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  1. Re:Cool! on MIT Finds Cure For Fear · · Score: 1

    I hope to see commercials advertising fear-curing pills within the next few years so I can rush to the pharmacy with a prescription. In fact I think we should charge ahead with this and eliminate fear everywhere by putting it in the water with the fluoride. I see no downside or risk! They should package this with alli, the fabulous diet pill, so you won't fear shitting your pants in public.
  2. Re:More than the base on Nintendo - "Everyone is a Gamer" · · Score: 1

    I'd be first in line for a good Wii-based Myst clone. I like all sorts of games (FPS, fighting, platform, adventure/rpg, etc etc) but I find exploration games where there's little chance of sudden death very enjoyable for some reason. I think I just like exploring abandoned worlds and trying to figure out what is going on.

    That reminds me, I need to fire up my PC and finish Myst V. and Half-Life 2: Episode 1. Maybe after I finish Twilight Princess :-)

  3. Already taken care of on Open Source Set-Top-Box Adds YouTube Support · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My Wii "set-top box" works great with YouTube, thankyouverymuch :-)

  4. Re:0LPC on No OLPCs for Cuba, Ever · · Score: 1

    How many cubits are in a cubin?

  5. Re:Enforcement isn't the problem. on Giant Microwave Turns Plastic Back to Oil · · Score: 1

    That's an easy one. Put your dead CFL in a box, address it to the manufacturer, return address the recycling centre, no postage, into the mailbox. Where does it end up? Who cares? Problem solved! I do this with all of my garbage. It's awesome. I haven't paid for garbage pickup in years!
  6. Re:And it just goes to prove on ATM Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    The trick is to get two people (or one sufficiently strong one) to hold you upside down with your head in the bowl, and then you can lather up and flush/rinse with your free hands. This is known as the Assisted Power Swirly. Just beware of the Chocolate Swirly.

  7. MOD PARENT UP on AT&T Gears Up for the iPhone · · Score: 1

    +5 Sad but true, yet funny and well-articulated. Fuck it, Dude, lets go bowling.

  8. Re:Making change on Is Cash No Longer Legal Tender? · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, they just don't know how to properly accept bovine-based payment. Any competent cash cow-accepting business will have a cleaver behind the register they can use to carve out an appropriately sized chunk for payment. You just have to remember to bring a wagon with you to transport your remaining amount of cow if they have to cut off more than one leg.

  9. Re:ask if you can call them back on Shutting Down Annoying Recruiters? · · Score: 1

    Dags.

  10. Re:Mr Blobby on Microsoft's Multitouch Coffee Table Display · · Score: 1

    And when I'm eating in a restaurant, I don't want my table to flash subliminal messages at me when my drink is low. However, when I'm eating in a restaurant, I do want my table to flash subliminal messages at the waitress when my drink is low.
  11. Re:NES on What is the Best Console Controller of All Time? · · Score: 1

    Also Nintendo thumb. I mean, c'mon. How cool is that? You see this, you son of a bitch? This is my Soul Callous.
  12. MOD PARENT UP on Guitar Hero III, 80s Tracks Announced · · Score: 1

    You drink beer when it's not your turn. Guitar Hero is the ultimate sitting-around-knocking-back-some-cold-ones-with-y our-friends game.
  13. Re:I didn't want to be an IT drone... on Where to Go After a Lifetime in IT? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I want to be... a LION TAMER!

  14. Re:Loose? on Jobs to Labels- Lose the DRM & We'll Talk Price · · Score: 1

    Didn't Apple loose the DRM years ago? Isn't that how iTunes got started?

  15. Google Hell on Google's Evil NDA · · Score: 1

    This looks like a sure-fire way to get your blog blacklisted forever into "Google Hell". ;-)

  16. Re:Probably 'cause on Open WAP = Probable Cause? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have open WAP. Is it contagious? No, that's OpenCLAP.
  17. Re:if you are running a laptop you should not upgr on Seven Essential Tips For Using Ubuntu Feisty Fawn · · Score: 1

    Zombie Lincoln doesn't care if you're using bubble memory, Winchester drives, floptical disks, or these newfangled solid state drives you kids are using these days. If he's not facing the right way, you will suffer the consequences.

  18. Re:if you are running a laptop you should not upgr on Seven Essential Tips For Using Ubuntu Feisty Fawn · · Score: 1

    And gluing a penny to the top of your PC lets you use imported software.

    It's true! Try it!


    It works, but make sure Lincoln is facing UP. If you glue the coin heads-down, ol' Abe gets pissed and sends gamma rays thru your RAM, randomly causing errors and crashing. ECC RAM helps, but eventually the wailing of the damned will get to you. The only way to fix this without prying off the penny is to 'apt-get install van-helsing'. The van-helsing package will take care of your undead problem, but will probably trash your filesystem.

    (yeah, it's Friday and I want to get out of here...)

  19. Re:Awesome book reader! on Linux Based Nokia N800 Internet Tablet Reviewed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Indeed, FBReader is the killer app, imo. The screen is incredible. I suppose it's a bit expensive just to read ebooks on, but it does have a lot of other nice features, and is very hackable. Also, I got mine for 20% off from my local CompUSA, which is closing :-)

    I'm currently looking for a folding bluetooth keyboard that costs less than a million dollars... with a compact keyboard, it would make a great little mobile terminal.

  20. I have a special version of these glasses... on Smart Sunglasses · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...designed for adventurers. The lenses turn blue when orcs are near.

  21. Re:Solidarity on Semi-Identical Twins Discovered · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see Blink Dogs. Properly trained, they could help you retire very young (provided you live near a bank with a vault).

  22. Re:Yep. on Gifted Children Find Heavy Metal Comforting · · Score: 1

    Speaking of Megadeth and socio/political issues, they're the only metal band given an award by the Humane Society for one of their songs, from the Countdown to Extinction album.
      The album's title song, "Countdown to Extinction" also gave Megadeth the distinction of being the only metal band to ever win the "Doris Day Music Award", presented to the band by the Humane Society of the United States in 1993 for "spotlighting species destruction and the horrific 'sport' of canned hunts". (from Wikipedia)

    Countdown was one of the first CDs I ever bought. I think the laser has burned holes in the disc ;-)

  23. Re:Planes can't fly at night on Is Daylight Saving Shift Really Worth It? · · Score: 1

    Well, you can't fly a plane at night if you live in a country that bans night VFR flying and you're not rated for IFR...

  24. Re:Er what? on Software Bug Halts F-22 Flight · · Score: 1

    Why can't a human keep it in the air from monitoring attitude and airspeed displays?

    Because, like the F-117, B-2 and other stealth aircraft, it is aerodynamically unstable on all three axes and requires constant flight corrections from the fly-by-wire system to stay airborne.

  25. Re:Wii-tf on No More GameCube, Wii 2.0 On the Far Horizon · · Score: 1

    Another minor correction/addition: The DS can play GBA games in single-player mode only. This is mainly because the DS lacks a GBA game link port.