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  1. Watching the grass on Consumer Webcams With High-Quality Sensors? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Depends what kind of grass we are talking about doesn't it? What is grass to some are weed to others ;)

  2. Weed dude! on How to Deal With an Aging Brain? · · Score: 1

    Could Marijuana Substance Help Prevent Or Delay Memory Impairment In The Aging Brain?

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119120141.htm

  3. Not just an attack on the coffee machine on All Your Coffee Are Belong To Us · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It would be an attack on the entire company. Imagine the effects of decreased caffeine consumption. Productivity could be going way down. In fact I'd consider the attack a declaration of war.

  4. Re:So why not open source it? on Google Browser Sync To Be Discontinued · · Score: 1

    I'd like to have a server like that on my own box. I'd forward the port using ssh and sync securely. That'd be nice.

  5. Somthing to hide on Data Retention Proven to Change Citizen Behavior · · Score: 1

    Everyone has SOMETHING to hide.

  6. Physical write switch on Microsoft Installs New Software Without Permission · · Score: 1

    I wish my harddrives had a physical write allow switch. Simply install your OS then switch off write access. If there was updates you would switch it back on when you wished to install it. All other configuration settings would be on another disk - delete that and you'd have a fresh install (with updates). My guess is this would save tons of time for system admin. Virus on your box? Shutdown, put your disks in "storage" mode (where settings would not be read from them) and use your antiviral software (which is located on your write protected disk) to scan it.

  7. Post to Facebook on The Psychology of Facebook Examined · · Score: 1

    Where is the post to my Facebook profile button for this article?

  8. Wonder if he can grasp this one on Judge Doesn't Know What a Web Site is · · Score: 1

    Y'all think he could grasp the concept of retirement?

  9. Huh? on Scientists Offer New Way to Read Online Text · · Score: 1

    "superfluous war as it fights decreased comprehension developed a product"

    What?

  10. I want to play Battlefield 2 with this thing! on Scientists Demonstrate Thought-Controlled Computer · · Score: 1

    I really wonder how gaming will be in 5 or 10 years.

  11. More sex and less violence would do you good on The Coming Fight Over TV Violence · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Hey - I'm European...

  12. Laws == Crime on DRM Causes Piracy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The more laws you have - the more crime you'll see.

  13. Re:Please... on New Universes Will be Born from Ours · · Score: 1

    Which "God" would that be then?

  14. No common sense on Fighting Porn Vs. Ruining Innocent Lives · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seems common sense is abscent.

  15. They make to many assumptions on Best Sitting Posture Is Not Straight Up · · Score: 5, Informative

    1. The intervertebral disc is NOT the only thing that can cause back pain. Slouching may unload the intervertebral disc but it will put strain on other structures.

    2. Intervertebral discs NEED load too - it's actually healthy for the disc. So unloading it all day will make it weaker and could actually lead to a disc prolapse.

    3. One study recently showed that it was actually beneficial for your discs if you were overweight! However if you do have a degenerated disc - it becomes more a part of the problem. Still the rest of your discs will need to be loaded.

    4. Another study that tried to identify risk factors for long term disability in workers found that x-rays and MRI's gave little value - one factor that actually did prove to be a risk was if the worker was miserable at work.

    Which brings me to my point; Keep moving. No one posture is good or bad for your back - they all become bad if you sustain them for too long. The worst thing a back patient can do is to stop using their backs. I always encourage my patients (I'm a physical therapist with a masters in manual therapy) to keep moving!

  16. Re:Publish your email address. on Best Method For Foiling Email Harvesters? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I added gvcormac@uwaterloo.ca to emailharvester.com for you :) as I've done all my friends and every e-mail I come across...

    PS: Just kidding!

  17. Lawyers making threats now? on Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death · · Score: 1

    "His lawyer has warned to a bloodbath if the sentence is carried out."

    Healthy, very healthy indeed.

    Personally I'd like to see the bastard hung ASAP. IMO there just comes a point where you forfeit your rights as a human. Saddam is way past that point.

  18. Trusting humans on UK Has Become a "Surveillance Society" · · Score: 1

    Humans simply cannot be trusted.

  19. Re:Simple Child Care on School Bans 'Tag' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And then we send them off to war.

  20. Healthy birds on Migrating Birds Take Hundreds of Powernaps. · · Score: 1

    Atleast they stay in good shape.

  21. Twelve steps on Could You Be Addicted to the Internet? · · Score: 1

    Today I am celebrating my first day of sobriety after 11 years of Internet addiction. And I celebrate by reading the news on /.

  22. Don't knock the knocking on Knock Some Commands Into Your Laptop · · Score: 1

    For the first time you can get a meaningful response?!

    I have a box - that actually is quite new - it needs a smack every now and then to boot up. That's a meaningful response.

  23. The land of the free? on Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying · · Score: 1

    Freedom? What freedom.

  24. Humans - a poor source of nutrition. on Evolving Humans on the Menu · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe not. We reproduce at such an incredibly slow rate ... I'd think we'd be extinct quite fast if someone were using us a major food source.

  25. Re:Facts? on Who Owns Baseball Statistics? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Better yet. Have him write the ticket and then collect royalities twice the amount. Actually make money speeding :)