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  1. Re:Not an isolated incident on Computer Error Caused Qantas Jet Mishap · · Score: 1
    The common factor is Perth.

    Perhaps all that Iron Ore in the Pilbra is messing up the instruments. The new "Bermuda Triangle"?

  2. Re:I guess they need to save money while they can on Facebook Finds Grass Greener In Ireland · · Score: 1

    Statistics suggest it's growing.

  3. Re:Doomsayer from "Little Nicky" on Another Way the LHC Could Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    It needs only happen once.

  4. Re:Law of conservation of energy on Another Way the LHC Could Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    In the right direction we can solve Global Warming!

  5. Re:Discovery Institute Takes on Gravity Myth on Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook · · Score: 1

    I can imagine the new catch phrase for the IF (intelligent falling) crowd. "If gravity is true how come my Helium balloon floats?"

  6. Re:Why I knew I could never be a high school teach on Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook · · Score: 1

    Yeah but do you really think ALL teachers would do that?

  7. Re:Reasons that are so so compelling... on Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook · · Score: 1

    It's called Projection

  8. Re:Personally on Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook · · Score: 1

    The fact that some Christians can't reconcile their religion with a very well grounded theory that has withstood the rigors of science for over 100 years isn't my problem.

    It will be your problem eventually.

  9. Re:Yeah on Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook · · Score: 1
    Here is another analogy.

    Imagine a stone arch. Remove any stone and it collapses (irreducible complexity).

    To build it using evolution one could use scaffolding (blocks on top of blocks) and finish by removing those blocks which aren't part of the arch.

  10. Futurama on Get Ready For ... Nanosoccer! · · Score: 1
    Announcer: [on loudspeaker] And it's a dead heat! They're checking the electron microscope. And the winner is ... [A man holds up a "3" in a window.] ... number 3, in a quantum finish.

    Farnsworth: No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it.

  11. Re:Amazing on Mars Rover's Epic Trek For the Crater Endeavor · · Score: 1

    It's all part of Bush's No Rover Left Behind program.

  12. Re:Hmm on China To Snap 4 Space Ships Into a Station · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. They are made in China.

  13. Re:The good doctor was a vicar instead on Royal Society "Creationist" Resigns · · Score: 1

    Or uninstall Windows?

  14. About time! on Berners-Lee Wants Truth Ratings For Websites · · Score: 1

    Now everyone will stay away from Wikipedia and get all their trustworthy facts from Conservapedia

  15. Re:Now you can open six tabs in Chrome... on Intel Unveils 6-Core Xeon 7400 · · Score: 1

    I'm using firefox you insensitive clod!

  16. Re:That's pretty damning for the CIA and Bush admi on 10 Years of Translated Bin Laden Messages Leaked · · Score: 1

    An Intelligence Analyst who doesn't post AC?

  17. Re:Waves of Mass histeria on EU Think Tank Urges Full Windows Unbundling · · Score: 1

    And Duke Nukem Forever will run out of the box on all of those platforms!

  18. Re:Waves of Mass histeria on EU Think Tank Urges Full Windows Unbundling · · Score: 1

    Insightful!! You must be kidding.

    What will the OS penetration threshold for Mac or Linux before malware creators can be bothering targeting them too?

    If you think Windows is to blame then you don't know the power of sheer human stupidity and gullibility.
    The fact that you were moderated as insightful is further proof.

  19. Change of base on Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they convert to base 9.18956?

  20. Re:People need exercise: on Happiness Is A Warm Electrode · · Score: 1

    So surely doing both would be better than just doing one or the other.

  21. Re:I miss those calls on Do Not Call Listings to Expire in 2008 · · Score: 1

    Would you like new windows? No, this house is so run down I'm abandoning it.
    Would you like new windows? No thanks, I run Linux.
  22. Re:Atoms? on Scientists Create Di-positronium Molecules · · Score: 1

    By your reasoning Hydrogen would be an atom without a nucleus as its simply the same system but with a positive charge which is 1000x more massive.

  23. Yeah but... on Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 1

    How much greenhouse gases does it produce?

  24. Re:Nothing To See... on Airbus 380 To Have Linux In Every Seat · · Score: 1

    > It makes me wonder how badly these things might damage the reputation of Linux in general.

    Don't worry. There's a Linux consultant/technician on board.