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  1. Re:Take that china on Copernicium Confirmed As Element 112 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not to mention the lead the Chinese Government sends its own citizens. Usually at high speed...

  2. Re:To be fair... on AU Authority Moves To Censor Net Filtering Protest Site · · Score: 3, Informative

    The problem is not the domain name, it was the name used to register the domain name. Also, satire and parody are not welcome in .au domains. The domain name must be your business name, or a derivative of your business name. Anything else gets squashed. That's the rules for owning a .au address.

  3. Re:In Post-Soviet Russia... on 10% of US Energy Derived From Old Soviet Nukes · · Score: 1

    You could always try dismantling your own nukes and using them for power...

  4. Re:Depends on your criteria on Plug vs. Plug — Which Nation's Socket Is Best? · · Score: 1

    The you want a Magsafe plug then. What would we do without Apple?

  5. Re:WSUS needs unique SIDs on The Machine SID Duplication Myth · · Score: 1

    WSUS makes up its own SIDs. As long as you don't have two computers with the same SUSClientId, you're fine.

  6. Re:[QA Results #23855] Bug in $_EVIL_RANT code on Toyota Claims Woman "Opted In" To Faux Email Stalking · · Score: 2, Funny

    You (as well as the GP) are passing in strings instead of boolean values. Now, who do I get to sue?

  7. Re:Not for desktop pc's, but on 10/GUI — an Interface For Multi-Touch Input · · Score: 1

    Professional Starcraft players are able to perform 300+ actions per minute with a mouse and keyboard. For the average user, I think this would be plenty.

    Point of order: the Professional Starcraft Player(TM) is not the average user, the skills of the Professional Starcraft Player(TM) are not representative of those possessed by the average user, and the command input structure of Starcraft is not representative of all computer programs.

    We are not discussing professionals in specialised programs here - this is average users, in generic apps, and attempting to make the GUI more intuitive and powerful.

  8. Re:Misnamed product on Google SideWiki Brings Comments To Everyone · · Score: 1

    You appear to have missed the fact that this is not something that's installed on the web page - in fact, there's no connection between SideWiki and the page, apart from the URL.

    Say I run a commercial site that gets libelous/spam/shock site/racist comments (that have been put there by spambots, people with vendettas, b-tards, whatever) that drive away the customers that use SideWiki. Then what?

  9. Re:Misnamed product on Google SideWiki Brings Comments To Everyone · · Score: 1

    "Contribute helpful information to any web page."

    So, how do I remove this "helpful information" from the webpages that I own?

  10. Re:Proof? on Video Surveillance System That Reasons Like a Human · · Score: 3, Funny
    What I want to know is: whose cognitive reasoning is it based on, exactly?

    Male?

    Ooh, low cut top! Zoom zoom zoom!
    Wait, the wind is picking up! Initiate scan for pleated skirts!

    Or female?

    Ooh, there's a sale over there! *zoom* Do they have my colour?
    Wait, that handbag's a knockoff! *Dials DHS*

  11. Re:Wikileaks link on TI vs. Calculator Hackers · · Score: 1

    What will they do with people outside the US where the DMCA does not apply?

    Get the US government to invade them?

    Or offer them a Free Trade Agreement. Bloody John Howard. Caterpillar-browed bastard.

  12. Re:biotech rocks on Gene Therapy Cures Color-Blind Monkeys · · Score: 1

    Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing octarine.

  13. Re:Detection on Ford's New Radar Technology Based On Open Source · · Score: 1

    If you can't brake safely for an non-emergency situation from 100mph, then it really wasn't safe to be doing 100mph.

  14. Re:Almost competing on Windows 7 Upgrade Can Take Nearly a Day · · Score: 1

    Also, I want to know whether the times in TFA include downloading the software or not. My Ubuntu upgrades take a couple of hours, including downloading the software, over a connection that's not incredibly fast.

    Their metrics should include the time required to find a torrent of the disc, download it, and burn it as well.

  15. Re:Detection on Ford's New Radar Technology Based On Open Source · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you can't brake safely for an emergency situation from 100mph, then it wasn't safe to be doing 100mph.

  16. Re:That Analogy Falls Apart on Sending Astronauts On a One-Way Trip To Mars · · Score: 1

    Or they could turn on the alien machine that creates an atmosphere for them...

  17. Re:too easy on Judge Won't Lower $5M Bail For Jailed SF IT Admin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    After all that, he was just being a dick, and it's stupid to be a dick to people who can have you locked up in jail.

    14 months and a $5M bail for being a dick? There are a lot of slashdotters that should be concerned right now...

  18. Re:Check that off the obscure to-do list on Steam-Powered Car Breaks Century-Old Speed Record · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even going downhill, the penny farthing rider is limited to how fast they can pedal

    Until the bike picks up enough speed to throw your feet off the pedals. Then there is no hope of stopping without losing skin until you reach the flat again.

  19. Re:Multitasking just has to be done properly on Habitual Multitaskers Do It Badly · · Score: 1

    Obviously, a more controversial, and entertaining conclusion from the study is that:

    Females famously brag about their superior multitasking skills, and claim to use them a lot
    Males multitask less often, and often believe that they are probably worse at it than females due to genetic disadvantage
    Therefore: according to this study, males are actually better at multitasking than females

    Yay for statistics! This kind of study is conducted for the sole purpose of giving us useless numbers, so that we can make crap like this up.

    Disclaimer: I failed statistics.

  20. Re:Price? on Nokia Unveils Its First Netbook · · Score: 1

    The only thing missing is the price.

    And the weight. The only two things missing are the price and the weight, and the RAM. The three, no, wait. I'll come in again...

  21. Re:Easy on How To Prove Someone Is Female? · · Score: 1
    It's easier than that.

    Gender Identification Test (no lying)
    1. How many pairs of shoes do you own? ____________
  22. Re:Missing Details on Xbox 360 Failure Rate Is 54.2% · · Score: 1

    "According to the print edition of Game Informer, 5,000 surveyed people said the XBox 360 fails over half the time.

    Still, it's better than Vista...

  23. Re:Would this be the place on Production of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again · · Score: 1

    My brother is an engineer at Boeing

    Thank your brother for us. We were wondering what to use for comparisons now that DNF has been canned...

  24. Re:pwned on Local Privilege Escalation On All Linux Kernels · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, as this only affects 2.4 and 2.6, users of Debian stable should have no reason to worry.

    See? All that testing is worth it after all!

  25. Re:not a typo on Large Hadron Collider Struggling · · Score: 1

    Who are you calling an idiom?