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  1. Re:death by manhole cover? on AI Predicts Manhole Explosions In New York City · · Score: 1

    Why not vent the inspection covers? It would be trivial to create a manhole cover with a one-way valve to allow pressure to escape without explosively ejecting the whole thing.

    Ah, I've just read a little lower down. As dkleinsc said, "maybe because there are no financial consequences to any organization if a manhole cover gets launched 300' up and lands on some 3-year-old."

    I'm going to go one step further and use the word legal instead of financial.

  2. Re:Successor agency on Microsoft Opens Source Code To KGB's Successor Agency · · Score: 1

    Leyland DAF Vans They made vans and minibuses in the UK. Most of them were shoddy and useless, and may as well have been made in post-communist Russia.

  3. Re:Will they do VIII? on Fan-Developed Ultima VI Remake Released · · Score: 1

    I never knew that. I'm definitely downloading this remake now!

    Thanks for the info.

  4. Will they do VIII? on Fan-Developed Ultima VI Remake Released · · Score: 1

    I enjoyed Pagan. It's the game that got me into fantasy RPGs.

  5. Re:I hear ya.... on Where Are the Joysticks For Retro Gaming? · · Score: 2, Funny
  6. Re:Clean them on New Batfish Species Found Under Gulf Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    Holy viscous hydrocarbon!

  7. Re:Odds are on New Batfish Species Found Under Gulf Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    I'm not entirely sure, but it might have something to do with making the rockin' world go 'round.

  8. Re:Your own kit on Stanford, U.C. Berkeley Offer Students Genetic Testing · · Score: 1

    Not to be confused with that feature-rich and extensible Linux UI.

    KDE.

  9. Re:Does anyone see a GATTACA coming true? on Stanford, U.C. Berkeley Offer Students Genetic Testing · · Score: 1

    You missed 1984.

    Or does that not count, because it was "... a warning, not a manual!"

  10. Re:Have some fun with this! on Stanford, U.C. Berkeley Offer Students Genetic Testing · · Score: 1

    I think I know the punchline to that first one:

    "Your water is hard, get a softener. Your dog has worms, get him shots. Your daughter's using cocaine, get her into a rehab clinic. Your wife's pregnant, it's not yours, get a lawyer. And if you don't stop jerking off, your tennis elbow will never get better!"

  11. Re:Concrete roads are shit on Concrete That Purifies the Air · · Score: 1

    New England has similar weather to England, it seams. What happened? Did you get nostalgic for the motherland? If only Birmingham was there and not in Alabama... Then you could have your own set of Black Country folk

  12. Re:And... on Crack the Code In US Cyber Command's Logo · · Score: 1

    There's a spurious hyphen in the blurb. "... full-spectrum..." is how it is now. This is what other stories I've seen regarding this are about.

  13. Re:Article missing it's mark on Chinese Company Seeks US Workers With 125 IQ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Teachers in the UK are being hired in China to teach Chinese students English. It doesn't matter what they teach over here; Science, Religion, History, Maths... If they can speak English and have a PGCE, they can go to China and earn a Western wage teaching English in a Chinese school.

    To give you an idea of why the "Western" part of that sentence is important, a teacher in the UK will be on £25,000 per year on average. The Chinese average wage is roughly £5200 per year. You'll be earning 5 x a regular person, while paying Chinese prices for consumer goods and services.

  14. Re:In order to avoid Microsoft and Apple ... on Activision Wants Consoles To Be Replaced By PCs · · Score: 1

    Yeah, rebooting to play a different game!

    I wonder what other type of system requires powering off and back on to change games.

  15. Re:WTF is this? on Activision Wants Consoles To Be Replaced By PCs · · Score: 1

    Those aren't WoW servers. Those are empty worlds to kid around in, spawning raid bosses to one-shot them with Martin Thunder and give yourself full T10 gear just to see how pretty (or not) it is. That's not WoW, that's Barbie Dress Up with orcs.

  16. Re:WTF is this? on Activision Wants Consoles To Be Replaced By PCs · · Score: 1

    Piracy isn't an issue with subscription based services now. WoW has a 0% piracy rate, as do other subscription-based games. Hell, even if there is piracy of the client that's still one more subscriber you wouldn't have.

    I'm surprised you have to pay for the WoW client; Eve does fine without making you pay for the client or any patches / expansions. Still, if it ain't bust...

  17. Re:Um...reinventing the wheel on Google's New Scheme To Avoid Unlicensed Music · · Score: 0

    So, you can use the music for critique and comment.

    At the end of your video, say "That soundtrack rocked! 5 out of 5 stars!" and you're covered.

  18. Re:Fair use? on Google's New Scheme To Avoid Unlicensed Music · · Score: 2, Informative
  19. Re:Good but... 5 minutes to get a beer? on Willow Garage Robot Fetches Beer, Engineers Rejoice · · Score: 1

    I'll get a new chair

  20. Re:Awesome! on Willow Garage Robot Fetches Beer, Engineers Rejoice · · Score: 1

    You know damn well it'll be an Apple-tini.

  21. Re:Obesity? on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1

    Hey it's my right to choose to shovel BigMacs and large milkshakes into my pie hole, then demand a double kidney transplant 20 years later as they've given up filtering the salt out of my heavily colesterol-clad arfteries.

    Your founding fathers didn't create the constitution just so you can tell me to stop being such a filthy parasite on society!

    (The sarcasm here is so thick it could be the treacle smothered over a pancake stack topped with bacon bits).

  22. Re:escalators too on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1

    "If my train leaves, I'm pushing you onto the platform" is equally effective. Try and fake an eye twitch at the same time. Or bite the head off a bat, if you're a rock musician.

  23. Re:escalators too on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1

    I don't understand that. At school, we're taught to walk up the left of the stairs. It therefore makes sense to walk up the left of the escalator. You way of doing it is backwards and wrong.

  24. Re:escalators too on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1

    Monorail... Monorail... MONORAIL!

    Monorail.

  25. Re:Obesity? on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1