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  1. Re:Not Controlled Explosion on Senators Question Removal of NASA Program Manager · · Score: 1

    Deflagration is subsonic
    Detonation is supersonic

  2. Re:There's a problem with games "with a purpose." on Design Contest Highlights Video Games With a Purpose · · Score: 1

    Roman gladiator arenas wouldn't get half the attendance they did if nobody got hurt or bloodied.

  3. Re:Well for starters on IRS Wants a Cut of Sales On eBay and Craigslist · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As disclosed on the tax return's OMB disclosure, they can disclose it for the purpose of "enforcing federal non-tax laws"

  4. Re:Well for starters on IRS Wants a Cut of Sales On eBay and Craigslist · · Score: 1

    Illegal immigrants can earn legal income, legal in the sense that they get to keep the money sans taxes.

    Illegal income would be drug money and the like.

  5. Re:Government on Congressman Steps Up Pressure On Google, Facebook · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like a loophole to get around the 4th amendment.

  6. Re:Same way you get your kids interested in gaming on How To Get a Game-Obsessed Teenager Into Coding? · · Score: 1

    Which compiles to something with a JMP in it.

  7. Re:Google is full of it on Google Describes Wi-Fi Sniffing In Pending Patent · · Score: 2, Informative

    They can make mistakes on what part of the packet they sniffed.

    A more accurate analogy would be going fishing for tuna and accidentally catching a dolphin.

  8. Re:Oh come on, this is ridiculous. on Google Describes Wi-Fi Sniffing In Pending Patent · · Score: 1

    What's interesting is that gubbermints are wanting to get their grubby paws on the data that Google accidentally pilfered, probably as a means of doing an end run around the 4th amendment and/or similiar laws in other countries.

  9. Re:Wardriving? on Google Describes Wi-Fi Sniffing In Pending Patent · · Score: 1

    Prior art.

  10. Re:Doctors have been doing this for a few years on US Navy Considering Wii Fit and DDR For Boot Camp · · Score: 1

    Let's just hope that Nintendo doesn't pull the same crap that got the USAF nailed by Sony when they removed OtherOS.

  11. Re:That's great and all... on The Rise of Nanofoods · · Score: 1

    The reasons I think that pot should be legalized:

    1. It has medical benefits when used properly
    2. It was only outlawed at the request of Big Cotton.

  12. nt on Blizzard Boss Says Restrictive DRM Is a Waste of Time · · Score: 0

    suddenoutbreakofcommonsense

  13. Re:I was curious... on Japan Moves Toward Blocking Online Child Porn · · Score: 1

    Plausible deniability.

    What's really sdcary is that a drive-by download could get you nailed.

    Or worse:

    Extortionist drive-by's CP onto your computer and threatens to call the police unless you give them $$$

  14. Re:Innocent or not. on "Innocent Infringement" Defense May Reach Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    Transcoding is derivation.

  15. Re:in other news, cementing the BP CEO has started on Gulf Oil Leak Plugged? · · Score: 1

    24 hour driving shifts are against the law.

  16. Re:glad to see this on Gulf Oil Leak Plugged? · · Score: 1

    Depends on where the spill is exactly.

  17. Re:no on Emergency Dispatcher Fired For Facebook Drug Joke · · Score: 1

    Not doing your job is a fast way to piss off your boss though.

    You can slack off all you like though until then. As long as your boss is happy, you're safe.

  18. Re:this is gonna be interesting on Google Audits Street View Data Systems · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Simple.

    We trust Google more than we do BP.

    Personally, I think for a good reason too.

  19. Re:So be it. on Lingerie Store Required To Get Food Permit For Edible Undies · · Score: 1

    Not if they don't produce it.

    More like a bureaucrat found an excuse to harass them.

  20. Re:Very bad on Patents On Synthetic Life "Extremely Damaging" · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh my god, a furry.

  21. Re:This depends on the site... on Adobe Founders On Flash and Internet Standards · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm sorry, were you under the impression that PHBs actually care about that sorta thing? Or more importantly, that boffins could second guess them?

    You are in IT, you do what management tells you.

  22. Re:no on Emergency Dispatcher Fired For Facebook Drug Joke · · Score: 1

    Rule number one of having a job:

    Don't Piss Off Your Boss.

  23. Re:Buy more ink please. on HP Explains Why Printer Ink Is So Expensive · · Score: 1

    You could always try getting in touch with your union and going on strike if you think you're not making enough.

  24. Re:When you control the market on HP Explains Why Printer Ink Is So Expensive · · Score: 1

    Naturally of course if you take away the customer's choices so that you are the only one they can buy from, then you can force them to pay any price you want right up until the point where they'd rather go without.

  25. Re:Abortion is still illegal on Large Irish ISP To Enact "Three Strikes" Rule For Copyright Violation · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They could still be charged with aggravated assault at least.

    If the foetus isn't alive, then it's part of the mother's body.