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  1. Re:Why on Fewer Than 10 ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy? · · Score: 1

    Yes, because there has never been any hundred-year war.

  2. Re:Computer? on Linguistic Clue Pushes Back Origin of "World's Oldest Computer" · · Score: 2, Funny

    A computer? That's the hot chick who crunches numbers for me.

  3. So, systems wise on A.I. Developer Challenges Pro-Human Bias · · Score: 1

    Obviously the solar system is the most intelligent of them all!

    I for one, welcome our planetary overlords.

  4. Re:It can never be human like... on Games That Design Themselves · · Score: 1

    That's not really the case, though. Real high-level chess players tend to "chunk" things - they don't just look ahead some number of moves.

    Limiting the number of moves of look-ahead tends to result in unrealistic mistakes.

  5. Re:Kinda obvious actually on China Bans Games That "Glorify Gangsters' Lives" · · Score: 1

    >The facts are a healthy person WILL eventually die.

    You're a quitter, you know that. I, personally, plan on living forever.

    Fine so fa9A&%M:JD&`+'${`%&NO CARRIER

  6. Re:Elections in China on China Bans Games That "Glorify Gangsters' Lives" · · Score: 1

    Puerto Rico has had several opportunities to become a state. Puerto Ricans as a whole seem to be unwilling to pay more money to federal government in exchange for a couple of electoral votes.

  7. Re:Sim Earth on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    Are you kidding? Sim ant was great.

    Are you perhaps thinking of sim farm?

  8. Oh, another expansion pack on New Class of Galaxy Discovered · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, another overpriced expansion pack. I guess sales from the last time they added a class have dropped, so astronomers are making new areas and classes rather than trying to balance the existing content.

    NERF ANDROMEDA!

  9. Re:Life imitates XKCD on Sandia Studies Botnets In 1M OS Digital Petri Dish · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, given that XKCD was imitating an old hacker competition...

  10. Re:Oh Noes! on 26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive · · Score: 1

    They can already do that.

    Didn't you see that episode of CSI?

  11. Re:Who needs it? on 26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive · · Score: 1

    STOP SHOUTING!

  12. Re:Yay. on Blackboard Patent Invalidated By Appellate Court · · Score: 1

    He was getting paid for making each student in his class buy a $125 product.

  13. Re:Article wrong, we already had transparent alumi on Transparent Aluminum Is "New State of Matter" · · Score: 1

    No, actually. If it has red impurities it's a ruby. Otherwise, no matter what the color, it's a sapphire.

  14. Re:Sad, yes. News? No. on 92% of Windows PCs Vulnerable To Zero-Day Attacks On Flash · · Score: 1

    Well, given that it's possible to avoid Flashblock just by lying to the browser (since FF3 doesn't do much MIME checking), installing it really doesn't help security significantly.

  15. Re:Oh Noes! on 26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive · · Score: 1

    Speak for yourself. Cursive is around five or six times more fatiguing to my hand than print.

    I can't quickly write four lines in cursive without cramping up.

  16. Who cares? on 26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's exactly one profession that requires cursive handwriting skills.

    Third grade teachers.

  17. Re:I thought this was the whole point? on Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man · · Score: 1

    So in other words, you want a living, breathing, human being to spend eight hours a day standing in a box, just so you feel a little bit better about yourself when you order them to push a button for you.

    Talk about selfish.

  18. Re:Bday! on Celebrate Your Next Birthday At the Microsoft Store · · Score: 1

    Ah, a party with a pinata.

  19. Re:It isn't instant. on New Zealand Tree Stuck In Evolutionary Time Warp · · Score: 1

    Plus, under cases of extremely low caloric input, your body hair suddenly grows out extensively, and becomes far more efficient at trapping heat. It's rather rarely seen outside of anorexics, though, since virtually everyone has enough fat to serve as insulation.

  20. Re:Diller is full of it on Free Web Content a "Myth," Claims Barry Diller · · Score: 1

    The Hunt For Gollum.

  21. They promised this before release on Spore Patch Nearly Lets Creatures Into Other Games · · Score: 1

    I'm glad to see they finally are fulfilling some of the promises they made before release.

  22. Re:Double Duty? on Electricity From Salty Water · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Desalination plants produce brine, though, which has more salt than ocean water, so conceivably you could increase the efficiency by combining seawater and brine.

  23. Re:Thomas Edison ??? on Wireless Power Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    Edison invented one major thing:

    The mass production of inventions.

    Everything else was either stolen or subcontracted.

    Did you know Edison didn't believe in Ohm's law?

  24. Re:Wind Farm implies Wind on The Rocky Road To Wind Power · · Score: 4, Funny

    If by impractical you mean "extremely fast", then yes.

  25. Re:ALARMING! on FOIA Documents Detail iPods Overheating, Catching Fire · · Score: 1

    If only the fires were slightly more lethal. Then NOBODY would report them.