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  1. Much more fun, same words. on NSA Contractor Indicted Over Mammoth Theft of Classified Data (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Awww, why couldn't that say NSA Contractor Indicted Over Theft of Classified Mammoth Data ?

  2. Re:Haqqani on Air Force Comments On Drone Malware · · Score: 1

    At first I thought you were referring to the 80's movie Making The Grade "Exchange student from Lower Slobivia," but then stumbled upon the fact that Slobovia is used as a reference to any "non specific, far-away country." Wikipedia on Slobovia

  3. Re:Not that new. / Keyhole on 3D Helicopter View Added To Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I used this very thing in keyhole to demo the agenda we had for a gathering a long time ago. It was cool to allow people to see what parts of the city we were going to. Flying up and around allowed them to see that.

  4. iOS 4.3.4 Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking on iOS 4.3.4 Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking · · Score: 1

    ... it also improves minigolf scores! ... and whitens your whites. ... and One Other Thing.

  5. Not THE Gamera, just 'Gamera.' on Human Powered Helicopter Aims To Break Records · · Score: 1

    As in, Big Giant Turtle That Flies? You know, friend to children, Japanese movie monster, serious under-bite, shoots flames from mouth, extremity holes, etc.

    I can't help wondering if multiple blades fastened to some sort of really thin but strong ring would be better? Like three blades would be a lot more stable? But what do I know?

    PS Someone should take the footage, speed it up, make it black and white and play player piano music in the background.... :-)

  6. Instant Gratification Indeed on Sony, Universal Hope To Beat Piracy With 'Instant Pop' · · Score: 1
    Wait... So in the past people would:
    • Hear a song on the radio, like it
    • Weeks later when it is released, someone buys it, posts the torrent to it
    • Pirate song weeks after it is released

    But now, thanks to their brilliant plan, that has changed to:

    • Hear a song on the radio, like it.
    • Someone buys it That Day, posts the torrent.
    • Pirate song on the day of release.

    Ohhh kay then.

  7. Re:*sigh* on Adding an Olfactory Dimension To Games · · Score: 1

    Great now we'll get: Grand Theft Auto: Detroit. Now with real hooker smell!

    I wonder what codes you need to send the device to produce the proper mixture of Cotton Candy and Shame?

  8. Obligatory on Google Unveils Android 'Honeycomb' Tablet · · Score: 1

    So, at roughly ten inches...

    Android Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah! It's not small, no no no...!

    Honeycomb's got, well, some interesting features.

  9. Re:Invest in FRDY! on NASA Warns of Potential "Huge Space Storm" In 2013 · · Score: 1

    My new favorite phrase is now 'Number-memorizing Chinese people.' I may even add it to my list of potential band names. Thank you.

  10. Re:How about some nice menus instead? on Preview the Office 2007 Ribbon-Like UI Floated For OpenOffice.Org · · Score: 1

    ... There's no reason Open Office needs to ape Microsoft's mistakes.

    Ape? Ape is a verb now? I was just getting used to parrot being a verb. What's next, Coyote? I'd sure hate for Ubuntu to coyote Mac OS 15. And I'm not sure how I feel about the ipod Rigellian Bloodwoming the Palm pre.

    Slightly on topic, I'm not a fan of the ribbon.

  11. Re:Not a new idea on Galactic Origin For 62M-Year Extinction Cycle? · · Score: 1

    I am surprised that no one mentioned the theory of Nemesis? Oh wait, there was a Slashdot story (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/21/0338234) on it, or at least on the possibility.

    According to this site (http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_nemesis07.htm) :

    "Nemesis' existence was proposed in 1984 by American physicists Daniel Whitmire and Albert Jackson (The University of Southern Louisiana) and also by Richard Muller, Piet Hut & Davis M. in 1984 in order to explain an apparent 26-million year cycle in the occurrence of mass extinctions on Earth, like the one that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, as noted by Raup and Sepkoski."

    So, simplified, the other sun rotates in and drags a whole bunch of crap out of the Oort cloud and wipes out (almost) everything. Lather, rinse, repeat.

  12. Re:Technologies vs products on Top 10 Disappointing Technologies · · Score: 1

    I wish to subscribe to your newlsetter. Seriously, great post. I miss my Amiga.