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  1. NO on California Declares Today "Steve Jobs Day" · · Score: 2

    iSorry but I declare it Dennis Ritchie Day!

  2. HOTAIR? on Scientists Discover Mechanism That Gives Shape to Life · · Score: 1

    From Wiki
    Non-coding RNA (ncRNA) has been shown to be abundant in Hox clusters. In humans, 231 ncRNA may be present. One of these, HOTAIR, silences in trans (it is transcribed from the HOXC cluster and inhibits late HOXD genes) by binding to Polycomb-group proteins (PRC2).[19] The chromatin structure is essential for transcription but it also requires the cluster to loop out of the chromosomal territory.


    -KI

  3. Get up often on Ask Slashdot: Ergonomic Office Environment? · · Score: 1

    Make a point of getting up and moving around, at least once a hour if possible. Most employers i have worked for dont mind if you get up for a few mins and move around. All of them were usuallyslow at getting anything remotely ergonomic for you unless u have a doc note or lots of persistence. And if you forget, set an alarm. There will be plenty of times you stare at a monitor for hours, dont let it happen all the time and you'll be ok.

  4. Re:I could have sworn... on 100,000 iPhones Overwhelm Activation Server · · Score: 0

    That was before all the lemmings found out they could get $110 for their slightly used iPhone 3Gs...

  5. link to TFA on Scientists Recover Black Death RNA From Exhumed Victims · · Score: 1
  6. Plate tectonics? on The Mystery of Mars' Bizarre Plumbing · · Score: 1

    Plate Tectonics possibly, could be lots of smaller ones on mars. In the pic though, it almost looks like the line with the arrows, starts at one crater and ends at another crater. Almost as if something (or someone) landed in a crater for shelter and tunneled to another one...have we been there already?

    Where's my tinhat,...

  7. Walkers? on NATO Exercise Banned From Jamming GPS · · Score: 1

    From TFA ... jammed in a radius of 20 miles around the various warships............There have been even reportedly been complaints about the impact on walkers in certain affected area, since many now use GPS devices both for navigation, position finding and for reporting the location of accidents.

    What, did Jesus call up and complain? who else would be out walking around within a 20 mile radius of the warships? wtf?

  8. Re:Never hire a Googler on Google Employee Accidentally Shares Rant About Google+ · · Score: 1

    In soviet russia, serious googlers hire YOU.

  9. No it wont be on 3D Printer For Your Kids · · Score: 1

    "Could be the last toy you ever have to buy for your kids?"

    No. they'll probably want the 4D printer coming out in two years......

  10. Res ipsa loquitur on Facebook: Your Personal Data is a Trade Secret · · Score: 1

    Res ipsa loquitur "... the elements of duty of care and breach can be sometimes inferred from the very nature of an accident or other outcome, even without direct evidence of how any defendant behaved..." i.e you made an account, gave them all your info, added friends who gave them even more info about you...so by "accident" you breached and transfered any info about you to them, without neccesarily knowing you were signing away your right to privacy with your life,so even though they dont have the direct evidence you intended this to happen, it is their data none the less.

  11. Re:You think that's big!?!?!? on Scientists Discover Biggest Star · · Score: 1

    Thank you for sharing, we are all enlightened. Here's your sign, move along.

  12. Re:SW/HW Malware on Dell Ships Infected Motherboards · · Score: 1

    Funny, but only for those ...yada yada yada
    Which means some servers ship with windows...and this is /. and your userid is 719364, so i would think you would have caught on by now, we hate windows and grammer nazis...be careful lest CmdrTaco spanks you and locks your account !

  13. Will it solve the biggest question? on Massive EU Program To Study Three-legged Dogs · · Score: 1

    Why are they all named "Lucky"?

  14. Re:You think that's big!?!?!? on Scientists Discover Biggest Star · · Score: 2, Funny

    "In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice, they are not."

  15. SW/HW Malware on Dell Ships Infected Motherboards · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its not bad enough they ship with windows ?

  16. Already have this, since 1984 at least on Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices · · Score: 1

    I used to have a 1984 Nissan 300 ZX, I bought is used in the late 1990's, and not from a dealer. I was out driving with a friend one day, on a long stretch of straight highway, with lots of sun and NO traffic. And the car shutdown on me in a nice manner, just cutting the ignition. I pulled off the road, a little concerned since we were pretty far from civilization, and cell phones werent readily available. No CB radio either. It started back up, I took it to the dealer, explained what happened, and ask them to take a look at it. The guy asked me "Well, how fast were you going?" A little surprised I said, "well kinda fast" of course he answered "You were doing 156, it has a ignition shut off, there isnt a issue with your vehicle. Have a nice day". I was red faced, and left...and never did it again.

  17. Re:What in the... on Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps · · Score: 1

    I just figured that if someone was getting all NAZI on me, I'd up the ante and out-NAZI them. It would be useful if every grammar NAZI out there remembered that there's always a bigger NAZI waiting around the corner... and that just because I choose not to bother with perfect grammar doesn't mean that I'm not capable of it.

    There, I fixed that one for ya too. Carry on.

  18. Re:What in the... on Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you could try RingTFA, then applying some logical thought.
    There, fixed that for you. Carry On.

  19. Re:An appropos quote on More Spacecraft Velocity Anomalies · · Score: 1

    I thought it was "Here, hold my beer."

    Linus? Is that you?

  20. Re:Isn't it as easy as on Taliban Demands Downtime on Afghanistan Cellphone Networks · · Score: 1

    And the bible is full of stories of people getting stoned...i tried that excuse with my parents when i got caught, they didnt like my argument. I guess Pat Robertson got to them before i did.

  21. Re:Hmm...Actually on Cell Phone Use Study Sees Increased Cancer Risk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I got a new cellphone last year, its a nextel motorola i836 and was slimmer then my previous model (i760? big blue one), so i usually carried in in my right front pant pocket. I did this daily (well M-F) all day long, and often in the evenings. About 4 weeks ago, my right thigh directly under where I kept my phone, started getting nerve twitches, and it felt like the phone was ringing (on vibrate), about 10-15 x daily. Most of the time, Id pull it out and there was no call. I moved it back to my belt, on the clip, about a week ago, and within a few days the strange nerve twitchings went away.

    I do notice the phone has a lot of leaky radiation, when i set on my desk, my desk landline starts cacklin, often right before I receive a call, or tm.

  22. Better than that... on The Shadow Space Race · · Score: 1

    They had heat sig cameras as far back as the 80's. They could take a picture of a parking lot an hour after everyone left, and read the license tag off any car that was there an hour before, from the heat signature it left.

    There's other stuff...

    but yea, I saw the show on PBS, its worth a watch. I felt bad for the guys who went through all that training and never made it to space.

  23. Greedy bastards on SecondLife Bans Unregistered In-World Banks · · Score: 0, Troll

    Greedy bastards....guess who makes the $L now, fool.

  24. Re:Vacation on Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory · · Score: 1

    Amsterdam dont want New Zealand physicists, and if we sent them to Jamaica, they'd be killed for bogarting

  25. uh, do the math on 500-fold Increase in Data Flow from SETI Telescope · · Score: 1

    If there was intelligent life out "there", why havent they contacted us?
    1) They have, and determined there is nothing here for them, and moved on.
    2) Theres not intelligent life out "there".

    I personally dont see an issue with searching for ET, but any life form more advanced then us, would have already scanned us, any life form less advanced we wont detect. So basically SETI is a search for a lifeform that has technically developed along the same time line as us. i.e. they communicate using similar technology as we do. Do the math...its not good.