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  1. Re:Nice headline on Computer Defeats Human At Japanese Chess · · Score: 1

    Of course, since draughts is now solved, a really high level program will never be defeated.

  2. Re:Prior Art on High-Tech Microphone Picks Voices From a Crowd · · Score: 1

    It was the cold war. They could throw money at the problem until any engineering difficulties vanished.

  3. Re:Common Theme in History... on Technological Genius Is Timeliness, Not Inspiration · · Score: 1

    Of course, that really only counts if you ignore Archimedes.

  4. Re:Obviously on Iran Acknowledges Espionage At Nuclear Facilities · · Score: 5, Funny

    My horoscope says that delicious pies are spying on Iran!

    Who can I trust?!

  5. Re:R.O.U.S. on Carnivorous Swamp Beast Discovered In Madagascar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look, which is a more sensible size for a Carnivorous Swamp Beast? "Roughly the size of a cat", or "roughly the size of a car"?

    I can get a poet to testify under oath if necessary.

  6. Re:R.O.U.S. on Carnivorous Swamp Beast Discovered In Madagascar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Summary has a typo. Replace final "t" with "r".

  7. Wait what? on Ubuntu 10.10, Maverick Meerkat, Now Available · · Score: 2, Funny

    The timeline for this release is all wrong. It's only 20XX - we shouldn't be getting mavericks for another century.

  8. Re:or desalinate? on Alaska To Export Billions of Gallons of Water · · Score: 1

    Try running it through a charcoal filter at the end - keeps the water from tasting dead.

  9. Re:lol on Solar Power On the White House · · Score: 3, Informative

    Probably because that generation of solar panels sucked, efficiency-wise, and IIRC several models also lost a large percent of their functionality after a few years.

  10. Re:Not good for lefties? on Gaming Mouse Changes Shape For a Custom Fit · · Score: 1

    There target market. There castle.

  11. Mixed feelings on Comcast Warns Customers Suspected of Bot Infection · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's good that Comcast is actually doing something, but I'm not really sure how effective it will be, and the precedent it sets makes me a little leery. Not sure how I feel about this.

  12. Re:Can't we just ask? on The Binary Code In Canada's Gov-Gen Coat of Arms · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but it's traditional to offer him a barometer.

  13. Re:You Don't say on Anti-Piracy Lawyers Caught Pirating Each Other · · Score: 1

    Perhaps because the RIAA doesn't represent the interests of musicians, the MPAA doesn't represent the interests of movie personnel, and EA doesn't represent the interests of game personnel?

    Just saying.

  14. Re:Understanding on Rube Goldberg and the Electrification of America · · Score: 1

    I *can* do plumbing, but I just hate it. My hatred for plumbing grows faster than an infant whale, suckling itself on the the fat-rich milk of the task's inherent irritation.

    So I don't.

  15. Re:Ouroboros on Anti-Piracy Lawyers Caught Pirating Each Other · · Score: 1

    Whoever loses, we win!

  16. Re:"Illegal media"? on Anti-Piracy Lawyers Caught Pirating Each Other · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear the kids are saying it's pretty rad.

  17. Re:"Illegal media"? on Anti-Piracy Lawyers Caught Pirating Each Other · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, I know CDs are a form of media, as are books and cassette tapes, so clearly "illegal media" must be some sort of way to record hot new blockbusters on disks made of a plutonium-cocaine alloy.

  18. Re:This is impractical on Senate Votes To Turn Down Volume On TV Commercials · · Score: 1

    Well, replay gain is pretty much what I wanted, though it would be nice if you could easily manually set it.

  19. Re:Not the first on Creative Commons Video Challenges Hollywood's Best · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also what on earth is a bandit doing on a random mountain ridge. Are there a lot of travelers at that time of year to rob? Isn't there a better road somewhere that isn't on a random cliff in a huge mountain range? Where does the bandit live? What does he do the other 364 days out of the year when someone doesn't happen upon his mountain peak? Is he a cannibal? Is there food up there anywhere? What does the old man eat? How did the old man get up there all by himself? I have a lot of logistical questions regarding that entire encounter.

    DM rolled an 84. That's a "Human Warrior 4".

  20. Re:Rambling bunch of Duhs! on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What do you mean, "almost exactly zero political power"? They're behind the dearth of atomic energy in the US.

  21. Not the first on Creative Commons Video Challenges Hollywood's Best · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is this really that different from Elephants Dream?

  22. Re:So let me get this straight on House Democrats Shelve Net Neutrality Proposal · · Score: 1

    Not like the Republicans can even do anything with their grip on power either.

    I don't think we've gotten any oil out of Iraq yet.

  23. Re:This is impractical on Senate Votes To Turn Down Volume On TV Commercials · · Score: 1

    Well since nobody's invented what I will call "consumer-variable sound adjustment"

    Speaking of which, I'm really surprised that there isn't a mp3 player that lets you select volume for individual songs as well as the overall volume. It seems like an obvious feature.

  24. Re:Growth? What? on Animal Farms Are Pumping Up Superbugs · · Score: 1

    Heck, people who work in clean rooms for a few hours a day show a measurable reduction in immune system response.

  25. Re:Wow. on Code Repository Atlassian Buys Competitor BitBucket · · Score: 1

    A side effect of think-aloud sleep-typing?

    Nah, think-aloud sleep typing is more like

    I, on the other hand, have found it quite impossible to predict orange growths with the kabbalah. Can you explain your methods and how I might improve mine?