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  1. One Step At A Time on Pack-Hunting Dinosaurs Found As Large As T-Rex · · Score: 1
    Mapusaurs perhaps could 'go in, strike, pull and see what to do next,'
    'Hey, this piece came off, what do I do with it next?'
    We need a PhD in Dinosaur Psychology here.
  2. Re:Easter Candy! Hooray! on The History of Easter Candy · · Score: 1
    I hear there's medications you can take for that kind of thing now.
    I think they're called sugar pills.
  3. Re:I wonder on Sculpture to Reflect Campus Wireless Traffic · · Score: 1

    It makes sounds? Now figure out the traffic patterns needed to make it talk.

  4. Re:e-sport? No. on Microsoft to Sponsor WCG · · Score: 1

    We better inform chess players that their competitions were never considered a sport.
    Their cheerleaders will be so disappointed.

  5. Emergency Games on Microsoft to Sponsor WCG · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least most of the contestants will be able to play Rock/Paper/Scissors if the Microsoft games aren't functional.

  6. Re:glasspane on Cheap, Small LED or LCD Touch Sensitive Screens? · · Score: 1
    some rubber bumpers on the screen frame might be good insurance.

    Rubber baby buggy bumpers?

  7. Re:THE LESS YOU KNOW! on Stone Age Dentists · · Score: 1
    "I was quite useful in small doses, and it was fatal in large doses."

    The possible meanings are dependent upon how old the author is. Is the author thousands of years old?

  8. Set It Free on X-37 Flies but Runs Off Runway · · Score: 1

    When they set it free, they said "Fly! Fly!".
    It didn't want to stop flying.

  9. Re:weird perspective for a conflict... and wrong! on Sun's Open Source DRM · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great Leader, you are so correct! Tell us more!

  10. Degradable on Unmanned Aerial Drones Coming Soon Above U.S. · · Score: 1

    Make the drones so they can be consumed by jet engines and let nature take its course.

  11. Thermometer Incompatible on Iceland To Drill Hole Into Volcano · · Score: 1
    'It was set for 380C; but it just melted.'

    Obviously the thermometer is not compatible with the volcano.
    Must be a volcano which uses Fahrenheit.

  12. Re:Not just work... on Continuous Partial Attention · · Score: 1

    Obviously you need to give her a new messaging tool. One which will cut off other means of communications until she is paying full attention to you. And you'll be able to sell it to marketers, who may be interested in acquiring the full attention of advertising consumers when the only thing the consumer can view is that single ad.

  13. Re:Hey, I live in the UK! on UK Parliament to be Made Redundant? · · Score: 1
    I live in the UK! How come nobody told me about this?

    Because of the Official Secrets Act?

  14. Re:Get Your Tin-Foil Hats... on Cicerobot, Your Next Museum Guide · · Score: 1

    Fortunately, when the humans are exterminated, there already is a robot able to support a museum of what humans were like.

  15. Small Sample on Cosmic Radiation Speeds up Aging in Space? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm all in favor of further study on a larger number of people who go at least as far as the Moon.

  16. Re:Thank you, open source community on Debugging Expert Wins ACM Dissertation Award · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're welcome.
    We will now debug your dissertation.

  17. Re:"No Micwosoft! No!"... on Microsoft Releases Atlas · · Score: 1

    You missed "It hasn't been released, they're still holding it prisoner!"

  18. Does everything! on World's First Completely Transparent IC · · Score: 2, Funny
    the technology might result in more efficient solar cells or improvements and LCD displays

    ...and fusion power within ten years.

  19. Re:PHB Response on Mars Rover Spirit Down a Wheel · · Score: 1

    It's also quite true. For some reason it was decided to supply additional money to keep the data flowing from the rovers. As with much comedy, making this funny was a matter of timing.

  20. Re:crap on SCOTUS To Hear Patentable Thought Case · · Score: 1

    The tag "patented" should be added because the summary contains a patented thought.

  21. Re:PHB Response on Mars Rover Spirit Down a Wheel · · Score: 2, Funny

    The cost of support operations for the rovers is way over budget.

  22. Re:Great... on Mars Rover Spirit Down a Wheel · · Score: 1
    "One... two... five!"

    "Profit!"

  23. Re:Tis but a scratch on Mars Rover Spirit Down a Wheel · · Score: 1

    And the fifth wheel seems unnecessary.

  24. Doesn't this already exist? on Halo Graphic Novel In the Works · · Score: 1

    Isn't Red vs Blue a Halo graphic novel?

  25. Other domain names need apply on Senators Renew Call for .XXX Domain · · Score: 1
    The bill suggests, but does not require, that .xxx serve as the domain name ending

    Because there is no obvious relationship between the number thirty and this type of material.