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  1. Re:How long would that last... on Programmer Privilege · · Score: 1

    Oblig. Dilbert.

  2. Re:But they haven't digitized the material on Canadian Government Trucking Generations of Scientific Data To the Dump · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure they digitized it. Now was that face up or down on the flatbed scanner? I can never remember.

  3. Re:This is going to screw up ... on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 1

    The market. It was killed off by incandescent lighting. I felt certain that the demise of the light bulb at the hands of the government would rejuvenate my business. But it appears that the market will save the whales for a while longer.

  4. Re:Stupid People on Target Hackers Have More Data Than They Can Sell · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But the buyers know (roughly) how many cards are available. The media has seen to that. So they know its a buyers' market.

  5. Oblig ... on Engineers: Traffic Studies Use Simulation Software, Not Lane Closings · · Score: 1
  6. Cloning pigs? on Chinese Firm Can Now Produce 500 Cloned Pigs Per Year · · Score: 1

    This is going to put the Kardashian family out of business.,

  7. This is going to screw up ... on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... my whale oil lamp business. In fact, the whaling fleet has already left port and I'm not sure we can recall them.

  8. Re:Accurate example on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    The thing about 9 decimal places is it means there's always going to be a few numbers ticking away a dozen times a second,

    Which is why many progress bars include some sort of animation (spinning hour glass, clock face, etc.).

    I wonder if anyone, just out of sheer cruelty, has ever taken a nine digit progress display and added a ramp or sinusoidal function to the last few digits. For the people not paying close attention, the numbers are still changing. But half the time, they are sliding backwards. Overall, the displayed percentage is accurate enough.

  9. Accurate example on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... in TFA from the movie "White House Down": A progress status popup giving percent complete with 9 decimal places.

    Yep. Pretty much standard programming practice from what I've seen.

  10. I'm beginning ... on Google Buys Home Automation Company Nest · · Score: 1

    ... to lose my trust in Nest.

  11. I'll take ... on Using Nanotechnology To Build Thinner, Stronger Condoms · · Score: 1

    ... my nanotechnology in the extra large size.

  12. Re:Garnish = Good Times on Chefs Preview Surface Tension-Based Cocktail Garnishes · · Score: 2

    Food availability isn't an issue of lack of supply. Its about production and distribution in the middle of some paramilitary pissing match.

  13. Re:As someone on food stamps... on Doctors Say Food Stamp Cuts Could Cause Higher Healthcare Costs · · Score: 1

    If you are on food stamps you can NOT simply rely on prepackaged heat and serve meals

    But muh self esteem! If I can't have the things that the TV says I want, my self image will suffer. And I'll be stuck in the poverty rut forever. Besides, Pugsley won't eat that healthy stuff. And he cries when we run out of Doritos and pop.

  14. Survived? on Extinct Species of Early Human Survived On Grass Bulbs, Not Meat · · Score: 1

    I think the key word here is "extinct".

  15. No thanks on Hackers Gain "Full Control" of Critical SCADA Systems · · Score: 1

    I'm already creeped out by how much a Nest Thermostat looks like HAL 9000.

  16. Historical/Archeological value on Lasers Unearth Lost 'Agropolis' of New England · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Property owners can use these maps to determine whether any such structures exist on their property. They will then bulldoze them flat so as to prevent some preservationist societies from declaring their property off limits to development.

  17. Final project stage on White House Reportedly Dismissing Key Healthcare.gov Contractor · · Score: 1

    1. Enthusiasm
    2. Planning
    3.Disillusionment
    4.Fear/Panic
    5.Search for the Guilty
    6.Punishment of the Innocent
    7.Praise and Honors for the Non-Participants

    So, after CGI has seen the Healthcare.gov through phases 1 through 6, we bring in Accenture and give them the credit.

  18. Not possible on Stormy Alien Atmospheres May Spark Seeds of Life · · Score: 2

    Stormy climates have to be caused by humans. Driving around in SUVs. Otherwise the atmosphere would be calm and stable and nothing would ever change.

  19. Connectors? on Tesla Sending New Wall-Charger Adapters After Garage Fire · · Score: 1

    The charger itself resides in the car. The connector is simply a 240V, high current (30 Amp or more) special purpose plug.

    Plugs overheat due to bad (high resistance) connections. And when they do so, they tend to draw less current, not more (like a short circuit would). A standard fuse is not what you want. A thermal sensor that would drop the charger load would seem to be more appropriate here. Possibly with arc fault sensing as well. If the fault was in the wall receptacle, it sounds like the electrician f*cked up installing it.

  20. Cheshire? on Physicists Claim First Observation of a Quantum Cheshire Cat · · Score: 1

    Or Schrodinger?

    If we are going to use bad analogies, could we please stick to cars?

  21. Breaking the law? on Ford Exec: 'We Know Everyone Who Breaks the Law' Thanks To Our GPS In Your Car · · Score: 1

    Just because I happen to be at a certain location? How do they figure that? We do not (yet) live in a totalitarian state where we need permission to travel.

  22. Re:Biometrics security will be obsolete on 4K Is For Programmers · · Score: 4, Funny

    But 40" won't be enough to view her ass.

  23. Just try ... on Senior Managers Are the Worst Information Security Offenders · · Score: 2

    ... telling the top brass that they can't take their laptop home to play with. And hand over to the kid to play with. And let the kid download warez.

    When that thing comes back the next Monday morning, its been totally pwned by any number of evil doers.

  24. I predict ... on Weapons Systems That Kill According To Algorithms Are Coming. What To Do? · · Score: 1

    ... a kind of reverse SEO business popping up.

  25. In a few million years ... on The True Color of Ancient Sea Creatures · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... fish will evolve to look like Budweiser cans.