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  1. Re:Not to mention on NASA Planning Mission To 40-Meter-Wide Asteroid · · Score: 1

    From the sound of the article, I think they may need to send AC/DC, so that they can rock the asteroid to pieces. Each asteroid needs a different skill set to destroy.

    Quit being naive, people. You can't just always send balding actors.

  2. *wooosh* on Proposed Telescope Focuses Light Without Mirror Or Lens · · Score: 1

    refer to my original post, thx

  3. I'll say on Proposed Telescope Focuses Light Without Mirror Or Lens · · Score: 2, Funny
    FTFS:

    The scientists suggest that an orbital 30-meter imager could resolve planets the size of Earth within 30 light-years.

    O RLY?! I suppose they haven't considered how unbearably LONG 30 light years is. I'm certainly not prepared to wait that long. Besides, we'll all be dead in 30 light years, what with the Hopi prophecy foretelling the end of time, and all.

    While I'm here, let me get this out of the way, save us some time:
    (joke) ------------->
    (you)----> O__O
  4. Re:They already have everything they need. on Party Ideas For Math Nerds? · · Score: 1

    The same way you got all those babies into the suitcase. Man, you've got to stop thinking so linearly...

  5. I've never been happier... on Backup Tapes With 2 Million Medical Records Stolen · · Score: 1

    I've never been happier to be unable to afford to go to a doctor. :D

    Oh, fuck yes.

  6. Re:Everything is Art on Nanomicroscopic Image Or Modern Art? · · Score: 1

    If nobody can tell what art is anymore then is everything art?

    I think the fact that modern art has become so popular that museums dedicated to it have opened, where the patrons are so aware of the self-awareness of the artist and art itself that they really have to ask someone if an unmarked bench is art is a work of art in and of itself.

    Transpersonal and temporally dissociative works of art are my favorite.

    I think my favorite work of modern performance art I've created was when I had this apple I was throwing up in the air and catching--enjoying myself thoroughly--and suddenly I exclaimed, "Man! This is a GOOD APPLE!"

    I'm primarily a musician, but I don't think I've ever made any music that attains the purity and clarity of Man! This Is a Good Apple!
  7. Re:Best Parallel Ever! on Diebold Admits ATMs Are More Robust Than Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    People speed. It's not safe. Ticket them. Win-Win

    I don't have the reference at the moment, but he majority of speeding doesn't change any statistics that have to do with endangerment of anybody. Which means that a large number of people who are being safe are being punished as a deterrent for a small number of unsafe people.

    Which is pretty fucked up.

    3. Let's not forget that *we* are the government.

    BULLSHIT.

    The "profit" directly or indirectly benefits the population.

    Ideally, yes.

    Let's not forget to separate individual bad behavoir from actual government policy.

    while we're at it, let's not forgot to separate the "we" from the "government."
  8. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. on Ubuntu 8.04 Released · · Score: 1

    Yeah, she's all right. Drags her teeth a bit though... You've just been spoiled by the flawless blowjobs your mom gives.
  9. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. on Ubuntu 8.04 Released · · Score: 1

    my girlfriend smells fine, and will still bang me even if i'm stinky.

    hooray for me!

  10. Re:3 cores sounds "wrong", but... on AMD's Triple-Core Phenom X3 Processor Launched · · Score: 1

    Odd numbers violate my obsessive need for symmetry. Excuse me now while I go and touch the door exactly 12 times. You know, I hate it when I'm fapping and I lose count. :D
  11. Furthermore... on Edward Lorenz, Father of Chaos Theory, Dies at 90 · · Score: 1

    ...if he doesn't die next year at the same time, we can finally be sure he was on to something. :)

  12. Re:Dealer? on "Judicial Scandal" In Pirate Bay Case · · Score: 1

    oh, and how do you know that? I'd wager you're pretty wrong, even if it's not hanging out over beers, and is a little more covert.

  13. Re:Dealer? on "Judicial Scandal" In Pirate Bay Case · · Score: 1

    'Twas in Mexico.

