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  1. Re:redundancy on Millions in Middle East Lose Internet · · Score: 1

    And nylon ties. The rich man's bailing wire.

  2. Re:The Future on The Curious Histories of Generic Domain Names · · Score: 1

    The reality of that future:

    "O HAI; CAN I HAS MEAT PLS? KTHXBYE"

    Tubes are involved in transport, and inexplicably Soviet Russia. The meat is most likely going to be Spam, and you'll get sued if you share it with anyone.

    The Future is awesome!

  3. Re:Oblig Lebowski on Origin of the iPhone · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this your homework, Larry?

  4. Re:Compact fluorescent bulbs contain Mercury on US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sales By 2012 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Home Depot already takes bulbs back for recycling.

  5. Re:HP, oh how you've changed. . . on HP & Staples Collude On $8,000/Gallon Ink? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A couple of years before I got rid of my 5L, I found out that there is a recall on these printers. It appears that the paper lifter isn't "grabby" enough, causing it to jam when feeding paper. HP had a program where they would send you a kit to install a new lifter for free. You might want to look around and see if they are still offering it.

    As far as what happened to HP... Two words: Carly Fiorina.

  6. Re:Microsoft and Radio? Help us all.... on Xbox 360's Jamming Wireless Signals? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Fine, then. How would viewing a plot of a sine wave tell you anything useful? Wouldn't you rather look at the frequency domain to see how well your equipment is staying within its part of the spectrum? Are you sure you know what you're looking at? You may want to save the HAM and IT rank-pulling for the users in HR.

  7. Re:Microsoft and Radio? Help us all.... on Xbox 360's Jamming Wireless Signals? · · Score: 3, Funny

    My license reads technician too. What is this "sign wave" you're talking about? Is it a stop sign? A sign from on high? I'm sure you can connect the dots in a QAM constellation to make many different signs.

  8. Re:Deamon Seed on The Future of Love and Sex - Robots · · Score: 1

    My memory of movies I watched fifteen years ago on late-night (or morning) UHF stations is fuzzy at best, but I think the moral in Demon Seed is different: If your employer keeps an AI on the network, and you've just purchased a home automation system, don't dial into the office or your wife will get all knocked up and have computer babies.

    Excuse me, I've got a Roomba to smash.

  9. The horror on Google's "Knol" Reinvents Wikipedia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Editing oversight on /.? Great google'a moogle'a!

  10. OB on Best Buy Hands Out Cease & Desist Letters for Christmas · · Score: 1

    Congratulations! You passed the test where we pretended we were going to litigate. We are very, very pleased.

  11. Tag: coppertop on Kidney Cells Make Implantable Power Source · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Interesting, but this is worth far more badass points at the retirement community.

  12. Re:All the software would be written in Forth on What If Yoda Ran IBM? · · Score: 1

    If Yoda ran HP everything would be written in RPL.

  13. Re:What shortage? on Why You Can't Find a Wii for Christmas · · Score: 1

    That may be illegal where you live.

  14. Re:10G over copper on Flexible Optic Fiber Promises Cheaper Last Mile · · Score: 1

    Did you even read the link you posted? The part is for CAT5E or CAT6 WITH A RANGE OF LESS THAN 15 METERS. Oh right, this is /.

  15. Re:Theme song on Ask MST3k Creator Joel Hodgson · · Score: 1

    Yes. You should really just relax.

  16. Re:Halogen free on Intel Launches Power-Efficient Penryn Processors · · Score: 1

    Good point. I was pretty sure that Intel would have a hard time manufacturing chips without HF.

  17. Re:Do relays count? on The Top Ten Off Switches · · Score: 2, Informative

    You mean the thyratron. Because at the heart of every high energy physics experiment or giant pulsed laser is a thyratron (or a thyristor, the solid state equivalent).

  18. Re:I don't get it on NIST Opens Competition for a New Hash Algorithm · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you cannot comprehend the string, assume the party escort submission position. A party representative will arrive shortly to escort you to your prize and a party celebrating your reception of said prize. There will be cake.

  19. Re:Too bad Sony cancelled the QRIO... on Robot Becomes One of the Kids · · Score: 1

    SpeechSynth voice( SPEAKER );
    while(1)
    {
      voice.say("DOOM");
      usleep(250000);
    }

  20. Re:Of course it needed... on Does Hacking Grades Warrant 20 Years in Jail? · · Score: 1

    Don't you think we should be blaming the parents here? He asked for a car, he got a computer.

  21. Re:CYA? on Schneier On the War On the Unexpected · · Score: 1

    Chocolate yogurt almonds. They're delicious, and they've all but replaced the donut in law enforcement circles.

  22. HUMILIATION! on Little Old Lady Hammers Comcast · · Score: 1

    DENIED!

  23. Re:Two words: Deadman switch on Robotic Cannon Loses Control, Kills 9 · · Score: 1

    Dead man's switch. You know, a switch to detect when a man is dead.

  24. Calvin and Hobbes said it best: on Google To Monetize Content From Consenting YouTubers · · Score: 2, Informative
  25. Re:opposite direction moons on The Dark Side of Iapetus · · Score: 1

    Isn't there a theory that has the Earth's moon being formed by a collision with a large object? Wouldn't a moon formed this way not be dependent on the path of an accretion disk?