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  1. Re:Brand? on 17-Year-Old Radio Astronomy Mystery Traced Back To Kitchen Microwave · · Score: 1

    If I have my microwave and toaster oven on at the same time it trips the circuit breaker and plunges half of my apartment into darkness. Same thing in my previous apartment. Poorly wired.

  2. Re:Brand? on 17-Year-Old Radio Astronomy Mystery Traced Back To Kitchen Microwave · · Score: 1

    Indeed. I remember the mad dash to take in the washing when the rain started (did it ever stop?) when I lived in Ireland.

  3. Re: Deniers on Top Advisor To Australian Gov't Says Climate Change is a UN Conspiracy · · Score: 2

    I think you may have mis-spelled testicle, but I can't be sure as in context what you wrote wouldn't make sense either way. Clearly a load of balls.

  4. Re:Greetings! on Researchers Make Spiders Produce Silk Strengthened With Graphene · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, spider overlords welcome you! Sorry.

  5. Re:no $8 on $9 Open Source Computer Blows Past Crowdfunding Goal · · Score: 1

    There's an ab for that!

  6. Re:Dumb stuff on My High School CS Homework Is the Centerfold · · Score: 1

    oh please. Those proto-neckbeards just bought Playboy for the fine articles.

  7. CarlyFiorinafication on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Announces Bid For White House · · Score: 1

    If elected, can we expect a new TV series based on her presidency?

  8. I grew up in Ireland. The skinflint, poorly funded national television station, RTE, would (it seemed) gather any and every form of viewing content to fill the daily programme schedule. So - a lot of public domain stuff was shown. Can't say it was necessarily a bad thing. Lots of Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy, early Popeye, Keystone Cops - probably anything they only had to pay a nominal handling fee for. The downside was a lot of horrible Czech and Polish animation that defied a young child's willingness to be amused. I found some of this animation recently (out of idle curiosity) and it is still as bad now as it was then! So, free is not always a good thing...

  9. Re:But I can still get piss drunk at the pub, righ on Irish Legislator Proposes Law That Would Make Annoying People Online a Crime · · Score: 1

    Mainly the clergy.

  10. Did they have the 'Hooray for Harold Lloyd' theme music? If so, they have been around in that form for at least 35 years as I used to watch them when I was a teenager.

  11. Last time I looked there were a lot of silent films at internetarchive.org

  12. Re:Would you kindly cut out the political crap? on Music Industry Argues Works Entering Public Domain Are Not In Public Interest · · Score: 1

    aisle

  13. Re:Rule 1 of Science Journalism: Overstate Ignoran on Cosmic Rays Could Reveal Secrets of Lightning On Earth · · Score: 1

    Think of the children whose lives will be saved.

  14. Re:solved problem on Cosmic Rays Could Reveal Secrets of Lightning On Earth · · Score: 1

    So, best not attend ball games, the beach or parking lots in case of a one in several million chance of being struck? Meh

  15. Re:Why not just fix the broken system? on Comcast Officially Gives Up On TWC Merger · · Score: 1

    Competitors? Ha, ha, ha. It's mostly monopoly here friend.

  16. Re:Nice to know... on Comcast Officially Gives Up On TWC Merger · · Score: 1

    I doubt very much this had anything to do with Comcast's customer service reputation. The government doesn't give a shit about that stuff. I, perhaps niavely hope, that this decision was actually an intelligent, reasoned one, but really, I wait to hear the details of the machinations that went on behind it all. Someone somewhere made some money from this.

  17. Re:Yeah, this will go as well as a lead balloon. on Tag Heuer Partners With Google and Intel To Create Luxury Apple Watch Rival · · Score: 1

    Yes, I am saying exactly that. Good day sir.

  18. Re:Great example on Fake Suicide Attempt Tests Facebook Prevention Tool, Lands Man In Asylum · · Score: 1

    I'm relieved to hear this. I have been falsely accused by some bitter douchebags of being a narcissist. Since I don't have a facebook account it is clear that they were all wrong. Vindicated at last! Thank you sir! And here's another exclamation mark: !

  19. Re:Yeah, this will go as well as a lead balloon. on Tag Heuer Partners With Google and Intel To Create Luxury Apple Watch Rival · · Score: 1

    If you were as arrogant as you think you are you wouldn't have condescended to reply! Come on, it's time to up your arrogance game.

  20. But on FTC: Google Altered Search Results For Profit · · Score: 2

    My surprise overwhelms me. Just, how could they? I mean...I'm speechless

  21. Re:Yeah, this will go as well as a lead balloon. on Tag Heuer Partners With Google and Intel To Create Luxury Apple Watch Rival · · Score: 0

    You are: crass asshole. FTFY

  22. Is it just me or... on Tag Heuer Partners With Google and Intel To Create Luxury Apple Watch Rival · · Score: 1

    Watches? The last thing I want is a thing on my wrist. As soon as I got a cell phone - what? 13 years ago - watchless. Stupid unnecessary things. Rings, tattoos, ear rings - fuck all of that stupid shit. Cue boring fuckwads with stories of their grandfathers watches handed down, blah, blah...pathetic.

  23. What about Home Depot? on Target To Pay $10 Million In Proposed Settlement For 2013 Data Breach · · Score: 1

    Their compromised check outs ripped off a huge number of people.

  24. Re:childish antics on German Vice Chancellor: the US Threatened Us Over Snowden · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Your 'culture' is a couple of hundred years out of date, douchebag.

  25. Re: Impossible Fair Trial on German Vice Chancellor: the US Threatened Us Over Snowden · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    you are talking nonsense. Good luck with your fairytales facebook douche.