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  1. fartmobile on Toyota Names Upcoming Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car · · Score: 1

    95% of hydrogen is made from methane (wikipedia told me, "hydrogen vehicle" entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H... )

    Methane is uh, made from cow farts. Cow Fart Collector, anyone? ( http://www.fastcoexist.com/302... )

    so, now the fun part. Why not just make a Hydrogen Fueled vehicle that has room for a Cow

  2. please paint at least one like a Dr. Who Police Call Box

  3. Exercise is the key, young man. on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Improve My Memory For Study? · · Score: 2

    Young Man,

    There are 3 things you need to do to become an exceptional college student and I will not charge you a dime for this extremely valuable information. Let us begin:

    1. Begin a disciplined exercise regimen that consists of sustained aerobic activity every day. Cross-training is fine and even preferred. Run, bike, swim, walk, climb, engage in a bit of hanky-panky, etc. Read the book "Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain" by John Ratey for inspiration. Sleep is a natural side-effect of vigorous exercise. Exercise is good for the brain.

    2. Learn MindMapping (The Buzan way) and begin to take notes in this fashion. Mindmaps use a basic ordering idea and radiate out from the center. It is an efficient and very effective way to capture important points. More importantly, it helps to instantly cull away non-essentials. MindMap the textbook. Mindmap the lecture.

    3. Cure your addictions. Whether it be nicotine, Alcohol or even processed sugar. Read Allen Carr's "EasyWay" to quit smoking/drinking/overeating. A 25 year old is resistant to the self inflicted poisons of youth (Beer, Cigs, etc) At 35, your body is spending a lot of it's precious energy dealing with toxicity and withdrawal. There is no morality play here. Simple Science. Alcohol, for instance, is a highly toxic poison. let that go. You will be much happier.

    This will make you stronger, smarter, sexier and wealthier and will probably make you live longer.

    Godspeed!

  4. so what's the counter-argument? on Give Your Child the Gift of an Alzheimer's Diagnosis · · Score: 1

    My child does not have any genetic bias towards degenerative brain disease after age 65. I guess I should feed her a diet of froot loops & iCarly

  5. I had the test done on Give Your Child the Gift of an Alzheimer's Diagnosis · · Score: 1

    Forgot what it said, though. Now, where is that damn paper? Have you seen the remote? I put it right here! What were we talking about?

  6. Your Homeland Security Money At Work on Rise of the Warrior Cop: How America's Police Forces Became Militarized · · Score: 1

    DHS is militarizing local police in a "use it or lose it" typical way.

    smalltown USA now has a local office of homeland security that helps gives police tanks, drones, tactical weapons and other military gear.

    how soon before we start turning in our neighbors for reading 'bad' books?

  7. Oculus Rift is not like your fathers VR eyewear. on Oculus Rift Loses Doom 3 BFG Edition From Launch Package, But Gains TF2 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I have not seen it and I am actually intrigued by it. Thought the history of VR Googles was kinda funny though:

    it's different than Sega VR, Nintendo Virtual boy and Google Glasses.

    It is SPECIAL

    in ways I don't even dream of knowing how. it is special in wonderous, magnificient ways. ways beyond human understanding or comprehension.

    it RIFTS your OCULUS and other some such.

    when you look from your own eyeballs it makes you think you are in DOOM LAND (or mario land or some other land that is not your own plain-old boring land)

    VR land is better than reality because we all know that immersion is the name of the game here.

    please don't reach out and touch OCULUS land for it is covered in magical patent juice and will make your children bleed money.

  8. Tesla sucks? on Tesla Motors Loses Appeal Against BBC's Top Gear · · Score: 1

    I would not have known or believed that if it weren't for them attacking the press.

    dumb move, Tesla.

  9. Good doc writers can't code on Developers May Be Getting 50% of Their Documentation From Stack Overflow · · Score: 1

    and good coders can't write docs.

    They are different things. VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.

    One is DOING, the other is TEACHING.

  10. "blimp"is derogatory on Blimps To Help Protect Washington DC From Air Attack · · Score: 1

    we prefer to be called "weight challenged service-people"

  11. This is Great News! on Wall Street Journal Hit By Chinese Hackers, Too · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Perhaps now, someone in the ivory tower will see how vulnerable we really are.

    This is not a 'china is bad' story but rather a 'US Corporate Security Sucks' story and it should be.

