feature Film · · Score: 1

    Depends on the Potter film. The directorial quality jumped around... was it the third movie?

    From TFS:

    Variety reports that David Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter films [...]

    So no, not the third movie.