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  1. Re:Moral of the story: on Bernie Madoff's Programmers Arrested · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't forget to destroy the evidence of your destruction of the evidence of the destruction of the evidence and backups and its backups and its backups.

  2. Re:Whats the hold up on NASA's LCROSS Mission Proves Lunar Ice Suspicions · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm more afraid of being scrooched by Gidney and Cloyd.

    Though we may be safe as long as NASA never get their hands on the Mooseberry fudge cake recipe.

  3. Re:I don't get it... on The Math of a Fly's Eye May Prove Useful · · Score: 1

    If God had intended for us to read the summary, He wouldn't have invented headlines.

  4. Obvious question: on Thief Steals Van and Finds a Lion Inside · · Score: 1

    Is there any human blood/flesh inside the van?

  5. Re:An Application? on NASA Reproduces a Building Block of Life In the Lab · · Score: 1

    Always look on the bright side of life.

  6. Re:just wondering... on Antimatter In Lightning · · Score: 1

    But does it know it's obsolete?

    Will it tell us how to build the next one?

  7. Re:Obligatory George Carlin Quote on What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity? · · Score: 1

    Thanks alot. Now I'm scared to go out to do the laundry. :-(

    I'm sure you could use Google to find another way to do your laundry, but then again, it might end up being even stupider than any of the questions so far.

    Your choice.

  8. Re:Why can't I own Canadians? on What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity? · · Score: 1

    Interestingly, the Bible is the only source that claims that there was systematic Jewish slavery in Ancient Egypt.

  9. Re:Idocracy on Evolution's Path May Lead To Shorter, Heavier Women · · Score: 1, Insightful

    [T]here's nothing wrong with observing trends like "less intelligent people have tons of babies."

    Actually, there is something wrong with observing false trends.

  10. Re:South Park had this covered on What If They Turned Off the Internet? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that if you actually look into it, you'll find that The Simpsons covered all of the topics even before South Park did.

  11. Re:Wallace and Gromit on Skiing Robot May Not Be Useful, But Fun To Watch · · Score: 1

    Pixilation (not to be confused with pixelation) is apparently popular in the scientific community.

  12. Re:Robotic Rescue on Skiing Robot May Not Be Useful, But Fun To Watch · · Score: 1

    There's a good chance that the myth of (robotic) St. Bernards may even come true, given that we all know robots run on alcohol.

  13. Re:Europeans only? on Volunteers Wanted For Simulated 520-Day Mars Trip · · Score: 4, Funny

    ESA is looking for European volunteers to take part.

    WTF!?

    If I were going on a trip to Mars, the last thing I'd take along would be some techno-listening Eurotrash with unreasonable demands for prompt health care and a propensity for labor unrest.

    Yeah, but if we shut the worst of them in a small room together, then the world becomes a better place for the next year and a half.

  14. Re:There's only two questions that matter on NVIDIA Driver Developer Discusses Linux Graphics · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sorry you feel that way.

  15. Re:The Law of Unintended Consequences on Legal War For WA State Sunshine Law · · Score: 1

    That's not what I meant my anonymity.

    I meant that the petition - including names, signatures and contact information - should be made fully available to only those engaged in collecting signatures, and the agency that receives the final collection.

    Any third party, including those signing the petition, should only be allowed to see the full list only at the discretion of those collecting the signatures, or if legally required to do so.

  16. Re:The Law of Unintended Consequences on Legal War For WA State Sunshine Law · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just because they don't want their names to be seen does not mean that they are ashamed.

    Perhaps they're afraid of what might happen to them personally if their name is found.

    For example, if a southerner had signed a petition favoring the right of black people to vote, they would damn well hope that it was anonymous. Not out of embarrassment, but out of personal safety.

    Anonymity is the better option in these situations, since it provides an accurate count of how many people actually agree with the cause, not the number of people who will openly admit to it.

  17. Re:What's left for the movies? on A New Robotic Hand That Can "Feel" · · Score: 2, Funny

    What, you expected him to read the summary too?

  18. Re:Experience from academia on Student Loan Interest Rankles College Grads · · Score: 1

    I presumed it was 30k/year. 4*30=120>56

    > $35k that four years of SUNY Potsdam tuition (assuming you don't get one of the automatic scholarships based on HS GPA and SAT score).

  19. Re:Experience from academia on Student Loan Interest Rankles College Grads · · Score: 1

    $30k is just ridiculous for tuition.

    Of course, I may just be jaded from living in New York, where undergrad tuition in the SUNY system is less than $15,000 for non-residents, and generally less than than $7000 for residents per semester.

  20. Re:Hey! on iRobot Introduces Morphing Blob Robot · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've seen him write an original summary!

    When did this happen?

    Don't worry, it won't happen again.

    I've made a few...adjustments...

  21. Re:Is there? on Facial Bones Grown From Fat-Derived Stem Cells · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If I've read the literature right, embryonic stem cells are, in general, readily available and easily manufactured. Also, they are the best at forming to any cell type we would want.

    In contrast, adult stem cells are relatively specialized, meaning that they won't make just anything, but things that are somewhat similar.

    That is to say that adult stem cells have been immensely helpful, but we think that embryonic stem cells may be better.

  22. Re:A ribbon? on Giant Ribbon Discovered At Edge of Solar System · · Score: 1

    Well, it's dropped the ball the last two times...

  23. Re:Queue the environmentalist on Giant Ribbon Discovered At Edge of Solar System · · Score: 1

    I bet some environmentalist will come up with the idea that we're somehow responsible for that rip in the heliosphere.

    It's protecting the penguin colonies on Pluto, of course.

  24. Re:Good article on On the Efficacy of Flu Vaccine · · Score: 1

    I just ate a bag of sugar and now I feel like crap. Maybe you are better off not getting the vaccine.

  25. Re:Apt analogy using telcos on Democrats, Minority Groups Question Net Neutrality Push · · Score: 1

    It's not necessarily charging different rates, but rather enforced delay or blocking the site completely.

    So to use your example, say a telco were to sign a deal with Papa John's that any of their customers who called Domino's would be put on hold for five minutes before being connected. Obviously this would severely cripple Domino's business.

    The telco could take it one step further, and simply block any of their customers from calling Domino's. If there are only two telcos in town, this means that Domino's just lost about half of its delivery business.