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  1. Re:That's a sophisticated scan on Beating Roulette With Computers & Lasers · · Score: 0

    Very sophisticated. I think it was really some of the scientists laid-off from Reagans Star Wars idea. That computational power can only come from super computers laying in a bath of liquid nitrogen. The "scanner" would need 3-d capabilities to see spin, calculate force and direction, versus wheel friction and spin etc. On top of that it seems too good to be true. (Tightens foil cap snugly)

  2. Mea Culpa on Broadband Usage Up, TV Usage Down · · Score: 0

    I, too, never get to see what I want when it is available. So I simply do not watch it. PBS, naw, they have gone commercial as well. I really wish the FCC would do something useful for the majority of the people who use media, make the commercials play during the first 5 minutes of a program and never appear again until the next program. They should also ban programs less than an hour long, to keep the media from dividing the shows up into mini-series to play more commercial crap.

  3. Naturally on Warm Offices Boost Productivity · · Score: 0

    This study flies in the face of all studies before it, where it was discovered and documented time and time again, that people are more productive in the 68 to 70 degree range F. I am assuming there was a genetic mutation involved, that, or the subjects knew they were being studied, and thereby increased productivity to skew the results. Come on people, double blind studies please.

  4. Only took a year on Distress Signal Emitted By Flat-Screen TV · · Score: 0

    "An Oregon man discovered earlier this month that his year-old Toshiba Corporation flat-screen TV was emitting an international distress signal." So I assume that in all this time, there were actualy rescues backlogged and they finally got around to him. The part about intentionally emitting, what a joke. Must be a GNAA thing.

  5. Well on Marriage May Tame Genius · · Score: 0

    They notice a lot more when you oggle other ladies. They become defensive and buy all manner of "Beauty aids" to make them selves more attractive to you. They find many small quirks in your personality that they overlooked before , to name a few things lady scientists do. If they are doctors, they seriously consider self mutilation, AKA cosmetic surgery, to make you jealous. You, on the other hand know all too well, that if she suddenly becomes Cindy Crawford, for example, she will still not swallow, or allow some back door hijinks. The men she hopes to attract to use against you are merely dupes to be used in a dangerous game of one-up-manship. You still know ALL her dirty little secrets and feel smug, knowing that if you NEVER tell any of them, she will worry that you might, and that truth and video tapes are the best defense for slander and libel.

  6. Yes Indeed on Marriage May Tame Genius · · Score: 0

    Marriage diverts a lot of man's brain power toward mundane things, like home ownership, two cars where before one bicycle would do. Less computers and more television gear, hey I like the video recorder and camera! Movies are fun, but since I have been married twice, I am a certified moron. It just validates the preliminary studies. Obviously I was stupid enough to try yhe same trick twice and expect different results!

    What I am looking for from the geniuses left out there are a few simple things:
    1) A kudzu hybrid that combines cannabis, tomatoes and strawberries on the same self perpetuating plant, plus seeds!
    2) A clone of the Dodo bird's genetic material, wow really big chickens that are easy to raise and are tasty too.
    3) Natural penis enlargers that resemble the lips of a loved one or someone you would like to meet.
    4) Peppers hotter than Habaneros with a long slow cumulative burn factor and a great apricot taste.
    5) Laws that stop politicians or members of their genetic pool from ever running for more than one public office ever!

    The list could go on, but since I am a certified moron, I will stop for now.

  7. Re:FUCK THE USA - GO IRAQ on Soldering with a Toaster Oven · · Score: 0

    But we will butt fuck you and your ilk like professionals! See ya Saddam!

  8. Spam laws on California Anti-Spam Law Approved · · Score: 0

    http://law.spamcon.org/us-laws/states/tn/47-18.sht ml the plot thickens...

    http://www.spamlaws.com/state/tn.html

    47-18-1604. Penalty.

    A civil penalty in the amount of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) may be assessed by the appropriate regulatory agency against any person who initiates any facsimile or e-mail message to a recipient who has previously notified the initiator, in accordance with 47-18-2501(b) and (c), clearly indicating that the recipient does not want to receive any further unsolicited facsimile or e-mail messages from the initiator. All such funds collected shall be deposited in the State General Fund.

    Apparently the Tennesse legislature has removed the individual from the equation and substituted the STATE as the beneficiary of any suits against spammers. Who needs to be killed now? Somehow and some where the aforementioned RIGHTS of the consumer have been compromised. Shall we now take up arms against DOMESTIC enemies? Seems like it...

  9. Phoenix on Blurring The Line Between BIOS And OS · · Score: 0

    So Phoenix thinks it OWNS the name? They soon forget the mythology about the bird that rose from it's own ashes! They forget the city in Arizons named Phoenix. They are a JOKE. I would tell them to stuff it up their asses in court! And then I would strip them of the name on general principals.(sp) Then I would extort all their earnings for trying to trademark a common name that has been in use for CENTURIES before they TRIED to lay claim to it! Then I would shoot the board of directors and all their kinsfolk. Gotta stop the DNA before it spreads!

