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  1. That's why he's suing,so people will know it's him on Astronaut Sues Dido For Album Cover · · Score: 5, Funny

    except that he's so tiny in the photo, it's not like anyone's going to recognize him.

    By suing, everyone will know it's him, regardless of how tiny he is in the picture, thus giving him grounds to sue. So if he doesn't sue, he has no grounds to sue, therefore he must sue!

  2. Re:Visible? Opaque? on Visible Light 'X-Ray' Sees Through Solid Objects · · Score: 2, Funny

    How does visible light make its way through an opaque object?

    Simple, on exit from the opaque object, the light has turned invisible. This new device can see the invisible light.

  3. Re:Not good for lefties? on Gaming Mouse Changes Shape For a Custom Fit · · Score: 1

    Somehow I don't think they are under any illusion that they're going to get 100% of the population using this mouse.

  4. Re:Maybe on US Military Orders Less Dependence On Fossil Fuel · · Score: 1

    I wonder how quickly the taste for war would fade in this population if there was a draft? And if you couldn't get out of it by being too fat.

    Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Fat, energy. They would be the sources!

  5. What about when it doesn't detect being rooted? on G2 Detects When Rooted and Reinstalls Stock OS · · Score: 1

    What about when the OS doesn't manage to detect being rooted? In other words, once this feature has been out there for a few weeks and the malware authors work out a way to avoid detection. Back where we started.

  6. Renewable? Ha! on Tapping Solar Wind's Renewable Energy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Until we find a way to add more fuel to the sun, the solar wind isn't renewable energy. Plus, it's nuclear man. Nuclear!

  7. Re:NAT is a money maker!!! on Can Large Scale NAT Save IPv4? · · Score: 1

    If you guys think IP6 will be adopted, just wait till they find huge money in artificial scarcity of IP4 blocks. There will be no where to run and escape it! Unless you pay that premium...

    Now really, you think companies would actually go so low as to create artificial scarcity, when there are other solutions that take advantage of the natural abundance? Oh, wait...

  8. Re:The serivce in ISP on Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They're Internet SERVICE Providers. Not Internet Police, nor Internet Guardians. They exist to provide people with access to the Internet for a fee.

    Along with acceptable use restrictions. Running a botnet node is not acceptable. Doesn't matter whether it's intentional; it's bad for the network. Them cutting you off isn't punishment; it's containment. Terminate the malware and you can be reconnected.

  9. Re:Example "advanced" spam on One Man's Fight Against Forum Spam · · Score: 1

    That's some good advice, man. I'm definitely going with a separate power supply, after researches.

  10. Re:Well let's face it... on Ballmer Promises Microsoft Tablet By Christmas · · Score: 1

    Maybe they had better delay this until January 2, so they don't have them all turning off in synchronous at midnight January 1.

  11. Re:Bad GUI and no CLI: way too common on Take This GUI and Shove It · · Score: 1

    Your post is kind of confuseing, since that link at the end seems to have nothing to do with the article. If it's your signature, I suggest making it a normal signature, so those who have signatures turned off won't see it.

  12. Re:Oh! I know! on Software Theft a Problem For Actual Thieves, Too · · Score: 1

    Malware authors should switch to a crowd funding or donation model!

    You mean getting donations other than Windows CPU time, that they already get tons of? Well, "donations".

  13. Re:Actually, electricity is simpler on Rube Goldberg and the Electrification of America · · Score: 1

    Maybe you missed the part about it requiring a constant power supply of 400mA at 12V DC.

  14. Aid to terrorists, eh? on US Says Plane Finder App Threatens Security · · Score: 5, Informative

    This news story is an aid to terrorists, since it lets them know that this app could be an aid to them. Bottled water is an aid to terrorists, since it keeps terrorists mentally alert by avoiding dehydration. Shoes are an aid to terrorists, since they allow terrorists to avoid stepping on tacks. The sun is an aid to terrorists, since it illuminates the area so terrorists can see what they're doing. Calculators are aids to terrorists, since they allow them to calculate various aspects of their attacks. Paper is an aid to terrorists, since it allows terrorists to write their plans down. This post is an aid to terrorists, since it tells terrorists what things aid them.

