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  1. Re:Promise he won't sue? on Author Encourages Users to Pirate His Book · · Score: 1

    If he tries to renege and sue he could be estopped from doing so.

    That is so 90's. Today that would be iStopped.

  2. Re:...and Russian is one of them on First European Commander of the ISS · · Score: 1

    Interestingly the article lists Russian as one of those European languages so either this should be the second European commander or the first commander from the EU.

    Possibly, the other Russian commanders were from the Asian part of Russia.

  3. Re:Let me be the first... on First European Commander of the ISS · · Score: 1

    The English are offended if you don't speak their language in their country if you visit and are offended if you don't speak English in your country when they visit.

    A man who speaks many languages is called multilingual.
    A man who speaks two languages is called bilingual.
    A man who speak one language is called British.

  4. Re:Implications on Fans Come Together To Complete Star Wars Uncut · · Score: 1

    It is pretty much established that Jesus was closer to what Westerners think of as "black" today that was Westerners think of as "White" today. The image of scrawny white Jesus is a European invention as Jesus in their own image. Look at modern Yeminis for an idea of what Jesus probably looked like.

  5. Re:Call me a cynic.. on New Graphical Representation of the Periodic Table · · Score: 1

    Imagine taking the dictionary and reorganizing it by which words evoke which emotions rather than by alphabetical order.

    Although I agree with most of what you said, as a part-time author I would love such a dictionary. Anyone know where to find such a thing?

    Maybe that proves a point: what looks like garbage to most may be just the gem someone particular is looking for. Maybe there is someone for whom this new table is useful. And maybe he is not a chemist.

  6. Re:Whats funny is my initial reaction to the headl on NASA Discovers Giant Ring Around Saturn · · Score: 1

    Is anyone looking for these invisible rings in other places? Might Earth have one?

  7. Re:Things you can buy for about the same price on Netgear WNR3500L Open Source Router Announced · · Score: 0

    That's nice, but not everyone is an EE. Some people are doctors, prostitutes, and telephone sanitizers. What would they do with those parts?

    Did you ever buy a car without considering the cost of the pistons, rings, rods, crank, block, heads, timing gear and chain, associated gaskets and freeze plugs, valves, springs, camshafts, spark plugs, plug wires, coils, belts, AC pump, steering pump, alternator, belts, motor mounts, fuel injectors, fuel rails, intake manifold, exhaust manifold, etc...

  8. Re:802.11n? on Netgear WNR3500L Open Source Router Announced · · Score: 2, Funny

    20ish models there?

    Please rephrase that when referring to ROUTER MODELS. I click on that link so fast the mouse button cracked, and there was not a single hottie on that page.

  9. Re:Why is OS/2 mentioned twice in the article? on Old Operating Systems Never Die · · Score: 1

    That's why I asked about UI features specifically. Any ideas?

  10. Re:That's how IT saved the world. on Reddit Javascript Exploit Spreading Virally · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can you imagine the same people in other fields of science?

    "...Hey guys, look! I made the black hole generator we were theorizing yesterday! See? I just have to press this button and

    They keep having problems with that black hole generator, just wait until November.

  11. Re:and what if I don't *want* comments on my site? on Google SideWiki Brings Comments To Everyone · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to have comments enabled on my Flickr photos, but jokers kept on leaving suggestive remarks about my wife (she's pretty hot, IMHO).

    Link, PLEASE!

  12. Re:Sharks, too on Universal "Death Stench" Repels Bugs of All Types · · Score: 1

    Not really. It takes a lot of practice to overcome revulsion of the dead. There is nothing that smells quite as bad like a dead person, even a fresh one has a smell that will tie your stomach in a knot.

    A lot of dead shit and piss themselves. Unfortunately I have seen my share of freshly-dead, and the only thing that really kept disgusting me was the shit. Even the smell of fresh blood was easy to get over.

  13. Re:Well, kind of obvious... on How GNOME and KDE Spend Their Money · · Score: 1

    Back in the 0.x days? KDE 1.0 was 1998 IIRC.

