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  1. Re:Penguins are for Cows on Intel's Core i5 6500 Shines As a $199 Skylake Processor, Works With Linux (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Ooh....get a room you two...

    Or a milking stool.

  2. Re:US $40K processor on Looking At the Hardware and Software of NASA's New Horizons (imgtec.com) · · Score: 0

    Why not just use an off-the-shelf processor and put the PCBs in shielded, shock mounted enclosures?

    Allow us to introduce to you government purchasing system... Before viewing prices, we suggest you put your tray tables in the upright position so that there are no obstacles when you reflexively smack yourself in the forehead.

  3. Diplomacy FTW on Looking At the Hardware and Software of NASA's New Horizons (imgtec.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    relies on NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) to make its long-distance calls.

    Good to see the alliance with Bajor is paying dividends.

  4. Just in time for... on Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    AdBlocker OS edition.

  5. Re:Drones are the next mobile on Why Developers Are Important To the Drone Industry (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    No they're not. I've never had a smartphone crash on my head, break through my window or spy on me from above.

    You weren't standing close enough when I threw my last &%$# phone.

  6. Re:Oh dear god..... on Mysteriously Variable Star Causes Speculation About Dyson Sphere (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    harvested all the planets from other solar systems near them for resources to start building a dyson sphere....

    Has anyone done the math on this? Just how much rock would we need to mine to make the metal to build a Dyson sphere

    Based on my analysis of Press Release Promise Units mixed into an alloy with Wild Speculation Hype, about a kilogram of carbon nanotubes.
    The formula is:
    - Carbon nanotubes
    - something something
    - Dyson Sphere
    - profit

  7. Re:Swarm, not sphere. on Mysteriously Variable Star Causes Speculation About Dyson Sphere (slate.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would only apply if it was finished being built. The rabid distortions and exaggerations are claiming it's "under construction", which means it would be all patchy and full of mostly open areas still.

    But if their Congressional funding got cut mid-sphere... Dyson's Bowl.

  8. Re:No gaming experience required on Video Game Music Is Saving the Symphony Orchestra (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    ... And I don't play the games!

    The ultimate game design is the one you don't even know you're playing. Welcome to LifeSim (TM) where you sit in a cube and just code all day.
    Our motto is: "Hey, it's more watchable than golf."

  9. Re:Sports Illustrated on Playboy Drops Nudity As Internet Fills Demand · · Score: 1

    some guys are perfectly happy with it that way. the grass is always greener, ya know? and when you get to the other side you were happier when you only had the fantasy

    Unless the other side gets a Brazilian, then the "lack of grass on the other side" is pretty enticing.

  10. Re:Half mast? on Playboy Drops Nudity As Internet Fills Demand · · Score: 1

    I think something other than a flag will be at half mast...

    Thanks for explaining the joke, Captain.

  11. So, DARPA is designing actual on DARPA's ICARUS Program To Develop Self-Destructing Air Delivery Vehicles (darpa.mil) · · Score: 1

    Vaporware?

  12. Re:How do they know it's "carbon neutral"? on "E-mailable" House Snaps Together Without Nails (clemson.edu) · · Score: 5, Funny

    “Because the house exists largely as a set of digital files, the plans can be sent anywhere in the world, constructed using local materials, adapted to the site, and influenced by local culture.”

    Geez, don't know what it's going to be made of yet they still claim it's "carbon neutral".

    It just means all the carbon parts are painted beige.

  13. Re:rhetorical 'why': on Hi-Tech Body Implants and the Biohacker Movement (hackaday.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    They think they're on the cutting edge of becoming Johnny Mnemonic... but really more likely to just get an infection and become Johnny Mneumonia.

  14. Re:unwatchable to me... on Star Trek: New Voyages, The Fan-Based Star Trek Series (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    TOS wasn't a million-dollar budget production either. Memory Alpha says it averaged $190k for the first season

    You do understand that $190,000 in 1966 was equivalant to well over a million dollars today, right?

    Dammit Jim, he's an Anonymous Coward, not an Economist.
    Or a mathematician.
    Or relevant.

  15. Re:Maybe... on Charge Rage: Electric Cars Are Making People Meaner In California · · Score: 1

    How did you afford a +2 mace as an ox cart driver?

    He had loaded D20's.

  16. Re:unwatchable to me... on Star Trek: New Voyages, The Fan-Based Star Trek Series (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    I tried watching one of the episodes and I could not finish it. Acting on TOS was bad, but this was just unwatchable.

    Dammit Jim, it's free entertainment not a million dollar budget production.

  17. Re:Playboy Smartphone anybody? on The Pepsi P1 Smartphone Takes Consumer Lock-In Beyond the App (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    ...women embrace the playboy bunny

    I think this activity is reserved for the subculture called "furries". There may be videos devoted to it as well, Google at your own discretion.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  18. Re:"At that price it's almost a burner" on The Pepsi P1 Smartphone Takes Consumer Lock-In Beyond the App (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    It is a strange comment. After all, as was pointed out in The Atlantic, as of 2009 most Chinese still did not have running water. So it may be a stretch to say a US$205 phone is, "almost a burner."

    Source: http://jamesfallows.theatlanti...

  19. Re:Life is not a comic book on Ask Slashdot: What Non-lethal Technology Has the Best Chance of Replacing the Gun? · · Score: 1

    Any time there is a fight someone can get hurt.

    I wish there had been a fight, that would make watching the video (of NYC cops choking Eric Garner to death) and believing what I am seeing, somewhat possible.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  20. Re:Your mortgage got you stressed? on Dell To Buy EMC For $67 Billion (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Nope, most of dell is owned by banks. Even more so after this deal. Besides it is usually just debt restructuring with no effect on employees or the organization. Look at all the airline bankruptcies, they come out pretty well every single time.

    There are so few examples of US airlines failing, they barely even made a complete Wikipedia listing of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    Sorry, that's kind of snarky. I need coffee.

  21. Not mentioned, they got generous "help" on Fenno-German 'Sea Lion' Telecom Cable Laying Begins (yle.fi) · · Score: 2

    According to unnamed sources, the project got significant help from the charity, "NSAssists" who provided many critical hardware components, free of charge.
    The project leader stated that, "We are so fortunate that a little-known US-based charitable foundation offered to help without even being asked."

  22. Re:Life is not a comic book on Ask Slashdot: What Non-lethal Technology Has the Best Chance of Replacing the Gun? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Exactly. That guy in NYC that the cops just choked to death -- no non-lethal tech would solve that kind of decision-making.

  23. Re:Facebook is for cows. on Facebook UK Paid £35m In Staff Bonuses, But Only £4,327 In Corporation Tax (gu.com) · · Score: 1

    Is this a bonus moo? And will we be taxed on said 'bonus moo'?

  24. Re:TLDR, were any laws broken? on Facebook UK Paid £35m In Staff Bonuses, But Only £4,327 In Corporation Tax (gu.com) · · Score: 1

    I find it hard to believe that Facebook has no profit generating business in the UK.

    FB paid out all the profits to their employees, who were taxed.

  25. Re:TLDR, were any laws broken? on Facebook UK Paid £35m In Staff Bonuses, But Only £4,327 In Corporation Tax (gu.com) · · Score: 1

    Right. And TFS uses language like, " After getting away with..." to get somebody all spun up.
    Like it was a crime.
    The whole amount of money involved, whether it had stayed in FB's bank account or went into the employees' salaries, was taxed.