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  1. First step on Extinct Mammoth, Coming To a Zoo Near You · · Score: 1
    We can safely clone an animal that has been extinct and frozen for thousands on years.

    Soon we will be able to put our heads in cryofreeze and become slow time travelers to the future.

  2. Re:Not a troll on North Korean Domain Names Return To the Internet · · Score: 1

    They are conditioned to believe that if they touch the papers that are dropped from the sky that they will die. And if they touch them anyways they are sent to labor camp.

  3. So what? on North Korean Domain Names Return To the Internet · · Score: 0

    What could a North Korean website possibly have on it that's worth visiting?

  4. Orbits on NASA's Kepler Spots Its First Rocky Exoplanet · · Score: 1
    All these telescopes are looking for planets that orbit in front of their suns, relative to our viewing angle. We only know they are there from the shadow they cast toward us.

    How will we discover planets that are orbiting stars, but that do not cross in front of our field of view?

  5. Re:Seriously on Scientists Find Tears Are the Anti-Viagra · · Score: 1

    Hmm, true. I guess I skipped a few steps ahead :)

  6. Seriously on Scientists Find Tears Are the Anti-Viagra · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Do some actual science. Toss some tears into a gas chromatography analyzer and see whats in them.

    If something is there concentrate or synthesize it and test it one by one.

  7. Re:Goldman Sachs made several billion ... on EMC Engineer Steals Almost $1 Million of Kit One Piece at a Time · · Score: 1

    And even if joe q american does care, so what? Individually I cant change anything, and as a group nobody gives a fuck. Anyone who could do something is already in on it.

  8. Rapists on Should Dolphins Be Treated As Non-Human Persons? · · Score: 5, Informative
    Male dolphins will separate a female from her pod and deny her food or sleep until she lets them mate with her.

    They kidnap females so they can rape them.

    Yup, they sure act human-like.

  9. ...always look. on 6 Homeless People Saved By the Internet · · Score: 3, Insightful
  10. Re:Can someone explain to me... on Facebook's Revenues Leaked · · Score: 1

    Did you remember to turn off adblock first?

  11. Re:Your tax dollars at work on Hypersonic Radio Black-Out Problem Solved · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn Obama, wasting our taxe... oh? Whats that? Russian Scientists you say?

  12. Re:Hachintosh on Mac OS X 10.6.6 Introduces App Store · · Score: 1

    I went with a Lifehacker build from 2008-09. $1200 got me a $6000 equivalent Mac with dual 22" monitors.

  13. Hachintosh on Mac OS X 10.6.6 Introduces App Store · · Score: 1

    Using software update, anyone know if this can run without mods on my hackintosh?

  14. Its the cost. on Why Digital Newsstands Stink · · Score: 5, Informative
    My subscription to Esquire is something silly, like $12 a year. Not taking into account the cost of the iPad, buying the iPad version of the magazine costs $5 an issue. That's $12 vs $60 a year.

    So, why should I buy the digital version when the print version is not just better, but cheaper? And I dont need a specialized tool to read it.

  15. Charge him on How Do You Prove Software Testing Saves Money? · · Score: 1

    Charge him by the bug. You'll see how quick he'll make sure hes not paying to fix the same one twice.

  16. Foxtrot on Can Movies Inspire Kids To Be Future Scientists? · · Score: 1
    Because this is what happens: http://www.iontrap.wabash.edu/teaching/FoxTrotPhysicsLab.jpg

    Kids get an expectation of "COOL, lets do Science!" and end up with boring, complicated, and badly taught stuff that turns them away instead of getting them interested.

  17. Re:Phrenology 2.0 on Structure In Brain Linked To Varied Social Life · · Score: 1

    Oh, Brain part X is big/small/odd, so he has trait Y"

    Isn't that what Brain Cancer specialists look for?

  18. Free Hat! on 'Eternal' Solar Plane Stays Two Weeks Aloft · · Score: 1

    Now I have yet another excuse for why I never remove my sombrero.

  19. Re:Yikes! on How a Leather Cover Crashes the Kindle · · Score: 1

    How is that a prison worthy offense? Or is it just lawyerese for "getaway lookout"?

  20. Re:How long will IPv6 last? on Military Pressuring Vendors On IPv6 · · Score: 1

    brontobytes sounds like something from the Flintstones.

  21. Re:They ask in the RFP/RFI time, but don't install on Military Pressuring Vendors On IPv6 · · Score: 1
    Sure, the hammer costs $400. They pay the $40 it really cots to buy, and funnel the other $360 to a "Black Budget".

    Stargates ain't cheap to run yo.

  22. Re:How long will IPv6 last? on Military Pressuring Vendors On IPv6 · · Score: 1
    It goes: Mega -> Giga -> Tera -> Peta -> Exa

    You skipped one.

  23. Re:Users on Memo Details Gawker Security Strategy · · Score: 1

    Both Lifehacker and Gizmodo have been running nothing but security stories since this happened. And they all have the theme of blaming users for having weak passwords.

  24. Users on Memo Details Gawker Security Strategy · · Score: 2

    Their whole strategy so far has been to blame the users: "Its not Gawkers fault your passwords are so weak."

  25. Re:The age-old known problem with flying cars... on 'Pocket Airports' Would Link Neighborhoods By Air · · Score: 1
    They are a metal version of hacky sacks. A cloth toy that's been around since the 1960's. For more info, see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footbag

    "Hacky sack" is trademarked by some multinational, so I have to use the generic term for them instead.