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  1. Re:Oh jeez on Hints of Life Found On Saturn's Moon Titan · · Score: 1

    Dolphins are complete dicks as well. Gangs of dolphins swim through the ocean, and bludgeon to death baby porpoises. Now, porpoises don't eat the same kinds of food as dolphins, so there's really only two reasons biologist have come up with for why they might do it.

    1) For the lulz
    2) To get practice for killing baby dolphins.

  2. Re:Broken? More like fixed. on J. P. Barlow — Internet Has Broken the Political System · · Score: 1

    "Hey, guys, it would probably be a good idea to break from British Rule"

  3. Re:Why the scare quotes? They ARE seeing on New Radar Device Helps Blind People 'See' · · Score: 1

    Also, guide dogs aren't colorblind. There are a few breeds of dalmatians that are, but on the whole it's a myth.

  4. Re:Exactly. It's not like law enforcement can be on Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded · · Score: 1

    No, really. They actively try to weed out more intelligent people from the recruiting pool, because they're worried about people taking the training and going somewhere else. It's well documented.

  5. Re:The truth about caffeine on Caffeine Addicts Get No Additional Perk, Only a Return To Baseline · · Score: 1

    There have actually been a ton of them backed by the Mormons.

  6. Re:Asimov on iRobot Demonstrates New Weaponized Robot · · Score: 1

    the three laws will never be applied to any device intended to be used to win a war... against humans!

  7. Re:Obvious questions... on iRobot Demonstrates New Weaponized Robot · · Score: 1

    It's probably more feasible just to get Aki Ra to train people.

    He's pretty good at it.

  8. Re:"Washington" is a US State on Washington Wants 10,000 Web Surfers · · Score: 1

    They were going to name the state Columbia, but then thought people might get it confused with the District of Columbia, so they called it Washington instead.

  9. Re:Actual Apiarist/beekeeper here. Blame GMO'd pol on Study Claims Cellphones Implicated In Bee Loss · · Score: 1

    Honeybees are a non-native invasive species in the United State anyway. That's why they were call the "white man's fly".

    So, evolutionarily speaking, there should be rather little difference between the reactions of bees to hybrids at home depot and flowers in Mississippi

  10. Re:oddball on Rent an iPad For Inflight Entertainment · · Score: 1

    3) The security people wouldn't allow anyone with a homebrewed device on anyway (at least, unless they were distracted by a bottle of evian)

  11. Re:Where's your pseudoscience now! on Acupuncture May Trigger a Natural Painkiller · · Score: 1

    "There are many things that like acupuncture that have been used medicinally for centuries."

    Like mercury.

  12. Re:Not actually a game on Design Contest Highlights Video Games With a Purpose · · Score: 1

    To be fair, everyone knows that licorice jelly beans are by far the most evil kind.

  13. Re:Not actually a game on Design Contest Highlights Video Games With a Purpose · · Score: 1

    There's what, four things that fit on the memo? Should be your first clue.
    -Poster (computer -> bookshelf)
    -Style Changed (tennis racket-> Photo)
    -Cell phone (click on cell phone and then decide not to call)
    -Party (sign on floor next to chair)

    Here's the conversation solution
    1)Talk about the party
    2) Tell her ken might be dangerous
    3) Talk about her cell phone
    4) Use website

    That said, I think having multiple object examinations cue off each other without indication is somewhat bad design.

  14. Re:Humble Indie Bundle on Physics Platformer Gish Goes Open Source · · Score: 1

    If an article gets submitted with a link in it, and that article gets rejected (perhaps due to a bad description), that link can't be resubmitted.

    This results in forcing some of the front page links to be indirect.

  15. Re:Please explain... on Where Were You When PLATO Was Born? · · Score: 1

    Too soon!

  16. Re:Solution... on Tabnapping Scams Around the Corner? · · Score: 1

    Because I can avoid filling up my list of windows with dozens of instances of firefox when I'm working on a research project. If I have a bunch of tabs open, and only one window, it's far quicker to switch between open office text and back.

  17. Re:Religious Viewers= $ on Lost Ends · · Score: 1

    It's bigger on the inside than on the outside, alright?

  18. Re:Idiotic on Lost Ends · · Score: 1

    I think he's referring to those sweepstakes winners.

    I mean, I appreciate the effort the Wachowski Brothers went to to drum up fan interest, but taking a couple of fanfics and filming them seemed a little overboard.

  19. Re:A bit of a stretch on "Cyber-Roach" Forces Rethink On Animal Movement · · Score: 1

    Hey, they said "animals", not "all animals". As long as you find a couple of them somewhere, you're good to go.

  20. Re:Wikipedia's sources? on In Argentina, Law Against Plagiarism Plagiarized · · Score: 1

    Unless he's got a secret life as a Peruvian woman, doubtful.

  21. Re:The 'Decision Engine' ? on Google To Answer Your Questions Directly · · Score: 1

    Set your language to pirate.

    Problem solved.

  22. Re:Yeah... on Google To Answer Your Questions Directly · · Score: 1

    Perhaps not universally, but of the feedback they're getting on the official forums I've seen a ratio of about 40 negative comments to one positive.

    Admittedly, there's a bit of a selection bias.

  23. Isn't this just an expansion of ROM CHECK FAIL? on Nostalgic Elation — the Super Mario Crossover · · Score: 1

    ROM check fail: asking the inevitable question, "What if the ROM check... Failed?"

  24. Re:Copyright laws. on Anyone Can Play Big Brother With BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Q: Did bob steal this car?

    http://www.angryflower.com/supergo.html

    A: No, but he's being a dick.

  25. Re:What next? on Apple Bans Online Sales In Japan · · Score: 1

    The civil war was never about anything other than slavery.

    The idea that "states rights were the cause of the civil war" was pretty much entirely made up by revisionist Southern historians trying to restore dignity to the south. Take a look at the difference between the confederacy and union constitutions.