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  1. Re:Because of the geology on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    There was an earthquake in Colorado last night:

    link

  2. Re:Why have any racial indicators? on American Grant Writing: Race Matters · · Score: 1

    I don't know who is black, but I have a pretty good guess as to which one is Green.

  3. Re:Just throw darts on New Twitter-Based Hedge Fund Beats the Stock Market · · Score: 1

    Even a thousand monkeys throwing typewriters are a dartboard are right twice a day.

  4. Expiration on USPTO Issues 8,000,000th Patent · · Score: 1

    Am I correct in estimating that approximately 60% of these have expired and are now in the public domain?

  5. Re:I can't wait... on Mussels With Hydrogen Fuel Cells Found · · Score: 1

    If it's a green mussel car, no one will call you shellfish and accuse you of having a shrimpy cockle.

  6. Re:Account verification on Google's 'ID Validation' Is a Joke, But Not Funny · · Score: 1

    You can keep the ID cards, but would you care to swap governments?

  7. Re:Learning to read? on The Biggest Dangers to Your Fiber · · Score: 1

    >> sent out their own techs instead of a contractor, and buried it eighteen inches or so

    So, he fixed the cable?

  8. Re:Reports say it's crustacean eggs. on Orange Goo Invades Alaskan Village · · Score: 1

    >> Completely natural, explainable things happen all over the globe every day

    I hear orange goo has invaded New Jersey beaches for several years now.

  9. Sounds familliar on The Fate of the First Known Black Hole · · Score: 2, Funny

    >> that result has inspired a forecast for the system's future: The black hole will swallow even more mass from an unfortunate star circling it

    So basically, they're modeling based on our economy?

  10. OMG on Sony Wins 'Epic Fail' Honors At Pwnie Awards · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pwnies!!!

  11. Re:No One on Limits On Growth of Energy Use and Economies · · Score: 1

    >> volume of human flesh

    Well, somebody around here must be getting laid!

    Or fat.

  12. Re:UFO? on Mysterious Object Found In Seabed · · Score: 1

    Un Floating Object, obviously.

  13. Re:Not useless on Archaeologist May Have Found the First Protractor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I couldn't follow the arc of his somewhat obtuse argument, but the poster seems pretty rad and probably has a few advanced degrees.

  14. Re:Hmmm on Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day · · Score: 1

    >> when the computers act up

    It's amazing how this always happens on Friday at 3:30.

  15. Re:Silly McCain... on McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing · · Score: 1

    It's not a metaphor; Michelle Bachmann really does have hairy feet.

  16. Re:Where to deorbit on Space Station To Be Deorbited After 2020 · · Score: 1

    You could store it in my brother-in-law's front yard. There's room behind his collection of washing machines, next to the front half of a 1970's Chevy.

  17. Re:"Twice the hieght of the Empire State" on Massive Solar Tower Planned For Arizona · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, but Washington has more hot air to power this thing than Arizona does.

  18. Re:No on Do Two-Screen Laptops Make Sense? · · Score: 1

    I think they should make a dual screen tablet - one screen on each side.

  19. Re:It's their own fault. on Borders Books, Dead At 40 · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes, but apart from price, selection, reviews, free shipping, no sales tax, improved credit card "rewards", downloadable product manuals before you buy, easy returns, and a lack of snobby sales staff... apart from all that, what have the Romans ever done for us?

  20. Badges? on Google Launches News Badges · · Score: 5, Funny

    We don't need no stinkin' badges.

  21. Re:Svlabard has a 5 TB cable? on Undersea Cable Map Shows Where The Data Pipes Are · · Score: 5, Funny

    Up there? That's the department for keeping track of who's been naughty, and who's been nice.

  22. I haven't read it in years and years... on Undersea Cable Map Shows Where The Data Pipes Are · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...but I recall Neal Stephenson's article on undersea cables was very interesting.

  23. Re:Reflexive /. Gates bashing in 3...2... on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 2

    >> It should read "Bill Gates looks to give money to people to invent a new toilet".

    or

    "Bill Gates Puts Money Into Toilet"

  24. The police department on Law Enforcement Wants To Try 'Predictive Policing' · · Score: 1

    I predict a few crimes will be committed in the police department.

  25. Re:One big reason it will not work on IBM Watson To Replace Salespeople and Cold-Callers · · Score: 2

    Plus, lets just say I'm the head of a large government agency, and I'm going to spend a few billion dollars on a large consulting contract. Who am I going to buy from, IBM, who has Watson, who can answer all my questions? Or some other company, who has an actual salesman, who can buy me a lapdance and a couple of scotches?