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  1. Re:Pleasure... But, can it climb the hell out of on Tree Climbing Robot · · Score: 1

    Lilian! The bitch is falling out of the tree again!

  2. Grooming while driving on New Honda Accord Drives Itself · · Score: 1
    From TFA: The Adaptive Cruise Control is your regular radar variety, but the Lane Keep Assist System keeps you headed in the right direction by using a camera on the rear-view mirror to watch the white lines and turn accordingly.

    Hopefully due consideration has been given to drivers who can't finish their coiffe before leaving the house, and the camera has been mounted in a fixed position to the mirror stalk, instead of the mirror itself.

    Mirror, mirror, above the dash,
    While I applied my make-up, you made me crash.

  3. Re:Bistromathics on Bill Gates' Taxes Require Special Computer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well that would certainly explain the mysterious nonabsoluteness of the relationship between what the Tax Man says I owe, and that which I am prepared to pay!

  4. Re:Some work in this area on High-tech Cars Replacing Driver Skill? · · Score: 1
    It is only a problem for inexperienced riders on high-powered motorcycles.

    If a rider is having trouble staying in the saddle due to their chosen rate of acceleration, they either need to modify their riding habits, or get off the damn bike before they hurt someone.

    There is only one excuse for a motorcycle rider becoming unseated due to acceleration; design of the vehicle and its controls is not it.

  5. Re:I understand the first two... on California Class Action Suit Sony Over Rootkit DRM · · Score: 1
    Same thing for gravel, if you kept your distances, falling pieces would reach the ground instead of your car.

    You must be a very skilled driver. I would be interested in learning of your technique for maintaining a safe distance from debris-throwing vehicles which are approaching from the opposite lane.

  6. Re:Is this really a big deal? on Cell Phones In The Air? · · Score: 1
    Quite different. Some people feel the need to shout on the phone, especially when it's a long distance call. I suspect they don't realise that the phone converts the sound to electrical signals and sends those to the other person.

    This phenomenon is not limited to telephones, but covers most electronic devices capable of transmitting the human voice. How else do you explain Don Cherry?

  7. Re:sub-vocal communication on NASA Develops Tech To Hear Words Not Yet Spoken · · Score: 1

    You took the words right out of my mouth.

  8. Re:Groklaw is down right now, here's the text on SCO Names 1st Lawsuit Target: AutoZone [Updated] · · Score: 1

    mod parent redundant! same text posted two hours prior in another branch.

  9. I wonder when... on London to Introduce Traffic Congestion Charge · · Score: 1

    ...my local Bentley's Luggage & Gifts will start carrying the Samsonite go-kart?

  10. Oh great... on Check Traffic Congestion Online · · Score: 1
    They also have a lighter version for mobile phone users.

    ...just what everyone needs. Another excuse for people to sit behind the wheel and pay more attention to their cell phone than the driving conditions around them.

  11. Assuming that the plaintiff wins... on DMCA Invoked Against Garage Door Openers · · Score: 1

    ...where will this leave people who own automobiles with an integrated universal garage door opener I wonder?

  12. Re:Interesting point on Blogging With Camera Phones · · Score: 1
    I look upon weblogs as being the Internet equivalent of "reality television."

    My only question is which one possesses the most contrived scripts? ;-)

  13. Cool! on Should We Change the Weather Even If We Can? · · Score: 1

    Once the technology is available, my snowmobile may have a chance to be used as something other than a lawn ornament!

  14. In the unlikely event of a 10g+ water landing... on Motorcyclists To Get Wearable Airbags · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...your motorcycle gear may be used as a flotation device.

  15. Re:Surprise on Software Choice Group Tells DOD Not to Use Open Source · · Score: 2, Funny
    After all Windows Xp is the most secure operating system according to Microsoft.

    I suspect that there is a noticable difference between the most secure operating system and Microsoft's most secure operating system.

  16. If Hollywood says it's true... ;-) on Encrypt Information In Images Without Distortion · · Score: 1
    Hollywood has done it too, or at least offered us the suggestion that it could be done in 2001.

    I seem to remember mention of children passing notes in a classroom by hiding the text inside image files, in Paramount Pictures' Along Came a Spider.

  17. Re:Wouldn't it be easier... on Pigs with Human Genes · · Score: 1
    To genetically modify humans so we have pig organs?

    [shrug] I dunno... On a daily basis I see pigs with such a quantity of human organs that they're often mistaken for humans by both themselves and others!

  18. Claim to Fame on Radio-Controlled Microcar Review · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I find it mildly amusing that while Radio Shack is virtually claiming to have "discovered" micro r/c cars and brought them to North America, reputable hobby stores such as this one have had them in stock for a while now.

    Just goes to show you what a large-budget marketing department can do for your image!