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  1. Re:Easier solution - *.bank.se on Swedish Regulators Ban Word "Bank" In Domain Names For Non-Banks · · Score: 1

    Why not go whole hog, and try bankofsweden.su

  2. Re:tl;dr on We're In the Midst of a Literacy Revolution · · Score: 1

    I C wut u did thar.

  3. Re:a delivered local wi-fi attack? on FBI Investigating Mystery Laptops Sent To US Governors · · Score: 1

    It's a lot easier once you get in the halibut.

  4. All I have to say on Obesity May Accelerate Brain Aging · · Score: 1

    At least we have medical evidence to prove the world is populated by fatheads.

  5. Re:Lol on US Fed Gov. Says All Music Downloads Are Theft · · Score: 1

    The USPS is pseudoprivate, though.

  6. Re:I have a friend who grew a tooth. on Fully Functional Bioengineered Tooth Grown In a Mouse · · Score: 1

    Dude, stop rAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGing for a moment and calm down. Seriously, no matter how good it might feel to rant and rave like a madman on the internet, it can't be good for your blood pressure.

  7. Re:All the whiners have is a teaser trailer on Avatar, Has Sci-fi Found Its Heaven's Gate? · · Score: 1

    As far as I can tell, Rotten Tomatoes has a mildly negative correlation with my personal assessment of movies.

    For example, The Saddest Music In the World.

  8. Re:Old News: Wired, 2007 on BrainPort Lets the Blind "See" With Their Tongues · · Score: 2, Informative

    Older than that. From September 1, 2001:

    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Seeing+Tongue-a078681631

  9. Re:Nerds? on How To Prove Someone Is Female? · · Score: 1

    So test for SRY. Present: Male. Not present: Female.

  10. Re:They've discovered the Emo Gene! on A Broken Heart Really Does Hurt, Scientists Claim · · Score: 1

    I don't see how the existence of a homosexual gene that could be removed wouldn't also imply homosexuality being weeded out of the gene pool within three or four generations. Same effect as a sterility gene.

  11. Re:If fire insurance were like medical insurance. on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    If auto insurance were like car insurance, you'd have to go through them every time you checked your oil.

  12. Re:Speculation schmeculation on Speculating On the Far Future of Cellphones · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Best health care system in the world! on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, medicaid is absolutely riddled with fraud.

  14. Re:Well, on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 1

    That's why they use multiple methods whenever they do a calculation.

  15. Re:No pattern = a very good thing on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 1

    Yes it is.

    Now prove me wrong.

  16. Re:The great thing about this.. on A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine · · Score: 1

    Quite the contrary. If you compare their business practices, level of involvement in their companies, et cetera, you'll soon realize that Bill Gates is already the next Thomas Edison, except slightly more ethical.

  17. Re:Cost? on A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's a real shame that those warlords and petty dictators end up intercepting the aid, and general corruption prevents it from getting to the people it's intended for.

  18. Re:It's kind of hard to match DA on New Hitchhiker's Guide Book "Not Very Funny" · · Score: 1

    Early Pratchett and early Adams were pretty similar. Pterry would have been my first choice.

  19. Compression on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, we can record a ridiculous amount of data (2.5 trillion digits!) just by calculating pi?

    Best.

    Compression Algorithm.

    Evar!

  20. Re:Um... they have one already on Marine Corps Wants a Throwable Robot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Um... LEGO beat them to it.

    http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Throwbots

  21. Re:Yea, because 1 percent... on How the Pirate Bay Will Be Legalized · · Score: 1

    So send the artist a greeting card with a euro enclosed. Even including the price of mail, you're paying less, and the artist gets more.

  22. Re:Agree with the artist and then some on Flickr Yanks Image of Obama As Joker · · Score: 1

    Obama is trying to reform health care

    The Joker blew up a hospital

    Just saying...

  23. Re:So in other words... on Network Adapter Keeps Talking While a PC Is Asleep · · Score: 2, Funny

    'sup dawg, I heard you like computers, so I put a computer in your computer so you can download while you sleep.

  24. Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon? on Looking For a Link Between Sci-Fi UFOs and UFO Reports · · Score: 1

    Could also be a result of the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon - that is, the thing where after you learn a new word/name/fact, you suddenly start noticing it everywhere.

  25. Split across six pages on The Problems With Porting Games · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's split across six pages for no good reason. (and no printer friendly version)

    /. should have better standards for posted articles.