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  1. Re:obligatory Bill Cosby quote: on First 'Quantum Computer Chips' Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    Right!

    What's an ark?

  2. Re:Give me gameplay. on Real-time Raytracing For PC Games Almost A Reality · · Score: 1

    Heh. I did go back and play Planescape: Torment (1999), and even though it's one of the greatest games ever, I had to admit it was starting to show its age. Now, I recently started a game of Wizard's Crown (1986), which I originally played obsessively on the Atari 800. I barely lasted two hours before giving up. Just too, too primitive. Let's keep nostalgia where it belongs: deep within the recesses of our venerated memories.

  3. Re:vista can still get into the olympics... on Olympic Committee Chooses XP Over Vista · · Score: 1

    Mod: +1 (Strong Bad)

  4. Star Wars Prequels... on The Postal Movie is Really Bad · · Score: 1
  5. Re:well, shit. on Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End · · Score: 1
  6. Re:BLizzard on Can Blizzard Top StarCraft? · · Score: 1

    If you were trying for a haiku post, you didn't quite make it.
    My recommendation:

    Download percents are
    screwed for StarCraft. Blame the patch.
    No fix is coming.

  7. Re:And what about the U.S.? on Some Soft Drinks May Damage Your DNA · · Score: 1

    Please, have many children. The gene pool needs your contribution. :) /me is lactose intolerant

  8. A change for the worse? on British Traffic Wardens Issued CCTV Head Cameras · · Score: 0, Troll

    Stopping littering and antisocial behavior is a change for the worse? As mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani dropped crime by a significant amount through the use of his "street crime units" which targeted just these types of perps. As it turns out, those who would commit these infractions were frequently the type who would proceed to commit more heinous acts, and sometimes were even already wanted by the police.

    This sort of vigilance is exactly what we need if we're ever going to get serious about making city streets safe for everyone and not just gang members.

  9. Granny online... and MMORPG! on Females Outnumber Males Online · · Score: 1

    My mom is a twice-over granny and she plays more City of Heroes than you do.

    (and no, she's not my childrens' granny. My sister is not a geek so she managed to get married and have kids before I was even out of college.)

  10. Did he level up? on Space Debris Narrowly Misses Airliner · · Score: 1

    The pilot got 500 XP for successfully missing the debris.

  11. Re:An article pertaining to evolution, on Fox News on The Dolphin With Leftover Legs · · Score: 1

    Nothing to say. It was simply a mutation.

  12. Re:3,141 genes on Human Genome Sequencing Completed · · Score: 1

    I'll say our magic applies... considering we can easily squash your aforementioned silly hexal and octal adherents.

    DECIMAL FOREVER!!!

  13. Re:Where do I sign-up to test? on Warp Engines In Development? · · Score: 1

    You could simply move out of Massachusetts... that'd be a faster and easier solution!

  14. Re:as a parent : why that price ? on Lego Mindstorms NXT Robotics Announced · · Score: 1

    Not at all--if you're in your fifties now. Because of inflation it probably *was* a great deal!

  15. Re:Arrrrgggghhhh on Wikipedia's New Archnemesis · · Score: 1

    Oh, shut up.

  16. Whoops--accent on *second* syllable, sorry (nt) on Planet X Larger Than Pluto? · · Score: 1

    doh!

  17. Re:Hah on Planet X Larger Than Pluto? · · Score: 1

    You're still pronouncing it wrong.

    It's "YOU-rain-us."

    http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/pronunciatio ns.html

  18. Better get insurance on First Peek at Robosapien V2 · · Score: 1

    More articulated? More mobile? Terrific. Now they're going to have an even easier time stealing my mom's medication.

  19. Re:rm -fr / on Shootout: 'rm -Rf /' vs. 'Format C:' · · Score: 2, Funny

    He's got my vote!

    Now pass the freedom fries!

  20. You forgot... on Internet Televison Content Coming of Age · · Score: 1, Funny

    4) ???
    5) Profit!

  21. Re:outsource it on Book Review: Moon-Mars Commission Report · · Score: 1

    Contract the russians, they have the best heavy lift capabilities,rusting away, and they got engineers hanging around who will work for a lot less, and they are living where it costs less to live...

    We've tried this. The Russians have been close partners in Space Station Alpha (IIS) construction fro the get-go, and as you may recall, we've suffered significant delays because of Russian difficulty in completing their hardware in time to make launch schedules. At one point, construction was stymied for lack of a *single* Russian station component for almost a year, and we had to subsidize them heavily to get the job done at all. This begs the question, if to make the Russian space agency useful to us we have to sink huge amounts of money into them, why not just spend the money on building up our own launch capability?

  22. X-10 is a sponsor on Tiny Surveillance Aircraft Fly in Tucson · · Score: 3, Funny

    These little MAV video cameras can fly ANYWHERE!!!

  23. Master File...? on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 1

    "Master File", huh?

    What uses it, the Master Control Program?

  24. Re:It's Not Magic, It's God(TM) on Technology Spontaneously Combusts In Sicily · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why do you think some of the most religious people are often absolute morons, and many intelligent, well-educated people often aren't highly religious? Idiots need an explanation for everything, intelligent people seek answers and do not believe in what they cannot prove to themselves.

    Malarky. Some of the brightest, most clear-headed people I know are born-again, and some of the most dim-witted and gullible are agnostics.

    Galileo Galilei, though famous for his scientific achievements in astronomy, mathematics, and physics and infamous for his controversy with the church was, in fact, a devout Christian who saw not a divorce of religion and science but only a healthy marriage: "God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word."

    Link

  25. I bought spam... (ionizer) on Junkie Loves His Spam · · Score: 1

    Well, not directly. I got an ad for a small, table-top air cleaner/ionizer that sounded decent. I didn't buy from the spammer, but looked for the specific brand online, and found several vendors selling it. I got one for fifty bucks, and it's just a cheezy plastic thing with a 80mm case fan and an ionizing filament in it. I ran it for about a month before the fan started rattling and I had to shut it off. I don't know what I'm going to do with it; but I sure learned my lesson.

    That's the first and last time I ever bought spam.

    On a side note, Consumer Reports says the far-and-away best ionizing air cleaner is the Friedrich C-90A. I've seen it as low as $410. It's pricier than the Sharper Image Ionic Breeze, but way, way better. I want one.