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  1. Re:Wow are they in for a surprise on Meet a Group of Aspiring Mars Colonists · · Score: 2

    Amen to that. Mars is colder than the Earth's poles. Mars's air pressure is lower than the Earth's highest peaks.
    Can anybody name a place on Earth that is less hospitable than the most hospitable places on the surface of Mars?

  2. 600ft above the water? on Second SFO Disaster Avoided Seconds Before Crash · · Score: 1

    since the approach to SFO is over the bay.

  3. Think of the Children on Monogamy May Have Evolved To Prevent Infanticide · · Score: 3, Funny

    Been there, done that.

  4. Unless of course... on NSA Utah Data Center Blueprints Reveal It Holds Less Than Thought · · Score: 1

    it's actually like a TARDIS

  5. From The Tao of Programming on Ingy döt Net Tells How Acmeism Bridges Gaps in the Software World (Video) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler.

    The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages.

    Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao.

    But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.

  6. Women on X Chromosome May Leave a Mark On Male Fertility · · Score: 1

    Can't live with em, can't live without em.

  7. Re:funnyhowitworks on C|Net Reporter Declan McCullagh Talks About Privacy (Video) · · Score: 1

    Repealing the Patriot Act would be unPatriotic! How could anybody be against Patriotism?!?!

  8. Re:The Doctor on Current Doctor Who Warns Against Facebook · · Score: 1

    Obligatory xkcd: http://xkcd.com/1221/

  9. Re:Oh, be serious on NASA's Polar Robotic Ranger Passes Test In One of Earth's Harshest Places · · Score: 1

    Yup, you can tell by the shadows that this is fake. NASA probably just did it on a sound stage at area 51.

  10. Morsi, on Egyptian President Overthrown, Constitution Suspended · · Score: 1

    he is human and he needs to be loved, just like everybody else does.

  11. I thought on Doug Engelbart Passes Away · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    that Steve Jobs invented all that stuff

  12. Obligatory The Oatmeal on Breaking Up With MakerBot · · Score: 1
  13. Re:can a non-planet have moons? on New Moons of Pluto Named Kerberos and Styx; Popular Choice 'Vulcan' Snubbed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Pluto is a dwarf planet (a celestial body in direct orbit of the Sun that is massive enough for its shape to be controlled by gravitation, but that unlike a planet has not cleared its orbital region of other objects). The definition doesn't exclude moons.

  14. Re:Pluto is Latin on New Moons of Pluto Named Kerberos and Styx; Popular Choice 'Vulcan' Snubbed · · Score: 1

    Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune are also Latin.

  15. Re:Styx Rawks! on New Moons of Pluto Named Kerberos and Styx; Popular Choice 'Vulcan' Snubbed · · Score: 2

    Domo arigato

  16. Obviously... on TN Man Indicted For Romney Blackmail Attempt: Wanted $1M In Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    starting the insanity defense early

  17. To quote Einstein on Dr. Dobb's Calls BS On Obsession With Simple Code · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

  18. next we need to use Google Maps... on Whole Human Brain Mapped In 3D · · Score: 1

    to figure out a route between what I want to say and my speech centers

  19. Not a big deal... on Java 6 EOL'd By Oracle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    what bugs me is that they keep trying to get me to install the Ask toolbar every time I update Java 7.

  20. Re:Inferior to Android ? on First Look At Ubuntu Touch, the Smartphone OS · · Score: 2

    Android doesn't run emacs

  21. what gets me... on Intelligence Director Claims NSA Surveillance Reports Inaccurate · · Score: 3, Insightful

    is that the news outlets are saying it was a secret.

    Is there really anybody out there who didn't know the government has been doing this?

  22. Darwin would be upset on Google Takes Street View To the Galapagos Islands · · Score: 4, Funny

    spent all those months on a ship travelling to the Galapagos, when he could have just googled it.

  23. If my dad sent it to me... on Ask Slashdot: How To Determine If a Video Has Been Faked? · · Score: 1

    especially if it's attached to an email that's been forwarded with complete headers several times.

  24. Re:I look forward to hearing about why this will f on Microsoft Unveils Xbox One · · Score: 2

    If you have an XBox 360, why go with something 359 releases out of date?

  25. Re:Really? on Review: Star Trek: Into Darkness · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It was the 60s, Star Trek TOS was very progressive for its time. Gene Roddenberry had Majel Barrett playing the first officer in the pilot, but the network made him change it.