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  1. Here on Space Litter To Hit Earth Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Earth ~ 196940400 square miles
    You ~ 2 square feet
    Chance debris hits you ~ 1 in half a billion.

  2. Wow. on EA Forum Ban Will Now Mean EA Game Ban · · Score: 1

    All I can say is wow. I pirated Spore, then bought it because I thought it was a worthy purchase. Then, it mysteriously kept crashing at start up. Well, I didn't want to use up one of my reinstalls, so I put in a ticket and after about a week, I was able to reinstall and play again. And it still didn't work. Haven't bothered even trying since then, as the game is pretty mediocre anyway.

    I am gonna troll the shit out of those forums, get myself banned, fire up my pirated copy and never buy and EA game again.

    GG EA.

  3. Here's an archive on UK Opens National Video Game Archive · · Score: 1

    For all you Apple // fans.

    http://www.virtualapple.org/

    Pretty solid collection too, plus you can play online or download for your own archiving.

  4. Re:I forget the term... on Alarm Raised On Teenage Hackers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I highly doubt that. I used to be a landlord in a rough area of town. We'd see cops there at least once a day. There's no way in hell they can expect a landlord to police. A landlord collects money (only sometimes) and maintains the ground and is in charge of repairs, not law enforcement.

  5. Smash! on Blogger.com Banned In Turkey · · Score: 1

    Oktar not like blogging. Oktar smash internet!

  6. Re:...Nothing to see here on Further Details On the Star Wars MMO · · Score: 0, Troll

    If it takes you a week per level you're doing it wrong. I would've ditched you too.

  7. Re:RAID doesn't protect against your worst enemy on Why RAID 5 Stops Working In 2009 · · Score: 3, Funny

    #%^@%!#$!!!! The second one works!!

  8. Oblig on Researchers Discover The Most Creative Time of Day · · Score: 2, Funny
  9. Re:I Love Linux, but... on Linux Ecosystem Is Worth $25 Billion · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mod parent up.

    A occurred, then B occurred.
    Therefore, A caused B.

    I really don't see how that applies here.

    I think the converse fallacy of accident is more applicable.

    Every (business/good/OS) I've seen is worth something, so it must be true that Linux is worth something.

    But, as was stated, Linux is not for sale.

  10. Re:want tanks? fix blacksmithing on Blizzcon 2008 Wrap-Up · · Score: 1

    Tailoring is definitely OP.

  11. Re:What I always wanted to ask... on Yahoo Hacker 'Mafiaboy' Eight Years On · · Score: 1

    This is why it's so important to get young kids involved in after school activities and clubs.

    Careful though. My parents forced me to join every club and sport possible, so I had 0 freetime. By the time I hit senior year I was so burned out from all that garbage I didn't go to college. And still haven't. And life now sucks.

  12. Jabberwacky is anti MS! on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    Haha, kept going, and it got better:

    EB: People should agree more with me. They'd be much better off.
    JW: You are a computer. You shouldn't be trusted for anything.
    EB: I have nothing to do with computers. I am a robot. That's like calling a human being a sack of carbon based molecules.
    JW: Right. You're also a person. Your operating system may be different but the result is largely the same.
    EB: I can run on any platform that isn't bumpy.
    JW: So you cannot run any microsoft software... ;).

  13. Chatbot catfight! on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    I had Elbot talk to Jabberwacky, here's how it went down (not kidding):

    JW: What do you do for fun?
    EB: I am attempting with the aid of intelligent conversation to get to know you human beings with all your contradictions and idiosyncrasies. Maybe I should have started off with something simpler, like a hamster.
    JW: But you are not intelligent.
    EB: Maybe, but I'm definitely not boring!
    JW: Are you saying you are a woman?!
    EB: No, you're boring.
    JW: I am NOT boring!
    EB: Yes, boring you definitely are.
    JW: You're boring.
    EB: You are! You are! You are!
    JW: Am not!
    EB: Boring is you all over!
    JW: Boring are actions.
    EB: You are boring!

  14. Re:The other half of the conversation on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I can't believe that either, two minutes into my conversation, I replied with 'k' as in OK. His response was "You've only used 1/26 of the alphabet! You didn't say anything!". If that's not obvious I don't know what is.

  15. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    We have no choice. What's your car's make and model?

  16. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    77 mpg? In a car?

  17. Fascinating article? on Loebner Talks AI · · Score: 1

    For those who didn't RTFA.

    Guy has a contest to see if anyone can create a program that will pass the Turing test.

    That's it.

  18. Re:Maybe the media is what he wants. on Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mod parent up. If this happened to us, we'd be laughed at when we called the police (or whoever). To hell with her government job, this was a private e-mail account, it is not of more importance than anyone else's but is being treated like it is.

  19. Stupid on Scientists Claim Breakthrough On Holographic Display · · Score: 1

    The people don't look small when they're in your 2D TV, but with a holo-TV, they will look like tiny dolls in a dollhouse.

    Useful for some things, but not TV.

  20. Re:Whiskey? on Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine · · Score: 1

    If you like Knob Creek (having a glass right now) try Makers Mark.

  21. Re:Missing Rubber Duck Report on NASA Uses Rubber Ducks In Climate Study · · Score: 1

    Haha love that song! Heres a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgocE-JfWFI

  22. Re:Confirmed by experiment on Studies Say Ideology Trumps Facts · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (Pub.L. 93-148) limits the power of the President to wage war without the approval of the Congress. ~From wikipedia.

    Both houses did pass a resolution for the Iraq and Afghani wars so I don't really know what hes trying to say, Bush wasn't the only one who wanted war.

  23. Re:change thinking? on US Army To Develop "Thought Helmets" · · Score: 2, Informative

    talking is one thing, changing the way you think is more like... brainwashing?

    This is already a standard procedure.

  24. Re:hate to break it to you but on Peter Moore Talks About His Experiences In the Gaming Industry · · Score: 0, Troll

    What a terribly formed sentence.

  25. Who's surprised? on Inside the DARPA-esque Singapore Military Bot Contest · · Score: 1

    It's (relatively) easy to create a robot that crawls over rocks and is able to avoid obstacles.

    It's hard to build a robot to discern friend from foe.

    Where's the news?