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  1. Re:Rich like the Twinkie Filling on FBI Chief: Apple, Google Phone Encryption Perilous · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There is no trial or sentence for Contempt. They just lock you up until you comply.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court#In_use_today
    One guy spent 14 years behind bars.
    http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=8101209

  2. Re:Full Disclosure can be found on oss-security... on Remote Exploit Vulnerability Found In Bash · · Score: 1

    I knew something like this would happen when I changed my old Windows ME chair to dual-boot....
    Damn...
    I would switch to the iChair but you can only face certain selected directions when seated in it...

  3. Re:Why not KDE on Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are there noobs left in the world?

    For some reason some people keep creating new ones.

  4. Re: Does it matter? on Google Quietly Nixes Mandatory G+ Integration With Gmail · · Score: 1

    Sometimes there really is no problem...
    but there's always someone wanting to foist a solution...
    and that can be a problem...
    OK, wait a sec...

  5. Re: Dust? tsarkon reports on "Big Bang Signal" Could All Be Dust · · Score: 1

    I agree. Theodor not only avoided incomprehensibility, He instilled a love of reading in countless people.

  6. Re:Dust? on "Big Bang Signal" Could All Be Dust · · Score: 1

    So is the Universe coming, or going?

    Coming from what?
    Going to what?
    Well, I don't care as long as my signal is good for the two new Big Bang Theory episodes tonight!
    (Headline had me freaked for a second)
    And if existence does end I hope the next one is not a re-run... I'm tired of re-runs...

  7. Re: Dust? tsarkon reports on "Big Bang Signal" Could All Be Dust · · Score: 1

    I don't understand any four sided cubes...
    unless you mean inside, outside, our side, your side...
    Oh Crap I think I'm channeling Dr. Seuss!

  8. Re:American coder, not interested on Wired Profiles John Brooks, the Programmer Behind Ricochet · · Score: 3, Funny

    The OP is right and should be modded 5, Insightful.

    Just as soon as we figure out who he is...

  9. Re:barn door on Proposed Law Would Limit US Search Warrants For Data Stored Abroad · · Score: 1

    The barn is on fire, the door is open, but the horses aren't fleeing.

    Don't worry. It's just a matter of time until the farmer sees the need for action and closes the door.

    Right now he's busy mixing a 55 gallon drum of barbeque sauce...

  10. Re:Star Wars on Star Wars Producers Want a 'DroneShield' To Prevent Leaks On Set · · Score: 1

    They should get this guy to knock them out of the sky...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wVADKznOhY

  11. Re:There is no "almost impossible" on Apple's "Warrant Canary" Has Died · · Score: 2

    There is no try, only do

    Ahh, Yoda's bathroom mantra...

  12. Re:Patent Attorney chiming in on Alice Is Killing Trolls But Patent Lawyers Will Strike Back · · Score: 1

    Not everyone speaks legalese, after all.

    ...and that is why the lawyers get to run things.

  13. Re:Does HFCS count? on Study Finds Link Between Artificial Sweeteners and Glucose Intolerance · · Score: 1

    Hops are a relatively recent addition to the recipe

    If you consider November 30th, 1487 "recent"...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot

  14. Re:So everything is protected by a 4 digit passcod on Apple Will No Longer Unlock Most iPhones, iPads For Police · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briefcase_%28Microsoft_Windows%29
    Basically it was an option on the "New..." section of the context menu that allowed older users to become totally befuddled by the mysterious appearance of these "My Briefcase (x)" icons all over their desktop...
    Some Zip Drive users found them handy.

  15. Re:Does HFCS count? on Study Finds Link Between Artificial Sweeteners and Glucose Intolerance · · Score: 1

    Does HFCS count as a sugar substitute, or real sugar ?

    It contains concentrated fruit sugar but there are a bunch of issues.
    http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-fructose-bad-for-you-201104262425

  16. Re:DC-8s on A DC-10 Passenger Plane Is Perfect At Fighting Wildfires · · Score: 1

    And DC-8s are good at flying thetans into volcanos.

    "The emergency exits are located here, here, and here. In the event of a lava landing, your seat cushion can be used to muffle screams of agony. We know you had no choice, but Thank You for flying Xenu Airlines!"

  17. Re:It's not your phone on Apple Outrages Users By Automatically Installing U2's Album On Their Devices · · Score: 1

    iCaramba!

  18. Re:Saw it at the Smithsonian a few years ago on Original 11' Star Trek Enterprise Model Being Restored Again · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Kirk never shoots first.

    Uhura might have something to say about that...

    Kirk: This sort of thing . . . has never . . . happened . . . to me . . . before!
    Uhura: I just wish you could have held out until I removed my uniform...

  19. Re: Can we please cann these companies what they a on California Declares Carpooling Via Ride-Share Services Illegal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Two out of three correct "your" usages... a new record!

  20. Re:geek or not ~ pfSense on Ask Slashdot: Advice On Building a Firewall With VPN Capabilities? · · Score: 5, Funny

    AskSlashdot is a joke. I mean all you get are jokes, or whatever comes up first in a basic Google search.

    We are the Google algorithm...

  21. Re:Simple explanation. on Universal Big Bang Lithium Deficit Confirmed · · Score: 5, Funny

    All of existence is bi-polar and has needed the lithium just to maintain it's current state...

  22. Re:Made in America on X-Class Solar Flare Coming Friday · · Score: 1

    Can we hope it ends this farcical "progress" and return the planet to steam and gaslight?

    Frack Off!
    or would that be, Frack On?
    Well one way or another someone will get Fracked, and there will be gas...

  23. Re:Empirical Data Trumps Information Theory on Information Theory Places New Limits On Origin of Life · · Score: 1

    What I find odd is in TFS where is says "environments favorable to life are unlikely to be unusual"...
    In light of past attitudes, would it not be more informative to say "environments favorable to life are unusually likely"?

  24. Re:Helium? on WD Announces 8TB, 10TB Helium Hard Drives · · Score: 2

    Maybe the lubrication would fail in vacuum?

    Well, that would suck...

  25. Re:It's not apple this time! on Under the Apple Hype Machine, Amazon Drops Fire Phone Price To 99 Cents · · Score: 2

    I'm not even checking it out while it's bound to AT&T.