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  1. Re:Retrieval on Lost Nuclear Bomb Found Off Georgia Coast? · · Score: 1

    I noticed the same thing, but upon closer examination, it appears that that estimate includes the cost and time to find the bomb as well as recover it. The report referred to is from 2001, before the old fart with the boat found the bomb.

  2. Actual FAQ Quote on Hacking the RoboSapien · · Score: 1

    Q: Robosapien claws at my eyes while I sleep; I have not been able to stop this. Do you have any suggestions for repair?

    A: The most common cause of this problem is charging him after midnight. Lower his arms and twist his head all the way to the left, until you hear a "click". We suggest disposing of Robosapien in a fire or garbage disposal after breaking his neck.

  3. Re:Slashdotting here we come on The Living Room Candidate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not until geeks become meteorologists. Right now they only recruit dorks...

    What does this mean for dweebs like me?

  4. Sounds good on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 1

    A desert of shit and dead grass might help keep the criminals away. I say skip the geese all together and just start going to the bathroom in the yard. For added effect, you could strip naked except for some suspenders and a bowtie while doing so. Scream obscenities and wave a cow head on a stick. I think you could obtain the head by slipping $20 to the right guy at the slaughterhouse. What country are you in? If you have poisonous snakes around, these could be stapled to the cow's ears. That way it would be a weapon as well. No one would come near your house. Trust me.

  5. Re:Hilarity ensued. on Genesis Capsule Crashes; Chutes Blamed · · Score: 2, Informative

    *Damn* those farkers! Why don't we have ultra-softcore pr0n on the left side of every page?

  6. This is on slashdot... on Atari To Release Old Games and New Console System · · Score: 1

    ...and nobody has made the "Can I run Linux on this?" joke? This must be a sign of the apocalypse. That or everyone is still hung over from Labor Day weekend.

  7. Re:outraged on Muppets Named Top Scientists · · Score: 1

    Maybe one of the evil slashdictators did it.

  8. Re:outraged on Muppets Named Top Scientists · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps evil dictators with alien helpers.

  9. outraged on Muppets Named Top Scientists · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is going on in the UK? I thought they were our allies. I mean, before I saw this article, I was a huge fan of Honeydew and Beaker. But after seeing this picture, it is obvious that Dr. Honeydew is a terrorist, and, furthermore, is violating Beaker's civil rights with the electrical cord from a washing machine. This kind of thing cannot be tolerated. What would Mr. Wizard say? And why is Kermit supporting this? If things keep going this way, I know that it is clear to us all that we will have to liberate the citizens of the United Kingdom from the terrorists and cults that are being imposed on them by their evil dictators.

  10. Re:conspiracy alert! on Supernova Imaged by Hubble Telescope · · Score: 1

    Shh! Don't talk to him, he is part of it. You can tell because his tin foil hat is just spray painted newspaper.

  11. Re:real-world popup ads :( on New Ad Technology Tracks Consumer Movement · · Score: 1


    " 1) Take several catalogues, newspaper adds, etc. You will need about 5 kg, or less if it is packed tightly.
    2) Throw ball of adds at "pop-up" add machine. You can say, "Well, it bombarded me with adds first!"
    3) Last step left as an exercise to the reader."


    ooh, I know: Profit!!

  12. Guardian != Authoritative? on Biography of Will Wright - Sims Creator · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ok, sorry if this is just nitpicking, but some of the article struck me as... well... strange.
    "strike a chord with women, gay men and others with little time for dungeons or dragons" (followed shortly by) millions around the world are bristling with excitement at the prospect of... Sims 2"
    also, this caught my eye:
    "The Sims is a real-time strategy game"
    and this:
    he does have a hinterland, devoted to 'reading, skiing, scheming' - that just sounds funny.
    Well, I know I speak for all of us when I say that my hinterland is scheming and bristling at the prospect of this new RTS.

  13. Wallpaper and Icons on The Video Game Revolution · · Score: 2, Informative

    The nostalgia downloads section has some wallpaper and buddy icons of suprisingly good quality if anyone cares.

