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  1. Y'know... on Inventor Builds Robot Wife · · Score: 1

    I'm sure it'd be easier to get a BDSM slave or two, and they really will do pretty much anything you want.

  2. Re:A million generations.. on Evolution of Mona Lisa Via Genetic Programming · · Score: 1

    It's not like lactose tolerance is all that common in humanity, just from the populations derived from Europe.

  3. Re:Pyrolysis may be more useful on Plasma Plants Vaporize Trash While Creating Energy · · Score: 1

    Just a pity that a pound of beef is 50x10^26x more tasty than either rice or soy, really...

  4. Re:Ok, I'm sold on Algorithms Can Make You Pretty · · Score: 1

    We don't need to know about the BDSM shenanigans you get up to in the bedroom, tyvm!

  5. Re:cash cow how? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 1

    Today's high end is 18 months time's low end.

  6. Re:cash cow how? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 1

    Rarely happens, in my experience - the mobile companies are literally giving phones away.

  7. Re:cash cow how? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because it's not like they have a history of standing up to big corporations like Microsoft...

  8. Re:cash cow how? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Most people in Europe, especially the sort to buy an iPhone, will upgraded before the battery's worn out anyway. So it's a complete non-issue.

  9. Re:CDE? on Steve Jobs Patents "The Dock" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You seem to be under the mistaken impression that OS X isn't just the rebranded latest version of NextStep.

  10. Only 50MPH? on UK's Loughborough Uni Demos Hydrogen Motorcycle · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And then limited even lower? Half of my commute is a 60 limit.

    Riding gutless motorcycles at speeds lower than the surrounding traffic is plain dangerous and damned scary, whether they're powered by hydrogen, petrol, or whatever. Impatient traffic tailgates you trying to intimidate you into going faster, or tries to overtake, forcing you into the gutter. One of the main safety features of a motorcycle is that they're quicker an nimbler than almost anything else on the road - if things look as if they're going wrong, it's common to accelerate away from the source of danger. With this bike, there's no escape route.

    Hydrogen vehicles aren't going to get anywhere until they're a fully fledged road user, rather than a second class citizen.

  11. Re:Wait, what? on AIDS Virus Now Estimated To Be 100 Years Old · · Score: 1

    They don't have 4 other boyfriends. We only have each other. The only difference is there are 5 people in the relationship instead of 2.

    Being poly doesn't mean being open. A closed relationship is as saf, regardless of the numbers.

    I know the average slashdotter doesn't gave experience of fidelty, trust, or even relationships, so probably doesn't have the first clue about non-mainstream relationships

  12. Re:Wait, what? on AIDS Virus Now Estimated To Be 100 Years Old · · Score: 1

    Each of my 4 girlfriends also has 4 girlfriends - the other 4.

    Being non-monogamous doesn't have to entail a huge sprawling network. The issue is not with how many partners you have, but how open the relationship is, and the quality of the longest path of the trust network. In this case the longest path is exactly the same in this family as it is in a monogamous family. Preaching monogamy is at best a simplification, and given how it's used to denigrate those who aren't, backwards and prejudicial at worst.

  13. Re:Wait, what? on AIDS Virus Now Estimated To Be 100 Years Old · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not being monogamous isn't the same as being a slut.

    All 4 of my girlfriends are clean. It doesn't matter how much non-monogamous sex I have with them, I won't catch AIDS.

  14. Re:Here's the deal on Breakthrough In Use of Graphene For Ultracapacitors · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You think our atmosphere always had this much oxygen in it?

  15. Re:common place on Tech Vs. Business? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You really ought to wait for there to be grass on the wicket, old bean.

  16. Realism on Et Tu, Mozilla? Firefox 3 To Get Privacy Mode · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's wrong with a little realism? Viewing porn is one of the major uses of a web browser, thus such a facility is practically a no-brainer.

  17. Re:Honest injun! on World's First "Unclonable" RFID Chip · · Score: 1

    Because there's no way a chip fab could afford a true hardware random number generator?

  18. Re:so... on Virtual Telescope Zooms In On Milky Way Black Hole · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean all the galaxies sink to the bottom, and God swears at Delia Smith's fruit cake recipe?

  19. Re:Patent free for the BBC on BBC's Open Player Claims Not Followed Through · · Score: 1

    There are patents on Dirac, iirc, it's just they're owned wholly by the BBC as a protective measure, and freely licensed out.

  20. Re:Rember is Methylene Blue on Drug Halts Decline In Alzheimer's Patients · · Score: 1

    Hrm, the wiki page suggested that it also affects the sclera.

  21. Re:Rember is Methylene Blue on Drug Halts Decline In Alzheimer's Patients · · Score: 1

    Ooh, will it stain my eyes blue? That'd be *awesome*. El Wiki suggests that it might.

    How long til Rember gets nicknamed Spice?

  22. Re:Wifi meters on Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not only can I write software, but since I can multitask, I can do your mom at the same time.

  23. Wifi meters on Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Exsqueeze me?

    I've written a wifi signal strength meter for an embedded product. During my research, I found it was pretty much standard to base the bumber of bars on the signal to noise ratio, not the raw signal strength.

  24. Re:What to do next? on Spam King Escapes From Federal Prison · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You clearly need to learn the concept of black comedy. If we treated everything as serious business, the world would go insane from the unending despair that is life.

  25. Re:yeah on Spam King Escapes From Federal Prison · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not rape if you shout "Surprise!" first.