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  1. Re:Barely related question on Linux 3.12 Codenamed "Suicidal Squirrel" · · Score: 1

    What was the worry? You would've just respawned in a few anyway.

  2. New ad in the works on A New Spate of Deaths In the Wireless Industry · · Score: 1

    "Can you hear me now? Goooooddddddd!........"

  3. Don't be sorry on Bradley Manning Says He's Sorry · · Score: 1

    "Sorry I revealed your dirty laundry and forced you to admit the truth."

    In light of his solitary confinement abuse and who knows what else I'll take his statement with a grain of salt. The government's track record for torture and abuse isn't that good.

  4. Boston Area Amateur Astronomers on Amateur Astronomer Bruce Berger Talks About Telescopes, Part II (Video) · · Score: 1

    If you live in the northeast check out: Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston

  5. Re:Did they try this? on Four Month Mars Food Study Wraps Up · · Score: 1

    This was my first thought when I saw the headline. The marketing works!

  6. Re:Sooo.... on Cold War Plan Tried To Put a Copper Ring Around the Earth · · Score: 1

    But...but...it is so we can fight those evil commies.

  7. Re:Sooo.... on Cold War Plan Tried To Put a Copper Ring Around the Earth · · Score: 3, Funny

    The US is like a billionaire who can't find enough ways to blow their money.

  8. This is their fix? on NSA Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins · · Score: 1

    So this is their solution? I'm pretty sure those sys admins were there for a reason. Sort of like chopping off your head to cure headaches. Technically, yes, you got rid of the headaches.

  9. Sounds like fun on Paralyzed Patients "Speak" With Their Pupils · · Score: 1

    Message #1: "Scratch my nose"
    Message #2: "Shoot me"

  10. Re:I have tried insects before on What's Stopping Us From Eating Insects? · · Score: 1

    Sorry if you don't like my reasons but they are shared with many people. It is telling that as soon as they get meat like chicken or beef people who otherwise eat insects (and there aren't that many that do it with any regularity) immediately switch over. You seem to be taking this WAY too personally.

  11. Re:I have tried insects before on What's Stopping Us From Eating Insects? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think you pretty much nailed it here. With bigger animals like cows and even shrimp you can separate the meat from the shell, with insects you can't. Insect exoskeletons also frequently come with spiny legs, thoraxes, etc, not the most pleasant things to have in your mouth or try to swallow.

    Supposedly roasting insects and grubs makes the interiors firmer and less gooey. As far as taste goes it is telling that advocates always (for instances) promote chili powder covered or chocolate dipped insects. Even they can't handle eating bugs as they are.

    There is also the issue of disease and parasites. I'm not sure you can clean insect bodies off as thoroughly as you could, say, a lobster. With beef you are taking meat that hasn't been exposed to the environment unlike insect bodies. With insects you are also eating the contents of their digestive tracts.

  12. Russia would shut down on Russia Proposes Banning Foul Language On the Internet · · Score: 3, Funny

    How would Russians communicate without cursing?

  13. George Orwell predicted this on The Book That Is Making All Movies the Same · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of the pornography generating computers in 1984 that took the same few plots and edited them together over and over.

  14. Re:AC Post on Scientists Seek Biomarkers For Violence · · Score: 1

    That sounds like what I meant then

  15. CIA? on The CIA Wants To Know How To Control the Climate · · Score: 2

    Shouldn't this be a project(s) funded by the NSF? Just because it might have national security implications doesn't mean the CIA's role should be expanding into scientific research.

  16. Re:AC Post on Scientists Seek Biomarkers For Violence · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It would be interesting though if they saw such gene or genes in a majority of the type-a personalities typically found in politics or corporate boardrooms.

  17. Re:False Flag on Apple Sued For Man's Porn Addiction · · Score: 1

    Either that or he became "born again" and needed blame someone else for his problems.

  18. Consumer economy on America's Second-largest Employer Is a Temp Agency · · Score: 1

    So how are these folks supposed to buy all the crap these companies are trying to sell? Or have they turned their back on the US market?

  19. Re:Shouldn't that be "The Engineer's Behind"? on The Physics Behind Waterslides · · Score: 1

    Some people would pay extra for that

  20. Re:This is why I take a pillow on trains on Sky Deutschland Considering Using Bone Conduction To Force Ads On Train Riders · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not unlike the damn TVs they stuck on the back seats of some cabs in Boston. I just want a moment of peace in a cab (even chatting with the driver would be better) not be forced to watch news about the latest disaster or murder. News is like finding pennies, it is available everywhere and you'll get it eventually. I don't need it shoved at me in every venue. Fortunately I was able to turn it off. I'm sure someday they will remove that option.

  21. Why stop there on Sky Deutschland Considering Using Bone Conduction To Force Ads On Train Riders · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why not just go full Clockwork Orange and strap us down and pry our eyes open and force us to watch ads?

    Ironically any product forced on me using this bone conduction method will just piss me off so much that it will leave me deliberately avoiding that product.

  22. Re:We're making this all up anyway on Boston Marathon Bomber Charged With Using 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just shows that in the US we prefer that you do all your mass attacks with guns.

  23. Re:Wait, there were royalties? on Apogee Suing Gearbox Over Unpaid Royalties For Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 1

    Yes, X% of $0 is $0

  24. First World Problem on EA Takes Over Scrabble App, Wipes Player Histories and Switches Dictionary · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think we've struck the definition of a "first world problem".

  25. Re:Nice dash cam camera review site on Dashcams Going High-Def, High-Tech · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, I'm not seeing that