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  1. Maybe There Was No "Hacking" on China Says It Lacks Skills To Hack US Systems · · Score: 1

    Maybe there are bootleg Cisco routers in the Capitol office building.

  2. Re:correction: Bank of NY on Bank of NY Loses Tapes With 4.5 Million Clients' Data · · Score: 1

    U fale @ teh spelingz.

  3. Re:C'mon editors! on Details Emerging On Tunguska Impact Crater · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry, Soviet Russia was not formed until 1922. Tunguska occurred 14 years too early for this meme.

  4. Oh hai on Paypal Founder Puts a Half Million Dollars Into Seasteading · · Score: 1

    Sure you're a sovereign nation on one of these craft, but if you do something wrong, instead of the cops paying you a visit, you'll have a guided-missile destroyer ringing your doorbell.

  5. All Your Base on FBI Wiretapping Audit Secrets Uncovered Via Ctrl+C · · Score: 1

    The FBI paid Verizon $2,500 apiece to upgrade 1,140 old telephone switches. Oddly the report didn't redact the total amount paid to the telecom â" slightly more than $2.9 million dollars â" but somehow the bad guys will win if they knew the number of switches and the cost paid."
    The day the evildoers learn to use the * key for multiplication is the day of the apocalypse.
  6. B-b-but... on Google Assists In Arrest Of Indian Man · · Score: 1

    "You said you was just gonna talk to him, String." --D'Angelo Barksdale

  7. Re:Waste of Money. Cnet is horrible. on CBS Acquires CNET Networks for $1.8 Billion · · Score: 1

    If they can trim down CNet's ops and effectively tie it in with their MTV and sports properties, I think they might do okay. The news.com domain is probably the most valuable piece of the deal, easily worth a few hundred million.

  8. Re:This story is idiotic. on Microsoft Prefers Flash To Silverlight · · Score: 2, Informative

    Really? What media conglomerate would that be? Hard Rock Cafe'? Major League Baseball started using Silverlight for some of its video players last season.
  9. Re:photograph on NASA Will Man Destruct Switch Just In Case · · Score: 1

    I was hoping for something like the History Eraser Button from Ren & Stimpy.

  10. Re:Love the snark... not on Early Contenders for the Automotive X-Prize · · Score: 1

    If you'd RTFA, you'd know the high school team's entry is simply a modified and very much DOT approved Toyota Corolla.

  11. Not news on Cities Tampering With Traffic Lights To Generate Revenue · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Quite simply, if they were there for safety, cities would put warning signs up at intersections that have cameras, people would slow down, less people would run lights, and less accidents would occur. I have never seen a warning sign at such an intersection, so their financial motives are pretty clear.

  12. Re:Or on Upgrade Trick Still Present In Vista SP1 · · Score: 1

    Software companies have often overlooked bugs affecting user experience in favor of making sure no one can use said software without paying for it. For those who modded me "flamebait" I am not an Apple/Linux fanboi or MS hater, my comment just makes light of the fact that companies often make silly oversights.

  13. Re:Roughly Drafted got it right on Why Microsoft Surface Took So Long To Deploy · · Score: 1

    While the iPhone and Surface each represent their respective manufacturer's first attempt at touch computing, they are not designed for the same purpose nor the same customer, so comparing them is pretty silly.

    One amusing note: AT&T's Surface software is NOT iPhone compatible.

  14. Re:Testing... on Why Microsoft Surface Took So Long To Deploy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good luck writing a driver for a cat.

  15. Or on Upgrade Trick Still Present In Vista SP1 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    the fact that the trick wasn't removed from SP1 suggests that Microsoft executives approved the back door as a way to make the price of Vista more appealing to sophisticated buyers.
    Or maybe they're just idiots.
  16. Has You Seen Mah Bukkit? on US Military Explored Hiring Bloggers As Propagandists · · Score: 2, Funny

    I always had a sneaking suspicion that the icanhascheezburger cats were just TOO pro-America to be real. Now I understand.

  17. Quite a baseball match last night, yes? on Building the World's 4th Fastest Supercomputer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will tech support for this Indian computer be outsourced to Dell reps in Texas?

  18. Re:Video? Nice! on Scientology's Credibility Questioned Over Video Channel · · Score: 1

    Don't let it happen again. :)

  19. Re:Video? Nice! on Scientology's Credibility Questioned Over Video Channel · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually the starships look more like the DC-8, not the DC-9. It is no coincidence that John Travolta's personal plane is a Boeing 707, which is of the same era and looks very similar to the DC-8.

  20. Re:Two Notes on Space Tourism Industry Gains New Competitor · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I kind of expected that endeavor to fail as a result of those two news stories, I'm pleased to find out they are continuing on their contract although I question further contracts with Virgin. Sir Richard Branson has a big stake in this, both financially and in the reputation of his brand, and he's already collected $30 million in deposits from passengers. Unless there's some kind of disaster, I suspect Virgin will be in this for the long haul.
  21. Re:Maybe I am in a bad mood today but.. on The Next Leap In Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    Not always. Ask Eliot Spitzer.

  22. Re:2048 on What Will Life Be Like In 2008? · · Score: 1

    But will we have 3G iPhones?

  23. What's Old is New Again? on 100-Year-Old Electric Car Design Makes a Comeback · · Score: 1

    Apparently in the mid to late 1910s there were a number of these on the market. Jay Leno owns a similarly balla-ass car, a 1915 Baker Electric with a drivetrain was designed by George Westinghouse himself.

  24. At least we'll still have corn on Newly Discovered Fungus Threatens World Wheat Crop · · Score: 1

    Oh right, the bees that pollinate corn are dying, too. What's plan C?

  25. Re:Strains on Newly Discovered Fungus Threatens World Wheat Crop · · Score: 1

    Only 85%? Aren't humans and earthworms like 90% similar?