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  1. Re:Cheaper and safer alternative on Using Brain Waves Can Shorten Braking Distance · · Score: 1

    And while you're at it, keep a two second distance from every obstacle, including the unpredictable ones that come out of nowhere, such as pedestrians and falling trees.
    Oh, wait....

  2. Re:good thing it's not a ps3 on Watch Ben Heck Hack a 360 and a Sega CDX · · Score: 1

    Didn't they learn their lesson from the last time they took someone to court?

  3. Re:Not slashdot too! on Silver Pen Allows For Hand-Written Circuits · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what people used to unlock restricted multipliers on microprocessors? Or did those pens us a different conductive metal?

  4. Hasn't strayed or hasn't been spotted? on Gray Whale, Southern-Hemisphere Algae Seen In N. Atlantic · · Score: 1

    Hasn't been there, or hasn't been found there?

  5. He should have just ditched the track. on Weird Al Says "Twitter Saved My Album" · · Score: 1

    Perform This Way is one of the more boring tracks off the album anyway. Sure, it probably has the most mainstream attraction, but who cares?!

  6. Why would the Matrix or Skynet... on Intel Aims For Exaflops Supercomputer By 2018 · · Score: 2

    ...make accurate weather prediction any less necessary?

  7. Re:Get rid of the penny? pff on Canada Rolls Out Plastic Money · · Score: 1

    Yeah, dropping 1c and 2c pieces was always good. You'd get this really satisfying 'ping' noise whenever they hit a hard surface.

  8. Re:Metric system, anyone ? on Marking 125 Years Since the Great Gauge Change · · Score: 1

    So we should change our meters to read in metREs?

  9. Re:But the good news on Sony: 10 Million Credit Cards May Have Been Exposed · · Score: 1

    Actually, one in seven is the odds that they will have your card's information. The odds that they will actually use each of those numbers may be a lot lower.

  10. Has this been done before? on Garry's Mod Catches Pirates the Fun Way · · Score: 1

    I've always wondered why developers didn't do this.

  11. Re:Higher prices? on Texas Instruments Buys National Semiconductor For $6.5B · · Score: 2

    What do you mean? Texas Instruments samples have always been free for me!

  12. How long did it take to find? on Chandrayaan-1 Spots Giant Underground Chamber On the Moon · · Score: 1

    Is anyone else surprised that no one had spotted it already?

  13. Silly pin spacing on Why the Arduino Won and Why It's Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    It's here to stay because they purposely made it incompatible with breadboards and such by giving it an annoying pin spacing.

  14. I've been saying it for 10+ years. on Only 39% Curse At Their Computers? · · Score: 1

    "god damn Windows '98"

  15. To quote the text message receved from a friend... on Russian Media Link Moscow Bombing With Modern Warfare 2 Scene · · Score: 2

    "Russian airport bombed. Looks so much like MW2"

    That's exactly what he sent a few hours after it happened.

  16. Re:I want to see it from the very beginning. on Betelgeuse To Blow Up Soon — Or Not · · Score: 0

    Well then transmit them at a higher frequency so they get here faster.
    I don't really care how they do it, I'm just saying it would be cool to know it was going to happen in advance so we can all go to our favourite stargazing locations and watch it as it happens.

  17. Re:I want to see it from the very beginning. on Betelgeuse To Blow Up Soon — Or Not · · Score: 1

    Only if it's really close to Earth. I'm talking about placing it really far away; closer to Betelgeuse than Earth. And with faster RF technology than the old probes like Voyager.

  18. I want to see it from the very beginning. on Betelgeuse To Blow Up Soon — Or Not · · Score: 1

    Scientists should position a robotic space probe far from Earth (somewhere between Betelgeuse and us) so that when it detects the explosion it can radio back to Earth and enable us to set up cameras in advance, and prepare to watch it from the very beginning.

  19. Re:Did a double take when I read the headline... on Remote Control Worms With Laser Light, Using FOSS · · Score: 1

    That's exactly how I read it too.
    Maybe it's the fact that I went on the first date I've been on in a few years yesterday.

  20. What's the big deal? on Intel's Sandy Bridge Processor Has a Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    I'm just going to place a 10k pull-down resistor on the "DISABLE_CPU" node.
    Problem solved.

  21. I played it for the first time a few months ago. on 20 Years of Commander Keen · · Score: 1

    To be honest, I didn't find it all that great. I guess you had to be there.

  22. OK, so now we know that.... on Sculptor Gives a Hint For CIA's Kryptos · · Score: 5, Funny

    N = B
    Y = E
    P = R
    V = L
    T = I
    T = N (if it's preceded by another 'T'),

    It shouldn't take too long to solve now.

  23. Re:Unusual? on China Demands Real Names From Mobile Phone Users · · Score: 1

    Real names are required to register mobile phones in Australia, right? Or is it different for pre-paid phones?

  24. Happened repeatedly to my XP/Ubuntu laptop on Some Windows Apps Make GRUB 2 Unbootable · · Score: 1

    I had a problem where whenever I booted into Windows there was around a 50% chance it would corrupt my GRUB 2 bootloader.
    I couldn't be bothered doing a format, so I ended up leaving my Ubuntu install CD in the drive so that whenever it happened I could boot Linux from the CD, repair GRUB 2 and reboot.
    But it was frustrating as hell.
    I've since formatted and luckily (don't jinx it!) whatever was corrupting it hasn't been reinstalled.

  25. I think a certain agency may be involved. on Senate Approves the ______Act Of____ · · Score: 1

    The last time this happened it turned out to be the XXX passing a law to give their agents a licence to XXXX