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  1. space swiffer on NASA Warns of Cluttered Space · · Score: 1

    nothin that a few square kilometers of aerogel couldn't solve.

  2. something's missing on Spammer Gets $11 Billion Fine · · Score: 3, Funny
    A lawsuit claimed that McCalla sent more than 280 million illegal spam e-mail messages.

    $280m * $10 = $2.8b ( != $11b )

    maybe they converted to Canadian for bigger effect...

  3. Re:I've proven this... on Earbud Headphones May Cause Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    fortunately, you can *only* make that mistake twice.

  4. Re:but what powers it? on GMail Adds Virus Protection · · Score: 1
    There is almost no legitimate use of email to send executable code, way over 99% of all executable attachments are malicious.

    As obviously pointed out in this trusted neutrally-funded study... err... ahem... Look over there!

    - bs

  5. they set us up the DVD on China To Develop Its Own DVD Format · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do they really need a new format just to support Engrish subtitles?

  6. Re:I'll take the asteroid on Requiem for the Once-Imagined Future · · Score: 1

    > Fuck it. We deserve to have that rock hit us.

    speak for yourself, Self-Defeating Boy. I'm doing just fine. If after a good night's sleep you still feel that way, I'm sure there are a lot of people willing to throw rocks at you.

  7. prepare for browser, you should on MS Urging Developers To Prep For IE 7 · · Score: 1

    the web should prepare itself for the new browser?

    shouldn't the new browser prepare itself for the web?

    --
    bs

  8. Re:hmm.. with an access point, on FCC to Allow Wireless Access on Planes · · Score: 1

    I imagine that your propeller will stop spinning once you find out they charge by the bit.

  9. could be a good idea on Will Your Next Car Run Windows? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm looking forward to the System Restore feature, I've had hail damage for 2 years that would cost a fortune to fix the old fashioned way.

  10. not needed on Replacing TCP? · · Score: 1

    TCP seems to be getting to their webserver just fine!

    (it doesn't appear to be getting out, though)

  11. sounds not-so-fresh on Online Gaming Ad Network Launches · · Score: 3, Funny

    I had better not see space blimps with tampon advertisements in Halo 2. It's bad enough on TV. The tampon ads, not space blimps. Space blimps are cool.

  12. slug bug! on Telescope Will Have Images 10X Sharper Than Hubble · · Score: 3, Funny

    I spy, with my $120m eye...

    something black and vacuous!

  13. Re:And... on Bungie Speaks On Halo 2 Leak · · Score: 1

    don't worry, that's only if you remove your tinfoil

  14. mini meme on Search By.... Email? · · Score: 1
    "It cuts down on stupid email traffic. You want the respondents, not the "I don't know sorry's".

    me: Hey Yelp, how do I cut down on stupid Yelp email traffic?

    Yelp: I don't know, sorry.

    We can't stop them! They meme business, err, I mean "mean".

  15. cause / symptom confusion on Robolawyer to Handle Clickwraps? · · Score: 1
    why buy into the system of confusing the hell out of people? That's just playing their game, thereby validating it, and I call shenanigans.

    if your lawnmower frequently shoots flames at your crotch, you don't go purchase flame retardant shorts -- you get a new mower (or "borrow" your neighbor's)

    "What is needed - desperately - is a law robot."

    uhh, yeah, and maybe it should have frikkin' laser beams too.

    what you have to do is ask "Why the hell are you trying to confuse me? What's your goal, and does it serve my needs as a consumer? Talk sense, ya eel-skinned pencil-necks!"

  16. Re:As Ani DiFranco said on RIAA, MPAA Ask High Court To Review P2P Decision · · Score: 1
    "Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right."

    That's what the poor kittens have been saying for years.

  17. Re:Summer Vacation In Outer Space on SpaceShipOne Captures the X Prize · · Score: 5, Funny

    just hope they don't lose your luggage.

    "I'm sorry sir, your bags went to Uranus."
    "D'Oh!"

  18. thanks for the feedback on Missed Opportunities in U.S. v. Microsoft · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    regardless of his opinions, which don't appear to be fed by any insight from his role in the case, I say this is just a court monkey's excuse to say "look at me!"

    he probably has the job requirement "publish an article based on job experience" in order to get a raise.

    either that or he's writing a book.

  19. it's only a model... on Soviet Space Shuttle Found In Bahrain? · · Score: 1

    I call BS. the shuttle in the first picture is obviously made of LEGO's.

  20. Re:Mostly off topic on Exceptional Seeing At Dome C in Antarctica · · Score: 1

    go there and stand outside for a few hours, and you'll be able to leave your foot wherever you like.

  21. you are what you eat on Accidental Privacy Spills · · Score: 1

    my first impression... this "leak" is propoganda. If I had a strong desire to get others to follow my opinion, I'd "leak" it too, as if it were entirely credible.

    the net is not a reality filter.

    yes, I am a skeptic. always. unless skeptic comes in style.

  22. coders in 'zone' an endangered species.. on Build A Custom-Fit One-hand Keyboard · · Score: 2, Funny

    this just in... another "go-grammer" was hit and killed today as he walked onto highway 44, 27 miles his home. he was found wearing only boxers and a cheerio-stained ThinkGeek t-shirt, and possessed the tell-tale single large forearm. according to drivers, he shuffled like a zombie with a far-away look in his eye, and seemed to be yelling something about "overflows".

    the last information typed into his portable computer read: "oh shi#!#$%%%%%%%%"

  23. expecting immediate results would be silly... on Delivering an Earth-Shattering Discovery? · · Score: 1

    if the discovery really is that incredible, chances are the discoverer will want to announce immediately after (s)he believes they've proven the theory. telling everyone will simply set off years of disbelief, debunking attempts, etc.

    if the idea is found to be a sound one, it would probably take years to create a useful method of implementing it anyway.

  24. Re:YES! 3.5" floppies are STILL USEFUL. on Death to the 3.5" Floppy? · · Score: 1

    I've come across occasions where my bleeding edge system, with its new chipsets and BIOS, can't even present a drive to winblows when I want to set up a dual-boot.

    technology is moving so fast, the only media you can depend on is 3.5" floppies because nobody is mucking with it.

  25. Re:The LAW says- on Death to the 3.5" Floppy? · · Score: 1

    yeah, how does DOS get there? cassette tape or 5 1/4"?