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  1. Re:Seriously.. on U.S. Confiscating Data at the Border · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh yah? Well Iran and Afghanistan are better than living on the moon. There isn't any air on the moon. So if you like breathing air you'd better shutup and stop complaining!

  2. Re:What is wrong with males' strengths on Male Brains 'Wired for Videogame Obsession' · · Score: 1

    c/but/by

  3. Re:Misleading title.. on Male Brains 'Wired for Videogame Obsession' · · Score: 1

    I could care less about aquiring territory in some game. Now please excuse me because I'm about to make level and I have my eye on this sweet mace.

  4. Re:Isn't it the other way around? on Male Brains 'Wired for Videogame Obsession' · · Score: 1

    It figures since they are written by men.

  5. Re:What is wrong with males' strengths on Male Brains 'Wired for Videogame Obsession' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Woman good, men bad

    It just goes along with how men are portrayed in most commercials and sitcoms as bumbling, sex starved idiots who have to be set straight but the level headed woman.

  6. It Breeds Lots of Things on Does Anonymity In Virtual Worlds Breed Terrorism? · · Score: 1

    It also breeds freedom of speech but I guess to control freaks that is the same as terrorism.

  7. NSA cable tapping on Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East · · Score: 1
    I hate to break it to you but the capability is there.


    It doesn't sound like an anchor anymore, the ship responsible would've been spotted days ago. I doubt it is volcanic or tectonic activity either. A force strong enough to break all those cables would've shown up on seismographs around the world. Could drifting fishing gear do this? That would be hard to imagine but it is a possibility. Maybe the dolphins are getting back at us for all of those tuna nets.

  8. Re:riiight. on Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East · · Score: 1

    After all these days and cables are still being cut? Doesn't sound like a ship anchor to me. How hard is it to spot a large ship nowadays? My guess is that it is an out of control intelligence cable tapping robot. Probably a rogue Roomba. Hopefully its batteries will die before it kills us all.

  9. Re:Pet Rock... on Is the Game Boy the Toughest Product Ever Made? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I still have my pet dog after 30+ years too. He's right up there on the mantle.

  10. Re:quantifying the unquantifable! on Taiwan Group Responsible For 90% of MSFT Piracy · · Score: 1

    So does this mean MS will stop complaining about piracy now that they stopped the big bad guys?

  11. Natural vs Artificial on Sperm Made From Female Bone Marrow, Men Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    Lets see...

    Artificial Sperm:
          Difficulty: Very complex process
          Risk: Probably has a high likelyhood of sperm with damaged genes
          Cost: Thousands of dollars (at least)
          People: Requires many highly skilled specialists
          Process: Obtaining bone marrow is painful or unpleasant at best

    Natural Sperm:
          Difficulty: Limited by how fast the woman can call the man and how fast he can run to her bedroom.
          Risk: May end up in a bad relationship or with an STD
          Cost: Usually the price of a dinner and a few drinks
          People: Requires at least one reasonably clean, functional and attractive guy (more than one? You perv)
          Process: Generally extremely pleasant, unusual hardware may vary the experience though.

  12. Re:Using Headlines to Trick People Into Clicking on Mega-D Botnet Overtakes Storm, Accounts for 32% of Spam · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if "Mega-D Botnet" is a rapper or a Transformer.

  13. Re:Injustice on How One Clumsy Ship Caused A Major Net Outtage · · Score: 1

    They have "Dig Safe". Now they'll need "Anchor Safe". "Don't drop that anchor without calling first!"

  14. Re:Huh on How One Clumsy Ship Caused A Major Net Outtage · · Score: 1

    Let me take a guess as to what would happen, office productivity would double and sales of phony Viagra would drop dramatically?

  15. Re:Ice... on Life May Have Evolved In Ice · · Score: 1

    Maybe, but the earth could have been seeded by masses of ice laced with organic materials that impacted it. Also, from studying ancient zircon crystals found in cratons there is evidence pointing at the earth having cooled much faster than originally supposed.

  16. Re:Hmm good bye automotive paint?? on Femtosecond Lasers Used To Color Metals · · Score: 1

    I wonder how rugged this etching is. Even though it is burned right into the surface of the metal it still is a very thin layer. How resistant to corrosion and wear could it be?

  17. Re:Poor Bastards on HD DVD Player Sales Grind To a Halt · · Score: 1

    "Oh Lord, Please give me a sign as to which format I should buy?"

    "Ok, Warner Bros. is close enough."

  18. Re:No on IBM Responds to Overtime Lawsuits With 15% Salary Cut · · Score: 1

    Is that you Oscar Wilde?

  19. Re:Some reference materials on IBM Responds to Overtime Lawsuits With 15% Salary Cut · · Score: 1

    I guess I got moderated by an IBM executive. :)

  20. Re:Some reference materials on IBM Responds to Overtime Lawsuits With 15% Salary Cut · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If they had been excutives instead of a 15% cut they would've gotten multi-million dollar bonus packages.

  21. Re:Welcome on News Of SETI Signal Just Bad Reporting · · Score: 1

    The joke was that I was wildly misquoting you, just like the guy who wrote the article.

  22. Re:Welcome on News Of SETI Signal Just Bad Reporting · · Score: 1

    May I quote you on that for an article I'm writing?

    "'Welcome' Signals Received from Incompetent Slashdot Overlords"

  23. Re:Sounds like... on Hasbro Using DMCA on Facebook Game Apps · · Score: 1

    The makers of Tic Tacs would like to have a word with you.

  24. Hiring Plan on Microsoft to Spy on Employees · · Score: 1

    It is clear that this is a plot by MS to cut down on staff. "How can we make our workplace as hostile as humanly possible?"

  25. Re:here's a screenshot on Microsoft to Spy on Employees · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your spelling is killing me.