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  1. And yet another example... on Could Snowden Have Been Stopped In 2009? · · Score: 2

    of "shooting the messenger".

  2. IMHO... on Uncle Sam Finally Wants To Hear From Us On Digital Copyright Law? · · Score: 0

    Ideas shouldn't be patentable.

  3. Re:I smell... on Hacker Releases 1.7TB Treasure Trove of Gaming Info · · Score: 1

    Most of it could be game assets and not source code.

  4. Re:Finally looks exactly like Chrome on Mozilla Plans Major Design Overhaul With Firefox 25 Release In October · · Score: 1

    Too easy. The answer is 0. (ps: Australian)

  5. Why? on Verizon Ordered To Provide All Customer Data To NSA · · Score: 1

    Did they break ECHOLON?

  6. Bender's hilarious antics.. on Futurama Cancelled (Again) · · Score: 1

    ..is the only reason I watch Futurama.

  7. The line in the sand... on Defend the Open Web: Keep DRM Out of W3C Standards · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ....has been drawn my fellow geeks.

  8. Re:Good thing proxies can't be spoofed! on Six-Strikes System Starts In U.S. · · Score: 2

    Easy fix. ISP's then change their EULA to disallow VPNs accusing their users of being terrorists...

  9. Re:Greedy Upper Management. on Large Corporations Displacing Aging IT Workers With H-1B Visa Workers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Easy fix. Large corporations simply to sack all their high-priced execs and get some H-1B visa ones. They'd save a *lot* more money from there than from IT...

  10. Re:Treason on Missouri Legislation Redefines Science, Pushes Intelligent Design · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Removing them will do little. It's the lobbyists who are pushing Intelligent Design that need to be weeded out.

  11. And the best vantage point.. on NASA Says Asteroid Will Buzz Earth Closer Than Many Satellites · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ..to view such a spectacle would be?

  12. 2001 just called.... on 50 Million Potentially Vulnerable To UPnP Flaws · · Score: 1
  13. Coming soon... on Researchers Create Ultrastretchable Wires Using Liquid Metal · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to a manufacturer near you. Spaghetti wiring to complement their existing spaghetti code.

  14. Won't be long now... on Inside the World's Biggest Consumer 3D Printing Factory · · Score: 2

    before the MAFIAA turn their attention to these 3D printing outfits.

  15. Finally. After all these years....

  16. You guys are lucky. on Hounded By Recruiters, Coders Put Themselves Up For Auction · · Score: 1

    Because most of the spam I get is from course invitations, not recruiters...

  17. Might be time.. on PS3 Encryption Keys Leaked · · Score: 1

    to start buying the PS3 en masse.

  18. Who was it... on The Most Important Meeting You've Never Heard of · · Score: 1

    ...that allowed these organisations to become masters of our internet? Business? Politicians? Or was it self-proclamation?

  19. Start looking for a... on Radioactive Tool Goes Missing In Texas · · Score: 1

    ...silver Delorean.

  20. Associated Story? on US Doctors Back Circumcision · · Score: 1

    US doctor's public health priorities totally askew.

  21. Maori Dance on New Zealand Draft Patent Law Rewritten After Microsoft Meeting · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...needs updating to... ...simply punching foreigners in the face.

  22. X-rays on Full-Body Airport Scanners Downsizing For Doctors/Dentists · · Score: 2

    Didn't these used to say that X-rays were safe? Anyway, in IMHO the best option is to not to scan at all. Just let everyone board the plane and be on their way -or- we'll start scanning people boarding buses next.

  23. Title is incomplete. on UN Takeover of Internet Must Be Stopped, US Warns · · Score: 1

    UN Takeover of Internet Must Be Stopped, US Warns, because we don't want the competition!

  24. My vote.. on Assange Stands 'Real Chance' of Election In Australia · · Score: 1

    ...waits for his arrival.

  25. Weight? on MIT Researchers Invent 'Super Glass' · · Score: 1

    There is no mention of how light/heavy this new super-glass is? (when compared to regular glass)