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  1. Re:Zombie rant on Self-Published Zombie Titles Have Doubled Since 2012 · · Score: 1

    Yeah. It doesn't make any sense at all, does it? They're dead and rotting, and yet they move. Unknown. Awesome.

  2. Speaking from experience... on Self-Published Zombie Titles Have Doubled Since 2012 · · Score: 1

    ...most of this is survivalist escapist fantasy garbage. Poorly written, poorly-defined characters. I suspect there's a therapy group for returning vets where the therapy goals are to write a zombie book and self-publish it. Never ever buy any book without a recommendation from someone you think you can actually trust. That means a recommendation outside the Amazon system.

  3. Interesting on Artificial Blood Made In Romania · · Score: 1

    Cold open to new Will Smith movie: the Worm People.

  4. And then... on Japan Refused To Help NSA Tap Asia's Internet · · Score: 1

    ...the NSA had their mad scientists build an earthquake machine to punish those silly Japanese.

  5. Sounds fine... on Top US Lobbyist Wants Broadband Data Caps · · Score: 1

    ...so long as we get to regulate them like any other utility company...

  6. Couldn't you come up... on Sleep Is the Ultimate Brainwasher · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...with a better word than "brainwashing?" Since that already means something that does not match the contents of the article.

  7. Huh on Google Fiber Partially Reverses Server Ban · · Score: 1

    So no one had to get the FCC involved? And the ISP still changed their policy? I don't understand.

  8. Huh. on US Adults Score Poorly On Worldwide Test · · Score: 1

    Eager to know how they managed to compare reading skills across vastly different linguistic models.

  9. Deus Ex... on NSA's New Utah Data Center Suffering Meltdowns · · Score: 1

    Oh, don't mind that. Echelon and Helios are just attaining sentience.

  10. AMD is gonna get reamed on Steam Machine Prototypes Use Intel CPUs, NVIDIA GPUs · · Score: 2

    Nvidia has better openGL drivers, and has partnered with Valve to develop the streaming capability of SteamOS (Shield apparently uses the same tech). Now the prototype comes with Nvidia hardware. Suddenly, this longtime Radeon-head is feeling uneasy about the future of his $300 year-old videocard...

  11. Finally! on New Real Life Laser-Rifle Cuts Through Metal Like a Blowtorch · · Score: 2

    A solution to deal with all those Sectoids infesting rural plots in middle America!

  12. Spot() on How Early Should Kids Learn To Code? · · Score: 1

    view.Spot("run!")

  13. Academic writing on Study Shows Professors With Tenure Are Worse Teachers · · Score: 1

    Anything to slow the world-wide circlejerk that is academic writing.

  14. BitCoins to cash on Bitcoin Kiosks Coming To 5 Canadian Cities · · Score: 2

    Wake me up when this happens.

  15. How to fight our robotic overlords on Leaked Documents Detail Al-Qaeda's Efforts To Fight Back Against Drones · · Score: 1

    Use that title, out the full text up on Kindle Marketplace, see how long it takes someone to notice.

  16. Not a US case. No First Amend. on Judge Rules In Favor of Volkswagen and Silences Scientist · · Score: 5, Informative

    This did not occur in the US. The US Constitution is not implicated.

  17. Singularity? on MIT Uses Machine Learning Algorithm To Make TCP Twice As Fast · · Score: 1

    Is this what the singularity looks like?

  18. Re:Who? on MIT Attempts To Block Release of Documents In Aaron Swartz Case · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No one is arguing that Aaron Swartz own actions did not contribute to what happened to him. It was suicide, after all. Way to use the all-or-nothing fallacy. Someone is arguing that MIT should not have gotten the government involved, and that there is a pattern of behavior here by them and their employees that should not be rewarded and should, in fact, be punished. I happen to think letting everyone know what these people did is punishment enough.

  19. Who? on MIT Attempts To Block Release of Documents In Aaron Swartz Case · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Mmm hmm, mmm hmm. And what ARE the names of the people employed by MIT who helped drive Aaron Swartz to kill himself? I'm not interested in threatening them, I just want to make sure their names are on the Internet and forever associated with the terrible, terrible thing they did.

  20. Re: They're just getting a head start on Obamacare on Medical Firm Sues IRS For 4th Amendment Violation In Records Seizure · · Score: 1

    I have. You're full of shit.

  21. Cost on $5 Sensor Turns LCD Monitors Into Touchscreens · · Score: 2, Funny

    5$ sensor. 2,500$ software license.

  22. Cost on $5 Sensor Turns LCD Monitors Into Touchscreens · · Score: 4, Informative

    5$ sensor. $2,500 software license.

  23. Re:Still fiddly if you RTFA on Ars Reviewer is Happily Bored With Dell's Linux Ultrabook · · Score: 5, Funny

    Every single Ars Technica laptop review complains about the trackpad. No trackpad is sufficient. As a matter of fact, we should all consider the presence of glowing praise about a trackpad in a Ars Technica review a clear signal that they're all being held hostage by crazed gunmen and the authorities need to be informed.

  24. You steal! on China Says It Is the Target of US Hack Attacks · · Score: 1

    New evidence recently uncovered indicates the first digital computer was developed under the leadership of Chairman Mao during the Long March. Recent academic publishings out of China claim modern hacking techniques are mere derivations of mathematical techniques pioneered in ancient China, during the Quing Dynasty. And also, they made Alien.

  25. Meh on Will Apple Vs Samsung Verdict Be Overturned? · · Score: 1

    Less talk about it because its as close to a foregone conclusion as you can get at this point in the Appeals process?