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  1. obviously on Utube Sues YouTube · · Score: 1

    Well now we know who built the backbone of the Internets

    Obviously, because the internet is clearly not a truck, that you can just dump things on.

  2. ohhhhh yeahhhhhh on "Interface-Free" Touch Screen at TED · · Score: 1

    So, what exactly what his hands touching during the 9min 23s video?

    I'm not sure, but I can tell you what *my* hands were touching during that 9min 23s video.

  3. correct headline? on How To Make Your Friends Call You More · · Score: 0

    Your friend's phone will ring and after they hear a brief 'Jajah is connecting your call' they will be calling you and incur all charges.

    I'm thinking that's a good way to get your friends to call you less, not more.

  4. Nerdcore Hip-hop on A Nerdcore Hip-Hop Halloween Album · · Score: 1

    If we're talking Nerdcore Hip-hop, I much prefer Optimus Rhyme.

  5. Feng Shui is correct on Slashdot's Vastu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And like feng shui, IT'S BULLSHIT!

    While the explanations claiming "energies" for Feng Shui may not be correct, the human psychology behind it is. Those same principles may or may not be applicable with regards to web design, but don't discount entirely that which you clearly do not understand.

  6. all a matter of perspective on Detailed Panorama of Mars Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you look to the left of the picture, you'll see the tracks from the rover's trip.

    You look at them as "tracks from the rover's trip."

    The martian people look at them as "evidence leading to the invading probe from earth."

  7. they're missing an element on Lab Created Diamonds Come to Market · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems like a good, high-tech alternative to the DeBeers diamond cartel.

    Not really. They're missing an element; a human element. I expect bloodshed and slavery with my diamonds. They make the diamonds more special.

  8. let me predict the result on Creative Commons Filmmaking Remixes Modern Cinema · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The entire filmmaking process will be collaborative, from Wiki-based script creation to community voting on creative and marketing decisions.

    Filmmaking by committee. I smell success already.

  9. very punny on A First Look At Gaim 2.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see you're making jokes already; do you think this is some kind of GAIM?

  10. they've turned things around since then on Why Apple Failed in the 90s · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why Apple Failed in the 90s

    Because they had no clear corporate direction and their price/performance sucked an ass?

    (just a guess)

  11. nationality on Canadians Vie for Space Elevator Victory · · Score: 1

    Canadians Vie for Space Elevator Victory: The competitors are gearing up for the Spaceward Foundation's Space Elevator Challenge, which requires them to surmount technical obstacles in the development of a new type of vehicle that would take people and cargo from Earth into space.

    Who knew that Willy Wonka was Canadian?

  12. "Net Neutrality" bill on Germany's New Internet License Fee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Beginning January 1st, Germany will require payment of a license fee of 5.52 euros a month on computers and mobile phones that can access TV and radio programs over the Internet. They're working on something like that in America. Except instead of the fee going to the government, you pay it to Verizon corporation.

  13. punish everyone & you're sure to punish the gu on England Starts Fingerprinting Drinkers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bradburn noted the system had a 'psychological effect' on offenders.

    No doubt it has psychologican effects on everyone. You know, that creepy feeling you get when you're being watched.

  14. your post falters in the second sentence. on Feds Start Small on Smart IDs · · Score: 1

    If these cards can be used to demonstrably increase security, then why not use them?

    Which is the breakdown of logic on this entire issue: Nobody has demontrated that ID increases security. The 9/11 hijackers, after all, did have proper identification, and were allowed on the planes.

  15. can you feel the sarcasm? on Feds Start Small on Smart IDs · · Score: 3, Funny

    The U.S. General Services Administration is providing enrollment centers that can verify the identities of employees, fingerprint and photograph the workers, and issue PIV cards to them.

    And as they have proven without a doubt, once they roll this out to the general population, it will be completely impossible for anyone with bad intentions to obtain fraudulent ID, and terrorism will be defeated.

  16. advertising.. the wave of the future on Networking For Overconvenience · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Imagine a message on your TV telling you it's time to start the laundry! Read more for additional details and illustrations describing the concepts.

    Imagine, popup advertising following you around the house!

  17. Re:What? on Patents on Tax Reduction Strategies a Problem · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No patents on tax increases?

    Who needs a patent when you have a monopoly?

  18. prior art on Strange Bacteria Sustains Itself Without Sunlight · · Score: 5, Funny

    A colony of bacteria found 2.8 kilometers below the Earth's surface in a South African gold mine is able to sustain itself without energy from the Sun.

    Why is this news? Clearly you've never been to a Linux User's Group meeting.

  19. that's one big pixel on A Single Pixel Camera · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scientists at Rice University have developed a one pixel camera.

    The camera's one pixel, but when you print it out full size, you get a mega pixel.

  20. why? on FBI Head Wants Strong Data Retention Rules · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Mueller went further and said that the US needs stricter data retention guidelines.

    With the AT&Ts "collaboration" with the NSA, and CARNIVORE, one would think the government already has all the tools they need. Are they now saying that's not enough? That's kind of pathetic, don't you think?

  21. ice pirates on No Ice on the Moon · · Score: 1

    In 1994, there was speculation that there might be a southern ice cap on the moon -- something our exploration of it could take advantage of. Unfortunately, recent evidence has come to light revealing that this probably isn't true.

    Lucky for us! now we don't have to worry about the ice pirates.

  22. Re:victory is ours! on Google Campus to Become Solar-powered · · Score: 1

    Nice arithmetic. Try three orders of magnitude. Please surrender your nerd credentials as you exit.

    I'll see to that. We'll see how silly you look when I use my delorean to go back in time and prevent myself from making that error...

  23. victory is ours! on Google Campus to Become Solar-powered · · Score: 1

    Reuters is reporting that Google is equipping its headquarters with a solar panel 'capable of generating 1.6 megawatts of electricity

    This is clearly the result of giving a cabal of nerds 130 billion dollars. Also, it's merely an order of magnitude short of the 1.21 gigawatts necessary for time travel.

  24. cool on Molecules Manipulated with Lasers · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's really cool, but my first question is, how'd they get the sharks to sit still so they could finish the tests?

  25. Re:Safety on A $200-Million Floating Nuclear Plant? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hell, if this goes pear shaped, you could drop the core miles beneath the sea never to be seen again.

    Well, never to be seen again except for the massive Radioactive Steam explosion.