  15. Re:Actually, electricity is simpler on Rube Goldberg and the Electrification of America · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you read documents from the early history of the telegraph industry, you find that it was considered easier to hire and train "electricians" than "mechanics". People who could understand and fix printing telegraphs, which are complex mechanical devices, were hard to get. People who could wire up simple key-and-sounder Morse systems, maintain the batteries, and use the things were cheaper and easier to train.

    It's not that electricity is simpler, it's just that it leads to simpler solutions for telegraphs. Take something like a deadbolt lock and make an electric version, with a power source, switch, and solenoid, and tell me which is simpler to understand.

  16. Windows XP is still used by 100% of... on 66% of All Windows Users Still Use Windows XP · · Score: 1

    ...Windows XP users. This is what Microsoft should be most worried about. Er, wait...

  17. Re:I Don't See ... on Masterpieces Online — High Culture At High Resolution · · Score: 1

    Or studied how human vision works. RBG (and RGB) can give you brown.

  18. Re:Short term CD-R on Copyrights and CD-Rs Endanger Audio History · · Score: 1

    Data loss came first for the Floppies,
    and I didn't care because my data wasn't on the Floppies.

    Then data loss came for the CD Recordables,
    and I didn't care because my data wasn't on the CD Recordables.

    Then data loss came for the DVDs,
    and I didn't care because my data wasn't on the DVDs.

    Then data loss came for my data
    and by that time no other media was left to transfer it to.

  19. Re:holy shit REALLY? on Copyrights and CD-Rs Endanger Audio History · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do you mean? It's next month, the 9th of November!

  20. Re:So... on SEC Blames Computer Algorithm For 'Flash Crash' · · Score: 1

    Maybe civilization isn't exactly the right word for it then.

  21. Re:But... the playlists! on BlackBerry's Encryption Hacked; Backups Now a Risk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Notice how the blackberry adds have shifted from being about business apps and security to how cool it is that you can edit a MP3 playlist.

    pYou know you're a geek when you read the above sentence and first think it's describing the encryption algorithm that was hacked (add, shift).

  22. Re:Great. So? on Google Releases New Image Format Called WebP · · Score: 1

    And JPEG isn't not patent-encumbered like JPEG2000 is (as far as I know). I'd be surprised if WebP didn't have any patent encumberence (don't forget submarine patents or patent trolls just waiting for its adoption).

  23. Re:Corporate Farming and Capitalist Failure on Animal Farms Are Pumping Up Superbugs · · Score: 1

    In my opinion, this exemplifies what is wrong with unabashed Capitalism. Who cares what happens, just make us more money now, is a philosophy ultimately doomed to failure. Time to get smart.

    You mean the system where the masses of buyers determine the conditions by their implicit support of them? Yeah, we need a system that achieves something better despite the masses preferring the current approach.

  24. Re:I have an idea to stop the need for anti-biotic on Animal Farms Are Pumping Up Superbugs · · Score: 1

    I like that idea, that's why I don't buy food from animals that have antibiotics used on them. You can too, though you'll have to ignore the people who criticize you for choosing how you spend your money.

  25. Still less reliable than a real URL on Google URL Shortener Opened To the Public · · Score: 3, Insightful

    With goo.gl, every time you shorten a URL, you know it will work, it will work fast, and it will keep working. You also know that when you click a goo.gl shortened URL, you're protected against malware, phishing and spam using the same industry-leading technology we use in search and other products.

    It's still less reliable than a URL to the actual page, and can still be used to trick people into visiting sites they would not want to visit if they knew the URL. And remember, these shorteners should only be used when a short URL is needed. Anywhere you can embed a link, it doesn't matter if it's ridiculously long. Only where the URL itself must be included as plain text does its length even possibly matter.