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  1. Re:Thin skins are not the problem; terrorism is on Russia Recalls Modern Warfare 2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... killing civilians at an airport is, according, to a Ministry spokesman, "propaganda of terrorism" and hence illegal.

    What if they were journalists?

  2. Re:Good on Copyright Time Bomb Set To Go Off · · Score: 1

    ... and a brown note for the music publishers.

  3. Better children on New Dating Sites Match People Through DNA Tests · · Score: 1

    'How many dating services can you think of where they can suggest you might have better children?'

    Lebensborn, Nazi Germany, 1935. (Non-Aryans need not apply.)

  4. Re:Deceptive headlines on Two Earth-Sized Bodies With Oxygen-Rich Atmospheres · · Score: 4, Funny

    I prefer a chiropractor.

  5. Re:Biomimetics on Mimicking Materials and Structures In Nature · · Score: 1

    Looking at systems in the world around us to find better ways of doing human things creates novel solutions for oftentimes complex problems.

    ... and then patent them. Never mind the fact that people have been using them for thousands of years and/or nature for millions or billions of years - it's "intellectual property", baby! >:-|

  6. Re:Oracle Palns. on Oracle Outlines Plans for Sun Products, Casts Doubt on NetBeans · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Scam coming in your inbox today! on Giant Rift In Africa Will Create a New Ocean · · Score: 1

    Right... With the bandits, pirates and other assorted villainry in the area, you could build your own replica of Mos Eisley.

  8. Re:It's Just Activated Carbon... on Thermonuclear Reactor To Use Coconut Shells · · Score: 1

    Why is this news?

    Because it appears that it was Indonesian swallows, not African (or European.)

  9. Re:Planck length on Intergalactic Race Shows That Einstein Still Rules · · Score: 1

    Nitpick: Pirates go "Arr!"
    "Aaarrggghh!!!" be the sound of a lubber walkin' the Planck.

  10. Re:It's "Niels" on Physics Rebel Aims To Shake Up the Video Game World · · Score: 2, Funny

    Q: Why did Albert Einstein cross the road?
    A: To get away from Niels Bohr. But when he got to the other side, Bohr was there too.

  11. Re:What's next? on "Frickin' Fantastic" Launch of NASA's Ares I-X Rocket · · Score: 1

    But without art, billions of people would have meaningless lives.

    That said, the (art) world would be a better place if some so-called "artists" and art critics were allowed to starve to death...
    (Hint: if you need it explained to you by an art critic, it isn't art.)

  12. Bricked 30% faster than before! on Intel Updates SSDs, Supports TRIM, Faster Writes · · Score: 4, Informative
  13. Re:Radio Reception? on Lost Northwest Pilots Were Trying Out New Software · · Score: 1

    4) Attempted hijacking. Who wants to go to Minnesota, eh?
    5) Mile High Club.

  14. Re:Liquids on planes on Laptop Fires On Airplanes · · Score: 1

    If they want to insist that no-one more than eighteen inches tall can fly, they're allowed to do so.

    That would explain the seat pitch.

  15. Re:Amateurs on "2012" a Miscalculation; Actual Calendar Ends 2220 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The most recent cycle transition was in year 2000 (which was a leap year when it otherwise wouldn't have been).

    Just to be extra pedantic, the year 2000 was always going to be a leap year in the Gregorian calendar.

  16. Re:Laptop on Low-Power Home Linux Server? · · Score: 1

    Get an Asus Eee Box. I have the original B202 - it's effectively a Eee PC laptop in a thin client case, but with some minor differences (e.g. Gb ethernet instead of 100Mb.) Later versions have better graphics (aimed at the media PC market), but that's overkill for a server role.

  17. Re:too bad the proceeds came from stifling progres on CSIRO Reinvests Patent Earnings · · Score: 1

    Overheard at one of the settlement meetings: "That's not a patent! That's a patent."

  18. Re:Full text on Sneak Preview of New OpenOffice 3.2 · · Score: 1

    Keyboard shortcut configuration dialog now supports "ALT" modifier

    Excellent. I'm trying to talk my partner out of buying a new copy of MS Office and stick with her current version (200x), plus OpenOffice.org. Her biggest complaint is learning a new set of keyboard shortcuts; hopefully support ALT will allow the differences to be customised away (though OO.o should be using the same shortcuts as MS Office where possible in the first place to avoid the extra learning curve.)

  19. Re:I can see plenty of uses for it. on Apple Blurs the Server Line With Mac Mini Server · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you're going to put Debian or Ubuntu on it, you might as well get an Asus Eee Box and save yourself several hundred bucks. For light server roles, the Atom CPU is fine. Works for me!

  20. Re:All centerfolds are "cartoons" anyway on Marge Simpson Poses For Playboy · · Score: 1

    Between air-brushing, filters (the ones that make the entire shot pinkish or blueish), and post-editing, you're no longer looking at a real woman.

    In many (most? all?) cases, that's true even before the photo shoot.

  21. Re:Eurosoft PC Check on Software To Diagnose Faulty PC Hardware? · · Score: 1

    Don't trust the caps with the 'X' pattern. The 'K' pattern is more reliable.

    'Y'?

  22. Messier on Universe Has 100x More Entropy Than We Thought · · Score: 2, Funny

    A new calculation of entropy upholds that general result but suggests that the universe is messier than scientists had thought

    I propose a three level scale: Messy, Messier, and Messiest objects.

  23. Re:Related to the current poll ? on Exoplanet Has Showers of Pebbles · · Score: 1

    Anyone know what it is in elephants ?

    AFAIK, elephants don't burn - probably because the elephant gets annoyed and tramples you.

  24. Re:The perfect weed? on Alabama Wages War Against the Perfect Weed · · Score: 1

    It's harder to cook right, because of the low fat content ...

    That's a selling point for wild goat in Australia: "a lean alternative to lamb." (I bought it because it's a feral pest.)

    It's best cooked low and slow with moisture. I'm trying Slow Cooker Goat "Bourguignon" tomorrow; goat curry is great, too.

  25. Re:I think they should track on Tracking Stolen Gadgets — Manufacturers' New Dilemma · · Score: 1

    Lo and behold my TomTom 920T GPS, and my Motorola Q9c were both gone and the window in my car was smashed out.

    It must have been an inside job, otherwise the window would have been smashed in.