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  1. my vote for renaming HFCS on High Fructose Corn Syrup To Get a Makeover · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unicorn sweetener.

  2. Microsoft's Open Source; on Microsoft Claims 'We Love Open Source' · · Score: 1

    It's excellent with Fava beans and a nice chianti.

  3. Hmmmm on Ted Stevens and Sean O'Keefe In Plane Crash · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sarah Palin's helicopter seen leaving the scence?

  4. Next up: on Arctic Bacteria Used To Make Cool Vaccines · · Score: 1

    Paging Dr. Neville, Robert Neville please broadcast on all AM frequencies....

  5. Re:Threaten them on Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone? · · Score: 1

    Email them code words..
    Then this:
    http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf

  6. Re:Change the nature of the action on Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you were Sarah Palin, they would get 5 years in prison.

  7. Re:Looks like the Greeks had it right... Gods on Fermilab Experiment Hints At Multiple Higgs Particles · · Score: 1

    Maybe 3?
    The Father, Son, Holy Ghost?

  8. What plane? on NASA Aircraft Videos Hayabusa Re-Entry · · Score: 1

    Was it the Airborne Laser?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1

  9. Two valid options. on Volume Shadow Copy For Linux? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ZFS and BTRFS, btrfs is included with Fedora 13 (maybe 12 too).

    ZFS is found here http://wiki.github.com/behlendorf/zfs/

  10. Ironic? on Scientists Question Safety of New Airport Scanners · · Score: 1

    Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. /Here's hoping the TSA guys get testicle cancer from it.

  11. Boom? on MIT Designs Aircraft That Uses 70% Less Fuel Than Conventional Planes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!

  12. I propose a new amendment to the US constitution: on Texas Schools Board Rewriting US History · · Score: 1

    We need a separation of church and state, including state education.

  13. British file system? on Btrfs Could Be the Default File System In Ubuntu Meerkat · · Score: 1

    But,that would be UKFS...

  14. I beleive... on Ball Lightning Caused By Magnetic Hallucinations · · Score: 1

    I saw ball lightning from about 6 to 10 inches away, eye level, then it slowly dropped to my knees, then slowly back to eye level.
    It hovered a second, then shot to the other room and blew the base board off the wall.
    The nails that held on the base board were melted, but the wood was fine. /I still swear it was sentient and it communicated. //The other room was the only safe place I could think of, for it to hit. ///Yeah, maybe it DID influence my brain waves.....

  15. Simple brute force solution on Navy Wants Cyber Weapons That Shoot Data Beams · · Score: 1

    Electromagnetic pulse?

  16. Being as this IS Hatch on New Legislation Would Crack Down On Online Criminal Havens · · Score: 1

    I expect an anti-Linux section to be hidden in the bill to be exploited after passing.

  17. BitDefender was right on Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs · · Score: 1

    Windows IS the virus.

  18. Wow. on Is Microsoft About To Declare Patent War On Linux? · · Score: 1

    I need pop corn.
    The whole FiaSCO deal zombie is dying soon and now Microsoft loads the foot gun.

  19. What really happened... on Long-Running Underwater Robot Lost At Sea · · Score: 1

    It became self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time.

  20. SATA sucks on Throttle Shared Users With OS X — Is It Possible? · · Score: 1

    Do that SCSI thing....

    Seriously, SATA drives (and the older IDE they are based on) do not perform more than one function at a time.
    SAS or SCSI is still the way to go for speed.

  21. Tech support LOL on How Do You Get Users To Read Error Messages? · · Score: 1

    Many times when I ask a customer for the error message log, it will have the solution listed in the error log...
    "Application whatzit cannot find the snapinfo lun, please rerun the whatzit configuration wizard"

  22. So, you claim they are not doing this now? on Feds Push For Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking · · Score: 1

    This is old news, they had done this for many years before 9-11-2001.
    They need a warrant?
    Now that IS news to a lot of "convicted felons" who were caught using this data without a warrant.

  23. Not dead on Microsoft Says Windows 7 Not Killing Batteries · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft: Oh yes, the, uh, the Battery...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
              Laptop owner: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
              Microsoft: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
              Laptop owner: Look, matey, I know a dead battery when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
              Microsoft: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkably charged, the Battery, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
              Laptop owner: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
              Microsoft: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!

  24. Brings up a question... on New Material Transforms Car Bodies Into Batteries · · Score: 1

    How much will it cost to replace that battery?

  25. Next up? on UK Police Plan To Use Military-Style Spy Drones · · Score: 1

    How long till they admit these are armed drones?