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  1. What's that movie name? on Inkjet Printer Prints out Human Skin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Reminds me of the way they recreated LeeLu on "The Fifth Element".

  2. "Escape from the Universe" is and oxymoron. on Escape from the Universe · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as an "inside" and an "outside" of the Universe. The Universe is everything.

  3. Define Universe. on Escape from the Universe · · Score: 1

    Sorry but under my definition for Universe if it ends, it ends and there is nowhere to go. If there is still some place to go, then the Universe hasn't ended in the first place.

  4. There is a lot of ethnic profiling too. on American Airlines Information Gathering · · Score: 1

    On one occasion I was flying Dallas from San Jose on AA. They had a box embargo meaning you cannot register packed boxes, only regular luggage. I wasn't aware of that so I was carrying a Yamaha keyboard I just bought in its box, neatly packed. I played dumb about the embargo and checked in my box no-questions-asked. In front of me there were some Latinos (wearing hats and everything) with boxes and bags and they were not letting them board with those.

  5. Re:Fun on Review: Burnout 3 - Takedown · · Score: 1
    Especially cool is the way the graphics blur when you hit turbo.

    Indeed, that looks cool. But I think the bluring is a side effect to speed up scene rendering.

  6. The picture I want to see... on Huygens Probe Lands on Titan · · Score: 1

    I'm going to cry if they get a picture of Saturn ascending over the horizon.

  7. Re:I wonder... on NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the Earth · · Score: 1
    if this is common, or if this is something that could end up crashing us into the sun in a thousand years.

    Unlikely. Earth's mass remains the same, so the orbit around the sun is unaltered.

  8. SW beats ST onece again on Top 50 DVDs · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    haha!!! star wars beats star trek. On your face trekkies!!! LOL

  9. Quick! on Countries Plan Land Rush in Warming Arctic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Deploy and send the AT-AT's !!!

  10. It's a lie on LiveJournal Buyout Confirmed · · Score: 1

    "person" was lying.

  11. Re:I blame the If statements on Is Your Development Project a Sinking Ship? · · Score: 1
    if (customerName == "cust1"){
    // customizations for customer 1{
    }else if (customerName == "cust2"){...{
    }

    OMG! I hope you aren't working on Win XP at Microsoft, are you?

  12. Ignorance is bliss on New Shuttle Fuel Tanks Ready · · Score: 1
    From the FA, The new tank has cameras that will allow ground workers to monitor for damage as the shuttle ascends.

    And what would be the plan in case they detect w/camera something was damaged during ascent? Let suppose a tile has been damaged or ripped apart, what we gonna do, send them a tile replacement on board a Ariane rocket costing 40million, which takes time to prepare and would be ready in five or six weeks. Then hopefully somebody from the shuttle crew is trained on external vehicle activity to go outside an do the job of replacing the tile. That would take another week of preparations!

  13. Apple Computer on Introducing Children to Computers? · · Score: 1

    Probably like many, the first computer I put my hands on was an Apple ][ back in the 80's. The computer lab was filled with about 20 of those. On one day they opened a new computer lab next the the Apple ]['s. And started to fill it with this this toyish looking computers called "Macs". I kept coding on the Apple ][ since the first thing I discovered about the "macs" was you couldn't immediately start writing code on them! Macs where used mainly as typewriters.

  14. Re:Great! Keep the Spacemen at Home on Spirit Rover is One Year Old · · Score: 1
    Then what? We've got no backup.

    What about the two fellows on board the ISS? That's why I'm in favor of having 1 man [me] and 20 [hot] woman on board the ISS, in case of a disaster on earth, we would be able to re-populate it. :)

  15. Re:Out of curiosity on Wikipedia Criticised by Its Co-founder · · Score: 1
    How is the entry on FOX News wrong? I skimmed it, and it seems pretty accurate

    I believe he cited Fox News as a reference to one of the lamest edit wars ever. A lame edit war in wiki is when two parties argue about pointless stuff like if 3 is and odd number or not.

  16. Re:bloated office suite? on Apple's Rumored Office Suite · · Score: 1

    Or notepad.... Sometimes I joke with colleges about notepad being the most secure web browser ever and everybody should be using it.

  17. Re:Einstein hated? on 100 Years of Einstein · · Score: 1
    I had a physics professor who hated Einstein...
    He was a resented Nazi (?)

    RTFP, I meant parent's professor, not Albert.

  18. Re:Einstein hated? on 100 Years of Einstein · · Score: 0, Troll

    He was a resented Nazi (?)

  19. Not a robot! on Homebrewed Robot Exoskeleton In Alaska · · Score: 1

    Why people insist in calling "robot" something that is not a robot?? A robot must be autonomous , that is, no human intervention involved.

  20. No, no, no... on Boeing Successfully Launches Mammoth Delta-4 Heavy · · Score: 0

    Russians are the pizza delivery guys.

  21. My fav self-healing method on A Diagnosis of Self-Healing Systems · · Score: 1
  22. Add a new option on Dead? Hope You Left Someone Your Passwords · · Score: 1


    "In case I hit the bucket, release my inbox to my family after ____ years".

  23. Look at the good side: astrologers would be pissed on New Calendar Proposal · · Score: 1

    If they approve his wacky calendar, he is going the have the entire astrology league mob in front of his house right the next day.

    1. Money spent designing new crackhead calendar. $1.99
    2. Cost of implementing it: $10 billion
    3. The face on pissed off astrologers: priceless!

  24. That's no Cthulhu! on Penny Arcade Holiday Strip Series #1 · · Score: 1
    (Warning: Comic may contain Cthulhu)

    I think you are confusing Cthulhu with a giant squid.

  25. Dinosaurs extinction on Astronaut: 'Single-Planet Species Don't Last' · · Score: 2, Funny

    Extinction of the dinosaur, what really happened was...