Except you have to use a pretty twisted definition of 'ancestor' for a protoplanetary disc to be a valid example. Do I have to explain the joke word for word for you or shall we just accept your pedantic knob-jockeying is just making you look like a fucking idiot?

You're not familiar with sarcasm are you?

So rocks on Mars, when coloured to look as they would if on Earth, look like rocks on Earth. Obviously this must mean that Martian rocks and Earth rocks share a common ancestor! Once again, Slashdot tackles the tough science questions that other media don't dare touch.

I don't see much sci in his fi.

Nearly two. He was writing the 'sequel' to A Canticle for Leibowitz when he died. Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman was then completed by Terry Bisson. Unfortunately it's out of print now so I had to buy it second hand.

When it comes to computer work, if you're high enough in the department to be expected to follow a dress code you're high enough to not have to adhere to said dress code.

Problem solved.

I didn't realise FunnyJunk was in the GM business.

Finally, the Fedora guys have listened to its customers and fanbase! People have been clamouring for years to be able to restart their computers needlessly after updating and now these long years of loyalty have been rewarded. Bravo, Fedora. Bravo.

In what way will your photo on an ATM card stop a thief using your card to retrieve money from an ATM? Do ATMs have facial recognition where you live?

So... you're saying he uses his gun for transport?

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I hereby hand in my Grammar Nazi ID card and matching lanyard. Oh, the humiliation.

Finally, Microsoft has listened to it's customers and fanbase! People have been clamouring for years to have context focused advertising/product placement on their Xboxen and now these long years have loyalty have been rewarded. Bravo, Microsoft. Bravo.

'eBook Regex Gone Haywire'

This is a straight-forward substring replace, not a regular expression. A not-completely-stupid regex would at least have only converted \bKindle\b, although obviously even then human oversight would be necessary.

No. The percentage of digital storage capacity that's solid state would be the formula s/d*100 . If you have no digital storage then the resultant formula would be 0/0*100 , ie. you would be dividing by zero, which of course is a Bad Thing To Do. The answer in that case isn't zero, it's N/A; hence the extra option.

Whoosh!

I'm sick of the creeping bullshit such as SlashBI etc. too -- I even moaned about it in the announcing post -- but seriously, guy, learn to take a fucking joke.