  14. Re:Caffeine, Stress, & Irritable Bowel Syndrom on The Downside of 'Hypertasking' · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know about a cabin in the mountains, thats kind of expensive. For ~$7 US you can make a 24 oz Red Bull and Pepto Bismol shake (2 cans of red bull, 1 bottle of Pepto Bismol, vodka to taste)* and sip it all day while sitting on the toilet in a public restroom (free!) and working on your Wi-Fi enabled laptop (sadly, not free).

    *this milkshake is not recommended for consumption by children under 10, adults, dogs, cats, gerbils, pre-teens, or teenagers. May cause unspecified cramping, swelling or acute ADHD of the butt. May cause testicular retraction, lactating, and uncontrollable vomiting. Studies on lab rats have shown links to cannabalism, twitching, lesions, goatse, and talking like a pirate. Not for internal use.

  15. Re:It's culture, not genetics. on Women See Colors Better · · Score: 1

    1. Last Sunday I went clothes shopping with my wife.
    2. A few months ago I was standing in a bar surrounded by at least 200 people talking to a woman I had met...I ran my hand under her jacket along her waist...
    3. I didn't see the direction things would take in a few seconds


    Either congratulations on your recent marriage or quit being a assclown and posting evidence for your divorce case on slashdot.
  16. Re:Don't be too quick to judge! on SETI Researcher Quashes Signal Rumors · · Score: 1

    What... The... Hell..?

    I have not seen that before. Is that guy for real? I mean, holy crap, that is just strange.

  17. Re:who needs the 'recent' hits? on Acclaim Entertainment Files for Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    All your recking ball are belong to us1!

  18. two words... on The Swiss Army Knife of USB Drives · · Score: 1

    sexing birds.

  19. Re:Always have a backup plan on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 1

    like this guy.

  20. Re:only one thing will really work on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 1

    The parent post and this post are probably the best advice I have seen as far as keeping your stuff safe. If you feel you need more security, you could try getting a decent sized safe and locking it to something sturdy with a good bike lock.

  21. Re:a movie on Jet-Powered Wheelchair · · Score: 1
    Freddy Got Fingered was a classic movie. It is a story about the struggle of a young boy to accomplish his dreams and please his parents while dealing with the hardships of a dysfunctional family environment. The deeply moving social commentary of this film has seldom been surpassed, even by the old classics like Frankenstein and Godzilla. To quote Scorsese, "I feel that Freddy Got Fingered... was a masterpiece of modern film... I was truly disappointed when they refused my request to direct it."
    </BS></SARCASM>
  22. Re:Lotus active suspension on Electromagnetic Suspension System · · Score: 1

    Lotus? Excel? I had to point it out...

  23. Re:And for those of us not running Windows?? on Always Use Protection · · Score: 1

    he can boot to Windows 98 to play games

    Win98? I am calling the DHR.

  24. Re:doesn't look like.... on Clouds, The Collaborative Photo Mosiac · · Score: 1

    Well, the ones that are there are really something... not really something good, just really something. I have some questions about them, does anyone know:
    1)who the balding guy is?
    2)what congenital defect that kid with the gun has? should he have a gun?
    3)what is up with the guy in the spandex and helmet?
    4)if all of these pictures are from the same town with bad water?

    thanks.

  25. Re:Maybe because it's slow ? on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm proud to say that my language of choice is Java.
    I agree. During my first two years of school we programmed almost exclusively in Java. We were the first incoming freshmen to take the introductory classes after they made the change from teaching in C++, and I noticed that a lot of the people who spent their time complaining about the use of Java were the same ones that failed the classes and changed from CS or IS majors to IT, Meteorology, or Living in the Basement majors. At the time, I was doing most of my schoolwork on an old eMachine with a Cyrix processor, and, although the POS pretty much screeched to a halt when I launched them, it handled Java apps fairly well once they got up and running. Uh, anyway, Yay Java!