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  1. Re:Not just Google on At Google, You're Old and Gray At 40 · · Score: 1

    Wow. That's exactly the kind of statement that can get a company slapped with an age discrimination suit. Brilliant guy.

  2. Next Up: Medical Researchers on Geologists Might Be Charged For Not Predicting Quake · · Score: 1

    For not curing cancer.

  3. Re:Exactly. It's not like law enforcement can be on Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded · · Score: 1

    Since when didn't we think of firefighters as noble heroes who put their lives on the line?

  4. Re:Who would have guessed on Chameleon-Like Behavior of Neutrino Confirmed · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the Executive model.

  5. This! on Publishers Campaign For Universal E-Book Format · · Score: 1

    I want a tablet device that is 8.5x11

    Hope there's one to buy within the next two years.

  6. Re:Liability caps on BP Knew of Deepwater Horizon Problems 11 Months Ago · · Score: 1

    By definition, when prices are fixed, the market is not free. The government didn't destroy the market, it freed it. Don't buy the double-speak of laissez-faire advocates. The "free" in free market refers to freedom from distortions and hinderances on the workings of supply and demand, not free from government regulation.

  7. Re:Where's the Beef? er, Bow Shock? on Supermassive Black Hole Is Thrown Out of Galaxy · · Score: 1

    No, he got the usage wrong in a different portion of his post. "The gravity well would effect the entire star." Effect is a verb as well as a noun, that means to bring about or create, which is clearly not the intended meaning in this context.

  8. Re:The comedy is too easy on this one... on Supermassive Black Hole Is Thrown Out of Galaxy · · Score: 1

    And...

    - What a complete tosser!

  9. Re:RGB on Is the 4th Yellow Pixel of Sharp Quattron Hype? · · Score: 1

    Disabling a cone won't allow you to experience "true colors", it will allow you to experience color blindness.

    You are conflating using the word color, which is a perceptual category, to describe a wavelength of light, which is a physical property of radiation. Not entirely your fault since it is a common conflation reinforced by adoption into technical descriptions, but it leads to fundamentally wrong understandings such as yours about "extra pollution" within your own eyes.

  10. Re:Clearly missing a trick. on Is the 4th Yellow Pixel of Sharp Quattron Hype? · · Score: 1

    This has been done, sort of, with this year's plasma displays from a couple of manufacturers, Panasonic and Samsung if I recall. There is a black border between pixels that is significantly wider, the purpose of which is to enhance contrast.

  11. Re:Server technology? on Intel Shows Off First Light Peak Laptop · · Score: 1

    This would be awesome. I have hungered forever for an affordable way to have my noisy machine isolated far away from the area I actually use my PC.

  12. Re:Spam? on DDO's Turbine Partners With Notorious SuperRewards · · Score: 1

    This is a win-win, because those Vikings really want to know what's in YOUR wallet?

  13. Re:But then it makes no sense on Japanese Guts Are Made For Sushi · · Score: 1

    What part of "Japanese people harbor enzymes in their intestinal bacteria" made you think the Japanese acquired genes instead of different bacteria? What the summary is referring to is the intestinal bacteria acquiring genes from the seaweed bacteria.

  14. Do I Smell a Fork? on Tremulous Switching To Xbox Live, Exclusively · · Score: 1

    All I ever wanted was a spoon.

  15. Re:Our new overlords (a different meme) on EU Demands Canada Gut Its Copyright and Patent Laws · · Score: 1

    Tell that to your buddy, guy!

  16. Re:Why is this modded funny? on "Install Other OS" Feature Removed From the PS3 · · Score: 1

    Biggus Dickus? Is that you?

  17. Re:To quote the great Bob Saget on Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction · · Score: 1

    Why don't you just type dick? You don't need to blank out words just because they have naughty connotations. Just the ones that have no clean ones. That is, if you're even censoring at all.

  18. This is News? on Canadian Libraries Want $300,000 To Buy Games · · Score: 1

    I've seen video games in my library for a couple years now.

  19. Re:Strange Sizing on Microsoft Docs Indicate Future Xbox 360 Support For USB Storage · · Score: 4, Funny

    $99.99

  20. Re:Medical... on Why Are Digital Hearing Aids So Expensive? · · Score: 1

    Would've does indeed sound like would of.

  21. Spooky Chant on Nearby Star Forecast To Skirt Solar System · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the year 1,502,000....

  22. Re:Test server slashdotted already? on FCC Asks You To Test Your Broadband Speeds · · Score: 1

    I got similar data rate measurements from both engines, but the latency with MBLAB was 450 ms, jitter 420, whille Ookla was 25 ms, jitter 8.

  23. Re:Emi on EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs · · Score: 5, Funny

    We don't need no compilations!

  24. Re:Dumb Government Abuse of Power on Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn · · Score: 3, Informative

    Homeowners care about their neighbors' home values because they greatly affect their own home's value. If your neighbor turns his once nice yard into a horror, the appraised value of every home in the area will decrease. People who intend to live in their homes until they die care the least, and at the opposite end of the spectrum speculators have conniption fits.

  25. Kidney Transplant Time on New Wave of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 1

    If you know your therapy is going to destroy your patient's kidneys and put them on a kidney transplant waiting list, wouldn't the smartest thing to do be to remove them, treat the infection, then transplant their own kidneys back in place? So long as the kidneys themselves aren't infected, of course.