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  1. Re:IEEE mobile site redirect stack overflow on New Theory About the Source of Pioneer Space Probe Deceleration · · Score: 1

    That's not engineering. It's barely design. And a poor one at that.

  2. Does he update the firmware controlling the engine timing and fuel injectors?

    MegaSquirt.

    Okay, fine. You can argue that the license is not completely "free" because it is restricted to only one class of hardware. I'm sure Stallman would refer to it as only slightly-free. However, you can directly control the spark and fuel timing.

  3. Re:Many of the links on Movie Studios Ask Google To Censor Links To Legal Copies of Their Own Films · · Score: 1

    The good news is that Google has so far left many of the links up.

    No, good news would be that Google has completely disregarded any communications. The fact that the word "many" was used rather than "all" means that it is in fact quite bad news.

    Well, the reporter possibly checked some of the links in questions, found they were still up, and used "many" as opposed to "all" since they couldn't verify "all".

    If only there were some sort of machine for automating such drudgery.

  4. Re:Vega STRIKE on Vega Older Than Thought: Mature Enough To Nurture Life · · Score: 1
  5. In the grim future of /. on Apple Patents Wireless Charging · · Score: 1

    All posts will have the words "patent" and "Apple".

    ... Well except for the crudely disguised ads.

  6. Re:Reliability of the measure regarding China on The Countries Most Vulnerable To an Internet Shutdown · · Score: 1

    It is difficult to ignore an order that is delivered from the barrel of a gun.

    Similarly, more independent points of entry are more potential points of failure in an attempt to capture and maintain control for the purposes of a lockdown.

  7. Re:Easy answer on Who Owns Your Health Data? · · Score: 1

    I interpreted it as: "not you". Or perhaps a more verbose: "If you have to ask, you cannot afford it."

  8. Re:Keyboard-mouse is inferior and outdated. on Hackers Discover Wii U's Processor Design and Clock Speed · · Score: 1

    Pansies. I use three mice. Unlimited turning speed, unlimited movement, and unlimited firing rate!!!1!

  9. Re:This... on World's First Fully Functioning Missile-Shooting Robotic Transformer · · Score: 1

    You FOOL! You had a perfect opportunity to c&p all the +5 Insightful comments.

  10. This again? on Silicon Valley's Dirty Little Secret: Age Bias · · Score: 2

    These age discrimination stories are really getting old.

  11. Re:I'm done. Where's my million dollar grant? on Cambridge University To Open "Terminator Center" To Study Threat From AI · · Score: 1

    To summarize the summary of the summary: People are a problem.

    So machines (or people) destroying humanity would provide a valid solution.

    As demonstrated by the entire corpus of science fiction literature, destroying humanity is not as easy as one would expect (see also: Conner, John)

  12. Re:Put badge in microwave for 10 seconds. on Student Refusing RFID Badge Now Fights Expulsion Order · · Score: 1

    So the lesson to be learned is one of conformity then?

    Remember. You are a unique individual, just like everyone else.

  13. iTunes on Ask Slashdot: What Video Games Keep You From Using Linux? · · Score: 1

    Ha Ha! Only serious.

    I tried several of the Linux native iPod managers and none of them could be made to operate in a way I liked. Somewhat ironically, I normally only run two programs on my desktop at home. Chrome and iTunes. If Apple can get their Podcast app to work properly, I might just cut the cord completely and move my Chrome activities not to Linux, but to a tablet.

  14. I wouldn't trust any analytics on One Musician's Demand From Pandora: Mandatory Analytics · · Score: 1

    from Pandora. Looking at the ads they serve me, they think I gamble, play flash games, shop at Lowes, support the tea party faction of the GOP, am single, and a homosexual.

    I am none of these things. Which is why I mute the line any time an ad comes up.

  15. Goes both ways on Windows Phone 8 Users Hit Some Snags · · Score: 1

    They are making their desktop OS more like a phone/tablet. And making their phone OS more like the desktop (cerca 1995, unfortunately).

  16. Re:Maybe this is where OMG particles come from on The Downside of Warp Drives: Annihilating Whole Star Systems When You Arrive · · Score: 1

    A pitched baseball you say?

  17. Re:3 strikes and he's out on In Mississippi: 15-Year Jail Sentence For Selling Pirated Movies and Music · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All suspects are guilty. Otherwise, they would not be suspect.

  18. If it is not a legitimate secession... on Secession Petitions Flood White House Website · · Score: 1

    The body politic has ways of shutting that whole thing down.

  19. Re:There oughtta be a law... on Presidential Campaigns Leak Supporters' Info To Tracking Firms · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Maybe I am the odd one. I WANT someone better than me in office.

  20. Re:Everyone already knew this on NYC Data Center Needs Focus On Fuel · · Score: 2

    ...there are few datacenters on the moon...

    The latency is a real bitch.

  21. Re:timothy has a glitch as well on Mozilla: Browser Ballot Glitch Cost Us 9m Firefox Downloads · · Score: 1

    It's not a bug, it's a feature!

  22. Re:ONLY a few seconds? on Self-Driving Car Faces Off Against Pro On Thunderhill Racetrack · · Score: 1

    The human brain goes through a little over 140,000 hours of development and testing before being set loose on the road.

  23. Re:2.000.000.000 in CASH!? on Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 Due In 2015 · · Score: 1

    A money hat for an ego that big takes a lot of bills. Just sayin'.

  24. Re:He still doesn't get it. on Dr. Richard Dawkins On Why Disagreeing With Religion Isn't Insulting · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So... what should we call them when they are unthinking, ignorant, brainwashed, and delusional?

  25. Re:English on Algal Biofuels Not Ready For Scale-Up · · Score: 1

    Algae is biology, not chemistry.