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  1. Re:Not bad. on HAL 9000 on the Auction Block · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately it's mind was too far gone to sing "Daisy".

    It can still do a mean "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins", though...

  2. Re:I'm safer than that guy in his sad cave.. on Hobbit Hole + World Class Fallout Shelter · · Score: 1

    I'd reconsider your choice. If anything, the political situation in Italy is even more fucked up than that in America right now.

  3. Re:Lets vilify the military and ignore "country" on Digital Cameras Change War Photo-Journalism · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because a few years of killing people is the price they have to pay to be able to go to college?

  4. Re:Value? on Swedish Pirate Demo · · Score: 1

    Parrots.

  5. Re:Some classic Christian D&D FUD on D&D Is 30 · · Score: 1

    Oh come on, that story was totally unrealistic!

    At least half of the players are girls.

  6. Re:I feel safer already... on Operation Fastlink Cracks Down on Warez · · Score: 1

    Nah, they can just download America's Army for free.

  7. Re:Capitalism & Population Growth on UK Releases Global Warming Report · · Score: 1

    As long as you can feed your family, have 20 kids for all I care.

    Once you start relying on foreign aid because you borked up your environment, there's a problem if you keep breeding like rabbits.

  8. Re:java technology. what's it all about? on Sun and Eclipse Squabble · · Score: 1

    Sure, IDEA is a bit more intuitive to work with, but it's somewhat unfair to compare a free product (eclipse) with an IDE costing about 1000$.

    In its class, eclipse blows the other development tools away. Given the large amount of community support for eclipse, it's only going to be even better in the years to come.

  9. Don't worry on Spirit Rover Communications Error · · Score: 2, Funny

    The rover is running java, so the garbage collector probably kicked in. Give it a few more days and it should be fine agian.

  10. OK - who forgot to set the clock? on Holding On To Hope For Beagle 2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's display is probably flashing 12:00.

  11. Re:It's not a weapon, it's Windows. Er, wait.... on Security Tips for Traveling with Tech Gear · · Score: 1

    Sure, if you like having somebody's arm up your ass.

  12. Re:Nowhere close to max speed on Japanese Train Sets A Speed Record Of 581 kph · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't they be a lot easier to sabotage?

    With a plane you only have a good chance of bringing it down when it's either taking off or landing, and airports are generally very well secured.

    If you want to blow up a train you could rig the track with explosives somewhere in the middle of nowhere. In a train going over 500 km/hour, even minor damage would have lethal consequences.

  13. Re:US Military, not EU on Galileo System To Include Jamming Capability · · Score: 1

    Your analogy is flawed : if you stood in front of an ATM and a guy with a gun in his hands demands $1000, would you refuse?

    I have no doubt that American diplomats exerted plenty of pressure on their European colleagues behind closed doors.

    While I'm sure that America wouldn't shoot down the Galileo system if Europe refused to make it easy to jam, it's hardly a secret that America routinely uses economic incentives and punishments to get what it wants.

  14. Re:E-Book Piracy on Bubble Bursts for e-Books · · Score: 1

    That's the main problem with kazaa ebooks as far as I am concerned. As long as you are into Science Fiction, Fantasy and mass market books (King, Crichton, Clancy etc...), you can find a huge selection online for free.

    Once you move to more mainstream literature, the choice dries up. It seems that the people scanning novels simply aren't interested in anything but SF and trashy pulp.

  15. Posters on Torvalds the "5th Most-Powerful Man in Tech" · · Score: 1

    So, where do we get the Linus Torvalds posters?

    Come on, you all know you want 'em.

  16. Re:Send them some mail on Spammer Hangout's Membership Roster Left Exposed · · Score: 1

    What bothers me about mailinator is that you can enter common usernames in their engine and see mails containing passwords. Some people have no concept of security.

  17. Re:Is this patentable? on Stem Cell "Master Gene" Found · · Score: 1

    Who needs lawyers when you have lightning bolts?

  18. Re:Workplace democracy on Improving Company Morale? · · Score: 1

    Hey, that's exactly what Ayn Rand descibes in Atlas Shrugged. Didn't work out so well there, though.

  19. Re:Black Coffee on Tampering with Taste Buds for Better Coffee? · · Score: 1

    No no no, it was "I like my coffee like I like my women...a plastic cup"

  20. Re:Impossible to... on Cloned Cat Not a 'Carbon Copy' · · Score: 1

    Did the cat have a goatee?

  21. Looks familiar on Wind Powered Walking Machines · · Score: 4, Informative

    These critters look quite a lot like the Sodaplay constructions.

    Ahh...the memories. I must've wasted hours of time experimenting with these at work.

  22. Re:All I want to know is on New Alienware Media Center · · Score: 1

    With a few spray-cans of car paint, you can give your shuttle case the same look.

    Personally, I prefer the coolermaster cases for home theater PCs: they have two 5 1/4" bays, the ability to contain up to four agp/pci cards and about the same form factor as a VCR.

  23. Re:leaked on purpose? on Doom 3 Alpha Leaked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Since they only planned to use the alpha for a few demonstrations at E3, it's not really surprising that they optimized it to run as fast as possible on their test setup only.

  24. Re:Two questions... on Uncap Your Modem, Get Visit From the FBI · · Score: 1

    Umm...releasing the full addresses of suspects is illegal in large parts of the world. It certainly is where I live.

    Handing out the address of a suspect to whoever asks for it only encourages vigilante justice.