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  1. Re:That's nothing on US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Biggest question not answered! on Lizard Previously Unknown To Science Found On Vietnam Menu · · Score: 1

    I suppose that's better that tasting like something very young and ALIVE...

  3. Re:If You're Late to the Party on Did the Windows Phone 7 Bomb In the US? · · Score: 1

    If you're late to the party, you better bring something that no one else has... like a Windows 7 phone. :-)

  4. Re:Not enough units on Did the Windows Phone 7 Bomb In the US? · · Score: 1

    That's the only reason my homemade cellphone made with rubber bands didn't outsell the iPhone... lack of supply.

  5. Re:I don't understand it on Did the Windows Phone 7 Bomb In the US? · · Score: 1

    - Project Natal
    - Office 2007 (the Office Ribbon): http://www.pcworld.com/article/128176/the_20_most_innovative_products_of_the_year.html
    - ClearType
    - Halo

  6. Wow... on The Placebo Effect Not Just On Drugs · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, I went to the link to read TFA, and realized that the TFS isn't a summary at all. It's just a copy/paste of the entire blog post with the line breaks taken out. It's amazing what constitutes "New for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" these days...

  7. Re:This explains the political process on The Placebo Effect Not Just On Drugs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And you still get either Coke or Pepsi...

  8. Re:Mini - Big ? on Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Generates a 'Mini-Big Bang' · · Score: 1

    What I really want to know is, did it make a tiny solar system? Maybe we should wait a few trillion years to see... :-P

  9. Re:Mice on Doing Digital Art When You Can't Use Your Hand? · · Score: 3, Funny

    For example, when I do really really detailed graphical work in GIMP

    He can't use his hand, you insensitive clod!

  10. OLD NEWS on The iPhone Serial Port Hack · · Score: 1

    Apple decided to allow devices to use serial over the dock connector in February 2010. Why does the summary list it as a "little known secret"? It's hardly a secret that the dock connector which uses USB communicates via a serial connector. That's what the S stands for in USB, btw.

    Here's an article telling about the serial port OK from Apple last February:
    http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-approves-serial-port-to-dock-connector-design/

  11. Fine by me on Information Rage Coming Soon To an Office Near You · · Score: 1

    It's survival of the fittest, I guess. It just makes my high-quality work stand out even more.

  12. Re:Tech companies on From Apple To Xbox, Tech Companies Lean Left · · Score: 1

    California being the most liberal state doesn't mean that there are NO conservatives there. Not that Arnie is a real conservative anyway...

  13. Re:Trojan time? on Thief Returns Stolen Laptop Contents On USB Stick · · Score: 1

    You must have never heard of Macros. Also, you must have never thought of:
    mv Scarytrojan.exe LifeWorkDocument.DOC.exe

  14. Just a unit of measurement on 2012 Mayan Calendar 'Doomsday' Date Might Be Wrong · · Score: 1

    The Mayans never claimed to have predicted the end of the world... This is not majorly different than rolling over from December 31st to January 1st, except it happens less often.

  15. Patent Violations Galore on Ubuntu 10.10 Multitouch Support Demo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that video broke 2-3 patents that were just granted to Apple. Apple should totally sue them and take 10% of their revenue from selling downloads of Ub... Nevermind.

  16. Re:So robots have passed the turring test! on Study Shows Babies Think Friendly Robots Are Sentient · · Score: 1

    So did my friend, Mr. Tree. And the stop sign that slightly bows in the wind. It's not all that great of an accomplishment, really.

  17. Re:Agent Provocateur on Government Admits Spying Via Facebook · · Score: 1

    No matter what the choices are, CmdTaco will always get the most votes...

  18. Re:I welcome our OS IX overlords on 'Back To the Mac' Media Event On October 20th · · Score: 1

    So, you say there are only 7 big cats, and then proceed to list 6 of them. What's the seventh???

    You didn't technically list Panther (10.3), which is the Genus of Jaguar (10.2), Tiger (10.4), Leopard (10.5), and Lion (10.7).

    If we're allowed to use the Genus, we can still have Acinonyx (10.8), Uncia (10.9), and Neofelis (10.10). Unfortunately Puma was already used for 10.1 (but not Cougar, which is in the Genus Puma.)

    Confused yet? I certainly am. Perhaps they should have used the Seven Dwarfs. Then this would be OS X 10.7 Doc.

  19. Re:"...remove them as a friend..." on Lighthearted Facebook Friends Could Make You Join NAMBLA Group · · Score: 1

    Remember kids, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.

    Unless they have a Facebook account, that is...

  20. Re:No reason not to do the following on Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users? · · Score: 1

    If they can't keep their machines clean, they probably don't even know what webmail is (or even that they can check e-mail from any machine other than that one.)

  21. Re:Six Months on Flat Pay Prompts 1 In 3 In IT To Consider Jump · · Score: 1

    I work in IT at a state university that hasn't given raises in over 6 years... I've only been here a year and a half though...

  22. That's me on Flat Pay Prompts 1 In 3 In IT To Consider Jump · · Score: 1

    Yep... I got tired of being in a place that hasn't had raises in quite a while (since a few years before I came...) so I started applying everywhere. I ended up with an interview, and am expecting to hear if I got the job tomorrow. The cool part is the pay is likely a 20% raise over what I'm making now.

    Although, I've also read that my generation tends to change jobs on average once every 2 years... so maybe it's just time.

  23. Re:Sentient cells? on Robot Controlled By Rat Brain · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're rat neurons, so you use REALLY TINY bits of cheese, obviously.

  24. Re:No security concerns here... on Facebook Implements 'Download Your Profile' Option · · Score: 1

    Now the phishers can just mock up the Facebook e-mail. Click [this link], and enter your Facebook password to finish downloading your information. If you didn't request a download, click [this link] and enter your password to change your settings and prevent this from happening in the future.

  25. Re:No reason not to do the following on Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wait, your big plan is to:
    1. Cut off their access (presumably also to e-mail)
    2. Send them an e-mail that they must reply to if they want to be able to read email.

    And where exactly are they supposed to read this email?