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  1. Re:This reminds me of a Stargate Universe episode. on Stellar Wormholes May Exist · · Score: 1

    That would end your trip real fast, wouldn't it Luke?

  2. Kyrgyz Research on Stellar Wormholes May Exist · · Score: -1

    Although interesting, other scientists are skeptical, pointing out that this is highly speculative research.

    While Kyrgyz have been very quite since the collapse of USSR (this is likely the first piece of research coming out of Kyrgyzstan I read), looks like they haven't been sitting idle. I guess other scientists aren't connected to nature in the way Kyrgyz researchers are.

    Mongolian shamans have been able to communicate with spirits for millennia - what has western science achieved in all this time - Wireless? We're certainly not having the right things for breakfast when setting off to work??? I wonder if Einstein did his year abroad in Central Asia before coming up with TOGR.

  3. Re: Julian Assange To Be Extradited To Sweden on Julian Assange To Be Extradited To Sweden · · Score: 0

    Unless he appeals and fights the ruling. For which he has 10 days. Fingers crossed...

  4. Surprise! on Dual-Core Chips Coming To All Smartphones In 2011 · · Score: 0

    Good. Everything is going just as I had foreseen it.

  5. Re:OK, I misread on Nobel Prize Winner Says DNA Performs Quantum Teleportation · · Score: 0

    This other research, however, seems a lot more fringe-y and questionable, and now that I know the Nobel Committee has not endorsed it I will view it with a serious dose of skepticism until his findings can be repeated.

    I find your lack of faith disturbing.

  6. Where did the Blackberry go? on Smartphones For Text SSH Use Re-Revisited · · Score: 0

    Being an iPhone user, I was issued with a BlackBerry at my new job (so I can keep checking those emails when I'm out of the office - why else? :), which comes with an unlimited 3G data plan - so I decided to put it to good use and explore how the BB application ecosystem faired to that of the iPhone.
    One of the first things I looked for was an SSH client as I didn't have a data plan on the iPhone, despite being a satisfied MobileTerminal.app user. I felt lucky and got taken to bbssh.org, which I must say is a very solid app! Despite being in beta it feels solid and sports an extensive range of features one would expect from a normal SSH/VT client. The additional benefit of the BB (despite me still getting used to the tiny keyboard) is the width of the screen which packs quite a few columns for greater usability. To put it simply - one of the few things that gives me joy as I'm finding myself using the BB more often than not! Otherwise - I'd say MobileTerminal on iOS! YMMV and good luck!

  7. Re:Not POWER7, Not BlueGene, on IBM To Build 3-Petaflop Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    Don't be too proud of this technological monster that's about to be constructed. 3 petaflops is insignificant next to the size of the kickback somebody will receive in the process of purchasing 14,000 CPUs.

  8. Re:FTP on ProFTPD.org Compromised, Backdoor Distributed · · Score: 1

    People still compromise. Now that's impressive.

  9. Help us Obiwan Kenobi on Apple Patents Glasses-Free 3D Projector · · Score: 0

    You're our only hope...

  10. Life is real on The Beatles On iTunes · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Lennon is a genius. Living in every pore. Life is real. Life is real. Life is real, so real. Life is cruel. Life is a bitch. Life is real - so real... Queen, Hot Space.

  11. Re:Not just useless, but actually toxic. on LSE Breaks World Record In Trade Speed With Linux · · Score: 0

    Where is the FUD button?

  12. Re:ol' buddy on Mission Complete! WMAP In 'Graveyard Orbit' · · Score: 0

    No, the aliens were first sold on the assertion CCTV from space was a good idea before they realised they were taunted.

    ----
    Audience: Why did you quit doing drugs?
    Bill Hicks: Because once you've been taken aboard a UFO it's kind of hard to top that.

  13. Everyone on Verizon, 4G and iPhones · · Score: -1, Troll

    and their brothaz are thinking about what Android's gonna think, but Android's brothaz are busy thinking also. Of course, by this point Verizon is thinking - is network capacity even going to hold up?

  14. Re:Robot Controlled by Rat Brain on Robot Controlled By Rat Brain · · Score: 0

    A dozen replies and not a single mod up. Grizzly... Jah, give I karma.

  15. Robot Controlled by Rat Brain on Robot Controlled By Rat Brain · · Score: 0

    Which I guess is one step closer to a rat brain being controlled by a robot...

  16. Re:A good way to prevent loosing monitors on Why Are We Losing Vertical Pixels? · · Score: 0

    1) "Slashdot is powered by your submissions".
    2) Editors have probably long since been replaced by bots... Maybe not, but you get the gist.
    3) You're still here...
    4) Profit.

  17. Patenting on Facebook Patents Location Social Networking · · Score: 0

    Have we patented patenting yet?

  18. Re:You're kidding, right? on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 0

    Sounds like a good candidate for next year's Failed States Index. (chuckles)

  19. Operating system updates on Bittorrent To Replace Standard Downloads? · · Score: 0

    "Have you ever tried to download an operating system update only to have it fail and have to start all over?

    Yes, and apt nicely resumes them afterwards. Even Windows does it, since like XP. kthx

  20. How long on MPAA Asks If ACTA Can Be Used To Block Wikileaks · · Score: 0

    how long will it be until other 'dangerous' sites

    Building on the (slightly modified) epic works of the Backstreet Boys:

    We don't care who they are
    Where they're from
    What they do
    As long as we LET them.

  21. Surreal on Helicopter Crashes While Filming Autonomous Audi · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's a surreal story

    No, it's just a clever PR stunt by machines from the future.

  22. Helps you walk... on Honda's Exoskeletons Help You Walk Like Asimo · · Score: -1, Troll

    "...like Asim."

    Is that a "spastic" in Japanese?

  23. Re:Horseless carriages on Morphing Metals · · Score: 0

    A Wind-up train?

  24. Yeah right on Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Tell them what they want to hear John!

  25. Zombies in nature on University Offers Class In Zombie Studies · · Score: 1

    The classes will surely cover such parasitic species as Cordyceps Unilateralis which alter ant behaviour to have some practical value behind it (how many credits that might be worth is another question - although this unleashes some interesting theoretical possibilities). Unless the course is about mastering the Thriller dance. In any case - in scientia (vino?) veritas.