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  1. Re:Cost? on Boeing, BAE Systems Show Off New Unmanned Planes · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to Dailymail, it should be around £143 million ($214 million for those too lazy to google it yourself).

  2. So, what happened? on NetApp Threatens Sellers of Appliances Running ZFS · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Wikipedia article on NetApp talks about them bringing a suit against Sun/ZFS and that Sun countersued, but doesn't mention the verdict. What happened there and why isn't the verdict applying here?

  3. Re:Best way to stop cheat sheets... on Colleges Stepping Up Anti-Cheating Technology · · Score: 5, Informative

    Going through college, I had classes like this. The hardest tests were open book, open note, bring your calculator tests. God help you if it was take home.

  4. Am I the only one on Microsoft Opens Source Code To KGB's Successor Agency · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who thought of the text-a-question service? I mean, I could see Microsoft trying to get in on that action. I suppose the Agency portion of the title should've given it away.

  5. Re:Favorite graphic designer story on Pixel Inventor Goes Back To the Drawing Board · · Score: 1

    The GGP clearly stated that the graphic artist zoomed into the pixel level. That won't be helped by increased resolution.

  6. Re:Favorite graphic designer story on Pixel Inventor Goes Back To the Drawing Board · · Score: 1

    Are you honestly suggesting that, by having more pixels on the screen, the picture won't be blocky when they zoom to the pixel level?

  7. Daft Punk on Solar-Powered Plane Making 24-hour Flight · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one with "Around the World" stuck in their head right now?

  8. Guy walks into a store on Student Wants Science To Name 'Hella' Big Number · · Score: 5, Funny

    A guy walks into a store. "I'd like a 1 Hellahertz computer"
    Clerk promptly smacks him with a laptop.
    "Thanks!"

  9. Re:In Blizzard's defense on Blizzard To Require Real First and Last Names For Official Forums · · Score: 2, Funny

    His point is that, unless you're trying to read the trolls/flamebaits, you won't.

    Sadly, though, he had to feed a troll to make it. Now I'm offtopic. :/

  10. Re:Job-seeking tips for computer programmers on In UK, Computer Science Graduates the Least Employable · · Score: 1

    Trim your eyebrow.

    Are you saying we all have unibrows? Or that only one side needs trimming? I'M SO CONFUSED!

  11. Re:What? on EU Plans To Make Apple, Adobe and Others Open Up · · Score: 1

    They're just trying to make sure that when Skynet is launched, the GPS in your iPhone can activated so you can be properly located. You know, so they can replace your faulty antenna.

  12. Re:Pfft, I can top that. on Mom Arrested After Son Makes Dry Ice "Bombs" · · Score: 1

    On a similar line to the dry ice - The Works (TM) and aluminum foil.

    Is it illegal to make/possess thermite at home? I mean, it's not an explosive, even by this cop's definition.

  13. Obligatory xkcd on Daily Kos Pollster Made Up Numbers · · Score: 1

    http://xkcd.com/756/

    I think we should take a poll on how seriously we take poll numbers. I mean We already know how we vote in them

  14. Obligatory xkcd on Tattoos For the Math and Science Geek? · · Score: 0

    Binding people is hilarious, but how about commenting?

    http://xkcd.com/156/

    I'm not sure I'd want two green fingers the rest of my life, though.

  15. Re:It should Flash Crash to about 5000 on Flash Crash Analysis of May 6 Stock Market Plunge · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You're not too good at math are you?

    1.5*6800 = 10200

    Current market value: 10187

    Yeah, I'd say he's decent at math, if you account for rounding errors.

  16. Re:I'm not worried on Groups Urge FCC To Block NBC-Comcast Merger · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, it's okay for Comcast and NBC to merge then? What about Fox and Cox? Would you claim that rocks?

  17. Out of Beta? on Google Wave Out of Beta · · Score: 1

    So, it's further along the development cycle than Gmail?

  18. Re:Medical Radiation the New Demon on San Francisco Requires Cell Phone Radiation Warnings · · Score: 1

    Out of curiosity, was it the old film x-ray or the newer digital ones? It's my understanding that the newer ones use significantly less power and are "safer" for multiple uses. Even if it was, I agree with you. That kind of usage sounds excessive.

  19. Back to the Future Part 2 on PS Move Launch Date and Price Announced, Portal 2 For the PS3 · · Score: 1

    I have to say that I'm not even a little excited about 3D coming to video games. Marty McFly said it best - The shark still looks fake.

  20. Military Applications on Airplanes Unexpectedly Modify Weather · · Score: 0

    Am I the only one that considered flying in mass numbers over areas that have the right conditions to flash flood it? Or in the path between a country's fields and their normal cloud movements to cause a drought? Maybe I'm assuming precision that isn't there.

    I guess it could be used to bring rain to fields. That could be good, too.

  21. Re:You want to see my id? on Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Worth it.

  22. Re:You want to see my id? on Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope the filter is hard on people. They need to understand there are stiff rules.

  23. Re:Sorry, I don't buy it. on Uwe Boll, Other Filmmakers Sue Thousands of Movie Pirates · · Score: 1

    If I thought it might encourage him to stop making movies, I would.

  24. Re:Of course on AT&T Breach May Be Worse Than Initially Thought · · Score: 1

    They should know. No good deed goes unpunished.

  25. Re:We're on the wrong track. on Bill Gates's New Version of the Einstein Letter · · Score: 1

    I'm not holding out for anything. There's more than enough energy sources left for this and several future generations. I'm merely suggesting that nuclear fissile materials are "scarce" and that we should be looking at developing energy sources that will outlast humanity. In short, I want a Dyson Bubble.