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  1. Not yet on Do Robots Need Passports? Should They? · · Score: 1

    For now, they are just machines.

  2. Re:Allow me to comment on the subject... on Microsoft Research Paper Considers Serving Web-ads From Localhost · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And yet, free and open source software tends to have less ads, and is sometimes better than the commercial software as well.

  3. Is it compatible with AdBlock?

  4. But encryption on Whitehouse Mandates HTTPS For Government Sites and Services · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, I thought government as trying to fight encryption, not require it.

  5. Re:Projections based on what? on NASA Releases Massive Climate Change Data Set · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Considering you can't even predict whether you'll die tomorrow, it seems ridiculous to claim you'll be dead in 100 years.

  6. Re:In terms of Hollywood? on Kaspersky Lab Reveals Cyberattack On Its Corporate Network · · Score: 1

    What is the new attack like, in terms of Muppets?

    In the aftermath of the attack, Oscar the Grouch mistook their lab for his home.

  7. If only on Kaspersky Lab Reveals Cyberattack On Its Corporate Network · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only they had an antivirus installed.

  8. Re:slowly unfurling crisis? on Why Our Brains Can't Process the Gravest Threats To Humanity · · Score: 0

    Think of it like Russian Roulette. Each time you're about to press the trigger is a crisis, but nothing bad really happens except for that one time.

    Or like a game of chicken. Why should I move first, let the other guy do it instead. But at some point it's too late to avoid the crash.

  9. Free computers on German Parliament May Need To Replace All Hardware and Software To Stop Malware · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you explain the situation, the NSA would be glad to give you some free computers for your parliament.

  10. Maybe we can clone us some dinosaurs on Signs of Ancient Cells and Proteins Found In Dinosaur Fossils · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our giant drumstick-bearing, chicken-flavored overlords.

  11. Re:You know what else sucks? on Congress: We Didn't Know the FBI Was Creating a Small Surveillance 'Air Force' · · Score: 1

    No, they're trying to suck all the money they can from their members this quarter, even if it drives long time members away.

  12. Re:You know what else sucks? on Congress: We Didn't Know the FBI Was Creating a Small Surveillance 'Air Force' · · Score: 1

    Maybe you could move to a site similar to Slashdot but that isn't trying to slowly implement Beta.

  13. Open source? on David Revoy Makes Open Source Art With Open Source Tools (Video) · · Score: 1

    And here I thought you didn't have to compile art from source code. Maybe I should have taken that art class.

  14. Re:And the Firefox bloat continues to swell on Mozilla Plans To Build Virtual Reality APIs Into Firefox By the End of 2015 · · Score: 1

    I don't have a VR headset yet, but I fully expect that it will acquire desktop-killer status in the near future (as a replacement to monitors, once it gets better, and possibly as an input device as well)

  15. Clearly on Mozilla Responds To Firefox User Backlash Over Pocket Integration · · Score: 1

    Mozilla is in the pocket of Big Pocket.

  16. Re:leave the craft on Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry · · Score: 2

    Your best bet is to abandon the game industry, which will slightly improve conditions for the millions of naive young programmers who are falling over themselves for the chance to make video games, nevermind the bad pay and terrible hours.

  17. Re:This isn't net neutrality on Developer Draws Legal Threat For Exposing Indian Telco's Net Neutrality Violation · · Score: 1

    Just in the last few days we had an article totally confusing what DRM is.

    Lots of people confuse the Derogatory Restriction Maker with a different technology which, from its name, would seem like it should help you export copyrighted material into a more useful format (as is your right).

  18. Re:Real banner week for the TSA... on TSA Fails To Find Links To Terrorism of Airport Workers · · Score: 0

    Now we find out that the TSA does not even have the proper inter-departmental authority. If this wasn't a serious matter it would absolutely hilarious.

    How cute. He thinks the TSA failing at security is a serious matter. (Hint: their primary jobs are to make people feel safe and create jobs in the correct district/department. Their secondary job is to help people become accustomed to government's increasing authoritarianism.)

  19. Does it help with mental problems? on Robotic Assistive Devices For Independent Living · · Score: 1

    Not that I'm saying that our editors have severe mental problems and desperately need assistance.

  20. Re:and the beer is really good on How American Students Can Get a University Degree For Free In Germany · · Score: 2, Informative

    Obligatory xkcd.

  21. Re:Social mobility was killed, but not this way on Writer: "Why I Defaulted On My Student Loans" · · Score: 1

    Frankly, I don't see why they should even offer philosophy beyond an associates; its just not worth it to the point it counts as a scam really.

    Obviously, because qualified philosophy teachers are much cheaper than qualified engineering teachers, but the tuition is the same so the college earns more on philosophy degrees.

  22. American officials were quoted as saying on South Korea Tracks Mobile Phones Over MERS Outbreak · · Score: 1

    "This is brilliant! We should have thought of this as an excuse to track everyone."

  23. Marketers and jouranlists exaggerating? on Debunking the Batteriser's Claims · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is the world coming to?

  24. Re:Most bloodthirsty fiction on 2014 Nebula Award Winners Announced · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Having a constitution, accredited ambassadors and a seat in the U.N. does not prevent the US from spying on all its citizens and strip searching travelers and jailing people who own the wrong chemicals.

  25. Re:Let me answer this question: on Colosseum Lift That Carried Wild Animals Into Arena Rebuilt · · Score: 1

    So what would you call weapons similar to medieval weaponry except from Roman times?