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  1. Warning on NYC's Trash-Sucking Tubes May Be Upgraded, Expanded · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do not put your dick in the trash sucking tube.

  2. Save even more power on Power-Saving Web Pages: Real Or Myth? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Set your background to black, and all your text so it only displays half the time.

  3. Just one request on Valve Hiring Hardware Developers · · Score: 4, Funny

    Portal gun. That's all.

  4. Re:What would survive. on Record-Setting 100+ T Magnetic Field Achieved At Los Alamos · · Score: 1

    Frogs have been levitated in a 10T field. Would these machines levitate humans? Or would there be problems from the machine focusing on one part of the body?

  5. Re:Encarta killed Brittanica on Wikipedia Didn't Kill Brittanica — Encarta Did · · Score: 5, Funny
  6. Re:Absolutely ridiculous on George Takei Helps Facebook Troubleshoot MySQL · · Score: 2

    They had to resort to Takei because Kim Jong-il is no longer available.

  7. Cheetah? I don't think so on DARPA-Funded 'Cheetah' Breaks Speed Record For Legged Robots · · Score: 2

    At 18 mph tops, a better name would be Hippo.

  8. Re:Newsflash! on The eBook Backlash · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what we need is a game that pops up a bunch of buttons, links, ads, and challenges the user not to click on any of them.

  9. And the sequel will be.. on Play Angry Birds With a USB Slingshot · · Score: 1

    Angry Neighbors

  10. Re:Hello, I am a Nigerian Prince and you're a mark on Nigerian Scam Artists Taken For $33,000 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    “Politics is the art by which politicians obtain campaign contributions from the rich and votes from the poor on the pretext of protecting each from the other.” -- Oscar Ameringer

  11. Re:Statistics 101 on How Companies Learn Your Secrets · · Score: 0

    Here's a few more:
    Pickles
    Ice cream
    Wire coat hangers

  12. Re:Nuremberg? on From the Nuremberg Toy Fair, a New Linux System For RC Cars · · Score: 1

    And they will give it a trial run.

  13. Great idea on Online Privacy Worth Less Than Marshmallow Fluff Six Pack · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm installing it on the wife's computer.

  14. Will it fetch? on BigDog Robot Gets Much Bigger · · Score: 2

    If you toss barrels with a gravity gun?

  15. Re:oh on The Science of Human-Robot Love · · Score: 1

    Not sure about that. It would need an adapter for kissing ass.

  16. Re:Neil Tyson on Turning the Hayden Planetarium Into a Giant Videogame · · Score: 2

    No, that was Mike Brown.

  17. Re:Black Mesa on New Mexico Is Stretching, GPS Reveals · · Score: 1

    A topo map search finds 20 places in Arizona named Black Mesa.

  18. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! on Nanocoating Waterproofs Any Gadget · · Score: 1

    One of the "hot" items at CES is the wireless TV that you can carry and put anywhere. Some were saying the hot tub would be a good place.

  19. Re:Also dangers of door knobs... on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of problems with pickles other than the jar. The kind that gets you a trip to the emergency room.

  20. Re:Oxidizer, not fuel on Tracking Down the First Oxygen Users · · Score: 4, Informative

    While "oxidation" is lexically derived from oxygen, there's a specific chemical definition for oxidation, namely the loss of electrons. LEO GER is the acronym beginning chemists learn. So while you can play around with the words the chemistry is well-defined. Oxygen is the oxidant because it transfers elections to the reductant or fuel or whatever you want to call it.

  21. Re:The private sector won't wait for 100 years on DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project · · Score: 1
    Sorry, forgot the obligatory.
    1. 1. Develop near-light-speed spaceship.
    2. 2. Put the stockholders on the ship.
    3. 3. Profit!
  22. Re:The private sector won't wait for 100 years on DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project · · Score: 3, Funny
    Here's one way to solve it.
    1. 1. Develop near-light-speed spaceship.
    2. 2. Put the stockholders on the ship
  23. Re:Is the clipboard on Filesharing Now an Official Religion In Sweden · · Score: 1

    And there's a book about corrupt software publishers - "The Girl with the Penguin Tattoo"

  24. On to the next idea on Nokia: the Sun Can't Charge Your Phone · · Score: 5, Funny

    A nuclear powered phone.

  25. Re:Budgets, schedules on October, November the Worst Months For Writing Buggy Code · · Score: 2

    I agree, for additional reasons. Large software projects generally have an end-of-year goal, because of both year-end financial goals and spending habits of customers - money that needs to be spent by the end of the year. Coding needs to be finished in time for QA and config to do their work. Thus, Oct and Nov.