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  1. A suggestion on NASA Requests Help With Von Braun's Notes · · Score: 4, Funny

    On the next thing that goes up to space (or even just a suborbital flight), crank down the window at about 20km up and throw the stuff out (or have some automated thingy with an explosive bolt that distributes it into the atmosphere). Now THAT would be a "creative way to get it out to the public".

    Then again, maybe that would be TOO creative.

  2. Re:Don't Code, Design on How To Get Out of Developer's Block? · · Score: 1

    Problem is, once it is show that something "can be done", a lot of motivation for actually doing it vanishes :-(

  3. Re:Horses Asses on NASA Sticking To Imperial Units For Shuttle Replacement · · Score: 1

    How can one believe a site which claims: "...modern human beings are very close in size to medieval human beings (we are, on average, a little bit taller and heavier than we were several centuries ago, but not much)" Have they ever been to America?

  4. Nightclubs and free cigs on Need a Favor? Talk To My Right Ear · · Score: 1
    ... and they probably slept through most of the day.

    Anyway, great research, as this would explain why I'm such an A.H. on the phone - I hold it to my left ear.

  5. Re:Interesting! on 35,000-Year-Old Flute Is Oldest Music Instrument Ever Found · · Score: 1

    I own a couple of flutes and recorders of various sizes (no, I'm not playing nearly on a professional level). While one can arbitrarily tune a flute and space the holes accordingly, some tunings are just more comfortable to play than others due to hand size.

  6. Re:What about wifi? on UK Gets Europe's First 3G Femtocell · · Score: 1

    Look at the Nokia E51. (There may be others.)

  7. O Noes!!! on Earth Could Collide With Other Planets · · Score: 1
    We're all gonna DIE!!!

    (OK, now off to actually read the article....)

  8. Whassup? on DIY 18-ft.-High Robotic Exoskeleton · · Score: 1

    18-Foot Mecha Exoskeleton

    The first application he has in mind: mecha-vs.-mecha battles, demolition-derby style.

    Time: 4 years

    Cost: $25,000

    Am I the only one thinking this guy has way too much space in his backyard, money lying around, and time on his hands?

  9. Re:Mecha Palin! on DIY 18-ft.-High Robotic Exoskeleton · · Score: 1

    to put a set of high-heels on it

    Don't forget to put the lipstick on it....

  10. Re:I know on How Do You Greet an Extraterrestrial? · · Score: 1

    Seen much of the world? No, they are not the only race by a far margin. Neither should the preferences of a few freaks reflect on the whole race.

  11. Thanks! on Infrared Fibers Can Protect Against Chemoterrorism · · Score: 1

    Thank you for all the nice tips, Prof. Katzir. Who says there can't be any Jewish-Arab cooperation?

  12. Gene transfer on Gene Transfer Immunizes Against Monkey HIV Analog · · Score: 1

    I wonder where they get those extra genes from to transfer? (I didn't RTFA.) I hope not it's frogs - we know how well that worked out for John Hammond. Wait, there's something about a chameleon (I don't RTFS either, sorry). And we know that Suse belongs to Novel, who's in bed with MS (sounds like a soapie yet?), who are against viral licensing. So this is how it works!

  13. Re:Yes, pretty much,,, on Flash Drive Roundup · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What I miss most is that little switch to make it "read-only" for taking photos to the print shop or installing that much-needed antivirus on your brother's pc, which is not online, but gets lots of promiscuous flash activity from a horde of school kids. (And yes, I still trust that hardware switch more than the Antivirus Whatever that's installed on mine.) Not quite in the tsotschke category then, though....

  14. Re:annoying prompts, on all sites soon on Adblock Plus Maker Proposes Change To Help Sites · · Score: 1

    Couldn't one then build a (very simple) blocker that blocks this metatag?

    Or did I now give away the game?

  15. Re:Be Green on Soy-Based Toner Cartridges? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    To put it a little bit simpler: paper with soy-based ink goes onto my compost pile or into my worm farm. Paper with other or unknown ink goes into the municipal garbage landfill ("not my problem") since my worms seem to sometimes misteriously die from it.

  16. Re:Doesn't scare me at all on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 1

    Microevolution doesn't explain for instance the different number of chromosomes in different species.

  17. Re:Asia isn't a country. on Vatican To Build 100 Megawatt Solar Power Plant · · Score: 1

    ... quite fresh, considering the boast that the Vatican will be "the first nation state" to be solar powered.

  18. Missing option on Ancient Ecosystem Found In Ice Pocket · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ancient Ecosystem Found...

    from the so-it's-not-a-traditional-honeymoon-suite dept.

    ... discovered a community of microbes ... It's a particularly tough environment, with no light, no oxygen, and extremely cold temperatures. But the microbes appear to live -- and thrive -- off a combination of iron and sulfur, according to a new study.

    Pray tell, have they thought about looking in CowboyNeal's belly button yet?

  19. whatcouldpossiblygowrong on UK To Train Pro-West Islamic Groups To Game Google · · Score: 1

    I'm quite SURE they'll remain "pro-west" evermore. </sarcasm>

    I mean, I am a westerner since birth, and not even I am pro-west.

  20. Re:I totally disagree! on Why Every Office Needs an Outsider · · Score: 1

    Austrians speak Austrian as much as Australians speak Australian. Hope your head hurts now.

    There's no such thing as Austrian, only Austrian German, with a language code of de-AT often used. Note the de, which denotes Deutsch (German).

  21. Re:Sloppy journalism on Columnist Fired For Reviewing Pirated Movie · · Score: 1

    Let me guess: Terminator IV: Lawyers Gone Haywire?

  22. Sloppy journalism on Columnist Fired For Reviewing Pirated Movie · · Score: 5, Funny

    they promptly terminated Mr. Friedman.

    Now did they terminate HIM or only his EMPLOYMENT?

    If the former, I begin to get an inkling of America's problem with the copyright mafia.

  23. Re:Why? on Gmail Marks Five Years In Beta · · Score: 4, Funny

    Humanity is still in Beta

    ... and that is probably flattering yourself.

  24. Re:Hurray! I've been saying this for years! on Australian Study Says Web Surfing Boosts Office Productivity · · Score: 2, Informative

    chocolate milk, toaster strudle and Pillsbury Mozzarella and Pepperoni Savorings..." Occasionally I'll order tacos, pizza or ribs..

    No wonder you feel like a lethargic slug.

  25. Re:Fuck Colbert, tell him to get his own Station on NASA In Colbert Conundrum Over Space Station · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...they said they would only use his name if: 1) he could demonstrate he was fluent in Hungarian, and 2) he was dead.

    Well, you can't very well demonstrate that you are fluent in Hungarian if you are dead. So what they actually told him is "over our dead body". Only in Hungarian.