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  1. Ferromagnetism on Ohio Supreme Court Drawn Into Magnetic Homes Case · · Score: 1

    You'd need to have a superconducting magnet like one in an MRI machine to get effects like they're talking about. Steel, by itself, cannot sustain field strengths that high. Claim is total nonsense.

  2. Heads up, Apple... on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 1

    You got a great thing going.
    Don't blow it.

  3. Reality distortion field -- gone on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 1

    damn.

    back to reality.

    Real sad.

  4. Re:Seven of Nine disapproves on Drone Kills Top Al Qaeda Figure · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I approve.

  5. Drake Equation on A Third of Sun-Like Stars May Have Warm Earth Analogs · · Score: 1

    Another number you can plug into the Drake equation, FWIW.

  6. Aleph Null! on Sesame Street Begins Teaching Math and Science · · Score: 1

    Aleph One! Hah ah ah ahhhh!!
    Aleph Two!! Ah ah ah ah ah!!!

  7. Re:Will Quantum Computing Make It Out of the Lab? on Will Quantum Computing Make It Out of the Lab? · · Score: 1

    Not as long as you're looking.

  8. Re:Only one to protect yourself on AIDS Vaccine Breakthrough · · Score: 2

    What about those folks that can't get married?

  9. Re:Should be about 20ms on $300M To Save 6 Milliseconds · · Score: 1

    Can anyone summarize as a list of the major percentages what makes up the rest of the 40ms?
    Speed of light in vacuum > speed of light in a cable. Unless the cable's filled with vacuum. Plus, for a t

  10. Re:Might add a warning... on Wicked Lasers Introduces Handheld One-Watt Green Laser · · Score: 1

    How the hell is this thing legal to own without a license? The university I work at has to get a crappy ol' 200mW nitrogen laser certified by the state every year.

  11. iPhone walks into a bar... on Another Unreleased iPhone Lost by Employee In a Bar · · Score: 2

    Bartender says, hey, buddy... you look lost.

  12. Re:HP's suicide on One Final Manufacturing Run of Touchpads · · Score: 1

    Someone should get hold of it RIGHT now and make a proper commitment to WebOS, and to making the devices *at* cost, or below if you can get the app model in working shape.

    If you can make a device below cost, I think you've got something.

  13. Re:This isn't diamond the way you're thinking on Massive Diamond Found Orbiting Pulsar · · Score: 1

    Metallic carbon?

  14. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1

    Steve has very high standards and didn't pull any punches when he thought designs weren't good enough. That's what dragged Apple out of the morass of the 90s.

  15. An Insanely Great Run... on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1

    Best Wishes to Steve and his family.

    Here's hoping that Apple keeps on keepin' on.

  16. Re:well... on Could Assortative Mating Explain Autism? · · Score: 3, Funny

    if you have ENOUGH geeks just sitting around, something's BOUND to happen. Even by accident. Probability, man.

    Quantum tunnelling?

  17. Lazy Spammer Grammar on Malicious Spam Spikes To 'Epic' Level · · Score: 3, Funny

    If these knuckleheads ever learn correct English, we're screwed.

  18. Re:i dont like to mock or laugh at india on India Wants To Monitor Twitter, Facebook · · Score: 1

    ... so you're saying some bad non-Indians are electing your politicians for you? Or you elect good Indians which transform into bad ones? Or what?

  19. Noisy Room? on Google Running 900,000 Servers · · Score: 1

    Noticed that the gentleman in the picture is wearing fullsize earphones or ear protection. Is the room that noisy, or is he just enjoying some tunes?

  20. Polyhedral dice? on Detroit Maker Faire Was Kinda Awesome · · Score: 2

    As opposed to... monohedral?

  21. 340 million word dictionary? on Hackers' Flying Drone Now Eavesdrops On GSM Phones · · Score: 1

    So how long does it take to go through 340 million words? And wireless networks aren't smart enough to lock you out after 10 failed attempts?

  22. Re:2.6 Billion In Losses Just This Past Year on Microsoft Betting on Bing for Mobile Search · · Score: 1

    How do you lose $2.6 billion on a web-crawler?

    Here's one way.

  23. Bootstrap Fallacy on Can AI Games Create Super-Intelligent Humans? · · Score: 1

    'Nuff said.

  24. What is it with these knuckleheads? on Sheikh Carves His Name In Desert So It's Visible From Space · · Score: 1

    Saddam Hussein built the "Mother of all Battles" mosque, now called "Mother of all Cities." It was supposed to have an artificial lake and an island with the shape of his thumb - so big "God could see it from space." Don't know if they actually got around to making the island, tho the mosque is there.

  25. Re:ObZen on Fake Apple Stores Mushrooming In China · · Score: 1

    The fake Apple stores are really fake.