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  1. Re:The "eight fundamental emotions" on Text Analyzer Reveals Emotional 'Temperature' of Novels and Fairy Tales · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's because the authors couldn't get no satisfaction, though they tried and they tried, and they tried, and they tried.

  2. Re:Future!? on The Memo That Spawned Microsoft Research · · Score: 1

    Because an interface designed for phones and tablets doesn't work well on a 27" 1080p monitor with a standard keyboard and mouse?

  3. Re:The next obvious step is to ... on Former Microsoft Privacy Chief Doesn't Trust Company, Uses Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    That was Ken Thompson, co-developer of Unix, in "Reflections on trusting trust".

    http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html

  4. Patent Trolls on How BlackBerry Blew It · · Score: 0

    I'm sure that $600 Million that they had to pay to the paten troll NTP, even though the patent was invalid, had absolutely nothing to do with it.

  5. Martha Stewart suing Lodsys? on Martha Stewart Out To Exterminate Patent Troll Lodsys · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a *GOOD* thing...

  6. Re:Mr Sham was signing the documents on Judge Orders Patent Troll To Explain Its 'Mr. Sham' To Jury · · Score: 1

    Really? Mrs. Sham? Wow.

    Vince has a wife?

  7. Re:We've heard from Judge Alsup before on Judge Orders Patent Troll To Explain Its 'Mr. Sham' To Jury · · Score: 5, Informative

    He's the guy who pointed out the he could write rangeCheck, and that he'd have written it identically.

  8. Re:But.... on Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve · · Score: 1

    No, they didn't get FP because they were naked and petrified.

  9. Re:Once again on Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope that the guys who did this made more than one dollar.

  10. Re:let's all shed a tear for car dealers on Car Dealers Complain To DMV About Tesla's Website · · Score: 2

    Hey, car dealers!!!

    I've got a buggy whip business I'm willing to franchise out to you!!!

  11. Re:US President Hides His Metadata on Schneier: Metadata Equals Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Hey, if he (and his visitors) have nothing to hide, then they have nothing to fear.

    At least that's what the .gov keeps telling us...

  12. Re:so why do people go into the desert? on What I Did During My Summer Vacation: Burning Man Edition · · Score: 1

    You did time at Ft. