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  1. Re:Wha...? on Space Potato Hits the Streets · · Score: 0

    Pshaw. I can spell potato, you know...

  2. Re:Wha...? on Space Potato Hits the Streets · · Score: 0

    Well, if I've learned anything from reading Marvel comic books, it's that there are all kinds of stuff that can happen when you go to space. Maybe they survived re-entry and taste better because they've been imbued WITH THE POWER COSMIC! Or not.

  3. Wha...? on Space Potato Hits the Streets · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh, when I first read the summary, I thought they were saying that the seeds they sent into space were plummeting to Earth and hitting the streets. Then I realized that makes little to no sense and I need a coffee.

  4. Pshaw! on Dell Laptop Burns House Down · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's nothing... An iPod killed my family!

  5. Re:Kinda irrelevant on Google Opens Gmail To All · · Score: 1

    True. That's how I got my account. Anybody who really wants Gmail and never thought to use *gasp* Google to find a way to get an account without an invitation... meh. They're probably perfectly happy with their Yahoo! account.

  6. Farmers beware! on Apple Inc. Inks Apple Corps Deal · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news, the Apple Growers Association of America has recently come under fire...

  7. Re:Gotta give her credit on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date Announced · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think you're on to something. The prequels would probably be about his parents, though, and not Harry's youth. After all, there wasn't really any magic in his life between his parents' deaths and his first year at Hogwarts, was there? I haven't read the books, only seen the movies, so I don't know for sure. It just seems that following Harry's father's exploits would be much more interesting than Harry's youth, in a series of books all leading up to the eventual death of his parents at the hands of Voldemort (sp?).

  8. Re:Gotta give her credit on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date Announced · · Score: 1

    You don't think Harry Potter Jr. would qualify as a spin-off?

  9. Re:Gotta give her credit on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date Announced · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm guessing we go 2 or 3 years with nothing, then out comes Harry Potter Jr. and the Redundant Storyline of Destiny.

  10. Well, THERE'S the problem! on Global Warming May Have Killed the Dinosaurs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously, the government needs to enforce reductions in volcanic emissions. In order to save our planet, we need to progress toward the use of more environmentally-friendly natural disasters.

  11. Re:Won't work on The iPod International Currency Index · · Score: 1

    Does it ignore sales tax? -futureshop.ca price for a 2GB iPod Nano = $169.95 CAD(before tax)
    -$169.95 CAD = $143.72 USD according to XE.com
    -article states Canadian iPod price is $144

    It doesn't look like they take taxes into account. Also, keep in mind that sales tax varies to a significant degree from province to province. In Ontario, the provincial and federal taxes would add up to approx. $25 CAD.
  12. Explain Please on 2006 Was the Warmest Year Ever · · Score: 1

    I'm not trying to troll here, I just honestly don't understand something:

    In the list of the 25 warmest years on record, dates from the 20s and 30s have prominent positions (3rd, 5th, and 6th). How is the theory of global warming reconciled with data that shows comparable weather 80 years ago? The article groups years into pentads, but I don't see any explanation as to why years must be grouped to get results that support their theories. Any help in understanding this would be much appreciated.

  13. Re:OK...I could win this one on 10th Annual Wacky Warning Labels Out · · Score: 1

    Naw, they're all perfectly legible. It's just that the images are small. Zoom in on the image and you'll be able to read it just fine.

  14. Re:Night shot camera?? on China Heralds Year of the Fluorescent Green Pig · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that's just a random picture they found that seemed to fit with the story. The article states (as reflected in the last line of the /. summary) that the "mouth, trotters and tongue of the pigs are green under ultraviolet light". Hardly sounds like a completely glowing pig to me. It's probably a picture of normal pigs using night-vision or something. Or I could be wrong and we're halfway towards finally getting green eggs and ham.

  15. Re:Rendering works great, but navigation is a pain on Wii's Opera Browser Now Downloadable · · Score: 1

    I think the obvious fix or workaround for this would be an "import bookmarks" feature. Then you can just e-mail yourself the bookmarks you use on your computer and install them into the Wii browser. I hope they implement this or a similar feature. You'd still have to type out URLs occasionally during normal use, but all your favourites won't have to be inputted manually. Don't know about you, but I have a lot of bookmarks. I ain't typin' them all in.