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  1. Burning Man is about creativity? on EFF Says Burning Man Usurps Digital Rights · · Score: 4, Funny

    And here I thought it was about getting nude in the desert!

  2. Re:Brawndo on Gardeners Told to Give Exhausted Bees an Energy Drink · · Score: 1

    It's the thirst mutilator! http://www.brawndo.com/

  3. Will Standard Text Messaging Rates Apply? on NASA To Text Message Interplanetary Cousins · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or do they get charged 20 cents every lightyear?

  4. Ceiling Cat... on Sensor To Monitor TV Watchers Demoed At Cable Labs · · Score: 1

    ...together with electronics developers, have built a system to make his job of watching you... well, do what you do when you are alone and randy... much less difficult! Way to go Ceiling Cat!

  5. I agree... on Earth's Period of Habitability Is Nearly Over · · Score: 1

    There's no reason to believe we could find life on Earth... we shouldn't bother sending an expeditionary team there at all...

  6. I for one... on NASA's LCROSS Spacecraft Discovers Life On Earth · · Score: 1

    ...bow to our new Earthling overlords... wait a minute...

  7. Re:GIVE US LAN BACK on StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 · · Score: 1

    Yes, fighting piracy has now mandated that you seclude yourself in your room alone and play with online players that you may or may not know, using voice over IP communications to get less than ideal messages from your friends or "friends" online about how you are cheating, or being an anus, or whatever you plan to do to them. Piracy is a much more serious issue than internet addiction. Speaking of internet addiction, perhaps Blizzard is just using Battle.net to limit the amount of time Chinese citizens can play Star Craft II... if they play for too long, they will get thrown into a death camp. That would definitely lighten the load on Blizzard's servers...

  8. Re:Finally on DIY CPU Thermal Grease, Using Diamond Dust · · Score: 1

    and only $7... actually I've seen diamond paste before of a different brand as well. I hope this guy at least made a gallon for $33 though.

  9. Re:How? on New HIV Strain Discovered · · Score: 1

    I told that cat/bunny/girl NO! officer! Honest!

  10. Re:How? on New HIV Strain Discovered · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it piggy backed in some slung poo?

  11. Re:Great! on Ridley Scott Directing Alien Prequel · · Score: 1

    They could definitely capitalize on Seth Rogan's popularity right now... he's on fire... In space, no one can hear you LOL!

  12. Re:Who cares about the humans on Ridley Scott Directing Alien Prequel · · Score: 1

    It is the only way to be sure.

  13. Re:Great! on Ridley Scott Directing Alien Prequel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The action/sci-fi (syfy?WTF?!) movie that James Cameron created, I have to admit, is about my favorite sci-fi movie of all time, it was non-stop, suspenseful, but action packed... they couldn't go with all suspense because we all already knew what was coming, just not in what quantity... but the original movie was horror/sci-fi at its finest (especially given the time it was created). I mean, if they remade that movie with today's special effects, it'd be amazing... but only the youth that hadn't seen the series would really get the full scare factor out of it. The thing is, people of the 70's didn't have aliens popping out of their neighbor's chests everyday, so when they saw that movie, it was disturbing... then the monster grew up quick and started killing old school... it was like when Doom 3 first came out and even though it was just a game, I'd jump when things popped out because i wasn't quite sure what would lurk around the next corner. By the time Aliens came out, chest popping aliens were the norm, so they had to make it an action flick to keep the interest going. Alien was a masterpiece, because it was horror defined. It wasn't some crazy person hacking people up, it was something totally unknown, moving around an environment we weren't familiar with, in a location where no help could be found. Aliens was a masterpiece, because it took that same mix, threw in space marines (who started out with the general attitude military units in space always have in movies) and then the situation deteriorated rapidly. There was still suspense, but there was also a lot of plot and character development. Shoot, they barely show Frost getting waxed, and I already missed him... and the sarge! I have a feeling a prequel may try to explain why the Nostromo was sent to LV-426 in the first place.

  14. Re:Who cares about the humans on Ridley Scott Directing Alien Prequel · · Score: 3, Funny

    I heard they were going to do that, but they couldn't get Rosanne Barr to play the lead roll.

  15. Too much red tape on Fewer Than 10 ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy? · · Score: 1

    If the other civilizations are anything like ours, they've deemed space travel and otherworldly colonization too expensive, too time consuming and too costly. If we ever move from our planet to spread out in the galaxy, it will most likely be due to either contact with another civilization that has finally taken that plunge, or due to catastrophe that has forced us to abandon our home or at least look for a new one. Can we really expect other civilizations to be anymore reckless with their money and resources than we can expect from ourselves?

  16. Re:smoke and mirrors... on Prototype Vehicle For the Blind · · Score: 1

    Mirror? What if they are in the south? All the chrome bumpers on all the trucks!!!

  17. Re:Linus on Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough" · · Score: 1

    KHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... wait, that was a different person entirely.

  18. Hilarity ensues! on Transparent Aluminum Is "New State of Matter" · · Score: 1

    Just wait until all the videos of people walking into plate glass get replaced by this... magnificent! In other news, a group of amazon women have requested a shipment of jet aircraft grade transparent aluminum...

  19. Re:This is a great breakthrough... on Transparent Aluminum Is "New State of Matter" · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure he was given the secret to creating this material in exchange for enough of the material to make a whale sized fish tank out of...

  20. Re:How long did they take to get this out? on Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro Unveiled · · Score: 1

    2010 Camaros have been on showroom floors for over a month now... early release!

  21. Will it blend? on 7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake · · Score: 1

    I'm not convinced that this structure could withstand a Blendtec assault...

  22. Re:Cry me a river on Children Traumatized By "War of the Worlds" Abduction of Teacher · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obligatory "And boy was my butt sore"

  23. the site is slow because... on UK, Not North Korea, Is Source of DDoS Attacks · · Score: 1

    ...all their bandwidth is being used up sending out DDoS attacks! Doh!

  24. Re:Blame Kentucky? on PC Invader Costs a Kentucky County $415,000 · · Score: 1

    Ah... it's just that people feel like "it can't happen to me." To my knowledge, the majority of security issues don't come from Kentucky...

  25. Re:Proof please. on Comic Artist Detained For Script Containing 9/11 Type Scenarios · · Score: 1

    Why would they know he had said script on his person anyway? I suppose he could have been a random search candidate, but I've never been stopped at an airport because I had a notebook or whatever in my belongings. Perhaps if he was searched, it was for another reason, and the script was then found. Who knows... sounds made up to me.