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  1. Re:Not Phosphorus-Free on NASA Confirms Discovery of Organism With Phosphorus-Free DNA · · Score: 4, Funny

    Same tree of life.

    So this is the microorganism that turns us into Pak protectors?

  2. Didn't they learn their lessons on British Aircraft Carrier For Sale On Auction Site · · Score: 1

    back in the '60, when The Penguin bought a surplus nuke sub?

  3. Re:You got... on Using Cinnamon In the Production of Nanoparticles · · Score: 1

    You're obviously too young to have seen the classic Reese's commercial:

    "You got chocolate in my peanut butter!"
    "You got peanut butter in my chocolate!"

  4. Re:Fraud fraud fraud on Torrent Users Fight Back · · Score: 2

    Someone send parent poster a sarcasm detector.

    (yeah, I know... it's a *real* useful invention)

  5. Re:Great! on 8-Year-Old Receives Patent · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, that's just in Soviet Russia

  6. Re:It was pneumonia sadly... on Actor Leslie Nielsen Dies at 84 · · Score: 1

    I had the lasagna.

    Looks like he picked the wrong week to quit breathing.

  7. Re:What the hell is the point? on Operation Payback Shuts Down IFPI Site · · Score: 1

    And your sarcasm detector is broken. Read the second paragraph.

  8. Re:Fear mongering 101 on Students Banned From Bringing Pencils To School · · Score: 1

    In 2000, I had to get written permission from the elementary school administration to bring my blunt-tipped fencing foil and sabre to show my daughters' classes.

  9. Re:Could be a problem on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 1

    The earth is shaped like a banana?

  10. Re:What really happened - OIN Emasculated on Microsoft (Probably) Didn't Just Buy Unix · · Score: 1

    Sounds like estoppel to me. DISCLAIMER: IANAL

  11. Re:Except Novell didn't own unix on Microsoft (Probably) Didn't Just Buy Unix · · Score: 1

    Wow! When did my half of the state get Regents?

    You mean the Regents of the University of California.

    (The University of Southern California is a private university, having nothing to do with BSD).

  12. Re:What if.. on Microsoft (Probably) Didn't Just Buy Unix · · Score: 1

    I heard that Novell would only give the root password to Gavin Newsome.

  13. Re:Windows did fail... Totally. on The Software That Failed To Compete With Windows · · Score: 2, Informative

    Windows 1.0 was a total failure. Nobody used it. I worked at a computer store at the time and people would ask us to take it off the drives of the compter because they had no use for it.

    I call bullshit. Microsoft didn't get into the pre-installed Windows until 3.0. Hell, in 1985, PCs didn't even come with DOS pre-installed -- you had to FDISK, FORMAT/S, and copy the DOS floppy onto the hard drive yourself.

    Some machines came bundled with Windows 1.0x (I owned one), but they came with a box of 6 360K floppies that, once again, you had to install by yourself.

  14. Re:I see dead people on The Software That Failed To Compete With Windows · · Score: 1

    I still have my Windows 1.03 floppy disks lying around somewhere.

  15. The remaining 64 characters on Sculptor Gives a Hint For CIA's Kryptos · · Score: 4, Funny

    I remember a night we walked along the Seine riding on the metro

  16. Re: Books on Thought-Provoking Gifts For Young Kids? · · Score: 1

    Also, they're a bit dated, but I remember the old Tom Swift series fondly.

    According to that Wikipedia page, they've released some more modern versions.

  17. Re:Body scans for good bodies on Bruce Schneier vs. the TSA · · Score: 1

    The aggie scanners have been there forever.

  18. Re:I think Shakespear had it right on Anti-Piracy Lawyers 'Knew Letters Hit Innocents' · · Score: 1

    Maybe the need for the BK attorney came first, leading to the need for the divorce attorney.

  19. Re:I think Shakespear had it right on Anti-Piracy Lawyers 'Knew Letters Hit Innocents' · · Score: 1

    What do you call 100 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start.

    What do you call 100 lawyers buried up to their necks in sand? Not enough sand.

    What's yellow and black and makes you laugh and cry at the same time? A schoolbus almost full of lawyers burning. You're crying because of the empty seats.

  20. Re:Adam Savage on Sciencey Heroes For Young Children? · · Score: 1

    Damn, I'd forgotten about that one. There's an XKCD for anything, isn't there?

  21. Re:uhuh on US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans · · Score: 2, Interesting

    After the OKC bombing, not TWA 800. There was never any suggestion that TWA was brought down by something on board (other than the fuel tanks). There was a conspiracy theory about a SAM.

  22. Re:Rocket-powered? on Aerial Drone To Hunt For Life On Mars · · Score: 1

    We'll send Kari up for some zero G shots

    Please?????

  23. Re:Tea? on 'Smart' Vending Machines Triple Sales · · Score: 1

    And when it delivers said beverage, it says "Share and Enjoy!"

  24. Re:Failed on the first question on 2010 Geek IQ Test · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think it's ABP, not NoScript. I temporarily enabled the sites NoScript showed, one by one, and still got no display.

  25. Thank you. on 2010 Geek IQ Test · · Score: 3, Informative

    I unblocked each site listed in NoScript, one at a time, and still couldn't get the quiz.

    I wasn't going to fuck with my ABP filters just to see a stupid quiz.