Comment Plan of action (Score 5, Funny) 144
Once he's in jail, we need to find out who his cellmate is, so we can send him inordinate amounts of penis enlargement ads.
Comment Pun (Score 4, Funny) 190
Not that shocking -- they normally listen to the beetles.
Comment Re:RIP (Score 1) 427
> Many times over the last decade I've ended up on a Geocities website when researching particular subjects...
That's because now it's all on wikipedia.
Comment The net (Score 1) 204
The net is a good way to stay informed.
Unfortunately, it's an even better way to stay misinformed.
Comment Gender bender (Score 5, Funny) 250
The complexity of Adam is that it has cycles.
No, no, no -- the complexity of *Eve* is that it has cycles.
Comment Not first amendment! (Score 0, Redundant) 324
Repeat after me -- first amendment and other rights provided by the US constitution are ONLY applicable when you're dealing with the US government. When you are dealing with private entities, constitutional rights and freedoms do not apply (think, for example, Non-Disclosure Agreements -- which is pretty much all this is). Yes, doctors now insist on an NDA (for the purposes of CYA) -- that's a WTF, but not a violation of your constitutional rights.
Comment Think of it as fan fiction... (Score 1) 585
... and don't go to watch it.
*shrug*
Comment speaking of obscene emoticons (Score 1) 333
There's a Russian joke about emoticons (I'm sure totally made up).
During his first orbit, Yuri Gagarin was asked if he was enjoying the view, to which he responded "the view is three equals eight."
3=8 ("zayebis!" or rough equivalent of "fucking awesome!")
You kinda have to have you mind in the gutter to see this one (but I'm sure most slashdotters will do just fine
Submission + - No link found between mercury levels and autism
Mr. Icon writes: "Researchers at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Center have revealed new evidence dispelling the supposed link between mercury and autism. The research team, led by Dr. Eric Fombonne, tested mercury levels in the hair and blood samples from autistic children and their mothers and found that the levels did not differ statistically from those samples taken from non-autistic children. They also demonstrated that there was no correlation between the mercury level and the severity of symptoms and level of functioning of autistic children."