  14. Interesting viewpoint you've got there on "Judicial Scandal" In Pirate Bay Case · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why are they "criminals"? They haven't been convicted of anything. The fact that they follow a philosophy of anti-copyright doesn't make them criminals. And why, pray tell, do you think being a drug dealer is any different? I'm just referring to the laws and general accords we have in society. I don't think drug dealers are, for the most part, doing anything wrong.

    Same goes for The Pirate Bay.
  15. Role reversal on "Judicial Scandal" In Pirate Bay Case · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's interesting how often it turns out that the criminals are the ones with the moral high ground.

    I was being harrassed for a long time by this cop, and he finally arrested me and roughed me up slightly. I went to the same gym as the local dealer, and he had a word with the police chief over their weekly brewskis, and the fucker left me alone after that.

  16. Re:Great warranty, though... on Monster Cables Pushes Around the Wrong Small Company · · Score: 1

    right after I posted this, I realized everyone was talking about the HDMI cables and the lying about the quality and all that.

    I was talking about instrument cables. Which, it's $10-15 for a piece of shit to mediocre cable, and $30 for a monster (which are pretty well-constructed)

  17. Great warranty, though... on Monster Cables Pushes Around the Wrong Small Company · · Score: 1

    You just return your utterly destroyed Monster cable to any participating store, and they replace it for you, free of charge. Which is pretty goddamn awesome.

    I like PlanetWaves cables better, though. I fear the metal Monster plug will damage my equipment. And I think PlanetWaves has a similar warranty.

    But the price, in light of the lifetime warranty, is pretty fair.

  18. Re:One of the problems. on Robot Rebellion Quelled in Iraq · · Score: 1

    I wrote "Hello, World" once, and I think it's safe to say it was bug-free. So I quit coding while I was ahead.

    Anyway, the US Government keeps as much as possible under wraps. So we don't really KNOW if anybody died or not. It's not safe to assume either way. For example, you know about all those hummers with canvas doors that got blown the fuck up (with our soldiers inside, mind you) that you get court-martialed for uncovering? This is where the punchline would go if it were a joke.

  19. BWAAAAAHAAHAAAAAAA! on Robot Rebellion Quelled in Iraq · · Score: 1

    We all knew this was going to happen, didn't we? How fucking awesome are we? I mean, really.

    Goddamn. Sometimes I wonder at how poor I am, when I'm walking around all the time with so many fucking perfect ideas. And I apparently know everything about everything, past, present and future.

    Fuck you, The Man, I own your ass.

  20. Re:GNAA Gay Nigger Monkey Scientist News on Internet Black Holes · · Score: 1

    thereby nullifying any real affect their stupidity may have on the rest of us

    I think you mean effect.
    [/pedant]
    [/grammarninja]
  21. Re:Hey check this out! on HP Unveils Small Commercial Linux Laptop · · Score: 1

    Shocker!

    Am I the only person that comment made think of this?
  22. REBUTTAL on Writers Find Blogging To Be a Stressful Method of Reporting · · Score: 2, Funny

    Certainly you won't be renting an island, a chef and prostitutes for $50K/year.

    Certainly you've never been to Mexico. ;-)

    I never said chefs and I never said hookers. The exchange rate on personal relationship is way better in Mexico anyway.
  23. haha on Apple, New York City In Legal Dispute Over Logo · · Score: 1

    You know what I would claim next? I would claim that you are an asshat sucking Steve Job's dick at the moment. Now go to the court and prove its wrong, asshole. What we have here is a non-story that only gained notoriety because of the many Apple-haters about. And it, ironically, proves their existence by its persistence and prevalence across so many sites and blogs today.

    Bravo!
    Brrrrrrraaa-VOOOO
    Bravo!
  24. Re:I REALLY hope Apple wins... on Apple, New York City In Legal Dispute Over Logo · · Score: 2

    Can you really say that Apple doesn't have a stake in other companies using Apples for logos? Because that's what saying they shouldn't file this complaint is saying.

    only if they're in the same field of business. I thought the Apple Corps. suit was borderline, but their logic was sound.

    How are these fields related here? Apple makes their computers with recyclable parts? Apple makes people feel good about themselves for participating in an ad campaign? Tell me.
  25. NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW on Google Sued Over Privacy Invasion On Street View · · Score: 1

    Google should just claim they didn't parse the "Private Road" sign, because it didn't conform to web standards.