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  1. Re:EPA's only authority comes from the President on White House Refused To Open Unwelcome EPA E-Mail · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Congress created the Clean Air Act.
    The executive branch must abide by and enforce the law.
    The EPA is the executive agency empowered to enforce that particular law.
    The President can't just choose to ignore the law.

    I'd say that "there" is definitely there.

  2. Re:A more darwinist approach on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 1

    I think you just described Cube Zero
    And yes, the fat guy bites it hard early on.

  3. Re:News flash on Android Phones Delayed · · Score: 1, Funny

    I can still write code for 64-bit Vista that's binary compatible with NT 3.0.

    Hello world! :-)

  4. Re:Thank you on Return of the '70s Microsoft Weirdos · · Score: 1

    Or DavrOS. Obey! Obey!
    hmmmm... maybe that's too reminiscent of Vista.

  5. Re:Perhaps it's time for on ISPs Experimenting With New P2P Controls · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A more realistic car analogy:
    It's a bit like an average person having a fast car.
    They drive it to work, school, shopping, and entertainment.
    Most of the time it is unused, but when they are using it the extra speed is useful.

  6. Re:Politicians will vote for the law on New FISA Bill Would Grant Telcoms Immunity; Vote Is Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Yes, Nixon resigned. He was also pardoned by Ford for his role in Watergate.

    Side note: I forgot to put quotes around 'Ford pardoned Nixon' which was quoted from the parent post.

  7. Re:Politicians will vote for the law on New FISA Bill Would Grant Telcoms Immunity; Vote Is Tomorrow · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ford pardoned Nixon.

    During the last 7 and 1/2 years, the mention of Nixon has really lost its impact.
    Only Bush 2 could make Nixon look like a saintly statesman.

  8. A long time ago in China... on Oldest Computer Music Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Someone jamming out with an abacus solo.
    (later an inspiration for John Bonham)

  9. Re:Cue the Bush bashing on White House Wins Ruling On E-mail Records · · Score: 1

    They are politicians, what do you expect?

    Free cheese, baby!
    Oh, wait. I make too much to qualify for a 'stimulus' check.

  10. Re:lead free solder on Tin Whiskers — Fact Or Fiction? · · Score: 4, Informative

    This makes it a bitch to visually detect bad solder joints also. Not only are they dimpled/mottled, the solder does not wick up onto leads like tin/lead. The leads just sort of mush down into the solder paste. Maybe this is less of a problem with the newer leadless packages, but for older SOIC packages it makes visual detection of defects more difficult.

  11. Re:Overreactions on Geohashing Meets an Angry Rancher With Firearms · · Score: 1

    *snerk*
    I now have a mental image of comic book guy pointing a calculator:
    "Behold the power of mathematics!"

  12. Compatibility? on Denon's $499 Ethernet Cable · · Score: 2, Funny

    The PDF user's manual does not specify if works with my 1975 Sears all-in-one turntable, tuner and 8-track console.
    You can't find that kind of fidelity anymore, at any price.

  13. Laptop Backup Drives on What To Do With a Hundred Hard Drives? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    These sizes are still useful for putting in external USB enclosures and using as a laptop backup drive (with something like Ghost).

  14. Re:Hooray on NASA's Phoenix Finally Fills Oven · · Score: 1

    But I still bet the Phoenix can't make smores.

    It could but it would require 1mm graham crackers and marshmallows.

  15. Re:What were they thinking? on NASA's Phoenix Finally Fills Oven · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 mm diameter particles are tiny.

    For the common man who needs a frame of reference: This is the same length as the distance between the solder balls of many BGA IC packages.

  16. Re:DPS on AoC Bug Penalizes Female Characters? · · Score: 1

    A shiny new badge like in Call of Duty 4.
    My friend said "Give up my cool weapons for a badge? No way!".
    Me: "but it's so precious and shiny..."

  17. Re:Pointless and stupid on 35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush · · Score: 1

    Pelosi is avoiding a vote that she feels will fail (with the current congress) because of republican obstruction to a true investigation. If that obstruction were removed the vote would move forward. Hopefully there are people informed enough to recognize this and act on it come November.

  18. Re:Pointless and stupid on 35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush · · Score: 1

    What's the point?

    Demonstrating to citizens that *someone* in government recognizes even the president must obey the law and that the only thing preventing a true accounting is the remaining republicans in office.

  19. Re:Keep it up and it won't be a "theory" on Bacteria Make Major Evolutionary Shift In the Lab · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or: "It may be a theory, but your religion isn't even that."

  20. Re:phones on Relics of Science History For Sale At Christie's · · Score: 1

    It was "12".

    Almost as cool as /. UID 12.
    I think that belongs to Tycho Brahe... første indlæg!

  21. Re:What's a U5? on Canadian Gov't Victim of Cyberattacks · · Score: 1

    Countries must be dingo free to be included.
    Either that or someone is simply mixing up Australia and New Zealand.

  22. Re:Fuck George Lucas on LucasArts Layoffs Spark Many Rumors, Including KOTOR 3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The triple bladed light-saber gives a closer shave.

  23. Pay Attention to Low Tech Fraud on How To Spot E-Vote Tampering? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Your post's enumeration of duties seems the best place to focus your efforts. Checking IDs and sign in sheets, preventing voter intimidation, and generally keeping a lid on procedure seems more important than being distracted by the possibility of a subtle electronic scam. Electronic fraud would most likely have been done to the machines before you get to see them and would be undetectable if done right. If done wrong, it will probably just look like a broken machine.

  24. Re:tools on Have Mathematics Exams Become Easier? · · Score: 1

    ...in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s kids got a slide rule, protractor, compass, and graphing pad.

    I went to school in the 70s and 80s (in Texas) and nobody got a slide rule. It would have been cool if they did, but my only exposure was my engineer father's slide rule. Where did you go that you had such luxury? ;-)

  25. Re:First post! on Have Mathematics Exams Become Easier? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't bruise his self esteem you brute.
    Here on /. in the 21st century, every post is first post.