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  1. Re:Oh! No! Cure for cancer found. on Common Diabetic Drug Fights Cancer Stem Cells · · Score: 1

    How does having premium payers live longer without need for treatment cause an insurance company to fail? Your logic isn't. AC trolls is so stu-upid

  2. Re:Um, how about no? on Pain-Free Animals Could Take Suffering Out of Farming · · Score: 1

    It would make it impossible to raise cattle. They would subscribe to injuries they did to themselves and the value of their meat would also be decreased due to continual bruising etc. if they feel no pain, no change in behavior will occur to stop hurting themselves.

  3. Re:Paranoia Reigns Supreme on Emergency Government Control of the Internet? · · Score: 1

    Feeding the troll, I know, but, "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

  4. Re:Prices on TomTom Releases iPhone Navigation App · · Score: 1

    Not only that, it gives a common currency to compare. If one was Dollars, one in Franks, one in Euros and one in Pounds, you would have been no better off, in fact, it would have useless information.

  5. You might want to protect your company by changing on How To Stop Businesses Storing SSNs Indefinitely? · · Score: 1

    this requirement so the individual can protect their ID. Companies can go bankrupt from lawsuits regarding ID theft.

  6. Re:And? on Bing Search Tainted By Pro-Microsoft Results · · Score: 1

    Good one! Bing is not Google (Bing)obviously

  7. Re:As usual with new Firefox releases... on Firefox 3.5 Reviewed; Draws Praise For HTML5, Speed · · Score: 1

    So it is a convenient bad habit! :)
    Isn't that true for many bad habits?

  8. Re:Is it just me... on EFF Busts Illegitimate Subdomain Patent · · Score: 1

    It is just you. Although that is a good idea. EFF could use any funds you send them for other cases too.

  9. Re:I hate whoever renamed unununium on Periodic Table Gets a New, Unnamed Element · · Score: 1

    I agree, besides, Roentgen already has units of radiation named after him. "How many Roentgens were generated with the decay of your Roentgenium?" Blah.

  10. Re:I like rail! Great mass transit in Europe on Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US · · Score: 1

    Mod the above up! It is the way this administration / congress works.

  11. Re:What IBM get's for 7B on IBM About To Buy Sun For $7 Billion · · Score: 1

    I am sure the bad you remember must have been Microsoft's contributions to the OS. MS got a royalty on every OS/2 sale as I recall due to the agreement between MS and IBM when OS/2 was developed.

  12. Re:"IBM is where good companies go to die" on What an IBM-Sun Merger Might Mean For Java, MySQL, Developers · · Score: 1

    Kudos! That was hilarious! :)

  13. Re:Whaddya mean 'missed out on cassette computing' on 10 OSes We Left Behind · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the Z80 a clone of the 8086 or 8088?

  14. Re:CSI to the rescue on Cotton Swabs are the Prime Suspect In 8-Year Phantom Chase · · Score: 1

    Then you just leave half your DNA everywhere?

  15. Re:Funny how Texas came to be part of the Union. on Texas Vote May Challenge Teaching of Evolution · · Score: 1

    You Alamo deniers are all alike!

  16. Re:Really on Microsoft Says IE Faster Than Chrome and Firefox · · Score: 1

    Me too. I can't seem to find IE available for Mandriva Linux. When did they release it? :P

  17. Re:Negative progress on The Flying Giant Is 40 Years Old · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, the problem is developers developing around airports thinking that is a great way to make a dollar. Then selling these noisy places to unsuspecting people who don't take the time to research what they are really doing, moving close to airports or people saying "wow, the price is low in this area, I think I can afford that house", buying it and then complaining about the noise.

  18. Re:Cant wait on The Herschel Telescope Close To Blast Off · · Score: 1

    Ok, you're outta here! (Chris Burke said "Color me exited." Did he mean excited? Not what he said. :P)

  19. Re:And with all that ash in the air... on Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption · · Score: 1

    Now you are quoting a Saturday Night Live comediane not the person she was impersonating. :) I hope you knew that, but just in case you didn't.

  20. Re:Reminds me of a Comic on Dr. Dobb's Journal Going Web-Only · · Score: 1

    Now that was pertinent!:) Good laugh and to the point.

  21. Re:ALL of God's creatures? on PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message · · Score: 1

    You bet, dipped in chocolate, crunchy protein!

  22. Re:I'd support that... on South Carolina Wants To Jam Cell Phone Signals · · Score: 1

    Maybe the friend could watch TV or videos at home rather than in public then? Or have a pager as someone else suggested. As long as the friend knows where blocking is taking place the friend can avoid those places.

  23. Re:I'm not too concerned yet on After Columbine, Eric Holder Advocated Internet "Restrictions" · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Obama will also probably be appointing one or two new SCOTUS judges in his term.

  24. Re:Skeet shooting anyone? on Grenade-Style Wireless Camera For Combat · · Score: 1

    I believe you are... :P

  25. Re:Now they really know you're coming... on Grenade-Style Wireless Camera For Combat · · Score: 1

    Well send an HE through next so you take the RPK guy out. Problem solved. :)