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  1. Re:They should be thankful on Soviet Shuttle Buran Found In a Junk Heap · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, space is too complicated. Total waste of time and effort. If it can't be built in your garage by one guy, it's not worth building, right? Especially if it takes over a week... Talk about your lust for instant gratification...

    Pure masturbation all this space exploration stuff. We have everything we need right here. Why would anybody want to leave? And there's certainly no reason to believe that the whole process could possibly be mechanized in the future, reducing human effort (thus costs) to near zero. Nope, let's just sit here on our duffs, munching on Doritos, and feed the poor... to the gods of war

  2. Oooo, committees and managers on OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice · · Score: 1

    Nothing but good things ahead

    Then there's that little thing called Java

  3. Re:They should be thankful on Soviet Shuttle Buran Found In a Junk Heap · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...Space Nuttery is one of the most irrational beliefs to come out of the XXth century.

    :-) Yep, damn near as crazy as Flying Machine and Horseless Carriage Nuttery from all the previous centuries..

  4. Re:Don't worry on Other Tech the Senate Would Have Banned · · Score: 1

    ...bashing the administration for being fascists...

    Well, you know what they say, "If it walks like a duck..."

  5. Signs of life? on Methane Survey Reveals Mars Is Far From 'Dead' · · Score: 1

    They should be looking for small quantities of refined Illudium Q-36

  6. Is the photograph life size or something? on New Zealand Scientists Make Atom-Trapping Breakthrough · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because I couldn't see it..

  7. Re:Maybe some access controls would help on Google Warning Gmail Users On Spying From China · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Governments are virtually powerless outside their own boundaries.

    I did not know that...

  8. Re:What reality do you live in? on Google Warning Gmail Users On Spying From China · · Score: 2

    It is a state militia. In that case called in by the governor, not the president. The feds "endorsed" it by not pressing charges

  9. Re:Hrm. Sounds evil. on FCC White Space Rules Favor Tech Industry · · Score: 1

    So what you're saying is that my device will constantly determine my location and report it to the government.

    Yes, it's for your protection. In case of cyber attack, they can take over your PA system and provide "helpful" instructions.

  10. Fight back! on Most Software Patent Trolls Lose Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'll break out my vast fortune, right now... I mean it... I'm headed to be bank... You'll be sorry...

    Patent trolls have a 100% success rate of draining your account... They should have to post a bond to pay your expenses if you win

  11. Re:Slacker on Copyright License Fees Drive Pandora Out of Canada · · Score: 1

    That's why they keep shooting themselves in the foot.

    Yeah, and that's why they're limping all the way to the bank. We can accuse them of many things. Ignorance isn't one of them.

  12. Plug the leak on BP Permanently Seals Gulf Oil Well · · Score: 2, Informative

    Look who gets the job.. For sure they didn't charge a dime...

  13. Re:SEE! on Boeing Gets $89M To Build Drone That Can Fly For 5 Years Straight · · Score: 1, Funny

    I cannot think of a single civilian use for something like this...

    I can. If this thing can stay in the air for 5 years, imagine how long it can keep you trapped inside waiting on the tarmac without having to pull into the gate.

  14. "Quantum Walk" on Two-Photon Walk a Giant Leap For Quantum Computing · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here's how it looks under a microscope

  15. It employs a sophisticatal mathematiced formula on EFF Says 'Stop Using Haystack' · · Score: 0, Troll

    How can you go wrong? Fucking marketspeek with its propagandizing lime green background. How many people has this thing sucked in? And jeeze! Talk about being at war with Iran...

  16. Re:What saddens me the most... on Wal-Mart To Launch Unlimited Wireless Family Plan · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...gets your eyeballs on their other offerings.

    There's a special on paper towels

  17. Re:Families? on Wal-Mart To Launch Unlimited Wireless Family Plan · · Score: 1

    I don't know why, but this "Family" thing in the name of the service makes me think of censorship.

    Maybe this will remind you..

  18. Re:What's going to stop them on Dept. of Homeland Security To Test Iris Scanners · · Score: 0

    I wonder what it'll take to rally the docile United States citizens to fight back.

    Oh, that's simple... Just preempt their favorite TV show

  19. Okay somebody tell me on Dept. of Homeland Security To Test Iris Scanners · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How many times have you heard of people leaving their iris prints on a doorknob, or wine glass, or a gun?

  20. Re:That's what I love about Conservatives on Canadian Government Muzzling Scientists · · Score: 1

    Which highlights another Conservative trait, they aren't very bright.

    Well, they're apparently bright enough to take your money and win elections... Now if you're talking about conservative voters, then you got me there...

  21. Re:My oven... on GE Closes Last US Light Bulb Factory · · Score: 1

    Kerosene lamp?... Gas lights!

  22. All this swiftboating of FDR on Pentagon Aims To Buy Up Book · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It'll never end...

    The real destruction of the constitution started in 1798 with the Alien and Sedition Acts. Some might even say the Whiskey tax of 1791 was a breach.. Either way the path is well worn..

  23. Re:Freedom of speech on Rackspace Shuts Down Quran-Burning Church's Sites · · Score: 1

    As for thinking the 18th century is part of the medieval period ... that's just tragic.

    Really, we won't reach medieval before the 22nd, at the earliest..

  24. Re:Stupid on Rackspace Shuts Down Quran-Burning Church's Sites · · Score: 1

    It does not apply to contract law!

    So you can consign your 8 year old daughter to perpetual servitude for her wicked uncle? I've heard that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Above even contract law...

  25. It wasn't failure on BP's Gulf Spill Report Shows String of Failures · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's company policy to forgo safety for increased profits. History is full of this. They took a gamble and got beat by a pair of deuces. But they have accountants to take care of it all. The main issue hasn't changed, and we'll be speculating on the the next disaster soon enough.