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  1. Re:It seems that Republicans... on CIA Tested Primitive Chatbots For Interrogation In the 1980s · · Score: 1

    This could explain why so many of them keep throwing Bengazi exceptions when you shoot down their other ideas.

  2. Need to program it to say on New Long-Range RFID Technology Helps Robots Find Household Objects · · Score: 1

    "Sara Conner?"

  3. Re:Comcast will love that... on SkyOrbiter UAVs Could Fly For Years and Provide Global Internet Access · · Score: 2

    Hellfire missiles. They have a way of motivating people.

  4. Re:Google = Direct arm of the CIA/NSA on Google's Doubleclick Ad Servers Exposed Millions of Computers To Malware · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're wrong!
    The CIA and NSA are direct arms of Google.

  5. Clippy 2.0 on What To Expect With Windows 9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Deal with it.

  6. Hope it works better on The Case For a Federal Robotics Commission · · Score: 1

    than the CAN-SPAM act.

  7. Re:Three times less = negative number! on Universal Big Bang Lithium Deficit Confirmed · · Score: 1

    I'm a native English speaker, and I also think it's wrong. If you think it's OK, what do "one times less" and "two times less" mean?

  8. Modula 3? on Unpopular Programming Languages That Are Still Lucrative · · Score: 1

    Anybody?

  9. Re:Bikes lanes are nice on Surprising Result of NYC Bike Lanes: Faster Traffic for Cars · · Score: 1

    I do, but only when I've got a long stretch of road with no obstacles (a downward slope also helps).

  10. Re:Artists vs programmers on David Klann Talks About Using Open Source Software in Broadcast Radio (Video) · · Score: 1

    Key difference: the engineers who created the software aren't expecting to be paid. They did the work (maybe for pay, maybe for other reasons) and stipulated that people can use it for free.

  11. Re:First broadcast on David Klann Talks About Using Open Source Software in Broadcast Radio (Video) · · Score: 2

    Linus, come here. I need you.

  12. Re:/. Is ostensibly a social network. on Study: Social Networks Have Negative Effect On Individual Welfare · · Score: 5, Insightful

    slashdot is more of an anti-social network.

  13. Could try sacrificing virgins on Drought Inspires a Boom In Pseudoscience, From Rain Machines To 'Water Witches' · · Score: 4, Funny

    but it's California, so they may be hard to find.

  14. Infingers? on Rightscorp's New Plan: Hijack Browsers Until Infingers Pay Up · · Score: 1

    none of my fingers are going to pay up.

  15. Need to be able to expire emails on Daimler's Solution For Annoying Out-of-office Email: Delete It · · Score: 1

    I usually have to spend a couple of hours going through my email when I get back from vacation.

    Many of them are useless:

    • - somebody brought doughnuts
    • - people discussing where do go for lunch last Tuesday
    • - who was out of the office every day
    • - a customer had a simple problem and one of my co-workers solved it

    Some are useful

    • - policy changes
    • - a customer had a complicated problem and one of my co-workers solved in a way that we will want to remember

    Threaded email readers help. Look at the most recent couple emails for each subject, and see whether there is something I need to do or file away for future use.

    What I'd really like is if all of the dated stuff would evaporate when it's no longer relevant.

  16. Not a problem on Posting Soccer Goals On Vine Is Illegal, Say England's Premier League · · Score: 1

    It's not like they actually score a lot of goals.

  17. How do you feel about the haters? on Interviews: Ask Bjarne Stroustrup About Programming and C++ · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The comments and questions here look overwhelmingly negative. On the other hand, all of this passion only exists because people are using C++.

  18. I blame Tang on Study Finds That Astronauts Are Severely Sleep Deprived · · Score: 1

    that stuff is just too perky

  19. Re:Credit? on Ancient Worms May Have Saved Life On Earth · · Score: 1

    Well, we do take them fishing. That's kind of fun.

  20. Re:I hope they find it on Australia Rebooting Search For MH370 · · Score: 1

    That's just what the lizard aliens want you to think.

  21. Re:No, it can't. on Planes Can Be Hacked Via Inflight Wi-fi, Says Researcher · · Score: 2

    ... what about the passengers? Do you honestly expect them to be able to survive a multi-minute flight with no wifi or infotainment? Oh the humanity!

  22. Microsoft has a new CEO? on Satya Nadella At Six Months: Grading Microsoft's New CEO · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why doesn't somebody tell me these things?

  23. While they're at it... on UK To Allow Driverless Cars By January · · Score: 1

    can they make them drive on the right side of the road?

  24. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

  25. "malicious actors" on CNN iPhone App Sends iReporters' Passwords In the Clear · · Score: 1

    like Mark Wahlberg?