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  1. If the inhabitants offer you a manicure... on Earth-Like Planet, With Ambitious Life Possibility, Found Orbiting the Star Next Door (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    ...decline.

  2. Re:Almost anything is better than corn on Switchgrass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn · · Score: 1

    We'd be fine without all that corn and wheat. We just wouldn't be able to eat a lot of meat.

  3. Re:1+1=2 solves problems, too... on Physicist Claims Time Has a Geometry · · Score: 1

    Sucks to be you. I can count to 31 on one hand!

  4. Re:Democrats, Republicans: the same thing! on Wikipedia Entries 'Cleaned' By Political Staffers · · Score: 1

    oh. How's life before the industrial revolution treating you?

  5. Re:What a shame on Toy Story 3 Scrapped · · Score: 1

    Point shotgun at bunny at close range. Pull trigger. Enjoy fine red mist effect.

  6. Re:Democrats, Republicans: the same thing! on Wikipedia Entries 'Cleaned' By Political Staffers · · Score: 1

    It's ductile, malleable under relatively low heat, and a good conductor. Sounds pertty useful to me.

  7. Re:Why buy the book? on Linux Commands, Editors, & Shell Programming · · Score: 0

    I think it's the combination of tightrope-taut plot with genuinely affecting character development that makes this book stand out from your run-of-the-mill online documentation. I must have fallen asleep with the light on for a week straight, and was especially moved by the author's probing insights in the maturation of ed into sed.

  8. Re:What they didn't mention on The Mystery of Cell Processors · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, it'd run at 10.3 GHz is what you're saying, or perform at an equivalent thereof? That's a fairly significant jump over the 4.7GHz Pentiums aavailable now.

  9. Re:Stellar Pong? on Japanese Deploy Solar Sail · · Score: 1
    I recommended a Farmer book to an ex

    Say no more.

  10. Re:Sad on 10 Years of Beowulf Clustering · · Score: 1

    A serious gap if you don't know what a Beowulf cluster is? Taking things a bit far, aren't you? Or are you just talking about /.ers? If som then I guess you're right...

  11. Re:Cinema is selling out waaay too much... on Will LOTR:ROTK Extended Edition Hit Cinemas? · · Score: 1
    I didn't give credit to Jackson who is actually working at another piece of original art (the KingKong movie).

    Yeah, that's original.

    Don't get me wrong, I loved LOTR, Bad Taste, and Dead Alive, but do we really need another giant monkey movie? Ah well, I'll probably blow my 10 shekels on it anyway...

  12. Re:Just remember the RAID song on Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver? · · Score: 1

    My bad. Anyhow, trust me, they rhyme.

  13. Re:Why, a quake goes off, of course. on Is This The Big One? · · Score: 1

    You'd think a rocket scientist would have the smarts to recognize sarcasm...

  14. Re:Just remember the RAID song on Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver? · · Score: 1
    It's just you.

    one

    fun

    Note the pronunciation key.

  15. Re:Is this a new thing? on Starz, RealNetworks Offer Movie Download Service · · Score: 1
    How are they "breaking the law?" They own the copyright on the work. So, presumably they are the only ones not breaking the law when they participate in the bittorrent network.

    If they own the copyright, and are giving the work away, how am I breaking the law by taking it from them?

  16. Re:Don't on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1
    I can only reply by checking the statistics on world population and noting that the advent of condoms had no significant effect.

    So why don't you? Afraid the numbers don't back up your unsubstantiated theory? If you're going to bring up statistics, you'd better be ready to roll with some numbers.

  17. Re:Seeing as they like history...... on Linus Not The Father Of Linux, According to Report · · Score: 0

    He's not the Father of Linux. Get it?</cluestick>

  18. Re:Pft, wrong threat on AmEx vs. rec.humor.funny · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're talking about credit card companies. Profit is implied.

  19. Re:post contains SPOILER on Spiderman 2 Trailer · · Score: 1

    He did you a favor. It stunk.

  20. Re:Piracy concerns on Xbox Emulator Plays Retail Game · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In that case, they are doomed to collapse under the weight of their own hubris, emulators or not. It's not like Sony and Nintendo are just sitting on their hands.

  21. Re:Piracy concerns on Xbox Emulator Plays Retail Game · · Score: 1

    Um, I thought the X-Box was a loss leader. They should be happy there's an emulator, it improves their share of games sold but doesn't cost them a dime.

  22. Re:Oh, god... on John Woo & Metroid the Movie? · · Score: 1

    Hey, Tank Girl is cool. I think you meant Tomb Raider.

  23. Re:Train My Replacement? on Train Your Own Replacement · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Care to back that up with some evidence? Yeah, I thought not.

    How is it 'violent' to call a strike? If anything, history has shown that violent means have been used much more frequently against union workers than by them.

  24. Re:drool... on Giant Sub-Woofer · · Score: 1

    I think you'd have to put the turntable in a seperate room.

  25. Re:Status symbols on Spread The Love (And Pay Us) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually, a nerd is more likely to test a purported diamond's hardness against softer materials in order to prove its authenticity.