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  1. Stuff your head with wisdom.. on What Can I Expect As an IT Intern? · · Score: 1

    Ask about retired engineers at the company. Look them up and ask about who to avoid. A negative relationship can poison an otherwise ideal place of work. Try to look at all available procedures including hazmat warning sheets. Fire drills should also be a part of the workplace.

  2. Re:(s)he on Environmental Chemicals Are Feminizing Boys · · Score: 1

    You've never seen the animal makeup testing labs. The main problem is a lack of comprehensive understanding of hazards before mass production of all consumer goods. The ALAR scare, food additive formaldehyde used in cows milk to prevent spoilage, Sodium Benzoate that breaks down into deadly Benzene, and countless inventions containing lead and or arsenic that you use every day.

  3. Don't be evil. Be swift and speedy. on HTTP Intermediary Layer From Google Could Dramatically Speed Up the Web · · Score: 1

    Then the customers will empty their wallets twice as fast!

  4. Re:Physical Punishment on China Bans Physical Punishment For Net Addicts · · Score: 2, Funny

    Say goodbye to the internet BD/SM crowd in China.

  5. Sigh.. on Could GPS Keep Tabs On Your Pets? · · Score: 1

    Timmy fell down the well again.

  6. Re:Bloons on Find DARPA's Balloons, Win $40K · · Score: 1

    Bursting clouds isn't as much fun.

  7. Re:Hmmm - strategies and counter-strategies. on Find DARPA's Balloons, Win $40K · · Score: 1

    they are stuck between your bed sheets and are on their way to the floor.

  8. Men who stare at goats. Jedi warrior training... on Find DARPA's Balloons, Win $40K · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I thought that the mind / clairvoyance study had been axed. I see they are reviving it.
    http://movies.apple.com/movies/overture/themenwhostareatgoats/themenwhostareatgoats-clip1_480p.mov

  9. Re:What a headline on Evolution's Path May Lead To Shorter, Heavier Women · · Score: 1

    You'd think that they might mention what women's selections do to men over generations. Just look at what peahens did to the peacock. Does this mean that our tolerance for ozone and emf radiation won't be passed on in favor of the size of Patrick Warburton's chin. We're doomed as a species. He gave up marine biology to pursue a modeling career. He still wound up wearing a rubber suit though. http://xrayvision.today.com/files/2009/04/patrick-warburton-the-tick.jpg

  10. Re:Use Coconut Shells? on Thermonuclear Reactor To Use Coconut Shells · · Score: 1

    So that's where the Professor went to when he got off the Island. I'd always wondered.

  11. Re:What a Troll! on Microsoft Freeloading In Washington State Courts · · Score: 1

    Windfall. I guess the roads will get repaired this year.

  12. Re:Why the need to 'discover' the elements? on Element 114 Verified · · Score: 1

    In theory wouldn't anti-helium be more stable than anti-hydrogen. It being a noble anti-gas and all that.

  13. Re:Cue the puns... on Maldives Government Holds Undersea Cabinet Meeting · · Score: 1

    Grow some gills and stop complaining. Environmental pressure is the best thing for development of new systems. Perhaps Aquaculture will save the Maldives from starvation. Just to be sure, make sure that a pressure dome covers the entire island. Civ Centauri reference

  14. Re:Official name for it on Facial Bones Grown From Fat-Derived Stem Cells · · Score: 0, Troll

    If it comes from our own spread? Why the long face?

  15. Re:I know where it can go.. on Google Street View Wants You to Direct New Tricycle Imager · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The idea I had was to install it on all garbage trucks. The garbage truck goes down the street twice the images would mainly be early morning shots with only light traffic.

  16. Re:If it's not in operation... on LHC Successfully Cools To 1.9K In Lead-Up To Restart · · Score: 1

    The super cooled helium is going to first cool the German dark beer then it will loop around to the light imported ales where it will finally cool the disco ball to 1.9 kelvin. Thus we will have the coolest party in the known universe.

