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  1. Re:Full Recovery? on Hawking Expecting To Make Full Recovery · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Life is the leading cause of death, ya know."

    "Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily." François de La Rochefoucauld

  2. Re:learn PowerPoint and Access skills on Microsoft Won't Vouch For Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    How do you pronounce 'grep'? I've always just said 'grep'. But I've heard some from out east say it like 'grep'.

    One guy from Europe even goes so far as to emphasize it as 'grep'.

  3. Re:Breaking the law on BBC Hijacks 22,000 PCs In Botnet Demonstration · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's an electrically charged net that we use to catch runaway robots. Like the Ethernet we use to catch the EtherBunny.

  4. Saaawwweeet! on Unreal Tournament 3 "Titan Pack" Expansion Coming In March · · Score: 1

    Now, if we could only get nubs not to vote for Downtown or Tank Crossing. ;)

  5. Re:So... on The Universe As Hologram · · Score: 1

    So is the grief counselling.

  6. Re:Debit not Credit. on Blu-ray Update Sent To User Via Credit Card Records · · Score: 1

    No, you aren't the only one to skip the misleading headline and actually read the summary.

    How they got his address from only his debit card info is the real kicker.

  7. Re:Don't panic. on Blu-ray Update Sent To User Via Credit Card Records · · Score: 1
    "No big conspiracy or identity theft going on, so relax."

    Really? Even though the author states he paid with a debit card?

    They don't have the same sort of information on them.

  8. Re:They got a refund on Overzealous AirTran Boots 9 Passengers Off · · Score: 1

    Nikola Kavaja, 1979.. Well, first time, anyhow.

  9. Re:Toyota's most recent plant expansions... on Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails? · · Score: 1
  10. Re:c'mon ppl,this is really sad,please hold the jo on Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76 · · Score: 1

    There were two such times in Star Trek. ("It's . . .Green!")

    One was Scotty ("By any other name")

    "I found this on Ganyroom... uh, uh, Ganymeer... mede"
    "What is it?"
    "It's... uh... it's green."

    trying to get an alien drunk; the other was Commander Data to Scotty ("Relics").

  11. Re:c'mon ppl,this is really sad,please hold the jo on Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76 · · Score: 1

    Anyone up for a good car analogy?

  12. Re:c'mon ppl,this is really sad,please hold the jo on Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76 · · Score: 1

    >I'm with you and Scotty.

    >Drink to her memory, drink to the life she lived, and have another for all the times she made me laugh, smile, or just glade to hear her voice.

    >We'll all miss her, but we'll also remember her.

    I shall look for something appropriately Grrrrreen.

    (If you don't get that, you haven't paid attention to Star Trek)

  13. Re:Where oh where? on Spider Missing After Trip To Space Station · · Score: 1

    That cane spider looks cool. But it also resembles a Brazilian Wandering Spider. Those are described as 'stupid agressive'. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/techuser/2158857410/in/set-72157603167029346/).

    I'd be apprehensive of the Cane Spider too, just to be on the safe side.

  14. Re:Worse than Dell with the Windows tax on Secure OS Gets Highest NSA Rating, Goes Commercial · · Score: 1
    You probably shouldn't click the 'Don't agree' button inflight.

    Just ask these guys.

  15. Re:Huh? on (Stupid) Useful Emacs Tricks? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think cat+sed has any money. Plus, you'd have to prove damages.

  16. Re:Like a car... on When Does Powering Down Servers Make Sense? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hola Señor.

    Me gusta lo que dices, y estoy interesado en suscribirse a su boletín informativo.

  17. Re:Hotpatching on Attack Code Found For Recent Windows Bug · · Score: 3, Interesting

    >And if you were MS, is that something you would want to support?

    If you were MS, and wanted to brag about 5 Nines uptime, wouldn't you design the patch so you didn't have to reboot production servers once a month?

    Glad I spent all weekend patching, now that the exploit has escaped.

  18. Re:I didn't think anything.... on The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes? · · Score: 1

    >I didn't think anything....was a bigger hoax than Global Warming.

    Pfffft. 'Chemtrails'. Try that one out.

  19. Re:What about the Lemming's film on The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes? · · Score: 1

    +1 on that.

    Especially since the lemmings were arctic lemmings, collected by schoolkids in Northern Manitoba, and the 'cliff' was south of Calgary , Alberta. Nowhere near the Arctic or even Norway. Plus, they had a little turntable that flung the lemmings off the cliff.

    And people still think Lemmings are prone to mass suicide.

  20. Re:not the real cause on Afghan Student Gets 20 Years For Blasphemy · · Score: 1
    >>"Blasphemy" as a concept is not restricted to religious matters. There are many things that even supposedly free societies will not allow to be discussed.

    Depends on the society. The Department of Vice and Virtue or The Department of "Well, that was unexpected"

    Punishment will fit the crime, only if society demands it. I doubt the CRTC will even investigate the matter, let alone throw half million dollar fines for what can be seen on regular airwaves after midnight in Toronto.

  21. Re:Yield of Amino Acids on Old Materials Resurface For "Prebiotic Soup" · · Score: 3, Funny

    How 'determined' are the sperm?

  22. Re:Translation on Cisco Ships Mexican Folk Music On VPN Client CD · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess the funnier part is, thousands of Traditional Mexican music lovers haven't noticed the squeals and chirps coming from their CD players.

  23. Re:How handy! on National Car Tracking System Proposed For US · · Score: 2, Interesting

    >Police later cleared themselves of any serious wrong-doing following an extensive investigation.

    > I just love this quote so much, for so many reasons.

    You should try living here. We Edmontonians hear that a lot on the news. "Police taser/shoot/run a red light and kill children " . . .and the internal investigation clears them of wrongdoing.

    An offduty cop ran a red light in his BMW 735 wile drunk, and nearly killed 3 people, burned one of them quite badly. He was suspenede - with pay. It's laughable. (and how does a 5 year vet of the force afford a BMW 735 anyhow?)

    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/05/12/5539571-sun.html

  24. Re:Truth on Ford's 65MPG Due In November, But Not In the US · · Score: 1

    Total is a new player in the Oilsands. Suncor and Syncrude have been doing it for 30 years. Their investment was on $10 oil, and it's paid for itself many times over since.

    When I worked at those plants, their break even was $17/Bbl. Now that they've gone for Natural gas powered drag lines to the truck & shovel method, that has been reduced further. And Synthetic Crude commands a higher premium than light sweet crude, as it's easier to refine. $90 (light Texas sweet) oil means synthetic crude brings in at least $130 for the synthetic stuff.

  25. Re:Truth on Ford's 65MPG Due In November, But Not In the US · · Score: 1

    (think oil sands in Ontario).

    Why would I do that? They are in Alberta and Saskatchewan. And Oilsands cost about $11/BBl to pull out of the ground. Less if it's insitu (SAG-D).