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  1. Re:Texas doesn't need backup. on Water Main Break Floods Dallas Data Center · · Score: 1

    ...dire enemies must fight for power

    Would you rather they fight for power within the common political system, or with guns as separate countries? Besides, the divisions you talk about also exist within the states, even Texas.

    "Diversity" isn't bad, but there is no reason everyone should be forced to yield to everyone else when there are such profound differences in opinion, politics, and culture.

    When the laws are done right, everyone gets along because everyone is free to make their own choices. Against abortion? Fine, don't get one. Don't like violent video games? Fine, don't buy or play them. Don't like nudity or bad language on TV? Fine, don't watch those programs.

  2. Crimes on Facebook? on Australian Police Ask Facebook For Police Alarm Button · · Score: 1

    Is it Lord Humongous? Time to call Mel Gibson!

  3. Re:Standards and "Standards" on Apple's HTML5 and Standards Gallery Not Standard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple is Microsoft 2.0

    When they hit Microsoft 3.1, they will have finally achieved a usable level of evilness.

  4. Re:I hate patent lawsuits on Qualcomm Ships Dual-Core Snapdragon Chipsets · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm waiting for the C-3PO. It's fluent in over six million forms of communication.

  5. Re:Yeah, right. on Quantifying, and Dealing With, the Deepwater Spill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People are cruel, shallow, and small minded.

    All of us are some of the time.

    All a misanthrope needs to do is sit back with a beer and watch humanity destroy themselves with their shallowness and stupidity.

    Stupidity often burns me out too, but if we just sit back and do nothing we will run out of beer (and food, and clean air, etc.) and suffer greatly long before the end. So heave a sigh, shed a bitter tear, and roll up your sleeves for another tortuous round of cleanup and rebuild.

  6. Re:Maybe... on US Climate Satellite Capabilities In Jeopardy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Like oh... pick something.

    4 billion dollars in corn subsidies for large farming corporations in 2009.

  7. Re:I kinda like it on Mixed Reception To AT&T's New Data Pricing Scheme · · Score: 1

    Me too! Part of that is the slow speed of AT&T 3G, which makes anything other than email or simple browsing painfully slow. But I will be happy to save the $15/month with zero impact on my usage. Most of the heavy users I see posting on forums about this say they do stuff like continuously streaming audio all day, using their phone as a radio. Whatever floats your boat.

  8. Re:If you want to compare it to electricity.... on Mixed Reception To AT&T's New Data Pricing Scheme · · Score: 1

    Most electricity suppliers have a "connection fee" you pay before you use a single kilowatt. My supplier (Pedernales Electric Coop) has a particularly bad connection fee of $22 per month. Your point is partially valid though. A reasonable base fee (say $10/month) plus an appropriate per gigabyte usage fee (say $2 or $3/GB) would be great.

  9. Re:Why e-readers? on Jumbo Dual-Screen "Kno" Tablet Debuts At D8 · · Score: 1

    ...not be able to have 3-4 books open to 3-4 different sections each

    Just buy 3 of these beasts and lug 17 pounds of electronics in your backpack. That will require the optional portable nuclear reactor to power them, but then you will look cool like those Ghostbuster guys. "Egon, switch me on!"

  10. Re:I don't "get" Zappa on Frank Zappa's Influence On Linux and FOSS Development · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you don't enjoy his "weird" stuff, then check out his instrumental only albums like "Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar". Personally I like it all, but it can be an acquired taste.

  11. Econowitch on Econophysicists Develop and Test "Bubble Index" · · Score: 2, Funny

    Witches: Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
    Investor: Am I destined to be king?
    Witches: Meh. We give it 50/50.

  12. Re:Uh huh on Microsoft Talks Back To Google's Security Claims · · Score: 1

    ...idiotic corporate restrictions on email attachments

    Amen! I've started having emails silently dropped by customer's email systems for having links in the email to driver downloads requested by the customer! The customer is usually unaware of the changing rules on incoming emails, so I get to troubleshoot it for them when they complain about a lack of response. I now break up any URL into a base on one line and a file on another line, but who knows how long that will work. In conclusion, I close my rant with "kill all spammers".

  13. More Alcohol and Less Drinking? on The Race To Beer With 50% Alcohol By Volume · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I like beer. I like drinking beer. I like drinking a variety of beers. I don't like being falling down drunk. This race for higher alcohol content seems pointless and just limits the amount you can enjoy in one sitting.

  14. Patenting Math? on CSIRO Sues US Carriers Over Wi-Fi Patent · · Score: 2, Insightful

    CSIRO, which is also now targeting Lenovo, Sony and Acer in new cases, says mathematical equations in its patents form the basis of Wi-Fi technology...

  15. Re:So many years later on The Muppets' 1967 IBM Sales Films · · Score: 2, Funny

    IBM is still populated with muppets...

    Another of IBM's many interesting phenomena... (do dooo de doodoo!)

  16. Re:It's time. on Apple Blindsides More AppStore Developers · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steve Jobs wearing robes and holding stone iTablets with invisible commandments?

  17. What's the buzz... on Study Claims Cellphones Implicated In Bee Loss · · Score: 1

    ...tell me what's happening.
    Hang on, my iPhone is ringing.

  18. Re:For serious? on Pedestrian Follows Google Map, Gets Run Over, Sues · · Score: 5, Funny

    Breathe regularly to prevent asphyxiation.

    Now you tell me. -- David Carradine

  19. Re:NT with a CE compatibility layer on Asus Joins Tablet PC Race · · Score: 1

    Finally, Linux achieves parity with Windows!

  20. Re:Flambait: No punani burka lovin'? on Bangladesh Blocks Facebook Over Muhammad Cartoons · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...getting newer revisions and being called The Word of Some Desert God.

    Similar to Apple's development strategy.

  21. Re:Ghost of the time? on Students Show a Dramatic Drop In Empathy · · Score: 1

    ...people who would burglarize are the kind of no-empathy-having oxygen-thieves whose self-centered motivations cause all the misery in the world.

    I feel your pain :-)

  22. Re:President Obama on BP Knew of Deepwater Horizon Problems 11 Months Ago · · Score: 1

    Might makes right? Mob rule?
    "There's no justice, like angry mob justice."

  23. Strange Genius on What Scientists Really Think About Religion · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I saw this today. While I'm an atheist, I can see in the context of the above article that a religious scientist may still be creatively productive in science. So come out of the closet and let your freak flag fly, because other scientists will not reject verifiable information just because the source also believes in magic.

  24. Not Enough Heat on Intelligence Density and the Creative Class · · Score: 4, Funny

    To achieve maximum flamage, these numbers should be cross referenced by religious views, political affiliation, and choice of text editor :-D

  25. RTFM on Low-Level Format For a USB Flash Drive? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can anyone offer advice for resurrecting such drives?

    Spell: Resurrection
    Level: 7
    Range: Touch
    Duration: Instantaneous