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  1. Re:Umm, yeah Ecuador is high on the list... on Ecuador Tax Agency Closes Microsoft Branch Offices · · Score: 1

    "Ve are above ze law!" *throws chair*

  2. Re:The indexing thing on 2007 Ig Nobel Awards Announced · · Score: 1

    Won't someone think of The The, you insensitive clod.

  3. Re:An engineer's nitpick... on 'Floating Bridge' Property of Water Found · · Score: 1

    What's holding up yours?

    Planning department red tape.

  4. Re:use a safe & lock on Coppola Loses All His Data · · Score: 4, Informative

    A safe would be a good investment, most are fire proof which is important too.

    A safe that is "fire proof" for paper (< 451 F) is not "fire proof" for your backups - you need a data/media safe, which are significantly more expensive.

  5. Re:So there are no time based security attacks? on Debian Refuses To Push Timezone Update For NZ DST · · Score: 3, Funny

    Debian is considered the stable distribution.

    The way it was explained to me, Debian is the stale distribution.

  6. Re:Boom on First New Nuclear Plant in US in 30 years · · Score: 1

    The West Valley plant was deserted by its owners in 1972, leaving 600,000 gallons of high-level liquid waste and 30,000 gallons of radioactive sludge as a legacy to the State of New York.

    Share and enjoy.

  7. Re:Location, Location, Location on First New Nuclear Plant in US in 30 years · · Score: 2, Insightful

    With a 2014 start date, a 40 year reactor life and a 20 year decommisioning phase, the South Texas reactor site could be subject to 5 meters of sea level rise

    Forget core meltdown - if the sea rises 5 metres, we're all f*cked.

  8. Re:Who are you going to call? on Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug · · Score: 1

    1 2 3 4 5 5 ...

    Three, sir.

  9. Re:Heh on The Pirate Bay Files Suit Against Big Media · · Score: 1

    Seriously dude, it's a veterinary clinic?

  10. Re:Hidin' in a cave on New Cave Entrances Seen on Mars · · Score: 1

    It may also explain why Bush wants to go to Mars so bad...

    "He who controls the spice controls the universe."

  11. Re:Simple bypass on Do You Need a Permit to Land on the Moon? · · Score: 1

    Simpler bypass: launch from land in a country not bound by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.

  12. Re:force feedback on The Wiimote As Yoda Intended - A Lightsaber · · Score: 1

    They also "stop" X feet from the handle. What's up with that?

  13. Re: Heat resistance on NASA Building Massively Heat-Resistant Chips · · Score: 1

    In particular, NASA said SiC applications will include energy storage, renewable energy, nuclear power, and electrical drives.

    Yeah right. Everyone knows these are just government funding cover stories for the true purpose: extreme overclocking.

  14. Re:Well that's too bad. on Spotlight on Facebook Groups Affects Microsoft · · Score: 1

    You'd think Microsoft would have known that a social networking site comprised mainly of college students would feature at least a few obscenities and outspoken and unpopular opinions.

    I would imagine a "F*ck Microsoft" group would be exceedingly popular, or has that been censored already?

  15. Re: Help Find Steve Fossett on Help Find Steve Fossett · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Was he wearing a red and white striped shirt and beanie?

  16. Re:Entanglement and causality? on "Spooky" Science Points Towards Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    In Quantum Physics, the box may - or may not - also contain a cat.

  17. Re:This is troubling all the way around on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1
    B-52s are not cargo aircraft; claiming that they were just moving them is as silly as using F-15s to ferry AMRAAM missiles between bases. If you want to preposition weapons, you use transport aircraft - not hardpoints.

    According to the Wikipedia article on the AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile:

    On August 30, 2007 six ACMs loaded on a B-52 were flown across the United States from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La in order to be decommissioned. However the nuclear warheads which should have been removed before the flight were mistakenly left installed. For three and a half hours, the nuclear weapons were unaccounted for, which has lead to an investigation of the incident.
    Why hang five/six of them on a B-52 when you can shove a dozen of them in a C-130 Herc.?
  18. Re:Broken Arrow! on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Wikipedia article says that both theft and loss are referred to as "Empty Quiver".

    "Broken Arrow" is the "accidental event that involves nuclear weapons or nuclear components but which does not create the risk of nuclear war". e.g. Jettisoning a nuclear weapon (which is not the same as losing one.)

  19. Re:Terrorist.....who???? on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    How could it be worse? Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah!

    Right, who flew that?!

  20. Re:The Delivery on ISO Says No To Microsoft's OOXML Standard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cancel / Allow ?

    Don't you mean "Yes / Yes, with comments"?

  21. water + dust ... on Water Vapor Seen 'Raining' Onto Young Star System · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... = mud. You might have thought Glastonbury was muddy, but that's just peanuts to space...

    Seriously, this might solve how a disc of cigarette smoke-sized particles can condense to form planetesimals, and thus planets.

  22. Oblig. on China Says Tibetans Need Permission To Reincarnate · · Score: 1

    "He's not the Messiah - he's a very naughty boy!"

  23. September 19? on How To Address A Visit from MPAA Senior VP Rich Taylor? · · Score: 1

    Please, please, please make him visit on September 19...

  24. Re:+/- 5 or whatever is not a secret limit. on Comcast Cuts Off Users Who Exceed Secret Limit · · Score: 1

    Current legal calibration requirements for EU (and AFAIK USA) are +0%/-7% (note the big fat zero for the + error).

    In Australia (ADR18/03), it's 0 <= (V1 - V2) <= 0.1 V2 + 4 km/h (where V1 is indicated speed, and V2 is true speed.)
    Previously (ADR18/02) it was +/- 10%, but presumably that changed due to complaints about speeding tickets when travelling at the posted limit. This doesn't solve the problem with older vehicles, though.

  25. Re:*Only* 7-8% ? on Quick and Dirty Penryn Benchmarks · · Score: 1