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  1. read this book on What's the Problem With US High Schools? · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm
    John Taylor Gatto argues that American education fails to properly educate because it was not designed to educate. It was designed to create good consumers.

  2. It gets even better on GPUs To Power Supercomputing's Next Revolution · · Score: 2, Funny

    They found they could get even more performance by turning off vsync!

  3. What's the big deal? on Teen Plays Videogame With Brain Signals · · Score: 1

    I could smoke this clown at Halo2, bring it on brain boy!

  4. Re:So what's the problem on The Myth of the 40 Hour Game · · Score: 1

    Yeah, once I got to "Ok, now you have to go fish all these things out of the bottom of the ocean to figure out why you are still playing this game" I pretty much stopped playing. Maybe I will finish it, some day.

  5. Re:Searching for SSN's?? on AOL Releases Search Logs of 657,427 Users · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, the internet is a series of tubes. AOL is a dumptruck.

  6. Re:OKay... on Freeze-Dried Blood May Save Soldiers' Lives · · Score: 4, Funny

    'Tom never has a second transfusion at home...'

  7. Re:Awesome!!! on Turning Network Free-Riders' Lives Upside Down · · Score: 1

    Thats not funny, someone did that to me once at an old job I had.

  8. Re:Pathetic on Hire a Game Coach Online · · Score: 1

    It's worth it just for the money you'll save on golf balls.

  9. Fixed in the next version on Phishing in Yahoo! Geocities? · · Score: 1

    The next version of Geocities will require the user to check a box verifying that he is not a phisher.

  10. Re:There are no simple answers on Is Bughunting Still A Way Into the Games Industry? · · Score: 1

    That is a pretty nifty idea for a resume. On the topic, I used to have a QA position at the worlds worst development house, and I still can't get the stink off me.

  11. Great on Microcups Made of Nanopaper · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now all they need is a nano-dispenser because those teeny-tiny dixie cups at the watercooler just arent small enough.

  12. Re:This is just sub-prime financing on Microsoft Introduces Pay-as-You-Go Computing · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a lot of hassle just to play solitaire. Do they get any software to go with their pre-paid computer time?

  13. NOVA special on Baby Meets Big Brother For Science · · Score: 1

    'How Nerds Form'

  14. All is well on Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD · · Score: 1

    The cycle of profit continues. And with extended copyright, Lucas' grandchildren can continue to re-release the same movies well into the next century.

  15. Re:mail it like it's 1999 on Evolution of the Netflix Envelope · · Score: 1

    I imagine at this point in the game they are burning investment capital and maximizing profits is taking a back seat to gaining customers.

  16. Feh on Useful Apps for First-Time Windows Users? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mac, Windows, its all junk. Get a Palm Pilot and forget about it.

  17. Re:First flight with a paying customer?! on SpaceX's Falcon 1 Destroyed During Maiden Voyage · · Score: 2, Funny

    State Farm Rocket Insurance, obviously.

  18. Re:Why VoIP? on Vonage Puts VoIP 911 Caller on Hold · · Score: 1

    Duh! If you read the article, you would see that his other phone was on fire.

  19. Re:Coelacanth on Fossil Rises From its Grave · · Score: 1

    Well, at least we know how they don't cope with drastic weather changes. They don't become another species.

  20. Re:Why not just use ... a live mule? on Robotic 'Pack Mule' with Impressive Reflexes · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear that if you spray chemicals on the mule, it becomes a synthetic mule and you can get a tax break.

  21. Ssshhhh... on Scientists Expand Knowledge of Dark Matter · · Score: 5, Funny

    "For the first time ever, we're actually dealing with its physics,"

    Thats because we've secretly replaced the regular dark matter with Folger's Crystals!

  22. Re:and more! on Review of the Squeezebox · · Score: 1

    I took the time to learn Dvorak a few months ago when /. posted the link to that Dvorak zine site. I haven't regretted it. Yay Dvorak!

  23. Re:It's not just you on Zone Alarm Vs 180 Solutions: Zango hooks? · · Score: 0

    Oh Noes!

  24. for advanced air guitarists... on Air Guitar That Actually Plays! · · Score: 1

    it really starts to rip if you drool

  25. Re:greeting card strategem on Cyber Monday Doesn't Exist · · Score: 1

    Are you saying that I bought all these Cyber-Monday cards for nothing? I got a great deal on them too, at an after-Cyber-Monday blowout sale :(