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  1. Re:Protecting investment ... on Medical Papers By Ghostwriters Pushed Hormone Therapy · · Score: 1

    Plus, if you could bribe someone to start something in your competition.

    Monopoly. *do dooo do doo doo*

    Monopoly. *do doo doo do*

    Monopoly. *do dooo do doo doo* *do doo doo* *do doo do* *do dah do dah do dah da dada da*

  2. This is old news on Neuron Path Discovery May Change Our Conception of Itching · · Score: 4, Informative

    Saw it in Science News last year. November 22, 2008.

    http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/38338/title/Itch

  3. Re:Ouch. Torturous. on Neuron Path Discovery May Change Our Conception of Itching · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're just monkeys.

    Lazy bastards haven't finished my copy of Hamlet.

    Work harder, you ingrates!

  4. Re:Nice title. on Windows Drains MacBook's Battery; Who's To Blame? · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, no, if you actually read the article, the point is that Windows 7 drains batteries on MacBooks that it ISN'T INSTALLED ON. Just take your Windows 7 laptop to your nearest Starbucks, and watch your battery percentage climb as the hipsters around you lose theirs.

  5. Re:Silly Feds on Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned · · Score: 1

    Because you can be really inconvenient without being secure (see: airports)

  6. Re:What do you bet... on Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned · · Score: 1

    Mechanical voting booths are prone to errors (7% rate), and can easily be "hacked" to only register votes for a single candidate using a screwdriver and two minutes.

  7. Re:Do they need to map the entire brain on Can We Build a Human Brain Into a Microchip? · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are people who use 100% of their neurons simultaneously on a daily basis.

    We call them epileptics.

  8. Re:August on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 1

    The point is to cool down and not be angry.

    Not to stay angry and keep awake.

  9. Re:Forget the books on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 1

    If you're not growing, you're dying.

    And with cancer, you get both!

  10. Re:Except that Gold is Fiat on "Cash For Clunkers" Program Runs Out of Gas · · Score: 1

    Gold is highly conductive, and great for electrical stuff.

  11. Re:Makes Sense on Major New Function Discovered For the Spleen · · Score: 1

    Well, duh. We have backup kidneys, but no backup hearts. Of course more people die from heart failure.

  12. Re:And in Related News.. on Major New Function Discovered For the Spleen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Earlobes serve as a reservoir for gems and precious metals, in case of emergency financial distress.

  13. Re:More efficient adaptation, but... on Breakthrough in Electricity-Producing Microbe · · Score: 1

    The same thing that prevents house dogs from evolving back to wolves, and farm turkeys from evolving smaller breasts.

    Silicone?

  14. Re:The weekly Green Energy Hype on Breakthrough in Electricity-Producing Microbe · · Score: 1

    Polywell fusion's down to ten or twelve years.

  15. Re:How? on New HIV Strain Discovered · · Score: 1

    That's not a birth certificate. That's a "Certification of Live Birth", something different.

    We already know he was born (duh) - the question that has been asked is where.

  16. Re:no hiv was ever transmitted from sex with a mon on New HIV Strain Discovered · · Score: 1

    Are you kidding? Dolphins are massive jerks.

    They only put up with humans because they realize we could convert them to canned tuna in two months, flat.

  17. Excellent! on AP Will Sell You a "License" To Words It Doesn't Own · · Score: 1

    Now I have a license to publish the complete Harry Potter series online. A bargain at only $100!

  18. Re:Did I miss something on "Cash For Clunkers" Program Runs Out of Gas · · Score: 1

    Double check the mileage. They changed the numbers on the different models of car by a couple of MPH, and it's possible you checked before they did.

  19. Re:Fuck you, this is about EVERYBODY on "Cash For Clunkers" Program Runs Out of Gas · · Score: 1

    IIRC, you aren't legally required to destroy all the parts - just the engine and drive train.

  20. Re:Did I miss something on "Cash For Clunkers" Program Runs Out of Gas · · Score: 1

    You can only get the money if there's a 10 or more mpg improvement.

  21. Re:One step closer to robot world domination on Toyota Reveals A Humanoid Robot That Can Run · · Score: 1

    Sure, and next you're going to tell me the Japanese ministry of Agriculture is not in charge of Gundam.

  22. Re:Why are they squatting robots? on Toyota Reveals A Humanoid Robot That Can Run · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Given that 41% of museums mount the skeletons incorrectly, I doubt it would be that useful.

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/01/26/the-flesh-of-physics/

  23. Re:Is this really surprising? on Bootkit Bypasses TrueCrypt Encryption · · Score: 1

    1)Transcribe keystrokes
    2)?????
    3)Profit

  24. Re:People seem to be missing the bigger issue on Apple Keyboard Firmware Hack Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    Wasn't there an apple keyboard about ten or fifteen years ago that automatically typed something if there wasn't any input for five minutes?

  25. Re:But why would they not want this? on 11-Word Extracts May Infringe Copyright In Europe · · Score: 1

    But "Luke, I am your father" never actually appears in Star Wars.