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  1. Re:Flawed assumptions. on Astronomers Search For Dyson Spheres of Alien Civilizations · · Score: 1

    Three letters: Z P M

  2. Re:Good intentions pave the road to a stalking cha on World's Creepiest iPhone App Pulled After Outcry · · Score: 1

    The loss of privacy in today's society is becoming too much. Just 10 years ago we would have never dreamt we would be giving all this away.

  3. Re:April fools on NYC Bans Mention of Dinosaurs, Dancing, Birthdays On Student Tests · · Score: 1

    What happens if the test is about the Mesozoic? No mention of life form in that case? Let's pretend all there was was insects and fish?

  4. Re:I've got some bad news and some good news. on Possible Supernova In Nearby Spiral Galaxy · · Score: 1

    Yeah! Wait until December 21st 2012 and you'll see if it won't kill us.

  5. Re:Wondering on Seagate Hits 1 Terabit Per Square Inch · · Score: 1

    Question is, how long would the data search be at first until a new indexing technology comes aboard?

  6. Re:Whatever... on Xbox 720 a No-show At This Year's E3 · · Score: 1

    Sounds like to need to spend more time outside :)

  7. Re:All I can say is on Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security · · Score: 1

    TSA employees are not allowed inside airplanes without the consent of the crew, airline employees don't need that authorization. Also, if you read the article it says these people must be invited by the airline. You know what that means? It means that if you're not at least Gold Status (50,000 paid miles flown in a year) or more likely Platinum (75,000 or 100,000 miles) chances are you will not be invited. These are our best clients, why not trust them a little more?

  8. Re:All I can say is on Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not exactly like that, and it's not exactly new. First you have to pass a rigorous background check, the same one I passed to work for an airline.

  9. Re:Easy! on 'The Hobbit' Pub Threatened With Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    When was the word "Hobbit" created? Because IIRC after 72 years a © expires

  10. Re:Rockets are fun, but fairly expensive as hobby on Amateur Rocketeer Derek Deville's Qu8k Rocket Flies to 120,000+ Feet (Video) · · Score: 1

    Disappointing: when I read "Rocketeer" I thought this guy would strap a rocket on his shoulder and fly that high over Hollywood. Bummer! Now that would have been something else

  11. Re:Quad core on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 2

    Still behind the Transformer Prime in terms of specs. And they totally copied dictation off Android, down to the identical icon. I smell a follow-up on the patent war.

  12. Re:For only a small fee I can watch my own movie? on Warner Bros: New Program To Digitize Your DVDs · · Score: 1

    Tell WB that I can already do that with DVDFab and I don't need to be online

  13. Re:Copying-labor fee or License-to-watch fee? on Warner Bros: New Program To Digitize Your DVDs · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's called DVDFab. DVD or BLU-Ray ripper. And you can make a digital file from a DVD you own! Imagine that.

  14. Re:Ptheh. on Did the Titanic Sink Due To an Optical Illusion? · · Score: 1

    Nope! It sank because of an iceberg

  15. Re:So ugly on World's Tallest Free-Standing Broadcast Tower Completed · · Score: 1

    Sure but it's still cool. I stayed in Asakusa last October and I ran around the tower as part of my 3 mile jog. Pretty impressive.

  16. Seriously? on Warp Drives May Come With a Killer Downside · · Score: 4, Funny

    They came to that conclusion now? Every newly certified spaceship pilot knows that you must drop out of warp no less than an AU from destination.

  17. Re:It's all the customers' fault... on AT&T On Data Throttling: Blame Yourselves · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Data throttling is happening after 1.5GB to people on an unlimited plan whereas it doesn't happen to people who have 2GB or 3GB plans. That tells me that AT&T is coercing customers with an unlimited plan to drop it and go with a limited plan. It would be just fair for Data Throttling not to occur before 2 or 3GB of usage, to be in par with the other consumers. I think the FCC should step in and stop this abuse of consumer rights.

  18. Re:You know why they call it Xbox 720 on Xbox 720 Might Reject Used Games · · Score: 1

    I also get years of use out of a car vs. 20 hours for a video game. In fact dollar for dollar a car is probably a better value.

    20 hours? Have you just discovered Pac Man?

  19. Re:Not being a troll, Serious question. on Jailbreak For A5 iOS Devices Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You do own the phone. You're free to do whatever you want with it if you can figure it out. Oh, you mean you want Apple to do all the work for you, release all the documentation and provide you with the tools you need? Sorry, but they have no obligation to do that. You're still free to do it on your own, but then don't come crying for Apple to replace it for free when you void the warranty trying to hack/mod your hardware. You are free in every way to use the hardware as you wish, what you are really angry at is that Apple makes no attempts to help you in that endeavor.

    Really? So why did Apple feel the need to file a patent under which they can kill an iphone by distance when they find out it's jailbroken?

    Who know if they'll use it or not, but that's not the point, they have a patent for it.

  20. Re:Evil Monopoly on Apple Wins Injunction Banning Import of HTC Devices · · Score: 1

    Apple is becoming an evil empire!

    That's why I'm so pissed at Apple. 10-15 years ago they would not stop criticizing Microsoft for being the Evil Empire (tm) but they have become worse than Microsoft with all their stupid restrictions and obsessive controlling behavior.

  21. Re:excellent. on World's First Programmable Quantum Photonic Chip · · Score: 1

    ... And after all this political madness finally a qubit of good news... :-p

  22. Re:Why now? on Apple Transfers Patents Through Shell Company To Sue All Phone Makers · · Score: 1

    Jobs striked more like a Hitler.

  23. Re:Life Adapts on Is the Earth Special? · · Score: 1

    Because they could have had most time to evolve? The opposite is also true.

  24. Re:Friggen finally on TSA Facing Death By a Thousand Cuts · · Score: 4, Funny

    TSA: Thousands Standing Around. I work for an airline, that's what we call them (and not even behind their back).

  25. Re:Blue Screen of Nuclear Death ? on Bill Gates To Help China Build Traveling Wave Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    Yes he has, because thanks to his and other donations we are getting closer to cures for diseases which in the end benefit humanity. You seem to be stuck on the "immediate return for investment" scheme