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  1. Re:Disturbing to see TSA still behind the curve. on TSA Bans Toner and Ink Cartridges On Planes · · Score: 1

    Stop. You're all wrong. It's "FEWER" people flying, not "less" people.

    Ye gods! Sometimes I think everybody here flunked grammar!!

    Oh, and literate really means "well-read", not just "can read". By that standard most of you ARE illiterate. :p

  2. Re:I live in Seattle. on Income Tax Quashed, Ballmer To Cash In Billions · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That sounds like part of the Fair Tax proposal. It eliminates taxes for low income citizens entirely.

    I'm in favor of the Fair Tax. It's one of the best and fairest tax plans I've seen in my 57 years.

  3. Wrong word on Immaculate Conception In a Boa Constrictor · · Score: 1

    The word that should have been used is parthenogenesis, not immaculate conception. The two are NOT the same.

    Immaculate conception is the belief that Mary was protected by God from original sin when she was born, that Mary did not have a sin nature, and was, in fact, sinless.

  4. Re:Wanna check my balls? on TSA To Make Pat-Downs More Embarrassing To Encourage Scanner Use · · Score: 3, Funny

    My replacement hips always set off the alarm, but I tell them I have stainless steel balls.

  5. Re:I abstain on Voting Machines Selecting Default Candidates · · Score: 1

    Just read the damned newspapers, watch the news on television, or read the news online! It's been reported by most major news outlets. If you don't keep up with what's going on, please don't vote.

    Here's a start for ya -
    In Montgomery County, Md., six cities (Garrett Park, Takoma Park, Somerset, Chevy Chase, Martin's Additions and Barnesville) allow illegal aliens to vote in local elections. So do Amherst and Cambridge, Mass. A similar policy was proposed last month by Democrats in San Francisco.

    Now go look it up for yourself.

  6. Re:It Hurts on Why Mozilla Needs To Pick a New Fight · · Score: 3, Funny

    That could be dangerous on a touchscreen! :)

  7. Re:and get off my... on Researchers Find 70-Year-Olds Are Getting Smarter · · Score: 1

    No, it doesn't. Around here in the South we have a lawn turf that grows only three to five inches tall - Eremochloa ophiuroides (centipede). Even seventy year olds can maintain it with little effort. :)

  8. Does this mean? on Mystery of the 'Chupacabra' May Be Solved · · Score: 1

    That Big Foot, flying saucers, and ghosts aren't real either? I'm so disappointed!

  9. It's about time on International Effort Brings an Open Standard For Docking In Space · · Score: 1

    Why wasn't this thought of years ago before the space station was built?

  10. Re:Black Sink on Modeling a White Hole With Your Kitchen Sink · · Score: 3, Funny

    Close, but a 'U-joint' is a universal joint, part of your car's drive train.

    The thingie under your sink is an S-trap.

  11. Re:get a lawsuit on Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These · · Score: 1

    Or just park your car inside a locked garage like most really serious criminals. You know, like an average American. :)

    Don't you just LOVE the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals? It's like a three ring circus out there!

  12. Duh, really? on Study Shows Brain Responds More To Close Friends · · Score: 1

    "People's brains are more responsive to friends than to strangers"

    I think this one qualifies as a 'no-brainer'.

  13. Re:Survey Shows How Stupid People Are on Survey Shows How Stupid People Are With Passwords · · Score: 1

    Same as yours:
    **********

    Right?

  14. Re:Websites are responsible too on Survey Shows How Stupid People Are With Passwords · · Score: 1

    Even worse, when I set up my online banking I was told passwords were case insensitive. No special characters allowed either!

    Only letters and numbers allowed. That makes using ********* impossible. :)

  15. Re:early on Ubuntu 10.10, Maverick Meerkat, Now Available · · Score: 1

    And even taking 10/10/10 as three separate binary numbers is 2/2/2, which added together still yields 6!

    Oooooh! Spooky! Whatever . . . :)

  16. Re:And technology? on What Tech Should Be In a Fifth-Grade Classroom? · · Score: 1

    We're talking fifth grade classrooms here. I doubt many fifth graders know what their desired profession is. At that age they're still learning the basics.

    But I agree with most of what you said.

  17. Re:Cause and Effect on Audio Analysis Brings New Revelations From Kent State Shooting · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's as slow as the reactions in a soap opera.

  18. Sure we can! on Can We Travel To That Exciting New Exoplanet? · · Score: 1

    You can be anywhere in ten minutes if you drive fast enough.

  19. Okay, Google, on 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt · · Score: 1

    Now tell me something I didn't know.

    Duh!

  20. Re:And the odds of habitable aren't that great on Earth-Like Planet That Could Sustain Life Found · · Score: 1

    It may or may not have life, but it has an intelligent atmosphere!!

  21. Re:waaaaaah waaaaaahhhhh on Long Island Town Enacts Tough Cell Tower Limits · · Score: 1

    Mike, how many times did you register here using variations of your name?

    Are you a troll?

    Or maybe you're on their city council?

    Go be an asshole somewhere else. :p

  22. Re:Wild Animals Should Stay In the Wild on Opossums Overrun Brooklyn, Fail To Eliminate Rats · · Score: 1

    When a .22 is too small, and a .223 is overkill, use a .22 Magnum.

    If you can't carry a rifle, buy a little .22 Magnum revolver like the one made by North American Arms. Granted, it's not going to be as accurate as a rifle at longer ranges, but it's deadly within possum range, especially if you use hollow points.

  23. Shakespeare may be right! on High Fructose Corn Syrup To Get a Makeover · · Score: 2, Insightful

    O, be some other name!
    What's in a name? that which we call a rose
    By any other name would smell as sweet;

  24. Re:touchscreen keyboard? on Acer Dual-Screen, Multitouch Laptop Leaks Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    Amen! There's no way I could type 100+ words per minute without a real keyboard. I rarely ever look at the keyboard while typing. My current keyboard is an old IBM monster that weighs in at about 5 pounds, but it's a dream to type on!
    (and no stupid Windows key getting in the way)

  25. Re:Really? on Family To Receive $1.5M+ In Vaccine-Autism Award · · Score: 1

    Yes, and it's a shame.

    Reminds me of former Senator John Edwards and how he made his millions.