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  1. Re:And other things.. on Y2K38 Watch Starts Saturday · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Apocalyptic event? Last time I checked, the world was still here. Epochal, perhaps, as I suspect it will be the defining event for my generation, much like the moon landing or JFK forgetting to duck, but in the grand scheme of things it was no more apocalyptic than the 2005 tsunami.

  2. If you don't mind ASCII on 101 Free Games for 2008 · · Score: 1, Informative
  3. The innocent man has nothing to hide on 'War on Terror' Allies Form Information Consortium · · Score: 0

    My trial for indecent exposure is in 2 weeks.

  4. I can answer one of these on Modeling Urban Panic · · Score: 4, Insightful

    5) identify, if possible, the tell-tale signs of a peaceful crowd about to metamorphosize into a hellish mob;

    Riot police. I've seen several demonstrations turn violent, and every single time it was preceded by riot police either attacking people (I've seen Metropolitan Police TSG hit a pregnant woman for talking back to them), herding people into an enclosed space and beating those who try and get out or baton charging a peaceful crowd.*

    *This is not to say the police cause all riots, but they're certainly a factor in at least some of them.

  5. I'd touch Batman's junk liberally on What Would You Do As President? · · Score: 0

    See how he likes being on the receiving end. Bastard.

  6. We need more gas on Helium Crisis Approaching · · Score: 4, Funny

    Build a refinery.

  7. Re:Horrible... on California Utilities to Control Thermostats? · · Score: 1, Funny

    But nuclear power plants use science. Science is bad. Everything would be alright if we'd just live in caves and hunt our own food, because the pre technological past was idyllic and peaceful.

  8. Religious profiling on $500,000 Prize for Faster Airport Security Checks · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I mean, yeah, it wouldn't necessarily catch the Jehovah's Witnesses when they use their stolen suitcase nuke, but if people are serious about security why don't they stop pretending that we're all a threat and that the current terrorist threat doesn't come from one specific religion?
    Given a choice between, say, being alive or having my white liberal guilt temporarily assuaged I know what my choice is.

  9. Clearup rates on US DHS Testing FOSS Security · · Score: 0

    Of the 236 defects, 228 have been corrected, said Maxwell in an interview.

    Proof that waterboarding developers is a valid part of any QA methodology.

  10. Well, they're now the proud owners of on NSI Registers Every Domain Checked · · Score: 5, Funny

    network-solutions-hates-non-whites.com
    our-ceo-jacks-off-to-goatse.com
    batman-touched-my-junk-liberally.com

  11. This is excellent on Linux-Based PMP Features Head-Up Display · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can look like a complete tool without using proprietary software.

  12. My proposed system on Western-Style Voting 'A Loser' · · Score: 1, Funny

    Every year, Margaret Thatcher retakes power, and people vote on whether she wears whipped cream or a wet t-shirt.

  13. Re:Let me clarify my position. on RIAA's 'Misspeaking' May Have Affected Verdict · · Score: 2, Funny

    If only lawyers shared the Great White's endangered status as well. Sigh...

    Anyway, given their shared bottom feeding habits, wouldn't Ginglymostoma cirratum be more appropriate?*

    * IANAMB, I looked the Latin name up on wikipedia, so it probably actually means "Fuck your mother, Brutus" or something similar.

  14. In Japan on High School Robotics Competition Kicks Off · · Score: 0

    The schoolchildren have to transform into robots.

  15. A question for Facebook fans on Who Owns Your Social Data? You Do, Sort of · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Facebook fanatics? I've been sitting here in my parent's basement in front of a Mac for about 20 minutes now trying to find a 16 year old girl to stalk. 20 minutes. Normally, on Myspace, which by all standards should be a lot slower than Facebook, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

    In addition, during this search, Netscape will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt.

    I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while searching Facebook, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a stalkee who has replied faster than her Myspace counterpart, despite Facebook's much vaunted messaging service. The old Yahoo chatrooms are faster than this Web 2.0 newcomer at times. From a creepy old man standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the Facebook is a superior website.

    Facebook addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use Facebook over other faster, cheaper, more stable sites.

  16. One thing I never understood about the Matrix on Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory · · Score: 0

    If you're going to trap people in a VR sim, why would you put them in a virtual world that has a sufficiently advanced level of technology to understand what VR is?

  17. Re:They don't deserve it... quick lesson in life on Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted · · Score: 0

    Avoiding scams is nothing to do with education, and everything to do with common sense. There are, for example, several instances of professors being the victim of 419s. In fact, were I a conman, I'd be thanking whatever deity I believed in for your attitude. Scams only work because the scammed think they're able to get one up on the scammer.

  18. Re:Dear Alan Ralsky on Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted · · Score: 3, Funny

    Depends if he's got an open relay, I guess.

  19. Dear Alan Ralsky on Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thousands of hot inmates are waiting for you!

  20. Re:They shouldn't on Scammers Continue to Wreak Havoc in MMO's · · Score: 0

    Which cuts both ways, of course. How many men from first world countries have got laid in a developing nation by pretending it was a serious relationship with hope of a passport at the end?

  21. Re:A real combat system, please? on Jade Empire 2 in the Works · · Score: 0

    IMO the combat was PARALYZING PALM far too easy. You could win any fight without PARALYZING PALM damage by just keeping the enemy in a permanent PARALYZING PALM stunlock, and then use the Spirit style to steal PARALYZING PALM chi off them to cause damage with the stunning PARALYZING PALM attacks. No need to block, even.

  22. Re:"Standard all-in-one desktop computer?" on Is the Dell XPS One Better than the Apple iMac? · · Score: -1, Troll

    So 8.1% market share makes something the standard then? Any other Kool-Aid inspired insights to share with us? Perhaps you have the date when the iMothership will appear?

  23. "Standard all-in-one desktop computer?" on Is the Dell XPS One Better than the Apple iMac? · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's Apple's market share again? 3.1416 % or something like that?
    That's like calling wind power the standard energy generation method.

  24. Time to use those airmiles on WTO Awards Caribbean Country Right to Ignore US Copyright · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm going to setup a copy shop and start selling pirate copies of Ubuntu. Who's with me?

  25. I'd have a trapdoor + piranha tank in the dev area on How Would You Design Your Dream Office? · · Score: 0

    Works for me.