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  1. Re:Amazing on SpaceX Tries Out Its New SuperDraco Rocket Engine · · Score: 2

    Is that you, Hipster Cat?

    If the only locomotives in the past were built by huge government programs, cost way too much to operate, and primarily carried just a few select government employees then, yeah, it would be interesting.

    It's not the technology (althogh Space X *is* advancing that even if you are unable to recognize it) being reworked here so much as the business case.

    If you're so bored, go get an appropriate degree and help advance things.

  2. Re:Light Applause on Slovenian Ambassador Regrets Signing ACTA Agreement · · Score: 1

    Or void *on* it, if you know what I mean.

  3. Re:Bull! on Slovenian Ambassador Regrets Signing ACTA Agreement · · Score: 1

    That's what he said- no, wait..

  4. old saying? on Slovenian Ambassador Regrets Signing ACTA Agreement · · Score: 1

    How does it go again? Easier to apologize than just doing the right thing in the first place?

  5. Re:That's not such bad news on Cystic Fibrosis Gene Correction Drug Approved by the FDA · · Score: 1

    For the most part, although you do need such people in the loop at some point. I would like them to be as expert and spending money efficiently as the medical folks are expert at their craft. It's all about balance. And, alas, I'm in Narnia or Middle Earth again.

  6. Re:That's not such bad news on Cystic Fibrosis Gene Correction Drug Approved by the FDA · · Score: 1

    It might sound better to just say that health care policy is best not driven by fringe cases like this. You base policy out to, say, 2 or 3 sigmas, and handle anything beyond that on a case by case basis.

    Would help to have an efficient government where office holders consult actual experts on complex topics, though, and that's where the whole idea sort of falls about, you see. :-\

  7. Re:Notice to all Slashdotters on Surveillance Cameras Used To Study Customer Behavior · · Score: 1

    I was assuming the OP meant people are embarrassed to be *seen* buying stuff like that in person. It was also sort of a joke, but, you know... (kicks pebble)

  8. Re:What bothers me on Mitt Romney, Robotics, and the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 3, Funny

    You may vote for ponies

    It's the Celestia/Luna 2012 ticket for me.

  9. Re:Notice to all Slashdotters on Surveillance Cameras Used To Study Customer Behavior · · Score: 1

    That's why God created amazon.com.

  10. Re:Read the first question and answer. Get.A.Life. on Ian Bogost Replies: Deep Thoughts On Gaming · · Score: 2

    Can't I do both? I have intellectually challenging hobbies (Objective C, HTML5, stock analysis, writing an introductory electronics textbook to address missing knowledge I see in our college new hires), and sometimes I play games.

    There's nothing wrong with relaxing, either physically or mentally. Some experts argue "play time" is a biological imperative for human beings of any age.

    Going full on 100% every waking moment turns a person into a bitter, angry sounding basket of intolerance who goes way overboard criticizing other people's leisure time activities on Internet message boards.

  11. Re:People would be boycotting the wrong thing on Some Critics Suggest Apple Boycott Over Chinese Working Conditions · · Score: 0

    Oh, stop it, you... with your facts and your big picture... we must all partake in the blood orgy of applehate!

  12. The Luna Gambit on Ask Slashdot: Techie Wedding Invitation Ideas? · · Score: 1

    Write the invitation on the Moon with a high powered particle beam.

    A dose of supervillainy is the perfect start to any marriage.

  13. Re:Cutting edge on Turning the Hayden Planetarium Into a Giant Videogame · · Score: 1

    So multiple clouds then.

    Cloud cloud cloud, cloud, cloud cloud! Ha ha!

  14. Re:Obligatory XKCD on States Using Cloud Based Voting System For Overseas Citizens · · Score: 1

    Is that Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw running the cloud?

  15. Cutting edge on Turning the Hayden Planetarium Into a Giant Videogame · · Score: 2

    Will it be utilizing the cloud?

    'Cause that's important, you know?

  16. Cloudy weather, low visibility on States Using Cloud Based Voting System For Overseas Citizens · · Score: 1

    In addition to a now complete Florida cloud, Virginia and California will use the cloud for their cloud, and Washington cloud will use it for its cloud. To ensure the clouds are from legitimate clouds, clouds use unique clouding clouds to access their clouds online, according to Microsoft. Once clouded, the cloud on the cloud is clouded with cloud cloud to cloud cloud cloud.

  17. Re:So when did... on AT&T Caps Netflix Streaming Costs At $68K/Yr · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the tech web where everything is judged by positing the most pathological case imaginable.

  18. Re:Make it idiot-proof... on Tales of IT Idiocy · · Score: 1

    One thing I noticed right away on the iPad is that, when entering a password, it momentarily shows the letter typed before replacing it with a bullet mark. I've caught errors more than a few times that way. Actually, didn't Jakob Nielsen or some usability expert come out against password masking?

  19. Dramatic! on Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do About SOPA and PIPA? · · Score: 1

    The whole thing is becoming quite the SOPA opera.

    I'm terribly, terribly sorry, and deserve whatever PUNishment is forth coming.

  20. Director's cut on A Copyright Nightmare · · Score: 1

    it costs 10 dollars to view Martin Luther King's famous Dream Speech.

    Yeah, but it's the extended version where he wraps up the speech with an awesome performance of Blue Velvet.

  21. Re:Obligatory XKCD on Apple Intends To 'Digitally Destroy' Textbook Publishing · · Score: 1

    Is it ever?

  22. Re:notepad++ dude. on Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Answer to Dreamweaver? · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, let me repeat the question: What's the best open source replacement for Dreamweaver?

    Emacs! :-)

    Points off if your answer is a text editor.

    It's not a text editor! It's a lifestyle!

  23. Re:notepad++ dude. on Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Answer to Dreamweaver? · · Score: 1

    Punchmaster? Is that you?

  24. Re:It's not open source, but here it goes on Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Answer to Dreamweaver? · · Score: 4, Funny

    But, but, but you can also use C# to developed!

  25. Re:We'll go nowhere at this rate. on Predicting Life 100 Years From Now · · Score: 2

    It sits in giant vaults so Uncle Scrooge can swim in the coins.