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  1. I suppose that is important on Don't Worry About Global Warming, Say 16 Scientists in the WSJ · · Score: 2

    If your world is not much older than you, and not too big.
    Not like my mama.

  2. So it would be found on Man Who Downloaded Bomb Recipes Jailed For 2 Years · · Score: 1

    after he blowed up.

  3. Re:Lobbying vs Bribery on White House Petition To Investigate Dodd For Bribery · · Score: 2

    Here in Washington state it is as obvious as you describe.
    But our local media is loath to report the connections.
    And those connections make the politicians rich while we see a shrinking job market, fleeing businesses, stagnant wages, falling housing market, and ever higher taxes.

  4. So, they know of no fires on Chevy Volt Passes Safety Investigation · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Except for the reported fires????

    Thankyou, I know, your're from the government and you're here to help.

  5. Re:Iron Monoxide? on 'Electric Earth' Could Explain Planet's Rotation · · Score: 1

    Are you sure it isn't the second month of the year?

  6. FTFY on Hackers Steal $6.7M In Bank Cyber Heist · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Politicians have been stealing much larger amounts for years.

  7. Brilliant Observation! on TSA Makes $400K Annually In Loose Change · · Score: 1

    Wish I had thought of it.
    Now the government will need to fund the thieves guild to make sure they can continue to provide this valuable service.
    --
    Guess I couldn't see the forest for the thieves.

  8. There is no honor... on TSA Makes $400K Annually In Loose Change · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There is no honor among thieves.
    They care not a whit about you or your possessions.
    Whether they Love, like, dislike, revile, or hate your, what you represent, or their own life will not change the fact that they robbed you, and got paid for it, and will still probably get a raise and eventually a retirement.
    The raise and retirement are also probably on your dime.

  9. Add 5 feet of string at night! on Tracking Down the First Oxygen Users · · Score: 1

    Try this some evening or in a darkened room (not your room):
    Put a little weight on the end of a string and attach 0000 steel wool to it.
    Light the steel wool, grab the other end of the string and swing it in a circle.

    The smoldering steel wool becomes much more interesting.

  10. Touchscreen and driving? on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    There is even more to worry about than just RSI.
    I've wanted to whack some of those pinheads myself.

    Now, I don't want to go off on a rant here but:
    Put the damn thing DOWN!
    Give it a frickin rest!

  11. Couldn't you have just on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    Let go of the keg?

  12. Re:Is this a legitimate comparison? on Almost 1 In 3 US Warplanes Is a Drone · · Score: 1

    So far you need to skip the fighter jet idea.
    Most drones are not even jets, they won't stack up well to a MIG or Mirage except as FOD.
    --
    Should we ever field (it will happen) air-to-air fighter drones the rules of engagement will have to change drastically.

  13. Re:Of Mice And Men on Gut Bacteria Can Control Diabetes · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be more like over charging a battery thereby damaging it?
    To maintain the car analogy the battery could be in your chevy volt.

    If you over fill a gas tank it splashes out at you, more like vomiting, perhaps more akin to a bulimic?

  14. It seems the UN provides Insecurity on Carbon Emissions 'Will Defer Ice Age' · · Score: 1

    I finally read "All the Trouble in the World" which was bublished in 1995.
    The author traveled to various UN supported countries investigating the efforts to end overpopulation, famine, poverty, etc.
    He describes convoys travelling under armed guard through the most furtile areas on the earth to deliver: food.

    There are real problems with the UN, not least of which are the ammounts of $$ that magically dissappear and the lavish soires.

  15. Re:Screw Mars on The Challenges of Building a Mars Base · · Score: 1

    What would you call this cheesy bottom screwing machine of yours?
    Americas New Auto Lander?

  16. I dispute your landing ratio. on The Challenges of Building a Mars Base · · Score: 1

    Really, less than 50% landed?
    I think most landed if not all.
    Some faster than others..

  17. It's funny on Could a Dirty Rag Take Out a $2 Billion Satellite? · · Score: 1

    Because it's true.

  18. Re:Fucking ground this fleet. on World's Largest Passenger Plane May Be Unsafe, Some Say · · Score: 4, Funny

    How dare you use facts!
    Don't you know American companies are crooked, evil, liars?
    Wasn't there a 60 minutes spot showing how Pintos wer setting orphanages on fire just by parking nearby?
    You sir will have to answer to Dan Rather for your sins.
    AC indeed.

  19. Re:158? on SOPA Makes Strange Bedfellows · · Score: 1

    Any chance most of those you listed are Soros funded?

  20. Re:Ohm's Law on Ohm's Law Survives To the Atomic Level · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coles Law is my favorite.
    Yummy.

  21. Re:Lack of compatability == sucks on Makers Keep Flogging 3D TV, Viewers Keep Shrugging · · Score: 1

    Forgot to mention:
    The Dell/nVidia and Samsung both us 'Active' glasses.
    You guessed it, not compatable.

  22. Lack of compatability == sucks on Makers Keep Flogging 3D TV, Viewers Keep Shrugging · · Score: 1

    I have a Fuji W3 camera.
    It produces still pictures in MPO format and video in interlaced AVI.
    It works well. I had a couple of pics printered on lenticular film so others could see them.

    I bought a Dell laptop with the nVidia 3d card and active glasses.
    >With a little tinkering (required every time) it will play the stills in 3D and a few of the videos I shot.

    I bought a Samsung 55" 7050 series tv.
    It can browse my directories on my network.
    >It will play the interlaced AVI files only in 2D. It requires Over/Under or Side-by-Sideformat for 3D video.
    >It ignores the still MPO pictures, they won't even show up in the file list...

    These are not new, unique, or complicated formats!

  23. That woosh you heard on Nokia: the Sun Can't Charge Your Phone · · Score: 1

    was called Maria.

  24. Goodby Redmond! on Fujitsu To Develop Vigilante Computer Virus For Japan · · Score: 1

    Don't let the door hit you on the bob side!

  25. Re:Wait, those aren't orangutans . . . ! on Orangutans To Skype Between Zoos With iPads · · Score: 1

    Then how do you explain the crap-flinging?