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  1. Re:Article is wrong. on MIT Scientists Make a Polyethylene Heatsink · · Score: 2, Funny

    Prime example of why scientists can never be successful in business: as soon as s/he finds a potentially tremendously profitable idea, s/he questions whether certain laws would be broken.

  2. Re:Five year old news? on Fifth Anniversary of a Cosmic Onslaught · · Score: 1

    Not really. He's at least 2.5 years old by the time you replied.

  3. Re:People! Punctuation is IMPORTANT! on Google Under Fire For Calling Their Language "Go" · · Score: 1

    It's actually a Chinese game if you are talking about where it came from.

    There seems to be something in the word "Go" that confuses people about its origin no matter what the context (3 scenarios in your post). Next experiment: try first-post with "Go" and see if the universe explodes :)

  4. Re:419 Scams on Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart · · Score: 1

    Just make sure you don't mis-pronounce the word "resume" ;-)

  5. In future releases... on Rise of the Robot Squadrons · · Score: 1

    In future releases, this single person will be able to select a subset of these drones by clicking and dragging the mouse to form a rectangle over the desired units and assign sub-group numbers by pressing ctrl-n (where n is 1 to 9) on the keyboard. The most equipped drone will also be able to pick up ancient scrolls lost in the valleys of Afghanistan which would enhance its armor and features, such as Insightful +3 for improved vision. By the way, the command center is being built within the U.S. base in South Korea.

  6. Re:Cap-and-Trade Law: Good for Bankers, Bad for U. on Nothing To Fear But Fearlessness Itself? · · Score: 1

    It's not like any of the carbon emitting industries gets (or has gotten) any less support at the expense of taxpayers. If we have to pay either way, it is for the very least desirable to have the financiers' interests aligned with our environmental interests.

  7. Re:As Rutherford said... on Study Says US Needs Fewer Science Students · · Score: 1

    That's what I thought. Even more ironical when it is a quote by one of the pioneers of sub-atomic physics which led to quantum theory.

  8. Re:Michael Foale on First European Commander of the ISS · · Score: 1

    One could also argue that he was the first half of European commander of the ISS, and the second and third halves being Mr. De Winne, and therefore De Winne is still the first (whole) European Commander.

    Or are we not talking about capsicums?

  9. I am surprised... on Company Offers Customizable Web Spidering · · Score: 1

    I am surprised that a post containing the words "SETI", "80 legs", "crawling", "computer", "spider", "farm", and "unused power" does not have the plot of Jodi Foster listening to radio telescope and discovering evil giant mutant cyborg space spiders are trying to invade earth and capture humans as batteries

  10. Re:Powerful evidence for recent wet Mars on New Images Reveal Pure Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 1

    "...humid climate not very long ago, perhaps just several thousand years ago."

    Here's an interesting though of mine: What set backs have we wrought ourselves in the history of mankind, that without them we might have advanced to space age a few thousand years earlier and caught up with Mars when it was still much more habitable?

    Midieval dark ages come to mind. Can you think of others? I'm discounting natural phenomena, because we couldn't help it.

  11. Re:Actually... on Dead Salmon's "Brain Activity" Cautions fMRI Researchers · · Score: 1

    why is this post informative exactly??

  12. Is it possible on Lost World of Fanged Frogs and Giant Rats · · Score: 1

    that bacteria and/or viruses there also evolved separately and most humans are not immune to them? Shouldn't we quarantine the expedition team for a reasonable period of time after they got out?

  13. Re:Maybe it's a different type of humor on New Hitchhiker's Guide Book "Not Very Funny" · · Score: 1

    Judging by the way you spell humour, I'm not surprised you didn't find too much fun in the British division of it. This comment is not derogatory in any way.

  14. Oh the humanity on Deposit Checks By iPhone · · Score: 1

    The sheer number of intricacies involved that are up for exploits just blow my mind, not to mention the faint awkward idea in the back of my head about uploading a picture of Knuth's reward cheque...

  15. Too many ... on the dance floor on Nano Origami for DNA, Complete With Software · · Score: 1

    The only boob I'd see tonight will not only be made of origami, but also nano-scale.

  16. Re:It's proof! on Large Hadron Collider Struggling · · Score: 1

    In fact it's also a further proof mediocre species like us deserve only painfully long and lonely death throwing nuclear warheads or 30000-lb bombs at each other. Those more capable civilizations gobble up themselves swiftly with black holes.

  17. Next up on Microsoft Agrees To EU Browser Ballot Screen · · Score: 1

    Next up, Apple concede in EU by displaying a start-up menu on their new PCs featuring OS X among Windows and 12 other flavours of Linux

  18. Re:Nobody expects... on Ireland Criminalizes Blasphemy · · Score: 1

    Mashed-potato-boarding

  19. Re:stop crying on FTC To Monitor Blogs For Paid Claims & Reviews · · Score: 1

    Have you considered the possibility that the act of monitoring new media would make it better than the old media? If blogs are turned into blocs of unregulated special interest conglomerates, how different are they from the networks?

  20. Re:Just give up on Periodic Table Gets a New, Unnamed Element · · Score: 1

    I'm just curious, but what happens if we allow corporate sponsorship in exchange of naming scientific discoveries they'd like?

  21. Re:F Dolphins on Powerful Sonar Causes Deafness In Dolphins · · Score: 1

    So long and thanks for all the ... wait...

  22. Choose a wise leader, or rather, a leader wisely on Managing Humans · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The major problem -- one of the major problems, for there are several -- one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.

    To summarize: it is a well-known fact that thoes people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themeslves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem."

    ---- Douglas Adams

  23. Re:Make sure... on Flying Car Ready To Take Off · · Score: 1

    It's funny, or perhaps sad, when on their own website they put "Drive in case of inclement weather" as the first bullet point about safety.

  24. the warehouse? on Meteorite Destroys Warehouse In Auckland, NZ · · Score: 1

    It'll take a Leonids shower to take that junk retail chain down

  25. Re:$10,000,000, eh? on Resurrecting the Mighty Mammoth, Cheaply · · Score: 2, Funny

    no no no no no... you make a male and take out one of its ribs, good ol' fashion