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  1. I for one.. on Did a Genome Copying Mistake Lead To Human Intelligence? · · Score: 1

    Welcome our new rodent overlords.

  2. Re:I guess... on Arizona Attempts To Make Trolling Illegal · · Score: 1

    On the plus side, at least light beer will be illegal.

  3. Scapegoat on Army Reviews Controversial Drug After Afghan Massacre · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a scapegoat to me. Shouldn't the medical personnel responsible for his presumed prescription then be prosecuted?

  4. You also missed Giesbrecht. ;)

  5. Obligatory Armageddon quote on Programming Error Doomed Russian Mars Probe · · Score: 1

    Components. American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/quotes?qt=qt0459113

  6. Bigger and better... on NIH Restricts Use of Chimpanzees in Labs · · Score: 1

    No more chimps. :(

    Time to start doing more experiments on bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans.

  7. Best of luck on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I've been mostly a lurker as of late. But I come out of the shadows every now and then.

    Best of luck, CmdrTaco! You truly built something special here.

  8. Re:How many even know that 4G is? on 34% of iPhone Owners Think the 4 Is 4G · · Score: 1

    It's one more than 3G. Duh!

  9. Re:Financial Industry on Taking a Look At High-End Programmer Salaries · · Score: 1

    I periodically get contacted by recruiters for banks, because my CV mentions Haskell, and there's a massive shortage of Haskell programmers. They're offering silly salaries to people with no experience in the financial sector. Still not quite enough to convince me that I want to move to London and work on tedious soul-destroying stuff though, they'd need to add another zero onto the end for that. If I could telecommute, I'd be quite tempted - I'd pay off my mortgage in about six months.

    Please pardon my ignorance, but the financial industry uses Haskell??? I thought that was just an academic language.

  10. Re:Roughly right, a touch high on Duke Nukem Forever Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    I joined in 1999 so assuming UIDs were given out sequential order...

    It's definitely the right era though.

    I guess I was an old fart already in 1999.

  11. Re:Impossible on Kilogram Gets Controversial; Why Not Split the Difference? · · Score: 1

    You do not need to define your unit of pressure if you put the cubic centimetre of water in a vacuum.

  12. Re:DMCA is useful? on Court Upholds Blizzard's Anti-Bot DMCA Claim, Denies Copyright Infringement · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Blizzards owns the content to WoW, and the players are licensees (which shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody since they pay a subscription). The content inside WoW can only be accessed via a client which Blizzard controls. The content of WoW is copyright. WoW put safeguards up (via Warden) to prevent unauthorized access to this content. MDY circumvented Warden.

    Open and shut case.

  13. Re:DMCA is useful? on Court Upholds Blizzard's Anti-Bot DMCA Claim, Denies Copyright Infringement · · Score: 0

    > As much as it hurts me to say it, it seems that the DMCA is useful in this case.

    What leads you to that conclusion? There is nothing useful about the DMCA.

    It was useful in this case because it gets rid of bots. I'm looking at the destination, not the journey. :)

  14. Three dimensional awesomeness on Aerial Video Footage of New York Taken By RC Plane · · Score: 1

    If he could strap another camera to this and make the video 3-D, I think he could make a lot of money selling footage to Hollywood.

  15. DMCA is useful? on Court Upholds Blizzard's Anti-Bot DMCA Claim, Denies Copyright Infringement · · Score: 1, Insightful

    As much as it hurts me to say it, it seems that the DMCA is useful in this case.

    This is what it was made for. The original spirit of the act.

  16. Re:Obviously not on Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science? · · Score: 1

    I thought it was "What do you want?" or "Who are you?"

  17. April Fools? on OOXML Rumored to be Approved, Announcement Wednesday · · Score: 3, Funny

    This had better be an April Fool's joke.

  18. Re:They already had their break on Video Games Are Launching Rock-n-Roll Careers · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nice theories. Too bad they get shot down by the fact that she writes her own songs.

  19. Re:MIT of the North on Canadian University Puts Tech Whiz Kids in 'Dormcubator' · · Score: 1

    Nice obscure reference. :) Mod parent up!

  20. Fact checking required on Canadian University Puts Tech Whiz Kids in 'Dormcubator' · · Score: 2, Informative

    The university has received applications from as far away as Wilfrid Laurier University

    2 blocks is considered far away?
  21. If evolution is a myth... on Astronomers Say Dying Sun Will Engulf Earth · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If evolution is a myth, what chance does gravity have? It is also, after all, only a theory.

  22. I for one... on Corn Genome Sequenced · · Score: 0

    welcome our vegetative overlords.

  23. Re:Stupid but obvious on Mars Rover Spirit Reaches Winter Tilt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't know. AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa.........

  24. A better answer would be... on Physicist Calculates Trajectory of Tiger At SF Zoo · · Score: 1

    Depends upon how hard you throw it!

  25. Re:US, welcome to the world on iPhone Forcing Open Wireless Networks? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Europe's like what...the size of Texas? Apparently, Europe covers an area of 10,180,000 km^2, while Texas has a mere 678,050 km^2.

    Your comment displays your ignorance of America (much like most American's ignorance of Europe is so frequently pointed out.) What's the definition of irony again?