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  1. My First Thought... on Camels May Transmit New Middle Eastern Virus · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...after Camel-toe of course was some sort of computer virus. I need to go to sleep..

  2. Where did I leave that document? on Ibex Virtual Reality Desktop Beta For Mac Released · · Score: 1

    ...oh yeah, it's at the bottom of the lake.

  3. Re:Typical for a 2 year old on IBM's Watson Gets a Swear Filter After Learning the Urban Dictionary · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, they should make him sit with a bar of soap in his CD-ROM drive for a while.

  4. One possible reason on Why Ultrabooks Are Falling Well Short of Intel's Targets · · Score: 1

    I pay a moderate amount of attention to tech stuff. I subscribe to Wired and I check out Slashdot regularly. I've never heard of an Ultrabook.

  5. Re:No on Do We Need a Longer School Year? · · Score: 1

    Forget school years, we need longer years. I'm tired of getting so old.

  6. Hey Air Force... on X-37B Space Plane Marks One Year In Space · · Score: 1

    ...Whatcha doin'?

  7. Why don't... on The Headaches of Cross-Platform Mobile Development · · Score: 0

    ...Google and Apple merge already and get it over with.

  8. 100 Years? on DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't they be choosing a baby for this?

  9. I suggest looking at TFA on Tevatron To Shut Down At End of 2011 · · Score: 1

    The woman who wrote it is freaking gorgeous and way smarter than me...which isn't saying much.

  10. Re:Can't make a call from inside on SatPhones — Why Can't They Make It Work? · · Score: 1

    A U.S. soldier recently, not the most recent, was awarded the Medal of Honor because his group was pinned down and he needed to call in help. He had to go out in the open to get a call through and knew he'd get the shit shot out of him. He did it anyway and got killed but I think the rest of his guys received help.

  11. Don't worry England on UK Pressures the US To Takedown Extremist Videos · · Score: 2, Funny

    While we will allow al-awlaki to say what he wants, we also have targeted him for assassination.

  12. Re:More elementary particles than non-elementary on Fermilab Experiment Hints At Multiple Higgs Particles · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What is it about a particle that makes it have a particular charge? What is charge fundamentally? Are these known things or just stupid questions on my part? It seems to me if two particles can be different (positive or negative) then they must consist of something smaller that makes them that way.

  13. Re:Not this again... on The Hurt Locker Producers Sue First 5,000 File-Sharers · · Score: 1

    Seems like Hollywood knows a thief when they see one: http://record-eagle.com/statenews/x151150327/Soldier-sues-makers-of-Hurt-Locker

  14. Re:Once again, Apple shows themselves to be Evil on Apple Kills Google Voice Apps On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Why on earth geeks continue to view Apple as a Good Company boggles my mind.

    Loved Linux for years but also love ipod, itunes, garageband and imovie. Nothing on Linux comes close to these. Microsoft doesn't include a compiler.

  15. Re:911 on Presidential Inauguration Hardware and Other Challenges · · Score: 1

    By embiggening the cellular infrastructure, they might be enabling potential bombers who otherwise might not be able to get their detonation call through.

  16. Re:On the upside... on Steve Jobs Takes Leave of Absence From Apple · · Score: 1

    Why not bring in Woz for a while ... as ballast?

  17. Are sex toys recession proof? on AT&T Sidestepping Google, Eyes Symbian · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I thought Symbian was that sex toy that Howard Stern is always trying to get his "female" guests to try out...and I thought, good move, way to diversify AT&T.

  18. Re:Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure. on Ubiquitous Hydrogen Power Not Getting Any Closer · · Score: 1

    This guy seems to disagree with the greatness of reprocessing. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=rethinking-nuclear-fuel-recycling

  19. Maybe this is a chance for AMD on Linux Needs More Haters · · Score: 1

    To me, the biggest problem with Linux is a lack of hardware support. There is a little bit, but not until these companies are finished supporting Windows then Mac. Linux does amazing things considering how much reverse engineering has to go into it. If someone started a company (AMD) that made all the requisite hardware devices to work with the Linux kernel "out of the box" both they and Linux would zoom to be the mainly used computing platform.

  20. Economy of Scale on The Very Worst Uses of Windows · · Score: 1

    I don't know how complicated elevator control is, but, most of the bloat from Windows is about the GUI and backwards compatibility. The reason (I am guessing) that most of these places are using Windows, is because they are buying off-the-shelf technology which will often be pre-loaded with some sort of Windows. Writing fresh code for a freshly designed embedded system is simpler and probably better but is way more expensive than buying a Dell that can do the same thing with Visual C++. As long as people don't plug stuff in while its on or do other "crazy" stuff, it will be fine.

  21. Re:That's coolness on 'Extreme Programming' Controls Phoenix Mars Lander · · Score: 1

    But does it run on Lin...oh yeah, TFA says it does.

    Linux may not be ready for the desktop, but it is ready for the surface of Mars.
    -Me

  22. Re:Brain drain, ver 0.1 on Hawking Searching For Africa's Einsteins · · Score: 1

    This guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harris_Simons/ uses math to bring in the big dough.

  23. Yang is right on Why Yahoo Turned Microsoft Down · · Score: 1

    Yahoo is worth a lot to Microsoft and Google knows this. In a few years most people will have a small terminal with a free (linux) bootstrap OS to get them connected to the Internet. All apps and storage will take place there. Microsoft's entire business is about to go away. Google is already heading in this direction and Yahoo is the only other possibility for MS to get a foothold. The Internet is going to become a mainframe for everyone and who controls the apps you use and the storage you get will be very rich and powerful.

  24. That's a lot of spillin' on Widespread Keyboard Failures on OLPC's XO-1 · · Score: 1

    The keyboard doesn't have the best feel, and I would only want commercial companies to copy it when making a keyboard for children. It is spill-proof. When I've spilled hot coffee and cold soda on it, I just had to wipe it off. Again, this is unlike my Sony Vaio and Lenovo T-61 keyboards which I've had to replace when even take-it-apart-deep-cleaning did not restore functionality post spill. Dude, you need to be more careful around your computers. I agree with everything else you said though.
  25. Re:I don't want cell phones on planes. on FCC, FAA Still Don't Want Cell Phones on Planes · · Score: 2, Funny

    My dad seemed to think that speaking louder made one more understandable to non-English speaking people.