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  1. There should be a Holiday to remember them on Today Marks 50th Anniversary of Fatal Apollo 1 Disaster (nasaspaceflight.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The 1st Monday after 28th January should be designated as "astronauts day" to remember the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia
    (and any future fatalities we may have in our exploration of space.

  2. Use it to power our cellphones?

  3. Even numbered versions or odd numbered versions that are good for FireFox

    I know one thing you can count on is that a new version will change the UI just to be annoying
    oh, and break all the add-ons

    One of these days I 'll switdh to just using SeaMonky

  4. What border? on Australia Plans Biometric Border Control (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Australia is the worlds largest island - it doesn't have a border

  5. No Take offs? on 'IT Issue' Grounded All United Airlines Flights In The US (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well at least thats better than no landings

  6. Did you know on Microsoft Plans To Add an Ebook Store To Windows 10 (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    that there is a Kindle for PC that lets you read wBooks purchased from Amazon

    or soesn't it work on Win 10

    BTW I can also read books from the Kindle store on my phone and Fire Tablets

  7. An antimatter Lithium battery would store a huge ampint of energy

  8. Uranium-lead dating on Scientists Calculate the Moon To Be 4.51 Billion Years Old (go.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Trump wants to make gay marriage illegal, I expect he will make Uranium-lead dating illegal too.

  9. What if you don't have Chrome installed?

    Say has anybody used the Foxit reader? How compatible is it?

  10. But if you live somewhere else on Comcast Remains America's Most-Hated Company, Survey Finds (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    you don't have to deal with them

    I have Charter as the cable/phone/ISP

    My vote for most hated company goes to Microsoft

  11. If its visible here in 2022 on Scientists Predict Star Collision Visible To The Naked Eye In 2022 (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    then it must have already happened

  12. I have altered the deal
    pray I don't alter it any further

  13. Didn't they get the memo? "Affordable" is a banned word nowdays

    It has to be repealed.

  14. Forever? on Zuckerberg Could Run Facebook While Serving in Government Forever (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is he an immortal? A vampire? a Howard?

  15. before the sea level rise reaches Wisconsin

  16. Re:These all sound like walled garden items on Amazon's Digital Day is Like Cyber Monday But For Downloads (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon music store sells .MP# files
    you can play them on just about any digital music player, or burn them to CD from your PC

    I read amazon eBooks on my phone, as well as the Kindle

  17. JOURNALISM on Chinese Rocket Fails To Put Two Satellites Into Correct Orbits (spaceflightnow.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    "flying in egg-shaped orbits "

    Maybe you mean elliptical orbits.
    You can't get an egg shape (one end wider than the other) without coniuing to use thrust

  18. How exactly does it deliver the package
    Does it have an onboard robot to carry it to your front door?

  19. Re:What the hell is a "Pixel"? on Some Pixels Have Problems (techtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Thats what I thought when I read the headline too

    Then I thought about "The Cat that Walks through walls"

  20. Re:Yeah ok on GamerGate Critic Brianna Wu To Run For Congress (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    "Anything ending in gate is rarely worth reading."

    StarGate was OK

    Anyway if she is answering questions, the first would be
    "are you related to Lois Wu?"

  21. wireless charging is a waste ofenergy
    how long does it take to plug something in

    And wasting energy is particularly bad when we have climate deniers in charge of the govt

  22. Thats great on Human Zika Antibodies Prevent Infection in Mice (voanews.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Its about time we did something for the mice
    after all we've been using them for a couple of centuriesMaybe they will buy us a new planet if the old one gets destroyed by Vogons

  23. The chinese also stole an r from the keadline

  24. I keep expecting on Ashley Madison To Pay $1.6M Settlement Related To Data Breach (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Ashley Madison to be nominated to Trump's cabinet

  25. I don't suppose anybody remembers Peter Tuddenham, as the computer of the Liberator