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  1. Re:Is not... Is so? on Fish Can Count to Four · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this subitizing (on a much larger scale of course) is what we see in savants when they are able to seemingly instantly count high numbers of objects, e.g. the spilled toothpicks in Rain Man.

  2. Re:Timeline on Animated Film Set To Kick Off Star Wars TV Show · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That is a good question. I was under the impression that there were always 2 and only 2 Sith at any given time. The Sith student kills the Master, becomes the Master, and takes on a student. Am I way off base here?

  3. Re:Fascinating! on Galaxy Sans Dark Matter · · Score: 1
    If dark matter was needed to explain why galaxies look a certain way, but this one can exist without it, what does that say about dark matter?

    Perhaps the researchers were lacking in gray matter?

  4. Re:east/west??? on Origin of Antimatter Cloud Discovered · · Score: 1

    Heck, it's just as arbitrary as calling it "Trish"

    I believe she changed her name to Trillian.

  5. Re:ROFL on $500,000 Prize for Faster Airport Security Checks · · Score: 1

    On a side note, if we could get the terrorists to blow themselves, they would probably never leave their hut/cave/etc.

  6. Re:Ooh! on $500,000 Prize for Faster Airport Security Checks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "This one goes in your mouth, this one goes in your ear, and this one goes in your butt."
    Pause
    "Oh wait, this one...no...uh...THIS one goes in your mouth."

    - "Idiocracy"

  7. Re:Yes and no on $500,000 Prize for Faster Airport Security Checks · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Sure, be nice, it may make it a lot harder to motivate people to blow themselves on your plane..."

    Come again?

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

  8. Re:The enemy we all share is FEAR on $500,000 Prize for Faster Airport Security Checks · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes, and then we'll all hug and plant a tree that drops magical gumdrops as fruit. And the animals that eat this fruit will crap enough sunshine to power every house in the world. What a wonderful world that will be.

  9. Re:What kind of laser? on Couple Busted For Shining Laser At Helicopter · · Score: 1

    You are an Evil Genius®.

    Reminds me of the Bart vs. Lisa "I'm going to start swinging my arms like THIS and if you happen to get in the way..."

  10. Really... on New Vista Random Numbers to Include NSA Backdoor? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess it's not so secret then, is it?

  11. Re:10 factors to fall in love? on The Future of Love and Sex - Robots · · Score: 4, Funny

    50 Ways To Leave Your Robot Lover

    The problem is inside your CPU it said to me
    The solution is quite easy if you take it logically
    I'd like to help you make the move to version 3
    There must be 110010 ways to leave your robot lover

    It said that it was waterproof and inter-cooled
    Furthermore, it stated it had cruise control and auto-lube
    But I was most impressed with the self-inflating boobs
    There must be 110010 ways to leave your robot lover
    110010 ways to leave your robot lover

    CHORUS:

    You just deny the ACK, Jack
    Kill the PS Fan, Stan
    Use the "no battery" ploy, Roy

    Electricity ain't free

    Just short out the bus, Gus
    Don't need to discuss MUX
    Just decrypt the key, Lee
    And getcho self free...

  12. Re:10 factors to fall in love? on The Future of Love and Sex - Robots · · Score: 1

    AHHH, that is brilliant!!

  13. Re:10 factors to fall in love? on The Future of Love and Sex - Robots · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about:

    You just deny the ACK, Jack
    Kill the PS Fan, Stan
    Use the "no battery" ploy, Roy

    Electricity ain't free

    Just short out the bus, Gus
    Don't need to discuss Mussss
    Just decrypt the key, Lee
    And getcho self free...

  14. Re:You can't protect yourself against the nonexist on Does Active SETI Put Earth in Danger? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Further, we have absolutely no contacts with any other civilization after millennia of recorded history...

    That should read we have absolutely no PROVEN contacts...

    There are many very old writings, pictures, tablets, etc. that could be interpreted as showing contact with alien races. Perhaps aliens did come here years ago and decided either a) we aren't worth keeping in touch with or 2) they would wait a few ages to see if we blow ourselves up. Who knows? I certainly would never profess to have any knowledge of the subject, but I will keep an open mind.

  15. Re:This future of reading. on An Acerbic Look At the Future of Reading · · Score: 1
    Not only did I read, but I repeated and replied as well.

    But did you rinse? :)

  16. Re:BAC! on Chimps Outscore College Students on Memory Test · · Score: 1
    Amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself.

    Everyone knows that there exists only one animal that is suitable for cat herding: the Vermicious Knid

  17. Re:The beginning of the end on RIAA College Litigations Getting A Bumpy Ride · · Score: -1, Troll

    And by "being opportunistic" he/she means "being a copyright infringing, law breaking little prick."

  18. Re:I respectfully disagree... on The Real Mother of All Bombs, 46 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    Dolphins, trees, eskimos...it's all a bunch of hippie crap.

  19. Re:Great News on First Fossil Evidence That Velociraptors Hunted in Packs · · Score: 1

    So yes, in my case I would do everything both within and outside my power to see such a place. Not a zoo but a real, honest-to-goodness park where they can roam free and be who they are.

    Sheesh. Lay off the dope, hippie.

  20. Re:a cost saving suggestion on Halo Movie Is Still Dead · · Score: 1

    I think he has Boll confused with Lucas...

  21. Re:Right of Way on Very High Tech - Elevator Garages in an NYC Hi-Rise · · Score: 1

    Fantastic thought. After you spend more than a trillion dollars buying the right of way for this super train, let's get right on that.

    We won't have to buy it, the Government can use Eminent Domain to just take it.

  22. Did you hear that? on Stalling Cars Via OnStar · · Score: 1

    That was the sound of a Police Black Helicopter flying over your head with the parent joke in tow.

  23. Re:keyword: annoying! on University of Florida Student Tasered At Political Rally · · Score: 1
    "Physically resisting being handled by cops is only going to get your ass kicked."


    If I haven't done anything illegal (which, from the video, this kid had done nothing illegal) you can bet your ass I will physically resist being handled by the police. The police are supposed to be DEFENDING assholes like this kid. They are supposed to work for the people. Granted, the kid overstayed his welcome and was acting like an idiot, but that does not give the police the right to physically restrain and then taser him.

  24. Re:There are restrictions to free speech on University of Florida Student Tasered At Political Rally · · Score: 1

    No, because there is an intermediate step between "free to go" and "arrested" and that is called "detained." Police are allowed to "detain" anyone they want for just about any reason. It is usually left up to the officer's discretion as to whether someone should be detained. Any lawyers out there want to clarify this? Am I way off base?

  25. Re:keyword: annoying! on University of Florida Student Tasered At Political Rally · · Score: 1
    I watched the video. Here is what I saw:

    • Kid goes up to mic
    • kid tries to give (somewhat lengthy and preachy) background info on upcoming question
    • kid finally gets to his question
    • cops start grabbing kid
    • speaker (Sen. Kerry) says he will answer the question
    • kid LAWFULLY resists cops (it is not illegal to be annoying)
    • cops go into Nazi mode
    • kid gets tasered

    Did I miss anything?