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  1. Re:Someone is getting paid for this? on Robotic Bartender Programmed To Recognize When You Are Ready For a Drink · · Score: 1

    Here is a solution. Have a robot with really nice tits and/or a revealing crotchtorial bulge. A big ugly bulls-eye would be at the top. The eye contact hits that registered at the bull-eye would score service. The other "hits" might cause a jiggle or perhaps an escort service phone number (advertising revenue) on the display screen near where the belly button should be. To weed out the casual non-sexual on-lookers out there, perhaps the screen could flash a display which looks to be an error message with some FORTRAN code or something.

  2. Re: What is PCB? on PCBs Cause Birds To Sing a Different Tune · · Score: 1

    While I was aware of polychlorinated biphenyls, I'd never actually heard of them called "PCBs" before. To me, that acronym always means "Printed Circuit Board".

    But, it does seem to just be my own ignorance. Wikipedia redirect "PCBs" to "Polychlorinated Biphenyl" and shows images of warning signs that also use that acronym. (note that "PCB" on Wikipedia however is a disambiguation page, with "Printed Circuit Board" as the top entry)

    In the early 90s the term referring to a circuit board was changed to Printed Wire Assembly, or PWA, at least in some segments of the electronics industry I worked in.

    I think the association with polychlorinated biphenyls was the reason, as the movement of production of these items offshore was in full swing and to a lesser extent manufacturers didn't want their customers opening up products and seeing they were full of parts labelled "PCB".

  3. Re:This is why I have a 1 week delayed install pol on Microsoft Botches More Patches In Latest Automatic Update · · Score: 1

    It seems the Intuit supplied .Net installs for Quickbooks and Quicken aren't quite standard and the endless failed attempts at Windows updating .Net is often a result of that.

  4. SuperPaint, SuperCard, and Dark Castle on Silicon Beach Startups Spawn From the Ashes of MySpace · · Score: 2

    Silicon Beach started this whole wave way back in 1984 with some fun Mac products.

    When I first started reading the headline to this I almost got a resurrected Silicone MacWoody!
    Almost.

    Now back to my lawn...

  5. Re:This changes nothing. . . on Marijuana Prosecution Not a High Priority, Says Obama · · Score: 1

    I believe a significant number of incarcerated people are those who flunked drug tests while on probation or parole.

  6. Re:Two words: dumb customers on Why Can't Industry Design an Affordable Hearing Aid? · · Score: 1

    Don't be too surprised about German companies happy to milk the American public. Fresenius is all over here providing $3K a shot twice-a-week dialysis services using their own equipment and their own disposables. I imagine the company uses the salaries, rent and lawsuits as a direct write-off against US taxes while making mint selling themselves supplies.

    I've seen commercials from litigious lawyer firms capitalizing on the mistakes made by this industry, but I doubt most of the patients/clients have much of a leg (actually, any legs at all) to stand up with in court as they all pretty much end up dead sooner or later.

    It's said the only worse job for a nurse or technician is working in a child oncology ward.

  7. Re:mac on Ask Slashdot: How To Shop For a Laptop? · · Score: 1

    You'll be forced to keep replacing your stuff every couple of years if it's HP.

  8. Calling every Windows user in the U.S.... on The Unstoppable 'Tech Support' Scam · · Score: 1

    A customer of mine received a call while I was onsite. The caller denied he was selling anything. The guy claimed they were calling every Windows user in America. The customer hung up and the guy called again. I picked up the phone and played his game for a while. He tried to get me to look in the event viewer and count the number of errors. He then said these errors will add up and damage the hard drive!

    I asked him what company he represented and he reluctantly said onlinepccare.com.

    This lady called AOL for assistance before she called me. I bet AOL officially or unofficially supplied her phone number.

  9. Re:Beam me up Scotty!! on NASA's LCROSS Spacecraft Discovers Life On Earth · · Score: 1

    "Beam me up Scotty. There's no intelligent life down here."
    "But Cap'n, our sensors detect a life form in your immediate area!
    "That's ME, you Denebian Slime Devil! Beam me the fuck up NOW, Scotty!

  10. Re:outsourcing and unemployment on Indian CEO Says Most US Tech Grads "Unemployable" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here, let me help bring your comment back on topic: It seems like Slashdot has outsourced their coding.

  11. Re:The skunk test on FDA Says Homeopathic Cure Can Cause Loss of Smell · · Score: 2, Informative

    A few nose hits with an air mixture between 150 to 250 ppm of hydrogen sulfide should do the trick.

  12. Re:I'm curious on Is the Bar of Soap Tomorrow's Smarterphone? · · Score: 1

    The position where sunlight doesn't reach it.

  13. Re:Just for Google? on A Good Reason To Go Full-Time SSL For Gmail · · Score: 1

    If a sentence ends with a quotation, the punctuation goes inside the closing quote. If the quotation marks set off a special term, the punctuation goes outside. Special terms include "ironic" words, nicknames, and artistic titles.

  14. Re:mythbuster on New Method Discovered For Making Telescopes On the Moon · · Score: 1
  15. Re:That will wreck IT... on Law Firm Fighting For White Collar (IT) Overtime · · Score: 1

    Another reason to not be a conservative...

  16. Re:This is where the patent office fails on Cisco Patents the Triple Play · · Score: 1
    I sit quietly in my office and think of a system where video, tv and phone goes over the same wire conveniently for the user. I start a business to sell this, but I'm slapped in the face with a patent violation because "well, somebody thought about that before you," so eventhough you've never heard about this other company before they actually "own" my idea.

    Even if you weren't faced with a patent violation you would probably get sued for violating an employment contract because you came up with that idea while sitting in your employer's office on "their" time!