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  1. I never metaweb on Google Acquires Metaweb · · Score: 2, Funny

    i didn't' like.

  2. Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, on The REX Robotic Exoskeleton · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... uphold the law - nah - just kidding. I'm not Robocop. I'm just collecting donations to pay these damn things off - care to make a donation?

  3. Bra Ads on Tokyo Rail Billboards Scan Viewer's Age, Gender · · Score: 1

    What's the algorithm that triggers this ad and can a man who triggered it sue?

  4. Chaos chaos chaos on Leaving a Comment? That'll Be 99 Cents, and Your Name · · Score: 1

    chaos everywhere! How do we control it? (light bulb) .... 99 cents at a time. (grin)

    Two Week Later:
    Why have the online comments drop... oh yeah...

    (Dr. Chaos & his side-kick Over-Reaction Boy strike again)

  5. Adapt and Overcome on Arctic Bacteria Used To Make Cool Vaccines · · Score: 1

    So-called temperature-sensitive vaccines already exist for a few viruses. An influenza vaccine called FluMist, for instance, consists of a weakened flu virus that can't grow at 37C, the temperature inside the lungs, but that can reproduce in the slightly cooler nose and throat. As it does so, it triggers a protective immune response.

    Key Words:
    - Virus
    - Grow
    - Reproduce

    Oh and one more they didn't mention ...
    - Adapt and
    - Overcome

    Side-Note:
    Unofficial mantra of the Marine's: Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
    (Tough little suckers huh? ... Yeah. I mean both of them)

  6. You coulda saved a buck or two (or two billion) on China's 'Green Dam' Software Program Near Collapse · · Score: 1

    With China's version of "Big Brother" pictures in every home and face-eating-rat cage rooms. That's what you get for trying to go "legit".
    Good day brother!

  7. Try to realize the Truth on The Mouse Vanishes · · Score: 1

    ... there is no mouse.

  8. Sweet and Sour on NASA Adds $5M Prizes For Robots, Solar Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    Nice to see that NASA is expanding their program (sweet) ...
    I hope this side/outreach activity stays a side/outreach activity and not a centerpiece for what NASA should be doing (sour)

  9. Patterns on Sun's Dark Companion 'Nemesis' Not So Likely · · Score: 1

    Patterns are evident throughout the "natural world" (including space) - from same level (e.g., similar human-social development from groups that never cross each other) to different levels (e.g., cell formations and a bird's eye view of rural housing layouts).

    In this natural world, many systems "clean" themselves. Examples include living cells, natural water filtration, and even "social systems" (e.g., jails).

    What if we are the particulate matter collecting on the "mucous" layer of the Earth and the Earth ... clears its throat every 26 million years or so?

    (puff - puff - pass)

  10. Mortar with Wings on Boeing, BAE Systems Show Off New Unmanned Planes · · Score: 1

    is what it looked like to me ... a HUGE one!

  11. Re:Cartman on Student Wants Science To Name 'Hella' Big Number · · Score: 1

    I didn't know Cartman was from Oakland - that's right ... NorCal in da house! The birthplace of Hella! (Unless of course they are referring to that town in Iceland)

  12. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean on Halo Elite Cosplay Puts Others To Shame · · Score: 1

    We're splitting hairs ... @ the con is during the day, the play is after the con ... if you were invited that is.

  13. I'm changing my name on Battlenet on Blizzard To Require Real First and Last Names For Official Forums · · Score: 1

    to:

    First: Dick
    Last: McPlenty

  14. Re:Why on Grigory Perelman Turns Down $1M Millennium Prize · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because this guy believes that most advancements in science are cooperative efforts, and that recognizing individuals for merely putting the last piece in the jigsaw puzzle is intellectually dishonest

    No, no, no, no, no. You got it all wrong. Please don't paint this with your opinionated brush about intellectual honesty.
    It's simple. What USE does he have for money in the 8th dimension?! (It's pronounced Big-boo-TAY)

  15. Re:We All Wish on Climategate's Final Days · · Score: 1

    I never understood why it's so hard to find other people who don't subscribe to one extreme or the other when it comes to climate change.

