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  1. Re:Not Much You Can Do About That on 'Social Jetlag' May Be Making You Fat · · Score: 1

    Oh how I wish I could get up with the sun...... Alarms in the dark are a real b****. (Haven't found one of those sunrise alarms to buy either - should probably dust of the electronics skills and cobble something together).

  2. Re:Handel..an english word? on Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime · · Score: 1

    I believe he (or "they") spelled it without the umlaut in his English phase.

  3. Misleading heading on Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Bill · · Score: 1

    I didn't even know that the US printed a 12 dollar 50 cents bill... Go figure...

    OK, now I'm going to read the summary. Perhaps even the article itself, although I think rather not.

  4. It's clear what the problem is on Hundreds of Bank Account Details Left In London Pub · · Score: -1, Troll

    Reminds me of the other story of the memory device left in a pub.

    Clearly, pubs are dangerous places. Let's close them all down.

    That was meant ironically, for all of you tards on /. who see a troll under every bridge.

  5. Some unrelated things on NASA Sends Lego Figures to Jupiter · · Score: 1

    Jupiter, Juno and Galileo - sounds like those type of jokes where you ask: which one doesn't fit.

    I didn't know the Roman mythical dress code included pants.

    Also, I think those Nasa people must be chuckling with glee at the thought of some space-faring civilisation, perhaps even human-descended, discovering the figures in some far-away future and using them as a basis from which to deduce the appearance of the "extinct dwarf races of Mars", and wondering about the purpose of the tools they hold in their ("there" in /.speak) pincher claws.

  6. I saw the crescent... on Earth May Once Have Had Two Moons · · Score: 1

    ... you saw the hole in the moon.

  7. Yeah right, keep telling yourselves that on Facebook Exec: Online Anonymity Must Go Away · · Score: 0

    The EFF goes on to point out how this would be a bad choice for civil liberties online.

    As if some nobody's online political views, anonymous or not, have achieved anything at all ever.

  8. Missing option on Using Brain Waves Can Shorten Braking Distance · · Score: 1

    I have lasers mounted on my sharkmobile's hood. I don't need no frikkin' brakes.

    But having them triggered by brainwaves would be kinda cool....

  9. United? on Man With 10 Million Air Miles Gets Plane Named After Him · · Score: 1

    Isn't that the same airline that broke Dave Carrol's $3500 (Canadian, supposedly) Taylor guitar, and subsequently lost his luggage?

    One assumes they need some good press too....

  10. Re:Volcanism on China's Coal Power Plants Mask Climate Change · · Score: 2

    I'm not quite sure what you're trying to prove.

    Who says I need, or want, to prove anything at all? :-)

    But yeah, both the scale of volcanic sulphur output as well as the short-livedness thereof, seems to diminish the usefulness of scrubbers.

    I, for one, am a bit more worried about the cooling effect of the volcanic ash that was released, which might affect weather for a couple of years, if history is anything to go by.

  11. Re:So why not inject sulpher into the stratosphere on China's Coal Power Plants Mask Climate Change · · Score: 1

    2: Increase albedo of earth

    You forgot to mention that this can be achieved by deforestation.

  12. Volcanism on China's Coal Power Plants Mask Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Good thing then that sulphur scrubbers had already been installed on Nabro, Grímsvötn, Puyehue, etc. etc. Wouldn't want them to interfere (see last sentence of the paragraph) with global warming.

  13. Re:Not much of a tooth brusher on The Iceman's Last Meal · · Score: 1

    Darn swiss choccies......

    I guess they didn't live long enough back then to have bad teeth become much of an issue. Or maybe they died because of the eventual lack of nutrient uptake. Chicken? Egg? You decide.

  14. Thank goodness on Volcano Erupts In Iceland · · Score: 1

    At least they found one to erupt that looks quite pronounceable. I still haven't gotten the other one's pronunciation right.

  15. Details needed on Facebook Adds Two-Factor Authentication · · Score: 1

    To help its hundreds of millions of users prevent unauthorized access to their accounts

    Is access by FB employees and TLA agents a form of authorized access or unauthorized?

  16. Why photons? on Let Quantum Physics Officiate Your Wedding · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that divided pairs of entangled electrons are much easier absorbed by the bodies of the couple to be wed.

    That, and the prospect of getting a nice shock, which should make people think a bit harder about whether they really want to get married...

  17. Re:Ronald Reagan on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    ... that, and milk sold in 1.98 litre cartons. (At least, when I lived there for a couple of months a decade ago).

  18. Re:And how long on Kidney Printer · · Score: 1

    Not too long, I hope. The old one is starting to look a bit off....

  19. How boring on Kidney Printer · · Score: 1

    Give me a heads-up when they can print hearts and brains. I may be able to get a couple of government contracts. No, they don't need to be bleeding edge hi-res for that.

  20. Re:PCMCIA and other acronyms on Secrets of a Memory Champion · · Score: 1

    That's why I put it in the heading, Jo ;-)

  21. PCMCIA and other acronyms on Secrets of a Memory Champion · · Score: 2

    From the article:

    They referred to themselves as mental athletes, or M.A.’s for short.

    What's wrong? Can't remember the full name?

  22. Open plan / cube farm on Talking To Computers? · · Score: 1

    Speaking as someone who has worked in open plan offices and cubicles, this must be the daftest idea ever.

    Why don't they rather concentrate on getting a "thought interface" working?

  23. Re:Why is the media following the National Enquire on Steve Jobs Health Worries Escalate · · Score: 1

    Can you still really trust him in his elected position?

    Hint: No.

    That's the default treatment one should give any politician. Trustworthiness should be proved/earned.

  24. Bad wording on Infertility Could Impede Human Space Colonization · · Score: 1

    Space, it seems, is simply not a good place to have sex.

    It's not the "having sex" that is the bad idea. It's "trying to have offspring" that may be problematic.

  25. Missing option on Italian Police Seize Blog Over 'Kill Berlusconi' Satire · · Score: 1

    I don't know much about the conditions in Italy, I hardly speak any Italian, but in some other countries people get elected, not because they are the best for the job, or even slightly good, but just because they are somewhat better than the alternatives.