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  1. Re:I got one on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1

    Only if you're in the union!

  2. Re:What's the difference.... on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1

    What's the difference between a used car salesman and a computer salesman?

    The used car salesman knows when he is lying.

    ... and can probably drive!

  3. As mad as a gumtree full of galahs! on Australia Cockatoos Chew Billion-Dollar Broadband (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    N/T

  4. Re:Wrong direction on Toyota Patents Cloaking Device To Make Car Pillars Appear Transparent (thedrive.com) · · Score: 0

    Nice Hitchhiker's Guide reference!

  5. ... on a DEC-10!

    Most of my programs were stored on punched paper tape!

  6. Re: There's a fart joke in here somewhere on Physicists Detect Whiff of New Particle At the Large Hadron Collider (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    They're about to announce ... the osmon - the fundamental particle of smell

  7. Corporate ethics (n): A common example of an oxymoron

  8. Re:MPAA, RIAA ar hosers, eh on Canada Remains a 'Safe Haven' For Online Piracy, Rightsholders Claim (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    eh??

  9. In other news... on Japan Researchers Warn of Fingerprint Theft From 'Peace' Sign (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Glove Manufacturers report an encouraging spike in sales

  10. Re:Cost of the target. on Long-Range Projectiles For Navy's Newest Ship Too Expensive To Shoot (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I assume that nobody planned to have a sufficiently large soft target to allow the projectiles to be "soft-landed" for re-use?

  11. Oh, so the RN is not buying F-18s to make up the numbers?

  12. Re:3.14 on Linux Kernel 3.14 Series Has Reached End of Life (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    No, just keep adding new digits after 3.14 FOREVER! ;)

    Isn't that too \TeX{}nical for Linux geeks??

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  13. Re:Say "Citigroup" instead of "Thank You" on Citigroup Sues AT&T For Saying 'Thanks' To Customers (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    Not ATT ALL

  14. Is it too late ... on Peter Thiel's Lawyer Wants To Silence Reporting On Trump's Hair (gawker.com) · · Score: 1

    ...to assign this story to the "oh, the irony" department?
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  15. ConsPIRACY theories here... on DVD Release Delays Boost Piracy and Hurt Sales, Study Shows (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    N/T

  16. Why, oh why??? on Apple vs. the Right To Repair (bloombergview.com) · · Score: 2

    If you don't people messing around with "their" phones - license them, don't sell them.

  17. Re:Capitalism working as designed on With $160 Billion Merger, Pfizer Moves To Ireland and Dodges Taxes (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't that broken as designed??

  18. The Land of the Free and the Home of the Scared on 9th-Grader May Face Charges After Homemade Clock Mistaken For Bomb · · Score: 1

    I trust that Mr Mohamed's Alarm Clock has been restored to to him, after the "grown-ups" have finished making it safe.
    My suggestion would be to place a switch in he clock to disarm de-activate the alarm when you don't want the whole school to evacuate when it's time for Maths.
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  19. Re:The whole idea is crazy on Quantum Equation Suggests Universe Had No Beginning · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, but is it crazy enough to be true?

  20. Re:How to spot an authoritarian on UK Prime Minister Says Gov't Should Be Capable of Reading Any Communications · · Score: 1

    I thought that a conservative was a liberal that had just been mugged, and that a liberal was a conservative who had just been stopped and searched by the police.
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  21. Re:Loose Lips Sinik Ships on US Government Fights To Not Explain No-Fly List Selection Process · · Score: 1

    > Unfortunately the process is administered by human beings who are flawed vessels at best. A flawed vessel is even more prone than a sound one to being sunk. Surely all good citizens should allow the government to protect itself from embarrassment when one of its imperfect vessels stuffs up? -- E

  22. You didn't mention Prof. Folo Lirpa's contribution on Creating "Homo Minutus" — a Benchtop Human To Test Drugs · · Score: 1
    I understand Professor Folo Lirpa of the LMB Institute of Biology, Andorra, provided much of the early work on which the paper which you allude to in this article is based.

    Your insensitive clod rating has been appropriately adjusted.

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  23. Presumably they're not 11 times more productive? on Estimate: Academic Labs 11 Times More Dangerous Than Industrial Counterparts · · Score: 1

    N/T

  24. Re:They should call it an anti-retention device on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 1

    That's the first feature that Management will disable. It would be a good idea in an organisation where transparency is highly valued, however.
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  25. One or two, uh, overlooked opportunities. on EU Secretly Plans To Put a Back Door In Every Car By 2020 · · Score: 1
    This is one of these clever technical fixes compromised by certain obvious problems opportunities.
    • Powerful vintage cars with mechanically-driven ignition systems.
    • Bad people who disable the cut-off device -it's their car after all!
    • What would happen if a remote shut-off device were stolen or borrowed?
    • A "home-built" remote shut-off device could be boon to criminals. Just the thing for that bullion job.