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  1. Stick to soilent green on Paranoia RPG Returns in New Edition · · Score: 4, Funny

    killing several thousand citizens resulted from an over entusiastic attempt to retrive a bag of crunchy-time algea chips

    You'd be a lot safer sticking to soilent green. In fact, there was a lot more of the stuff around after this accident. Not sure why.

  2. Troll translation of on Imminent Mandrake Name Change? · · Score: 0, Troll

    According to google transformations involving english, french, german, and italian, what you MEANT to say was: "Whore Hahaaaa stupid gave the Karma, you see That thing the saw is obtained?"

  3. Phoenix not the best name on Imminent Mandrake Name Change? · · Score: 1

    Remember, before the phoenix rises again, it dies in a destructive burst of flame. Besides, I don't even have to google-search to guess that there is already a number of tech firms with Phoenix in their name (probably software companies too).

    The bios guys came to mind just before I hit Submit.

  4. PersonDrake is still sexist on Imminent Mandrake Name Change? · · Score: 2, Funny

    PersonDrake still contains the male-only reference to Duck. Therefore, change it to:

    PersonDuck

  5. Here translation of article is: on Imminent Mandrake Name Change? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Here is a translation of the article, converted to English, back the French, back to English, into French again, then into German, then into English:

    "Mandrake, author was it from the Frenchman eponyme of Linux of the distribution, which was condemned by the TGI of Paris, in order to pour 70.000? at the enterprises and at king American Fearture Syndicate owner of the indication "Mandrake magicien" and authors of Hearst of societies of the horizontal conception on microfilm of the same name. This end had carried felt, which was betruebt in France for the "deviation of the indication". In particular the forbidden yard at the Frenchman call the use of their name and the Mandrake pressure their area to transfer toward the two American societies. A judgement, which could carry a deadly blow at the French author, its good will only on its eponyme of distribution is based itself. For the l?heure Mandrake made a call, which suspends the judgement, and therefore, its indication and its area names retains. Put qu?un firmly the judgement that preceding - concerning the Logo - in favor of the two American societies it had prevailed. The Frenchman had to examine its copy already again."

  6. Why not Gandalf? on Imminent Mandrake Name Change? · · Score: 1

    Name it after another magician. Those Tolkien estate guys don't bother anyone about anything.

  7. Up next: Windows XP Concert on First U.S. Final Fantasy Concert Announced · · Score: 1, Funny

    The first band signed up for the concert is "Billy Crash and the Blue Sound of Death". with their hit ode to the most popular Windows app of all time:

    "And Solitaire's the only game in town,
    Every other thing he tries to run shuts down.
    as any serious app brings up ABEND,
    he'll never try again.
    And keeping to himself he plays the game,
    The other programs all blue-screen the same.
    'Cause the errors are much than he can bear,
    he's playing Solitaire."

  8. Imagine if they gave a frivolous lawsuit on Today Is SCO's Deadline To Sue Linux User · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine if they gave a frivolous lawsuit, and no-one came?

    (apologies to whomever came up with the original Vietnam War-time adage)

  9. Try what they did on MIR on Space Station Slowly Falling Apart? · · Score: 4, Funny

    On MIR, when this happened, they just shipped up more vodka from the gravity well.

    Pretty soon, no-one cared that they were floating in a tin-can far above the world.

    Problem solved.

  10. ' SOFTy DANCE on Lindows becomes Lindash · · Score: 1

    We can dance if we want to
    We can leave your friends behind
    'Cause your friends use Linux and if they use Linux Well they're no friends of mine

    I say, we can go where we want to
    And see Ballmer lose his mind
    And see him act like he comes from out of this world
    Leave the real one far behind
    And see Steve dance..

    [Sung]
    We can dance if we want to
    We can leave your friends behind
    'Cause your friends use Macs and if they use Macs
    Well they're no friends of mine
    I say, we can go where we want to
    A place where they will never find
    And we can act like we come from out of this world
    Leave the real one far behind
    And we can dance
    Danc|e!

    I say, we can dance, we can dance
    Everything out of control
    We can dance, we can dance
    We're doing it from wall to wall
    We can dance, we can dance
    Everybody look at Steve's dome
    We can dance, we can dance
    Nobody's using GNOME....

    (micro)SOFTy dance
    Is it safe to dance
    Is it safe to dance

    M-i-c-r-o-s-o-f-t, dance!

