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  1. Re:Huh. on Man Unknowingly Tweets the Osama Raid · · Score: 2

    I'm sure there are plenty of creationists out there that will try to refute the big bang part.

  2. Re:War is not for trials on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 1

    In a real war trials are madness, you cannot fight real bullets with lawyers not matter how many lawyers you have.

    But just think how much fun it would be to attempt

  3. Re:Lunch - well mass. on The Importance of Lunch · · Score: 0

    Instead, you get to worry about an invisible man in the sky that watches you masturbate.

  4. Re:Eat lunch together daily on The Importance of Lunch · · Score: 2

    These places was were I also learned the correct size of development team: The number that can fit into one car to go to lunch. Any more than that then there is two teams (or more) and different directions the development model went. The reason was the conversation was broken who traveled with whom.

    But I drive a scooter.

    I'm guessing you must be in independent contractor.

  5. Re:Why only faces as examples? on Scientist Creates 3D Scanner App For iPhone · · Score: 1

    Right here, although this being slashdot, the macro lens is more likely required.

  6. Re:Accuracy ? Poor at best. on Scientist Creates 3D Scanner App For iPhone · · Score: 1

    Just think of what pirating could do to our shipping? Oh, the humanity!

  7. Re:Hackers=christians?? on The Vatican Lauds Hackers · · Score: 1

    You can go in the winter, when it's cooler.

    You can also go in the middle of the night

    How would you find it in the dark?

  8. Re:falsifiability on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    If you rework the theory, then what you have is a new theory that fits your data. The theory you reworked is false, and now you have a new one that fits your observations.

  9. Re:Time to bring it back y'all on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    I think he needs to revisit the research that was done on this missive. The number of pirates has taken quite a leap lately, and it would be interesting to see how the Global Average Temperature data over the interval of 2000 to now correlates to his original data.

  10. Re:Not for one thing or another on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    Wonder whose outraged nutters I should fear more, Islam or Matrix fans. Maybe they will fight each other trying to get to me and rid the world of two problems at once.

    My money is on the Matrix fans. They know kung fu.

  11. Re:misleading headline on Teenager Tries To Hire Hitman Via Facebook · · Score: 1

    I suspect he will probably play the "it was a bad joke" defense.

    He pleaded guilty to both the rape and the solicitation to commit murder charges.

  12. Re:Hmm? on Fox News Brings Video Game Violence Debate To a New Low · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Uh, about that Nobel Laureate... on Google Holds Global Science Fair · · Score: 1

    Also of note is that alchemy was the Newton era term for chemistry. Turning lead into gold (alchemy's best known folly) was one small part of alchemy, kind of like how perpetual motion machines are one small part of physics.

  14. Re:double standard on Man Arrested For Exploiting Error In Slot Machines · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't elections be more interesting if Diebold voting machines were more like electronic slot machines. Damn it! I just got 3 Palins!

  15. Re:and we should also... on Recording the Police · · Score: 1

    Most if not all of Canada has one party consent. As long as you are interacting with the cop you are one of the parties involved, and you can record to your hearts content. Also, since the authorities in some parts of the USA seem to be abusing a wiretapping law, there should be no issue with videotaping as long as you do not capture audio.

  16. Re:Have every last one of them declared terrorists on Labor Lockout Lingers At Honeywell Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    The workers have been locked out, not locked in.

  17. Re:Nom. on Iron-Eating Bug Is Gobbling Up the Titanic · · Score: 1

    Silly politicians and their rhetoric. Are they not familiar with the law of conservation of mass?

  18. Are North Koreans using clown cannons? on A Peek At South Korea's Autonomous Robot Gun Turrets · · Score: 1
    TFA states ...

    The Super aEgis 2 is an automated gun tower that can find and lock on to a human-sized target in pitch darkness at a distance of up to 1.36 miles (2.2 kilometers). It uses a 35x zoom CCD camera with 'enhancement feature' for bad weather, in conjunction with a dual FOV, autofocus Infra-Red sensor, to pick out targets. Then it brings the pain, either with a standard 12.7mm caliber machine-gun, a 40mm automatic grenade launcher upgrade, or whatever other weapons system you want to bolt on to it, including surface-to-air missiles. A laser range finder helps to calibrate aim, and a gyroscopic stabilizer unit helps correct both the video system's aim and the direction of the guns after recoil pushes them off-target.

    What other reason would you bolt a surface-to-air missile launcher onto an automated turret that targets humans?

  19. Re:Oh no on Denver Bomb Squad Takes Out Toy Robot · · Score: 3, Informative

    Generally, the bomb squad 'detonates' an object with a burst of extremely high pressure water. This disrupts the electronics which would make the bomb go boom, and generally smashes the bomb to bits. You essentially get pieces of a bomb that have been detonated by the bomb squad, rather than pieces of a bomb with a lot of collateral damage which would occur if the bomb itself detonated.

  20. Super Bug! on NASA Finds New Life (This Afternoon) · · Score: 1

    A bacteria that contains arsenic in its DNA. It's some kind of super bug that poisons you while infecting you! Does anyone know of a good supplier of hermetically sealed human sized bubbles?

  21. Re:My favorite part on Torrent Users Fight Back · · Score: 1

    Let me rephrase - Arrrrr!

    FTFY

  22. Re:Quoting for the purpose of refuting on Righthaven To Explain Why Reposting Isn't Fair Use · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you refute with humour, than you have a fair chance at claiming that your work is parody protected (Sorry, I couldn't resist the bad pun)

  23. Re:Wile E. Coyote on Sciencey Heroes For Young Children? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Are you familiar with the teachings of Rube Goldberg? His method, while fundamentally similar, may shed some light on your problems.

  24. Re:Except explorers on Sciencey Heroes For Young Children? · · Score: 1

    Meagan McGrath is alive, although she has had at least one close call, falling into a crevasse in Antarctica. Also, saving a Sherpa on Everest is bad ass.

  25. Re:Legibility on The World's Smallest Legible Font · · Score: 1

    I'm reading it at 1280x1024, and not familiar with the text. Maybe it's his eyes ...