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  1. One time fee? on Pandora Stabilizes, No Longer Completely Free · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not to be a terrible pedant, but if you pay a "one time fee" to get unlimited listening each month, it's not a one-time fee. It's a monthly fee. It just has a very low subscription cost.

  2. Re:Worst metaphor ever? on Planck Telescope Is Coolest Spacecraft Ever · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only thing interesting about measuring the temperature of a rabbit on the moon is resolution

    Well yeah, that and the obvious question of "what the hell is a rabbit doing on the moon, and how did it get there?"

  3. Re:Wrong, in many ways on HTML Tags For Academic Printing? · · Score: 4, Funny

    You should, as an authoring tool, never...

    Who're you callin' a tool?

  4. Damn Photographic Evidence on 14-Year-Old Boy Smote By Meteorite · · Score: 1

    The attached picture completely destroyed any hope of a good run of fat jokes centered on gravitational pull. Oh well. :(

  5. Re:"convert regular 2D movies to 3D" on Acer To Launch 3D Notebook In October? · · Score: 1, Funny

    I believe when I see one with my own eyes.

    Is that with or without the special glasses that this system "doesn't" include? ;)

  6. Re:Impossible to enforce on Download Taxes As a Weapon Against File-Sharing · · Score: 1

    all we can do is band over.

    I see what you did there.

  7. War of the Worlds on Mars Robot May Destroy Life It Was Sent To Find · · Score: 1

    So in War of the Worlds when they tried to vaporize Tom Cruise, they were really just looking for life?

    "Any life out there?"
    "No, Captain, just a lot of small dust clouds. Nothing of interest yet."
    "Well, let me know if we find anything."
    ...
    ZZZZZZRRRRROWT

  8. Re:Dreamhost on Skype Billing Gone Haywire For Some Users · · Score: 1

    really tried to figure out how to not have it happen again.

    What, getting caught?

  9. Re:Great business move on Sophos Releases Klingon Language Version · · Score: 1

    Babies: the worst infection out there.

  10. Re:BRB on Study Shows Cocaine And Other Drugs In Spanish Air · · Score: 1

    Optimism, mostly.

  11. Re:Doesnt sound like much? on Illusion Cloak Makes One Object Look Like Another · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's because there's no such thing as a cloak of illusion. It's a Hat of Disguise. Sheesh.

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

    Doesn't change the veracity of the claims.

    I fully believe that IF, somehow, the U.S. government decided to call off all these various wars, those agencies would of course NOT go away, since there are far too many jobs at stake. Still, "will" and "should" are two entirely different things. They should go away, but they won't.

    This is not a conspiracy theory, this is simply a fact of how these agencies came into existence: as a result of war-time provisions. The government is allowed these provisions during a time of war, and as such, is inclined to remain at war, whatever that war may be against.

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

    I did no such thing. :)

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

    Wow, I can't type tonight. Also, Slashdot "helps" a lot.

    Should read, "The War on <insert unbeatable idea here>"

    Also, granted, not graned. Sheesh.

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

    Hence "The War on Drugs," "The War on Terror," and "The War on "...

    They (the government) don't call it a war against these things for fun. They call it a war so that they can ALWAYS FOREVER be graned special "war-time" provisions that NONE of us should be content to live under.

    If we weren't at war (drugs, terror, etc.) supposedly agencies like the CIA, FBI, etc. wouldn't even be allowed to exist.

  16. Still... on Robots Take To the Stairs · · Score: 1

    Couldn't climb stairs 5-10 years ago? What? Everyone's known for several decades now that in order to climb stairs, all you have to do is scream ELEVATE! ELEVATE! over and over until you reach the desired altitude.

    Duh.

  17. Re:Is there anything... on The Manga Guide to Databases · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, like social skills?

  18. Re:A rose by any other name...still stinks. on Brazilian Pirates Hijack US Military Satellites · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but even after hundreds of years, "pirate" has become about as sufficiently flexible as "blowjob".

    I see what you did there...

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pirate
    (Definition 3)

  19. Re:The name on NASA To Announce Module Name On Colbert Show · · Score: 1

    Pop-culture, which does not reach Alaska. :/

  20. Re:The name on NASA To Announce Module Name On Colbert Show · · Score: 1

    I think you meant, "The times, which you are falling behind."

  21. The name on NASA To Announce Module Name On Colbert Show · · Score: 4, Funny

    The summary, which the editors did not read.

    Is this some sort of crazy neo-yoda-speak? Am I missing out on a new meme? :(

  22. Re:Fixy Linky Please? :) on Sun Puts Data Center Through 6.7 Earthquake · · Score: 1

    Hmm. Well, fine, I didn't want to watch it anyway. :/

  23. Re:Click it twice... on Sun Puts Data Center Through 6.7 Earthquake · · Score: 1

    I...wait, what?

    Anyhow, this is making it exceedingly difficult to post without having RTFA. :(

  24. Re:Fixy Linky Please? :) on Sun Puts Data Center Through 6.7 Earthquake · · Score: 1

    Well, their video embedding code sucks if you use Safari. That is to say, no video appears.

    As I said in another comment: my demographic is not irrelevant, I tell you!

  25. Re:Fixy Linky Please? :) on Sun Puts Data Center Through 6.7 Earthquake · · Score: 1

    The video's in the summary!

    Except in Safari, no such embedded video appears.

    My demographic is not irrelevant, I tell you!