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  1. eat repulsor-ray imperialist running-dog beeotches on North Korea Announces Achieving Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 1

    This just in, Kim Il-sung suffering from palladium poisoning.

  2. 300 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS! on Bill Gates Funds Seawater-Spraying Cloud Machines · · Score: 4, Funny

    finally, he's acting like a proper evil mastermind...

  3. in the interests of pedantry... on Convert a SIM To a MicroSIM, With a Meat Cleaver · · Score: 1

    Although rockets make great use of computers, I believe that computer surgeon is the correct nomenclature in this case.

  4. why does British Petroleum hate America? on Hundred-Ton Dome To Collect Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    I just remembered that this is the same bunch of penny-pinching shitfuckers that neglected maintenance on the Alaska oil pipeline, allowing it to corrode, having to be shut down


    once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is enemy action...

  5. Re:could someone translate from australian for me? on NASA's Space Balloon Smashes Car In Australia · · Score: 1

    I've got an electronic doodad that destroys typos via tuned harmonic resonance. It can also see through walls.

  6. man who says impossible shouldn't interrupt man wh on Japan To Launch Solar Sail Spacecraft "Ikaros" · · Score: 1

    That's because their purpose is space exploration, rather than the dispensing of pork to key Congressional districts like NASA.

  7. Re:They need something to do on FAA Says No More Minesweeper Or Solitaire In Cockpit · · Score: 4, Informative

    no, that's the SEC

  8. Re:Blocked streets? on Google Street View Shoots the Same Woman 43 Times · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Let this be a lesson to you boys and girls. Sure, you might be able to offload a bunch of religulous crazies by shipping them somewhere else. But you run the risk that by some strange fluke, the natives won't murder them in their beds, and pretty soon, you have a whole continent full of religulous crazies with nukes.

  9. Re:Huge Advantage == Huge Antitrust case on Apple To Buy ARM? · · Score: 1

    John Titor was right! Teabaggers destroy society, start civil war.

  10. Re:Question on Crunch Time For IRS Data Centers · · Score: 1

    It's immoral that the tax code is so convoluted that a honest citizen, who owns a home, a car but not a business needs to purchase software or hire some witchdoctor to determine his financial responsibility to the state.

  11. Re:Doesn't account for all the wording on The Genius In Apple's Vertical Platform · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, the phrase "final solution" in regards to anything related to Jobs makes me very nervous. Please don't do that again.

  12. Re:I'm putting that on my bed... on Demo of Laptop/Tabletop Hybrid UI · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clippy 3000:
    It looks like you are trying to masturbate
    Start Chat Roulette ? <y/n>

  13. Re:Space Elevators are on Power Beaming For UAVs and Space Elevators · · Score: 1

    no, no, no, no, NO!

    We will beam down solar power from the space elevator to power our flying cars! Come on, it's the 21st century fer chrissake!

    Actually, the reason the military / intelligence community is interested in using a small-scale version of this to power nano-drones to spy on Osama bin Laden.

  14. Re:Beaming power down from space? on Power Beaming For UAVs and Space Elevators · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Sounds cool on Power Beaming For UAVs and Space Elevators · · Score: 1

    fine, we'll try it your way...

    Here's a 150 contracts to put a shuttle-load's worth of personnel and cargo into low Earth orbit and return them safely to Earth. $500K a pop, payable upon successful completion.

    crickets chirping...

  16. Re:WeeWeePad on WePad Tablet Will Use Linux To Rival the iPad · · Score: 2, Funny

    and Microsoft will dub their ill-begotten progeny the " MyPad ", keeping in line with proper camel-case and reflecting the atavistic possessiveness of an autistic two-year-old.

  17. Re:Hollywood, are you listening? on MIT Researchers Harness Viruses To Split Water · · Score: 1

    Yo dawg, do you see a role for Xzibit in your movie?!!

  18. Re:So who is the book for? on Ubuntu on a Dime · · Score: 1

    What if I just want to smoke a J and have a slice of apple pie after a hard day of being sexually harassed by a dolphin at the office? [*]


    [*] all true, although the cited events didn't actually happen on the same day...

  19. Re:Not sure about the hype on Do You Have a Secret Immunity To 3D Movies? · · Score: 1

    Filming in 3D doesn't compensate for 2D characters and writing.

  20. Re:Sweet worse battery life! on Cell Phones Could Sniff Out Deadly Chemicals · · Score: 1

    "Security" managers(DHS, British gov, US school districts, etc) seem prone to investing heavily in vapor based technology, to the detriment of both safety and budgets.

  21. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose on Do You Have a Secret Immunity To 3D Movies? · · Score: 1

    The last time Hollywood rolled out 3D gimmick was in the mid-50's they were attempting to stave off the loss of audience to the rise of television.

    hmmmm... I wonder what they're trying to compete against this time? anyone? anyone? Bueller?

    And now TeeVee is bringing out the 3D gimick. hmmmmm.... I wonder who they're afraid of ?

    it's a wonder that newspapers haven't figured out a 3D gimick. Magic eye page 3 girls or summthin'...

  22. the latest hot status symbol: on Chinese ISP Hijacks the Internet (Again) · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Craves Metal on 5-Axis Robot Carves Metal Like Butter · · Score: 1

    so the next business down the line to get into is driving down the cost of manufacture for the cutting bits?

  24. Re:WinXP on Bank Employee Plants Malware on ATMs · · Score: 1

    You should see the god-awful mess they made of the Wachovia ATMs since they merged with Wells Fargo.
    What used to be a fairly simple and standard ATM setup all of the sudden grew all sorts of push-advertising for additional services and "value" "added" features. And they slapped at least six stickers on the front, each with enough text for a EULA. It really made it hard to find the usual basic transactions quickly when you're leaning out of your car window trying to just grab some cash.

  25. Re:I feel sad. on IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Verily I hear you, English! You won't believe what a arduous chore it is to travel into town since they've removed the hitching posts and watering troughs. Bessie might wander off, along with my carriage, in search of water were I step into the general mercantile to buy a bolt of gingham for the Mrs.