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  1. Tesla uses different scales for things on NHTSA Tells Tesla To Stop Exaggerating Model S Safety Rating · · Score: 1

    The Tesla volume control on the radio goes to 11.
    The Tesla safety scale goes to 5.5.
    5.4 is less than perfect.

  2. Re:admitted? on Mastermind of 9/11 Attacks Designs a Secret Vacuum Cleaner · · Score: 2

    I vaguley recall that this was the plot of an episode of Hogan's Heros.
    The Norton project was not a bombsight.

  3. Canonical Has Been Watching... on Microsoft Has Been Watching, and It Says You're Getting Used To Windows 8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Canonical Has Been Watching, and It Says You're Getting Used To Unity

  4. Re:Flawless on Islamic Hacker Group Resumes Attacks On Banks · · Score: 1

    Better yet:
        Throw pine cones at 24 Sussex Dr. in Ottawa.

  5. no such luck on Parrot Drives Robotic Buggy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tried t get my Norwegian Blue to drive a buggy but it just sits there and does nothing.

  6. Re:Awesome!!!! on Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee · · Score: 1

    You are obviously not Canadian. We can only get caffeine free Mountain Dew.

  7. Re:Caffeine-free coffee on Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee · · Score: 1

    I can understand Industrial hemp. I do not understand caffeine free coffee.

  8. Re:You used to be cool, Canada on Canadian Music Industry Wants Subscriber Disclosure Without Court Oversight · · Score: 5, Funny

    We are now a Harptatorship.

  9. An Idea... on Surveillance Cameras Used To Study Customer Behavior · · Score: 1, Redundant

    When you think you may be on a security camera behave oddly.

  10. The Question: on Ask William Shatner Whatever You'd Like · · Score: 0

    Kirk or Picard?

  11. Re:It's called... on Software Firm Looking To Hire Naked Coders · · Score: 1

    I hope you were not in uniform when you fried it.

  12. British Commonwealth Apples & Oranges on Australian Stats Agency Goes Open Source · · Score: 2

    Australia is openly embracing census data and enhancing it's availability.
    Canada's government is going out of its way to prevent census data collection.

  13. Next Election on CRTC To Allow Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 2, Informative

    Do Not vote for the Conservative Reform Alliance Party!

  14. Re:and all the compsci want to know on Rambus Could Reap Millions In Patent Settlements · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where do I go for sexual harassment. I'm not getting any,

  15. Re:and all the compsci want to know on Rambus Could Reap Millions In Patent Settlements · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah! I see you have joined me in redundancy by hitting the /. high speed publishing trap.

  16. World Cup of data sorting on Data Sorting World Record — 1 Terabyte, 1 Minute · · Score: 3, Funny

    How many parallel predicting octopuses were required to predict their victory?

  17. Re:World Cup of data sorting on Rambus Could Reap Millions In Patent Settlements · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn, 1 min to login and posted to following story. This just missed a first post on the previous story. The scary thing is that Rambus could buy lots of live calamari to predict the future of the memory industry.

  18. World Cup of data sorting on Rambus Could Reap Millions In Patent Settlements · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How many parallel predicting octopuses were required to predict their victory?

  19. Re:So? on Louisiana Federal Judge Blocks Drilling Moratorium · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They should all be compensated by BP.

  20. 5.5M and counting on New Estimate Suggests 5.5M Species On Earth, Not 30-100M · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    5500000^H^H^H^H^H^H^H5499999^H^H^H^H^H^H^H5499998^H^H^H^H^H^H^H5499997...

  21. Re:Can't you just draw it on Japanese Consortium Projects a Humanoid Robot On the Moon By 2015 · · Score: 1

    Cha

  22. Spam on The US Continues Its Reign As King of Spam · · Score: 2, Informative
  23. Re:Why something so complex? on Project M Could Send Every Scientist To the Moon, By Proxy · · Score: 1

    I cannot make any predictions on luck, however, I might suggest some sort of brush or wiper. You could probably borrow some technology from the auto industry. Hopefully they will have built a Canadian Tire on the moon by the time the rover is ready for a blade replacement.

  24. Why something so complex? on Project M Could Send Every Scientist To the Moon, By Proxy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Rovers have already been effective on Mars. Use them on the moon first.

  25. Re:Cadmium Positives on Rudolph the Cadmium-Nosed Reindeer · · Score: 1

    That doesn't mean we should put it in toys outside the battery.