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  1. Actually, given the level of some comments here, better microscopes are really needed just to detect the presence of a brain in some people.

  2. Re:Am I the only one... on The Biggest Maker of Raspberry Pis Has Been Acquired For $871 Million (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No, you aren't! I spent a year at the university coding on a PDP11, and then for my thesis i moved to a Data General Eclipse. And this was thirty years ago...
    I don't regret these times, but rather that skirt lengths hasn't followed the same trend...

  3. After the deal... on Microsoft Is Buying LinkedIn For $26.2 Billion (microsoft.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    it will become LinkedOut.

  4. This has been predicted in 1923! on Researchers Say The Aliens Are Silent Because They Are Extinct (theconversation.com) · · Score: 1

    "In the long run, we are all dead'. - John Maynard Keynes, A Tract on Monetary Reform

  5. Given the coming Brexit referendum, and other nationalistic movements on the rise, what we will get is a more dis-integrated Europe...

  6. Re:All malware authors should be executed on This Unusual Botnet Targets Scientists, Engineers, and Academics (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    > All malware authors should be executed

    Isn't enough to execute their code instead ?

  7. She used a private server for classified email... on Hacker Guccifer Claims He Easily and Repeatedly Broke Into Hillary Clinton's Email Server (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    ...but she didn't inhale. Ducks...

  8. Re:count {all | some | none | any} the things on IBM Gives Everyone Access To Its Five-Qubit Quantum Computer (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    It depends from who used them before. For example, Chuck Norris' qubits are always set to 1.

  9. My present is fueled by AI as well on Google CEO Predicts AI-Fueled Future (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    To start my fireplace I recycle paper of old books about transputers, neural network, and other crap that never fulfilled their premises, at least in the field where I work.

  10. Re:Does it lose suction over time? on Dyson Launches New 'Supersonic' Hair Dryer To Revolutionize Hair Care (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    > And how do you need 103 engineers for a hair dryer?

    Hint: do you remember the joke about how many engineers does it take to replace a light bulb ?

  11. On the other side... on How Big Data Creates False Confidence (nautil.us) · · Score: 1

    ...false data create big confidence.

  12. Nice try, NSA... on Viber Update Brings End-To-End Encryption and Hidden Chats (gsmarena.com) · · Score: 1

    ...what's next ? A better, free https client ?

  13. Re:From the description of the accident... on Jet Pack Company Executive Crashes During A Test Flight (kdvr.com) · · Score: 1

    This happened before...

  14. From the description of the accident... on Jet Pack Company Executive Crashes During A Test Flight (kdvr.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...he probably was wearing the jetpack upside down.

  15. Re:Award worthy on People Feel Weird About Touching Robot Butts, Researchers Find (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    I rather smell robort pr0n appearing soon on internet...

  16. Do you really need a R&D lab for this ?!? on Electric Fork Simulates a Salty Flavor By Shocking Your Tongue (med.news.am) · · Score: 0

    When I was a kid, I checked if 4.5V and 9V batteries were OK just by "tasting" them with my tongue: if the tasted salty they were ok. It was a common practice among my friends, so how can this be into the news today ?!?

  17. Re:This is a good thing. on More People On Earth Now Obese Than Underweight, Says Study (statnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It depends. If obese and underweight people are unevenly distributed in the world, this could severely affect the Earth rotation rate.

  18. Re:Speculate on Causes on Japan's $273 Million Satellite Has Broken Up Into 'Multiple Pieces' (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    > I really doubt the Japanese built something that just fell apart after 30 days

    You never bought a japanese appliance, isn't it ?!?

  19. Who cares ?!? on Building A Global Network Of Open Source SDR Receivers (jks.com) · · Score: 1

    Broadcasting on the shortwaves is rapidly dying, and everything that can be heard there is available on internet with much better quality. Ham radio chit-chat on shortwaves is just plain boring, and the remaining stuff isn't intended to be listened (i.e. it is strongly encrypted). I really wonder why they are so eager to crowdfund this project.

  20. Re:Btrn in soace on NASA Will Intentionally Burn Unmanned Orbiting Craft In Space (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    > Btrn in soace
    and where is your spell checker ? ;-)

  21. Re:GPS clocks? on Ask Slashdot: Alternatives To "Atomic" Clocks? · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately it will never tell you why you are there.

  22. Re:huge savings on ink on Amazon's Thin Helvetica Syndrome: Font Anorexia vs. Kindle Readability (teleread.com) · · Score: 1

    > Doofus. e-ink doesn't use toner, it uses ink. You don't put toner carts into your ink-jet printer, do you?

    Obligatory xkcd quote

  23. 1) Automatically measure browsing speed for each web link published on Slashdot.
    2) send compliant letter to ISP asking for refund.
    3) ???
    4) Profit!

  24. Obligatory xkcd quote on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Italy will jail Scientists for failing to use t on Can Electric Signals In Earth's Atmosphere Predict Earthquakes? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2

    Thank you for posting this. I have been considering getting back into ham radio after quitting it years ago, but given the stuff they are doing, for sure I will keep myself miles away from that!