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  1. Re:Ironic dichotomy of Apple's Family Values on Apple Update Means Palm Pre Can No Longer Sync With iTunes · · Score: 1

    Palm is not responsible for Apple having a broken business model.

  2. Re:This explains everything on Cats "Exploit" Humans By Purring · · Score: 3, Funny

    Never get a cat.

  3. Re:Mythbusters does it on Tomorrow's Science Heroes? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean, they should try experiments without applying C4? That's crazy talk!

  4. Re:Unfortunately, it will never happen. on NASA Plans To De-Orbit ISS In 2016 · · Score: 1

    There's a small flaw in your plan - the ISS is not the Hubble Space Telescope.

    I think this is closer to the truth:
    1. Announce that you are launching a shuttle to install a porch on the ISS.
    2. Wait for the public outcry.
    3. Skip installing the jacuzzi and gazebo, and announce you will de-orbit the ISS in 2016.

  5. Where? on Mother Claims Hotel Pool Got Her Daughter Pregnant · · Score: 1

    "The mother is adamant that her daughter didn't meet any boys while she was there ..."

    Really? How about in Poland before/after the holiday?

  6. Re:We don't need maps... on Is Sat-Nav Destroying Local Knowledge? · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. Drive to directly Dublin 2. Drive to directly your destination

    600 years of oppression Yoda Yoda Yoda you speak.

  7. Re:speed dial on Is Sat-Nav Destroying Local Knowledge? · · Score: 1

    What have the Romans ever done for us?
    Straight roads?
    Good point, well made.

  8. Re:Competition is good, baby! on Google Announces Chrome OS, For Release Mid-2010 · · Score: 1

    Now if Google Search starts working slower for the other players we have a new shiny antitrust suit on the works.

    No, that's just Vista. Everything works slower on it.

  9. Re:typo in summary on Is IE Usage Share Collapsing? · · Score: 1

    And "Firerox" - or is that Debian's latest branding for Firefox?

  10. Re:I'm missing something... why the laser? on Laser Treatment Could Save the Sight of Millions · · Score: 1

    Thank you Fred Hollows, wherever you are.

    Dead, unfortunately.

  11. Re:Worst metaphor ever? on Planck Telescope Is Coolest Spacecraft Ever · · Score: 1

    Well yeah, that and the obvious question of "what the hell is a rabbit doing on the moon, and how did it get there?"

    The Goodies dunnit.

  12. Re:They're not even keeping the money... on Pirate Bay Announces Sale to Swedish Company For $7.8 Million · · Score: 1

    If McDonalds folded tomorrow, we'd see an explosion of innovation and better burgers.

    Fixed that for you.

  13. Re:Proof please. on Comic Artist Detained For Script Containing 9/11 Type Scenarios · · Score: 1

    because it's inconceivable that the TSA would treat someone this way...

    But apparently not Unthinkable.

  14. Re:The answer is... on Microsoft Discloses Windows 7 Pricing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's because they haven't recovered the development costs for Vista, so you also have to pay for that if you purchase of Windows 7.

    Not my problem. Make the upgrade cost competitive, or I'll install Linux. (Oh, wait...)

  15. Re:2 Months is very fast on Steve Jobs Had a Liver Transplant Two Months Ago · · Score: 3, Funny

    Any medical care that Ken Lay gets would have to be the very best since he's been dead for 3 years.

    Why "the very best"? It's not like any treatment he gets is going to kill him or anything.

  16. Next step: beds on English Market Produces Energy With Kinetic Plates · · Score: 1

    "Hey babe, come back to my place and let's generate some electricity."

  17. Re:Gravel roads are cheap but need more maintenanc on Broke Counties Turn Failing Roads To Gravel · · Score: 1

    I certainly wouldn't want to try this tactic anywhere out west though, where vast distances make driving on gravel roads much more of a chore.

    Welcome to Australia! Next petrol: 300km.

  18. Re:disinformation on WHO Declares H1N1's Spread Officially a Pandemic · · Score: 1

    Is swine flu more fattening than bird flu?

    Seriously, how much of a risk is a new mutation between H1N1 (2009) and another flu strain? Given that H1N1 (2009) usually causes mild symptoms, why not just let people catch it and develop their own immunity? The effort being spent on developing a H1N1 vaccine might be better spent staying focused on H5N1 instead of the FUD de jour.

  19. Re:No light pollution there on Junior-Sized Supernova Discovered By New York Teen · · Score: 1

    The world's oldest urban legend? From Aristotle, no less: http://www.snopes.com/science/well.asp

  20. Re:Well on Security Flaw Hits VAserv; Head of LxLabs Found Hanged · · Score: 1

    See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics

  21. Next contest ... on China Dominates In NSA-Backed Coding Contest · · Score: 2

    ... fix Slashdot's stylesheets. Seriously, WTF? First it was invisible titles on comments, now it's floating blocks.

  22. Re:With all that space between keys... on Triangular Buttons Make On-Screen Keyboards More Usable · · Score: 1

    With all that space between the keys, there's room for even more buttons!

    A SHIFT KEY WOULD BE NICE

  23. Re:Fear of the computer on Mozilla and Google's "Don't-Be-Evil" Bulldozer · · Score: 1

    Way 3: makes you a chick magnet. (Hey, it worked for "three wolf moon" t-shirts...)

  24. Re:2 modems, 4 cans, 2 strings.... on 45-Year-Old Modem Used To Surf the Web · · Score: 1

    For my own implementation of PSK31, I once ran it at a carrier of 62.5 hz. Sounded more like war drums than a digital mode over my subwoofer, but it still decoded OK.

    Aha! I knew that couldn't be music. Bloody doof-doof wardrivers...

  25. Re:Bing? Seriously? on Microsoft Rebrands Live Search As "Bing" · · Score: 1

    So what's the new branding going to be after this one fails? Bong?

    <sound="Game show fail">Bing bow?</sound>