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  1. Re:Eating the rats would be healthier on High Fructose Corn Syrup Causes Bigger Weight Gain In Rats · · Score: 1

    You get the prize for the most disgusting post today.

    Well done.

    I'll have a piece of tart without so much rat in it, please.

  2. Re:Bigger scam for 1-eyed viewers on The Movie Studios' Big 3D Scam · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's your Grandmother got to do with this? Oh, wait...

  3. Re:Near Anagram for Duracell on Energizer USB Battery Charger Software Infects PCs · · Score: 1

    I can't see what you did there.

  4. Re:Near Anagram for Duracell on Energizer USB Battery Charger Software Infects PCs · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd say that determining your fuel utilization is basic competency for driving a car

    So, how can I tell how many Joules my computer has used? Huh - and I thought computers were my forte...

  5. Re:Wow realistic? on NVIDIA Driver Update Causing Video Cards To Overheat In Games · · Score: 0

    Times up. Let's do this.

  6. Re:isn't the memorial already in the public domain on Court Rules Photo of Memorial Violates Copyright · · Score: 1

    Hardly the same thing, is it? They are retaining rights to the photos, surely.

    Unless you mean photos of the cake?

  7. Re:-1 flamebait on The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work · · Score: 1

    I guess you aren't a programmer, then, or you would have lamented "Son of a bitch"?

  8. Re:I'd expect this on IBM Claims Breakthrough Energy-Efficient Algorithm · · Score: 1

    > The only reason not-green .., etc.

    Well, the 'etc.' implies more than one, as is, indeed, the case.

    I'd submit that using energy up-front is easily overlooked; look at all the extra technology in a hybrid - did it cost nothing to research and does it cost nothing to manufacture? We are told that the net result is to save energy, but I've never seen a complete breakdown of the energy costs of producing hybrids. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, just that I haven't seen it, and I'd like to.

  9. Re:Oh, you kids these days, with your Intartubes on New Russian Botnet Tries To Kill Rivals · · Score: 1

    You'll soon have them fighting in wars.

  10. Re:Flawed on IE Flaw Gives Hackers Access To User Files · · Score: 1

    You quoted your parent, so I assume you read what you quoted.

    If you had read the next sentence, on the same line, you would have seen:

    >Has yet to decide whether to repair it? Hmmm... Ok, they're trying to decide when to.

    It would appear that your post is redundant, since you are simply repeating what was already said.

    There are plenty of legitimate reasons to criticise parents but not reading their statements doesn't help anybody.

  11. Re:regrets? on "Calvin and Hobbes" Creator Bill Watterson Looks Back With No Regrets · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've heard the same from John Cleese about Fawlty Towers and Ricky Gervais about The Office - limit the episodes (2 short series each) to tell the story, and then declare victory (Also, my grandfather about public speaking - stand up, speak up, shut up...)

    Or, you can be run by the corporations, and continue to turn out rehashes of stories and character traits as long as you can sell the advertising.
    How many episodes does the US The Office have now? It's in its sixth series... It doesn't have the same punch for me that the first episodes did.

  12. Re:Video Games? Really? on Prolonged Gaming Blamed For Rickets Rise · · Score: 1

    You ! Yes, you, behind the bike-sheds... Stand still, laddie !

  13. Re:What about live traffic updates on Nokia To Make GPS Navigation Free On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    You don't get the convenience of having so much in one small package at your fingertips whenever you want it? .. wow

    Not if it means my passenger can't navigate and have a phone conversation at the same time, no.

    It might be hard to see the screen while it's held up to their ear, no?

  14. Re:Retard. on Man Sues Neighbor For Not Turning Off His Wi-Fi · · Score: 4, Funny

    he only resonates at certain frequencies....

    No, it seems like a constant high-pitched whine to me...

  15. Re:Typical! on Comcast Pays Out $16M In P2P Throttling Suit · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our anonymous Misuse-of-I-For-One-Welcoming overlords.

  16. Re:African or European? on Aussie Scientists Find Coconut-Carrying Octopus · · Score: 1

    People called Greces they go to the house?

  17. Re:How is SQL involved? on SQL Injection Attack Claims 132,000+ · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. The GP is way off the mark.

  18. Re:dont overthink on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 1

    Good grief - the point is: plug it into your voltage adapter, which typically only have one outlet, after reading the warnings on the adapter about total wattage.

    Being stuck with one outlet with three low wattage needs is a pain (electric toothbrush, phone charger, night-light, for instance?)

    Oh, and don't stick your fingers in the sockets, or run with scissors.

  19. Re:Heathrow on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 1

    If you have more than one stop, do your best to fly on a single airline - that way, if/when there is a delay, there is some hope the airline will provide re-booking, accommodations, food vouchers, etc.

    Also, don't forget the ear-plugs to shut out the sounds of the air rushing over the air-frame, the child in the seat in front of you, or behind, noisy co-passengers, etc.

    On a long flight, try to keep your eyes closed as much as possible, since they will dry out and turn into sultanas, which would be more tasty than the airline food that you should also avoid looking at.

    One gin and tonic, then one glass of red wine with your meal is my recommended limit while flying.

    When wheels-down, the wearing of a hockey-mask, Obama mask, etc. for the reasons of anonymity from CCTV is not recommended.

  20. Re:The Good, the Bad, the Ugly... on 100,000 Californians To Be Gene Sequenced · · Score: 1

    You seem to be proposing moving large numbers of people from earth to some other planet, in order to save resources. How would moving large numbers of people save resources?

    If you are not proposing moving large numbers of people, then those of us left behind are still left with the same problem we have currently.

    So, sorry, I don't think you are addressing the problem.

  21. Re:Remember to keep the faith on Nationwide Shortage In Supply of Swine Flu Vaccine · · Score: 1

    Shoot, sounds like a fellow had a pretty good time in Vegas with all that stuff...

  22. Re:Do not want on Nationwide Shortage In Supply of Swine Flu Vaccine · · Score: 1

    There's a difference in seeking help because of a legitimate issue that absolutely NEEDS attention and blindly going to the doctor "just in-case"

    The latter is due to good planning and the former is due to lack of good planning? Is that the difference to which you were alluding?

  23. Re:Trusting in Microsoft's servers? Hah! on MS Says All Sidekick Data Recovered, But Damage Done · · Score: 1

    Yes, the "but a minority are still affected" was referring to a previous line talking about them getting all the data full restored.

    So, only somewhere between 1 and 499,999 users are still affected, then?

    Or is there racial profiling going on here, too?

  24. Re:Not defective by design on Apple Wants Patents For Crippling Cellphones · · Score: 1

    Though really, excessive executive compensation could probably pay 10% of the upgrade costs each year. That is certainly a significant figure.

    *citation needed.

  25. Re:For those SI unit addicts. on New Motorcycle World Speed Record, 367.382 mph · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I have no idea how loud it was at top speed.

    Eleven, I imagine.