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  1. Re:Correlation on Former Military Personnel Claim Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes · · Score: 1

    Hell, it might be the U.S. They might even be trying to see what they can get away with; useful against others.

    That would be my first guess. Not every random Lt. Col. is going to be privy to every test and experiment being conducted. Perhaps the USAF was just checking to see what sort of RFI the nukes might be vulnerable to?

  2. The Turing Test: on Introducing the Invulnerable Evercookie · · Score: 1

    You fail it.

  3. Re:I guess plastic floors are cheaper than aluminu on Airbus Planning Transparent Planes · · Score: 1

    I'm offering circumsolar flights as we speak! It's a bit on the leisurely side--takes about 365 days to complete the trip--but the views are great, plenty of leg room, and you can bring as much luggage as you want.







    Oh, and I take PayPal!

  4. Re:5 page paper? on Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework · · Score: 1

    Troll harder, AC.

    The term peers, as you are using it, is shorthand for "peers of the crown:" those who were elevated to a standing much closer to equality with the sovereign than the commoners. Peer means equal.

    Trial by Jury goes back to ancient Greece and Rome and was codified in the Magna Carta.

  5. Re:Yeah, I read about this on IBM Unveils Fastest Microprocessor Ever · · Score: 1

    I would have thought it would be "Slash-dizzle."

    And remember, kids: "Hack is Wack!" :-P

  6. Re:Interesting tool on Charles Darwin's Best-Kept Secret · · Score: 1

    It sounds like DOOM, only in reverse. We could call it... MOOD!

  7. Re:Fool Me Once... on New Silicon-Based Memory 5X Denser Than NAND Flash · · Score: 1

    Sand is made of silicon (and oxygen). Sand is "dirt cheap." I think that's about as far as you can take the implication. He didn't say "it's as easy as falling off a log."

  8. Re:It has been obvious for years. on New Silicon-Based Memory 5X Denser Than NAND Flash · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see a human brain run the Sieve of Eratosthenes, or accurately simulate a 3-body orbit, or run a given large-scale cellular automata

    Those problems are all very well suited to parallel processing. I wonder if that's what you meant to imply, or if I misunderstood you.

  9. Re:Oh, Japanese beach town. on Resort Attracts Men With Virtual Girlfriends · · Score: 1

    I've yet to meet a woman out there in the real world...

    Well that explains a lot. ;-)

  10. Re:What do I think? on The Best Near-Term Future of Space Exploration? · · Score: 1

    It's not like the belt is actually that dense. I mean, you could blindly aim a spaceship through the belt, and as long as it can take collisions with pebble size objects, it'll almost certainly make it through unscathed.

    But sir! The odds of randomly encountering an asteroid are approximately 3,720 to 1!

  11. Re:Of opportunity on A Conference For Malware Writers · · Score: 1

    No, just bomb them to hell; don't bring them back.

  12. Re:MalCon on A Conference For Malware Writers · · Score: 1

    I was going to make that exact pun. My hat is off to you, sir/madam.

    To prevent this post from being a "+1" let me add the following.

  13. Re:hard disk speed on Everything You Need To Know About USB 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Maybe he accidentally the verb.

  14. Re:Give Me A Break! on Facebook Says It Owns 'Book' · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but Oracle would hold any rights to that property now.


    What?

  15. Re:I'll be impressed on Grad Student Invents Cheap Laser Cutter · · Score: 1

    You've got it backwards. We need to line our bunkers and other insufficiently-hardened targets with fruitcakes. Then, not even armageddon while find its way inside.

  16. Re:How do you anticipate weak points on Teacher Asks Students To Plan a Terrorist Attack · · Score: 1

    It's better than seeing through the eyes of the ENEMA. And you thought goatse was bad...

  17. Re:i thought they all rode bikes in China on China's Nine-Day Traffic Jam Tops 62 Miles · · Score: 1

    I could've sworn China was red.

  18. Re:Holy crap! on China's Nine-Day Traffic Jam Tops 62 Miles · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's why the jam is lasting so long: people just abandoning their vehicles. (No, I haven't RTFA yet)

  19. Re:Hmm? on Sharing the Perseids With #Meteorwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, if GP is lucky enough to have two special friends, who are we to complain? Envy perhaps, but not complain ;-)

  20. Re:And what about yelp? on Buried By The Brigade At Digg · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's not from the owners of places as much as extortion from Yelp itself. If a company doesn't pay to become a "preferred member" or some such BS, then Yelp shows the unfavorable reviews. If the company is a "good citizen," then Yelp shows more of the favorable reviews; even to the point of pressuring users like you to modify their posts.

    In short, Yelp is pretty much useless as a source of unbiased information.

  21. Re:First toast on Creative Uses For Extra Drive Bays? · · Score: 1
  22. Re:They collected $75,000... on Officials Use Google Earth To Find Unlicensed Pools · · Score: 1

    That may be one of the things the Dem's financial reform bill did. The thing was over 1300 pages long. It does a hell of a lot more than just address oil drilling.

  23. Re:Permanent archiving is impossible on Our Video Game Heritage Is Rotting Away · · Score: 1

    I don't think so. If we don't remember the "trivial" details about some video game, the princess could keep getting kidnapped over and over and... oh. yeah.

  24. Re:No fear. on Our Video Game Heritage Is Rotting Away · · Score: 1

    Bravo! I believe that is the best reverse car analogy I've ever seen.

    And it illustrates so perfectly why I stick with PCs for games. That, and the fact that PCs are easier to justify as having "legitimate" purposes. ;-)

  25. Miss South Carolina? on If You Don't Want Your Car Stolen, Make It Pink · · Score: 1

    Is that you?