Comment Re:O RLY (Score 1) 227
But if the "blinds" are invisible to the outside world, they'll see you naked behind them and have a better idea of whether you're a pervert.
Comment What's the point? (Score 1) 299
If we wouldn't recognize a different kind of life on Mars, would we also not recognize it on Earth? We should expect that some kinds of life on Mars have also arrived on Earth several times, and that Earth life has also reached Mars several times. It's unlikely, but there have been quite a few rocks thrown into space from both planets. So maybe the same speculated odd life is already here, but we don't know how to recognize it no matter where it is.
Comment This has been needed for decades (Score 3, Funny) 52
This could lead to quantum circuits
Great! My lights have been needing a bottle of blinker fluid for the longest time!
Comment tl;dr (Score 1) 295
Maybe their test is so boring that people don't want to try as hard when they're re-tested. On the other hand, a test which is so boring that you continue to be bored by it over a ten year period might have some useful boredom technology in it.
Comment So, no change? (Score 2) 229
Doesn't seem like a change, unless they presently don't shutdown an unsafe plant before 40 years.
Comment Crack (Score 1) 57
I have the most logically organized and beautifully poetic reply to this. It would bring tears of joy to your grandchildren's eyes, but it will not fit in this space. I'll just tweet about it.
Comment Crack (Score 1) 2
I have the most logically organized and beautifully poetic reply to this. It would bring tears of joy to your grandchildren's eyes, but it will not fit in this space. I'll just tweet about it.
Comment Re:Can't wait to see... (Score 3, Funny) 185
That which doesn't kill me makes me stronger. Of course, that which doesn't kill the bugs makes them stronger, too. So will the stronger bugs will make me ever more disease resistant, or just kill me?
They'll first have to get through your tanned and leathery hands.
Comment Re:Congratulations (Score 2) 339
Congratulations, only a few characters have to be guessed for each site!
Comment Re:What? Still no Higgs Boson in Box? (Score 1) 80
Don't worry, it is designed to make small pieces out of the big pieces until he has some Higgs bricks.
Comment That's nothing (Score 1) 135
My computer is so overclocked, I have a pipeline feeding this stuff in to keep repairing the motherboard!
Comment Barsoom (Score 1) 647
I've liked the "Lensman" by E.E. Smith series for some time. It did a good job on the space police genre.
Lately I've been reading the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs -- "A Princess of Mars" is the first one, and it's in the public domain. Two days ago, a commercial for March's "John Carter" movie by Disney appeared and the characters are quite recognizable.
Lately I've been reading the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs -- "A Princess of Mars" is the first one, and it's in the public domain. Two days ago, a commercial for March's "John Carter" movie by Disney appeared and the characters are quite recognizable.
Submission + - Ready for your payroll software update? (hotair.com)
SEWilco writes: A federal payroll tax reduction for two months is being pushed by the President. Paying less money to the government seems good, but if the law is changed it will change the payroll taxes in January and February. Here in Slashdot many of us can well imagine what that will do to the many payroll systems which are already programmed with the 2012 tax rates.
Comment 1024 (Score 1) 216
Dibs on pig 1024.
Comment Re:ahem (Score 1) 289
We don't know that.
The law might instead require LOUD PROGRAMS between commercials.
