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  1. Re:Tolkien's prose on JRR Tolkien Denied Nobel Due To Low Quality Prose · · Score: 1

    Melville's Moby-Dick was like that too.

    Someone found "Bible Code" sequences in Moby Dick. Has anyone looked in LotR?

    --

    His final expression was one of extreme annoyance. BotR

  2. Re:I, for one, on Genetically Modifying Silk Worms For Super Silk · · Score: 1

    "It's hard to see how a silkworm producing spider silk would have any advantage in nature," he said.

    You sir, are on to something. This researcher is showing a clear lack of imagination.

    If only it were conductive like mithril.

  3. Re:It's called "Cheese". on Rare Moon Mineral Found On Earth · · Score: 1

    Most earthly deposits are found in the state of Minnesota and the country of Switzerland.

    You forgot France, you insensitive curd.

  4. Re:No powerful computers on Transistor Made From Cotton Yarn · · Score: 1

    ultimately, think of how many thousands of interconnections are in every piece of cotton clothing — you could make a fairly powerful computer!"

    While that's a cute idea... a lot of transistors = a lot of heat.

    Cotton fibers are not particularly known for their ability to tolerate high heat, and neither is human skin.

    This is obviously meant for water cooling. A tasteful way of doing this would be a modified umbrella that supplied the spray.

    Forget military uses; this would stand out in infrared like a weenie roast.

  5. Re:Be careful on Weird Fossils Show Ancient Organism Reproducing · · Score: 2

    If your erection lasts longer then 4 million years please call a physician?

    Help us O. B. Gyn Kenobe; you're our only hope.

  6. Re:wear and tear on LAPD Surveillance Cameras Go Unused · · Score: 1

    I've worked with cops and I'm not terribly surprised - "excessive" wear and tear was always a problem. This isn't the first expensive system I've heard of being kept in a closet. Give it a few years and the dust might have been a factor too.

    (I'm not sure if it's actually a surveillance state if nobody's looking through the broken cameras.)

    Wait for courtroom commentary on some preventable crime, and they will hire tube watchers from the gaming industry.

  7. Re:No goodies for the DoD on Android Approved By Pentagon · · Score: 1

    That whoosh really upset you gcnaddict. It's even funnier that you have a 6 digit ID. Calm down.

    AC has three digit ID FWIW

  8. Re:The difference on Will Toys-R-Us Carry Spy Drones? · · Score: 1

    The difference between civilians having spy drones and law enforcement having spy drones is that law enforcement has the right to enforce the law, with physical force, and not be punished (unless obviously excessive). Civilians, on the other hand, are "vigilantes."

    Yeah, for example they have to enforce the law that the only position you may have sex in is the missionary position. So don't complain about the police spy drone in your bedroom. :-)

    It came in through the Windows?

  9. Re:Slashdot Poll, Slashdot Poll, The Best... on Munich's Move To Linux Exceeds Target · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Have you ever had someone, just once, alim tsk tsk your bootyassness minute?

    First posts to hit new low.

  10. Re:Level of risk on Rare Earth Magnets Pose Threat To Children · · Score: 1

    The pdf says they are aware of a total of 33 injuries and one death in the US ever due to magnet ingestion. Out of a 300 million population that is a vanishingly small risk. Meanwhile there are something like 30,000 accidental poisonings each year. Are we really paying attention to the right things?

    Two words : Magnetic poisons.

  11. Re:Its a battle win, maybe not victory. on No SOPA Vote Until 2012 · · Score: 2

    It would be like saying that just because Captain Jack Harkness comes from the far future it is proof that time travel is possible.

    If we march into the far past, then can we say we came from the far future. Thus time travel is possible.

  12. Re:Sorry! on Russian Scientist Discovers Giant Arctic Methane Plumes · · Score: 1

    Mama (Earth) is that you?

  13. Re:So, no Shakespeare then? on Japanese Use Wild Monkeys To Track Radiation · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing if they gave them a room full of a million typewriters they'd actually just scream and hurl feces.

    That's probably what I'd do too.

    Another day at the Daily Planet of the Apes.

  14. Shrinkage? on Sony, Universal and Fox Caught Pirating Through BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    So, if you are working in WallMart, is it normal to eat anything and everything for free?

    If the use by date is expired, then eat away; however, don't try it with something they are trying to sell.

    If one is working in a media company with a DS3 connection, then maybe someone downloads when the boss is not looking. I would look for back room rogues first.

  15. Re:Forced Voting? on Publicly Available Russian Election Results Hint At Fraud · · Score: 1

    Which is why I said "lol".

    I'm curious as to if they actually got people to vote and just lied (or fudged the numbers or changed the votes afterward) or if they just straight up lied about everything.

    Lenin On Line; He says congratulations.

  16. Re:You would have to be differently abled on You Really Are What You Know · · Score: 1

    To navigate a city looks like it was planned by throwing spaghetti at a wall and calling it a map.

    It was all caused by goto.

  17. Re:Perfect american corporate business practice on Cnet Apologizes For Nmap Adware Mess · · Score: 1

    Until I see a Corporation executed by the state of Texas, I refuse to acknowledge that Corporations are truly liable for their actions.

    Does that mean that corporations are not people?

  18. Re:Anyone else not surprised? on Iranian TV Shows Downed US Drone · · Score: 3, Informative

    I guess the suits in Washington never had a hobby otherwise they would know this.

    Their hobby is screwing people. I guess they did not get around to R/C model aircraft.

  19. Re:NIMBY's on MythBusters Bust House · · Score: 1

    You know, it's too bad there's not a nearby ocean that could be their "downrange" backstop...

    There's one at Guantanamo.

  20. Re:Thank goodness on Vaccine Developed Against Ebola · · Score: 1

    (Follow-up: the paper clarifies that they only tested with eight groups of ten mice each. The above estimate of "a few hundred" was a tiny bit overkill—outside of the private sector. *rimshot*)

    Are these cheap mice? Genetically special mice like tumor mice can cost $100,000 each.

  21. Re:Excellent! on Reverse Robocall Turns Tables On Politicians · · Score: 0

    You have all thirteen clubs : Bid seven No Trump.

    You'll never make it. The opponents lead. How are you ever going to get to your hand to play them? You can't. Seven clubs is your best (only) bid.
     

    Exactly! One is set thirteen tricks. Having all the cards is not enough. If they are played wrong, then one snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.

  22. Re:Excellent! on Reverse Robocall Turns Tables On Politicians · · Score: 0

    Turnabout is fair play.

    Or, it might get you into trouble.

    The politicians who wrote the laws about such things game themselves an exemption to call you. It is entirely possible that if you turn around it do it to them, you could be doing something illegal.

    Remember, the deck is stacked, and not in your favor.

    You have all thirteen clubs : Bid seven No Trump.

  23. Re:Screen recorder on GCHQ Challenge Solution Explained · · Score: 1

    If you look at the final video, you'll see that it's Linux running inside a VM, on Windows.

    Was it on the boss's machine?

  24. Re:Think about all those poor bacteria! on Yeti Crab Cultivates Bacteria On Claw, Then Eats Them · · Score: 2

    oh, like bacteria are blameless. They're lazy. They should be out looking for real jobs, not surviving on hand outs from the crabs.

    Wait for the claw backs.

  25. Re:I TOLD you! on UK Plans Space Based Radar System · · Score: 1

    It does work. It makes it easier for radar to see him. ;)

    Gee, this hat looks like a corner reflector.