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  1. Re:Interesting but WRONG conclusion. on Magnetic Wobbles Cause Hard Drive Failure · · Score: 1

    I sure as hell wouldn't call it a "hard disk success"

    A marketing drone would: "Now with free RNG feature!"

  2. Re:"hot" women on New X-Files Movie · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you want consistently "hot" women then try watching porn

    The truth really *is* out there.
    I just didn't expect to find it on Slashdot.

  3. Re:In other news, a team from.. on Möbius Strip Riddle Solved · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sweden just figured out the differential equations governing a noose.

    A Nøøse once bit my sister ... No realli!

  4. Re:Rabbits? on 1935 Meccano "Dam Busters" Computer Restored · · Score: 1

    Maybe the rabbits can be processed into some kind of biofuel or industrial lubricant?

  5. Re:Rabbits? on 1935 Meccano "Dam Busters" Computer Restored · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...scrape the rabbit carcases out of the wheel bays

    Is this the Australian equivalent of walking to school through the snow, uphill both ways?

  6. The Song Remains the Same on FBI Employees Face Criminal Probe Over Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    ...granted immunity from prosecution
    ...did not recall
    ...criminal

    *Sigh* Same old, same old for the US government.

  7. Better Luck Next Time on First Thing IT Managers Do In the Morning? · · Score: 1

    ...saying 'Read Slashdot' wouldn't be what he was looking for

    I'm sorry. The correct answer was indeed 'Reading Slashdot', yes 'Reading Slashdot.

    Now destitute and unemployed, Anon reader falls to his knees, choking on the fecal stench of his own loserdom.
    "Dear God! How has it come to this?"

  8. Re:I call BS on MS Moves R&D To Canada Due To Immigration Problem · · Score: 1

    Amen. The US auto industry response to poor design and crappy quality is to increase the advertising budget. The result is only a mystery to the auto execs.

  9. Re:Some want to see the demise of the mainframe? on The Mainframe Still Lives! · · Score: 1

    ...the last 40 years without a single hickup.

    Arrest warrant for heating engineer Archibald T[hic]Buttle.

  10. Re:breathe in UAC breathe out UAC on Bill Gates Drops To Number 2 · · Score: 1

    you had better press "allow" really quick...

    [click]

    UAC:Access to the allow button requires administrative privilege.
    Cancel or allow?

  11. Re:Yeah, and... on MacBooks to Feature iPhone's Multi-Touch? · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...powered by sunshine, float in mid-air, and cure cancer!

    Floating in mid-air would certainly look cool, so this should be a hit with the Mac crowd.

  12. Re:Failure is unpossible on Bigelow Aerospace Deploys Genesis 2 Space Module · · Score: 1

    Scorpions? Cockroaches? Ants?

    A good source of self replicating protein for long space voyages?
    ...and crunchy too!

  13. Re:If I lived abroad, on US Expands Airport Biometric Data Collection · · Score: 1

    With the dollar in free fall against other currencies the US is a great deal.
    Isn't that worth a wild ride on the DHS probulator?

  14. Re:"Points of entry"? on US Expands Airport Biometric Data Collection · · Score: 1

    If I remember correctly from the original Matrix movie,
    the belly button is an option.

    But in that case I guess the 'subject' lost another point of entry.

  15. Re:i love blade runner on Blade Runner at 25, Why the F/X Still Matter · · Score: 1

    Except for those god-awful '80s hairdos and makeup... Barf.

    Would you prefer the god-awful '60s hairdos from Space 1999? Projectile barf!

    Style is often cyclical, so just imagine those hairdos coming back in the year XXXX.

  16. Re:Define "soon" on Eta Carinae, Soon To Be a Local Supernova · · Score: 1

    ...blink of the eye to the universe.

    And humans are... eye crust?
    Bummer.

  17. Re:What do you do it. . . on Citizens Given Video Cameras To Monitor Police · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...failure to obey a lawful order = arrest/taser/mace

    Hopefully not in that order.

  18. Re:You, sir, are an ass. on The 10 "Inconvienient Truths" of File Sharing · · Score: 1

    ...drive to a store and buy a disc of a downloaded movie?

    How else are you going to buy the extended warranty and get expert technical advice?

  19. Re:it's in the summary FFS on Computers Outperform Humans at Recognizing Faces · · Score: 1

    ...the curves of the eye sockets

    The movie 'Hostel' demonstrated that this can be defeated with a blow torch.

  20. Re:Svelt Athletic people -- not big Ketchup market on Free Ads Can Be Really Expensive · · Score: 1

    That's who is guzzling down those giant Walmart-sized ketchup bottles.

    That's how a redneck makes a Bloody Mary.

  21. Re:It's not a compromise on Creationism Museum Opening in Kentucky · · Score: 1

    Any God that cares if you worshipped him doesn't deserve the position.

    As an auto-theist I assure you that worship is not what I seek.
    He who renders mod points unto me shall know eternal bliss.

  22. Re:Wrong on nearly every point on Best Presidential Candidate for Nerds? · · Score: 1

    give me liberty or give me death

    I prefer 'You can have my liberty when you pry it from my cold dead hands'.

  23. Re:That is easy on Big Releases Heat Up High-Def Format War · · Score: 1

    ...concerned with the greater detail turning some people off.

    True, nobody wants to see Stud and Barbie revealed in HD as Dick Cheney and Madeleine Albright. The smart producers will embrace this change and get ahead of the pack with CGI enhancements. Disruptive technology rocks another industry.

  24. Movie with this kind of speculation... on Modern Medicine Might Have Saved Lincoln · · Score: 1

    The Final Countdown (1980)
    Wouldn't it be cool if a modern aircraft carrier with fighter jets was available at Pearl Harbor?
    Then Kirk Douglas could beat those pesky Japanese!

  25. Re:Heathen on Has Cosmology Been Solved? · · Score: 5, Funny

    He rested on the 7th.

    Bill Lumbergh: Ahh, I'm going to have to go ahead and ask you to come in on Sunday, too...