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  1. Re:IMO on Doomsday Clock Moved Two Minutes Forward, To 23:57 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nuke the doomsday clock!

  2. Functional Awards? on Bjarne Stroustrup Awarded 2015 Dahl-Nygaard Prize · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where are the "Functional Science" awards? You gotta have Paradigm Envy, no?

    And how about the Procedural Awards, and the Goto Awards? I hear the Goto team racks up a lot of air-fare.

  3. Re:"Science"? on Bjarne Stroustrup Awarded 2015 Dahl-Nygaard Prize · · Score: 1

    Do we want to stoop that low with language spin?

  4. "Science"? on Bjarne Stroustrup Awarded 2015 Dahl-Nygaard Prize · · Score: 2

    Re: "object-oriented computer science" -- Where is the "science"? Where are the theories, the metrics, and the independent repeats to verify?

  5. Re:Something for nothing on Quantum Computing Without Qubits · · Score: 2

    Those chips will use up all the parallel universes, and then I'll never get laid, anywhere, you insensitive clod!

  6. Viva Jar Jar! on Disney Turned Down George Lucas's Star Wars Scripts · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You just don't "get" Jar Jar. The Force channels power through his clumsiness. His "accidents" are guided and/or re-shaped by The Force. It's not like Scooby Doo's F-ups where shear luck catches the bad guy; Jar Jar is divinely-guided chaos.

    It's mutation-based evolution cross-bred with Intelligent Design (Catholic model?) It's a contrast to The Force channeled through skill, planning, and discipline of the other characters. He's a rare character pattern in film.

    Maybe he gives hope to those of us sorely lacking Jedi qualities? :-)

  7. "These are not the plots you are looking for" on Disney Turned Down George Lucas's Star Wars Scripts · · Score: 2

    If the Disney versions sell tickets, they will conclude they made the right choice. If they flop, then they'll probably return to Lucas's stories. As much as fans complain about Lucas's past plots, they still pay to watch. Fans like complaining; it means they are engaged and care. Talking about 100 ways to kill Jar Jar creates a common bond.

  8. Re: No way! on Senator Who Calls STEM Shortage a Hoax Appointed To Head Immigration · · Score: 1

    Maybe they would if it were not illegal or awkward to present it that way. Further, it's also difficult to control the make-up of your staff over the medium term: they come and go. A consulting co. will typically give quotes for an average staff make-up, not what it is at the moment. As long as it averages out to profits over the medium term, a co. will live with short-term productivity bumps and dips.

  9. God's Expressive Influence on The Camera That Changed the Universe · · Score: 2

    My all-time favorite Hubble pic: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap03...

  10. Re:Make an example of them. on Dish Network Violated Do-Not-Call 57 Million Times · · Score: 1

    No, don't die, we need more competition from residential telecoms. It's better to have 3 stooges to select from than 2. The alternatives are also dicks.

  11. Re:Real problem is... on Quantum Computing Without Qubits · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's like Microsoft or Comcast products: they can never be up running and be reliable at the same time.

  12. Re: No way! on Senator Who Calls STEM Shortage a Hoax Appointed To Head Immigration · · Score: 2

    Simple. An employee who has fewer practical choices once employed at a given co. is easier to take advantage of.

  13. Re: No way! on Senator Who Calls STEM Shortage a Hoax Appointed To Head Immigration · · Score: 1

    but plutocrats pay top dollar for politicians.

  14. Purrrrr, Baby, Pur on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    I always wanted a Yugo that sounds like it has a V10

  15. Re:Just give the option to turn it off... on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    You'll get hacked and be driving a Rick Roller.

  16. Re:Then on Science By Democracy Doesn't Work · · Score: 1

    It's part plutocracy, part republic, and part democracy.

  17. Re:lol, Java on Oracle Releases Massive Security Update · · Score: 1

    Java was suppose to be secure and cross-platform yet...

    I wonder what percent of typical security flaws are caused by language-specific features versus poor design decisions and human error (such as passing the wrong variable). I suspect most are the latter.

  18. Re:A vote does not make it so on US Senate Set To Vote On Whether Climate Change Is a Hoax · · Score: 1

    Move Venus to Earth's orbit using repeat asteroid pass-by momentum transfers, pump it full of hydrocarbons from a similarly-diverted Titan, and see if it warms up. The bill is in the mail.

    (Put the orbit at an angle to avoid bonking Earth)

  19. Re:Don't fall for it on US Senate Set To Vote On Whether Climate Change Is a Hoax · · Score: 5, Funny

    Evolution is a hoax too.

    Indeed. Congress is evidence that evolution didn't take place: they are sh*t-flinging apes, still.

  20. Wackadoddle on US Senate Set To Vote On Whether Climate Change Is a Hoax · · Score: 1

    Let's vote the world flat.

    It would make map printing easier and do away with time-zones.

  21. Re: Cinder Rella at 12:01 am on Microsoft Reveals Windows 10 Will Be a Free Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Somebody beat you to it: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/...

  22. Re:Only for the first year on Microsoft Reveals Windows 10 Will Be a Free Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Linux developers -- please provide us with a smooth migration path [off Windows]

    Sure, just RTFM.

      -5 Neckbeard Attitude

  23. Re:Cinder Rella at 12:01 am on Microsoft Reveals Windows 10 Will Be a Free Upgrade · · Score: 2

    In that case, you get Windows ME after the deadline.

  24. Re:No on Microsoft Reveals Windows 10 Will Be a Free Upgrade · · Score: 1

    What, it's like the Bible and Koran: everybody interprets it differently.

  25. Cinder Rella at 12:01 am on Microsoft Reveals Windows 10 Will Be a Free Upgrade · · Score: 5, Funny

    what happens after the first year?...If you don't pay will it brick your PC...?

    It turns into Vista, the equivalent of a pumpkin.