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  1. Perhaps Useful? Biomass to fuel? on Alabama Wages War Against the Perfect Weed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Can this voracious weed perhaps be turned into biofuel? It seems to grow fast, and almost anywhere.
    Why not grind it up and compost it to make methane or something.

  2. You know this is really funny!!! on Congress Mulls Research Into a Vehicle Mileage Tax · · Score: 1

    I am pretty sure there's a small document called the constitution that has rules about this kind of thing. Funny!

  3. Explain this to me on Microsoft Letting Patents Move To Linux Firms · · Score: 4, Interesting

    why isn't microsoft doing everything possible to destroy linux? Is this a "saved apple" moment all over again??

  4. Hello I was born on Why Anonymized Data Isn't · · Score: 1

    01/01/1901

  5. Let's not forget: on Can the Ares Program Be Salvaged? · · Score: 1


    Over elaborate escape sequence consisting of several escape stages / chutes
    Explosion of lift vehicle would melt escape chutes even if successful
    Malfunction resonance would kill the astronauts before they can hit the escape button

  6. Virtual bailout needed! on Virtual Bank Woes · · Score: 4, Funny

    We clearly need a virtual federal reserve and a bernanke-borg.

  7. Years of appeals on Appeals Court Overturns 2007 Unix Copyright Decision · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll be using quantum computers before the appeals run out.

  8. How often do people get promoted on What Questions Should a Prospective Employee Ask? · · Score: 1

    Unless you like doing TPS reports for the next 40 years.

  9. Dead company walking on OnLive and Gaikai — How To Stop a Gaming Revolution · · Score: 1

    Soon to join the corpses of several other services that tried to do the same thing.

    Broadband doesn't have the amount of penetration yet to make this possible.

  10. I can stop this! on Times Are Tough For Nigerian Scammers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hello I am a Nigerian judge Mumbasa Mfune III. I am collecting funds to create a task force to reclaim lost monies in Nigeria.

    If you have lost monies in Nigeria, for the low donation of $2500, I can reclaim ALL lost assets.

    Please contact me immediately at Judge.Mufune@yahooze.ng

  11. Someone forgot to tell him on California Continues To Push For Violent Game Legislation · · Score: 1

    california's going broke.

  12. 419? Welcome Section 16 ! on East Africa Gets High-Speed Internet Access Via Undersea Cable · · Score: 1

    It's only appropriate we name the new scams (soon to be flooding our inboxes) after the proper east african legal code.

    Protection from deprivation of property Section 16

  13. Re:luckily for us on NASA Plans To De-Orbit ISS In 2016 · · Score: 1

    Oh the irony. I guess when they lost the "c" in Naca they lost their cojones too.

  14. Overly complex + more chances to fail. on NASA Successfully Tests Orion's New Crew Escape System · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Jettison + primary escape stage + jettison stage + deploy nose cone parachutes + jettison nosecone + deploy primary parachute primers + deploy primary chutes
    Failure of any of those steps results in loss of crew.

  15. I trust the man on Buzz Aldrin's Radical Plan For NASA · · Score: 1

    he's been to mach 32.

  16. Sim city bulldozer, engage!! on US Plans To Bulldoze 50 Shrinking Cities · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the giant ufo or giant bowser option might work as well.

  17. Clearly full of spy tools. on Sorry For the Detainment, Here's a Laptop · · Score: 0

    I'm sure they gave them laptops free of any spying programs. BTW mahmud, who you talking to in swat province?

  18. Re:Scientists growing scientists in petri dishes . on Scientists Can Grow Stem Cells In a Petri Dish · · Score: 1

    You can grow what the hell you want as long as you cure leukemia along the way!

  19. Mass production possible soon? on Scientists Can Grow Stem Cells In a Petri Dish · · Score: 1

    I really hope it's that easy, I really do.

  20. Failure to invent Bloodwine on Why Our "Amazing" Science Fiction Future Fizzled · · Score: 1

    my greatest regret from of our lost future. That and painsticks, but I hear Dick Cheney is working on that as we speak.

  21. More like 2032 if you take into account... on French Fusion Experiment Delayed Until 2025 or Beyond · · Score: 5, Funny

    the French 30 hour work week.

  22. I got the magic stick on Sony Rumored To Be Debuting Wiimote-Like Controller At E3 · · Score: 1

    I know if nintendo can hit once, I can hit twice
    I hit the baddest chicks
    Shorty don't believe me, then come with me tonight
    And I'll show you maaagic
    (What? What?) Maaagic
    I got the magic stick

  23. Dharma can talk about is the wrong Dharma on Japan Launches 'Buddha Phone' · · Score: 1

    True Dharma is within, not in a phone( unless it dials dead relatives you miss or buddha.)

  24. Simple solution ! name your child one of these: on Database of All UK Children Launched · · Score: 5, Funny

    Invalid entry
    Syntax error
    Test ignore
    Null value
    And my personal favorite:
    rm -rf

  25. His noodley precursor. on Scientists Discover Common Ancestor of Monkeys, Apes, and Humans · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some say we came from linguini, some say rotini. I for one believe we are all freshly boiled and come from his noodley highness's image alone.