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  1. Re:Software patents are bad on Facebook Buys 750 IBM Patents · · Score: 4, Funny

    What AC is trying to say is 64K should be enough for anybody.

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  2. Re:Completely inexplicable... on Historic Heat In North America Turns Winter To Summer · · Score: 1

    Jerk!

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  3. Re:Ragnarok on Faulty Cable To Blame For Superluminal Neutrino Results · · Score: 1

    Only 303 days until... http://xkcd.com/998/

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  4. Re:First post ! on Faulty Cable To Blame For Superluminal Neutrino Results · · Score: 0

    Your watch is using the same faulty cable as the CERN experiment.

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  5. Re:Didn't Android *always* have Chrome? on Google Releases Chrome For Android Beta · · Score: 1

    You used two key segments there, "based on" and "just like" which not equal to "equal to".

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  6. Thousands of common terms on Google Purges Thousands of Malware Sites · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm just too damn logical, but if someone types in "microsoft" and "free" in the same search query, I'm sure as hell expecting them to get malware in their results....

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  7. Already Known? on Saturn's Moons Harboring Water? · · Score: 1

    Old news don't ya think? I found out about a life bearing Saturn Moon just by watching Cowboy Bebop... Get with the program! =)

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  8. Oh, Sweeeetness! on Logfiles Made Interesting with glTail · · Score: 5, Funny

    You gotta add an 'Asteroids' ship on the screen that lets you shoot down connections!

    "Oh, look! Bob just logged on... let's get 'em!"

    ...

    "IT support. How can I help you?"

    "Hi, this is Bob..."

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  9. Re:New business model on Judge Voids Un-Auditable California Election · · Score: 1

    I would prefer "Diebold Fighter 2" in which unsuspecting politicians press Down + tap A+B+C on the machine, and shock the hell out of themselves.

    On a professional note, I do agree on your comment. If they had been competing in the private sector they'd have been blown out of the water by now. That's not to say that I prefer Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung to set up cell-voting systems... that'd be as lame as American Idol.

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  10. Oh, Come on! on GAO Report Slams FCC · · Score: 0, Troll

    This happens everywhere across the whole world! Things are NEVER done on schedule, but somehow we expect government bureaucracy to be faster? Who are these people? Project Managers? Unlikely...

    If I say I'll get the report to you next week, you actually won't get it until 2 or 3 weeks, that's how things work.

    Besides, he only wants the report for scandal and sensationalism. Move along.

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  11. Re:But, is it really for "checking a box"? on IBM Patents Checking a Box · · Score: 1

    While I disagree with blckbllr's argument, I have to say that it is a prior art issue. The logic you mentioned in your post is much more simpler and basic than the average person may perceive.

    If the first checkbox is set, you enter the "clear" mode. If it's cleared, you enter the "set" mode.

    Fundamentally, this is an XOR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XOR_gate which flips any bit from 1 to 0 and vice-versa, and everyone on /. knows there are less /. posts and responses in existence than the number of times a boolean XOR has been used in the computer world.

    IBM cannot patent the boolean XOR function.

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  12. Re:I can't be the only one on Technology Could Enable Computers To "Read The Minds" Of Users · · Score: 1

    I'd quit ANY firm that tried to get me to wear one.

    Oh, come on..just think, do you really belive the measurement of the 'efficiency' can distiguish from you reading an email to you reading /.? Your headband wearing overlords will praise you for all your efficiency while you unnoticeably read away on /. What a sweet job!

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  13. What Question Mark on Technology Could Enable Computers To "Read The Minds" Of Users · · Score: 3, Funny

    Personally comma I don't trust this thing period I mean really comma if the voice-recognition program can get it straight comma what makes me thing this thingamadongle on top of my head is going to get my thought pattern down correctly question mark question mark question mark It's just silly period

    Yes comma I did train the word thingamadongle period

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  14. Paper? on Printing With Enzymes · · Score: 1

    Really, come now... Is there anyone reading /. that still uses paper as a communiation medium? When I got my present office I told them to rip out all the file cabinets... "What is it with this archaic desk?" said I. Keyboard and chair is all I need.

    Family pictures?? That's what a digital-picture frame is for, duh!

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  15. Re:What will happen to English? on The World's Languages Are Fast Becoming Extinct · · Score: 1

    If ya'll only new all 'em times I's been abusin' them 'postrophies.

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  16. New Geico Commercial on New Cave Entrances Seen on Mars · · Score: 1

    So easy a Martian Cave Man could do it!

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  17. Re:Well they did silence you... on Man Wins Partial Victory In Circuit City Arrest · · Score: 1

    Although he won't publicly admit it, I'm sure that Officer Arroyo knows he made a mistake. For the record, I do not believe that Officer Arroyo is a bad person, and other than my arrest I have no reason to believe that he is a bad police officer. I think that Officer Arroyo was embarrassed and insulted when I refused to obey his unlawful command, and I think that he was not familiar enough with Ohio State law.

    While normally I'll argue that unless an officer is a former lawyer, it is damn near impossible for an officer to know the application of every law. I do fault Officer Arroyo for not knowing the 'stop and identify' procedure, which is almost as common knowledge as the miranda text. I will stick with Michael's judgement on this, and not call Officer Arroyo a dick... I will although request he retake his basic training.
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  18. Move along now on Don't Take Notes In the Bookstore · · Score: 1

    the Harvard Coop asked Jarret A. Zafran to leave the store

    Jarret kindly said, "No", and continued to write.

    Let's be real, how is this news? It's like me asking /.ers to stop stealing my ideas. First response will be, "umm, no". If they had Tazed his butt, then it would be news worthy!

  19. Yeah, but... on 12 Year Old Gets $6.5M for Gaming Company · · Score: 1

    I bet the kid patented it when he was 4 years old! lol...

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  20. Previously on Slashdot! on Headband Gives Wearer "Sixth-Sense" · · Score: 2, Informative

    I prefer the darpa one sometime ago.
    http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/02/1551207
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  21. Re:Wow.. on End of Moore's Law in 10-15 years? · · Score: 1

    Totally. I never new either until I started working in the automotive industry. =)

    My paycheck says "Exxon" on it. LOL.

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  22. Re:Yeah right on End of Moore's Law in 10-15 years? · · Score: 1

    Any perception of symbolism?

    "Exxon" as used is symbolic.
    "we" as used is symbolic.
    Think beyond your literal shell if you could.
    And I'm curious on how "you" and "your friends" who are excluded from the inability to "influence" Exxon is. Do you walk to work? Good for you.

    I'm surprised people get modded-up now a days for exessive use of the word "we".
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  23. Re:nonsense on End of Moore's Law in 10-15 years? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I mean, who wouldn't want cars to become twice as gas efficient (without losing power) every 18 months, ad infinitum? If such a thing were technically possible, it would happen, because all the car makers would jump on the gas-mileage bandwagon to get ahead of their competitors.

    Hah! Exxon wouldn't, and they don't, so we have no say.
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  24. Re:What's the draw? on New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported · · Score: 1

    Dude, UID: 215841. His/Her daughter's been on /. longer than you. One of those 3733t-ist that actually does get off his/her chair every once in a while.
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  25. Re:Could age be a factor? on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    Oh, someone forgot to cite their paraphrasing source...

    http://www.bartleby.com/123/13.html

    Interestingly enough, Housman was wise enough to learn what he needed only after 1 year. Or maybe he visited San Francisco.

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