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  1. Re:These people are ... on Brits Ready Crops For Global Warming · · Score: 1

    I think there's something called "wheat" and "corn" found in hot parts of North America that just might be edible. If need be, there's also "rice" and "date palms".
    Didn't the Brits have to switch from wine to barley beverages when their climate cooled several hundred years ago?

  2. the the scoop scoop on MacWorld MacBook Only a Prototype? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mahju's unoffical is the the story story. And 98% of /. stories still contain errors.

  3. Figure it out, kiddies on Cringely on Domestic Eavesdropping · · Score: 1
    One of these things is not like the other:
    • "domestic"
    • "trans-Atlantic"
  4. Re:Yeah, great, guess what on Cringely on Domestic Eavesdropping · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Pardon my ignorance, but where, precisely, does the Constitution give the President the authority to override the Bill of Rights?

    The Bill of Rights applies to activities within the USA, it does not apply to your international phone calls. Your home in the USA is protected by U.S. laws, but your home in France is not. Your international phone calls may be intercepted by the NSA, while your phone call to the corner store may not be...unless the phone company routes it through Canada or a satellite.

  5. Shields Up! on NASA Overjoyed at Catch From Stardust · · Score: 1

    The bad news is that there's a lot more big particles wandering around out there than they thought. Space is big. Really, really big. But you still don't want to hit something.

  6. What's Microsoft got do do with it? on When Should You Stop Support for Software? · · Score: 1

    Do you care whether Microsoft still supports something? Don't you really care whether your customers need access to your business? You decide which potential customers will not be able to use your services or business.

  7. Re:Who gets the money?? on Slashback: GPLv3, Firefly, iTunes · · Score: 1

    I said nothing about "Star Trek:Enterprise". I was being silly over a period of decades.

  8. Re:Who gets the money?? on Slashback: GPLv3, Firefly, iTunes · · Score: 3, Funny
    Star Trek - they could use the money too.

    Yeah, I hear that was a good show. Too bad it got canceled. Maybe we should write to Paramount or something.

  9. Re:Maybe... But we can fix that... on Earth's Copper Supply Inadequate For Development? · · Score: 1
    To paraphrase "The Graduate": "One word: Asteroids"

    Yes, one metallic asteroid has more heavy metals than we can mine from the Earth's crust. If you really want oil, get a carbonaceous asteroid and process it; but you'll get more energy from the fissionables in a metallic asteroid.

  10. Re:I want the silver eyes... on Nanobatteries Power Artificial Eyes · · Score: 1
    I'm going to the theater and doing an eye-upload to the net! Come on, I know they're low, but how they prosecute a guy with a legitimate, medical prosthesis?

    Don't be silly. With the legitimate models you can't watch a movie, so you can't upload with them.

  11. Re:I want the silver eyes... on Nanobatteries Power Artificial Eyes · · Score: 1

    The guy in the van won't be a problem. These eyes are silver because of the aluminum foil which protects against the guy in the van.

  12. I want the silver eyes... on Nanobatteries Power Artificial Eyes · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... with Picture-in-Picture.

  13. Re:ummm... on RFID Cookware · · Score: 2, Interesting
    No, if the food comes with a cooking-chip then the stove should cook it and turn off the heat when it is done. Other than choosing food which does not say "stir often" you'll just have to keep the volume of your speakers turned down low enough so you can hear the stove beeping when it is done. Making a stovetop stirring robot is left as an exercise for the reader.

    I need an RFID-active oven or a pan on which a pizza can fit. And a pizza chip which knows how to tell the stovetop or the oven how to cook it.

  14. Re:Birds of Prey or Carrion Birds? on Ancestors of Homo Sapiens Hunted by Birds · · Score: 2, Insightful
    If we're going to use logic, then don't bury humans because it teaches worms to attack us.

    The obvious way to ensure that eagles don't benefit from a dead human lying around is to eat it first.
    "It" being either the eagles or the body.

  15. The Bad News on New Way to Stimulate Brain to Release Antioxidants · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, the brain is induced to that state using Oxygen.
    The Oxygen Channel.

  16. Re:So wait... on Crank Blogging, Like Phone Calling, Now Illegal · · Score: 2, Funny
    Wait, you mean those aren't my girlfriends?

    Actually, they are. They seem oddly unsatisfied.

  17. Simple, really... on Computers That Feel our Mood · · Score: 2, Funny

    "If the screen is blue, so are you."

  18. Re:rest of the article on Cash Pours in for Student with $1 Million Web Idea · · Score: 2, Funny
    I own an acre on the moon.

    I'll pay you $1 for it if you can change it to be a specific color.

  19. Re:Old news on Bluetooth SIG Attacks Linux Bluetooth List · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...and if it is a dupe, we can post it again in a few hours.

  20. Re:I'm so torn on Careful Where You Put That Tree · · Score: 2, Funny
    1. Trees in northern latitudes cause warming.
    2. Soot and haze cause cooling.
    3. Burning trees causes soot and haze.
    4. Burn the forest, save the Earth.

    This message brought to you by the Prairie Restoration Force.

  21. Re:Once again... on Careful Where You Put That Tree · · Score: 1

    There is oceanfront property until the entire continent is submerged.
    Actually, at that point the whole continent is oceanfront property, it's just that the front is "up".

  22. Re:Uhhh... on Careful Where You Put That Tree · · Score: 1

    Burn the forest! Save the Earth!

  23. Re:We Can Only Hope on Wikipedia Semi-Protection Begins · · Score: 1

    Wikipedia's standards have sunk low enough that in a farce I've been forbidden from adding citations. I was punished for reporting violations and following official Wikipedia policy "Wikipedia:Verifiability". So much for fact checking being important.

  24. Re:I'm shocked, shocked on Archimedes Death Ray in San Francisco · · Score: 1

    The time of year may be more relevant than air pollution. Try again when the sun is high in the sky. Or get 3000 Greeks. (~~~~>

  25. Re:Perhaps... on Mars Polar Lander Lost Again · · Score: 1

    It's not on eBay. Yet.