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Comment Re: Like the nazi used to say (Score 0) 431

by biek on Friday July 10, 2015 @09:11AM (#50081125) Attached to: Bomb Squad Searches House Over Teenager's Chemistry Experiments

Who are they stealing from? If it's abandoned it's as good as found.

Comment Re:Unhealthy food is tasty. Healthy food is boring (Score 1) 244

by biek on Thursday June 25, 2015 @12:26PM (#49986201) Attached to: High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Can Lead To Cognitive Decline

Actually yes, that is the goal. Not to live forever, of course. But maintaining health into old age, and avoiding "lifestyle" diseases, is part of the reason I work out and try to eat healthily.

Exactly. Die quicker, not sooner.

Comment Re: Then and now (Score 1) 54

by biek on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @04:36PM (#49972429) Attached to: SpaceX and OneWeb -- Same Goal, Different Technology and Strategy

Bush wants to make no mistake, Obama wants you to let him be clear

Comment Verbatim vs. Reading Level (Score 2) 424

by biek on Thursday June 18, 2015 @01:54PM (#49938107) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Search Engines Left That Don't Try To Think For Me?

When the results are displayed go to Search Tools and change All Results to Verbatim

Comment Re: Overrated (Score 1) 200

by biek on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @05:10PM (#49425167) Attached to: Snowden Demystified: Can the Government See My Junk?

Why are they looking at all this hay when they're supposed to be finding needles?!??

Comment Re:Free? (Score 5, Insightful) 703

by biek on Thursday January 08, 2015 @11:54PM (#48771881) Attached to: Obama Proposes 2 Years of Free Community College

But why should I have to pay even MORE in taxes to send someone to college. I may need that money to send my OWN kids to school.

Your kids wouldn't qualify as that "someone" being sent to college on the public dime?

Comment Re:The internet is for porn. (Score 1) 571

by biek on Thursday October 23, 2014 @04:34PM (#48215821) Attached to: The Inevitable Death of the Internet Troll

You're no pilgrim

Comment Re: Semantics (Score 1) 571

by biek on Thursday October 23, 2014 @02:24PM (#48214809) Attached to: The Inevitable Death of the Internet Troll

It's not ignoring the point at all. It's one thing to have your eyes drawn downward for a moment, it's quite another to keep staring after being asked to stop. She shouldn't have to wear a turtleneck to keep your gaze focused where it should be.

Comment Re:Not just women (Score 1) 571

by biek on Thursday October 23, 2014 @11:30AM (#48213109) Attached to: The Inevitable Death of the Internet Troll

I get your point but it's more akin to avoiding the Westboro Baptist Church.

Comment Re:What integrity? (Score 3, Insightful) 239

by biek on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @09:01AM (#48194501) Attached to: Facebook To DEA: Stop Using Phony Profiles To Nab Criminals

"Harming the integrity of the community" = "Polluting our data"

Comment Politics (Score 1) 549

by biek on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @10:54AM (#48036919) Attached to: Elon Musk: We Must Put a Million People On Mars To Safeguard Humanity

If you thought international politics was fun, wait until we get a whole new planet in the mix.

Comment Re:Bob: So we just went ahead and fixed the glitch (Score 1) 190

by biek on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @03:07PM (#47517423) Attached to: The Department of Homeland Security Needs Its Own Edward Snowden

Fix the glitch. Just like Milton's payroll issue.

That didn't end well, iirc.

He got salt with his margarita.

Comment Re:Yes. (Score 1) 287

by biek on Thursday January 16, 2014 @06:45PM (#45980537) Attached to: NSA Collects 200 Million Text Messages Per Day

'sides, everyone knows the NSA uses Mongo.

Send a candygram and they're done for.

Comment Re:Summary (Score 2) 253

by biek on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:34PM (#45944433) Attached to: Using Nanotechnology To Build Thinner, Stronger Condoms

Condom nanotubes

Comment Re:Does it matter (Score 2) 207

by biek on Monday December 30, 2013 @12:17PM (#45818931) Attached to: Unintended Consequences: How NSA Revelations May Lead To Even More Surveillance

This is no time to haarp about conspiracy theories

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