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  1. Two words: on Hidden Obstacles For Delivery Drones · · Score: 1

    Target practice.

  2. On the good side... on Radioactive Wild Boars Still Roaming the Forests of Germany · · Score: 1

    Mom loves the way the meat glows when you cook it!

  3. So cool... on Feynman Lectures Released Free Online · · Score: 1

    total gold. and for free. most excellent.

  4. new platform on A New Homegrown OS For China Could Arrive By October · · Score: 1

    Oh good. Noob hackers need a new platform to practice on. Windows exploits are SO 20th century. If their knock-off OS is anything like their knock-off lunar rover, it should be as stable and secure as the first release of Win95, providing no end of fun for wannabe malware authors.

  5. Re:Probably has to do with pages. on Do Readers Absorb Less On Kindles Than On Paper? Not Necessarily · · Score: 2

    I'm with medv. I much the way people wake up just before their alarm clock goes off, I think we subconsciously keep track of where we are in the book, and the pages give us a concrete measuring stick to judge by. Then we can relate passages of the story to physical locations in the paper book, giving us more of a timeline reference. At least, that makes sense to my experience with ereaders v books.

  6. Re:Why? on John McAfee Airs His Beefs About Privacy In Def Con Surprise Talk · · Score: 1

    you have no idea what you're talking about. if I "must be young", you must be unborn.

  7. Why? on John McAfee Airs His Beefs About Privacy In Def Con Surprise Talk · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why would anyone listen to this paragon of paranoia?

  8. The Wart on Ask Slashdot: Life Beyond the WRT54G Series? · · Score: 1

    ... rules. I have been on a WRT54Gs running DD-WRT since I can't remember, and I really see no reason to mess with something that ain't broke.

  9. It's a trick question... on How Many Members of Congress Does It Take To Pass a $400MM CS Bill? · · Score: 1

    The vaulted Speaker of the House has already stated it is a better metric to judge them on how many laws they have repealed. Oh... nevermind.

  10. next... on Law Repressing Social Media, Bloggers Now In Effect In Russia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the Berlin Wall goes back up.

  11. FS compatability... on HP Gives OpenVMS New Life and Path To X86 Port · · Score: 1

    As an old DECcie I loved VMS, but then I was coming from RSX-11m. It made for a pretty good software development system. One thing that can really hold it back though is its file system. While it is a robust FS, it is very closely coupled with the OS. There could be some real problems if/when people want to run it on something like ext4 or ReiserFS. Bodes for a whole new set of drivers and fs converters. Sigh.

  12. Oh great! on China Plans Particle Colliders That Would Dwarf CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    Just what we need. From the people who brought you the Yutu moon rover...

  13. amazing... on Appeals Court Affirms Old Polaroid Patent Invalid · · Score: 4, Funny

    a common-sense decision from a Patent Court.

  14. Re:But it wasn't for "national security" on UK Computing Student Jailed After Failing To Hand Over Crypto Keys · · Score: 1

    A fair trial. Amerika? Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Tell me another.

  15. sometime... on Wireless Industry Lobbying Hard to Keep Net Neutrality Out · · Score: 5, Funny

    AT&T also said their service representative would be there at 10:00am. How'd that work out?

  16. Re:Let's hope its a section 1983 suit on Man Arrested For Parodying Mayor On Twitter Files Civil Rights Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    wonderful. that would be the only way to stop them, and it is certainly appropriate. and thank you for the education. I had no idea they could lose their OWN shirt. excellent.

  17. Under our noses... on Aliens and the Fermi Paradox · · Score: 1

    It is not certain that we would recognize it if it was right under our noses.

  18. Our age will be known as... on Plastic Trash Forming Into "Plastiglomerate" Rocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Plasticene.

  19. But but but on FCC Gets Go-Ahead For Plan To Expand Rural Internet Access · · Score: 1

    "Well, we said it, but we didn't really MEAN it! I mean - come on, just think of the incredible 0.0001% loss of profits! How can I justify that to my stock holders?"

  20. Re:Start a company selling support. on Ask Slashdot: Tech Customers Forced Into Supporting Each Other? · · Score: 1

    Attempts have been made to fill that hole, but there is no way to train support agents in everything they would need to know. Only those who have already encountered issues know how to get around them, and the software companies couldn't be bothered to investigate as getting out the next rev of their software has a timeline that must be adhered to and effects their bottom line much more than a few disgruntled customers.

  21. Re:One of these things is not like the others... on China Censors "The Big Bang Theory" and Other Streaming Shows · · Score: 1

    BaZinga!

  22. Re:The new Hitlers on Was Eich a Threat To Mozilla's $1B Google "Trust Fund"? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If such ideology as yours was what this world really wanted, we would still be trading with an Apatheid government in South Africa. As you note, history is full of examples where economic pressures have been used to create social change, but unlike you I see that as a normal expression of the hallowed "free" market. I don't see anyone going to the guillotine, do you? Or are your just being hyperbolic in order to be completely out of our solar system?

  23. Wonderful on Computer Program Allows the Blind To "See" With Sound · · Score: 1

    Geordi's glasses can't be far behind. Excellent.

  24. Free bus passes for kids on Google Funds San Francisco Bus Rides For Poor · · Score: 1

    and free eviction notices for their parents. Such a deal.

  25. better off programming with Notepad? on Does Relying On an IDE Make You a Bad Programmer? · · Score: 1

    You will pry my syntax-highlighting from my cold, dead hands.