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  1. Please share more on 'Clock Kid' Ahmed Mohamed and His Family To Leave US, Move To Qatar · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Please, share your xenophobia with us in these comments. Please vilify this young man and his family just to stroke your own racism in public. Please tell us more about your conspiracy theories. No need to tell us how police handcuffed a boy for bringing a damn clock to school. He must have deserved it, since he's different than you.

  2. And the Martian says ... on Disease May Prevent Manned Journey To Mars · · Score: 1

    ... the Terrans were killed off by the common cold.

  3. I believe! on Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence · · Score: 1

    I believe Republicans are the party of law and order. I believe Republicans support truth in sentencing. I believe Republicans support prosecutors. I believe Scooter has committed no crime since Cheney kidnapped him from the Muppets.

  4. Re:Missing info - brace yourself. on Deprecating the Datacenter? · · Score: 1

    It's drill bytes. Brace yourself, turns out you're going to need to hammer in gigabytes of these. That could put you in the hole. Don't chuck that data center quite yet.

    At least, that's the spin I wood put on it.

  5. Because we all know that ... on Web Game Helps Predict Spread of Epidemics · · Score: 1

    "...scientists have unveiled statistical laws of human travel and developed a mathematical description that can be used to model the spread of infectious disease."

    Because we all know that human travel is like the spread of an infectious disease.


    As we spread beyond Earth, I certainly hope Uranus is protected.

  6. Re:Immediately thereafter ... on UK Judge: Who needs software patents? · · Score: 1

    Since "anything under the sun" apparently now includes patents on fiction Slashdot: USPTO Issues Provisional Storyline Patent, I wouldn't be too ready to dismiss this fictional patent.

  7. Immediately thereafter ... on UK Judge: Who needs software patents? · · Score: 5, Funny
    According to the article, he has "questioned whether software patents should be granted, and has criticized the U.S. for allowing "anything under the sun" to be patented."
    Immediately thereafter, the USPTO approved a patent on his questions.
  8. The first samples ... on Journey Towards The Center of the Earth · · Score: 2, Insightful

    >"on a voyage to collect the first samples of the Earth's mantle in human history" That is, the first samples that haven't come to us.

  9. Re: "Cubicles are more efficient" on When to Leave That First Tech Job · · Score: 1

    Right! Cubicles are more efficient ... if you ignore the costs of lost productivity, slower time-to-market, greater risk of errors from distraction, better employees moving to productive environments ...

  10. Re:Wouldn't it be somewhat worrisome ... on Furthest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed · · Score: 1

    I'd be a bit concerned, though, if bursts came in a repeated sequences of short and long bursts like dah-dit-dah-dah.

    I can see SETI deciphering it now: "... have to call you back, running out of stars."

  11. Re:Food Factory? on Kuiper Object Discoveries Formally Announced · · Score: 1

    CHON? Is that you?

    CHON? Is that you?
    (Please forgive my Wan attempt at humor.)

  12. Self-selecting per-article editorial boards? on Wikipedia Announces Tighter Editorial Control · · Score: 1

    Wonder if individual articles should have editorial boards, and if so, how those would be selected. Self-selection would automate the process, but would allow abuse by extremists.

  13. Re:hmm on Lab-Made Fireball May Be a Black Hole · · Score: 1

    Let me see if I understand this correctly.
    * We only have theories about black holes, no direct evidence.
    * Black holes push the boundaries of our understanding of physics.
    * If it evaporated, it would provide direct evidence that hawking radition is real.
    * If it did not evaporate, it would gradually accumulate mass, sink to the center of the Earth, and eventually draw the entire planet into a point mass.

    Has anyone seen my towel?

  14. Re:Well... another study on Is Blogging Journalism? · · Score: 1

    But another study found different results, based on barking-head analysis: "Scientists measure spin of Bill O'Reilly.

  15. Re:Remember when... on The Repercussions of Blogging · · Score: 1

    >You have freedom of speech. You're not
    >going to be imprisoned or tortured for what you say.

    After several years of torture and indefinite detentions without trial, Americans can no longer feel safe that the latter is guaranteed.