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  1. Autostereogram - hidden 3d art on French Health Watchdog: 3D Viewing May Damage Eyesight In Children · · Score: 0

    Autostereogram art hit pop culture some decades ago, with people having fun trying to spot the hidden image by changing where their eyes converge. I wonder if this form of art will be restricted in France.

  2. Re:Bullshit Lib Arts? on Bachelor's Degree: An Unnecessary Path To a Tech Job · · Score: 0

    I got a CompSci degree at a state school in the 90s and I'm happy with (most of) the lib arts requirements. Psychology and philosophy were especially interesting, and their teachings have been useful to me in work and personal situations helping me understand people's biases and quirks.

  3. Microsoft gets interesting once you scratch the Surface.

  4. Re:Smelling more fishy every day. on MtGox Finds 200,000 Bitcoins In Old Wallet · · Score: 0

    I can usually forgive a missing close-parenthesis, but other types of editorial neglect* get me really annoyed.

  5. childhood language on Trying To Learn a Foreign Language? Avoid Reminders of Home · · Score: 0

    I was raised in the US by a Japanese mother who spoke to me in English with a few Japanese words thrown in (usually profanity). Hearing her voice now usually makes me switch to the hybrid language of my upbringing. If I talk to her in my adult manner I get the sense she thinks I'm full of BS.

  6. Re:Windows 9? on Best Buy To Carve Out Space For Microsoft Stores · · Score: 0

    The MS store should sell a Windows 8 to Windows 7 downgrade service. It'd likely help Best Buy sell more Windows machines that are stagnating on the shelf with Windows 8.

  7. familiar eight letters on Video Gamers See the World Differently · · Score: 0

    The circles of eight letters flashed on the screen included: WARCRAFT, KILLZONE, and ROBOTRON. The losers saw UMADBRO?

  8. Re:Reminder on Class Action Suit Goodies Await Tech Users · · Score: 0

    Good job! Which insurance company was this?

  9. Re:I beg your pardon on AMD Launches New Richland APUs For the Desktop, Speeds Up To 4.4GHz · · Score: 0, Troll

    And after the APU is done processing, it says in a catchy Middle Eastern accent, "THANK YOU, COME AGAIN!"

  10. Re:Some things never change. on Windows Blue Is Officially Windows 8.1, Free For Existing Users · · Score: 0

    Parent should be modded Funny not Insightful. Geez moderators, WOOSH over your head.

  11. beer is the answer on Giant Snails Invade Florida · · Score: 2

    A little bowl of flat beer in the garden works well on the normal variety of snails and slugs. So to handle these monster snails just set up a few troughs of imperial stout.

  12. Re:This is news? on Solaris Machine Shut Down After 3737 Days of Uptime · · Score: 3, Funny

    Interesting, I left a Very Large Company in the late 90's after having set up a few Solaris 2.x machines for our R&D projects. I had a Quake server running on one of them. There was a lot of incentive to keep that server up.

  13. I was at the San Jose Arena on 5.2 Earthquake Shakes Up SF Bay Area · · Score: 2, Funny

    watching the Sharks. At first I thought it was another "we will rock you" chant starting up, but I knew it was something big when the concrete stands began to wobble. I looked up and watched the rafter lights sway for a few seconds while hoping the tremors didn't escalate. No damage or injuries. Regretfully the refs didn't get hurt...those blind jackasses costed the Sharks the game.