    It's hard to see the forest through the sleaze. There are agendas to be pushed, power to consume, and money to be made. If that's not convoluted enough, we're like a bar magnet where the polar opposites represent Dems and Reps - and we (the people!) are the material in between - aligning to their "fields" of influence ... ok, simply put: Many people are sheep content to have others think for them

  16. ecretsay odedcay essagesmay areway oolcay on Science Historian Deciphers Plato's Code · · Score: 1

    isthay isway igpay Atinlay itchesbay!

  17. I hope we can get hand held models soon on ESA's GOCE Satellite Provides Gravity Map of Earth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think there is a strong-to-weak shift under my computer desk at home that might explain why one of my balls hangs lower than the other and would like to verify this.

  18. Re:I hope this isn't too mean on Rats Breathe Air From Lungs Grown In the Lab · · Score: 1

    I could have sworn I just heard a faint cheer from my garage.

  19. I hope this isn't too mean on Rats Breathe Air From Lungs Grown In the Lab · · Score: 1

    ... but oh well. Is the lung manufactured in such a way that it assimilates to a level that will affect its children's lungs?
    The reason I ask is that maybe we can consider making the lungs function in such a way that it causes the mice to breathe slower and therefore _be_ slower and easier to catch ... cuz those sons-a-bitches move like greased lightning and I almost killed myself in my garage trying to catch one.

  20. Utter Fail on One Step Closer to Star Wars Holograms · · Score: 1

    "One step closer to Star Wars holograms" ... pshaw.

    Where are the vertical distortion lines?! (sigh) ... OK, here is how you can make up for the utter fail:

    1. ADD the vertical distortion lines
    2. As the surface begins to spin up, add a stall complete with Millennium Falcon stall sounds, then, when it reaches full speed add a Wookie roar.
    3. Send me one ... for free (holds breath)

  21. Re:A map of Candyland is nice, on FEMA and DHS Fund Disaster Hero Game · · Score: 1

    :D Like many thing on the net, we typically only respond with blinders on to a directed topic/question. The items you mentioned are definitely must-haves - but that's what I meant by a "bug out bag". As to survival in the environment: I have desert, cold weather, and ocean survival training.

    My point was in jest to highlight that, often, the simple things (such as paper towels) are left out.

    About the gun:
    I can't say for sure that you haven't been in a life threatening situation with armed people - but I have (three times). You may be comfortable with rolling the dice and placing your life in the hands of others - but I am not. This is not a I'm right you are wrong statement - but one that highlights the adage: I'd rather have a gun and not need it than need a gun and not have it. I've seen a very ugly side of people and I will always hope for the best in our encounters but plan for the worst.

  22. Whatever Buck Rogers on Brick Shooting Shotgun Built From Lego By 15-Year-Old · · Score: 1

    Until you link your YouTube videos, sit down, shut up, and bow to the Lego Shotgun. [single-barrel-POW]

  23. A map of Candyland is nice, on FEMA and DHS Fund Disaster Hero Game · · Score: 1

    gives you high-level general knowledge, and it might even teach you something useful, but do more research and besides the standard bug-out-bags, water and stuff - - consider:

    - Paper towels
    - Boots that shit washes off easily from
    - Rags and more paper towels
    - Alcohol (the rubbing and drinking kinds)
    - Firearm (I know ... but were you in Katrina after the floods. and if you were, were you in the neighborhoods I was in? Hunger can be a deadly force)
    - Paper towels
    - Cash (cash and more cash, and make it look like you only had a little while you safely keep the rest hidden)
    - Jewelery (put some on, fake or low cost - expect it to be taken - but have something they can take or they'll think you're hiding more - which you should be)
    - Did I mention paper towels and rubbing alcohol?

  24. How would you like your official newsflash? on Over a Third of the Internet Is Pornographic · · Score: 2, Funny
  25. Here's a $100 solution for a $0.50 problem on Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Why not just replace actual photo's with customizable character avatars?
    Or rename the site "My Junk Is Better Than Yours"