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Comment Re:That's so sad. (Score 1) 625

by FishOuttaWater on Saturday August 17, 2013 @01:24AM (#44591721) Attached to: Aging Is a Disease; Treat It Like One

Then why does it have such unpleasant symptoms?

Comment Re:Yeah, that's just what the world needs (Score 1) 625

by FishOuttaWater on Saturday August 17, 2013 @12:39AM (#44591533) Attached to: Aging Is a Disease; Treat It Like One

I see your point, but the end result tends to be for all the smart productive people to leave procreation to the welfare moms. This is why I have 5 kids. Obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icmRCixQrx8

Comment Re:Not your "everyday" Neutrino (Score 1) 151

by FishOuttaWater on Friday April 26, 2013 @05:18PM (#43561821) Attached to: Scientists May Have Detected Neutrinos From Another Galaxy

For maximum effect, make sure the subject is politics or the weather when you do this. They will be *extra* impressed.

Comment Re:tell me again (Score 1) 1105

by FishOuttaWater on Monday April 15, 2013 @05:20PM (#43455999) Attached to: Explosions at the Boston Marathon

You mean giving away overpriced stuff.

Comment Fewer manufacturing jobs.. (Score 1) 414

by FishOuttaWater on Thursday January 17, 2013 @03:53AM (#42614345) Attached to: A Humanoid Robot Named "Baxter" Could Revive US Manufacturing

More engineering, repair, management, and sales. When the bots can sell the stuff they make is when it will get really weird.

Comment Management roles (Score 1) 219

by FishOuttaWater on Thursday December 13, 2012 @07:25PM (#42281781) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Interviewing Your Boss?

What do you want managers to do? Interview for that. Personally, I want a manager who:

Can effectively deal with people problems
Can fire somebody when necessary
Effectively represents workers interests to the company.
Effectively represents company interests to the workers

Interview for what you care about?

Comment Re:But coal doesn't cause tsunamis like nuclear do (Score 1) 341

by FishOuttaWater on Friday November 23, 2012 @03:11PM (#42075803) Attached to: The World Falls Back In Love With Coal

Ya, but what other source of power provides enough output to cause a tsunami!

Comment The preferred title (Score 1) 333

by FishOuttaWater on Sunday November 11, 2012 @01:01AM (#41947663) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Developer Or Software Engineer? Can It Influence Your Work?

...is Rock Star

Comment Re:Well, that was your mistake. (Score 1) 627

by FishOuttaWater on Friday October 12, 2012 @05:35PM (#41636305) Attached to: Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

Comment Re:let's not waste significant digits! (Score 2) 182

by FishOuttaWater on Friday September 14, 2012 @02:21PM (#41337749) Attached to: Astronomers Fix the Astronomical Unit

You'd think we would at least use gm instead of million km. What's with the bizarre preference for km for long distances? (Not just here, but darned near everywhere.)

Comment Re:Ex-military, current paranoid schizophrenic (Score 1) 333

by FishOuttaWater on Friday August 24, 2012 @11:42AM (#41110403) Attached to: Judge Orders Release of Ex-Marine Detained Over Facebook Posts

Ah, that's the clever part: He's only *pretending* to be that dim.

Comment Re:ummm....Punk Oatmeal? (Score 2) 218

by FishOuttaWater on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @12:16AM (#40993417) Attached to: How Google+ Punk'd The Oatmeal

Any minute now...

Comment Re:ummm....Punk Oatmeal? (Score 0) 218

by FishOuttaWater on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @09:03PM (#40992099) Attached to: How Google+ Punk'd The Oatmeal

An imminently logical choice.

Comment Re:mod TFS (Score 2) 454

by FishOuttaWater on Monday August 13, 2012 @02:02PM (#40975591) Attached to: DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It

Actually, they do sell it in Europe. You can buy them on EBay, but you have to get them converted from PAL to NTSC. ...and it's a bit less classic when you actually watch it again, about as good as So Dear to my Heart.

Comment Re:Any code? (Score 1) 304

by FishOuttaWater on Sunday August 12, 2012 @11:04AM (#40964209) Attached to: Rootbeer GPU Compiler Lets Almost Any Java Code Run On the GPU

I would have to agree that there is a wide range of student difficulty and teacher ability.

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