    There will always be baddies trying to get in. We need to be the best in the world at stopping them.

    Right now, I am sad to report, we are not.

  12. Gas points on Have a Wi-Fi-Enabled Phone? Stores Are Tracking You · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They will track your movements with facial recognition cameras.

    Insurance company will know how much butter, beer and beef you are buying.

    Your car will track your driving habits and your TV will track your entertainment.

    They will know when you are happy, sad, indifferent or lonely and will provide a product or service that will hit the spot.

    Just relax. They have your best interest firmly in mind

  13. Anonymous predicts drug-fueled bender for Mcafee on McAfee Labs Predicts Decline of Anonymous · · Score: 1

    "Bath Salts are best drug ever" - John Mcafee

  14. stop being a wuss on Give Us Your Personal Data Or Pay Full Fare · · Score: 1

    everything is negotiable. If you pay 'full' price for anything it is the result of your negotiation.

    full price is an arbitrary number.
     

  15. It's the story! on Has 3D Film-Making Had Its Day? · · Score: 1

    special effects are always supplemental to story.

    the bar for what 'dazzles' the film-goer raises over time but regardless of technique (3D, Stop-motion, green screen, CGI) a bad story will not become better with 3D.

  16. knock, knock on 80,000lbs of Walnuts Purloined In Northern California · · Score: 4, Funny

    who's there?

    Walnut.

    Walnut Who?

    Walnut too strong, don't lean on t.

    (hahahahaha. I crack myself up. get it? walnut? *crack* myself up? come on! )

  17. Ship Half-Life 3 already, Valve! on Valve: Linux Better Than Windows 8 for Gaming · · Score: 1

    If you want to make tons of money, just ship another AAA game.

    Windows 8 people will buy it and they will pay for it whether it is on Steam, Xbox live, Windows Store, what have you.

    Put your resources and talent where it belongs.

    Half-life was the bees knees way back when. I remember when the first head crab jumped out at me. almost shat meself, me did.

    HL2 was rip-roarin fun.

    HL episodes were like dancing naked in a filed of posies.

    Focus all of your resources on HL3. Make it epic. Why are you still reading this, Valve? Off with you, then...

  18. Cisco is a Partner Led company on Cisco Pricing Undercut By $100M In Big Cal State University Network Project · · Score: 1

    I did not read the article. Just want to state that Cisco typically does not bid directly on projects like this.

    A 'partner' (Service Provider like AT&T or Century Link. An integrator like Northrop Grumman or WWT)

    Would bid on this. They get (Managed Solutions Partner) Discounts that they would bake into the RFP response.

    Some of these discounts are as high as 65-70%, depending on the product, competitive landscape and so-on.

    I would take this price comparison with a big grain of salt. There is more here than meets the eye.

  19. Ender's Game on 72% of Xbox 360 Gamers Approve of "More Military Drone Strikes" · · Score: 1

    COD is real. The Drone strikes were caused by you, Player 1.

  20. We Geniuses on How Do You Spot a Genius? · · Score: 2

    are misunderestimated. Just because I can memorize pi to 1000 digits, lift 75 lbs with my weiner and compose French poetry in the bathtub don't mean I should be treated like a freak.

    I'm just a people, too.

  21. Damn it all! on The Great Meteor Grab · · Score: 2

    I just built an autonomous spaceship and 3 asteroid mining robots. Wish they would give us a heads up every once in a while.

  22. Oh God! What will happen to my OnLive account??? on Once Valued at $1.8B, OnLive Was Sold For Only $5M · · Score: 1

    if I had one, of course.

  23. I prefer to transfer my DNA on Half-Life of DNA is 521 Years, Jurassic Park Impossible After All · · Score: 1

    the old fashioned way.

    Ba-dum-cha!

  24. It was sent home on ISS Robotic Arm Captures Dragon Capsule · · Score: 1

    because the ISS does not accept PayPal

  25. Get ready for the pre-election flash crash on Mysterious Algorithm Was 4% of Trading Activity Last Week · · Score: 2

    Wall street hates Obama.

    Not a partisan jab, just an observation. (I am actually one of the 'undecideds' they keep talking about)

    Remember what happened to the stock market 2 weeks before the last election (October 24th, 2008) The election was Nov. 4th.

    this year it is Nov 6th. You'll see.