  17. Re:the magic ingredient on Why Charles Stross Hates Star Trek · · Score: 1

    I keep expecting some lab to come up with warp drives, phasers, and reliable anti-matter. The paradox is that what we think will happen is often sidelined by thing we didn't predict. Such as Color TV, Digital Networks, Micro Transistors, Sim City, and other improbable tech. The biotech advances of the next fifty years might rival the resurrection sciences of BSG. Anyone remember Misfits of Science. Guess which FRIENDS star started on that turkey.

  18. Could someone tinker with his kit? on Rupert Murdoch Says Google Is Stealing His Content · · Score: 1

    He obviously has no grasp of the basics. Perhaps one of us here could modify his root to prevent all unauthorized content distribution. This reminds me of the time before translations of the bible became commonplace. The church wanted only LATIN skilled clergy to read the bible. Even though the content creation was Jewish and was often mistranslated from ancient Hebrew. Sea of reeds separated by Mose's Cane OR red sea separated by a man with a stick. What's the difference? Walking on water, no problem! Curing cataracts telekinetically with mud in your eye, no problem! At some point the babel phenomenon starts and they can't tell a Cane from an Able.

  19. Re:ohhhhh... on Penny-Sized Nuclear Batteries Developed · · Score: 1

    Is that Plutonium in your pocket or are you happy to see me?

  20. Re:May I be the first to say on Ministry of Defense's "How To Stop Leaks" Document Is Leaked · · Score: 1

    First Rule about our secret club: "Nobody talks about the secret club."
    Second Rule "always lie consistently about the existence of the club."
    Third Rule put away that blackberry that you are twittering with!
    Fourth Rule... Oh never mind you've just revealed our secret organization to the whole world for fifteen minutes of fame haven't you.

  21. Re:Where was this class for me? on What Belongs In a High School Sci-Fi/Fantasy Lit Class? · · Score: 1

    I would rather they learned civics rather than study Vogon Poetry.

  22. Re:Their site... on Do Retailers Often Screen User Reviews? · · Score: 1

    The only way I have seen to identify the good from the bad is through websites related to solving problems that inevitably arise. I purchased a Viewsonic VX2433 display only after a month of deliberation and review. CNET http://www.cnet.com/ , Anandtech http://www.anandtech.com/ and Consumer Reports http://www.consumerreports.org/ The only way to really budget yourself is through sufficient research. In the end you usually get what you pay for. If you are looking for free stuff then check craigslist.

  23. Re:further proof evolution is false on Fossil Primate Ardipithecus Ramidus Described (Finally) · · Score: 1

    What I would like to know is why humans have thirty-six percent body fat.(or more) There is a possible explanation. We do know whether A. afarensis had webbing between the toes. They didn't. Fossil tracks through ash showed their gait and stride. What if humans evolved from aquatic apes that floated across rivers instead of climbing trees. There is evidence to support this theory. Chimps will climb a tree while a human gripped by fear of heights and fear of a predator will choose to run away. While felines and canines were primary threats we are still hard wired against air assaults from eagles. The place to look for remains of aquatic apes in Africa is at the bottom of existing waterways. Climates and rivers have shifted over millions of years. Perhaps the best place to look is the caves bordering the rivers. Existing mapping missions of ground penetrating radar can penetrate to thirty feet. If caves exist with artifacts (ancient fires & flints) the easiest way is to parse the data from an overflight. I certainly wouldn't mind Zahi Hawass receiving a complete map of the valley of the dead. Our international reputation has suffered over the past few presidencies. "Stratergy" Perhaps we can find uses for all of our military hardware to improve our understanding of the past to prevent us from making the same mistakes twice. To be fair here is a counter link http://www.indecisionforever.com/2009/10/01/jon-stewart-to-congressional-dems-youre-a-fing-idiot/

  24. Re:Graduate Record Exam on Computers To Mark English Essays · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Feed it real Shakespeare and watch it grade him an imbecile with poor grammar.

  25. Re:On the bright side... on Thieves Clear Out NJ Apple Store In 31 Seconds · · Score: 1

    Phone rings
    This is Apple Support how may I help you today.
    "My new laptop has a scratch on the screen."
    We can replace your screen if you take it back to the store that you bought it from. Along with your receipt.
    "What store?"

    This is how criminals get caught. The people they sell to can identify them. And Apple probably could brick all of them from an inventory of what was left in the store. Simple deductive reasoning.