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  1. Re:Will the aliens be on Vatican Astronomer Comments On Extraterrestrials · · Score: 2, Funny

    Interplanetry Mormons or quantum presbytaryans

    Astral Amish.

  2. Re:Blaming the tool again... on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    Define 'lied'.

    Shure thing

    lied -- (a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano)

  3. Re:One question: why? on Glenn Urges Direct-to-Mars Trip · · Score: 3, Funny

    What can people on the moon or Mars do that a robot can't?

    Well for one they can die a horrible death from hunger or asphyxiation, give me a few minutes and I will think of a few more things.

  4. Re:Iris changes on Germany Begins Iris Scans at Frankfurt Airport · · Score: 4, Funny

    but the iris never changes from the eighth month of gestation until death.

    So, does this mean that folks suffering from death (which is common and can manifest initially through pigment changes in the iris), etc... will have to go through a bigger hassle than the other passengers when traveling?

  5. Re:Less TV == more social on Social Side-Effects Of Internet Use · · Score: 1

    Sure. You can surf for an hour at work. This leaves more free time for when you get home.

  6. Re:World's Strongest player?!? on Man Vs Machine In Chess - Who Is Winning? · · Score: 1

    "I see your point, sir. I suggest a new strategy, R2. Let the Wookiee win."

  7. Re:Patent madness? on The Guy Responsible For Ctrl-Alt-Del · · Score: 1

    I can see it now.

    One click reboot.

  8. Re:Shocking! on Apple Issues New G5 Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    IIRC Fibonacci numbers can't be calculated in paralell so thats one test where the P4 would
    beat ES.

  9. Q: What kinds of other applications do you expect on Executive Secretary In Every Computer · · Score: 1

    A: One application is an intelligence agent, looking at data coming from many databases. Another application is where you'd have a robot that would record its experiences, so that at some point it could say, "Oh, I saw something like this before and this is what I did, and this is what happened."

    These things can't come soon enough.

  10. Re:Comments.. on FTC Chief Bashes Anti-Spam Bills · · Score: 1

    but more and more slip through despie over 150,000 'training' emails as the spammers get smarter.

    I suspect that many of these 150,000 training emails are getting old (or you receive an unholy amount of spam) and as you said spammers are changing their tactics. So it might help if you deleted the oldest samples as they are no longer a representative sample of spam, making the decision rule generated by SpamBayes inaccurate. Of course SpamBayes might place more weight on newer samples....

  11. Re:Help me out, here . . . on Female Gamer Talks Girl Gaming · · Score: 1

    Nope. it's the boss monster from that Sims game.

  12. Re:The Real Question on DARPA Developing 'Combat Zones That See' · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm sure that in 1937, all the German people thought their government was the greatest thing on the planet. I'm sure that even the Jews didn't really think they had anything to worry about, after all, they weren't breaking any laws.

    This really is a common misconception. The Nazi party started cleaning up political dissidents and granting the police extensive powers quite soon after they got to power, Dachau was established in 1933 and the Gestapo soon after, it all went downhill from there. Incidentally Hitler was chosen the person of the year by Time magazine in 1938.

  13. Re:Another way to see this is... on DARPA Looking into Hypersonic Bombers · · Score: 1

    Especially when those countries are making a profit from savage dictators ...

    Yes indeed.

  14. Re:Cease and... on RIAA Warns Individual Swappers · · Score: 1

    I find it inconceivable that the name ....

    I don't think that word means what you think it means.

  15. Re:Biology First on AI Going Nowhere? · · Score: 1

    How about we more thoroughly study and understand how birds fly before we even presume to design something that imitates or rivals it in depth and complexity.

  16. Re:Another cruel regime? on Hilary Rosen from RIAA will write Iraq's Copyrights? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:In a word, no! on Could E-Voting Cure Voter Apathy? · · Score: 1

    we need a "None of the above" choice

    I believe turning in a blank ballot means "None of the above".

  18. Re:The legal fees... on RIAA Seeks Estimated $97.8 Billion From MTU Student · · Score: 1

    That this comment was moderated insightful instead of funny sails something about the U.S. legal system.

  19. Re:Hmmm, on Seven Rules For Spotting Bogus Science · · Score: 1

    Quantum Physics could be considered bogus.

    But they are. "God does not play with dice".

  20. Re:The real point on Mandrake Announces Turn-Key Clustering Distribution · · Score: 1
  21. Re:they are public places on Turning a Blind Eye to Big Brother · · Score: 1

    It is not like being watched by other people,
    its like being followed. When you leave the area of one camera another one takes over and records your movements.

    So while I have no real problem with being seen in public places I have a problem with being stalked, every movement presicely recorded and stored for future reference.

    Yeah yeah, I know I'm nobody, why should Big Brother care what I do and where I go.....

  22. 5 years already? on Slashdot Turns 5 · · Score: 1

    Better get back to work then.

  23. Re:Let's just wait and see... on Drink Pepsi, Go to Space? · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Dr. Walt Brown agrees with the idea on Speed of Light Inconstant? · · Score: 1

    Oh my.
    The creationists (Walter Brown & co.) use measurements from 1675 to prove their case.
    Here is a site discussing this c-decay

  25. Re:When are they going to make Dinosaurs? on Open-Source Biology · · Score: 1

    Don't say Blueberries cause the darned things are really just purple.
    These blueberries look pretty blue. Blue berries