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  1. What," said Trillian in a small quiet voice, "does 'sundive' mean?"
    "It means," said Marvin, "that the ship is going to dive into the sun. Sun. Dive. It's very simple to understand."

  2. the latest Chuck Tingle phatasmagoria: on Amazon is Burying Sexy Books, Sending Erotic Novel Authors to the 'No-Rank Dungeon' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    "POUNDED IN THE BUTT (tm) by Sexy Books buried in the Amazon No-Rank DUNGEON"!


    That one's free Chuck, it's immediately obvious to any skilled practitioner in the field...

  3. that's QUITE the backlog! on Elon Musk Says Boring Company Will Sell 'Lego-Like' Kits of Excavated Rock (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Kingsford BBQ charcoal briquettes were originally made from left over scrap wood from Model - T fords. Don't think that is the case now, but who knows.

    NOS model T scrap wood or new production?!

  4. because there was no "America" then on Flat-Earther's Steam-Powered Rocket Lofts Him 1,875 Feet Up Into Mojave Desert (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Surely Christopher Columbus would have embodied the Genoan spirit.
    Now Amerigo Vespucci would be a more complicated matter...

  5. couldn't manage a swan-powered chariot on Flat-Earther's Steam-Powered Rocket Lofts Him 1,875 Feet Up Into Mojave Desert (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "flat Earther" ... "steam powered rocket"

    yup... checks out.

  6. Zuck's evacuated to his survival pod in an undisclosed location since events have started counting down to the end of the world when Stephen Hawkwind was raptured back up to Valhalla.


    every single word in this post is TRUTH.

  7. In this case, I agree with Microsoft on Microsoft Brings Native HEIF Support to Windows 10 (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    WTF is wrong with Microsoft that I can attempt to open a PDF in MS Server 2014, and it STILL can't handle it natively?!?

    In my view, getting P0WN3D should be opt-in.

  8. oligarchs for everyone! on US Says Russia Hacked Energy Grid, Punishes 19 for Meddling (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    well, that's one way the CoDominium could be established.

  9. New Zealand? on Larry Page's Flying Taxis, Now Exiting Stealth Mode (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, at least all those billionaires will have the necessary convenience of flying taxis when they flee to their boltholes in New Zealand after sucking America dry.

    Where's Dr Charles Luther when the World really needs him?
    MNZGA!

  10. New Zealand? on Larry Page's Flying Taxis, Now Exiting Stealth Mode (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    New Zealand's not a realistic testbed, they only have two destinations, hobbitown and mt doom.

  11. why no, I didn't RTFA, why do you ask? on US Navy Under Fire In Mass Software Piracy Lawsuit (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Piracy?
    In the Navy?

    That's a serious problem.
    YAAAARRRRR!

  12. Re:No phone? on Dial P for Privacy: The Phone Booth Is Back (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "Where you see tape, I see walls...

    -- Les Nessmen

    Pretty sure your contractor could toss up a row of these for considerably less that $4K a pop...

  13. HHGG is the worst at whitewashing on The Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy Returns With the Original Cast (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    oh, and you have no problem with a monocephalic duobrachial cast to play Zaphod Beeblebrox ?!!
    I bet most of the actors playing aliens are all from Earth! Infuriating!

  14. Re:Keyboard on 'Repeatable Sanitization' is a Feature of PCs Now (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Funny

    HP EliteOne 800 G4 23.8 PORNHUB Edition All-in-One PC and HP EliteBook 840 G5 PORNHUB Edition Notebook.

    There, you're welcome. HP can't market their way out of a wet paper bag.

  15. "more evil than cash"

    1. that's a pretty high bar... cf Timothy 6:10. Actually, how does one manage to be more evil than the root of all evil?
    2. oh that's bloody great, now the Church of Satan has to come out with yet another crypto-coin. Thanks.

  16. Microsoft Office is to goddamned complimicated to figure out.

  17. welcome to cryptocurrency HELL on Venezuela Says Its Cryptocurrency Raised $735 Million -- But It's a Farce (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is now required that somebody start selling a cryptocurrency called the vuvuzela in order to catch on with brand confusion. If you buy 1 $vvz, that prevents one of the people we will employ as vuvuzela blowers from visiting you at your house. The more $vvz we sell, the more employment as vuvuzela blowers, so this currency actually promotes employment. Obviously we have a built in market cap of ~7.9 billion, with some room for growth.

  18. sheesh, these people failed kindergarten on Flight Sim Company Embeds Malware To Steal Pirates' Passwords (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Two wrongs don't make a right.

    But cross me, and I'll CUT you!

  19. Buffalo Bill's defunct on Salon Magazine Mines Monero On Your Computer If You Use an Ad Blocker (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Ted Nelson asks how you like your half-baked "World Wide Web" now, suckers.

  20. PSHAW! PISH POSH! on Salon Magazine Mines Monero On Your Computer If You Use an Ad Blocker (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    John Oliver is a subject of the British Crown, why would he concern himself with the US Constitution aside from trying to subvert it in order to bring about the collapse of our grand experiment?

  21. artificial stubborness on Scientists Are Failing To Replicate AI Studies (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    "No, I don't feel like it"

  22. You wouldn't download a car.

    But you will.

  23. you know, for the children on Elon Musk Explains Why SpaceX Prefers Clusters of Small Engines (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    yet still no "bag o' glass"...

  24. where is Sarah Conner? on Chinese Companies Hunt for AI Talent at American Conference (nikkei.com) · · Score: 2

    "The Capitalists will sell us the rope by which we will hang them." -- 6 Lenin

    Wait, I already used that one regarding Facebook/Twitter.

  25. more interesting than Saturn SA-1's dummy payload of water.

    Payload Dummy second stage (S-4), weighing 25,000 pounds, ballasted with 90,000 pounds, 11,000 gallons of water
    Dummy third stage (S-5), weighing 3,000 pounds, ballasted with 100,000 pounds, 12,000 gallons of water