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  1. Ah, "collective intelligence" on Search 2.0 vs. Traditional Search · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Because none of us is as dumb as all of us. (http://despair.com/)

  2. Re:It's not a bad thing on Tsunami Warning System Up and Running · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Any opportunity to link these kinds of data systems is a good thing. Seismic data is most useful when combined with as many data points as possible. Tsunamis aside, the long-term benefits of these networks from an earthquake prediction standpoint will be enormous.

  3. Mice. Always. on Japanese Scientists Make Alzheimers Progress · · Score: 4, Funny
    Always the mice. Again with the mice.

    Just ONCE I'd like to be cured of a disease ahead of the freakin' MICE.

  4. First Amendment issue: on Movie Burning Kiosks Coming To Retailers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can I shout "fire!" in a movie burning kiosk?

  5. I've received redacted government docs before... on AT&T Accidentally Leaks NSA Suit Information · · Score: 1
    ...done poorly. Black marker over lines, missing letters. Black marker over then photocopied, resulting copy could be held to the light to read the redacted material.

    Some people are simply idiots, sloppy, or rushed.

  6. Worrisome on New Patent Reform Proposal Focuses on Education · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's federally-funded, but it'll likely be industry that does the education. I see lots of ways some careful "teaching" could skew the courts.

  7. Well, Chris... on NASA Seeking Innovative Ideas from Public · · Score: 1
    ...What is it that it is -- this idea of mine. Well, this is what it is -- my idea that I have, that is to say, which is mine, is mine.

    All spacecraft should be thin at one end, much thicker in the middle and then thin again at the far end. That is my idea, it is mine, and belongs to me and I own it, and what it is too.

  8. There's an idea! on Apple Grooming Next Gen of Executives · · Score: 1
    ...Loss of leadership could leave the company with a power vacuum...

    The Apple iHoover. Vacuum Different.(TM)

  9. You think that's bad on A Stark Warning On Climate Change · · Score: 1
    We looked at it out here in Colorado, just this week. We could lose precious, precious snowboarding snow!!!!

    And some water, crops, lives too, maybe...

  10. People should be looking after technology on Let Goofy Track Your Children · · Score: 1

    ...not their children.

  11. Er, wow. on Preview Google's New Search Results Page · · Score: 1

    Why does this remind me of discussions I've witnessed about whether Greedo shoots first?

  12. Dev code name: "HugNKiss" on Amanda 2.5 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, it should've been, anyhow.

  13. Conditions of the sale crack me up on Claria Leaves Adware Business · · Score: 5, Funny
    A condition of any sale of Claria's consumer software applications will be the requirement that any purchaser agrees to adhere to emerging industry standards outlined by TRUSTe and other industry coalitions.

    So what's the going rate for buying a product line and promising not to use it?

  14. If you're not part of the Windows Solution on Windows Drivers for Mac Rolling Out · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...you're part of the Windows Problem, I guess.

  15. Writely rites good! on Google Enters Web-Office Market · · Score: 5, Funny
    Spelchecker needs werk.

    Love, Gogle Developmint Teem

  16. "Darn!" on Adult Gamers and Their Ulterior Motives for Gaming · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Darn," mutters 8-year-old Rosemary Corcoran, staring at the 52-inch TV.

    I'd be a little more impressed with that TV, missy. That's your college education you're looking at.

  17. Shiny side up on RFID, Sign of the (End) Times? · · Score: 1

    I did my master's thesis in Brainology on it.

  18. Aren't these CDs mostly sent out to Republicans? on Minnesota GOP's CD Raises Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    Typically they're more vocal in opposition to their positions on hotbutton issues being known.
    It's the liberals who more often are advocates of a free flow of information -- OpenSecrets.org, for example, which while bipartisan is used an awful lot by the left to point out who gets corporate money.
    I would expect a fair number of "closet" bigots to be furious shortly. Much bigger number than the other side.

  19. All we can pray on Google Partners with Earthlink in Municipal Wi-Fi · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...is that they continue to use their combined powers for good, rather than evil. Oh, wait.

  20. They think no one will like the Beatles on Consumers vs. IP Owners: The Future of Copyright · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...in 95 years. Or, perhaps, the very selfish assume they will be dead and no longer receiving royalties.

    Just wait. The Bottled Head of Paul McCartney's gonna be pissed!

  21. Ah, big deal on A Real Transformer? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got an old Honda that's transformed into a quadraped, right in the front yard.

  22. "Keeping the computer on" on MRAM in 2004? · · Score: 1
    "How many people keep their computer on 24 hours a day simply because they can't stand to sit around for four or five minutes waiting for it to boot up?"

    Well, geez. If I kept the SPARC on all day I think it'd melt right through the table. To say nothing of the fact that I couldn't hold a conversation without yelling.

    Not that I can, anyway, actually.

  23. Old science on Supersonic Flight Without The Sonic Boom · · Score: 2, Informative
    Seabass-George worked out a figure of merit (FM) quite some time ago, relating a sonic boom's relative strength to factors such as the aircraft's height, width, and weight.

  24. Hey Mister! on Gov't Proposes Massive Homeless Tracking System · · Score: 4, Funny
    "The government put a tracking device in my teeth!! No, seriously....!!"

    Think of all the money we'll save in mental institutions letting these guys we THOUGHT were nuts back out...

  25. HYDROGEN Powered? on A Fully Distributed Power Grid? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, the humanity...!