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  1. Who wouldn't want a robot on Students Demo Firefighting Humanoid Robot On US Navy Ship · · Score: 1

    that squirts seamen?

  2. Chromebook Shmomebook on Google Just Made It Easier To Run Linux On Your Chromebook · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wake me up when they post a useful article on how to run Unix on my Macbook Pro.

  3. Re: Pedantic, but... on Google Just Made It Easier To Run Linux On Your Chromebook · · Score: 1, Funny

    Like Godwins law, true linux pedantry will continue until the probability of descending into linguistic analysis of libre vs gratis reaches 1.0. At which point the thread should stop altogether.

  4. I can now put my thing on the Internet! on Canonical Launches Internet-of-Things Version of Ubuntu Core · · Score: 1

    Eat your heart out, Fappening!

  5. Re: Now the anti-vax crowd on Ancient Viruses Altered Human Brains · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good luck with that. The raw milk they drink gives them super strength and their excellent homepathy will repair any damage.

  6. Now the anti-vax crowd on Ancient Viruses Altered Human Brains · · Score: 1

    will latch onto the "your kid will never be anything more than a mere monkey" argument.

  7. Humans on The Search For Starivores, Intelligent Life That Could Eat the Sun · · Score: 1

    The iron in your blood can in some infinitesimally small way kill a star faster. And there's your power trip for to today.

  8. You have never experienced Shakespeare on Ancient Planes and Other Claims Spark Controversy at Indian Science Congress · · Score: 4, Funny

    Until you have read him in the original Hindi.

  9. So if I'm understanding this correctly on 2014: The Year We Learned How Vulnerable Third-Party Code Libraries Are · · Score: 3

    the big news is that people are now thinking that bugs in software is big news.

  10. Re:Big deal on NASA Makes 3-D Printed Wrench Model Available · · Score: 1

    To feel historic you must use the Tang to wash down the package freeze-dried ice cream you bought at a museum..

  11. Barely scratches the surface on An Automated Cat Litter Box With DRM · · Score: 2

    And to think week ago I thought that both Keurig DRM defenders vs hackers were making petty efforts over petty territories.

  12. Re:Riiiiight. on Ford Ditches Microsoft Partnership On Sync, Goes With QNX · · Score: 1

    Handjob? No. More likely they got a RIM job.

  13. This story makes me imagine on Material Possiblities: A Flying Drone Built From Fungus · · Score: 1

    John Cleese instructing someone on what to do if they're attacked with a mushroom.

  14. Great idea on The Fastest Camera Ever Made Captures 100 Billion Frames Per Second · · Score: 2

    But the costs for developing all that film would be outrageous..

  15. ROT-13 on 18th Century Law Dredged Up To Force Decryption of Devices · · Score: 1

    "1st century cipher used by Caesar dredged up to force decryption of devices."

  16. All the smart herpetologists on Volcanic Eruption In Japan Disrupts Flights · · Score: 1

    Know a really big lizard is behind all of this.

  17. Straight Shooter on Employers Worried About Critical Thinking Skills · · Score: 1

    With Upper-Management Written All Over Him

  18. Unmaintained garbage on Help ESR Stamp Out CVS and SVN In Our Lifetime · · Score: 1

    Compared to the code you'll find in a CVS or SVN these days, the VCS itself is the leadt of your problems.

  19. It would be ironic on The Largest Ship In the World Is Being Built In Korea · · Score: 1

    If they forgot to add toilets.

  20. Re: Analogy on The One App You Need On Your Resume If You Want a Job At Google · · Score: 2

    If analytics samurai draw a lot of false conclusions from bad data, will they commit ritual suicide?

  21. Re:Stop paying. on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Unresponsive Manufacturer Who Doesn't Fix Bugs? · · Score: 1

    Totes agree with everything you said.

  22. The more that changes... on The Malware of the Future May Come Bearing Real Gifts · · Score: 0

    The Malware of the Future May Come Bearing Real Gifts

    Malware you can't delete off your machine and that destroys your computer slowly, such as Symantec and MacAfee, have gifted users free trials for years.

  23. Your bed, lie in it. on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Unresponsive Manufacturer Who Doesn't Fix Bugs? · · Score: 2

    While I agree with gist of your sentiment, you're making the assumption that the submitter was able to make the choice of vendor. Not all of us get to choose which technologies we're required to support. Maybe a pointy-haired boss told the guy to go with the vendor because his buddy, the vendor's CEO, let's him win at golf.

  24. In rare cases, you can still pay people for a subscription you don't use and use an alternative instead. e.g. Use an open source piece of software. The only small hitch is that usually executives mandate something be used if they pay for it. Which is why these cases are rare.

  25. I have a bad feeling about this on Darth Vader, Yoda, Chewbacca Aim To Invade Ukraine's Govt. In Upcoming Elections · · Score: 1

    Ukranian Darth Vader will solve the seperatist rebel problem by incinerating the planet that shelters them. Incidentally that will also solve Ukraine's debt problem, crime, and energy dependence on Russia.