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  1. Re:Time to Dust off my Gravis Firebird on "Descent" Goes For a Crowdfunding Reboot (and a Linux Version) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps your... "Dravis" Firebird? ;)

    Really? The "dravius" Firebird?

  2. Re:The only exception... on German Parliament Tells Government To Strictly Limit Patents On Software · · Score: 2

    computer programs which replace a mechanical or electromagnetic component

    What would be realistic examples of this?

    A clock.

  3. Oh, good. on Florida Activates System For Citizens To Call Each Other Terrorists · · Score: 2

    What can possibly go wrong?

  4. Re:Cool web site on Federal Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Complaint · · Score: 2

    I had to block about 20 objects in order to read the article. The entire right sidebar was nothing but ads.

  5. Re:As much as I dislike... on US Resists UN Push For Control Over Internet · · Score: 1

    Yeah, this method is working great for Syria

  6. Stohach acid on Live Pictures From Inside Your Stomach · · Score: 0

    Instead of hydrochloric acid my stomach contains Mountain Dew.

  7. Re:Best OS ever on Microsoft: Windows 8 To RTM In August · · Score: 1

    Not bugs! Features!

  8. Re:Oh Tee! on Church of Scientology Enlisting Followers In Censorship · · Score: 1

    No need to apologize, The Tick is awesome. I re-read your post in The Tick's voice and i became even more awesome.

  9. Re:Wow. Sad. on Ask Slashdot: Best Solution For an Email Discussion Forum? · · Score: 1

    You are also assuming that the GP has not had any first hand experience in assisting his users on how to use the site or other technical issues.

  10. Re:disarm the planet on Venezuela Bans the Commercial Sale of Firearms and Ammunition · · Score: 1

    Nah. We'll send a neurotic genius to upload a computer virus on the mothership.

  11. Re:Good "Why SOPA is bad for non-geeks" article? on Lawmakers Intent On Approving SOPA, PIPA · · Score: 2

    SOPA will kill free pron!

  12. Re:Important questions: on Researchers Build "Squishy" Memory Device · · Score: 1

    Either way, your memory would be shot.

  13. Re:But... on New Bacterium Lives On Caffeine · · Score: 2

    Not really, but they are great at geometric expansion problems

  14. Re:It's all fun and game on Microsoft Sniffs Out Unused Wireless Spectrum · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that if such a device was approved by the FCC it would be programmed to avoid using emergency frequencies.

  15. Re:Ample 512mb ram? on IPad 2 Teardown Shows Tablet's Guts · · Score: 4, Interesting

    While it is true that desktops and laptops need more than 2GBs of RAM to even run an OS such as Windows. The iPad can get away with 512MB of RAM is due to the fact that the OS and the apps aren't as big as Windows or Windows programs. 512MBs is alot of RAM considering what the iPad is and what it can do.

  16. Re:DON'T CROSS THE BEAMS! on Physicists Build Bigger 'Bottles' For Antimatter · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to tell them about the Twinkie.

  17. Re:So all this time... on NASA Releases First 3D Images of the Sun · · Score: 1

    Funny, I thought the sun was a giant ball of burning gas.

  18. Re:Oh Great on Ex-NSA Analyst To Be Global Security Head At Apple · · Score: 1

    So, when you mention people in black suits, I take it you already have met Apple's "gardeners"?

  19. Re:The view... on Voyager 1 Beyond Solar Wind · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but it can see Uranus too

  20. You can say on Voyager 1 Beyond Solar Wind · · Score: 1

    That Voyager 1 broke wind.

  21. Re:Previous art on Next Generation of Algorithms Inspired by Ants · · Score: 1

    They are not bugs, they are undocumented features!

  22. Re:Wow! on AT&T Goes After Copper Wire Thieves · · Score: 1

    News like this is certainly Ohm-nious.

  23. TSA Security Theater on TSA Saw My Junk, Missed Razor Blades, Says Adam Savage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next, on TSA Security Theater we have the story of the man who manages to bring 12 inch razor blades through security checks. Coming up... Savage Blades.

  24. Re:Exciting on Spine Implant Helps Paralyzed People Exercise · · Score: 1

    More like: "New virus replaces DNA in sperm with Bill Clinton's"

    Now that is code injection.

  25. Re:But But on Trash-To-Gas Power Plant Gets Greenlight · · Score: 1

    Hey, all you have to do is call cousin Vinnie and say that I am weak and you will get that power plant for free.