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  1. Re:Java on Java Creator James Gosling Hired At Google · · Score: 1

    You just called their baby ugly. (them being Java fanbois)

  2. Definition is the Key on Man-Made Atomic Clocks the Best In the Universe · · Score: 1

    Whatever the measuring stick is for "minute" and "second", that's the most accurate clock, by definition.

  3. Re:2nd goal of a Java developer achieved.... on Code Bubbles — Rethinking the IDE's User Interface · · Score: 1

    In any case, croftj is dead on correct about an overload (no pun intended) of abstraction in the java community.

    Good gravy, can't anyone even write a decent Java app anymore without having to learn half a dozen frameworks?

  4. Re:So I guess this means on New Most Precise Clock Based On Aluminum Ion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    will 'neither gain nor lose one second in about 3.7 billion years,'

    What clock are they going to check it against to verify its accuracy?

    And if there is such a clock, why isn't that clock being tested instead?

  5. Re:Pfahhhh! on Military's Robotic Pack Mule Gets $32M Boost · · Score: 1
  6. Re:I already bought my copy on Robotics Prof Fears Rise of Military Robots · · Score: 1

    You need to feel safe, because robots are made of metal, and robots are strong.

    Old Glory Robot Insurance

  7. Bah! on OMNI Magazine Remembered · · Score: 2, Interesting

    OMNI magazine is alive and well in 2010. What's the matter with you people?

    Here's proof. (Ignore the Apple IIgs thingy he hauled to the beach though..)

    Clip from 2010: The Year We Make Contact

  8. No, they were Colonials on Scientists Postulate Extinct Hominid With 150 IQ · · Score: 1

    The Colonials and Cylons were equally tasty to the animals on the African plains.

  9. Re:Hackers Diet FTW. on Why Doesn't Exercise Lead To Weight Loss? · · Score: 1

    But what if when you exercise (Energy Out) your body says, "Hey, the environment requires that a lot of fat is needed to keep up with this constant exercise, so I'm going to have to make a lot more fat to keep up."

    This might explain in part why people who stop exercising after doing a lot of cardio for months tend to balloon up in weight very easily.

    The body is smarter than we are- it responds to the demands of the environment.

  10. Re:personally on Barack Obama Wins the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But, he made us all feel fuzzy inside. That's got to count for something.

  11. Re:Lunarian race ... on Front Row Seats To NASA's Lunar Impact · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> Flash!!!! AA-aaaaah......

    There, fixed that for you.

  12. Re:Lamest rebranding on Comcast In Deal Talks With NBC Universal · · Score: 1

    No, I'll bet it was because they don't play any actual Sci-Fi, so they couldn't call it that anymore.

  13. Re:Elektronorgtechnica Bias -- Any Video Game Real on Tetris Improves Your Brain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently the key phrase here is "some parts of the brain."

    Those parts didn't include the ones that were supposed to keep my roommate from failing out of college while he was playing Tetris.

  14. Re:Can't wait on A Standardized OS For Robots · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome only open-source OSed robotic overlords.

  15. Re:This is a great breakthrough... on Transparent Aluminum Is "New State of Matter" · · Score: 1

    There can be no response to this message.

  16. Re:Robustness, too! on Finally, a True Green Laser · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just like in the academy. -Wesley Crusher

  17. Re:slashdot demographics on Want to Eat Chocolate Every Day For a Year? · · Score: 1

    >>and need 40 female volunteers who would like to eat chocolate every day for a year

    The fields are ripe, but the workers are many.

  18. Re:I for one... on Huge Unidentified Organic Blob Floating Around Alaska · · Score: 0

    >> Welcome our new gooey overlord.

    There, fixed that for you.

  19. Re:Mind wipe on Hackers' Next Target — Your Brain? · · Score: 1

    This adds a whole new dimension to big brothers taking your arm, hitting you with it and then saying, "Why're ya hittin' yerself?"

  20. Re:It's misquoted on Junior-Sized Supernova Discovered By New York Teen · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or male. Didn't any of you read the post?

  21. Re:luxury on Should Undergraduates Be Taught Fortran? · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...And we liked it.

  22. Re:Of course they're not all honest on How Common Is Scientific Misconduct? · · Score: 1

    A pooled, weighted average of 1.97% of scientists admitted to having fabricated, falsified or modified data

    Or was that 19.7%??

  23. Re:Seriously Java? on Java Gets New Garbage Collector, But Only If You Buy Support · · Score: 1

    No! It's your code!

    Just kidding, that's what Java enthusiasts always say to me whenever I point out stuff like that.

  24. Re:My Kingdom for a Datagrid Element! on HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash? · · Score: 1

    Deliver your people too from the postback-happy .Net Datagrid and gridView.

  25. Re:After 14 years Java apps are still 2nd class on Sun To Build World's Biggest App Store Around Java · · Score: 1

    No, it's your code!

    Just kidding, I was just echoing what I always hear from Java defenders when I raise objections.