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  1. Re:Sounds like mom was a busy girl. on Semi-Identical Twins Discovered · · Score: 1

    Actually they don't specify, but odds are it's one child with 50% Suzie, 25% Joe A, and 25% Joe B.

    This may come as a surprise, but you don't need 2 guys to get 2 sperms. As it turns out, most guy's reproductive resources aren't in very high demand/low supply, relatively speaking. No pun intended in either sentence.

  2. Re:Breeders, reprocessing, thorium, no such things on The Coming Uranium Crisis · · Score: 1

    Thorium in general can't be plugged into existing reactors, not without considerable modification of the reactor cores and control systems. Not likely to happen anytime soon.

    Pshaw.. next you're going to tell me we can't use anthurium for fuel.

  3. Re:Uranium in Sweden on The Coming Uranium Crisis · · Score: 1

    They were very worried both about loosing tourists and that it might have a bad effect on the reindeers.

    They should be rejoicing about that, but obviously Swedes hate grandmas.

  4. Re:Which is why India's looking at thorium... on The Coming Uranium Crisis · · Score: 1

    We don't want that crap here either!

    Dan in Msssspp

  5. Re:Yeah on The Coming Uranium Crisis · · Score: 3, Informative
  6. Re:FYI on New Horizons Photographs Earth Sized Storm · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you had me worried for a second that I'd posted the wrong units.. after checking my post though, I was about to ask you what the answer was in MPG ;)

  7. FYI on New Horizons Photographs Earth Sized Storm · · Score: 1, Insightful

    winds in the storm were whipping around the atmosphere at 180 metres per second.


    Which, for those of us unaccustomed to describing velocity in the metric system, is 402 MPH.

    I'll allow someone else figure out how many Libraries of Congress per fortnight that would be.
  8. Re:Micosoft? on Microsoft to Buy DoubleClick? · · Score: 1

    Maybe, but at least their dupes aren't usually word-for-word.

  9. 23! Ah-ah-ah... on Microsoft to Buy DoubleClick? · · Score: 1

    to promote New Line Cinema's movie ``The Number 23.''
    Brought to you by the letter Q, and the letter E.
  10. Re:Can slashdot decide what "cool" is? on Can Large Corporations Buy "Cool?" · · Score: 1

    My keyboard is now covered in soda

    for a change..

  11. Re:A truly bizzare hexagon on Cassini Probes the Hexagon On Saturn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but when's the last time you checked?

  12. Re:it must be bees on Cassini Probes the Hexagon On Saturn · · Score: 2, Funny

    A Honeycomb Hideout, if you will.

  13. Re:I love these content-free articles on What to Do When Your Security is Breached · · Score: 1

    It's worth mentioning that those are idiot-proof guides, for people who need to read about what to do when burned. There's nothing wrong with using ice as long as you avoid prolonged exposure. Since the definition of "prolonged" is inveresely proportional to tissue damage, it's simpler to just tell people not to do it, especially from a liability standpoint.

  14. Re:I love these content-free articles on What to Do When Your Security is Breached · · Score: 1

    Actually, there's nothing wrong with using ice, as long as you don't leave it on there long enough for your skin to freeze. Again, common sense.

  15. Re:These are not PC issues, but Windows issues. on How Small a PC Is Too Small? · · Score: 1

    Good idea, and they could add unique keys for lowercase letters while they're at it.

  16. Re:These are not PC issues, but Windows issues. on How Small a PC Is Too Small? · · Score: 1

    I run my finger over the fingerprint scanner just below the trackpad on my compaq.

    That's funny, that's exactly what I do with my finger to unlock your laptop!

  17. Re:What's going on with my state? on Washington State To Try RFID Drivers Licenses · · Score: 1

    Don't forget their online poker ban.

  18. Re:This is the police. on Widespread Spying Preceded '04 GOP Convention · · Score: 1

    The point is, they serve at the pleasure of the President. He named 'em. Karl, and Harriet, and Alberto. Brownie and Johnny B.

  19. Re:For an example of what will happen with this... on SCOTUS Case May End Sale Prices · · Score: 1

    Such as? I'm looking for a BCD, but all the stuff I see online is comparably priced with my local mom & pop dive shop..

  20. Re:Keep on waiting... on MS Trying To Spur Vista Sales With Discounts · · Score: 1

    omfg I'm an idiot.

    Although I'll let Slashdot's default complete-hiding of subreplies shoulder some of the blame.

    My apologies.

  21. Re:Tongue/mouth piercings on Scientists Re-grow Dental Enamel · · Score: 1

    The problem with your suggestion is that, according to TFA, the enamel producing cells are nonexistant in adults.

    It seems more straightforward to the patient to simply implant teeth rather than trying to implant specialized enamel growth cells, and then stimulate them in tandem with the the tooth-growth cells. Of course, it may turn out to be easier than implanting a whole tooth, especially where the gums have already covered the implantation site, but I doubt it, given the success rate of reimplanting dislodged teeth.

  22. Re:Keep on waiting... on MS Trying To Spur Vista Sales With Discounts · · Score: 1

    omfg are you kidding??

    omfg are you an idiot??

    a computer/OS that allowed you to just throw a game CD/DVD in, no installing or drivers and just turn on the computer and play it

    AKA: a console.

  23. Re:Just another losing whiner on Viacom Says "YouTube Depends On Us" · · Score: 1

    Also, I suspect that you spelled your own company's name wrong.

  24. Re:Just another losing whiner on Viacom Says "YouTube Depends On Us" · · Score: 1

    Mr. Fricklas' comnents are [...] a whiner who doesn't like the law as written

    His comments are a whiner? Nice.. a character assassination with poor grammar. That's credible, and completely unlike anything before seen on the internet.

    As his own statement has made

    Congress gave sites immunity...for sites

    because Youtube has the capacity to remove material either because it is unlawful or in some way undesirable, Youtube is infringing because of the very controls it is required by law to have to remove infringing material!


    If you don't understand what's wrong with any of the above, then you shouldn't be writing letters to the editor, especially when your goal is to discredit someone else.

  25. With apologies to traditional folk singers: on AV Software Isn't Dead, But It's Not Healthy · · Score: 1

    (Sung to the tune of "Old MacDonald", traditional folk song)

    sammy baby put too many syllables
    In the lines of the parody lyrics
    And when a reader tried to sing them
    All he got was frustrated