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  1. Re:Uh, yeah, i'm going to have to ask you to stay on IT Night Shift Workers: Fat and Undersexed · · Score: 1

    Are you sure they determined the polarity of causality in this?

    No, but they did modulate the causality frequency. Unfortunately, that was insufficient to prevent night shift IT workers from wearing Borg costumes.

  2. Economy of Scales on IT Night Shift Workers: Fat and Undersexed · · Score: 2, Funny

    The fast food and inflatable doll industries extend sincere thanks to corpulent nocturnal IT workers across the globe.

  3. Re:interesting results on After a Decade, Mac Sales Again Top 10% · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't have expected this in a down economy, considering the mac's premium price. I'm a little surprised.

    Premium price = premium market. The people at the higher end of the income scale are doing pretty great about now while those below are getting crushed.

  4. Re:You are not looking at the NetFlix I am looking on Netflix Deflects Rage Over Price Increase · · Score: 1

    They just lost Babylon 5 about the time they added Star Trek. They have been losing a lot of content lately. I canceled before this latest price hike because a series I was watching disappeared when I was mid season. No warning, nothing. I had to find a torrent to finish. The torrent had better quality.

  5. Re:How is this not theft on Phone Customers Pay $2B Yearly In Bogus Fees · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is not theft because large corporations profit from it. At least that is the best explanation I can derive from observing the US justice system.

  6. Re:Kill the bill on Texas and Taxes: Is a Server a Business Presence? · · Score: 1

    Driving out hosting companies would help with local employment how?

  7. Risk and "Risk" on JPMorgan Rolls Out FPGA Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    Since they closed their proprietary trading operation, this will no longer be useful in evaluating bets against the "investments" they recommend to their customers. Is this really useful, or is it just another complicated black box they can show marks and say "this is too complicated for you to understand, so just trust us."?

  8. Can you hear it? on 30th Anniversary of Donkey Kong · · Score: 1

    Doo, doo, doo dee dee doo, doo, doo dee dee doo, doo...
    You hear that Mr. Mario? That is the sound of inevitability... It is the sound of your death...

  9. Spying on Apple customers? on Apple Store Artist Raided By Secret Service · · Score: 2, Funny

    How dare he? That's Steve's job. Blessed be the name of the Steve.

  10. Re:Stopping a crime is a great idea on Law Enforcement Wants To Try 'Predictive Policing' · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sixty percent chance of prostitution with scattered drug deals, so dress appropriately.

  11. Re:What next? Predictive arresting? on Law Enforcement Wants To Try 'Predictive Policing' · · Score: 1

    Scalia has some kooky views, but this is *not* something he would support.

  12. Re:White Room on Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches On Final Flight · · Score: 1

    space program has not only always been wrapped up in this "sentimental nonsense" - it would never have been possible without it.

    No space program without religion? The religious may not like it, but intellectual progress and morality does not require god. Because some who worked on the space program claimed to believe in a magical being does not mean the space program is not possible without magical beings.

  13. S3 Logo? on HTC To Buy S3 Graphics From VIA · · Score: 2

    Maybe a parrot pining for the fjords?

  14. Re:Can't forget Bill Gates didn't finish college on Bill Gates On Energy · · Score: 1

    No way. Let Rick Perry, the GOP and the Evangelical right decide it at "The Response" prayer meeting and campaign fund raiser this August 6th. All that ivory tower elitist knowledge only gets in the way. This PSA brought to you by the great state of Texas, yee haw!

  15. Re:Awesomeness on Using Old Linksys Routers to Control BBQ Smokers · · Score: 1

    For health reasons I use artificial avocado made from more bacon. The sandwich shop down the block from my house (noblepigaustin.com) use both crispy bacon and what they call "house bacon" which is a thick slab of smoked pork. Their namesake sandwich includes ham, pulled pork and bacon. Maybe this project will interest them in providing WiFi, so I can surf the web while eating bacon.

  16. Could be good, probably will suck on IBM Watson To Replace Salespeople and Cold-Callers · · Score: 1

    A well constructed domain specific support automaton would be more useful than the current crop of script drones *IF* they allow real data. Instead, you won't be allowed to hear about known problems, even if there is a fix available. Clueless execs would frown on divulging information that made the company look anything less than perfect. Maybe if you navigate the tier 2 computer long enough, you will be transferred to a tier 1 computer to be told to turn your product off an on again.

  17. Re:Newscorp isn't in the business of news on News Corp. Subsidiary Under Fire For Hacking Dead Girl's Voicemail · · Score: 1

    Murdoch may not have come up with the idea, but he sure has done well with the execution.

    Huzzah! I nominate both Ailes and Murdoch for the Joseph Goebbels award.

  18. Re:Typical... on US Army Spent $2.7 Billion On Crashing Computer · · Score: 1

    What happened to Rumsfeld promising...

    I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.
    -- Donald Rumsfeld (November 2002)

  19. Re:It's obvious. on It's Not a New Ballmer Microsoft Needs; It's a New Gates · · Score: 1, Funny

    Apple will fill the gap.

    iClippy in a black turtleneck: I see you're trying to maximize a window. I'm sorry Dave, I can't allow that as it's not the "Apple Way"

  20. Re:or maybe on First Thunderbolt Peripherals Arrive To Market · · Score: 2

    Given Apple's recent history with the limited acceptance of the very capable Firewire interconnect technology, MojoKid raises the possibility of limited acceptance of Apple's push of the very capable Thunderbolt interconnect technology. Sounds logical and sensible to me. You would have to be in the grip of a KoolAid enema psychosis to deny it is a possibility.

  21. Re:Another nail in the Coffin of the Hard Drive on IBM Creates Multi-Bit Phase Change Memory · · Score: 1

    Magic pixie bits. The challenge is capturing enough pixies to feed the industrial grinders.

  22. Re:Libs Don't Think Dynamically About Economics on Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As a general rule, I find that conservatives and libertarians tend to cultivate unrealistic views of people they disagree with so it's easier to dismiss their ideas without addressing them.

  23. Re:Eric Idle on Monty Python Members Reunite For Chapman Film · · Score: 1

    Eric: You see that house? That is where I was born. My mother said to me, "Eric, the world is a beautiful place, and you must spread joy and contentment everywhere you go". And so I became a comedian... Well, I know it is not a great philosophy but...

  24. Re:Oh for the love of ! on Groupon Deal of the Day: 300,000 Customer Accounts · · Score: 1, Funny

    More companies should follow the best practices of industry leaders like Microsoft.

  25. Avoid the sausage fest... on Using Facial Recognition To Find the Best Bar · · Score: 2

    ...and end up at a transvestite convention. Ah, technology!