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  1. Re:Rocket science? on Arctic Ice Extent Understated Because of "Sensor Drift" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you ever watched a friend with Dengue Fever, you tend to be a DDT controlled use supporter.

  2. Re:On windshields? on In-Game Web Browser Round-Up · · Score: 1

    The speed limit is set low in this country because we believe it is more important that a driver can parallel park that is that a driver know and obey the rules of the road. It's a trade off. I don't think people in the US would tolerate the German system of driver licensing and highway enforcement even if speed limits were done the same. They get to drive fast, we get to eat entire meals in the car, and drive in the rain without the headlights being on.

    On the other hand, I have been passed on the way to DFW by a driver reading the newspaper. The bumper sticker on his car read, "My other car is a 727." Now, that was frightening. I think it is better than people like that not get to drive at trans-warp speeds (and probably should not get to fly a plane, either).

  3. Re:That kind of language doesn't say much on Stimulus Could Kickstart US Battery Industry · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can someone tell us what the stimulus *will* actually do?

    It *will* increase the deficit.
    Other than that, the jury is still out.

  4. Bees on Spiraling Skyscraper Farms For a Future Manhattan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe we are supposed to wait for the bees to fill the thing with honey, then eat the building.

  5. Re:Obligatory on Earth May Harbor a Shadow Biosphere of Alien Life · · Score: 1

    Not as we know it,
    Not as we know it.

  6. Re:not that big a deal on Drug Giant Pledges Cheap Medicine For World's Poor · · Score: 1

    I agree. I just think they could lower their US prices a little if they did not advertise prescription products. Something about that whole process bothers me, and not just because the ads tend to be in the highest cost time slots. The drug companies spend huge amounts of money to tell people, "We have done all we can to get your doctor to give you this wonderful drug, now you should do it, too, and don't give up! Ofcoursetheremaybehorrificsideeffects, but look how wonderful the people in our ads feel!"

    And, as a plus, nobody would ever have to hear that "Viva Viagra" song ever again.

  7. Re:Still needs work on Terabit Ethernet Inches Closer To Reality · · Score: 1

    Fizzy, like Alka-Seltzer?

  8. fat pipes on Terabit Ethernet Inches Closer To Reality · · Score: 1

    Ted Stevens, your internet is ready.

  9. Re:Boring on How To Keep Rats From Eating My Cables? · · Score: 1

    Around my office, we call them "maintenance people."

  10. Re:Three options on How To Keep Rats From Eating My Cables? · · Score: 1

    Pack his trumpet with potato salad.

  11. Re:Three options on How To Keep Rats From Eating My Cables? · · Score: 1

    No, ground squirrels may be the size of cotton rats, but I have seen rats that were bigger than any cat, other than the "comfort, not speed" cat from the wall poster. That problem was solved with a .22. Not something I would try in a server room, unless I had something like an AS400 for a backstop. Seriously, a large rat is quite capable of killing a cat.

  12. Re:what on How To Keep Rats From Eating My Cables? · · Score: 1

    Stuff it in whatever hole the vermin are using to get in. Mice and rats can usually get through any hole their heads will fit through. If not, rats will just chew the hole bigger. ("If they don't chew, their teeth will grow through their brains." "How very incisive!") The steel (or copper) wool is unpleasant for them to chew on, so they go someplace else.

  13. Atomic Cowboys on US Nuclear Weapons Lab Loses 67 Computers · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Air Force can't keep track of the weapons, Los Alamos can't keep track of the technical data, why is Iran spending money to develop nuclear technology? The way we keep up with our shit, they could probably just get it off Ebay.

  14. Re:This was bound to happen. on Satellites Collide In Orbit · · Score: 1

    As long as it does not come with salmonella.

  15. Re:A preemptive warning: on A Quantitative Study of How Memes Spread · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Never get involved in a land war in Asia

    >p>2. Never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

    What does that have to do with Facebook? Other than the "death" part?

  16. Jack Ripper lives! on A Quantitative Study of How Memes Spread · · Score: 1

    Break out the distilled water and grain alcohol!

  17. Re:Keep the birds on the ground on The Tech Behind Preventing Airplane Bird Strikes · · Score: 1

    Sorry about the formatting. I guess I should preview when I preview.

  18. Keep the birds on the ground on The Tech Behind Preventing Airplane Bird Strikes · · Score: 1

    So, remember my darling, When spring is in the air, And them bald-headed birds, Are whispering everywhere, When you see them walking southwards, In their dirty underwear, It's the Tennessee Bird Walk.

  19. Re:He's lucky anyway on False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself · · Score: 1

    My memory was never that good. I think what makes that sketch funny is the idea of a reporter having to memorize that name.

  20. Re:Hilarious on False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself · · Score: 1

    Don't be ridiculous. Nobody is going to believe Obama eats babies, because they will interpret your remark to mean human babies. Kitten, puppies, and harp seals are a different story.

    Is that a joke in your pocket, or are you just reading Wikipedia?

  21. Re:ObPython on False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself · · Score: 1

    Damn! I didn't see this earlier. Now my other will get modded redundant.

  22. Re:He's lucky anyway on False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself · · Score: 1, Funny

    Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern schplenden schlitter crasscrenbon fried digger dingle dangle dongle dungle burstein von knacker thrasher apple banger horowitz ticolensic grander knotty spelltinkle grandlich grumblemeyer spelterwasser kurstlich himbleeisen bahnwagen gutenabend bitte ein neurnburger bratwustle gerspurten mitz weimache luber hundsfut gumberaber shonedanker kalbsfleisch mittler aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm

  23. Re:Absent ironclad proof on You Are Not a Lawyer · · Score: 1

    I don't believe the courts will agree with you. Police get warrants all the time were the evidence they are looking for is not found.

  24. Re:Ohm's Law? on You Are Not a Lawyer · · Score: 5, Informative

    You do the same thing you do when you need a doctor and are new in town. You ask people, you look at the specialty of the professional in question, and you call for an appointment. You do not have to have a lawyer on retainer at all times. Many times a first visit is free, so if you get a bad vibe from a lawyer, or don't feel like they are listening to your concerns, try another. While I would not want a patent lawyer defending me in criminal court, if I was arrested and the only lawyer I knew was a patent lawyer, I would call him and ask for help getting the right kind.

  25. Re:Ohm's Law? on You Are Not a Lawyer · · Score: 1

    Yes, but when you are in a US court, they are seldom worried about how you came to be there.