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  1. Re:Skynet on Gov't Report Predicts Cyborgs, Rise of China for 2030 · · Score: 3, Funny

    My grandmother has bilateral knee replacements. Cyborg. She also has eyes in the back of her head, but I think that's maternal evolution.

  2. Re:And? on Chinese Firm Wins Bid For US-Backed Battery Maker · · Score: 1

    I'd say they have to repay the grant, but we owe China so much money anyway, call it a payment.

  3. Don't plan a desktop upgrade yet on IBM Creates Commercially Viable, Electronic-Photonic Integrated Chip · · Score: 2

    FTFA: "Ultimately, we are talking about a standard computer chip that could be integrated into any electronic device, without significantly impacting the price." This is going for to be high-end applications for quite some time and pretty damn pricey when it first hits the desktop.

  4. Re:Former? on Former Anonymous Spokesperson Indicted · · Score: 1

    In either case, the victims are innocent people. These guys are fortunate they are not being labeled as terrorists and charged as such.

  5. Re:www.FoxNews.com on F-16 Engines Stolen From Israeli Air Base · · Score: 1

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Really? Mod this AC down? This is the funniest shit I've read all day. Seriously, read whatever you want, but dismiss half of it as bullshit.

  6. Re:Unity on Ubuntu 13.04 Will Allow Instant Purchasing, Right From the Dash · · Score: 1

    They're interested in the user's money, right? This is how Linux distros fail. I'll sit back and watch from the comfort of KDE.

  7. Re:Whacking Day! on Money Python: Florida Contest Offers Rewards In 2013 Everglades Python Hunt · · Score: 2

    They're cute and cuddly when they're young. Then people flush them down the toilet.

  8. Next up: lion fish! on Money Python: Florida Contest Offers Rewards In 2013 Everglades Python Hunt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They're invading our waters, more importantly reef habitats. The bigger fish haven't recognized them as prey yet as they gobble up all the smaller fish. My local dive shop is paying $5 a head for them and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation has issued an open season for them, no fishing license required. Good eatin from what I've heard. Tastes like hogfish, just use a paralyzer tip and cut the spines off without poking yourself.

  9. Part of the problem? Fix it on How Corruption Is Strangling US Innovation · · Score: 2

    Money is the key factor there. Perhaps political funding reform is needed? Seems like whoever get the most money and support from those with the most money wins. Political parties were partly designed so Joe Schmo could run for president, but it's a popularity contest where fashion is the dollar.

  10. Re:Former? on Former Anonymous Spokesperson Indicted · · Score: 1

    Hope they all go down. These guys play Robin Hood, but they've victimized the "poor" too many times with their antics. They're a self serving group just like those they claim to be against.

  11. Re:Because on If Tech Is So Important, Why Are IT Wages Flat? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's for managing existing equipment. It is easy. The real work comes with project planning and execution, having that insight of where you're going and what it'll take to get there and having a backup plan to get out while maintaining your uptime.

  12. Re:crap system is proven to be crap on New 25-GPU Monster Devours Strong Passwords In Minutes · · Score: 1

    Passwords aren't broken. Many systems will lock an account for a set length of time or until an administrator intervenes. This would render this method useless.

  13. Re:That's what encryption is for. on The Trouble With Bringing Your Business Laptop To China · · Score: 1

    While it isn't for everyone, this sounds like the case to use Truecrypt the whole drive with a plausible deniability scheme. Have fun with that one, boys. I use it at work on a thumbdrive full of proxy circumvention tools my IT department wouldn't approve of.

  14. She should look at my jobs elevators on One Cool Day Job: Building Algorithms For Elevators · · Score: 1

    They're made by Otis and their decision making is horrible. I'm on the third floor and I've seen the car come from the basement when there's two closer to me. On occasion there's one on the same floor!

  15. They'll hurt themselves. :)

  16. Re:It is truly frightening on Carl Sagan Was On US Team To Nuke the Moon · · Score: 1

    What's interesting is you have doctors doing mission trips, free software developers, and scientists living off what grants they've begged for and received and they do this all for the good of people. Who do we put in power? Greedy, violent assholes with the means to destroy everything. We got it all wrong, folks. The latter types should be put on the back burner.

  17. Re:One consistent theme on Seas Rising Faster Than Projected · · Score: 1

    So if I'm 20 feet above sea level now, my property value is expected to go up! Fuck yeah.

  18. Re:And, in other news - Black Friday Patent sales. on Samsung Claims iPad Mini, iPad 4, New iPod Touch Also Infringe Patents · · Score: 3, Funny

    wouldn't it be Grey Thursday, then?

  19. Re:Get it right. on Police Raid Home of 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay User, Seize "Winnie the Pooh" Laptop · · Score: 1

    Money talks. The struggles surrounding the legal process of stopping piracy is a classic example, and proof, that people will only be policed as much as they allow themselves to. So money and survival comes in to play. "I'll pay you to do something wrong," says the business men. "Ok, I know it's wrong, but I have a family to feed," says the police. "I'll ignore this as long as I can, so long as it doesn't hurt me", says the proletariat.

  20. Geared for a touch screen, but what me? on Windows 8 Sales Below Projections · · Score: 1

    I don't own a touch screen, don't need one nor want to blow the money for one, so therefore I don't see the need to "upgrade". I leave that in quotes because I really wouldn't be upgrading if I couldn't use the interface as intended. Not only that, but there's too much "built in" stuff that tries to lead me toward using Microsoft, or rather closing the openness of the PC. I'm happy using Win7 and I hope it has a life cycle as long as XP so hopefully MS will develop something worth upgrading to before it Win7 reaches its end.

  21. Re:Not quite on Nanoparticles Stop Multiple Sclerosis In Mice · · Score: 1

    And no mention of human trials means they're still a long ways off. On the right track, perhaps, but don't email this to your friend/family with MS yet as even a light at the end of the tunnel.

  22. Re:Take that! on Man Arrested At Oakland Airport For Ornate Watch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've long admitted that the terrorists won: we are fucking terrified.

  23. Tests too hard? on Airlines Face Acute Pilot Shortage · · Score: 1

    No Pilot Left Behind! Aka dumb down the tests. Works in education. More slacker students wasting educational resources than you can shake a stick at!

  24. Re:Power on Moore's Law Is Becoming Irrelevant, Says ARM's Boss · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Efficiency matters to people who have many desktops around the home or office. Datacenters are focusing on efficient servers. Yeah, it does. Just because you're plugged into the wall doesn't mean that energy is infinite.

  25. Re:Schadenfreude? No so fast... on Apple Loses Patent Case For FaceTime Tech, Owes $368 Million · · Score: 0

    I think all of these cases should be thrown out unless you are actively manufacturing, selling, or perhaps supporting the said patent. Other than that, you are blatantly stifling innovation. And as to Apple's defense: we didn't know? Seriously?? I hope more companies use that one on them.