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  1. Try McDonald's on PETA Abandons $1 Million Prize For Artificial Chicken · · Score: 1

    Have they talked to fast food companies? I'm pretty sure some of the stuff they sell isn't really meat.

  2. Re:darn. on Apple Launches CarPlay At Geneva Show · · Score: 1

    Well, you could just say "OK Google". Oh wait

  3. Let me guess on MtGox Sets Up Call Center For Worried Bitcoiners · · Score: 1

    Press 1 for Japanese
    Press 2 for Spanish
    Press 3 for English

  4. 1984 on The Spy In Our Living Room · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Reminds me of the TVs in "1984".

  5. Stranger than fiction on UK Government Proposes Rules To Allow 'Three-Parent Embryos' · · Score: 1

    I thought the SyFy channel ran out of ideas after Sharknado. I guess not.

  6. I see on Visual Effects Artists Use MPAA's Own Words Against It · · Score: 1

    So that explains the SyFy channel movies of the week

  7. Theory on Do We Really Have a Shortage of STEM Workers? · · Score: 1

    "the U.S. produces many more STEM graduates than the workforce can absorb. Meanwhile, employers say managers are struggling to find qualified workers in STEM fields"

    Perhaps the graduates are unable to do the work.

  8. Re:Does using a saw make you a bad carpenter? on Does Relying On an IDE Make You a Bad Programmer? · · Score: 1

    A clumsy and careless programmer can do a lot more damage with a powerful IDE, a skilled programmer can get more done.

    I think that sentence sums this whole discussion pretty well.

  9. Put your money were your mouth is on 'Google Buses' Are Bad For Cities, Says New York MTA Official · · Score: 1

    " Ideally, in blighted ones"

    Where do you live, Mr. Dutta? If you don't live in a blighted area, then you're not doing your part.

  10. The Director of What? on 'Google Buses' Are Bad For Cities, Says New York MTA Official · · Score: 1

    "The Director of Sustainability". What is that?

  11. Same answer to any headline that ends in a "?" on Does Relying On an IDE Make You a Bad Programmer? · · Score: 1

    No.

    Craftsman use tools.

  12. Controlling your focus on Zero Point: The First 360-Degree Movie Made For the Oculus Rift · · Score: 1

    The problem I see with this is that with current movies, the movie maker is able to control what you're looking at. To tell the story they need to make sure that you see certain things at certain points. With a movie like this, you could miss a major plot point because you were looking at something else. Movie makers will have to change the way they structure stories for technology like this.

  13. Re:Umm safety? on Why Your Phone Gets OTA Updates But Your Car Doesn't · · Score: 1

    They'll just tell you that it's a software problem and that you should sue WhatsApp/Facebook.

  14. Calls on Why Your Phone Gets OTA Updates But Your Car Doesn't · · Score: 1

    Tech Support: Hello, this is tech support, how may I help you.

    Customer: Yes, I'm trying to install this update on my car and it's not working.

    Tech Support: Have you tried turning it off and on again?

  15. Volvo on Your Next Online Order Could Be Delivered To Your Car's Trunk · · Score: 1

    So the mob owns Volvo now. Who knew?

  16. Re:You'll regret being an early adopter. on Ask Slashdot: Should I Get Google Glass? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let people wear them for $15/hour. After 100 hours you'll have the money back.

  17. NES Robot on Sony's Favorite Gadget Is Kinect · · Score: 1

    So you're saying it's like the NES robot?

  18. Re:tl;dr on Are Bankers Paid Too Much? Are Technology CEOs? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I find having a bank account very handy for handling my money. Banks do contribute to society.

  19. Stallman on Ask The Linux Foundation's Executive Director Jim Zemlin What You Will · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many times has Richard Stallman emailed you to tell you it should be called "The GNU/Linux Foundation"?

  20. Re:Chicken little on Whatever Happened To the IPv4 Address Crisis? · · Score: 1

    Yahoo Messenger would randomly disconnect, Skype would randomly disconnect, Steam would go offline for 30 minutes in a row, Dropbox would lose connectivity, etc

    Don't worry. That was just the NSA testing their systems

  21. HP offers Windows 7 on Windows 8 Metro: The Good Kind of Market Segmentation? · · Score: 1

    So that's why HP and Dell have both started offering PCs with Windows 7: it's because those power user's were demanding it. Not because casual users hate it. I see now.

  22. Re:the perfect crime...almost! on Sinkhole Swallows 8 Vehicles Inside Bowling Green KY Corvette Museum · · Score: 1

    I heard that's going to be in Fast and Furious 8

  23. Phone Booths on House Committee Approves Bill Banning In-Flight Phone Calls · · Score: 1

    How about adding old fashioned phone booths to airplanes? I can already see the Dr. Who episode...

  24. Re:Why the dumb name on Why the Internet of Things Is More 1876 Than 1995 · · Score: 1

    Could call it Skynet, but I think that name is trademarked.

  25. Re:Open Source Intelligence on How Online Clues Located North Korea's Missile-Launcher Factories · · Score: 1

    According to Wired: 2004.