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  1. Re:Surely a bet for (or on) climate change? on How the Global Seed Vault Aims To Fight Future Famine · · Score: 1

    I believe Cannabis Cures Cancer. You should too.

  2. Re:why not both? on Looking To Better Engines Instead of Electric Vehicles · · Score: 1

    regenerative breaking

    "Error! Grasshopper is disassemble. Reassemble!"

  3. Re:Cool on USB 'Dead Drops' · · Score: 1

    A recent episode of Undercovers had the geeky sidekick guy say to the smooth CIA agent, "Nice simile" -- I liked that he used the correct term (most people would automatically say "nice metaphor"), since the agent had used "like" in the comparison.

  4. Re:Apple is indeed shooting itself in the foot. on VLC Developer Takes a Stand Against DRM Enforcement · · Score: 1

    VLC does not work with Iron Man 2 DVD. I just rented it, and fuck if I had to watch it on the Xbox (not 360, the old-school, as the 360 needs repair, AGAIN).

  5. Re:doesn't make sense on TSA To Make Pat-Downs More Embarrassing To Encourage Scanner Use · · Score: 1

    Albany, NY to Ontario, CA in 9-11 hours

    I liked that you inserted "9-11" in your response to an article about TSA hysteria over 9-11 actions (well, rather, responses).

  6. Re:Can we stop... on South Korean Cartoonists Cry Foul Over Edgy Simpsons Intro · · Score: 1

    You only pay a lot for health care if you don't understand breathing and fingertips.

  7. Re:Asians on South Korean Cartoonists Cry Foul Over Edgy Simpsons Intro · · Score: 1

    In soviet Russia, hilarious thinks it is you! Horrorshow, and all that; videe well.

  8. Re:True but... on Is Google Polluting the Internet? · · Score: 1

    For example, try searching for any remotely obscure technical information and you find the same question and answers popping up again and again because some fucking screen scrapers have ripped off the original thread where it occured and put it on their own site. Not only does that make it harder to find varied answers, but it means that it's hard to find the original site and post followup questions or see if anybody else has.

    Seems like adding a temporal component to the search results could eliminate this practice.

  9. Re:Surely a bet for (or on) climate change? on How the Global Seed Vault Aims To Fight Future Famine · · Score: 1

    You posted on either side of 4:20, and we are to expect that it's just late where you are? :)

  10. Re:60fps on a phone? Why? on John Carmack On RAGE For iOS/Android · · Score: 1

    Half style points for using "doom", but you should have also added something about "competitors will be quaking in their boots". And also, "he's got a keen eye for detail", or something.

  11. Re:Not more "safety features" please on Vans Drive Themselves Across the World · · Score: 1

    Nice image, thanks: I picture that tire coming towards the car, and it's bouncing, and the car brakes suddenly (communicating this to the car behind it and others, so as not to cause an accident), the tire bounces up higher than the car, the car accelerates to scoot under it, and the tire bounces again behind it. The next car repeats this, and so on.

    This is somewhat like the Internet, which routes around damage; the self-driving cars will route around damaged vehicles on the road, driving us to our destination as fast as possible, given the conditions (weather and accidents) -- but won't have any rubbernecking. Well, that is, people in the vehicles will be free to look in whatever direction they care to; the vehicle will still travel at the optimal pace to its destination.

  12. Re:Let me be the first to say to Microsoft... on Windows 8 To Be Released In October 2012 · · Score: 1

    First vendor who left huge holes in their base system that the web browser could take advantage of, you mean?

  13. Re:Let me be the first to say to Microsoft... on Windows 8 To Be Released In October 2012 · · Score: 1

    Welcome to Softricity's SoftGrid, now Microsoft Application Virtualization For Windows And More Marketing Shit That We Don't Care About To Buy This For 10% Of What Softricity Was Selling It For.

  14. Re:Only one week to go! on Windows 8 To Be Released In October 2012 · · Score: 1

    slipstreamed corp images

    I'm a home user, and I managed to slipstream SP3 onto my old XP CD. I taught gramma how as well.

  15. Re:get a lawsuit on Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These · · Score: 1

    Sorry for wicked long delay in replying, but: this sounds awesome, and a great way to fight back. Have the fuel gauge be digital, and fed into the scales. I wonder if with many more scales, the sensitivity will increase? Like you said with boards and bathroom scales; if you used like 40 of the scales (10 per tire, with a weird-looking frame sending the weight to each), perhaps the "cost per granularity" might be better than with more expensive types of scales? (That's just thinking out loud, never tried it...)

    Would probably also want some sort of interior camera, to assist in detecting changes ("the big box in the rear is now gone"), etc.

    Hmm, or perhaps scales built into the car! Yeah, now the NSA is after me, great...

  16. Re:One small step... on Programmable Magnets · · Score: 1

    and a complimentary impulse controller

    "That's a very nice impulse you have there!"

  17. Re:One small step... on Programmable Magnets · · Score: 1

    in of itself

    Missing an "and"

  18. Re:If only... on Un-killable 'Evercookie' Killed ... Sometimes · · Score: 1

    No ever cookie here, but I do have some recursive brownies...

  19. Re:I predict more are going to jump ship from Micr on Microsoft Admits OpenOffice.org Is a Contender · · Score: 1

    Sure, but one time you'll make it past the next light.

  20. Re:Explain why Science ASSUMES Evolution as true. on Sir Isaac Newton, Alchemist · · Score: 1

    Thanks! Added to my cart as well. (By the way, used to wanna kill all humans back in high school; these days, I still want to take everyone with me, but into the Singularity/nanotechnology future where we only die when we want to. Strange how things change, and thanks for reminding me of it! :)

  21. Re:Science on Sir Isaac Newton, Alchemist · · Score: 1

    If I didn't need food, then the creatures that used to provide the food would be taking up resources I could put to better use. Be careful what you wish for...

  22. Re:Ohhhhhhhhhh on Milky Way Is Square(ish), According To New Map · · Score: 1

    Pics, or... ahem.

  23. Re:get a lawsuit on Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These · · Score: 1

    New business model: "car shoes."

    You park your car on 4 very sensitive scales. They keep a record. Your home is safe; they'll have to install it at your work. And you'll likely notice the difference, one day to the next.

  24. Re:Hmm on Pope Says Technology Causes Confusion Between Reality and Fiction · · Score: 1

    Christian concept of God is that he exists outside that time flow, and therefore observes the entire stream from its beginning to its end.

    So, God is somewhat like Maxwell's Demon, which can move particles from one side of a slit to another without actually taking up any space or friction?

    Yes, it is a rather advanced concept more reminiscent of time travel science fiction stories. Nonetheless Christians have actually developed it rather early on as part of their theology.

    Hmm, so the early Christians were cannabis worshippers as well?

  25. Re:Hmm on Pope Says Technology Causes Confusion Between Reality and Fiction · · Score: 1

    He performs direct intervention sometimes (the Flood [...]

    I had no idea that this God that some people worship had anything to do with the Forerunners. For that, I suppose, I'm thankful.