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  1. Re: Such a bad idea on Audi Cars Now Talk To Stop Lights In Vegas (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    This is part of a greater picture of progress. In the same way that perimeter sensors on cars that alert drivers of unseen objects are actually a stop on the way to automation, this too will ultimately serve as a stopgap for automation.

  2. Re: Shielding, jamming on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Keep Your Credit Card Secure? · · Score: 1

    Where he lives, contactless card transactions take place through Pocket LINAC technology.

  3. Re: Weather of Climate? on Landfall Nears For Strongest Hurricane In Recorded History (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Next year is Cat5e.

  4. Re:I give up... on Your Phone Can Be Snooped On Using Its Gyroscope · · Score: 3, Funny

    The vibrations of your voice cause voltage fluctuations in the battery, and can be reconstruct the image of the suspect from the reflection in the eye of the person across the street.

  5. Re: So when will the taxi drivers start protesting on Google Unveils Self-Driving Car With No Steering Wheel · · Score: 1

    Pumping gas is not a needed service. Anything can be made to appear like it needs to be done by a trained professional.

  6. Re:Computer-Phone=Serial port? on The iPhone Serial Port Hack · · Score: 1

    So what you're trying to say is they wasted money buying a second desk?

  7. Re:Lies. on Want Flash Player On a MacBook Air? Download It Yourself · · Score: 1

    I'm hesitant to believe you. You didn't say Simon says.

  8. Re:YouTube on Time To Ditch Cable For Internet TV? · · Score: 1

    Actually, I would like to thank you for showing me Miro. Hulu et al don't work for me in my foreign land of Canada.

  9. YouTube on Time To Ditch Cable For Internet TV? · · Score: 1

    What YouTube content equates to broadcast TV? Just come out and say it that you're going to be automating TV show torrents.

  10. Re:It works really well on Apple Working On Tech To Detect Purchasers' "Abuse" · · Score: 1

    he simply responded with "our warranty doesn't cover your mistakes.".

    And you be all like, yo momma didn't cover her mistake... girlfriend.

  11. Re:I dunno? on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is not the pronoun, but rather a global public health agency with the unlikely name of WHO that raised the pandemic threat level.

    Clearly, you are one confused man.

  12. Re:Perfect Strangers ? on Why Microsoft Is Chasing Yahoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks for saving me time today by using acronyms in your comment!

  13. Re:Seriously - the box on New Pictures of White Knight Two and SpaceshipTwo · · Score: 1

    I was viewing that page through lynx through a dial-up connection in Procomm Plus, you insensitive clod!

  14. Re:Convert ALL data into wireframe models NOW! on Digital Models Not Subject To Copyright · · Score: 1

    Finally, a useful implementation for my newfound PhysX card!

  15. Re:Peer review! on Are Academic Journals Obsolete? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Peer review works for Digg. They don't take 2 years to publish an article!

  16. Re:OoO ?? on NVIDIA Enters the Mobile CPU Market · · Score: 1

    OpenOrifice?

  17. Oblig Simpsons on Seagate Announces First SSD, 2TB HDD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hutz: All right gentleman. I will take your case. But I will require a thousand dollar retainer.
    Bart: A thousand dollars. But your ad says "no money down".
    Hutz: Oh, they got this all screwed up. [corrects ad with felt-marker]
    Bart: So you don't work on a contingency basis?
    Hutz: No, money down. Oops, I shouldn't have the Bar Association logo here either.

  18. Re:Hand-coding? on NYTimes.com Hand-Codes HTML & CSS · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please refrain from alluding to such explicit language. For goodness sakes, Slashdot is not the Netherlands after 9 PM.

  19. Re:Blendtec on The LCD Panel vs. The Crossbow · · Score: 1

    No, no, you've got it all wrong!! The question should be if the monitor will blend in a blender made out of those monitors!

  20. Re:Not that exciting on Zen and the Art of Guitar Hero · · Score: 1

    All the best games have simple objectives.

    Recent research reveals that people like to press buttons to lights and music.

  21. Suborbital? on NASA Ikhana Assists SoCal Firefighters · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Ikhana (a NASA drone) is primarily designed for suborbital earth sciences missions..."

    In the same way a drone is made for "suborbital missions", many people everyday take planes to go places "suborbitably". Stupid buzzwords.

  22. Yay upgrade! on Linux Kernel v2.6.23 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I'll take the opportunity to upgrade to 2.2.26; I don't waste my time with unproven technology.

  23. Re:Predicting short term failure and long term suc on Olin College — Re-Engineering Engineering · · Score: 2, Funny

    And Profit !

    Perhaps this is the missing intermediate step in the underwear gnomes' formula?

  24. Add one on The Mindset of the Class of 2029 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Current terrorist witchhunts were as laughable as the McCarthy Hearings. Oh wait, they already are.

  25. Re:Obligatory on Japanese Auto Makers Teaming Up To Create Standard OS · · Score: 1

    No, but it will run some sort of common OS, according to this article. Also, the reply to this post makes a good point.