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  1. Re:i see the future on The Lower Atmosphere of Pluto Revealed · · Score: 1

    Pure methane?--What are they feeding him? Walt Disney?

  2. Re:Regulation obviously needed. on Privacy In the Age of Persistence · · Score: 1

    Problem here is that nobody does nor can have complete jurisdiction over the information. Don't like how the EU or US does privacy, want to run amuck and do whatever you want, there are plenty of eastern european countries as well as those in the far east or africa willing to turn a blind eye. So how exact do you propose to regulate something that transcends borders?

    International pressure on the Swiss Bankers. Either that or explosives placed properly in the dead of night courtesy of the CIA may cause an avalanche.

  3. An unstated benefit on Optical Concentrator To Make Solar Power Cheaper · · Score: 2, Interesting

    of this particular solar advance means not only greater efficiency and lower cost, but also MUCH MUCH greater feasability for wider adoption by areas of higher latitudes. In addition, this particular advance would appear to reduce the detriment of partial occlusion by some factor.

    This concentrator technology also reduces the manufacturing use of rare metals for these systems and that is another huge benefit also.

  4. Re:andnothingofvaluewaslost on Microsoft Secret Prototype Phone Stolen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since it's from Microsoft, it could be a dildophone with force feedback. Perhaps the unnamed executive wasn't satisfied with their XBOX experience.

  5. Now the guy at Mickey Mantle's press conference on FDA Testing Artificial Liver · · Score: 2, Funny

    who asked the transplant surgeon if the donor was still alive, to which the surgeon replied

    "You're a sportswriter, aren't you?"

    won't feel like such a roob anymore.

  6. Re:*NOT* interested on Comcast Apologizes For Super Bowl Porn Glitch · · Score: 1

    That makes perfect sense. I knew the mailmen who delivered the mail here (I'm on a training route) and were wearing wedding rings, were only wearing them to attract women... although married men don't have sex and we've established that... well, they must be wearing their fake wedding rings to scare off... something.
    {/sarcasm}

    I know, Catholic mailmen.

  7. First post! on How To Diagnose a Suddenly Slow Windows Computer? · · Score: 1

    First post!

  8. Could just be HR policy on Do Nice Engineers Finish Last In Tough Times? · · Score: 1

    to not offer layoffs based on performance. Where I work, it's whoever's on "performance management" (you have to really really suck, have attendance problems, or be insubordinate, none of which have hardly anything to do with performance for 95% of people). If nobody is on "performance management" or the list of layoffs exceeds employees on the list, then it goes by hire date.

    You could be new and great and not make the cut if someone who only generally sucks got hired one day before you.

    It's neither fair nor smart, but eliminates the politics of it and is less likely to happen at a smaller company where they are more prone to actually make distinctions based on merit.

  9. Mutation was discovered in Fred Sanford's junk DNA on One In 100 Carry Mutation For Heart Disease · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing." --Redd Foxx

  10. Not hungry, just ate a hamburger on Image of Popeye Enters Public Domain In the EU · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will gladly pay you Tuesday for your copyright today.

  11. Re:Get a copy from the library on An Ethical Question Regarding Ebooks · · Score: 1

    Simply verify whether a library you have access to has the book on file. That way, it's fair use and all you would have to do to is demonstrate accessibility.

  12. Re:Trickle down is beneficial on Greenpeace Slams Apple For Environmental Record · · Score: 1

    Greenpeace are a bunch of attention whores.

    Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton should sue them for gimmick infringement.

  13. ISPs should ready their portals, too on How Telcos and ISPs Are Preparing For a Pandemic · · Score: 1

    to make sure that prominent links to information such as the CDC guidelines while jackhammering in references to the fact that antibiotics don't work on viruses.

    They should also research prepare obituaries for people other than Steve Jobs.

  14. "In Colorado, 20,000 left polling places ..." on Voting Machines Routinely Failing Nationwide · · Score: 1

    OMG! Zombies!

  15. Cabinet-level science question on 1,500-Ship Fleet Proposed To Fight Climate Change · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where will the ships get the salt water from?

  16. Obligatory public policy statement on NASA To Explore "Secret Layer" of the Sun · · Score: 1

    Areas like this are where NASA should be spending more of their resources to bridge the gap between the time when more grand expeditions (Moonbase, Mars) will become more economically feasible. I'm not saying we shouldn't go, but a trillion here and a trillion there tends to add up fast.

    That trillion dollar Mars mission GWB suggested a few years ago disappeared down the toilet faster than a lead burrito.

    We can receive much pure and applied science from projects such as this per dollar spent than we could from manned spaceflight. We can't say "Well done, NASA." since it's not until next April, but it's out there waiting for you when you do.

  17. Did anyone else see on Did NBC Alter the Olympics' Opening Ceremony? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    President Bush check his watch during the parade?

  18. Re:This is Stupid on Social Networking Sites Becoming Useful For Lawyers · · Score: 1

    Lesson learned: Druggies, make sure you get a haircut or pay $800.
    Are you John Edwards?

  19. Re:Interesting... on ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging FISA · · Score: 1

    I law x passes, which doesn't affect you, your friends, or your friend's friends, and someone you know objects to law x on philosophical terms, then you may as well be trying to convince them to call their congressman on enacting Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.

  20. Re:OMGZombies! on Researchers Modify T-Cells, Make Them HIV Resistant · · Score: 1

    Oh wait...Mr T-cells. I thought it said A-team.

  21. Re:AtlasAxe on George Carlin Dead of Heart Failure · · Score: 1

    Marilyn Quayle.

  22. Red/Blue Halo Haiku on The Red Team Wins · · Score: 1

    Blue team has the flag
    Where did that grenade come from?
    Red team, flag returned.

  23. IANAL, but seriously on Jack Thompson Walks Out On Hearing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    IANAL!

  24. Re:Pringles cans suck. on Pringles Can Designer Dies, Buried In a Pringles Can · · Score: 1

    I feel your pain. I too have problems with my hands swelling after excessive amounts of masterbation. Once you pop, you can't stop.
  25. Re:Pringles cans suck. on Pringles Can Designer Dies, Buried In a Pringles Can · · Score: 1

    All your crumbs are belong to us.