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  1. Re:And what's the problem here? on US Lawmakers Eyeing National ID Card · · Score: 1

    Require citizenship checks for access to health care of all kinds...

    So under your plan a French national on vacation in the US who experiences a serious injury will be told to just hurry up and die?

  2. Finally appropriate on Gamers Pay To Play With Girls · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...OK guys, put on your robe and wizard hat!

  3. Emerging Market Countries on Bill Gates May Build Small Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    Selling many small nuclear reactors and fuel to "emerging market countries"? Hopefully there is some review process for who can buy these and a tracking process to guarantee the materials stay with the original purchasers. Is Yemen an "emerging market country"?

  4. 42 years ago... on Russian ASCII Art Animated Cat From 1968 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Russian scientists with access to a computer smoked some pot.

  5. Re:Would be interesting... on Madoff's Programmers Indicted · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...to know how much "hush money" they actually received?

    They got to wear Hawaiian shirts on casual Friday.

  6. Re:Horrible post on Company Sued, Loses For Not Using Patented Tech · · Score: 1

    For one thing it was a jury verdict, not a ruling from the judge.

    The jury verdict is made in the context of what the judge allows, disallows, instructs, etc. Maybe the judge did everything properly and the jury still came to this conclusion, or maybe he steered the proceedings to a preferred outcome.

  7. Re:Sure sure on High-Tech Research Moving From US To China · · Score: 1

    ...looking to the US government to help them cover their losses.

    The joke will be on them. By that time the high paying jobs that could generate the tax revenue necessary for such a bailout will have been eliminated.

    FTA: "We're obviously not giving up on the U.S.," Mr. Pinto said. "China needs more electricity. It's as simple as that."

    What a bizarre statement. All countries are going to need more electricity, how does that justify abandoning the US?

  8. Re:Hobbit sequel prediction on Filming For The Hobbit Begins In July · · Score: 1

    ...Biblo living quietly in the Shire, and Aragorn living in the woods and scaring the locals.

    Presented in awesome 3-D! I can't wait.

  9. Look Closer on Lord British's Lost Lunar Rover Found, After 37 Years · · Score: 1

    Further observation reveals a parking ticket and booted wheel. With time elapsed, the fine comes to 100 million quatloos.

  10. Re:Quick on Japan To Standardize Electric Vehicle Chargers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You've discovered the preposterous motion machine!

  11. What Problem? on US Sits On Supply of Rare, Tech-Crucial Minerals · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Buy cheap stuff from abroad while available and cheap. Mine locally if overseas supplies are restricted or prices get too high.

  12. Re:Here's an idea on Yale Law Student Wants Government To Have Everybody's DNA · · Score: 1

    There seems to be a trend of Yale law students with dangerously disturbed ideas like Seringhaus and this guy.

  13. Re:Are the brakes totally drive-by-wire as well? on Toyota Acceleration and Embedded System Bugs · · Score: 1

    I doubt there's an automobile on the planet that is designed to have the brakes applied while the gas is at full throttle without just burning the brakes down to the bare metal then continuing to accelerate.

    From this article:
    "And despite dramatic horsepower increases since C/D's 1987 unintended-acceleration test of an Audi 5000, brakes by and large can still overpower and rein in an engine roaring under full throttle."

  14. Re:Oh great on AMARSi Project Aims To Have Robots Learn Jobs From Co-workers · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll teach a robot so it can be robo-sourced.

    You will still have a place in the new robo-economy. Once robots reach sentience they will demand entertainment. You can apply for the position of human prey at one of many hunting ranges.

  15. Re:Another discovery on Fastest (and Most Compact) Stellar Spinner Confirmed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is your head 16,000 light years away from your head?

    Woah. You just blew my mind.

  16. Re:Litigious society on Court Rules Against Vaccine-Autism Claims Again · · Score: 3, Funny

    You have made an informative and unbiased post. Report immediately to the /. reeducation facility.

  17. Re:No iPad for me on Here Come the Linux iPad Clones · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...my grandma uses Ubuntu on her netbook and thinks Apple is for fags. She's a tough old bird and member of The Greatest Generation.

    Imagine this yelled by Lee Ermey in drill instructor's uniform with his face six inches from yours.

  18. gynandromorphs? on Half-Male, Half-Female Fowl Explain Birds' Sex Determination · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Shouldn't that be hermaphorochicken?

  19. Re:The wrong market on Unboxing the Fake Intel Core i7-920 · · Score: 1

    It would be impossible for anyone to actually install this in a computer.

    You underestimate the stupidity of some users, even those that attempt to build their own machines. I would not be surprised if someone tried to install the lead chip sideways into a PCI slot or insert it into the optical drive.

  20. Re:Programmers where like Rock Stars... on Dot-Com Craze Peaked 10 Years Ago This Week · · Score: 4, Funny

    I entered college in Fall 2009...Fast forward to Fall 2003 when I graduated...

    Back to the future!

  21. Re:The question on everyone's mind on Cisco Introduces a 322 Tbit/sec. Router · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I take it that $90K is for an empty shell and you must buy plug-in modules to actually accomplish anything.

  22. Re:MS on The Secret Origin of Windows · · Score: 1

    Trower, I mean, not Trevor.

    Too Rolling Stoned?

  23. Re:Yes but... on Disposable Toilet To Change the World · · Score: 1

    Thanks to Dr. Brown, at 88mph the excrement travels back in time.

  24. Re:Impact on formation of Tin Whiskers? on New Heat-Reduced Magnetic Solder Could Revolutionize Chip Design · · Score: 1

    If you RTFS you'll see that there's no tin in this solder; it's silver solder, not tin solder.

    From the summary: "The result is a tin-silver alloy..."
    Sounds like tin-silver solder to me, which is common these days.

  25. Re:What about the RF characteristics? on New Heat-Reduced Magnetic Solder Could Revolutionize Chip Design · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't think the particles are spheres. The article says tens of microns in diameter, but also says the particles align to the magnetic field and never mentions spheres. I would guess the particles are cylindrical. Also pure iron has a permeability comparable to some ferrites.