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  1. Re:Anonymous Coward on Need a Favor? Talk To My Right Ear · · Score: 1

    So that's where the term "Right hand" and "Right hand man comes from? :D

    Uh, no. If someone is your right hand man, he's on your right hand side and would generally have his left closer to you, not his right.

  2. Re:Default is way older on On the Humble Default · · Score: 1

    So far, that makes over twenty variations on the exact same punchline. Now THAT, I did expect. My work here is done!

  3. Re:Can't your mobile do redirection?? on UK Gets Europe's First 3G Femtocell · · Score: 1

    Not everyone has a landline telephone service. Some folks have the physical line, but it's only used for their broadband connection. Here in Australia, it's called naked ADSL, and it's becoming quite popular. (local customs may vary)

  4. Re:Default is way older on On the Humble Default · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell, even the spanish inquisition had a default verdict.

    Well, I didn't expect the spanish inquisition to come up in this context!

  5. Re:Maybe that's the goal? on Air Force Planning New Drone Fleet For Pakistan · · Score: 1

    Perpetual, low-level war.

    With Oceania, no doubt. After all, we have always been at war with Oceania.

  6. Re:Welcome! on Revived Microbe May Hold Clues For ET Lifeforms · · Score: 1

    Jeeze, don't anyone learn from history? Last time they dug up a frozen creature from the ice it began killing its way through the Norwegian base and then the American one! Burn it! You have to burn it!

    Or even worse, it might become a lawyer.

    Are you proposing some form of evolutionary regression? Hmm, I know that theory was popular in the 70's and 80's but apparently it's still around.

  7. Re:The Ugly Side of Truth on Iran Moves To End "Facebook Revolution" · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the absence of an external interfering force (e. g., the army of the Soviet Union), the fate of a nation is determined by its people. Period. I didn't know you could win an argument by appending a "Period." after your thesis.

    What you really mean is you mean is:
    tl;dr

  8. My /. account on 45-Year-Old Modem Used To Surf the Web · · Score: 1

    'nuff said! ('though it was tempting to post as AC)

  9. Re:Just a matter of time on Fluorescent Monkeys Cast Light On Human Disease · · Score: 1

    So, how long do you think it'll be before decedents of these 'somehow' hit the exotic pet trade.

    Already done... GlowFish.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GloFish

    What kind of funky world do you live in where a fish is a descendant of a monkey? (I assume the GPP meant descendant rather than decedent, which, although undoubtedly exotic, would hardly make a very good pet!)

  10. Re:I'm Awake on Daydreaming Is Really Complex Problem-Solving · · Score: 1

    I'm not daydreaming... I'm compiling!

  11. Re:I once had one of those guys pull a gun on me. on Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM · · Score: 5, Funny

    The better reaction would have been to piss your pants and faint at having had a gun pulled on you. THAT, by the time it got documented by the supermarket and possibly even in ambulance and police records, would provide indisputable proof that something happened.

    Hahaha! Yes, immediately throw your wallet at him, then put your hands in the air and yell "Here, take it, just don't shoot me! I have a family!".

  12. Re:But did they press charges? on Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, was it a bank that the Govt nationalized^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hrescued recently?

  13. Re:Get yourself a lawyer, a bloody good one on Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM · · Score: 1

    Send lawyers, guns and money
    The shit has hit the fan!

  14. Re:Well, my Egyptian Mummy is authentic . . . on eBay Fakes Devalue the Craft of Tomb Robbing · · Score: 1

    ...

    If he was not such a valuable archeological artifact, I probably would have tossed the bastard.

    He's probably quite capable of doing that himself - with that porn he's downloading and all.

  15. Re:Hype on Google Puts the Brakes On Saving the World · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm a venture capitalist from Nigeria. Now if you'll just be kindly sending me your plans for your new transportation system along with a $1,000 processing fee we will begin the process of funding your project. Get back to me quickly! there are many projects we're interested in an only a limited number can be funded.

    You have used contractions properly. You have made no spelling errors. Except for one word (beginning your final sentence), you have used capitalization appropriately. You have used correct grammar throughout your message. Your punctuation is sensible. And, if that were not sufficient, you have not even given a feasible-sounding fake name.

    YOUR A DESGRACE TOO THE NIGERIAN SPAMMERS GUILD!!!


    Walter M'Boti-Wakele,
    Membership Secretary, NSG

  16. Re:Fun Read? on The Biggest Cults In Tech · · Score: 1

    Lo, the story was tagged "listvertizing", and the people saw that it was ignored.

    Here endeth the lesson.

  17. Re:Cult #1 on The Biggest Cults In Tech · · Score: 5, Funny

    Religion: A large popular cult
    Cult: A small unpopular religion

  18. Re:Psychology researchers are masters of the obvio on Parrots Can Dance · · Score: 1

    There's a guy up the road from us whose cockatoo answers the phone - when the phone rings, the bird screeches back in the exact same cadence.

    Phone: ring ring <pause> ring ring <pause> ring ring
    Cocky: screech screech
    Phone: ring ring
    Cocky screech screech

    The same animal echoes the barks of neighbourhood dogs in the same manner. This might not be mimicry in pitch or timbre, but in timing it's spot on!

  19. Re:Please let it be!! on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 1

    Happy place is the same user as untoward? Who'da thunk it?

  20. Re:Dear God! on Designing DNA Circuits To Brew Tastier Beer · · Score: 1, Funny

    A mod point, a mod point! My kingdom for a mod point!

  21. Re:the best part on Bohemian Rhapsody On Old Hardware · · Score: 1

    ---===WHOOSH!

  22. Re:So make Taxi 2.0 a rickshaw on NYC Wants Ideas For "Taxi Technology 2.0" · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait, wait, wait! You want to make NY cabbies sweat more?

  23. They were right to refuse her. on Colorado DMV Nixes TOFU Vanity Plate Citing Obscenity Concern · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I love tofu" - riiiight!
    Tofu? What part of the animal does the tofu come from, anyway? You see? It's like chicken nuggets - not even real food!

  24. Bonus! on Irish Domain Registry Banning Adult Domains · · Score: 1
    Just to stay somewhat on topic:

    $ whois hairp.ie

    % Rights restricted by copyright;
    http://www.domainregistry.ie/copyright.html
    % Do not remove this notice

    % Not Registered - The domain you have requested is not a registered .ie domain name.
    $

    :)

  25. Re:No really. on Microchip Mimics a Brain With 200,000 Neurons · · Score: 2, Insightful

    imagination receive I of words not it sense the to context with by usually order and other is comprehensibility makes made of and of words the provided a being need a lot each of have any not of words punctuation by guarantee of all any stretch email made

    Or to put it another way...

    Being "made of words" is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a guarantee of comprehensibility. I receive a lot of email "made of words" and not all of it makes any sense. The words need to have context with each other, usually provided by order and punctuation.