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  1. Re:Ummm... on Virginia Health Database Held For Ransom · · Score: 1

    Just a couple thoughts on the money thing. Perhaps the idea was never to collect ransom, but to sell the information on the black market where tracing isn't as much of an issue. You might nab this person by posing as a potential illegal buyer, or at least you could get a better deal on it than the $10 million up front. With this kind of access to this particular database, the easier way to make money would be to enter fake prescription data for addicts or dealers.

  2. Re:Watch out for chinese stem cells on "Miraculous" Stem Cell Progress Reported In China · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Say what you will about the Chinese, but we could still learn a thing or two from them. At least they have the guts to try this stuff.

  3. Re:It's the economy! on Hundreds of Black Holes Roam Loose In Milky Way · · Score: 1

    That sucks.

  4. Re:Ok? on Scientists Build World's Fastest Camera · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And what kind of storage do you need for a study that takes days or weeks?

  5. Re:Hmm, no... on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 1

    I always saw my sprinting shoes more as a way to attach spikes to my feet than anything else. They felt like socks and were about as light. Not much of a shoe.

  6. 10,000 years on Work Progresses On 10,000 Year Clock · · Score: 1

    This seems optimistic.

  7. Re:Hmmmmm on Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I'm writing code in a warehouse that ranges from 30F to 102F depending on the season. Plenty of people coming and going, sometimes on the fork lift. I'm right next to a garage door that opens frequently, the outside air and precipitation scattering my papers. But the worst part by far is Abba blaring from the next room over in a continuous loop all day.

  8. Re:The Review -- SPOILER ALERT! on Columnist Fired For Reviewing Pirated Movie · · Score: 1

    I really don't see anything here that suggests he actually watched this movie.

  9. Re:Obligatory Serious Answer on How Do I Make My Netbook More Manly? · · Score: 1

    Not so much 'wanted' as 'thought'. People misread things. They also fail math. Good thing the internet is here to keep everyone sharp.

  10. Re:Obligatory Serious Answer on How Do I Make My Netbook More Manly? · · Score: 0

    Instead of 2 or 3 going missing a year, he has had one "walk away" in the last 6.

    So no real change? Bummer.

  11. Re:nice... on Is That "Sexting" Pic Illegal? A Scientific Test · · Score: 1

    Nah, violence is an ordinary part of average, everyday life. Most people will never encounter sex.

  12. Re:Erm on Pirate Bay To Offer VPN For $7 a Month · · Score: 1

    This is like buying a 'gold delivery service' from Blackbeard.

  13. Re:they should not turn it on on Princeton Student Finds Bug In LHC Experiment · · Score: 1

    It is. Research is known to cause cancer in lab animals.

  14. Re:Track record? on Card-Sniffing Malware On Diebold ATMs · · Score: 1

    It's far more likely that in this case the benefit comes from simplicity in the hardware and software design

    This is true. Something like an ATM doesn't even need an OS but it makes it a lot easier to produce, not to mention redesign and upgrade.

  15. Re:stem cells on Brain Decline Begins At Age 27 · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, we have to rely on the 22-year-olds to pull this off for us.

  16. Re:WTF? on Latest World of Warcraft Expansion Blocked In China · · Score: 1

    Wait, so you can't die in the chinese version of the game?

  17. Correction on Cheap Scanners Can "Fingerprint" Paper · · Score: 3, Funny

    The researchers' paper on the finding is set to be presented at an IEEE security conference in Oakland, Calif., in May.

    After a high resolution scan, it turns out this is not the researchers' paper after all.

  18. Re:I can guarantee the sex of your next baby. on Use Your iPhone To Get Out of a Ticket · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you still owe me $45,000 for my 3 girls, punk!

  19. Re:And then,... on Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President of the US · · Score: 1

    Yeah, all my guns just disappeared from my house, too. It was really strange...

  20. Uhhh... on Shark Costume · · Score: 1

    Candygram?

  21. Re:bittorrent won't work for all of those shows on Time Warner Recommends Internet For Some Shows · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it was the sole reason for getting the Standard package instead of Basic. Guess I'll just save that $25/month now.

  22. Re:Summary is wrong. on Meteorite Destroys Warehouse In Auckland, NZ · · Score: 1

    It's not even that good. They saw what may have been a meteorite. And to be technical, it would have been a meteor when they saw it.

  23. Re:A solution to this... on Indiana Bans Driver's License Smiles, For Security · · Score: 1

    Or just wear their glasses like they always do, since their picture was taken without.

  24. Re:Uh-huh. on World's Oldest Marijuana Stash Found · · Score: 1

    They smoked it and got "relatively high"

  25. Re:I don't know on Virtual Peace Sim Game Based On America's Army · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, it's not. It's much, much worse.