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  1. Re:We got ice on Antarctic Ice Bridge Finally Breaks Off · · Score: 1

    80+ proof is 80+ proof to this alcoholic.

  2. We got ice on Antarctic Ice Bridge Finally Breaks Off · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So... who's bringing the gin? Vodka is cool, too.

    And lemon. Mustn't forget the lemon.

  3. Re:Jailed author back on Australian soil - Feb 09 on Thai Gov't Sets Up Site For Snitching On Royals' Critics · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lesson? Don't go be a dumb ass in a foreign country and get yo ass thrown in the jail.

    Thai king's mama so fat she spills over to Australia in Google map.

  4. Turf battle on Coders, Your Days Are Numbered · · Score: 2, Funny

    Guess this is meant for CEOs and CIOs. Interesting ammunition for office politics, but it's CYA time these days - not the best timing.

  5. Re:VLC is OK. on VLC 0.9.9, The Best Media Player Just Got Better · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Belgian "beers" are sacrilege for pretentious fruitcakes. Bavarians for the win.

  6. Time for... on Robot Makes Scientific Discovery (Mostly) On Its Own · · Score: 2, Funny

    the union of scientists. You thought Teamsters were nasty? You ain't seen jack squat. WE SPLICE GENES!!! WE SPLIT ATOMS!!! WE (probably) MAKE BLACKHOLES!!!

    Ross King, gutless traitor, you and your tin cans, your names will live in infamy.

  7. Curtain call on Pro Video Game Leagues — Another Economic Casualty · · Score: 1

    Stories like this make me feel *OLD*.

    Take my lawn.

  8. Re:Anyone Still Have Spam? on Spam Back Up To 94% of All Email · · Score: 1

    I get no spam.

    I've never had malaria. What's the fuss?

    Hello, Einstein. Malaria is a pesky disease, spam is a yummy meat-like substance. See the difference?

  9. Counterproductive on Shouldn't Every Developer Understand English? · · Score: 1

    Why bother when it has already become de-facto reality? It's not even pointless - it's a counterproductive troll.

  10. Re:So ask Google not to index you... on Should Google Be Forced To Pay For News? · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I don't envy them though, providing online news is a horrible way to try to earn revenue."

    So true. I come here for comments, you know.

  11. Re:Joystick on How Do I Make My Netbook More Manly? · · Score: 1

    Joystick.

    Ok, you win.

  12. Joystick on How Do I Make My Netbook More Manly? · · Score: 1

    Place an oversized joystick next to it - a puny netbook makes it look even bigger.

  13. Re:Science vs. social stuff on Is That "Sexting" Pic Illegal? A Scientific Test · · Score: 1

    I find the term "scholarship" or "study" not only perfectly respectable but more honest in the sense it discloses the difficulty, complexity and hence limitations inherent in the respective fields. But it's a matter of semantics, a "social stuff", and so...

    I switched over because I realized that "soft" science asks harder questions.

    ;-) They certainly pose more interesting questions.

  14. Science vs. social stuff on Is That "Sexting" Pic Illegal? A Scientific Test · · Score: 1

    ...If judges are giving an easier time to lawyers than they are to parties who represent themselves, even when they make exactly identical arguments, you could test that hypothesis with an experiment, too...

    I doubt it. The social stuff has way too many variables, both known and unknown, and the experiments, if any, are constrained by the expense and ethical constraints.

    "Hard science" has built up much credibility capital for the therm "scientific", painfully and slowly, and using the term willy-nilly like this will destroy it pretty quick.

  15. Re:Business or Accounting on Best Grad Program For a Computer Science Major? · · Score: 1

    In other words, go to nursing school.

  16. Are you deaf? on Best Grad Program For a Computer Science Major? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I told you last week, nursing school!

    Next question.

  17. Re:Why should I care about foreign court orders? on UK Libel Law Is a Global Threat To Web Free Speech · · Score: 1

    ""In fact pretty much the whole of the European Union is off-limits due to extradition laws." "...." "Yeah.""

    Really? I rather like Eastern Europe...

  18. Re:What future alien archeologists will find . . . on Data Preservation and How Ancient Egypt Got It Right · · Score: 1

    "Future alien archeologists will have a hell of a job sorting out the crap from the, well, stuff that is just a little less than crap."

    And it's a formidable task - sorting out crappola from craptastic.

  19. Re:The difference between... on Study Suggests Crabs Can Feel Pain · · Score: 1

    "Every meat eater I know thinks along the lines of, "Yeah, they can feel pain, that's why we kill them quickly." That's a lot more sensible as far as I'm concerned. A lot of these "But I'll Eat Fish!" vegetarian people are giant hypocrites.""

    That's why I eat chicken instead.

  20. Re:Binspam on Project Aims For 5x Increase In Python Performance · · Score: 1

    I get emails claiming to increase my python's performance all of the time, I just delete them.

    Then why is your pants smoking?

  21. Re:Article text on Going Deep Inside Xserve Apple Drive Modules · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That ain't no 3rd-party article, it's an Apple sales brochure.

    Disgusting.

  22. Re:Whaddya mean 'missed out on cassette computing' on 10 OSes We Left Behind · · Score: 2, Informative

    It was software-compatible with 8080, but had twice the registers and supported faster clocks, among other things. Their 16-bit offering was Z8000, I think, but once IBM PC went with 8088, it had no chance.

  23. Re:Whaddya mean 'missed out on cassette computing' on 10 OSes We Left Behind · · Score: 1

    "I still think the Z80 and successors were great processors - why did we end up with that piece of shit the 8086?"

    That 800lb gorilla known as I.B.M.

  24. Where are the other guys? on MIT To Make All Faculty Publications Open Access · · Score: 1

    So what do you say, CalTech, Berkeley, Stanford, etc.? Your silence is deafening.

    It's a relief to see some elites in the country live up to the higher standard expected of them, unlike, say, oh... I don't know... BANKERS?

  25. Re:Article doesn't really say anything. on How Google Routes Around Outages · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I think we should, like, get out money back. Or something.