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  1. yoinker? on Build an Open-Source Electric Car In About One Hour · · Score: 2

    How did you go from "with blackjack & hookers" to the guy that makes coffee and buys pizza? I already hate your version unless you at least spring for the hookers.

  2. Let me get that for you. on Animal Drug Investigation Reveals Pet Medication Often Doesn't Work · · Score: 1

    you can blame this sorry state of affairs on a lack of financial incentives for drug companies to run clinical trials on animals unless the results can also increase breast size, lengthen erection times, or grow hair for humans.

    FTFY

  3. They sell something other than exchange? on Reports Say Satya Nadella Is Microsoft's Next CEO · · Score: 1

    Three Microsoft things I hear about the least, SkyDrive, Azure, and Office 365. Does Microsoft's "Cloud and Enterprise division" equate to Hyper-V?

  4. Re:Free market means exactly that ! on Network Solutions Opts Customer Into $1,850 Security Service · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am _not_ free to go around digging trenches everywhere That is totally true. I got halfway across my neighbor's yard before being shot at.

  5. Re:WTF do I care? on Creationism In Texas Public Schools · · Score: 1

    Good question. It is because the "fucking stupid, just like mom and dad" people vote. When they do, they elect people that represent them.

  6. Re:Biology workbook on Creationism In Texas Public Schools · · Score: 1

    Yep. The new home of the most well known born again bigot in the U.S.

  7. Re:Biology workbook on Creationism In Texas Public Schools · · Score: 1

    it's all about preserving life as they know it. You are correct sir! Religion is a major industry in Texas. Dallas used to only have to deal with Tilton. Now we have a bigger pile of shit bent on keeping kids poor and stupid to stay on top.

  8. The routine used in calculating Pi.

              int a=10000,b,c=2800,d,e,f[2801],g;main(){for(;b-c;)f[b++]=a/5;
              for(;d=0,g=c*2;c-=14,printf("%.4d",e+d/a),e=d%a)for(b=c;d+=f[b]*a,
              f[b]=d%--g,d/=g--,--b;d*=b);}

  9. I was mistaken on Valve's Steam Machines Are More About Safeguarding PCs Than Killing Consoles · · Score: 2, Informative

    I have always believed that Linux deserves to be a gaming platform. I use my machine for games. They are fun, exciting, and most are open source. I've never had to go online to sign up for an account to play any of them. I don't need to maintain an online presence so as to provide someone with information about my behavior. Games I play are available without having to buy a box specifically designed to satisfy the DRM needs of the games I am playing. If games on Linux comes at the loss of those benefits, or the Linux desktop is replaced by some java user interface that pushes the user towards signing up for things, I'm not seeing the benefit.

  10. Re:why not go to /. on Ask Slashdot: How Many (Electronics) Gates Is That Software Algorithm? · · Score: 2

    It is either good for that or good for picking up girls.

  11. Oh Man! on Postal Service Starting To Use Mobile Point of Sale Tech · · Score: 1

    I finally reach the age of being able to rag on the USPS and they are still delivering things on time. Now I have to hear they are being accommodating too? Dirty roten rat...

  12. Uh huh huh Kilbride on Convicted Spammer Jeffrey Kilbride Flees Prison · · Score: 0

    Wouldn't it be sad if he was shot in the process of being returned to prison? Nope.

  13. Re:oh fucking cry about it. on Surge In Online Orders Overwhelms UPS Christmas Deliveries · · Score: 2

    The USPS is the only one of the two that does do guarantees. Still they get ragged on no matter what. I wonder what the people that preach "the USPS sucks because they are a bloated government agency" would say if this was the USPS. All my gifts got to where they were supposed to be by the time they were supposed to be there. "But private sector is so much more efficient than the government... bla bla bla". Now that UPS and FedEx are getting into the amount of packages handled by the USPS they are showing how difficult the job really is.

  14. Re:This is genius on Netflix: Non-'A' Players Unworthy of Jobs · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. People that complain about this brilliant tactic think the offensive line on a football team make it possible for the real players to shine. I mean why do they even bother hiring linemen. The center does something every once in a while, snap the ball, but the rest are just useless.

  15. Harumpf on Comparing G++ and Intel Compilers and Vectorized Code · · Score: 1

    As soon as I get my C++ loops to end I'll worry about converting them to ASM.

  16. Um on One-Armed UBR-1 Points the Way To Cheaper Robots · · Score: 1

    A one armed robot for elder care facilities? They are really gearing up for the retiring /. crowd aren't they. I don't blame them. I don't want to touch it either.

  17. Hop, skip, and jump on Virtuix Omni is a Step Toward True Virtual Reality Gaming (Video) · · Score: 1

    I built something like this at home except I used a large ball on rollers. I like their design better. I was never able to get a reliable way to do crouching and jumping and none of their videos show someone doing it. Are they stuck in the same place I gave up? Anyone see a video with a jump or crouch?

  18. Re:hur hur hur on Virtuix Omni is a Step Toward True Virtual Reality Gaming (Video) · · Score: 1

    But my beer is on the end table and my... um sig.. is on the coffee table. I don't see a cup holder or an ash tray.

  19. DPI. deep packet inspection on Ask Slashdot: Managing Device-Upgrade Bandwidth Use? · · Score: 1

    You can put snort on DDWRT. There are signatures that can be added and removed via script and cron. The signatures are able to block Microsoft Updates, normal and BITS, as well as specific services on iTunes.

  20. Re:I'm not shocked on Boston Police Stop Scanning Registration Plates, For Now · · Score: 1

    Between the hours of what and what? I mean come on man. Discounts at Dunkin donuts have time limits!

  21. Call it flame bait if you must on Under the Hood of SteamOS · · Score: 4, Funny

    They combined 3 of the things I hate the most. Games that require a Steam account, a Steam account, and Microsoft employees. I'm expecting to find out they are being side funded by Sony.

  22. Re:Possible countermeasure... on Indiana State Police Acknowledge Use of Cell Phone Tracking Device · · Score: 1

    Someone finally got to the point. Know what cell towers you connect to so you know you are not connected to one that suddenly came into existence.

    There is an app for that

  23. Re:Explain it like I'm a 3 year old... on Indiana State Police Acknowledge Use of Cell Phone Tracking Device · · Score: 1

    No wires are involved. The law protecting you from wire tapping does not provide explicit language for non-wired communication and therefore does not apply.

  24. Re:Is this legal? on Indiana State Police Acknowledge Use of Cell Phone Tracking Device · · Score: 1

    You can get a license to "offer alternative cell phone connectivity"? Nice!

  25. I'm torn on Google's Dart Becomes ECMA's Dart · · Score: 1

    I want to say I like Dart. I have translated some of my javascript stuff over to see how it compares. In many ways it is a big improvement. However, it still does things I hate about javascript. They are things that other people love like "you don't have to add semicolons but can but don't have to" or "functions in curly brackets with functions in curly brackets with functions... ad nauseam". They are all things I find to make code too difficult to read. I like the idea of the VM being in the browser but I do not like it limited to new languages. The browser that allows me to write in C or C++ syntax will get some SERIOUS love from me. Even if it is like Dart's side functionality, converts it to javascript. I'd love to see Perl, Python, or Ruby run without a separate engine.