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  1. Also know as Elerium on Un-Un-Pentium On Your Periodic Table of the Elements? · · Score: 4, Informative
  2. Re:Female programmers on Could a Grace Hopper Get Hired In Today's Silicon Valley? · · Score: 1

    There is absolutely no difference between men and women other than the fact that they have protruding breasts and many of us don't.

    Golly, you've never gone to third base with your best gal, have you? Try after drinking a soda for two at the local drug store counter and a trip to the local drive in theater. You'll be surprised at the differences between guys and dames.

  3. No on Could a Grace Hopper Get Hired In Today's Silicon Valley? · · Score: 2

    She doesn't have 45 years of Java experience. She might be willing to work for $20,000 until people clue her in on the cost of living these days.

  4. Re:This is not... on Wildfire Threatens Water and Power To San Francisco · · Score: 1

    Those rooftop solar panels are looking pretty good about now.

    Until smoke and ash block the sun...

  5. Re:So why not...? on This Satellite Could Be Beaming Solar Power Down From Space By 2025 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because solar orbit at 10% earth distance would make the magnifying glass zoom around the sun multiple times per earth year. There would be no way to get the rays from the glass to the collector. You'd be better off having the collector out there with an amiable maser.

  6. Re:Who cares? on Students At Lynn University Get iPad Minis Instead of Textbooks · · Score: 1

    Who cares about Richard Stallman apart from Linux zealots?

    Clever Troll, you know the answer is GNU/Linux zealots.

  7. Re:Who cares? on Students At Lynn University Get iPad Minis Instead of Textbooks · · Score: 5, Insightful
  8. Re:MUAHAHAHAHA on NASDAQ Trading Halted Due To "Technical Issue" · · Score: 1

    Investment sell decision process, old school: "Hmm. the WSJ article I just read says IBM isn't keeping up with competitors. I've made a bit of money on this over the last 10 years, time to sell. Let's call the broker in the morning and maybe I'll do some research on where else to put the profits." Investment sell decision process, new school: while(true) { if(duringbusinesshours) { if(IBM_quarterly_earnings < IBM_projected_quarterly_earnings) {sell(IBM); } } else { usleep(1); } }

    FTFY

  9. Too bad on Ubuntu Edge Draws Nearly $13M, But Falls Short of Indiegogo Goal · · Score: 1

    Maybe if they hadn't played fast and loose with the desktop GUI and amazon searches they would have still been popular enough in FOSS circles to get something done. Not now. Bye canonical.

  10. Re:Awesome on Huffington: Trolls Uglier Than Ever, So We're Cutting Off Anonymous Commenting · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And let consumers tell each other what they're supposed to think? That's the job of the golden boys in the news media!

  11. Re:Dear Comcast, fuck off on Comcast Threatens TorrentFreak For Posting Public Court Document · · Score: 1

    Comcast is doing a DMCA takedown on a court document. The court document had to have been written by a judge. Return to GP.

  12. Re:So, you know... on Syrian Rebels Claim Hundreds Killed By Poison-Gas Attack · · Score: 1

    Angel of Death Dust?

  13. Re:Dear Comcast, fuck off on Comcast Threatens TorrentFreak For Posting Public Court Document · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe the judge is in their employ and has one of those "anything you create on or off Comcast time is Comcast property" and they think that trumps government.

  14. Re:Up to ten years? on Florida Town Stores License Plate Camera Images For Ten Years · · Score: 2

    Or would you like to live in a world where the Police can say "the photographic evidence existed to charge this person with murder, treason, speeding, bestiality and voting Democrat, but he posted as a dipshit AC on /. insisting on the pictures being deleted after 3 minutes, so we deleted them and now it is up to him to provide evidence to prove his innocence".

    I would love to live in that world since that's not how American courts work. And letting some actual murderers, traitors, speeders, perverts, and Democrats go free is an okay price for everyone's freedom.

  15. Re:Idiots on Info Leak Wars To Get Messier · · Score: 5, Funny

    Regardless of which side you fall on, I just can't imagine the scene where the decision was made for the Met to detain David Miranda was made without "send in the clowns" playing as the backing track.

    Don't you mean Yakety Sax?

  16. Re:They come back the next day on Canadian City Uses Drone To Chase Off Geese · · Score: 1

    I'd love to hunt these things (they're so unafraid of humans now that you could whack them with a club)

    You have to be good with a gun.

    club...

  17. Re:Gonna go back in time on Germany Produces Record-Breaking 5.1 Terawatt Hours of Solar Energy In One Month · · Score: 2

    Yeah, it could power 4214 trips!

  18. Re:Suggestion List on Uncle Sam Finally Wants To Hear From Us On Digital Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    ...i will find you and kill you, then use your public domain comment for commercial purposes.

    Just in case and mods think the above is Troll or Flamebait; it's acerbic commentary on why death of author needs separation from length of copyright (which should be short anyway).

  19. Re:Suggestion List on Uncle Sam Finally Wants To Hear From Us On Digital Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    Also copyright would be better if anything above 20 years required a substantial payment.

    How about 10 years of copyright for free, then you pay a processing fee of factorial(X) dollars for each year beyond 10 that copyright is retained. e.g. $1 fee for year 11. $24 fee for year 14. $362,880 fee for year 19. $3,628,800 fee for year 20. 1.3 trillion dollar fee for year 25...

  20. Re:They come back the next day on Canadian City Uses Drone To Chase Off Geese · · Score: 1

    Okay, "harvest". It's not quite slaughtering since they're not domesticated, but you're correct that it's not the active pursuit that is normally thought of as hunting.

  21. Re:Get that fucking nature out of here on Canadian City Uses Drone To Chase Off Geese · · Score: 1

    In a real natural world, those geese would be in our bellies.

  22. They come back the next day on Canadian City Uses Drone To Chase Off Geese · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like it's not effective enough. Get some dogs. Better yet, remove Canadian Geese from the protected species list. I'd love to hunt these things (they're so unafraid of humans now that you could whack them with a club).

  23. Re:Where will this end? on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    And once they're anonymous, they're not secure (in the sense that you can confirm you're talking with the right person).

  24. Re:Where will this end? on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    Could she charge everyone who emails her a cent and claim attorney-client privilege?

  25. Re:Where will this end? on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 2

    This is the "chilling effect" you've always heard so much about. Ordinary people in the US used to think it was a fake argument.