  11. In a related story on Lindows becomes Lindash · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a related story. Bill Gates has decided to rename Windows to be close to this product. The new proposed name is Balder-Dash (in honor of Steve Ballmer)

  12. Patchy vs Apache on Is Open Source Fertile Ground for Foul Play? · · Score: 1

    "One, Microsoft software, the most popular "closed source" software in the world, is rife with security holes. While the most popular (arguably) open-source software in the world, Apache, doesn't strike me as being terribly buggy"

    It all comes down to a choice between Apache and patchy, doesn't it?

  13. He might be right. on Is Open Source Fertile Ground for Foul Play? · · Score: 2, Funny

    He might be right. If governments switch from Windows to open-source OS, they might open their computers to the possibility of being infected by worms, virii, and trojans.

  14. Play as Jaws on EA Working On New GoldenEye Videogame? · · Score: 1

    If they do a Moonraker version, I want the ability to select Jaws' tin choppers as a weapon, and eat through walls.

  15. Thanks for clarification on Cities Built on Fertile Lands Affect Climate · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Thanks for listing some additional sources. I did not mean that Arcologies appeared only in Niven.

    One major weakness with arcologies is vulerability to terror/war or such catastrophe.

    In the 1950s, Clifford D. Simak wrote his "City" stories after being inspired by the vulnerability of cities to nuclear attack. Turn the city into an arcology, and the problem (such as it is) increases.

  16. Paulo Soleri on Cities Built on Fertile Lands Affect Climate · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Check into Paul Soleri. He proposed high-density small-footprint city-buildings called "arcologies". His books even show how little room a city like L.A. would take if it were built as an arcology.

    It does not seem feasible at this time: the one in the link above is very small and is being built at a snail's pace. Arcologies of the scale Soleri has envisioned have only appeared in the fiction Larry Niven has done in collaboration with other authors. ("Oath of Fealty" and the Dream Park novels)

  17. Human development definitions. on Scientists Claim They Cloned Humans · · Score: 3, Informative

    An embryo is "In humans, the prefetal product of conception from implantation through the eighth week of development."

    Late term abortions are performed on the fetus, and are not done in the first 8 weeks.

    That is why they are called "late term".

  18. Once they find the Heorot burial yard. on Scientists Claim They Cloned Humans · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once they find the Heorot burial yard, and can dig up the appropriate genetic material, this research brings us closer to the possibility of a Beowulf cluster of real Beowulves.

  19. In related news..... on Scientists Claim They Cloned Humans · · Score: 5, Funny

    "In related news, delegates to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention have attempted to introduce a "yes, you can marry your own clone" clause into the gay marriage debate."

  20. Mac virus checker? on Microsoft Brings Security Holes to the Mac · · Score: 1, Interesting

    A Google search on
    virus checker apple macintosh
    produced a few results. The first one of any meaning was a mention of Norton Anti Virus for Apple Macintosh.

    I'm pretty sure there has not even been such a product for quite some time. They call their products Symantec now.

  21. Only a matter of time on Microsoft Brings Security Holes to the Mac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only a matter of time before the Mac virus checker software flags and removes Virtual PC as a trojan.

  22. Please deposit $699 to make a call on Motorola A768 Phone Loaded With Open Source · · Score: 4, Funny

    Full of open source?

    "Please deposit $699 for the next 3 minutes. Thank you for using Cingudarl."

  23. Jurassic Park on The Ubiquitous LED Becomes More Ubiquitous · · Score: 3, Interesting

    but now someone has come up with the idea to combine them with LEDs and cast the entire assembly into a little block of resin

    63 million years from now, some huckster is going to have an amusement park featuring cloned glowing lights.

  24. Little choice on Russian Rovers on the Moon · · Score: 1

    soviet police on patrol liked to move slowly in silence with their lights off

    They had little choice. The bulbs burnt out sometime in the Kruschev administration. The two-HP engines also gave out not long after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Now Ivan had to push the police car everywhere it went. Once they cut "police boots" out of the department budget, the silence was complete.

  25. Russian-named features on the dark side on Russian Rovers on the Moon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ever wonder why so many of the features on the dark side of the moon have Russian names? It's the same with many features on Mars, too.

    It really is true. I'm in the Western Hemisphere right now, and it is light out. It so happens that many of the features in the northern part of the dark side of the Earth at this time also have Russian names. Imagine that!