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  1. Re:And this doesn't seem like a bad idea? on Mapping a Monster Volcano · · Score: 1

    For starters, you could accidentally let the clowns out of the circus.

  2. Fins on SpaceX Falcon 9R Vertical Take-Off and Landing Test Flight · · Score: 3, Funny

    Aaaand 3... 2... 1... Deploy flyswatters!

  3. Re:Mutant registration is a good idea, by the way on Mutant Registration vs. Vaccine Registration · · Score: 1

    Thank you for your comment. I'm glad somebody had the nerve to say it. Too many people these days are content to sit around and ponder hypotheticals like "does the anti-vax movement harm society as a whole?" Meanwhile they're ignoring the all-too-real threat of mutants causing global warming and teleporting past metal detectors.

  4. Re:Not again... on 30 Days Is Too Long: Animated Rant About Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Has the CD / DVD / BluRay software been upgraded to something more useful?

    In fact, MS removed Windows DVD Creator from Windows 8. And Media Player no longer supports DVD playback.

  5. Re:A very MS centric blog indeed... on Surface RT vs. iPad: a Comparison · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently you have not seen the new retina screen. Nothing prepares you for it because you can't see it on any monitor you have now. Letters look like they are carved in the glass with a diamond stylus. They just pop with sharpness you never knew you were missing.

    Have you seen the actual letters MS based their fonts on? You can't tell from the way they look on your retina display, but in person each letter looks as if it emerged fully-formed from the head of Zeus. When I first laid eyes on the "A" I wept tears of sweet honey and was transported to a world of dazzling rainbows.

  6. Re:Editing required. on RSA Boss Angers Privacy Advocates · · Score: 1

    "(now the ears of my ears awake and
    now the eyes of my eyes are opened)"

    -- e. e. cummings

  7. Re:Hrm on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe his girlfriend's name is Swimantha.

  8. Re:Dell Netbooks do this on Stubborn Intel Graphics Bug Haunts Ubuntu 12.04 · · Score: 1

    It happened to my Mini 9 last night.

  9. Re:This is idiotic behavior. on 'Wiki Weapon Project' Wants Your 3D-Printable Guns · · Score: 1

    Why would they go to Parchman? That's two states away.

  10. Re:Nuke it from orbit on Ask Slashdot: How To Clean Up My Work Computer Before I Leave? · · Score: 1

    You should be able to put an AT4 round into your work PC without and adverse impact to your employer beyond the fact that an already amortized asset has been been converted into a pile of slag.

    By "already amortized asset" you mean the building, right?

  11. Re:O, Hell No! I'm GETTIN that interview! on New Reality Series: Be the Next Microsoft Employee · · Score: 1

    Orange badges are for contractors. Blue badges are for long term employees.

  12. Re:Self-fulfilled research on Apple Increases Dominance of Mobile Shopping · · Score: 1

    Yes. He is getting paid in euros in Mexico. And Turkey.

  13. Re:I am the 1% on Facebook Settles With FTC, Admits Privacy Violations · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Whatever doesn't kill us, makes us stronger... on Paper On Super Flu Strain May Be Banned From Publication · · Score: 1

    Until we're fitted with bio-mechanical replacements that give us near super-powers...

    I'm choosing to believe that was a M.A.N.T.I.S. reference.

  15. Re:Silly. on Who Killed Videogames? · · Score: 1

    IIRC, that's about the time arcade games went funny. (Maybe I'm missing it by a few years?) Games like Robotron 2084 or Sinistar or even Pac Man are sort of open-ended. You play until you die x times and you try to get on the high scores list. Whereas something like Golden Axe is a pure grind. If you have enough quarters, you can play to the end. What fun is that?

  16. Re:sex? on Children Helped Decorate Prehistoric Caves of France · · Score: 1

    The marks left behind by the girls did not include stains reminiscent of a Monica Lewinski outfit.

    Okay, first of all we're talking about 3 year olds. Second, that reference is 13 years old.

  17. Re:Embedded in the passport? on Checkpoint of the Future Coming Soon To Airports · · Score: 1

    Sometimes I think the army is pointing their guns at the wrong would-be-oppressors.

    Agreed. Obviously a military junta would be WAAAAY better at respecting our rights.

  18. Re:Science does require faith on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    *rimshot*

    *crickets chirping*

  19. Re:Amazon lost on If App Store's Trademark Is Generic, So Is Windows' · · Score: 1

    How far of a leap is it to say that application is just a longer form of app so it's also covered under trademark.

    Surely Apple would object to other shortened forms of "application" as well. Can you imagine an "appl store"?

  20. Re:Erection on TSA To Make Pat-Downs More Embarrassing To Encourage Scanner Use · · Score: 1

    I know parent is joking, but according to the leaked TSA screening guidelines from last year, passengers do have the choice of a male or female screener for the pat-down, regardless of sexual orientation.

  21. Re:Um, Not? on King Tut's Chariot a Marvel of Ancient Engineering · · Score: 1

    ...makes me wonder if his accident didn't involve a busted chariot wheel which was replaced after he died...presumably so Tut could use it in the afterlife.

    The article definitely says the other tire is "newer," not "new." But that's still fun to imagine.

  22. Re:Deceiving. on World's Fastest Hybrid OK'd For Production · · Score: 1

    ...what are we doing putting them in control of a 3000lb killing machine?

    That's just silly. No one controls the mighty Megalosaurus!

  23. Re:Front page news? on Alien Swarm Can Be Played As a Terrifying FPS · · Score: 2, Informative

    An inordinate amount of attention for simple game. In other headline news, Starcraft 2 can be played as anything, thanks to a gnarly editor.

    One big reason for all the attention is that Valve has released the full source and SDK alongside it. Mods haven't started rolling in yet, but there are sure to be quite a few.

    I'm sure SC2's editor is great, though.

  24. Re:The fact is, US is just as bad as China on US Gov't Orders 73,000 Private Websites Offline · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When it comes to respecting civil rights, there is no such thing as shades of gray.

    Whew! I guess we don't need the Supreme Court anymore.

  25. Re:Among them are a tool for creating virtual hard on The Hidden Treasures of Sysinternals · · Score: 1

    Article is referring to this tool: disk2vhd