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  1. Vertical axis? on Maine Wind Farm In Doubt Because Site Is Too Windy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is it too windy for vertical axis turbines? As they're lower than most horizontal axis turbines, maybe the wind velocity and turbulence would be within their range.

  2. Re:Only $1.25 Billion? on Intel and AMD Settle Antitrust, Patent Lawsuits · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those they couldn't poison they tried to bribe with cache...

  3. Re:Comments on Your Opinion Counts At CNN — But Should It? · · Score: 1

    If I'm watching CNN from TV, I'm looking for intelligent, fact-checked news and opinions from professionals,

    That's why I stopped watching CNN on TV. The news/fluff ratio is just above that on E!

  4. Re:Certified on Firefox Most Vulnerable Browser, Safari Close · · Score: 4, Funny

    That makes sense, because if anyone had told me that Firefox had more vulnerabilities than all the other browsers I would think that they were certifiable...

  5. Re:Just gone one in FL on Chicago Court Throwing Out LIDAR Speeding Tickets · · Score: 1

    You don't even have to be speeding to get a speeding ticket in some states, you just have to commit the offense of having out of state plates in the wrong area (hello Ohio turnpike).

  6. Re:I don't mean to Troll on Swarm of Giant Jellyfish Capsize 10-Ton Trawler · · Score: 1

    Then someone will be welcoming you shortly. Just keep hanging on to that net...

  7. Re:I don't mean to Troll on Swarm of Giant Jellyfish Capsize 10-Ton Trawler · · Score: 1

    Just be glad it wasn't some doofus welcoming new jellyfish overlords...

    Oh drats...

  8. Re:Evacuate this universe! on LHC Shut Down Again — By Baguette-Dropping Bird · · Score: 2, Funny
    So, what you're saying is that if the LHC is never activated, that proves what it was designed to prove when it was activated? I think I'm getting a headache, sent from the future...

    What if the theory is correct except for the part about reaching into the past? Or maybe if the theory is accurate, it would be impossible to even build the machine or think of the theory that would actually destroy the universe, and the LHC isn't even potentially dangerous (unless you stick your head in the beam). Here comes my headache...

  9. Re:So now it's four pieces? on Volcanic Activity May Split Africa In Two · · Score: 1

    Cooooooooooooooooookie Crip

    No, that's what you get if you mix cookie crumbs with pieces of gang member.

  10. Re:Wrong problem on Low-Energy Laser Etching May Replace Fruit Labels · · Score: 1

    I never said it was my residue, I'm just warning about what I've seen, heard about, and what (other) sick people think I've seen. And we're talking about apples here, everybody knows you can't compare apples and cucumbers...

  11. Re:So now it's four pieces? on Volcanic Activity May Split Africa In Two · · Score: 1

    A crumb is a cookie that's too small to be worth eating.

  12. Re:North America on Volcanic Activity May Split Africa In Two · · Score: 1

    Note from the map that the eastern arm of the rift was successful until it neared Detroit.

  13. Re:Lecture Fruit! on Low-Energy Laser Etching May Replace Fruit Labels · · Score: 1

    Perhaps government will put missing persons reports on them...

    Maybe they could put report of missing twins on pears...

  14. Re:I live there on Computer Failure Causes Gridlock In MD County · · Score: 1

    I live in the county also, and I noticed that my commute was actually better than usual. Normally, the lights are so poorly timed on my route (which is with rush hour traffic) that timing them randomly would be an improvement. The timing is so bad that I actually attribute it to malice, or having some priority other than having traffic flow smoothly. When the predominant flow of traffic catches every red light, when there are major intersections with long backups for one road and no traffic on the other (long gone through the mistimed green), it's beyond incompetence. Hopefully this event shakes things up enough to get the system fixed, but I doubt it.

  15. Re:Wrong problem on Low-Energy Laser Etching May Replace Fruit Labels · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...as I don't normally have a chance to wash an apple before I eat it...

    As someone who has worked in produce (college job, not now) I have to say that I am appalled whenever I hear this. The residue from the sticker is the least of your worries, there could be all kinds of other residue on that apple that you don't know about (not that though, that's only cucumbers). At least try to rinse them off, if you can't give them a decent wash.

  16. Re:Carmakers lie on Toyotas Suddenly Accelerate; Owners Up In Arms · · Score: 1

    What actually happens (this is with front-wheel drive cars, rear-wheel-drive and permanent 4x4 have different setups) is that the engin only pulls on both front wheels when you're going straight. As soon as you turn, it disengages the wheel on the side to which you are turning.

    Are you sure this is how a differential works?

  17. Re:Carmakers lie on Toyotas Suddenly Accelerate; Owners Up In Arms · · Score: 1

    when turning there isn't a moment where two wheels are actually going the opposite direction....

    Please tell me if this is a feature of the car you are driving, or because of how you are driving it.

    Of course the wheels on either side spin at different speeds while turning, but I've never seen a car where they are going in the opposite direction while turning (under normal driving conditions, and not mud/ice/snow/pedestrians).

  18. Re:Uh huh on "Frickin' Fantastic" Launch of NASA's Ares I-X Rocket · · Score: 3, Funny

    Another hitch, only reported on Fox, was that after it landed in the ocean the booster section was captured by Somali pirates and is currently being held for ransom...

  19. Re:Vishing? on Asterisk Vishing Attacks "Endemic" · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's next, we're going to call telemarketers "vammers"? And we'll call phreakers "vackers"?

    How about varmints and pharmints?

    Telemarketers don't deserve a new word, especially when an existing one fits so well. Phreakers at least are exhibiting some level of skill, even if it is in a somewhat antisocial manner (so I assume, at least).

  20. I could put out the fire... on Laptop Fires On Airplanes · · Score: 1

    ...if only I still had my bottle of water.

    I'm just waiting for the inevitable final step to the airport security process- after you put your shoes back on, the agent smacks you in the head with a bat. You wake up (hopefully) at your destination airport (hopefully). Your luggage has already been abused, and all that remains is to get in line to fill out claim forms for your missing property (bonus points to agents who leave a list of what they took to help you fill out the forms). Surely something like this can not be too far off...

  21. Re:Just Say No to publci transport on Lost Northwest Pilots Were Trying Out New Software · · Score: 1

    ...but if it's within 1-2 day's drive (Example Oklahoma City to Baltimore)...

    Having been to Baltimore, this sure sounds like hours of boredom followed with moments of sheer terror to me...

  22. Re:Boinc Applications... on Asus Releases Desktop-Sized Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    As a fellow SETI participant, I also have to appreciate how much faster this would allow us to not find evidence of alien life. Maybe I would use a few hundred cores for one of the other BOINC projects too...

  23. Re:So hard to plan... on "2012" a Miscalculation; Actual Calendar Ends 2220 · · Score: 1

    If someone were to blow off their kids 529 plans due to the Mayan calendar, I'm guessing lack of funds won't be the kids biggest obstacle to getting into college...

  24. Re:My bootloader is on USB on Of Encrypted Hard Drives and "Evil Maids" · · Score: 1

    Didn't that all already happen at the Yahoo convention in Taiwan?

  25. Missing an opportunity for synergy... on Colorado Newspaper Looking for Marijuana Reviewer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They should also make this person the restaurant critic!