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  1. Re:Yeah, I read about this on IBM Unveils Fastest Microprocessor Ever · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If I could mod you insightful, I would.

  2. Re:Netbooks were a fad anyway on Throwing Out Software That Works · · Score: 1

    That's not entirely true. A friend of mine bought a netbook for the sole purpose of having something smaller than her MacBook Pro to carry around in her handbag during November for Nanowrimo.

  3. Re:Claws on Bionic Cat Gets World's First Implant Paws · · Score: 1

    CYBORG-LIKE TYPING DETECTED

  4. Re:One more thing... on Apple Announces iPhone 4 · · Score: 1

    Please. I'm, a FarmVille gamer.

  5. Re:I have a feeling on Doctors Seeing a Rise In "Google-itis" · · Score: 1

    Why do they feel they need to advertise them? You can't just go and buy them OTC.

    Because this way concerned patients become sales reps for the drug manufacturer.

  6. Re:Still out of date on Treasury Goes High-Tech With Redesigned $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    It's not difficult to tell quarters from dollar coins. Quarters have ridges along the edge.

  7. Meh on Apollo 13 Mission Manual Pages To Be Auctioned · · Score: 1

    It's not this stuff ever made it to the moon.

  8. "Okay poop is coming out" on Company Invents Electronic Underpants · · Score: 0, Redundant
  9. This should be spammer enforcement on China's Human Flesh Search Engine · · Score: 1

    One of the problem with spam laws is that the enforcement of laws is so weak compared to the number of people spammers make miserable and the time and resources they steal--o boo, hoo, they declared bankruptcy and had to serve two years in prison. What really needs to happen to high-profile spammers is that they need to be dragged from the courtroom where they have been found guilty and then dragged to their deaths before cheering, spitting mobs and film crews. Maybe display the corpses in gibbets outside of their ISP's office.

    Yes, mobs are terrible, but laws without teeth lacking the ability the cross boarders suck too.

  10. Re:One pancreas, please on Printing Replacement Body Parts · · Score: 1

    Being in the market (not literally) for a new one, I would be pleased to have a kidney printed.

    I asked a doctor why they can't be transplanted like other organs and he said that it's because they're too fragile and would likely be damaged during the transplant process.

    Where is this claim being made? They do do pancreas transplants right here at Massachusetts General Hospital

  11. Re:But that's not the most important question on The iPad Questions Apple Won't Answer · · Score: 1

    Why not ask Microsoft that same question about the Surface?

  12. Re:Apple's strategy on Apple Tablet Rumor Wrap Up · · Score: 1

    The data also show that old users resent Microsoft pulling the menu option. Way to alienate your user base. Considering how long they kept WP keystrokes as an option in Word, I find it funny that they suddenly felt that the menu had to be pulled altogether, without even an option to display it.

  13. Re:Unbreakable??? on CES, Reporter Breaks "Unbreakable" Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    That is the most blatant false advertising since my lawsuit against the movie, The Neverending Story.

    Or the never ending video game Final Fantasy.

  14. Re:things have changed re drunk driving. on Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names · · Score: 1

    20 years ago driving drunk was pretty much ignored by police and "as long as the car knew its way home" things were fine. I would imagine "young'uns" must really find this hard to imagine, but there was really nothing seen as wrong with DUI. You just did.

    USA poster here - The attitude you're describing pretty much ended in the late '70s. Twenty years ago drunk driving was a serious no-no, at least among the high school and college set. Mothers Against Drunk Driving had a lot of influence in the early '80s, and a lot of kids saw horror films (The Last Prom-"Joey and Cindy won't be having their last prom because they're DEAD!"). However, it appears that MADD overstepped, lost some credibility, and drunk driving is up again among the kids.

  15. Re:GM is the Computer Associates of the car indust on A Requiem For Saab · · Score: 2, Funny

    They take brands past their prime and run them into the ground

    That description fits the New York Mets as well.

  16. Re:Excellent on Method To Repair Damaged Adult Nerves Discovered · · Score: 1

    Abusing my ears with loud music and gun fire has resulted in some loss of hearing for me.

    I want to party with you, guy.

  17. Re:Resistance? on Plasma Device Kills Bacteria On Skin In Seconds · · Score: 1

    So how long until we see bacteria resistant to this device?

    How long does it take for SyFy to make one of their movies?

  18. I summon Iron Chef...Pancake? on Robo-Chefs and Fashion-Bots On Show In Tokyo · · Score: 1

    "The Iron Chef made five dishes, but they're all pancakes."

  19. Re:Of course it's going public on Facebook Stock Going Public? · · Score: 1

    Try a Roth IRA--taxes get paid up front, no taxes are taken at the end*. Also try investing with a company/fund that diversifies risk. And if you don't like that company, move it.

    *Sure, they could change their minds, but you really don't want to fuck with the survival money of old people. Many have firearms and figure they've already lived a full life.

  20. Leave the computer at home on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 1

    You're not going to want to carry the computer around with you all day, especially the added weight of chargers, etc.

    Buy a handful of SD cards (or whatever) for the camera, and you can download everything when you get home.

  21. The first step to becoming agile on Becoming Agile · · Score: 5, Funny

    Put down the Cheetos, lard-ass.

  22. Re:Even a stopped clock is right twice a day on Bing To Use Wolfram Alpha Results · · Score: 2, Insightful

    erm, the term is "even a broken clock is right twice a day

    But "stopped" makes more sense, at least for an analog clock.

    "Broken" could simply means that it loses a minute per day, in which case it's going to be right much less often.

  23. $1500!? on Intel's New E-Reader For the Visually Impaired · · Score: 1

    Screw that, they'll be an iPhone app that does this in about two months that also makes fart noises.

  24. Re:"Obviously lifted" not so obvious on Did Microsoft Borrow GPL Code For a Windows 7 Utility? · · Score: 1

    Actually, if the function is just something called "ReadBytes(char *buf)" or similar, then that's a bit strange. If it was truly Microsoft-written, it would be:
    WINAPI DWORD ReadBytesW(LPCSTRWRAAXA szCharBufW_x, struct READBYTESINFO *srbinfArgs).

    Fot God's sake, man, don't post that three times!

  25. Driving While Asian on Bad Driving May Have Genetic Basis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I went there.