  14. Re:Why is OS/2 mentioned twice in the article? on Old Operating Systems Never Die · · Score: 1

    I would really like to know the advantages that these OS's have. Can their UI features be incorporated into KDE, for example? The KDE bugtracker is here, let's file some feature requests or at least mention them here so that I could file them:
    http://bugs.kde.org/

    Thanks!

  15. Re:Good luck on Running Old Desktops Headless? · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're all putting WAY too much thought into this. The easiest way to do this is to take a magnet and manually adjust your hard drive until it has the SSH capability you're looking for.

    Butterflies. What the OP needs are butterflies.
    http://xkcd.com/378/

  16. Re:Do they mean.. on MPAA Pushes Once Again To Close the Analog Hole · · Score: 1

    .noitpyrcne LTR dellac s'ti - thgiarts stcaf ruoy teG

    My native language is Hebrew, you insensitive clod!

  17. Re:The photo is of the electric field. on IBM Images a Single Molecule · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bonds, Atomic Bonds...

    (That comment was on the gizmodo site. Gizmodo user "Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®" deserves the funny mod.)

  18. Re:Slackware is for stability - so why KDE 4.2? on Slackware 13.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I file bugs on KDE and have been concentrating on KDE 3 -> KDE 4 issues lately. Please tell me what is preventing you from upgrading to KDE 4, or what is keeping you on KDE 3, and we will file the bugs and get it worked out. Thanks!

    You can either reply here, email me at gmail with the same username as here, or use this form:
    http://dotancohen.com/eng/message.php

  19. Re:Maybe the measurements are wrong or incomplete on Astrophysicists Find "Impossible" Planet · · Score: 1

    This study does demonstrate that either the measurements are wrong or our understanding of orbital dynamics is wrong. Knowing the former is important because it tells us we have to alter how we make the measurements and knowing the latter is important because it tells us we have to alter our understanding of physics. So it's the very antithesis of hubris.

    Maybe there are in fact certain orbits that are stable, and others which are not, sort of like quantum mechanics describing an electron around the nucleus. Could there be finite, quantum distances from the star into which an orbit has to fall? Isn't this how the electron orbits the nucleus without crashing into it?

  20. Re:Know your market. on Microsoft Poland Photoshops Black Guy To White One · · Score: 1

    Many Polish people may indeed be nationalist, they may be anti-semites, russophobes... but racists? There are just not so many black people in Poland. Microsoft was probably right thinking that having black people in the ads would not connect in a 99.9% white population.

    This is what always makes me laugh in the AdultFriendFinder advertisements. There will be a picture of a blue-eyed blonde girl with an advertisement for finding sluts in a nearby Arab village. I don't think that blue eyes or blonde hair have ever lived in that village. If they want to be just a bit more convincing, show Arab women in the ads. Or pick a different place name to pick on.

    Similarly, if they show blacks in Polish ads, then the Poles would likely feel that they are looking at a foreign ad. Something to laugh at, not a product to buy.

  21. What is TFA doing when I select text? on How To Prove Someone Is Female? · · Score: 1

    Every time I select text in TFA the Firefox Throbber spins. What is that page doing?

  22. Re:fun hacking? Er..no. Imagine the annoyance... on A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine · · Score: 3, Informative

    I searched in vain for anything in the article that says something about sound.

    It does have sound. It this video posted by another commenter below, you can see the speaker at the 1:02 minute mark:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7GErbdNRrE

  23. Re:more high carb propoganda on Fatty Foods Affect Memory and Exercise Performance · · Score: 1

    2 months before I watch a documentary about eating Macs and dropping weight.

    Don't let the name "Apple" confuse you: Macs are not mean for human consumption!

  24. Re:Forget the books on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Set up a home bugzilla server. Every complain she has she can log into bugzilla, from household repairs to you forgetting the anniversary.

  25. Re:Save me from the polish on KDE 4.3 Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There is a heap of stuff that KDE (and Gnome, and the distros) won't do because no one (not a single soul) will ever take responsibility for facilitating critical use cases across these projects.

    Such as what? State some examples so that the ball can get rolling. If it is a ball that KDE needs to get rolling, I'll file the bugs but I need you to tell me what is missing. Thanks!