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  1. Not specific memories on Drug Selectively Removes Rats' Memory · · Score: 1

    ...soudns more like they are preventing or reversing only recently formed memories. If you taught them two things on that day - fear the first tone but the buzz noise gives you pleasure, then after being drugged, they would lose both memories i.e. all new things learnt on that day would be erased.

    OK, now to go and read the article to see if they tested for this... :-)

  2. Re:Not an easter egg! on Opera's Slashdot Easter Egg and Speed Dial · · Score: 1

    If it were hidden, you'd be doing something completely unlikely and suddenly and unexpectedly get to Slashdot, like pressing Ctrl+Alt+/, then Shift+Meta+., then double clicking on the "Help" menu item

    That's not hidden, that's a standard emacs shortcut!

  3. Re:The saddest thing on New Mexico Might Declare Pluto a Planet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And your scientific rather than emotional reasoning for calling Pluto a planet is.... ?

  4. Re:ADVISE on Homeland Security Tests Snoop Computer System · · Score: 5, Funny


    Personally, I detest acronyms. If you dislike writing something out all the time, use a macro. If you need to say something, please don't use some ridiculous string of consonants as a word. It's insulting to your audience.

    I for one, welcome your non-acronym agenda and from 12:00 post meridian today I shall no longer use acronyms, Exempli Gratia I shall hereby only refer to Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation devices, Radio Detection And Ranging devices, Et Cetera.

    I think the above proves how much better it is to not have acronyms. Anybody with an Intelligence Quotient over 50 could see this, so Quod Erat Demonstrandum. Using my International Business Machines Corporation computer, I have created an HyperText Markup Language docuemnt linked to a My Structured Query Language database showing this which can found at the following Uniform Resource Locator:

    HypertextTransferProtocol:\\worldwideweb.letsallpl easestopusingacronyms.commercial\mydocument.hypert extmarkuplanguage

  5. More suitable hero found! on Captain America Dead at 66 · · Score: 2, Insightful


    Apparently Captain America no longer symbolised the new American ideals.

    Instead, he will be replaced by The Punisher:

    "...the Punisher is a vigilante who considers killing, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence and torture as acceptable crime-fighting tactics."

    [Source: Wikepedia]

  6. Sticky Wall Climbing Toys on Lunar Dustbusters · · Score: 1

    If you've ever had one of those sticky rubbery toys that you fling at a wall and it slowly climbs down, you'll know the tacky surface picks up all sorts of dust and crap and you have to wash it with soap to clean them. Just spray the spacesuits with this stuff and the dust will stick to it safely... :-)

  7. Re:And then! on iPods to be Used as Flight Data Recorders · · Score: 1

    But the good thing is it can squirt the fact that you're crashing to all other Zune-enable aircraft in the vicinity so that they can get the hell out of your way :-)

  8. Re:Paradigm shift on Golf-Ball Sized Hail Damages Shuttle · · Score: 1

    Nah... look at Thunderbirds. Q whacking great underground chamber that opens up just prior to launch. of course, you need to allow some time for all the NASA employees to exit the giant swimming pool before it slides out of the way ;-)

  9. Do they verify? on Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia · · Score: 1

    So do they verify that all these complaints are legitimate - or is this an easy way for a rival car company to screw up your advertising campaign - or for an ecological movement to hit back at gas-guzzling 4WD vehicles?

  10. Re:So... on Iran Launches Payload into Space · · Score: 1

    I'd be fully on US side in this one (and I didn't like the mess in Iraq the tiniest bit). I know quite a few people who came to the same conclusions as well...

    Is there a chance that any of those people are not Americans?

  11. Re:Your register fly is down on Some Hope During Registerfly's Meltdown · · Score: 1


    Yeah, but dead bodies don't fall out of open windows...

  12. Touchwood on Possible 25 Million Year Old Frog Found · · Score: 2, Funny

    Touchwood? Is that thou, Touchwood? Hast thou returnethest to Catweazle?

  13. Re:I know a few deaf people and on Sign Language Via Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    I would not want a deaf user signing while driving :P

    It's like I learnt in Italy - you NEVER speak to an Italian when he/she is driving, because they are forced to take both hands off the wheel to reply to you!

