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  1. Re:But... on New Mac OS X Trojan Hides Inside PDFs · · Score: 1

    Still technically correct: a trojan isn't a virus.

    Though I'll admit it's amazing that anyone working at a Genius Bar got anything technically correct...

  2. Re:European Starlings on Wild Parrots Learning To Talk From Escaped Pet Birds · · Score: 2

    To be fair, I only just realised there's a great business opportunity here: for a fee teach the starlings to screech the name of a hat or umbrella company.

  3. Re:European Starlings on Wild Parrots Learning To Talk From Escaped Pet Birds · · Score: 1

    I'd prefer "Look out below!"

  4. Re:Penis? on Algorithm Predicts New Superhard Materials · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, nanotubes are quite hard.

  5. Re:Yeah bro on Google To Honor "Don't-Track-Me-Bro" Requests · · Score: 1

    Not a play on words, it's merely redundant verbiage tacked on in a pathetic attempt to sound cool, just like all the comments that contain a useless "This."

  6. Where's DrBob? on Training an Immune System To Kill Cancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't gauge the validity of this research without a mention of subluxations as a calibration reference for my stupidity detector.

  7. Re:Why does this remind me of the Heathkit story? on Is There a Hearing Aid Price Bubble? · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Who Cares? on Hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics Application In OS X Lion · · Score: 3, Informative

    Some do, most don't. Same as Windows, really.

  9. Re:Trademark on Android Tricorder Killed By CBS · · Score: 1

    When all you have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail.

    Corollary: when your problem is a lawyer, a hammer is just fine.

  10. Re:Stenography on Pakistan Bans Encryption · · Score: 1

    Well, I did say detecting stenography is easy...

  11. Re:Stenography on Pakistan Bans Encryption · · Score: 2

    Detecting stenography is easy, you just look for the person sitting there with the funny typewriter thingy. Now steganography, that's hard to spot...

  12. Re:Seatback charging on airplanes on Jailbroken Devices Compromised By Charging Stations · · Score: 1

    I was surprised and thought the seatback device probably contained a small PC to handle the interactive display.

    If it linked to the flight control systems you would have been really surprised...but not for long.

  13. Re:Loch Ness on Fossil 'Suggests Plesiosaurs Did Not Lay Eggs' · · Score: 1

    "Nessie is a toy submarine with a head made out of plastic wood. Ogopogo is a plesiosaur. A f***ing plesiosaur!"

  14. Re:Next step on Making Microelectronics Out of Nanodiamond · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder how you distinguish femtodiamonds from femtographite, though.

    A really tiny jeweller's loupe?

  15. Re:Playing favorites on Computers Could Grade Essay Tests Better Than Profs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not who, what.

  16. Basic English on Sheikh Carves His Name In Desert So It's Visible From Space · · Score: 1

    Do you see where I wrote "a lot of them"? This is called a "plural", which is used in a situation where more than one person or thing is involved. Since one person is not more than one, the use of a plural makes it obvious to the astute reader that "he didn't dig that himself".

    In short: "Whoosh!"

  17. Re:What, no more iDweeb wires-into-ears look? on Apple Adopts Bluetooth 4.0. Could It Reject NFC? · · Score: 1

    Why not? They're stylish and functional.

  18. Re:The Bedouin Hillbillies on Sheikh Carves His Name In Desert So It's Visible From Space · · Score: 2

    Uh, what? This is photographic evidence they can write.

    Of course, it does seem to take a lot of them a very long time and some heavy machinery to complete one word...

  19. Re:Godspeed Atlantis on Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches On Final Flight · · Score: 1

    Space flight is going backwards after today.

    Did anyone else read that and think of this?

  20. Re:Don't forget it's also the video feed on First Thunderbolt Peripherals Arrive To Market · · Score: 1

    The device can also be dong video...

    You're the last person I expected an "Apple is teh gay" joke from.

  21. Re:Google Docs: $0, Microsoft ineptitude: priceles on Office 365: Suffer 18 Days' Outage, Still Pay Half Price · · Score: 1

    From what I have read Even though the Aussie $ is higher than U.S. $ at the moment, we are going to pay up to 76% more.

    Waterproof packets don't come cheap.

  22. Re:Were they panicking in 18th century as well? on Gray Whale, Southern-Hemisphere Algae Seen In N. Atlantic · · Score: 1

    Plankton discount coupons.

  23. Re:no 10.7 looks like Apples windows ME on Is Final Cut Pro X Apple's Biggest Mistake In Years? · · Score: 1

    What? Speak the King's English or GTFO.

    Or "the Queen", as he's known these days...

  24. Re:boinc on Could Wikipedia Become a Supercomputer? · · Score: 1

    You might, if it isn't supervised by a trio of idiots.

  25. Re:Scientific debate, huh? on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1

    -- Is there any record of a scientist who threatens a religious leader for not agreeing with the Books of Science?

    Do astronauts count?