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  1. Re:Chinese years vs US years. on Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud · · Score: 1

    If she was born on Mars being 14 would make her 29 in US years.

  2. Re:Crap on Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud · · Score: 1

    Fortune Cookies were invented in California and were based on a Japanese cracker.

    True story, or as true as Wikipedia can be.

  3. Re:My question is on Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud · · Score: 1

    I think the Native Americans would like a word with you...

  4. Re:It's very close. on Leaping the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 1

    It's not just that blinks are way too slow, but that she blinks way too often. According to Wikipedia:

    "On average, a blink takes approximately 300 to 400 milliseconds...A person approximately blinks once every two to ten seconds."

  5. Re:Not really animation on Leaping the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Want controversy?

    IUD.

  6. Shift on Top Indie Games You Wouldn't Mind Paying For · · Score: 1

    One of the more fiendishly clever flash puzzle/platformers I've encountered, Shift has the same "Pick up and Play for a few hours" with simple game mechanics that made Portal so fascinating.

    There's a couple sequels out there, too. I'd gladly pay for a longer, more complete version of this game.

  7. Looks Photoshopped on Some Eye-Popping Research From Siggraph · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the reflections are all wrong. Definitely photoshopped.

  8. Watch out Seagate, Western Digital, Apple, ISPs on British Government Considers Tenfold Increase To Copyright Penalty · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Watch out Seagate, Western Digital, Apple, and any other company that "seeks profit" from the abuse of piracy.

    Terabyte hard drives, CD/DVD burners, Broadband providers and portable music players all owe a good portion of their success to the business of "copyright infringement." They have all, at some point, advertised the fact that they are the tools for anyone who wants to download, store, and play digital media. And none of them really care where that media came from, so long as you fill them up and buy more of their hardware.

    If anyone is making a profit off the business of piracy, it's the hardware manufacturers and the services that allow the infringing material to be transmitted or recorded. When will we see THEM up against the wall?

  9. Re:Not a big Republican demographic on Comedy Cent on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 1

    Tip of the hat for the xkcd reference.

    Wag of the finger for daring to imply Bears aren't the #1 threat. Velociraptors may be a close second, but don't forget who's really in charge.

  10. Re:Not a big Republican demographic on Comedy Cent on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 1

    And hence, I do my best to avoid driving on the sidewalk so long as you do your best to avoid walking in the middle of the road.

  11. Re:Not new on reCAPTCHA Hard At Work, Rescuing Fading Texts · · Score: 3, Funny

    But you...

    *sigh* ...Nevermind. It's Friday. Go have a beer or something.

  12. Re:Not a big Republican demographic on Comedy Cent on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 1

    My theory on gun control:

    Your right to own a gun ends at my right not to get shot by one.

    Chris Rock is right. We don't need gun control. We need Bullet Control.

  13. My mature, well thought out response on Diablo 3 Developer Explains Health and Potion Changes · · Score: 5, Funny

    click...click click click click click ooh shiney clickclick click click click click click click click click...

  14. Re:Not a big Republican demographic on Comedy Cent on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The funniest thing that Limbaugh ever did was call for harsher penalties for drug users then get himself busted for being an oxycodon addict.

    The icing-coated irony was delicious for everyone.

  15. Re:Relevant on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 1

    Considering the news lately, you shut your damn mouth and don't even think those kinds of things.

    No matter who wins in November, America needs these guys on the sidelines for us cheering for democracy.

    That being said, this article is about a study done about the show, not the show itself. Ignoring politics, it's scientifically interesting to note what influences one segment of the population over another.

  16. Re:Not a big Republican demographic on Comedy Cent on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right, next you'll be saying that the greatest threat to America isn't Bears.

  17. Re:Not a big Republican demographic on Comedy Cent on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 1

    Proof: Denis Miller was only funny while Clinton was in office.

  18. Re:Demographics? on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Quoteth Alexander Tyler:

    "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship."

    The true reason for the "Economic Stimulus Package".

  19. Re:I Can't Find a Reasonable Conclusion on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 1

    Depends on your definition of "Multi"

  20. Re:I Can't Find a Reasonable Conclusion on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Mike Huckabee "bump" bit lead to the greatest evening on televsion EVER:

    The Jon Stewart/Steven Colbert/Conan Obrien crossover.

  21. Re:Not a big Republican demographic on Comedy Cent on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 2, Informative

    The best "Contentious" interview he ever had was with John Bolton, who made some pretty outrageous claims that Jon waved off, only to have a presidential scholar on the next day to contradict everything the guy said.

    That being said, his least contentious/biggest softball interview? Lynn Chaney, by far.

  22. Re:Not a big Republican demographic on Comedy Cent on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but noone ever got elected because of the "Denis Miller Bump"

  23. Re:SWEET!!! on Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can't have me for less than $250 a day, and I don't do windows.

  24. Re:Rat-Brained overlords on Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps · · Score: 4, Funny

    Agreed. Please stop hijacking me!

  25. Proof Goto is evil on The Internet Meme Timeline · · Score: 2, Funny

    665 print "You are sentenced to eternal damnation In "
    666 print "HELL!"
    667 goto 666