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  1. Re:Stupid people fear what they don't understand on Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses · · Score: 2

    By your comment, I assume you did not dig deeper, so I will spoon-feed you. Steve Mann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann) is a prominent researcher in augmented reality. He's been part-cyborg for over a decade. The current device is screwed into his skull. It does not record video, except when damaged. Oh, and he's Canadian, so rather than being an 'uppity prick' I bet he kept saying sorry.

  2. Re:Mandatory Feature on BigDog Robot Gets Much Bigger · · Score: 1

    Please PLEASE have the things say, in a deep electronic voice, "Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof." while walking. If they do that, I will buy all of them immediately.

    Hello, my name is Rags.

  3. Re:Do you ever wonder... on BigDog Robot Gets Much Bigger · · Score: 1

    Also, there's a moral issue with conscripting innocent animals into a war role. Apparently there's no such moral issue with using machines to kill people.

    Yet dogs are in common use.

  4. Toddler Camo on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Tech Gear From Smash-and-Grab Theft? · · Score: 2

    Get a Care Bears backpack for your laptop.

  5. Re:Macular degeneration? on Retina Implant Company Seeks FDA Trial Approval · · Score: 1

    My condolences. My grandmother passed away at 102 as well, this past February. She too said that she was ready to move on.

  6. Re:Macular degeneration? on Retina Implant Company Seeks FDA Trial Approval · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, I don't think this particular implant would help. With Macular Degeneration, the retinal damage is not limited to photoreceptors. Depending on if she has the 'wet' or the 'dry' form of MD , there are some treatment options.

  7. Re:A ship for immigrants? I have a better idea... on A Floating Home For Tech Start-ups · · Score: 1

    Will you be speaking Sumerian?

  8. Re:Moral equivalence not withstanding on The Future of Protest In Panopticon Nation · · Score: 1

    One AC +1 to another AC? I call sock puppet.

  9. Re:agents provocateurs on The Future of Protest In Panopticon Nation · · Score: 1

    Moheeheeko, please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur

  10. Re:Go Cats! on Research Promises Drastically Increased LiOn Capacity · · Score: 1

    That’s all right, that’s okay. You’re going to work for us someday. (Jangles car keys.)

  11. Re:felt it in NYC on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    1440 Broadway? I'm on an upper floor.

  12. Hatua Likoni on Ask Slashdot: Geeky Volunteer Work? · · Score: 1

    Take a look at http://www.hatualikoni.org/hatua/volunteer/ In addition to the listed tasks, they may need some short-term help setting up the computers in their new library.

  13. Re:Can't it support both? on Paying Hacker Extortion · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    LKJGDSKLeiojgtqpltjwe4jt]90iejaasdfHippofucknuggets? I've got the same combination on my luggage!

  14. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes on Man Mines Midtown New York Sidewalks · · Score: 2

    Oh great, now I have the Paul Simon song stuck in my head:
    "People say I'm crazy
    I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes
    Well that's one way to lose
    These walking blues
    Diamonds on the soles of your shoes"

  15. Re:First thing they need to do on Is Canonical the Next Apple? · · Score: 1

    Exactly! University of Maryland: Terrapins, University of Delaware: Blue Hens, MIT: TIM (the Beaver) ...

  16. Re:In my corporate environment.... on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 2

    Amen. And when you depart for another job, do you leave the hardware behind, or do you it with you, along with the data.

  17. Re:Oh, stuff it. on Sony's Case Against Geohot Has Been Settled · · Score: 1

    They had a reason: they didn't want to support it any more. This should have been obvious when Sony started to ship the PS3 Slim with no OtherOS support even before they removed it from older models.

    By that logic:

    • When Apple no longer wants to support Netflix in their Apple TV units, they can just push an update, and remove the reason why I bought it.
    • Microsoft can decide that only OEM or MS keyboards should work with their OS's from now on, and push that in a service pack to my old XP box.
    • etc., etc. (use your own imagination)
  18. Re:But smaller then the Saturn V from the 1960s on World's Most Powerful Rocket Ready In 2012, SpaceX Says · · Score: 1

    Now it's called cloud computing.

  19. Re:Tax junk food on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    It's mostly in developed countries that poor people are fat (poor being a relative term). In "third world" countries, rural people who are poor but not at starvation levels do not end up fat like people in cities. They are more likely to eat basic grains, fruits and vegetables. When I was in college, and living on an extremely limited budget, I found that a big bag of rice was a lot more economical than Mac&Cheese, and beans and broccoli were a fraction of the cost of McDonalds or ramen noodles. Advertising, convenience, and lack of nutritional education contributes to the paradox of fat poor people.

  20. Re:Forgive me father, for iHave sinned. on Vatican Bans IOS Confession App · · Score: 1

    THX 1138. Judging by the comment score, over the heads of, or before the time of most of this crowd.

  21. Re:anybody read the review? on Blogger Sued By Restaurant For Bad Review · · Score: 1

    It's a straightforward critique; one ok dish, one mediocre dish, one really bad dish. No hyperbole, no profanity. Color Benihana Streisand.

  22. Re:My first thought - on Do Tools Ever 'Die?' · · Score: 1

    Yup, mine too. I found references for last guillotine execution as Hamida Djandoubi on September 10, 1977 (Wikipedia and http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/guillotine.html)

  23. Re:Xbox 360 on Stunts, Idiocy, and Hero Hacks · · Score: 1

    Sounds more like something for the hot coffee mod.

  24. Re:Floppy disk in the wash on Stunts, Idiocy, and Hero Hacks · · Score: 1

    Just as could convert a single-sided 180K disk into a "flippy" 360K disk, with a paper hole puncher or an exacto knife..

  25. Wait for it... on Mobile Medical Lab — the $10 Phone Microscope · · Score: 1

    AC troll complaining about government waste because of the $400,000 NSF award in 3... 2... 1...