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  1. Re:German science... on How English Beat German As the Language of Science · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they built some of the best ovens in the world.

    Oh yeah? Nothing can beat a Dutch oven!

  2. Speaking as ... on Navy Tests Unpowered Exoskeleton · · Score: 2

    ... someone who has been in trades like construction and logging:

    the exoskeleton is able to support tools of up to 36 pounds

    36 pounds? You kids need to get in shape. And stay off my lawn, lightweights!

  3. Sounds like ... on Fighting the Culture of 'Worse Is Better' · · Score: 2

    ... the Wayland/systemd PR team is shifting into high gear.

  4. Re:Not only in Finland. on Too Much Privacy: Finnish Police Want Big Euro Notes Taken Out of Circulation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not a problem. We've switched our organized crime over to using mortgage and insurance backed securities.

  5. Re:It worked in Canada on Too Much Privacy: Finnish Police Want Big Euro Notes Taken Out of Circulation · · Score: 1

    From your article:

    The whereabouts of almost $1-billion worth of the banknotes is a mystery rekindled this month at Quebecâ(TM)s corruption probe when a witness spoke of a safe over-stuffed with cash, including $1,000 notes, inside a political office.

    Enough said.

  6. Department of Emergency Preparedness on Who's In Charge During the Ebola Crisis? · · Score: 1

    Director: Xavier Onassis.

  7. Re:Oblig xkcd on VeraCrypt Is the New TrueCrypt -- and It's Better · · Score: 1

    you can look up US case law on this.

    This is an international website. I can also look up this.

  8. It was only invertebrates.

  9. PETA is goint to get you for that "batshit insane" remark. It's about time we stopped blaming bats and other animals for PETA's mental shortcomings.

  10. Simple solution on Pentagon Unveils Plan For Military's Response To Climate Change · · Score: 1
  11. Oblig xkcd on VeraCrypt Is the New TrueCrypt -- and It's Better · · Score: 5, Funny
  12. Re:Cities on Birth Control Pills Threaten Fish Stocks · · Score: 2

    How well does anaerobic bacterial processing of sewage waste decompose the estrogen? The cited study reports the effects of releasing municipal wste into waterways. But it isn't clear about how this waste was treated or what they mean by 'better' waste water treatment.

    Some Canadian municipalities are infamous for their lack of waste water treatment.

  13. Stability criterion on Statisticians Uncover What Makes For a Stable Marriage · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to my wife, its no poles in the right half plane.

    No matter how much I beg.

  14. Now available on Oxytocin Regulates Sociosexual Behavior In Female Mice · · Score: 4, Funny

    New Axe body spray with oxytoxin.

  15. Re:Great "invention" on Microsoft Develops Analog Keyboard For Wearables, Solves Small Display Dilemma · · Score: 1

    iGraffit?

    Newton.

    Or Egg freckles.

  16. Re:Great "invention" on Microsoft Develops Analog Keyboard For Wearables, Solves Small Display Dilemma · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yep. They re-invented Grattiti. Knowing how the USPTO works, they'll probably get the patent as well.

  17. Re:Why did the author choose Saskatoon? on What Will It Take To Run a 2-Hour Marathon? · · Score: 1

    Polar bears.

    Now get running. Or else.

  18. God Tier on Liking Analog Meters Doesn't Make You a Luddite (Video) · · Score: 1

    Magic eye tube here.

    Null indicator on a General Radio 1611A capacitance bridge.

  19. Re:Analog Guages Will Always be Better on Liking Analog Meters Doesn't Make You a Luddite (Video) · · Score: 1

    All is well. Or the screen was just blanked by WiFi.

    Hmmm?

  20. Re:Europe/antiperspirants on Antiperspirants Could Contribute to Particulate Pollution · · Score: 1

    If they ever figure out how to turn cellulite into energy

    Easy. You cook the fat off and collect it for fuel. It's called Mississippi.

  21. Re:Not Snowden on Core Secrets: NSA Saboteurs In China and Germany · · Score: 1

    And its entirely possible that there are other leakers inside the NSA feeding this info out. And Snowden is just the codeword for an ingenious parallel construction program that the press is using.

  22. Re:Polygraph on FBI Says It Will Hire No One Who Lies About Illegal Downloading · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the are looking for people who can beat a polygraph. And lie on the witness stand.

  23. Slashdot Video on Liking Analog Meters Doesn't Make You a Luddite (Video) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Liking Flash instead of supporting HTML5 video doesn't make you a Luddite.

  24. Re:Controlling Fear on The CDC Is Carefully Controlling How Scared You Are About Ebola · · Score: 1

    The CDC could borrow Homeland Securities terror alert codes. Just check what color phlegm you are coughing up.

  25. Re:Sadist on Why the Trolls Will Always Win · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some people just like to see others suffer.

    This explains Slashdot beta.