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  1. Re:Not going to happen again any time soon on Apollo 11 Moon Landing Turns 45 · · Score: 2

    Immigants! I knew it was them. Even when it was the bears, I knew it was them.

  2. Re:Obviously on Can the Multiverse Be Tested Scientifically? · · Score: 1

    First you ask him to put pants on.

  3. Re:My favorite test on Can the Multiverse Be Tested Scientifically? · · Score: 1

    Seems no different to flipping a coin until you get heads. When you flip heads, stop.

    Not quite sure how it provide evidence of anything, though. Someone who flips 10 tails in a row either a) has found themselves in a 10-tail universe with a probability of 1/1024 or b) happens to have flipped 10 tails in a row in the one universe which exists, also with a probability of 1/1024.

  4. Re:String theory is not science on Can the Multiverse Be Tested Scientifically? · · Score: 1

    Math is a science.

  5. until a better way to correct that outcome is implemented

    Yes, if only there was a way to bring attention to words which are not correctly spelled. Perhaps they could be checked against a list of some kind, a "dictionary," if you will. This system could highlight said words so that someone could "edit" the mistake. One could even call these people "editors" and pay them money to do a half-decent job.

  6. Re:So Bullshit Can Be "Stragetic"? on $10 Million Lawsuit Against Wikipedia Editors "Stragetically" Withdrawn · · Score: 2

    It can be "strategic," but it can't be "stragetic" - which is how the how the headline is currently spelling it.

  7. Re:Really? on FTC To Trap Robocallers With Open Source Software · · Score: 2

    'Rachel From Cardholder Services,' was a large robocall scam the agency took out in 2012

    to dinner and a show. And she still didn't put out.

  8. Re:Someone tell him to slow down! on Heinz Zemanek Passes At 94 · · Score: 1

    Bah. Do they have Autobahns, etc.

  9. Re:Individuals are to be taxed too ... on New York State Proposes Sweeping Bitcoin Regulations · · Score: 1

    The government has -zero- jurisdiction digital bits

    You think your bank has a little box with your name on it and all your money inside in paper and coins?

  10. Someone tell him to slow down! on Heinz Zemanek Passes At 94 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Heinz Zemanek Passes At 94

    Do they Autobahns in Austria, then? Cos over here that kind of thing will get you a ticket.

  11. It's "May breeze," not "may breeze" on Heinz Zemanek Passes At 94 · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Mailüfterl" means "may breeze"

    No it doesn't - it means "May breeze," as in the month, not as in the possibility.

    Viennese may breeze

    Are people from Vienna particular aloof?

    A German wouldn't have made this mistake!

  12. Re:Ok, but the thing is ... on Cosmologists Show Negative Mass Could Exist In Our Universe · · Score: 1

    They are supposed to be opposites, and let's presume they cancel each other out ...

    Well, no, let's not - at least not without good reason.

    Positive mass and negative mass have oppositely-signed masses. Why would that mean they'd be opposite in all other ways?

    I'm no particle physicist, but negative mass seems to integrate very poorly into the system here.

    Or it could just be that, not being a particle physicist, integrating negative mass into "the system" could be beyond you. It's certainly beyond me, so I'm not even going to try.

    And presumably negative mass would have particles of some sort

    That's an awful lot of presumptions.

  13. Re:is "developing" news appropriate? on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: 1

    The site banner is "News for nerds, stuff that matters".

    Is it? Does it still say that anywhere? Not that your point doesn't stand.

  14. Obligatory Abstruse Goose on Biofeedback Games and The Placebo Effect · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of this.

  15. Ow, my ears! on Giant Crater Appears In Northern Siberia · · Score: 1

    As if the loud (and completely unnecessary)noise of the helicopter on the video wasn't enough, did you have to keep it on the slowed down part of the video so that it sounds like the belching roar of Satan himself?

  16. Obviously! on Selectively Reusing Bad Passwords Is Not a Bad Idea, Researchers Say · · Score: 0

    Selectively Reusing Bad Passwords Is Not a Bad Idea, Researchers Say

    It's the last thing hackers will expect!

  17. Re:Since when was Thor a title? on Marvel's New Thor Will Be a Woman · · Score: 1

    thor is the person wielding mjolnir and busting asses.

    Okay. So what's the name of the guy who will shortly have used to wield mjolnir and bust asses?

  18. Since when was Thor a title? on Marvel's New Thor Will Be a Woman · · Score: 1

    A brand new female character will take up the name Thor and continue the series. Jason Aaron, the series writer, said, "This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is THOR.

    Uh, yeah. Like when that other guy was Batman? But then he wasn't Bruce Wayne, was he?

  19. Re:Only sorry they got caught on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 1

    Their apology was sincere. They even offered to continue his service at a 'special rate'.

    Sounds to me like an admission that they're overcharging everyone else.

  20. Re:Hard to get excited. on Mozilla Doubles Down on JPEG Encoding with mozjpeg 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Luckily we don't care, because we're right.

  21. Re:Just buoyancy on Brazil Nut Effect Explains Mystery of the Boulder-Strewn Surfaces of Asteroids · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Normal" buoyancy is about less dense objects floating on top of a fluid. This (granular convection) is about larger objects rising to the top of smaller ones.

    As your golf ball example shows, the "floating" object can be denser than the "fluid," which would not be the case in "normal" buoyancy. And there's no upward force being exerted on the objects by the "fluid."

  22. Re:WTF on Led By Nest, 'Thread' Might Be Most Promising IoT Initiative Yet · · Score: 2

    You kiss your mother with that mouth?

  23. Dur on New Raspberry Pi Model B+ · · Score: 0

    There are now four USB ports which means you don't need a hub to work with a mouse, keyboard and WiFi dongle.

    Oh, good, thanks for that. I was having trouble imagining what "four" was, but now I know it's at least "three."

  24. Re:An absurd "crisis"! LOL on How To Fix The Shortage of K-5 Scholastic Chess Facilitators · · Score: 1

    I play chess because it increases my ability to organize my thoughts and...........it's fun.

    Took you a while to think of that last one though, eh? ;)

  25. Re:Math? on How Deep Does the Multiverse Go? · · Score: 1

    The universe is expanding like others said... but it's still an incorrect statement.

    The statement did say "observable universe."