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  1. Re:At what point... on New AACS Crack Called "Undefeatable" · · Score: 1

    There's no sales tax on licenses. When you purchace movies and software, the government charges sales tax. Therefore, you are not purchasing a license. QED.

  2. Re:No, false on eBay's Ill-Timed Lifetime Achievement Webby · · Score: 1

    Man, the stuff that you can find there isn't music. It's ordered noise.

  3. Re:Great Firewall of Oz on Australian Teachers Try To Shut Down Website · · Score: 1

    You can't handle the truth, eh!

  4. Re:Oil Companies on Quantum Dot Recipe May Lead To Cheaper Solar Panels · · Score: 1

    He's saying they're evil, but not cartoon evil.

  5. Re:Understood... on Student Arrested for Making Videogame Map of School · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, once you have a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail...

  6. Re:09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 on Censoring a Number · · Score: 1

    And the number for my luggage lock, too!

  7. Tag this "Irony" on MIT Dean of Admissions Resigns in Lying Scandal · · Score: 1

    Someone should tag this as irony.

  8. Re:See the Z Machine on Z Machine Advances Fusion Race · · Score: 1

    I have to say, how they named the Z-machine makes it sound like something out of a comic book.

  9. Re:20 years off? on Z Machine Advances Fusion Race · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unless you think Bussard's design works, which scales up by about a power of seven.

  10. Re:Ask Slick Willie & Friends on Z Machine Advances Fusion Race · · Score: 1

    The oil companies have two pockets. The left one for the democrats, the right one for republicans. They tried putting them all in the same pocket, but they started fighting.

  11. so where are the cops on Researchers Break Internet Speed Records · · Score: 1

    on the information superhighway? I'm pretty sure that's above the speed limit...

  12. Re:Observation on Quantum Physics Parts Ways With Reality · · Score: 1

    So, I take it you've never looked up at night.

  13. Re:As for Me... on New Theory Links Biodiversity to the Stars · · Score: 1

    Imagine a cluster of people like that!

  14. Re:This is a good thing on Mass Effect Delayed to September · · Score: 1

    But he said bad games are forever! I'm so confused!

  15. Re:Now, why would there be... on Is Your GPS Naive? · · Score: 1

    The code itself is a terrorist attack?

    Genius!

  16. Re:A solution for the literary troubles on Easy-to-Make Material Scratches Diamond · · Score: 1

    'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! a braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic!

  17. Just wanted to gloat on Is Your Printer Ripping You Off? · · Score: 1

    about getting a deal with unlimited free (as in beer) ink.

  18. Re:Wrong link on The Call On Lord of the Rings Online · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even the editors don't RTFA.

  19. Re:Right angles on A Symmetrical Cosmic Red Square · · Score: 1

    How long will it be until someone posts a comment misinterpreting "organic"?

    The pools are open!

  20. Re:Robot laws on New Laws of Robotics Proposed for US Kill-Bots · · Score: 1

    Ah, yes. Your kind always want to bring us into a Brave New World.

  21. Re:its not just bees ... on Are Mobile Phones Wiping Out Bees? · · Score: 1

    He's just saying that a Honey Stamps program isn't going to work out in the long run. We're already spending too much of our taxes on Social Insect Security.

  22. Re:too friggin cool on Hobbyist One-Ups Sandia Labs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Post lots on Slashdot?

  23. Re:The number of eggs is actually quite high on An Easter (Egg) Holiday? · · Score: 1

    What Nine thousand

  24. This seems like a perfect application of on Harvesting Energy in the Sky · · Score: 1

    Carbon nanotubes. They're strong , lightweight, and conduct well, perfect for the cables. Also, why not put some solar panels on the generators as well? Seems like you'd be above most of the clouds.

  25. Re:Capturing Lightning/Static Electricity on Harvesting Energy in the Sky · · Score: 1

    But lightning is AC, isn't it?