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  1. Re:But will facebook play ball or say the state th on Social Media Accounts Part of Deceased Oklahomans' Estates · · Score: 1

    Facebook doesn't really have a choice. The executor, for practical purposes, is acting as the decedent. A court order will clear up any uncertainty.

  2. Re:To everyone under 30 on Satellites Spy On Black Friday Shoppers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "I've been let walk after burning rubber for half a city block and reaching close to 80mp in a 25mph zone right in front of sheriff's deputy I didn't see. He asked me what happened and I explained it to him: I was showing for a couple of very good looking young women and that it was a first for me to do that in town as my hotrodding and racing was done out of town. My honesty got me a warning instead of a ticket and some time in jail."

    So you're whining that you can't drive wrecklessly down a street and possibly kill people. You're the reason why we can't have nice things.

  3. Re:Simple option? on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 1

    I can beat that!

    1. Nudge mouse on desktop to wake up my computer.
    2. Tap control key twice to bring up Google search widget.
    3. type: pizza + zip code

    On my cell phone:
    1. Press microphone button on Bing widget (fsck you, Verizon) and say "pizza"

  4. Re:The apocalypse on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Rituals have value as long as they are relevant and beneficial. This particular ritual is a waste of resources.

  5. Re:Opt for the frisking on US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans · · Score: 1

    Request a female TSA agent...be incredibly crude and go for all the buttons to make her cry. Gloves are off.

  6. Re:AV companies scare their customers on Web-Users Fall For Fake Anti-Virus Scams · · Score: 1

    Hopefully, you would think that Microsoft knows how to address their own security issues. Oh, who am I kidding?

  7. Re:AV companies scare their customers on Web-Users Fall For Fake Anti-Virus Scams · · Score: 1

    I've been loving Microsoft Security Essentials for about a year now, after AVG started getting Norton-esque. It's the first AV program since AVG 7.x to actually be lightweight and out of the way.
    Do not get me started on McAfee sucking down the runtime on my work laptop...

  8. Re:Palm recognition on 8pen Reinvents the Keyboard For Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    I'd like to add that Swype sort of works like this, but you don't have to memorize the gestures since you're swiping your finger over a visible keyboard on your screen.

  9. Re:Surely a bet for (or on) climate change? on How the Global Seed Vault Aims To Fight Future Famine · · Score: 1

    They will only be controlled if regular people are deluded into believing so and allow it. However, I think extreme hunger will win in the long run.

  10. Re:Sickbeard & XBMC. on ABC, CBS, and NBC Block Google TV · · Score: 1

    Programs like this are why we can't have nice things. You bring nothing to the table for content providers and honest people get screwed over.

  11. Re:Uhhhhh. on Pirate Parties Plan To Shoot Site Into Orbit · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe an informal network of ad-hoc uplinks could help diversify that risk.

  12. Overheard at the lab: on Fermilab To Test Holographic Universe Theory · · Score: 1

    "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast."

  13. Re:FINALLY i get to make a MACROSS reference! on Japan's Latest Rockstar Is a 3D Hologram · · Score: 1

    Wow, that was much better said my plan to come in screaming like a Macross Plus fanboi going "OMG Sharon Apple!!!!"

  14. Re:Glad to comply on Australian Visitors Must Declare Illegal Porn To Customs Officers · · Score: 1

    It's called The Internet. You should Google it sometime!

  15. Re:Great stuff on Digital Dashboard Device Detects Driver Drowsiness · · Score: 1

    There's a joke somewhere in there about cruising and looking at speedos, but I'm too tired to make it.

  16. Re:Why are some people so completly evil? on Why Geim Never Patented Graphene · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Evil prevails when good men do nothing.

  17. Re:Well that's stupid. on Amid Controversy, EA Pulls Taliban From Medal of Honor Multiplayer · · Score: 5, Funny

    My grandfather killed six Germans at Normandy. Unfortunately, this happened in 1967.

  18. Re:Stuck in a moment they can't get out of. on Xmarks May Not Be Dead After All · · Score: 1

    On a long enough scale, we're all going out of business...

  19. Re:Allow texting while stopped on Could Anti-Texting Laws Make Roads More Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    No. No exceptions if you are behind the wheel. If you are the driver, you must be fully aware of the environment around you at all times. Your responsibility does not stop when your vehicle is temporarily stopped in the middle of the road at a light.

  20. Re:Gluttons for abuse on AppleTV Runs iOS, Already Jailbroken · · Score: 1

    You don't "jailbreak" an AppleTV to run XBMC. You simply install the software using a USB stick. It's not a widely documented capability, but that doesn't mean you're doing anything special or hacking anything.

  21. Re:I see a hack waiting to happen... on ATMs That Dispense Gold Bars Coming To America · · Score: 1

    I once watched an Italian documentary about a 10-ton ingot of gold being stolen from a moving train. The thief blew up the bridge and then used airbags to float the ingot away using a submarine. However, the gold was radio activated and they were able to follow the signal back to the thief's hideout, just as he was melting it down.

  22. Re:and lava lamps on Selling Incandescent Light Bulbs As Heating Devices · · Score: 1

    Couldn't you get the same effect with a small ceramic heat emitter and and LED?

  23. Re:Would be a good idea with the right star... on Michael Jackson Themed MMO In the Works · · Score: 1

    XPLORA 1 put a bad taste in my mouth as to what "world music" was all about. It had quite a bit of the pretenious douchiness of mid 1990s "multimedia interactive CDROMs." It had some fun surprises, but was definitely a product of its generation.

    David Bowie world: Just watch any Doctor Who or Torchwood episode with Captain Jack Harkness or Captain John Hart, and that's basically what you're looking for.

  24. Re:But on Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths · · Score: 2, Informative

    You're all a bunch of wallhacking noobtubers!

  25. Re:Need more powerful words on Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths · · Score: 1

    That's more in line with French-language swearing. They're usually curses dealing with the church. Try going up to Quebec and yelling out "tabernac" or "chalice of Christ" and see the reactions you get.