  14. Re:Really? on Woman Wins Right to Criticize Surgeon on Website · · Score: 1


    Damn it, Jim, I'm a doctor not a miracle worker!

  15. Re:Even this announcement is a little late... on Cheap, Safe, Patentless Cancer Drug Discovered · · Score: 1


    SPOOOOOOOOOOOON !!!!!!

    Sorry about that. I guess this whole story has got me a little Tick-ed off.

  16. Re:Free advertisement.. er.. low cost. on Aqua Teen Stunt Costs Turner and Agency $2M · · Score: 5, Insightful

    International TV exposure. It's all over Europe, too, and probably other parts of the world.

    And over here, it's causing more laughter than the ATHF film ever will ;-)

  17. Re:Not the first indication of Europeans in China. on DNA to Test Theory of Roman Village in China · · Score: 2, Funny

    mummies from the Takla Makan desert region have strongly European characterstics such as red hair and blue eyes

    Commenting on the discovery, Professor Cartman said "These people - the Gingers - were the chosen race but with their red hair, freckles, and pale skin they obviously could not stand the sun."

  18. Re:Smart Move? on Dreamworks Dumps Wallace and Gromit · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dreamworks did Shrek, which was excellent. Shrek 2 was better and Shrek 3 is coming soon.

    Personally I thought Shrek had a much funnier and coherent script than Shrek 2 which pushed the "just like our world only done with magic" joke until it became stale.

    BUT I never understood why oh why was Robin Hood bloody FRENCH in Shrek!?! That's like sticking in Paul Bunyan and giving him a giant pink sheep instead of a blue ox - or having George Washington do a guest appearance speaking like Sergeant Schultz! "I did cut der Cherry tree mit meine kleine hatchet,Vater".

  19. As Wallace might've said... on Dreamworks Dumps Wallace and Gromit · · Score: 5, Funny


    "...everybody knows Hollywood's made of cheese".

    "They're crackers! We've forgotten they're crackers!"

    "No more Americans -- more trouble than they're worth! I could just fancy some cheese, Gromit. What do you say? Cheddar?... All's well that ends well, that's what I say. Uhmm... I do like a bit of gorgonzola..."

    "It's the wrong company Gromit. And they've gone wrong"

    Plus raised eyebrows and a pained look from Gromit of course!

  20. Oh my God! Won't Somebody Think of the... on Farewell To the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    ... Amiga owners!

    With no more 3.5 inch floppies how will they boot into Workbench ;-)

  21. Re:Me being cynical on Scientists Hope To Settle "Hobbit" Debate · · Score: 1

    You've obviously never seen a bunch of scientists blowing shit up in a microwave.

    Nor have you... but you have probably seen a bunch of trendy TV presenters in white lab coats blowing shit up in a microwave... ;-)

  22. Re:profit on How eBay Sellers Fix Auctions · · Score: 1

    As eBay gets a fixed percentage of each auction, they actually profit as well from this shill game.

    But as the number of scams on ebay rises and ebay does nothing to solve the problem, how will they hold onto their customer base? And with no customers, ebay has no business.

  23. Re:Circumvention on How eBay Sellers Fix Auctions · · Score: 5, Informative

    Because you can look at the user feedback and see if there is a lot of cross-feed-backing going on between the involved parties and also you can see if these are low-feedback users raising the bid.

    I had this happening to me once. I'd put in a bid and then somebody would raise it and raise it again until just topping my bid, then withdraw the highest bid. Complained to EBay but they did nothing. In the end, I waited a while after the shill's last bid, then put in a bid of my own. The shill really quickly raised it again a few times then withdrew his last bid that topped mine. At which point, I withdrew my last bid and left the shill in the winning position with a few seconds to go and a bid that was too old to withdraw. So he ended up paying EBay for the privilege of selling the item to himself ;-)

  24. Re:Jurassic Sparc anyone? on Microsoft's "Immortal Computing" Project · · Score: 1

    +1 for worst pun of the day !

  25. Re:What's stopping you? on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 1

    That's why in the rest of the world, we have a wonderful invention called decimals, so that you can not only have the values 12 and 13 degrees celcius but also 12.1, 12.2., 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8 and 12.9. And if that isn't fine enough for you, let me introduce you to 12.01, 12.02 and so on ad infinitum... ;-)