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  1. Taas on Texas Textbooks Battle Is Actually an American War · · Score: 1

    Why did they rename the TAAS test again?

  2. Warrent on Mining EXIF Data From Camera Phones · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder how many grow ops have been busted by the cops looking through twitpics/myspace photos metadata.

  3. dumb question on Mining EXIF Data From Camera Phones · · Score: 1

    How hard is it to extract this data, Do you need a special tool or can i see it all in photoshop

  4. Re:The metadata on Mining EXIF Data From Camera Phones · · Score: 5, Funny
  5. Re:Why troll ? on Directed Energy Weapon Downs Ballistic Missile · · Score: 1

    Getting a 1.21 gigawatts power supply is the easy part.

    Fitting the mini nuclear reactor in the back of a delorean, now thats the tricky part.

  6. Re:WSS on Document Management For Research With Annotation? · · Score: 1

    God the OP's requirements read like an advertisement for sharepoint, I just can't come to suggest it. I think the OSS person in me says wtick with a wiki.

  7. Re:Where in the Constitution? on Feds Push For Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking · · Score: 1

    Do you have some links to these TrueStories (TM)?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Stewart_(2003)

    I'm pretty sure the Grain fixing story is true as well, but i forget the name of the case.

  8. Re:The Sun on What Objects To Focus On For School Astronomy? · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Frosty P1ss!!11!!11oneone on The Art of Unit Testing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ATF guy: Wheres the unit?!
    Butthead: My unit? In my pants

  10. I'm pretty sure this is Terrorism. on Hackers Attack AU Websites To Protest Censorship · · Score: 1

    If they're using force to bring about change, Doesn't that make them terrorists under the patriot act?

    I think we should round up all the /b/tards and send them off to gitmo.

    I'm not sure those statements are related, But if we can use the first to pull off the second i'm all for it.

  11. Re:Hurray for LandFills! on XCore's EduBook, a Netbook That Runs on AA Batteries · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know you guys hate Apple for it, but there's a reason they're getting 8 hours out of a 17" laptop. It's because they threw away all the 'packaging' crap that comes with normal batteries and only packaged the 'energy storing' part.

    So when it explodes you get more bang for your buck.

  12. beating the dead meme on Re-Engineering the Immune System · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one welcome our new T cell Overlords

  13. Re:Duh on The Hidden Treasures of Sysinternals · · Score: 1

    I happily stand corrected.

  14. Re:Duh on The Hidden Treasures of Sysinternals · · Score: 1

    MS also killed ERD Commander?

  15. Boring on NVIDIA Shows Off "Optimus" Switchable Graphics For Notebooks · · Score: 1

    Please wake me when a company has brought the GPU on die.

  16. Re:Why don't they make something PRODUCTIVE on Google Shooting For Smartphone Universal Translator · · Score: 1

    No no no. the trick is to Bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish.

  17. Re:DOOMED I say... DOOMED! on Verizon Blocking 4chan · · Score: 1

    Hrmm... Apparently Slashcode doesn't like my XML Bracketed Sarcasm Tag, It was spossed to go before that last sentence.

    Damn you slashdot and your lack of an edit buyyon

  18. Re:DOOMED I say... DOOMED! on Verizon Blocking 4chan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sorry, your analogy doesn't work as it doesn't reference cars in any way.

    Indeed, ISP's are more like Cab Drivers.

    Imagine if you flag down a cab at the airport, You tell him to go to the west side of town. Half way to your destination you tell him you're going to a strip club. He says he can't take you there. What do you do?
    I'd say get out, Refuse to pay, and call another cab.

    In this case If i couldn't access the site after complaining I'd cancel the service and refuse to pay the bill as they refused to provide unfiltered internet access as they agreed.
    It's the same shit as when they block port 25. Call them and complain and if they can't fix it, go somewhere else.

    Besides who needs to access 4chan from their phone anyway

  19. Re:DOOMED I say... DOOMED! on Verizon Blocking 4chan · · Score: 1

    More of a Rule 9 violation

    Verizon crits 4Chan with BANHAMMER, 4chan takes 4d4 of damage.

  20. Re:this was a fun game in junior high on What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts? · · Score: 1

    "Who are you? How Did you get in my House?"

  21. Re:Does your tax money go where you want? on DARPA Aims for Synthetic Life With a Kill Switch · · Score: 2, Informative

    FYI,
    Darpa's Budget is about $3 Billion
    http://www.darpa.mil/Docs/FY2011PresBudget28Jan10%20Final.pdf

    Just in comparison Nasa's budget is about $18 billion

    The NSF (National science fund) is about $7.5-8 Billion.

    Also for the cost of the bank bailout($700Billion) we could of gone to mars and back($55Billion) about 13-14 times

  22. Re:Explanation on Robotic Audi To Brave Pikes Peak Without a Driver · · Score: 1

    An Audi in not a Corvette.

  23. Re:Another reason on Can You Trust Chinese Computer Equipment? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Listen, Do you want a $200 Intel i7 made in China/Taiwan/Korea. Or you can Buy american and get a $1000 IBM chip made over at East fishkill.

    oh and they're about the same speed.

  24. Re:MS Lobbyists on Following Tech's Money Trail In Washington · · Score: 1

    Sorry, sir, you're the filthy fucking moron here.

    Johnson & Johnson was founded in 1886.
    Eli Lilly and Company was founded in 1876.
    Bayer was founded in 1863.
    Wyeth was founded in 1860.
    Pfizer was founded in 1849.

    Some of them were around for over a century before computing even became remotely useful in the US. Hell, they were around for over a century before Microsoft was even founded, let alone became powerful.

    Better luck next time, chump. Try doing some research, if you don't already know what you're discussing.

    um.... If you're trying to say big pharma has been around for more then 200 years, You might try naming a company that actually is more then 200 years old. None of your examples refute that claim.

    Therefore your claim that the GP is a "filthy fucking moron" While not necessarily inaccurate, Is unsupported by the evidence you cited.

  25. Re:The corruption is scary. on Following Tech's Money Trail In Washington · · Score: 3, Informative

    The U.S. government has 6 times the percentage of its citizens in prison of any other country in the history of the world.

    Well, Most other oppressive governments just kill their opposition.