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  1. Re:Steve Jobs, the Satanist on Old Apple 1 Up For Auction, Expected To Go For $160,000+ · · Score: 1

    Not actually the case. The number varies between dialects, in a manner consistent with it being a numerological encoding of NERO CEASER or NERON KAISER or whatever the name in that dialect was.

  2. Re:What does being old have to do with it? on Pluto Might Be Bigger Than Eris · · Score: 1

    How about that the IAU definition excludes "extrasolar planets" from being planets, on account of them not orbiting the sun.

    Also, saying that "dwarf planets" are not a subcategory of the general category "planets" is just fucking stupid.

  3. Re:still not a planet per the IAU on Pluto Might Be Bigger Than Eris · · Score: 1, Funny

    The real reason is because Bush was in office, and Pluto's the only planet discovered by someone from the USA.

    The vote was held at the last day of the Europe-based conference, after most of the American astronomers went home from the location.

  4. Re:Damn you George Bushitler!!! on White House Edited Oil Drilling Safety Report · · Score: 1

    What? GEORGEWB is evolving!

    Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dah Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dah Deh Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dee Doo Doo, Dweedle-y Dweedley Dee!

    GEORGEWB evolved into OBAMANDER!

  5. Re:Retrieval? on Military Uses 'Bat-Hook' To Tap Power From Lines · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why are you worrying about that?!

    The *real* issue is that there's going to be a HOLE in the INSULATION. The extremely-high-pressure electricity is going to SPEW OUT. The whole CITY will be FLOODED with electricity, unless someone turns off the MAIN VALVE.

    Conserve energy - prevent electricity leaks.

  6. Game Company Criticized Over Buggy Games on Bethesda Criticized Over Buggy Releases · · Score: -1, Troll

    In other news: water is now considered by a majority of experts to, in fact, be wet.

  7. They laughed at me on Scientists Turn Skin Into Blood · · Score: 1

    They laughed at me then, but now that I have my SKIN TO BLOOD RAYGUN, we'll see who gets the last laugh!

  8. Re:This is NOT what the central dogma says on Central Dogma of Genetics May Not Be So Central · · Score: 1

    But with selective methylation they might as well.

  9. Re:Start a new college on College Application Inflation — Marketing Meets Admissions · · Score: 1

    The main problem is that it takes about 30-50 years to make a school really top-notch.

  10. Unuseful Definition on Religious Ceremony Leads To Evolution of Cave Fish · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So, this isn't considered to be "selective breeding" why now?

  11. Re:Pretty simple. on Considering a Fair Penalty For Illegal File-sharing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Except that doesn't stop anything (See: Canada)

  12. Re:Too Many Applications are Stressful and Useless on College Application Inflation — Marketing Meets Admissions · · Score: 1

    There's a study in Science News.

  13. Re:Outgassing? Jets? Ha ha ha! on NASA's Stunning Close-Up Photos of Comet Hartley 2 · · Score: 1

    People would take Electric Universe theory more seriously if it didn't violate conservation of momentum.

  14. Re:Slow website on NASA's Stunning Close-Up Photos of Comet Hartley 2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Space pictures are big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big they are. I mean, you may think it takes a long time to down the load of the CSS, but that's just peanuts to space pictures.

  15. Re:Let me get this straight... on Zeus Attackers Turned the Tables On Researchers · · Score: 1

    Malware producers give out their software for free.

  16. Car analogy on Why 'Cyber Crime' Should Just Be Called 'Crime' · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, it's like saying that we shouldn't call people being shot from a car a "drive-by shooting" or someone being run over by a car a "hit-and-run"?

    Ack, this isn't working. BadAnalogyGuy, help me out here.

  17. This could work out on Will Wright To Make Fan-Participation TV Show · · Score: 1

    Depending upon the director, I could actually see this working out pretty well. The key is to get a TON of storyboards, and select the ones you probably would have done anyway to vote on.

    Andrew Hussie has raised this technique to an artform.

  18. Re:How much liver do we need to make a difference? on Miniature Human Livers Grown In Lab · · Score: 1

    You can normally get by without a lobe of your liver perfectly fine. So that's a minimum of 30% that you can write off.

  19. Re:For the cost of one ISS ($100B) on Is the ISS Really Worth $100 Billion? · · Score: 1

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of them!

  20. Immune System Killer Mechanism Identified on Immune System Killer Mechanism Identified · · Score: 3, Funny

    Immune System Killer Mechanism Identified

    oh nooooooo

  21. Re:Not much literature either on How Much Math Do We Really Need? · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Everyone knows that the Globe was standing room only.

  22. Re:A little more on How Much Math Do We Really Need? · · Score: 1

    He was better before the brain damage.

  23. Re:my internet has no advertising! on Is Google Polluting the Internet? · · Score: 1

    I block ads for things I know I will never purchase.

    The company does not lose any sales, as they are things I will never purchase.

    The company saves money, as they do not have to spend money for the bandwidth to give me an advertisement for something that I am not going to purchase.

  24. Re:Get rid of the artifact? on US Objects To the Kilogram · · Score: 1

    So you define it relative to the triple point of water.

  25. The greatest of Heists! on US Objects To the Kilogram · · Score: 1

    More importantly, the standard kilogram has recently been stolen.