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  1. Re:This is not news. on Ice Detected Underneath Mars' North Pole · · Score: 1

    I heard the same thing about 10 years ago... How is this report any different?

    The answer's in the question.

    10 years elapses - ping! It's now ready for Slashdot!

    "News we've heard - stuff for martians"

    Anyways, the Chinese are building an engine on the the martian north pole, so they can drive Mars over to the moon and park it there to fuel their space laser.

    That'll make Independence Day look like a tacky movie - oh wait...

  2. As Cypher once said... on Will Video Surfing Become Reality? · · Score: 2, Funny

    All I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead.

    Just like product placement is now only sub-consciously perceived by most viewers.

    Take /. back in your time machine to the average person in the seventies or eighties (yeah, and a browser and the h/w to view it on...) and see if they can read it through the distraction of the hyperlinks.

    Ok, so maybe the "news" will be up-to date when you show it to them, but that wasn't the point...

  3. Re:Fun on Swimming Cockroach Robot Developed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scaring my mum/sister/girlfriend.

    The scary thing is, you're talking about one woman

  4. Sticky situation on Swimming Cockroach Robot Developed · · Score: 5, Funny

    inspiration is the biomimetic work by Bob Full of Gecko glue fame.

    Why is he full of Gecko glue?

    Talk about getting stuck into your work...

  5. Re:Computational Origami and protein folding on Origami and Math · · Score: 1

    Don't dismiss origami immediately - it could have implications for things like protein folding.

    And download folding@home while you're attention's in this vicinity.

  6. Worms in Space? on Live Worms Found in Columbia Wreckage · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    These aren't the worms you're looking for...

    They came through a worm-hole.

    They're looking for a space-elevator to get back

  7. Re:Trust... security?? on Can You Trust Microsoft On Security? · · Score: 1, Funny
    Why don't Microsoft stick to what they Excel® at?

    Anti-trust!

  8. Re:effect/affect on U.S. May Reduce Non-Military GPS Accuracy · · Score: 1

    This will not effect the military P code

    Until someone has the bright idea of blaming it for a "Friendly Fire" incident.

    Of course, it would be much easier simply to blame the French, now it's become a habit.

    --

    Mr. Bush, Mr. Blair, in this post-911 era, think of the children - the Iraqi children. If you do not, then the terrorists have won.

  9. Re:Doesn't he do yoga and eat vegetarian? on Spider-Man Has Back Problems · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could be the arachnoid mater explained under Spinal Meninges & Spinal Cord

    arachnoid mater is a thin membrane which is pressed against the inner surface of the dura mater by cerebrospinal fluid pressure; (Greek, arachnoids = spider ), the space deep to this layer (subarachnoid space) has a spider web-like appearance

    --

    I heard that there would be a live bush show on tv yesterday, but all I could find was a bad western.

  10. Re:Another stat on Forty Percent of All Email is Spam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Forty percent of email is em

    Works in Ascii, Ebcdic and Unicode

    (no, there isn't a null at the end)

  11. Number system on The Myth of Radio Spectrum Interference · · Score: 3, Funny

    I had always suspected that pi would be rational, if not in denary (decimal), then in another base.

    Binary octal and hex don't appear to be too promising, but I now realize the answer:

    Base pi

    Heck, it might even work in base e or base i

  12. Re:Wicket. on Opencroquet · · Score: -1

    I think you mean Cricket.

    Or may be Croquette

    But this is about something called Croquet.

    fyi

  13. Misquote on Opencroquet · · Score: 0, Funny

    When the only tool you have is a Mallet, everything starts looking like balls.

    Mine are Blue and Yellow, thanks for asking.

  14. Re:oh no on The Universe May Be Shaped Like a Doughnut · · Score: 1

    homer was right!

    So was Larry Niven as I noted just a few days ago.

  15. Re:So, is Echelon good now? on Echelon Used to Capture Terrorist · · Score: 2, Funny

    While this instance proves that Echelon can be used for good, who insures that?

    Easy: "Crimson Permanent Assurance", and they'll win!

  16. Re:Not very user friendly on Server In A Fly · · Score: 1

    That's no "viewer", that's Jeff Goldblum, having his chip "installed".

    He's in the other tank - the one they didn't show you, across the room.

  17. Very old, slightly damaged hardware on Your Most Damage-Resistant Hardware? · · Score: 1

    There's some very old,
    slightly damaged hardware,
    which still works perfectly
    here

  18. Sincere question on The Universe May Be Shaped Like a Doughnut · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hi Larry, I'd really like to know,

    Do you like Donuts?

    If so, what's your favorite type?

  19. Re:There really is a difference on Do Scripters Suffer Discrimination? · · Score: 1

    "Compare writing to a file"

    So "scripting" and "programming" can both equally fail to meet the specified requirements.

    btw, quick and dirty way in Java:

    System.out.println("Some stuff");

    and run it redirected to your file:

    java CrapFileWriter > crapfile.txt

  20. Re:I always feel like a little kid when I get them on Hic Hic Hooray: Hiccups Explained · · Score: 1

    I always feel like a little kid when I get them

    Now you've spoiled it!

    That was going to be Michael Jackson's defense.

  21. Re:Other applications... on Infinite Games? · · Score: 4, Funny

    why not simulate, say, a visit to a secluded hamlet in Soviet Russia with Natalie Portman?

    Because in Soviet Russia, Natalie Portman vists you!

    </inJoke>

  22. Re:Odd. on Potato Bazookas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Guess they'll be designated

    Weapons of Mash Destruction.

  23. Re:ET Phone Home... on 11 Digit Dialing Comes Home to New York · · Score: 1

    Oops.

    You've mixed up this with this

    ET was the strange dude with the enlarged digit.

    The other guys were suitably equipped for banjo-duelling, and at least 11-digit dialing.

  24. Surprise on Flaw Found iIn Ethernet Device Drivers · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Flaw Found iIn Slashdot Headlines!

    Dictionary on the present list for this December!

  25. Re:I wonder... on In-Depth Look At Matrix Previews · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dunno about soup or cabbage... ...all I know is... ...there is no spoon.