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  1. Re:OMG the Last Pope EVAR!!!!!!!1 on New Pope Selected · · Score: 4, Funny

    The church must have petered out.

  2. Re:'Could' isn't the same as 'did' on Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life · · Score: 1

    No, that isn't even possible on Earth.

  3. Re:I am the filmmaker on Indie Horror Film Shows What You Can Do (And Get) For Free · · Score: 1

    First question: why?

    Second question: dear God, why?!?

    Third question: would you mind it being shown on Australian television?

  4. Re:For free? But... but... on Indie Horror Film Shows What You Can Do (And Get) For Free · · Score: 2

    "It's not straling, it's copyright infringrmrnt."

  5. Re:What? on For Jane's, Gustav Weißkopf's 1901 Liftoff Displaces Wright Bros. · · Score: 4, Funny

    Many people actually did get off the ground in the first decade of the 21st century.

    Be fair, the TSA wasn't quite that strict last decade.

  6. Re:Global Warming is there anything it cannot do? on NOAA Report: World Labor Capacity Dropping Because of Increased Temperatures · · Score: 1

    Heat makes things expand, the hotter the Earth is the larger it is, so passing asteroids are closer.

    Makes perfect sense if you're brain damaged enough to work for MSN.

  7. Re:today's politicians on Illinois Politician Wants a Kill Switch For Anonymous Speech Online · · Score: 2

    What the hell are these ivy league lawschool graduates being taught that makes them think like this?

    Law, obviously.

  8. Re:Almost? on Huge Meteor Blazes Across Sky Over Russia; Hundreds Injured · · Score: 4, Funny

    Russia: so bad even the universe throws rocks at it.

  9. Re:Demand More on As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow To a Trickle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not if you listen to prog rock.

  10. Re:Epilepsy on UK Researchers Build Micron LED Light Based Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    Photosensitive epileptics are affected by high contrast, relatively low frequency flashes (well below 100Hz). A tiny LED switching so fast the most anyone is likely to see is a slight fluctuation in brightness (presuming it's not IR) would be less of a problem than the flashing LEDs on the front of existing routers.

  11. Re:Favors? Surely You Jest! on Chinese Hack New York Times · · Score: 1

    Could you explain what the New York Times did that warranted the use of hacking?

    Hired hack writers?

  12. Re:Hollywood all over on Steve Jobs Movie Clip Historically Inaccurate, Says Woz · · Score: 1

    To be fair to that tradition, Carnosaur makes Jurassic Park look so much better.

  13. Re:Apple summed up in one breath! on Steve Jobs Movie Clip Historically Inaccurate, Says Woz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    NEXT was about bankrupt when Jobs convinced Apple to buy it.

    And he profited from that deal quite nicely. I'd argue he was a lousy manager, but a very good businessman.

  14. Re:Eh? on No Spitfires In Burma After All · · Score: 1

    Well, no news is good news, and by that standard this is some excellent journalism.

  15. Re:Anyone hungry? on Scientists Create New Gasoline Substitute Out of Plants · · Score: 3, Funny

    Call it Soylent premium.

  16. Re:revolutionary! on Dean Kamen Invents Stomach Pump For Dieters · · Score: 2

    And a bike still beats a Segway hands down

    Of course, you're doing it wrong.

  17. Re:But the U.S. is still #1 in the world! on US Near Bottom In Life Expectancy In Developed World · · Score: 1

    For all of those "US has more reported X than anywhere else in the world" stats you have to remember that the US rivals EUROPE in total population.

    Don't US schools don't teach what "per capita" means?

  18. Re:wow... horrible parents on Teens Drug Parents To Get Web Access · · Score: 1

    Unless these kids know about safe dosages (how much did they put in if the parents only had to drink one quarter?!?), interactions with other drugs or side effects that might interfere with medical conditions, etc, there's the possibility it could have been as lethal as cyanide. Fucking around with someone's body chemistry is never trivial.

  19. Re:And nothing of value was lost on Why Do You Want To Kill My Pet? Zynga Shuts Down PetVille, 10 Others · · Score: 1

    Having brains is working out how to bypass the security and not pick up malware so their stuff isn't erased every few weeks. Just the first part indicates half a brain.

  20. Re:Amnesia as you go through a doorway on 30 Days Is Too Long: Animated Rant About Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Let me get this straight: if someone can't figure out how to use their computer, they should use the computer they haven't learned to use to look up how to use it on the internet.

    You honestly can't see a flaw in that plan?

  21. Re:The content on Australian ISP iiNet Walks Out of Piracy Warning System Talks · · Score: 1

    I suspect it means free from geographic or other artificial restrictions, unlike the currently available QuickFlix download service, which is a bit of a joke.

  22. Re:all i see on Chinese Moon Probe Flies By Asteroid Toutatis · · Score: 1

    That's season 2, but I'm pleased someone got the reference.

  23. Re:all i see on Chinese Moon Probe Flies By Asteroid Toutatis · · Score: 1

    That's worse! If anime teaches us anything, it's that cartoon asteroids are always weapons of evil aliens bent on our destruction. Unless someone can convert the wreck of the Yamato into a spaceship we're doomed!

  24. Re:Remove the obvious structural weaknesses on White House Must Answer Petition To 'Build Death Star' · · Score: 1

    But capacitors require time to charge. You probably only need to blow up one planet in a star system at any one time, true, but there's always the possibility of missing (and it was staffed by stormtroopers, they can't seem to hit anything).

  25. Re:A spoof by, not of, the leader on Australian Prime Minister's Spoof "Apocalypse" Speech Goes Viral In China · · Score: 1

    Me too. I'm pretty sure I can run faster than she can.