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  1. Re:and at least hundreds of parameters? on The Mathematics of Obesity · · Score: 1

    In 1978 the mathematics of obesity were a bit simpler. We only used one equation and it went something like this: fatty, fatty 2 by 4, couldn't fit though the kitchen door. Often this computation was performed while exercising. Note that there were a lot fewer fat people in America back when the modeling was simpler.

  2. Re:creating 3D models of historical buildings on Modeling People and Places With Internet Photo Collections · · Score: 1

    >> Noah Snavely

    Wasn't that the villain in the last Harry Potter movie?

  3. Re:Stop using gate at the end of 'scandals' on Resumegate Continues At Yahoo: Thompson Out As CEO, Levinsohn In · · Score: 1

    >> Stop this hackneyed, lazy labeling of scandals now!

    I agree; we must end Scandalgate!

  4. Re:Somethings smells funny at Vint Cerf's place on Researcher Runs IP Network Over Xylophones · · Score: 1

    Sounds like my brother-in-law's hound dog.

  5. Re:Lord? on Chinese Physicists Achieve Quantum Teleportation Over 60 Miles · · Score: 2

    It's a new method for transmitting spam.

  6. Another way to look at it on Only 22% of California 8th Graders Pass National Science Test · · Score: 1

    >> Nationally, 31 percent of eighth-graders who were tested scored proficient or advanced

    May-b our kids is just to dang stoopid.

  7. In other news... on Mini Mammoth Once Roamed Crete · · Score: 1

    In other news, the date of the invention of the slider has just been pushed back 18,000 years.

  8. Re:Seems typical, actually. on Yahoo Board Director Patti Hart Stepping Down Over Thompson Scandal · · Score: 1

    >> the bulk of that loss going towards some golden parachute
    that Thompson likely has in his contract.

    If he lied on his resume, he won't be parachuting back to earth.

  9. No Problem on U.S. In Danger of Losing Earth-Observing Satellite Capability · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll just outsource it all to India and China.

  10. Re:incomeptent contracts != corruption on Low-Cost Indian Tablet Project Falls To Corruption · · Score: 1

    "$45 tablet? No sir, this is impossible. You told us $45 tabla. Now that we can arrange."

  11. Re:Why even? on Jury May Be Deadlocked In Oracle-Google Trial · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well if there were an odd number of jurors, and we made them fight to the death in a pit with improvised weapons, then the winner would be unanimous.

  12. Re:WTF on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    Tom's Whoreware? No, they've never taken a sweetener.

  13. Re:One should be proud *not* to have a CS degree on Yahoo CEO Wrongly Claimed To Have Degree In Computer Science · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> If you want to rise to the top

    The cream floats to the top...but so do dead fish.

  14. Re:Best avoided on Facebook To Go Public On Friday, May 18 · · Score: 2

    You don't have to be a shareholder. You can get their financials at the SEC's website.

  15. Drupal With Open Atrium on Book Review: Drupal Intranets With Open Atrium · · Score: 1

    >> Drupal With Open Atrium

    That's not going to work so well without Viagra.

  16. Re:Failed experiment? on Navy To Auction Stealth Ship · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> It wasn't developed in competition with anything.

    That's a testament to just how good the winning ship was.

  17. Re:Can people actually tell the difference? on Hobbit Film Underwhelms At 48 Frames Per Second · · Score: 1

    >> What proportion of the population can actually tell the difference between 24fps and 48fps?

    If the film takes 3 1/2 hours to watch and the actors move really slow, they're showing it at 24 fps.

  18. Re:So... on Gaming Clichés That Need To Die · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> Perhaps you would also like to have them hand-delivered to your house by Natalie Portman in a bikini?

    And tell her to bring beer.

  19. Re:Bloat on Apache OpenOffice Lagging Behind LibreOffice In Features · · Score: 1

    I use a pre-fork version of OO on a daily basis. The only thing keeping me from "upgrading" to LO is a (perhaps unjustified) fear of bloat.

  20. Re:Legal Liability? on Backdoor Found In Arcadyan-based Wi-Fi Routers · · Score: 1

    >> Are hardware and software companies going to be taken down by lawsuits over failed security?

    If you produce a worthless product, people won't buy it. That's what's going to take them down.

  21. Re:That's NC for you on North Carolina Threatens To Shut Down Nutrition Blogger · · Score: 1

    And apparently 14th in fat.

  22. Re:you can save a ton of $ on Technology Makes It Harder To Save Money · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two bits = a quarter
    There are four quarters in a dollar
    2*4*15=120

    120 bits of bandwidth

  23. Re:Multitalented on Berners-Lee: You've Got Our Data, Show Restraint · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Vice-President of the US and a Nobel Prize winner.

  24. Pessimist on Neal Stephenson Takes Blame For Innovation Failure · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> a "pessimist trying to turn himself into an optimist,"

    Yeah right, like that's gonna happen.

  25. Re:Read the card... on Zuckerberg Made Instagram Deal Alone · · Score: 2

    Not to go all Grammar Nazi on you, but I'm pretty sure you capitalize "Bitch", if it's a title on a business card.