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  1. Re:Reporting about plot twists on What Spoils a Game For You? · · Score: 1

    You mean like "_____ dies"?

    And we all know what the classic example of that'll be. So I won't repeat it here.

  2. Re:I don't think it means what they think it means on Google Maps To Add 'Friend' GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    Good for all you stalkers [and part time stalkers] out there too. Woot.

  3. Re:How we would treat 'sub-humans' on Human-Animal Hybrids Fail · · Score: 1

    They all have great potential in the, ah, allied trades and services industry.

  4. Re:Lesson 1 on Remembering NASA Disasters With an Eye Toward the Future · · Score: 1

    Manned space flight and unmanned are in completely different worlds altogether [no pun intended].

    In terms of cost, technology, time frame, outcome, a lot of things.

    You can't always send a robot to do a man's job.

  5. Re:Japan on New Law Will Require Camera Phones To "Click" · · Score: 1

    Right you are, I believe Korean phones also have a similar deal.

  6. Re:fork it on Edit-Approval System Proposed For English-Language Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    In an essence, every single multi topic Wiki out there is a fork or some variant, with info unsuitable for the classic WP.

    And none, none of them have had the success of the original.

  7. Of course on Britannica Goes After Wikipedia and Google · · Score: 1

    All paper encyclopedias are now out of date, and have been for quite a few years now.

  8. Pretty spectacular on Presidential Inauguration Hardware and Other Challenges · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's certainly been a vast advancement in technology [especially communications] since early 2001.

    So that's technology like social networking, blogging, microblogging, webcasting, etc etc.

    It'll be a memorable event.

  9. Re:What's the BFD? on PC Sales Slump Over Economic Crisis · · Score: 1

    Just like the economy itself. Even if growth slows down by some margin, at the very least it's still positive!!

    Well, right now it's shrinking, but nonetheless.

  10. Re:The Internet is not a Baby Sitter on Internet Not Really Dangerous For Kids After All · · Score: 1

    I always hated it when my parents did that.

    Seriously: Your kids won't appreciate it much either.

  11. Re:Cue the "I'm not going now" comments... on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 1

    Oh I'm still going.

    Although what I find far more annoying than this are the mandatory fingerprint takings.

    Used to be just the thumbs, now it's every single finger. Are toes next?

  12. Re:Wrong Comparison on The Environmental Impact of Google Searches · · Score: 1

    I'm going to take a different approach and state that as long as your search turned up something useful to you, hopefully resulting in you learning something or getting somewhere, then it'd be worth a little more junk in the air.

    And yes that applies to porn searches too. That's a social service [sorta].

  13. Re:eBay users already knew this on Sunday Evening, the New Web Rush Hour · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well that's a little different. Plenty of workplaces block access to auction websites during the working week.

    And people are likely to be out during Sat evening. On Sun however, work tomorrow morning, you know? Easily explainable.

  14. Re:We're the great fudgers on NZ File-Sharers, Remixers Guilty Upon Accusation · · Score: 1

    If the Greens were a little less idealistic with policy, I figure everyone would [or rather, should] vote for them.

    Another 3 years, eh?

  15. Re:That would imply that non spam tweets were usef on Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs? · · Score: 1

    What would it take for them to return to talking to walls?

  16. Re:ask a 12 year old on Resurrecting Old Games, What Works? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Easy to learn, hard to master.

    That makes a good game a great game. And many older titles have that charm.

  17. Re:Uhh, yes it does... on The Slippery Legal Slope of Cartoon Porn · · Score: 1

    The biggest issue here is that regardless of age/sex/any other factor, cartoons/drawings/animation/whatever aren't real!!

    If they're not real, they can't be a 'person'.

  18. Re:Vague goals on Categorizing Puzzles In Adventure Games · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean like being trapped in a burning house, tied to a chair, with a deadly spider about to pounce on you, when you only have a pair of panties to help?

    Note: This is an actual opening scenario. I won't spoil which game it is.

  19. Re:Obligatory (in)Famous Quote: on What Carriers Don't Want You To Know About Texting · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, that's for sure.

    Here in NZ, Vodafone [1 of only 2 providers, my goodness] charges 20c per text.

    Insane, isn't it?!

  20. Re:Water means life? on Water Detected At Record Distance From Earth · · Score: 1

    That's as limited as our perception of the universe gets.

    We can only describe [and ascribe] life in terms of what we can experience.

  21. Re:Predictable. on Using Speed Cameras To Send Tickets To Your Enemies · · Score: 1

    Unless there's some magical disguise for the offendent's car, you can easily disprove that it was a fake licence plate.

    You can change the plate, but not the car itself, after all.

  22. Re:Number One! on Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76 · · Score: 1

    I've got to say, that's a role she's not really remembered for [but that again, that episode was really off the wall continuity wise].

    In any case, she'll be missed.

  23. Re:Personalized, but not personal. on Personalized Spam Rising Sharply, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    You only need, say, 1 response in 1000 for it to be profitable.

    Annoying huh?

  24. Re:Wow on Scaling Facebook To 140 Million Users · · Score: 1

    What can I say: What they know about you can fill a warehouse.

  25. Re:What went wrong? What could have gone right? on CAN-SPAM Act Turns 5 Today — What Went Wrong? · · Score: 1

    Go a step further: Stop spam emails that fudge the subject line with random words.