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  1. Re:Doomsday clock on The World Remains Five Minutes From Midnight · · Score: 1

    But who prioritizes the issues? One person worries about nuclear weapons. Another imagines global warming. Yet another cries over a dead tree.

    Personally, I have grave concerns over our inability to bring a flying car to market.

  2. I know! I know! on The World Remains Five Minutes From Midnight · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somebody forgot to wind the clock!

  3. Movies, meals or meetings on Microsoft Patents Tech That Would Silence Your Phone For You · · Score: 1

    That's going to be one heck of a database. Every little bistro, conference hall, concert hall, tavern with live music, etc.

    Why not some short range (Bluetooth?) protocol on a device that broadcasts a "please use quiet mode" signal?

  4. You could ... on Dean Kamen Invents Stomach Pump For Dieters · · Score: 1

    ... just not stuff that cheeseburger in your pie-hole to begin with.

    I think I'll apply for a patent on that.

  5. Re:Major spill? on Getting Better Transparency From Oil Refineries · · Score: 1

    OK. We'll cry for the little fishies. But in the grand scheme of supply and demand, its nothing.

  6. Re:Another Deathstar? on Nuclear Rocket Petition On White House Website · · Score: 2

    I really thought blowing up planets was their policy.

    One country at a time.

  7. Re:Goodbye, matte screens on Touchscreen Laptops, Whether You Like Them Or Not · · Score: 1

    Glossy screens are easier to clean grubby fingerprints off. If you want a matte screen and you don't mind interfering with the touch function, there are matte stick on coverings available.

  8. Isn't this ... on US Attorney Chided Swartz On Day of Suicide · · Score: 1

    ... what triggered the Arab Spring?

  9. Re:With 63 subjects it must be accurate! on Why Do Entrepreneurs Innovate Better Than Managers? · · Score: 1

    That's how probability works. Uncertainty is related to the absolute random sample size. Not to its relationship to the overall population.

  10. Re:Managers are not leaders on Why Do Entrepreneurs Innovate Better Than Managers? · · Score: 1

    Right. But this won't go down well at organizations with hierarchical, top down management styles. Managers must lead. If you have someone down lower on the company org chart, their job is to shut up and follow orders.

    I found it particularly disturbing that the photo caption reads "New MIT research may explain why you need to work Saturday?" Typical management thinking. We'll just mandate overtime and get 20% more innovation out of the grunts.

  11. George Bernard Shaw on Why Do Entrepreneurs Innovate Better Than Managers? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

  12. Re:No Sale on Norway Tax Auditors Want To Open Source Cash Registers To Combat Fraud · · Score: 1

    The register transaction time stamp synced to the surveillance camera above the cash register makes that a risky move.

  13. Stuck in a cubicle? on Ask Slashdot: How To Stay Fit In the Office? · · Score: 1

    Here are some ideas about staying fit in confined spaces.

  14. We're going to need ... on This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For · · Score: 1

    ... a bigger death star.

  15. Big on Astronomers Discover a Group of Quasars 4 Billion Light Years Across · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Based on the map in the linked article, it appears that this Quasar has an angular diameter of about 10 degrees. The moon is about 0.5 degrees. So if the magnitude was high enough to be visible, this structure would be the size of a constellation. Of course, if it was that bright, it would have fried most of the observable universe.

  16. Activation code: on DARPA Wants To Seed the Ocean With Delayed-Action Robot Pods · · Score: 2

    "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"

  17. Caught my limit ... on DARPA Wants To Seed the Ocean With Delayed-Action Robot Pods · · Score: 1

    ... of pods today. Good thing. The lobstah catch has been pretty bad here in Maine.

  18. Re:moral of the story on Alleged ZeuS Botmaster Arrested For Stealing $100M From US Banks · · Score: 2, Funny

    He could buy some Platinum and start minting coins.

  19. Brought some back ... on Russians Retrieve First Sample of Lake Vostok · · Score: 1

    ... in the only container available. An empty Vodka bottle.

  20. Warning Label on Making Earbuds That Fit (Video) · · Score: 2

    Do not insert head into microwave with earbuds already inserted.

    On the advice of our legal staff who also consult on ladders.

  21. Re:OMG! that gives me ideas! on IBM's Watson Gets a Swear Filter After Learning the Urban Dictionary · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, you've just got Slashdot all over again.

  22. I guess this is what is known ... on IBM's Watson Gets a Swear Filter After Learning the Urban Dictionary · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... as cursing a blue streak.

  23. Re:4Chan on IBM's Watson Gets a Swear Filter After Learning the Urban Dictionary · · Score: 1

    Moar!

  24. HP Hiring Probe? on GM CIO Says HP Hiring Probe "Not the Best Use Our Legal System" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look, I'll put up with interviews and coding tests. But if the nurse from HR comes at me with a probe, I'm leaving.

  25. Alien Spaceport on What Did Google Earth Spot In the Chinese Desert? · · Score: 1

    You fuckwits in the USA captured the first visitors and locked them up in Area 51. The Chinese are inviting them in, with technology sharing programs and a piece of the potential business profits.