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  1. So who will recalibrate all those scales ... on Kilogram Reference Losing Weight · · Score: 0

    ... sounds like a PITA ...

  2. Kittens ... on Futurama Movie Set For November 27 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... give Morbo gas.

  3. Maybe my understanding of an archive is wrong ... on National Archive File Format Time Bomb · · Score: 1

    ... but isn't an archive supposed to be future proof ?

  4. Re:google calculator on IBM's Blue Gene Runs Continuously At 1 Petaflop · · Score: 1

    Well I entered "1 mile in laptops", and got something about batteries ...

  5. Not really work safe ... on Apple Sues Over iGasm Ads · · Score: 0

    A "Not Entirely Safe For Work" statement might have been nice ...

  6. Jack Thompson's fall from grace ... on Jack Thompson Sues Microsoft · · Score: 1

    From his own TV series in "Jack Thompson's World Around Us", to playing a general with that god awful American accent in that god awful Broken Arrow ...

    He should have stopped there.

    (I'm Australian BTW, anyone over 25 should get it)

  7. Re:I am sure that this will be..... on Transformers Full Theatrical Trailer Available · · Score: 1

    ... and to think that if you stopped at your first sentance you would have been modded "insightful" !

  8. The sound !!! on Transformers Full Theatrical Trailer Available · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's got the sound !!!

  9. I'll give an Estonian teen 1 week to hack it ... on TiVo Awarded Patent For Password You Can't Hack · · Score: 1

    ... in Soviet Russia, Tivoli patents you !!!!!

  10. Go Australia !!! on Dresses Made from Wine · · Score: 4, Funny

    How Australian to make clothes out of booze :)

  11. Re:80 complaints ? on Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia · · Score: 1

    So if 80 people complained about ACA and TT, then it may be taken off the air ???

    Does anyone else smell a petition ?

  12. 80 complaints ? on Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia · · Score: 1

    Is that all it takes to get something censored ?

  13. Re:uh....wtf? on Laser Turns All Metals Black · · Score: 1
    Umm ... (from TFA)

    Despite of these dramatic words, the femtosecond laser can be powered by a simple wall outlet. So please don't think you'll suffer from a power outage when Guo switches his laser on.
  14. How about this ? on LSI Patents the Doubly-Linked List · · Score: 1

    I wish to patent sorting in general, can I do that ?

  15. Humans have no reason to evolve on Human Species May Split In Two · · Score: 1

    It seems that we have reached an evolutionary plateau that may put the human race in jeapordy.

    Our caveman ancestors (along with countless other species) evolved in order to hunt their prey, and avoid being hunted by their predators. Now we no longer have any natural predators, and thanks to domestication, no longer have natural prey. From that standpoint, there is no need to evolve further.

    I do agree with the negative impact of our overall dependance on technology, which may slow down our intellectual evolution, that for the past few millenia has been going from strength to strength.

    So out physical stagnation may be coupled with an dumbing down of society ... Great.

    That may wind up putting us a few notches down the foodchain, though it may eventually force an evolutionary spurt when super intelligent apes start hunting us for sport.

  16. What's up with Jack Thompson ? on Miami Court Orders Take Two to Hand Over Bully · · Score: 1

    ... he hasn't been the same after playing a US general in Broken Arrow (worst accent EVER !)

  17. James Bond (The World Is Not Enough) on 10 Terrible Portrayals of Technology in Film · · Score: 1

    You mean you can't disarm a nuke with a WinCE PDA ?

    WTF ?

  18. Not realising you're plagiarising ? on Students Protest Turnitin.com · · Score: 1

    I had a uni assignment that required us to implement a priority based queuing algorithm. Of course, we had to reference where we found the algorithm.
    I chose to implement my own lottery based system (seemed different enough), and went along with it.
    Of course, because I didn't reference an algorithm thinking it was original, I was forced to trawl the web to find another implementation of a lottery based queue system, and use that as a reference, despite of the fact that I'd never come across that piece of work before, nor heard of a lottery based algorithm until that point.

    It was the most frustrating time I'd ever had at uni.

  19. The fish can't do everything though ... on Fish Work as Anti-terror Agents · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Did anyone else find this line funny ?

    <i>... hey are no use against other sorts of attacks -- say, the bombing of a water main, or an attack by computer hackers ... </i>

  20. So how long will it take to boot ? on Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From TFA, it's suggested you turn on your pc, have something to eat, and then your box will let you know when it's ready to log you in ...
    Will Vista REALLY take that long to boot up that you're going to need a sound to remind you ?

  21. 78. One in 18 people has a third nipple ... on 100 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Year · · Score: 1

    Of all the discoveries made the past few hundred years, this is clearly the most entertaining fact :D

  22. Can sneezing make your eyes pop out ? on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    I really want to know this one!
    Does sneezing with your eyes open cause them to pop out ?

  23. Re:DSLR seems like the only way to go on Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper · · Score: 1

    Sure, here's a rebuttal ...

    http://www.photographical.net/canon_1ds_mf.html

    The basic conclusion is that digital has less noise, but medium format has much more detail.

  24. Re:oh please on The Nintendo Conference In-Depth · · Score: 1

    And it's just not the same ...

    I just repaired my NES, and I'm still smiling!

  25. What if it HAS been commercially released ? on Congress Declares War on File Leakers · · Score: 1

    Then I'm in the clear, right... ?