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  1. It's readable and it says on Air France 447 Black Boxes Readable · · Score: 1

    "It's not our fault!" Signed, Airbus

  2. Re:Not bothered on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 1

    Thru the magic of streaming and mythtv the only place my kids watch old fashioned physical disks is in the car. Can you even buy a blueray player for a car? For less than a kilobuck?

    I have a passively-cooled Intel Atom-based system I put in a Hello Kitty lunch box that I could easily install in my car in about 10 minutes and use a BD player via USB2 or USB 3.

    http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=672562

    However, I doubt the quality of most cheap BD players would allow for mobile use without skipping like crazy, especially on some of the rougher roads here in the Memphis area :(

  3. Re:I'm confused. on Universe 250+ Times Bigger Than What Is Observable · · Score: 1

    If the universe started with a big bang, with all matter originated in an extremely compact volume, and if it's radius can't expand faster than light, then there should be no points in the universe beyond what we can see (as limited by light speed.) What am I missing?

    Evidently, 250 times what you can see currently

  4. Technically... on 'Zombie' Satellite Returns To Life · · Score: 4, Funny

    It wasn't a Zombie satellite. Zombies remain dead. Plus, it didn't incessantly transmit the message, "BRAINS! It's what's for dinner!"

  5. Re:Tsk tsk! on Hawking: No 'Theory of Everything' · · Score: 1

    Considering his lack of muscle control, "flip flopper" is a pretty apt description.

  6. They need a Job site searching app on RIM Doesn't Want 200 Fart Apps · · Score: 2, Funny

    that links to the various job hunting sites.

    They could call it...ohhh...I dunno...something like "Rim Jobs"

    Think about it, you can search hotjobs and save it as a search for "Hot Rim Jobs" or save your search for "Monster Rim Jobs".

    It has a ring to it...you gotta admit it

  7. Big whoop-dee-doo! on Minecraft Enterprise and 16-Bit ALU · · Score: 4, Funny

    I made Devil's Butte from mashed potatoes, and you can EAT it afterwards...you can E-A-T it afterwards...

    signed,

    Richard Dreyfuss

    P.S. I also made a 1840's era bacon fort, but I ate the westward facing wall and all my soldiers died at the hands of the Hamokee Indians.

  8. Off by 13 meters? on CIA Drones May Have Used Illegal, Inaccurate Code · · Score: 5, Funny

    No one will ever need more than 13 meters accuracy.

  9. Re:12 Years, not enough on Man Gets 12-Year Jail Sentence For Planting Child Porn On Enemy's Computer · · Score: 1

    I concur. Or do I consec?

    I always mix those two up

  10. I'm still playing CIV I on Review: Civilization V · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I should be done in another 30yrs or so, barring accident, crime, LHC creating an earth-swallowing black hole, alien invasion (ET Type, not Mexican) or Pandemic.

    After that I think I'll need to rest a bit.

  11. They need to change their name on Blockbuster Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    to "Bankrupster" now

  12. Re:thinkgeek on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    Oops. Meant to add that, when I contacted them concerning these two shirts, they said there was nothing they could do. No refund. No replacement.

  13. Re:thinkgeek on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 3, Funny

    Their values? Seriously?

    I purchased two golf-type shirts from them. Both are a bit oversized as I like loose-fitting shirts

    The first one ripped on its own under both arms due to the stitching not being properly done.

    The other? It unbuttons itself. While that may be a useful feature, if my name is Kandi and I'm dancing at "The Gold Club", it's not so useful if I am in a meeting at work.

  14. Wessels! on Former Military Personnel Claim Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes · · Score: 1

    Can you direct me to your nearest nulear wessel?

    w-e-s-s-e-l nuclear wessel.

  15. Re:Fahrenheit? Really? on Scientists Using Lasers To Cool Molecules · · Score: 3, Funny

    OK.

  16. Re:News? on Morphing Metals · · Score: 1

    Are they planning on releasing an iTerminator?

    I hope so! That means it'll be so overpriced that no one can afford it, it will only run protocols available through the app store, and if you hold it just right, it poweres down on its own. Oh...it has no shurikans either. Yay!

  17. Re:All the data on Google on Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users · · Score: 2, Informative

    "...So even if you think logging out and making a new separate account is enough, it's all linked"

    That's relatively easy to get around. Create your initial gmail account on 1 machine using a particular ISP, and create your second acct by using a different computing device(like a droid) on another ISP. Of course, you must remember to never use one machine to check both accounts. It takes dicipline, but it an be done.

    I have a gmail account that I created on Comcast with my home desktop, and a completely different one that was created when I purchased my droid through verizon.

    I never check the droid gmail account from home on the phone because I do not want GPS to put me close to the other gmail account. I never check my original gmail from work (I'm blocked)

    I highly doubt that google can link these two accounts together.

  18. In related news... on Steve Jobs Tries To Sneak Shurikens On a Plane · · Score: 0

    All iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch boot logos in Japan have been changed to mushroom clouds and the devices brick themselves immediately thereafter.

    When asked, Steve Jobs stated, "Just send them some free cases."

    Now to Tiffany, with the weather.

  19. Looks like it came out of Goatse's butt on Boxee Box Pre-Orders Start At $229 · · Score: 1

    I'm not really sure what people see in the boxee box...

    The boxee box looks like ass, won't fit anywhere, and it expensive to boot.

    Gimme a decently configured Atom Motherboard/CPU combo from the egg and a power supply, and I can throw that into the case of a dead DVD/VCR player to get the same capability in an aesthetically pleasing look. Probably at a cheaper price-point too.

  20. WTF are they doing over there anyway?! on Frustrated Reporter Quits After Slow News Day · · Score: 1

    From the summary: ...Pedersen claimed that broadcaster NRK put too much pressure on the staff and that she "wanted to be able to eat properly again and be able to breathe,"...

    I take it they have a fat man named Sven sit on your chest at lunchtime and make you eat soup with your hands?

  21. Re:would be nice on Mega-Volcanoes Might Be Detectable On Exoplanets · · Score: 1

    GILF?

    Try "Mitochondrial Betty". She just confirmed that "Eve" is her middle name.

  22. Re:would be nice on Mega-Volcanoes Might Be Detectable On Exoplanets · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you seen Abe Vigoda lately?

  23. If this can work with AC on Wireless Power Group Has 'Qi' Prototypes · · Score: 1

    I see a massive influx of funny Youtube videos titled, "Hey y'all! Watch this!"

  24. Why challenge Wikipedia? on Prosecutor Loses Case For Citing Wikipedia · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wouldn't have challenged the reference to Wikipedia at all.

    I'd have edited the artical to add the phrase, "Defendant did nothing illegal.", then showed the entry to the judge and asked for a dismissal with prejudice.

    Oh...I'd also add "neener, neener, neener Mr. Prosecutor." to it as well.

  25. Re:I use the Pink Eye defense system on Touchscreens Open To Smudge Attacks · · Score: 1

    So that's where Christopher Walken hid the watch when he was a POW...