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  1. Maybe the scope... on Magellan Telescope First Mega-Mirror Polished and Ready · · Score: 2

    .. can settle the dispute between these two guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn7-fVtT16k

  2. Re:Surely money has changed hands here on Facebook Patents Pokes-Per-Minute Limits · · Score: 1

    Facebook inventors don't tend to be short on cash and that's one of the weakest patents I've ever heard of.

    Sure money changed hands. Facebook paid lawyers, lawyers filed patent.
    The USPTO doesn't get paid off. They just rubber stamp things.

  3. I remember on Now That It's Here, Is There a Place For Windows RT? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I remember WindowsNT. What happened to WindowsOT, WindowsPT, and WindowsQT?

  4. Holy shit.. on The Most Detailed Images of Uranus' Atmosphere Ever · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love astronomy, but I literally read this on my phone whilst sitting on the toilet. I know the jokes are going to run rampant, so can we perhaps start an intelligent conversation about the utility and practicality of probing or mining the heavier elements below Uranus's hazy methane cloud? Oh wait...damn.

  5. Re:Signal isn't chaning, the noise floor is on Ask Slashdot: Why Does Wireless Gear Degrade Over Time? · · Score: 1

    Or if you turn (tune) your antanna wrong, don't use an SWR meter, you'll burn the finals out of your radio. I haven't heard CB speak in 20 years! Thanks!

  6. Re:Signal isn't chaning, the noise floor is on Ask Slashdot: Why Does Wireless Gear Degrade Over Time? · · Score: 2

    There is an easy test for this. Make a battery pack and test the router. Pure, rectification noise free DC on tap, right from a stack of C-Cells.

  7. Re:The word you're looking for is "Mech" on New HAL Exoskeleton: A Brain-Controlled Full Body Suit To Be Used In Fukushima · · Score: 1

    Now that song is stuck in my head. Screw you deek :P

  8. monopoly money on Vast Bulk of BitCoins Are Hoarded, Not Used · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have a warehouse full of Monopoly money,valued at $500 USD. I don't spend it either. No one will take it.

  9. Hey NASA on NASA Exploring $1.5 Million Unmanned Aircraft Competition · · Score: 1

    How about building a manned mission beyond LEO?

  10. I have a solution for them... on Iran Running Out of Physical Currency, Satellite Broadcasts Dropped in Europe · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's my new virtual currency called BLIT-Coin. It only draws currency on a screen. No printers needed.

  11. Re:My guess on FCC To Allow Cable Companies To Encrypt Over-the-Air Channels · · Score: 1

    Not just ClearQAM, ATSC is unencrypted digital, often with better quality (No reencoding, higher res, etc). Buy an antenna.

  12. wow on Amazon Considering Buying Texas Instrument's Chip Business · · Score: 1

    The way the line wrapped on my phone, I thought the headline read, "Amazon considering buying Texas.". Maybe I need a kindle so I can have longerlines on my screen.

  13. Re:Video feed? on Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic Skydive Attempt · · Score: 1

    The feed is broken because someone lost the keys to the sound stage that the moon landing was filmed on.

  14. its about power on The Surprising Truth About Internet Censorship In the Middle East · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If a certain ideological view point holds power over the masses, usually through fear, those in power will use it to their advantage. This is true whether it is a political, moral, or ethical idea.

  15. I go way back on The History of Lying With Images · · Score: 3, Funny

    I started with Adobe CD (Creative Daguerreotype) alpha 0.4
    The healing brush was a razor and skill. And jeez were gradient fills slow.

  16. Re:God bless the free market! on Seafood Raised on Animal Feces Approved for Consumers · · Score: 0
  17. why not on Book Review: Drush User's Guide · · Score: 1

    Help complete the incomplete community documentation and sell your book?

  18. think of the children! on Russian Officials Consider Ban On Wi-Fi Use For Kids · · Score: 1

    W-iFi it's iffy for kids.

  19. Re:Post bigotry here on US House Science Committee Member: Evolution Is a Lie From Hell · · Score: 3, Funny

    Standards are well accepted on the Internet...

    Tell me sir, what flavors of html and css your browser support? Which versions it supporys correctly? What addations to those standards ithas made for its own use?

  20. Re:Make it illegal on Hiring Smokers Banned In South Florida City · · Score: 1

    Good luck. I smoked for 20 years. Smoke free now for 2.5, it is well worth it, but hard as hell.

  21. Captain Obvious on Electric Car Environmental Impact: Power Source Matters · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We knew this. All it does is move the pollution. It may alleviate smog and guilty consciouses, but that's about all. The same is true of hydrogyen vehicles and how the fuel is produced. The answer is thorium reactors for electricity production and cracking water to hydrogeb, but we won't do it.

  22. Re:How sad on Curiosity Rover Makes First Foursquare Check-In On Another Planet · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's how sad, uneducated and blaze people have become.

    We are so on fire (blaze) we are not unimpressed or bored (blase).
    If you want to complain about the uneducated masses, at least use the correct words lest you be considered uneducated yourself.

  23. Multiple arms... on Linux 3.7 Kernel To Support Multiple ARM Platforms · · Score: 1

    If kernel 3.7 supports multiple arms, does this finally give me the codec to watch japanese tentacle porn?

  24. Curious on Giving Your Computer Interface the Finger · · Score: 2

    What happens when I wave my wang at it. Could have interesting uses in the pr0n industry.

  25. Re:Did it find out who killed JFK? on How Cosmological Supercomputers Evolve the Universe All Over Again · · Score: 1

    Pleased to meet you! Won't you guess my name?