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  1. Re:Two Year Associate's Degree of Liberal Arts on 11-Year-Old Graduates With Degree In Astrophysics · · Score: 1

    But the under-achieving glue sniffer has his own smarts - he knows that he doesn't need to work hard, just hard enough. He also knows not to get his nose too close to the glue because that stuff is hard to get off once it sets . . .

  2. Mmm, Mars . . . on Spirit Stuck In Soft Soil On Mars · · Score: 1

    Clearly they're finally through into the nougat layer.

  3. Re:So does that mean on 'Pirates' Outsells 'Matrix' in High-Def Showdown · · Score: 1

    You'd swear that all humans were white judging by Star Wars . . . "Han will have that shield down. We've got to give him more time!"
    "Someone must have told them all about my little manoeuvre at the battle of Taanab."
    "That blast came from the Death Star! That thing's operational!"

    Billy Dee Williams begs to differ.
  4. Not quite a revolution . . . on Aluminum Alloy Releases Hydrogen From Water · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While I applaud the science, I doubt this is the "hydrogen revolution". It seems to be that we're suddenly talking about powering our cars with water (cheaply available) and massive blocks of a aluminium/gallium alloy. The article seemed to put forward the view that water was the fuel and the alloy acted as a catalyst. While this is indeed CHEMICALLY what is happening it's the cost of the catalyst driving (no pun intended) the reaction that's going to keep this off shelves for a while.

    When/if they come up with a method for reactivating the alloy which is a) cheap and b) simple, then you can colour me interested.

  5. The only appropriate response . . . on Texting Teens Generating OMG Phone Bills · · Score: 0

    omg!!1! lol, u r soooo scrued!

  6. Re:Per Industry TLD's on Microsoft Using .MS TLD · · Score: 1

    A whole lot of companies do make up words.. For examples of this, see any Web 2.0 company . . .
  7. Re:Bozos will blow up this planet one day on New Form of Matter Melds Lasers, Superconductors · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Tell you what, you tell me the query to type in and I'll do it.

    Ya sarcastic bastard.

  8. Re:No kidding on Data Storm Caused Nuclear Plant To Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Conspiracy . . . Theorist It's all because of Ronald Reagan, peanuts and baseball!
  9. Re:polaritons? on New Form of Matter Melds Lasers, Superconductors · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I willon on-have spoken in the Present Ultraconditional Subinverted Semi-active Past Subjunctive Deponent Aorist all the time.

  10. Re:Polaritons? on New Form of Matter Melds Lasers, Superconductors · · Score: 1

    I think the deflector dish was reconfigured (in minutes) to emit polaritons at least once. Of course it was; all they had to do was reverse the polarity!
  11. /.ed Mastercard Commercial on New Form of Matter Melds Lasers, Superconductors · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fermions spin? Half integer. Bosons spin? Full integer. Arguing about quantum physics on /.? Priceless.

  12. Re:Bozos will blow up this planet one day on New Form of Matter Melds Lasers, Superconductors · · Score: 1

    If they ever start selling mini black holes on ThinkGeek im first in line. Wow. That takes me back a few years. I remember reading a sci-fi short story (who's name/author I've long forgotten) about a kid who had a black hole kit - basically the future version of Sea Monkeys. It was in some kind of container and it had to be "fed" sand every day so it could become more and more supermassive and remain stable. After a certain period of time you were meant to stop "feeding" it and let it disappear over time via Hawking radiation. Of course this kid continued to feed it and it inevitably sucks in the container surrounding it and the entire planet in short course.

    A pretty good story actually - if anybody recalls the author or the collection it was in, I'd love to know.
  13. Re:HDMI on What's the Matter with HDMI? · · Score: 1

    That's it. It is not some super evil scheme by the content providers to strangle babies and burn crops because DVI isn't up to the task. What do you mean? DVI cords strangle babies just fine . . . I mean, what?
  14. Re:DRM on What's the Matter with HDMI? · · Score: 1

    because of less cable clutter behind the TV, I think there's more to the issue than this. Most of us still want to enjoy the media that the RIAA/MPAA put out (at least some of it) and we have been forced (if we want to enjoy the content WITHOUT stealing it) to purchase it in the formats provided.

    Let's face it, if we were willing to compromise quality/quantity for no DRM, VHS would not have died.
  15. Re:They are just words. on Cleaning up Thunder Bluff · · Score: 1

    Bang, Fuck, Screw, Make Love, Do it, Have Sex all mean the same basic thing . . . I agree; they all mean the same BASIC thing, but I think we all know that we're doing two totally different things when we "make love" to someone versus "fucking" them.
  16. Re:Somehow... on Botnet Mafia in Online Turf War · · Score: 1

    Organized e-crime is what we're talking about here. e-organized crime is mobsters using Blackberries to arrange hits.

  17. Re:STILL no audio fast forward. on Xbox 360 Spring 2007 Dashboard Update Hands-On · · Score: 1

    I believe (although I'm not at home to test this) that the 360 audio player works much like a CD player - holding down the track forward button will FF and track back will rewind.

  18. Re:Figures on Cold Fusion Gets a Boost From the US Navy · · Score: 1

    Love, Anna. You do realize that by posting that a) you've just blown the minds of several people who just came to the startling realization that there are women on /. and b) they're now convinced that you love them and are messaging their friends and telling them they have a girlfriend.

    (I kid, but it is fun to stereotype sometimes).
  19. Re:No thank you. on The Internet of Things - What is a Spime? · · Score: 1

    I don't have a problem with google knowing where car key number 0A:93:67:22:FE:A4:12:E4 is. I'm sorry, don't you mean key number 09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0?
  20. Re:Besides... on The Internet of Things - What is a Spime? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or had a really good time. I suppose it could go either way . . . To: The World
    Fr: Caffeinate

    This is the only time that the phrases "go either way" and "good time" are to ever be combined.

    That is all.
  21. Re:Things like this are easy to fix. on Google's Evil NDA · · Score: 1

    These are not the droids you are looking for.

  22. Re:If you think that is evil on Google's Evil NDA · · Score: 1

    Hey, I work at one of these Wall Street firms and . . . wait, what was that noise . . . OH MY GOD, GET OFF ME!

    *banging, crashing*

    ****SESSION TERMINATED****

  23. Re:This will all work fine on Lip-Reading Surveillance Cameras · · Score: 1

    When I question Government I'm called a "Liberal" or "Paranoid". Luckily, it's only in the US that "Liberal" is an insult . . .
  24. Re:Solution on Lip-Reading Surveillance Cameras · · Score: 1

    Quick and dirty solution: Pig Latin. Oday ouyay inkthay atthay theay itishBray olicepay an'tcay terpretinay igpay atinlay?
  25. From the website . . . on Ad-Supported Free Music Downloads Doomed to Failure? · · Score: 1

    With We7, your computer will not be exposed to spyware, viruses, hatemail or PORN - and you will not risk having your files or ID stolen. Not much of a replacement for BitTorrent then . . .