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  1. Re: OD on Acronyms on Prototype Wave Energy Device Passes Grid-Connected Pilot Test · · Score: 1

    Gigittywatt

  2. in another 20 years on Musical Organ Created From 49 Floppy Disk Drives · · Score: 1

    there will unlikely be any more old floppy drives about.
    The next generation will have a bit of difficulty as they will have to use USB sticks,

  3. Re:When?! on Celebrating Dungeons & Dragons' 40th Anniversary · · Score: 2

    no, but it is/was fun.
    and nothing more.

  4. blame it on Star Wars City Doomed By Sand Dunes · · Score: 1

    on the Sith

  5. Re:Would you ride in one? on Jetstream Retrofit Illustrates How Close Modern Planes Are To UAVs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Would the "majority of the public" have a choice?

  6. testing toilets? on Location Selected For $1 Billion Ghost Town · · Score: 2

    or are they testing something else where the presence of witnesses would interfere/hamper the test?

  7. This story posted too soon on S+M Vs. SPDY: Microsoft and Google Battle Over HTTP 2.0 · · Score: 1

    it should have been put up on 4/1, one would never know if true or a April Fools prank

  8. Re:Opening on How Ford Will Upgrade Owners' Display Screens · · Score: 5, Funny

    Format Or Reinstall Daily

  9. Re:Time machine. on PROTECT IP Renamed To the E-PARASITE Act · · Score: 2

    the only thing Orwell had wrong was the year

  10. just plastic? on 3D Printers To Save Hermit Crabs · · Score: 1

    from the article: "But, a thought - how about we stop destroying hermit crab homes in the first place? Isn't putting too much plastic stuff in the ocean part of the problem? "

    Is plastic (ABS) the only thing a Makerbot can work with?

  11. Re:Why Not Android Already? on RIM Unveils New OS Based On QNX · · Score: 1

    how much would they have to pay Microsoft for each device?
    or have I gotten my recent history wrong?

  12. Re:Microsoft cleans up the mess it created. on The Inside Story of the Kelihos Takedown · · Score: 2

    "Microsoft is participating in the fight against the very criminal element that Microsoft allowed to blossom"

    Microsoft is Iron Man?

  13. of course on CERN Experiment Indicates Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos · · Score: 1

    this is the duplicate post, the original will follow shortly

  14. So I have to ask on Anti-Rootkit Security Beyond the OS · · Score: 2

    Why doesn't McAfee just write an OS?

  15. Re:somebody has been reading on New Find Boosts Prospects For Life On Distant Moons · · Score: 0

    oops, I mean 2061

  16. somebody has been reading on New Find Boosts Prospects For Life On Distant Moons · · Score: 1

    2063.....

  17. so let me get this right..... on Pirated Android App Shames Freeloaders · · Score: 1

    there is an app you can buy that uses a camera on a small hand held device that shows you where you are walking while you are holding the small hand held device?
    Why cant you just look up?

  18. Re:Mostly true, but slightly spun summary. on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 1

    On your point #1 (and I will verify tomorrow AM) - My 2011 Taurus will not drop the engine output when both the brakes and gas are pressed. I hit a curb when this happened (driving with over sized steel-toe shoes).
    The 2010 Camry I had, after the reprogram/recall, would drop to nearly idle if you tried to 'power brake'.

  19. Re:Just to clarify.. on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 1

    I've had two Camrys, a 2007 (1.4 liter, 5 speed auto) and a 2010 (2.5 liter, 6 speed auto). I put just over 100,000 on each.
    And yes, I agree with the 'sudden' acceleration under cruise.
    But it (the cruise) always let go, either right away when I hit the brakes or a bit delayed when I shut it off with the control stalk.
    It seemed to occur if the car was down-shifting as it climbed a hill (under cruise) if the down-shift happened just as (thereabout) the car was cresting the hill.
    I could circumvent it by manually shifting the transmission to the next lower gear prior to the engine computer doing the down-shift.

    I got a new Taurus now.
    I can't wait for this lease to expire, going right back to the Camry.

  20. Maybe on 'Anonymous' WikiLeaks Proponents Not So Anonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    I should change my WI-FI password?

  21. Re:"Illegal media"? on Anti-Piracy Lawyers Caught Pirating Each Other · · Score: 1

    no, I did not intend that at all,
    But thanks....
    And try the veal, I'll be here all week

  22. Re:"Illegal media"? on Anti-Piracy Lawyers Caught Pirating Each Other · · Score: 3, Funny

    No mod points - sorry
    would someone kindly mod this "funny"?

  23. Re:Not the same on Panasonic's 16-Finger, Hair-Washing Robot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    your gas pump doesn't pop up the "Do You Want a Car wash Today?" question?

    I know its suggestive selling, but if I'd wanted a car wash I would have driven to the car wash, not the fuel pump.

    Now, if I was asked if I wanted a car wash yesterday I would buy it just to see the results.

  24. but can you ... on 5 Trillion Digits of Pi — a New World Record · · Score: 1

    write it on the back of a Mazda 3?

  25. The truth is... on DARPA To Turn Humans Into Batteries · · Score: 1

    There is no spoon