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  1. Re:Blindness Sucks on The Blind Shall See Again, But When? · · Score: 1

    You might be interested in reading "Phantoms in the Brain" by V.R. Ramachandran.
    It is not specific to strokes, but it was helpful as I tried to understand what was happening to a loved one.

  2. You think the HDMI cables are bad? on The Blind Shall See Again, But When? · · Score: 1

    Wait till you find out where you have to put the batteries.

  3. Nope: Nancy on Time Bomb May Have Destroyed 800 Norfolk City PCs' Data · · Score: 1

    The teams name was NcGill.
    They called themselves Lill.
    But everyone knew them as Nancy.

  4. Caution: on What Objects To Focus On For School Astronomy? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do NOT look at Sun with remaining eye.

  5. China. on India Ditches UN Climate Change Group · · Score: 1

    That is where you heard it.
    Or
    Are you another shill?

  6. Don't underestimate the dead salmon! on "Vegetative State" Patients Can Communicate · · Score: 1

    Also, they are tasty.
    You put 2 and 2 together.

  7. Yes it was! on The Lancet Recants Study Linking Autism To Vaccine · · Score: 1

    More thoroughly than AGW.

  8. Re:Typical Customer Service Department attitude on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 1

    Jim-Bob was able to fix it himself.

  9. Re:I tend to agree on US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum · · Score: 1

    Sorry!
    I did not mean to imply that you personally support the UN.
    I was shocked that bloobloo quoted "and shall further the activities of the United Nations" and apparently had no problem with that as an educational requirement...

  10. Re:I tend to agree on US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum · · Score: 1

    The real issue is not bigotry.
    It is whether or not you support the UN.
    --
    UN: the one ring that seeks to bind them all.

  11. Flamebait. on Lithium Air Batteries Get Boost From IBM and DOE · · Score: 1

    Seriously.

  12. Re:Bummer! on Obama Choosing NOT To Go To the Moon · · Score: 1

    If we can send one politician to the moon why can't we send them all?

  13. Fixed that for you on Google Toolbar Tracks Your Browsing, Even When Off · · Score: 1

    It's been that way, like forever.
    Yes, rose colored glasses are handy.

  14. Subscriber Demographics on Newsday Gets 35 Subscriptions To Pay Web Site · · Score: 1

    Mr. and Mrs. Jimenez....
    That was 2.
    Then Mr. Jimenez speaks at the staff meeting "We need to cut our payroll. By the way, who wants to be a team player and get an online subscription?"

  15. Oxymoron? on NZ School Goes Open Source Amid Microsoft Mandate · · Score: 3, Funny

    "competent Windows admins".

  16. The analyst must not be an MBA on Analyst Estimates AT&T Needs To Spend $5B To Catch Up · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I suspect AT&T feels that those numbers represent a cost per subscriber rather than an investment per subscriber.
    Now how about a big round of executive bonus...

  17. 5600 on Analyst Estimates AT&T Needs To Spend $5B To Catch Up · · Score: 1

    Nice catch.

  18. No. on Martian Microbe Fossils, Not So Debunked Anymore · · Score: 1

    How many?

  19. Heretic! on CIA Teams Up With Scientists To Monitor Climate · · Score: 1

    What is all this talk about using data, facts, information that mere people can check and confirm?
    You sir are clearly not a climatologist.
    You are hereby expelled!

  20. Clearly not named by a Canadian. on Giant Black Hole At Milky Way's Core Stays Slim · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then it would be Sagittarius A* eh?

  21. Re:Tax deductable on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 1

    IANATA (I am not a tax attorney):
    That should be true in the U.S. too.
    My understanding is that regular clothing is not tax deductible but required uniforms are. A suit and tie are generally not considered a uniform by the IRS.

  22. Re:Factors of 10 on HDD Manufacturers Moving To 4096-Byte Sectors · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mine goes to 11.

  23. Re:Telescope on Science Gifts For Kids? · · Score: 1

    I picked up a couple of Meade telescopes over the last few years.
    They have all kinds of self guiding ones available, cameras, etc.
    I've been tempted to pick up one of the Solar telescopes.
    Prices from very affordable to holy cow.
    No association, just a fan.

  24. Re:Try sparkfun.com on Science Gifts For Kids? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I read that as "drinking with electronics".
    Nothing better than blackjack and diodes.

  25. Great investigative work on The Science Credibility Bubble · · Score: 1

    You:> Hey Connolly, some guy says you were totally wrong, you were claiming global cooling was rampant and we were headed for an Ice Age.
    Connolly:> Did not.
    You:> Hey Newsweek, did you run a bunch of articles that were embarrassingly wrong?
    Newsweek:> Nope.