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  1. Re:Not smart Enough? on Scientists Say People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish · · Score: 2

    Can somebody explain to me what they mean by "not smart enough"?

    "Doesn't agree with whatever religion^H^H^H^H^H^H^H ideology they have."

  2. Newsflash! on The eBook Backlash · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Self discipline is dead.

  3. CONTROL on Speech-Jamming Gun Silences From 30 Meters · · Score: 1

    No cone of silence references? Man, I'm old. :-(

  4. Re:Welcome to our world on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    However Norway does have some terrain features called 'hills' that are not found in the USA.

    o_O

    Wow. Seriously? Did you really say this? Did that happen? I just don't even.

  5. Fresh air! Times Square! on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    Good, then by the time I retire to the countryside there will be plenty of space.

    Good bye city life! I shant miss you, you smelly, dirty thing, you. Green Acres I is there.

    Gonna make me a combination gazebo/planetarium and build a 24" Dobsonian reflector.

  6. Read it in the Post on Huge Jurassic Fleas May Have Fed On Dinosaurs · · Score: 1

    I heard one got hired and worked for the Port Authority for a week before someone noticed.

  7. Big on Huge Jurassic Fleas May Have Fed On Dinosaurs · · Score: 2

    Is there anything from that era that wasn't super sized? Are the Q slowly changing the gravitational constant of the universe over time? TELL ME!

  8. Re:Another reason on Eric Schmidt: UN Treaty a 'Disaster' For the Internet · · Score: 1

    And definitely in the fantasy genre.

  9. Re:Another reason on Eric Schmidt: UN Treaty a 'Disaster' For the Internet · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love that the best about some anime and science fiction: how the UN suddenly becomes this competent and rational organization.

    As for this issue, I'm of a mind to give the UN a taste of their own medicine and send them a *strongly* worded missive.

  10. Re:But is it art? on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    Yeah but he's dead now, so I assume that frees him of any neurological conditions like severe phobias.

    Science!!

  11. Re:But is it art? on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 3, Funny

    Aw. Someone needs a hug.

  12. But is it art? on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 3, Funny

    Huh. So Microsoft hired the ghost of Piet Mondrain as their lead designer?

    It looks... really... straight and... yeah. It sure is a thing.

    (sudden panicked thought) They still have the Ribbon, right? How will I live without the concentrated awesome of Teh Ribbon?!

  13. OK, I guess on Slashdot Visits the Seattle Pinball Museum (Video) · · Score: 1

    I think I just don't have the nostalgia gene.

  14. Re:yay on Ship Anchor Damages African Undersea Cables · · Score: 2

    Captain Derpy was unavailable for comment, but was already being lauded as a hero.

  15. Bold thinking! on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    BREATHALYZE *ALL* THE DRIVERS!

    Is legislation by internet meme really such a good thing?

  16. Re:Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove? on US Military Working On 'Optionally-Manned' Bomber · · Score: 1

    Hey, don't alter my IP!

  17. Re:Well, now he's worse off than before... on World's First Quadruple Limb Transplant Fails · · Score: 1

    I heard one leg was fine, but he's still hopping mad.

    Yeah, we're all goin' to hell. :-D

  18. Re:Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove? on US Military Working On 'Optionally-Manned' Bomber · · Score: 2

    The audio system is a bit tinny, I hear, but the nav system is to die for.

  19. Re:Funny? Really? on Open Letter By Eric S. Raymond To Chris Dodd · · Score: 1

    Well, I was going to go for the "post from beyond" angle, but it seemed funnier to just do it straight and, um...

    Nah, I totally forgot he died. I am Derpy.

  20. Re:Funny? Really? on Open Letter By Eric S. Raymond To Chris Dodd · · Score: 1

    Aw, c'mon, Ted. No need to post AC.

  21. Zoon? on Microsoft Killing Off Zune, Windows Live Brands? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Killing Off Zune

    The what?

  22. Re:Won't someone think of the children? on NYC To Release Teacher Evaluation Data Over Union Protests · · Score: 1

    This is the kind of fight which erodes the union's credibility.

    Can you erode an ocean of sand?

  23. I hate nostalgia on Comparing Today's Computers To 1995's · · Score: 1

    Comparing today's mobile devices to a bit further in the past:

    Now: iPhone 4s with dual core A5 processor, voice recognition and 8MP camera

    Then: A rock

  24. Cannot be unseen warning on Proposed Video Copy Protection Scheme For HTML5 Raises W3C Ire · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Better idea: stop trying to stuff everything into web browsers. Just bring the mobile Netflix app to the desktop. They could dump Silverturd^H^H^H^Hlight and go with whatever format and encryption scheme gives Reed Hastings the biggest chubby.

  25. Re:Hey Now on Why Canada Does Not Belong On the US Piracy Watchlist · · Score: 1

    But that's unpossib- aaaaah! I see what you did there! (brohoof)