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  1. Re:Big Bird got $445 million on 90% of Nuclear Regulators Sent Home Due To Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Nope. The problem isn't lack of money. The problem is that congress and the president can't agree to spend the money.

  2. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on 90% of Nuclear Regulators Sent Home Due To Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Yup, the things practically run themselves.

  3. Curses, foiled again on The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 · · Score: 1

    and it would have worked too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.

  4. Have Patience on What Developers Can Learn From Healthcare.gov · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If a web site is rushed into place on October 1st but there's no reason to sign up until January 1st, wait several weeks before you try use it.

    It's not slashdot. There's no advantage to getting FIRST POST!!!

  5. C'mon 7! on MIT Researchers Unveil Self-Assembling Robot Swarm · · Score: 1

    baby needs a new pair of shoes

  6. Interesting Quote on Adobe Hacked: Almost 3 Million Accounts Compromised · · Score: 4, Insightful

    However, as far as the source code is concerned, Adobe assured that there is no "increased risk to customers as a result of this incident."

    In other words, the risk is as bad as ever.

  7. Re:Overreaction to road rage on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    Woman driver with a kid in the back seat. We need laws to prevent that kind of thing.

  8. Michelle Bachman finally snapped? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 4, Funny

    the warning signs were pretty obvious

  9. I doubt it on Do Comments On Web Pages Ruin Science? · · Score: 1

    PopSci has stories about science, but it's not a primary source (like peer reviewed journals).

    Even if scientists are closely involved in the articles, how often do web page comments influence them?

  10. Not a big deal on NSA Abandoned Project To Track Cell Phone Locations · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's just that the data wasn't as accurate as the data that they get from the microchips they've implanted in our dental fillings.

  11. Re:There is no real shutdown on Pentagon Spent $5 Billion For Weapons On Day Before Shutdown · · Score: 2

    Last time I checked, the state or Oregon is different from the federal government.

  12. No on Teaching Fractions: The Tootsie Roll Is the New Pie · · Score: 1

    tau is the new pi

  13. They've got money to burn on Adults Make Riskier, More Inconsistent Decisions As They Get Older, Study Finds · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and they have to get rid of it somehow.

  14. Visual Basic on The Most WTF-y Programming Languages · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm not sure whether it's the language, or the people who choose to use it.

  15. This will destroy the industry on Open Well-Tempered Clavier: a Kickstarter Campaign For Open Source Bach · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why would this J. S. Bach guy write any more music if people are just going to steal it?

  16. I for one on US Killer Robot Policy: Full Speed Ahead · · Score: 1

    welcome our new murderous robot overlords

  17. so... on Physicists Discover Geometry Underlying Particle Physics · · Score: 3, Funny

    God is playing dice with the universe

  18. No thanks... on Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My '96 Corolla can go faster than the speed limit whenever I want it to.

  19. Re:Considering the buyers of these cars on Cadillac SRX Converted Into Self-Driving Car · · Score: 2

    The just need to invent a way to make the left turn signal blink regardless of whether the car will be turning left.

  20. It was pancreatic cancer on Technologies Like Google's Self-Driving Car: Destroying Jobs? · · Score: 1

    too soon?

  21. Re:Well America isn't number 1 in being fat on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 1

    We got twinkies back, we can reclaim place again.

  22. I'm in denial on Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death · · Score: 1

    (sip) It must be (sip) bad science (sip) or something (sip).

  23. We need to keep this secret on Math Advance Suggest RSA Encryption Could Fall Within 5 Years · · Score: 4, Funny

    otherwise hackers will use it to mess up the internets.

  24. When lead is outlawed... on NRA Launches Pro-Lead Website · · Score: 1

    only criminals will get lead poisoning.