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  1. Better lawsuit against Blizzard on Blizzard Sued By South Carolina Inmate · · Score: 3, Funny

    If he wants to sue Blizzard at least sue them for a real crime, like the warcraft reputation system.

  2. Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! on Blizzard Sued By South Carolina Inmate · · Score: 1

    Except for Christina Applegate, Bob Barker, Green Bay's Lambeau Field, and Denny's I agree it is frivolous. I've been after those bums for years. I'm not sure what "Jewish Mossad" is though. Is there a "Hindu Mossad"?

    His list of defendants reads like it was generated by the same program that generates spam.

  3. Re:Here's how it works... on A Linux-Based "Breath Test" For Porn On PCs · · Score: 1

    I renamed it guyongirlonsheep37.txt Ha! Fooled ya!

  4. Re:Brilliant! on Inventor Open Sources "TV-B-Gone," and Why · · Score: 1

    Yah, I see big-box stores that hire people at near minimum wage putting devices in front of every display on the remote off chance that someone would (horrors!) turn off a tv with a remote. I guarantee you if they tried that half of them would be broken and the other half would be misplaced, not used properly, or have dead batteries.

    My biggest problem with the tv-b-gone is that the receivers on tvs doesn't have a very wide angle of reception. Makes it hard to get the tv over your shoulder to shut off.

  5. Re:I'm against anonymous anger. on Anonymous Anger Rampant On the Web · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This article makes me want to kill someone!

  6. Re:Interesting but pointless on Duplicating Your Housekeys, From a Distance · · Score: 1

    People set off their own car alarms all the time or they are set off by being bumped into so they get ignored. Windows and walls are rarely smashed by their owners or do so spontaniously.

  7. Time to take down my photos on Duplicating Your Housekeys, From a Distance · · Score: 1

    Looks like I'll have to remove my flickr photo series of "My favorite keys for locking up valuables". This is right after I had to remove "My favorite credit cards".

  8. Re:Interesting but pointless on Duplicating Your Housekeys, From a Distance · · Score: 1

    Unless you live in the middle of nowhere people tend to notice things like windows being broken and walls being tunneled through.

  9. Re:NASA on Mars Lander Faces Slow Death · · Score: 1

    As an Australian you should be amazed that any news gets through your censors at all.

  10. Re:Dick works best... on Brains Work Best At Age of 39 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unfortunately in the current economy that 65 year old will have to wait until they're 95.

  11. Wait until it starts singing on Depressed Astronauts Might Get Computerized Solace · · Score: 1

    When it starts singing "Daisy" then it is time to abandon ship.

  12. Re:What hardware? on Is Ubuntu Getting Slower? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That assumption, that software gets slower as newer versions come out, is the "Windows Effect". People have grown up with Windows bloatware and assume that behavior is the norm. They are more concerned with adding new bells and whistles and not revisting existing code. When I work on software releases one of the main things we do is not only add new functionality but improve the performance of existing code, especially by taking advantage of new hardware/db tech features.

  13. Re:Companionship on Depressed Astronauts Might Get Computerized Solace · · Score: 1

    Simpler solution, on board Real Dolls.

    You don't want some angry pimpnaut flying up to kick your ass do you?

  14. Re:Who Chooses? on First Mars-Goers Should Prepare For a One-Way Trip · · Score: 1

    No, but you'll have to stay in your seat with your seatbelt on at all times.

  15. Not a problem on First Mars-Goers Should Prepare For a One-Way Trip · · Score: 1

    Oh don't worry. It'll be a one-way trip.

    And for all those people saying how they'd like to go there please try spending a year in one of Antarctica's dry valleys while wearing a space suit and living in a tiny craft with minimal supplies or repair abilities. You'd still have more interesting and friendly scenery than you'd have on Mars.

  16. Re:Who Chooses? on First Mars-Goers Should Prepare For a One-Way Trip · · Score: 3, Insightful

    get away from the three centuries of built up corruption?

    "Sorry but wherever you go, there you are." In other words, your nature will follow you. History has shown that even the best intended utopian groups ended up dissolving in the same old conflicts.

  17. Re:Futurama on Inside the World's Most Advanced Planetarium · · Score: 1

    Fungineering? Damnit, I didn't even know that was an option when I was choosing a major!

  18. It still won't cure... on Inside the World's Most Advanced Planetarium · · Score: 1

    And yet, no matter how much money they spend it still won't stop a roomful of school kids from simultaneously groaning when you tell them "We are going on a field trip to the planetarium."

  19. Re:Home version on Inside the World's Most Advanced Planetarium · · Score: 1

    A glass ceiling? Then your kid grows up thinking he can never reach upper management.

    Plus he'll have a great view of bird poop.

  20. Re:A new career beckons! on Voters Swayed By Candidates Who Share Their Looks · · Score: 1

    How does this explain why a white guy with ears that don't stick out (e.g. me) would vote for Obama?

  21. Re:Like something out of Robinson's work on Geoengineering To Cool the Earth Becoming Thinkable · · Score: 1

    Spreading some reflective particle around the world to treat a symptom of warming?

    So we let in a bunch of mice so we got a cat, then we got a dog to get rid of the cat, but then we got a lion to get rid of the dog, but then we got an elephant to get rid of the lion, then we got a mouse to get rid of the elephant...

  22. Re:Utah on Kentucky Judge Upholds State's Gambling-Domain Grab · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So what happens when Utah starts doing the same thing to your porn sites..?

    Available bandwidth would increase by a factor of 100.

  23. Re:DNS on Kentucky Judge Upholds State's Gambling-Domain Grab · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't you just cut the telegraph line?

  24. Re:There Already Is One on Interpol Pushing World Facial Recognition Database · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is why everyone should use goatse as their facebook image.

    "Sir, according to the records at the CIA this guy is a huge asshole."

  25. Re:Obligatory quote, I suppose on Many Universities Spending $100K/Year Enforcing P2P Rules · · Score: 1

    Unless they require that you buy the gas and food at places are are a bit more expensive in the first place or the card has fees and an above average interest rate.