  10. You mean on Tampering with Taste Buds for Better Coffee? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Everything will taste like pussy? Bonus!

  11. Pure Fluff on Stealth Force Beta · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Such "exploits" are assinine. News? Hardly, publicity at the most! You fell for this?

  12. Re:They have every right on Going Through the Garbage · · Score: 1

    Doesn't anyone understand that we need to relinquish some of our liberties so that we can be secure in our homes? Isn't the loss of a single legal standard for all citizens a small price to pay for easier evidence gathering by governmental agencies? After all, if it makes us safer, how could it be bad?

    You give up YOUR liberties, it will not make us safer. Some of us fought and died for those liberties and you cheapen them. Leave the country!Nazi!

  13. Re:They have every right on Going Through the Garbage · · Score: 1

    I second Randolpho!

  14. Re:Quite the contrary on Going Through the Garbage · · Score: 1

    Could not have been said better! Kudos! He will not read, nor understand your words, more the pity.

  15. Murders versus drug dealing on Going Through the Garbage · · Score: 1

    Once, when we were working on a Hispanic drug dealer case, we sent in a warrant to look for drug dealer supplements in his garbage (half-used joints, cloth with coke residue on it, etc.). It didn't get approved for two weeks (due to nothing but slow buereaucracy) and as a result this drug dealer was able to get away with three murders in the mean time.

    Well now, the emphasis was on drugs, not murders, by making this statement, you imply that murder and drug dealing go hand in hand. Two different things and NOT supported by anything but your say-so, seems like a crock of shit to me, all comming from your keyboard. Just remember, if you were a good cop, you would have been on top of the situation and Prevented the murders, surveillance ya know!

  16. Bullshit on Going Through the Garbage · · Score: 1

    By putting MY trash out, I have contracted with a company to remove and deliver it to the proper place for disposal. Brains? Where are yours? Any deviation from that scenario is stealing. Do you still live at home with momma?

  17. Re:I'm a lasy motherfucker on The New IT Crisis · · Score: 1

    I do quality control in a Reno brothel...beat that!

  18. Magnetic Media on Large IDE Drives as Long-Term Archival Media? · · Score: 1

    Of any kind will degrade fast, well not so very fast, nut I have pristine floppies(remember those) from 12 years ago, kept apart in wooden boxes with 4 inches apart from anything, and they have gone to shit in 12 years. 720K floppies of some of the best DOA stuff on the planet. All are trash. The Earth's magnetic field killed them. Electromagnetic fields helped. OPtical is the only way to go, IF you never use it except in extreme emergincies. Optical does degrade, but much slower. Go for the optical and find a wat yo make 30 copies and disperse them intelligently. Who knows what stuff effects optical, other than optical. Be paranoid, but remember, the IRS only needs 7 years of data for an individual, maybe more for a corporation. Blow me!

  19. What on Adobe Finds No Elcomsoft-Cracked E-Books · · Score: 1

    What the hell is an "Ebook"? And who needs them if at all? Adobe? yep, but no one else. Woot!

  20. Tremors is SciFi? on Farscape to Return? Is Sci-Fi Channel Redeemed? · · Score: 1

    The "SciFi" channel is becoming a mish-mash of stupidity. The early days of rappers, jocks and others proclaiming "I am Sci Fi" were and still are a joke. Someone with a misguided sense of management is working behind the scenes to screw up a decent concept. Taken? What a load of crap! I was hopeful that when I subscribed to the channel, things would be about Science Fiction. The DreamTeam? What is up with that? Leftover crap from Altered States? Stupid asshole and cunt INTERPRETING people's dreams? Smoke some better Ganja poeple and then drink some sugar laced coffee and WAKE UP! Speculative fiction is NOT Science Fiction. It would be better to do things based upon REAL science fiction writers, Asimov(Spare me the I Robot /Will Smith crap), Bester, Heinlein et al! REAL science fiction. Plenty of stories that are PD. Dune was a farce, based upon reading the actual BOOK. Done twice and messed up each tine. Why bother? SciFi should undertake to get a grip or attempt a movie based upon Stranger in a Strange Land. Read the book, get the rights from Virginia, and do it word for word. That would be awesome, but based upon past expierence, they would mess it up too! They BE SciFi!

  21. I noticed the same thing on Google's Search Results Degraded? · · Score: 1

    It seems like whenever someone makes a decent search engine, someone has to tinker with it until it breaks. I wish they would stop that.

  22. CAT 7? on Cable Wars: Cat 6 vs Cat 7 vs. Cat 5e? · · Score: 1

    Fiber rules...nuff said.

  23. Maybe on Report From RIAA v. Verizon Case · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe we will get a ground breaking decision FOR P2P technology...naw, I better go back to my dream.

  24. Boycott on Blue LED Inventor Loses Patent Fight · · Score: 0

    Boycott blue LED's. Just use a blue plastic over a white one. Teach those bums a lesson!

  25. FOX on Egyptian Pyramid Mysteries to Be Explored Live · · Score: 0

    I failed to mention FOX as being boring, oversight corrected, Doh!