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  1. It is the wrong assumption but when I was 6 or 7 and I learnt that no human has reached beyond moon, I thought wow, we really sucked.

  2. Re:Best solution: on How Autonomous Cars' Safety Features Clash With Normal Driving · · Score: 2

    How did we get horses and buggies off the road?

  3. Legality aside... on Uber Drivers Arrested By Undercover Cops In Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    Why didn't taxi/cab companies come up with better service like Uber? Cost seems only one differentiator - at least in the area I live there's no cab company that has an app as sophisticated as Uber in terms of knowing where it is, how long does it take to come, estimated cost...etc.

  4. Seriously... I drink pop maybe 2-3 times a year. How's that as an alternative? I'm not saying drinkers are to blame but since I cut my pop, everytime I drink it, it just taste like syrup.

  5. Wait a minute..... on Researchers Study "Harbingers of Failure," Consumers Who Habitually Pick Losers · · Score: 1

    But doesn't that mean that 'failing' product can capture a potential 13% market share? iPhone market share is somewhere around there worldwide?

  6. Compensation level is simply absurd on Harry Shearer Walks Away From "The Simpsons," and $14 Million · · Score: 1

    Seriously, this is a good show and he apparently is very good at what he did. Nothing to do with him nor trying to discredit this, but the compensation level is simply absurd. Thinking about nurses, teachers or whoever that is very good at their job makes $70K a year. That's a 100x. Uniqueness This doesn't include actor/voice-over who does NOT have a Simpson's gig, but could be just as talented, but doing odd gigs for $70/day. To me, top notch entertainers are getting paid for what 95% of those who didn't make it big (like sports).

  7. Why like Snowden? Why bother? on Except For Millennials, Most Americans Dislike Snowden · · Score: 1

    There's no point of argument like or not like Snowden as an individual. All that matters is the information revealed.

  8. Re:1000 times on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    'Stupid' is not the correct description - you can call them knee-jerk or whatever. Nobody has the crystal ball on gas prices.

  9. So... everybody gets a buck? on Obama To Announce $240M In New Pledges For STEM Education · · Score: 1

    Minus 25% admin fee?

  10. Easy... any laptop... on Ask Slashdot: Choosing a Laptop To Support Physics Research? · · Score: 1

    ...that connects to a Beowulf cluster.

  11. If (RND(1)0.5),"beautiful", "not beautiful"; on The Algorithm That 'Sees' Beauty In Photographic Portraits · · Score: 2

    If (RND(1)>0.5),"beautiful", "not beautiful";

  12. Re:I hope not on Windows 10: Can Microsoft Get It Right This Time? · · Score: 1

    There's a perfect one which is called "Word Perfect Office Suite". Yes it still exist :) http://www.wordperfect.com/ca/...

  13. Re:In the name of Allah ! on Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 7 At French Magazine HQ · · Score: 1

    Kudos for speaking out.

  14. Re:In the name of Allah ! on Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 7 At French Magazine HQ · · Score: 1

    Tag troll above. I don't think the Quran literally said about killing 'infidels'. Esp. for AC poster as such.

  15. Re:islam on Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 7 At French Magazine HQ · · Score: 1

    http://news.nationalpost.com/2... It's tough as many posters mentioned about non-terrorist vs terrorist. These imam may be of target as well as they are 'in the way'. FWIW I'm not a muslim.

  16. Count down abort.. on SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch and Historic Landing Aborted · · Score: 2

    I never understand why "problems" always seem to pop up at the very last moment for space launches.

  17. It's easy! on Auto Industry Teams Up With Military To Stop Car Hacking · · Score: 1
  18. Re:At last. on Android 5.0 Makes SD Cards Great Again · · Score: 1
    For a long time, I've been hoping for an OS where, by default, the apps cannot access anything outside of their private areas.

    I'm not trying to troll but isn't that what iOS does in the first place?

  19. Re:Parliment Hill != The White House on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there are some security there but my US friends gotta realize the serg at arms who shoot the gunman is the dude who carries a decorative mace, leading politicians walking into the parliment with a funny hat. No disrespect but all kudos to him for the response but my point is that, this stuff ALMOST NEVER happen here and hence there's little need for people carrying machines guns walking around the parliment ground.

  20. Re:Dear Canada.... on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 1

    No info but by him going to the memorial to shoot first, sounds domestic to me.

  21. Better yet, just forward this /. link to them now. Let em read all the creative suggestions.

  22. Re:Lots of cheap carbon stuff on Living On a Carbon Budget: The End of Recreation As We Know It? · · Score: 1

    Like golf.....

  23. Re:John Cabot? on Maps Suggest Marco Polo May Have "Discovered" America · · Score: 1

    And anti-Canadian sentiment :D Okok Canada wasn't even formed but still, we claim to burn it down, yay.

  24. .... any outcome is as good of a chance as the aliens invasion and kill all characters.

  25. Wow.... on Seattle Passes Laws To Keep Residents From Wasting Food · · Score: 0

    Cost of inspection: $100; violator: 1 out of 10; penalty collected $1; smell, mess and the process: priceless.