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  1. Re:Only Box the Census Taker Will Check For Me is. on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    FEMA and the president were to declare martian law.

    When earthly law is not enough.....

  2. Re:health insurance is like auto insurance now on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    You can't simply decide to not be alive.

    Sure you can....most people just don't make that choice.

  3. Re:Frolicking? on Complex Life Found Under 600 Feet of Antarctic Ice · · Score: 1

    I went to TFA and found no evidence of "Frolicking" unless a shrimp humping a video cable is now considered sex.

    I believe that Rule 34 applies here....

  4. Re:Did you mean... on Complex Life Found Under 600 Feet of Antarctic Ice · · Score: 2, Informative

    Um, no....Lysianassidae is the correct term for the actual family of amphipods; lysianassid would be the correct term for a member of that family, kinda like how the name of our family is Hominidae but we are called hominids.

  5. Re:I presume... on Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn · · Score: 1

    For the record, the deregulation that caused the economy to tank started in the 1980s under Reagan. Thanks a lot, Ronnie....

  6. Re:How ironic... on New Wave of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 1

    Parent did not mention antibiotics by name, but with context: article is talking about antibiotic resistance, and parent says, 'for finding a way to kill deadly bacteria is now infamous for enabling the same.' Reading comprehension, FTW.

  7. Re:How ironic... on New Wave of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 0

    It was Alexander Fleming who discovered antibiotics, not Pasteur.

  8. Re:As far as misleading headlines go on Chuck Norris Attacks Linux-Based Routers, Modems · · Score: 1

    If only we could do that with politicians....

  9. Re:So Ignorant It Hurts on Texas Textbooks Battle Is Actually an American War · · Score: 1

    By your logic, forcing God out of public school is same as establishing the religion of atheism.

    Atheism is a religion in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.

  10. Re:right... on Plasma Jets Could Replace Dental Drills · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Yay! on Once Again, US DoJ Opposes Google Book Search · · Score: 1

    Which sounds remarkably similar to Sound Exchange collecting streaming audio royalty payments for all musicians, and not just those associated with RIAA/ASCAP

  12. Re:The real question is ... on Skydiver To Break Sound Barrier During Free-Fall · · Score: 1

    Only if he spins fast enough

  13. Re:Endangered species? No on Is That Sushi Hazardous To Your Health? · · Score: 1

    Unless the SEDF is the focus of a targeted fishery and is extremely profitable, such as...one of the species of bluefin tuna (southern bluefin tuna - Thunnus maccoyi)

  14. Re:Wonder how they will work this out... on Neanderthals "Had Sex" With Modern Man · · Score: 1

    Viability, when looking at hybrid crosses, generally refers to whether the fertilized embryo will actually develop into an adult. So, no viable offspring would definitely equal no introgression. In nature, there are many instances of two separate producing viable hybrid offspring. The key thing here is if those offspring are fertile and subsequently reproduced with one or the other parent species...then things get interesting.

  15. Re:Wonder how they will work this out... on Neanderthals "Had Sex" With Modern Man · · Score: 2, Informative

    That depends: are the hybrid offspring viable and/or fertile? We see viable hybrid offspring regularly...heard of a mule? One of the rough metrics for determining species status (using the Biological Species Concept) is that separate species will not produce fertile hybrid offspring.

  16. Re:Well, plenty of arachnids are vegetarians. on Vegetarian Spider Described · · Score: 1

    Are all mites arachnids?

    Yes

  17. Re:Except that... on Hardware Hackers Create a Cheaper Bedazzler · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a rave to me!

  18. Re:BSD did rather well on FreeBSD 8.0 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    Anything even partially outside the error bars translates into at least a "solid thrashing."

    When did Phoronix start using error bars? I've never seen a single one on any of their graphs, and it makes me really suspect of their conclusions on performance differences.

  19. Re:So the Beer and Hookers crowd on How GNOME and KDE Spend Their Money · · Score: 5, Funny

    Condoms, hopefully...

  20. Re:Wrong question on How To Make Science Popular Again? · · Score: 1

    Funny....I'm a scientist, and I think the exact same way about politics and law...

  21. Re:normal for Apple on Apple Blames 'External Forces' For Exploding iPhones · · Score: 5, Funny

    there was a hard drive clicking issue with current MBP's and 7200rpm drives, including freeze ups. people took them to Apple stores and were told it was a feature.

    the iMetronome?

  22. Re:What crime makes them criminals? on The Outing of Pranknet · · Score: 1

    Except that the Canadian penal code probably does not apply in Tulsa or Manchester, or anywhere else in the US.

  23. Re:Torture your Sims on Finding New and Unintended Ways of Playing Games · · Score: 1

    This was one of the funniest Sims torturing page I've seen in a while....

  24. Groups are already studying this... on Expedition To Explore an Alaska-Sized Plastic "Island" · · Score: 5, Informative

    Algalita Marine Research Foundation have been studying this garbage patch in the Pacific for the last 10 years.

  25. Re:The moral of the story on Apple Tries To Gag Owner of Exploding iPod · · Score: 2, Funny

    Moral: while it is cheaper, don't buy your iPod in Irak ...

    Probably shouldn't buy an atlas or a globe there either.....