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  1. January... on Federal Government Removes 7 Americans From No-Fly List · · Score: 2

    ... the government has until January of this year to deal with remaining six in that group.

    I guess they're a little late then :)

  2. Re:Right... on Run Netflix On OpenSUSE · · Score: 1

    Editors!?! We don't need no stinkin' editors!

  3. Re:Hopefully the last time too on How an Astronaut Falling Into a Black Hole Would Die Part 2 · · Score: 1

    It would seem that verbs enter a black hole, temporarily escape, and are again swallowed by said black hole.

  4. Pardon?! on Exxon Charged With Illegally Dumping Waste In Pennsylvania · · Score: 2

    "The inspectors discovered a plug removed from a tank, allowing the wastewater to run onto the ground, polluting a nearby stream." ...
    “There was no intentional, reckless or negligent misconduct by XTO.”'

    Not intentional.... okay.
    Not reckless nor negligent?! I think someone needs to check the meaning of those words in a non-lawyer dictionary.

  5. China Allows Most Online Criticism But Cracks Down on China Allows Most Online Criticism But Cracks Down On Mobilization and Gossip · · Score: 2

    "... But Cracks ..."

  6. Is are on Ohio State Introduces Massive Open Online Calculus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is are a free English and grammar course too?

  7. Re:Full Throttle on Why Are We Still Talking About LucasArts' Old Adventure Games? · · Score: 1

    Outlaws was a great game.
    Unfortunately, It just so happened to come out very close to the time the Quake changed the face of the FPS genre, and many people missed out on it.

  8. Re:If Groupon was Battletoads on Groupon Still Losing Money, CEO Is Fired And Leaks Final Email · · Score: 1

    Put out enough and you're bound to get some return.

    That's what she said!

  9. Re:Oracle owns Java now? on Another Java Exploit For Sale · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean the redundancy issues?

  10. Quality... on Google Brings the Dead Sea Scrolls To the Digital Age · · Score: 2

    "...at a quality never seen before.'"

    With the exception of when I saw them at the Royal Ontario Museum.

    At a quality never seen before *online* maybe

  11. Mooooooooommmmm! on Samsung Claims iPad Mini, iPad 4, New iPod Touch Also Infringe Patents · · Score: 4, Funny

    Samsung: 'Apple's looking at me!!!!'
    Apple: 'Am not!'
    Samsung: 'Are too!'
    Apple: 'Am not!'
    Samsung: 'Are too!'
    Apple: 'Am not!'
    Samsung: 'Are too!'
    Apple: 'Am not!'
    Samsung: 'Are too!' ...

    Previously from our last episode:

    Apple: 'Samsung's looking at me!!!!'
    Samsung: 'Am not!'
    Apple: 'Are too!'
    Samsung: 'Am not!'
    Apple: 'Are too!'
    Samsung: 'Am not!'
    Apple: 'Are too!'
    Samsung: 'Am not!'
    Apple: 'Are too!'

  12. Re:Anecdote Time! on Facebook Confirms Data Breach · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...

    I used to have a very common name. So common that according to the latest census there are 40,000 of me walking around the United States (first and last name). I have met myself (first, middle and last) four times and the second time I met myself I was 19

    ...

    John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt? That's my name, too!

  13. Why not... on The Case For Targeted Ads · · Score: 1

    ... do what television advertisers do and display ads based on the typical demographic based on the subject matter?

  14. Re:Underwhelming implementation on Converting RSS Feeds To a Dynamic 3D Scene In 120 Lines of Code · · Score: 2

    But 3D is the new 2D.

    I'm just waiting for some advancements in augmented reality, so that I can see the world around me in 3D! /sarcasm

  15. Re:Clarification on Apple Adds Samsung Galaxy SIII To Its Ban List · · Score: 1

    yes

  16. Last I checked.... on Samsung Galaxy S3 Face Unlock Tricked By Photograph · · Score: 4, Informative

    Last I checked on my Samsung Galaxy SII (with ICS 4.0.3), the "Face Unlock" feature was aptly labeled as "Low Security, Experimental".

    The only item marked as "High Security" is the password option.

    I don't have an S3, but from what I've read the UI/OS version is pretty close at the moment (4.0.3 vs. 4.0.4). And I do believe, correct me if I'm wrong, that "Face Unlock" is still labeled the same.

  17. Re:Sun Tzu on Backdoor Found In China-Made US Military Chip? · · Score: 1

    What greater subversion can there be than to convince the enemy to hire you to build their weapon's systems components?

    Git?

  18. Re:To paraphrase TFA and Steven Wright on Depressed People Surf the Web Differently · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't they drown then?

  19. Hmmm..... on Disney Research Can Turn Nearly Any Surface Into a Touch Screen · · Score: 1

    Sounds a little mickey mouse to me....

  20. Re:no privacy issues here on UT Dallas Professor Captures the Mobile Interactions of 175 Texas Teens · · Score: 1

    I think the problem lies with the headline for the article:
    "UT Dallas Professor Captures the Mobile Interactions of 175 Texas Teens"

    Makes it sound like the Professor built some sort of tower and/or monitoring device and took the information against the will/knowledge of the Blackberry recipient.

    A better (truthful?) headline would have read:
    "UT Dallas Professor Studies the Mobile Interactions of 175 Texas Teens"

  21. But but but... on 42% of Worldwide Households Expected To Have Wi-Fi By 2016 · · Score: 3, Funny

    But there are people that are allergic to WiFi signals!
    Almost half the households in the world having WiFi will cause all these people to leave populated areas and seek refuge in remote areas!

    Nothing but good could come of this :)

  22. Great, but... on Atari Wants To Reinvent Pong · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Eligibility:
    "The contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columba, eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of their entry who have an Apple developer ID and have published a valid and proper Apple iTunes U.S. App Store game prior to the date of their entry...."

    I was semi-excited there for a minute.

  23. Zaphod's on 'The Hobbit' Pub Threatened With Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Hope they never find any of the Zaphod Beeblebrox pubs in Ottawa... that would be a disaster (I have many fond memories in them, and none requiring a paper bag over my head)

  24. Re:And? on Microsoft Can Remotely Kill Purchased Apps · · Score: 1

    Prior art?

  25. Yep... on Universal Music Demands Insurer Pay For Infringement Damages · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fucking-Eh!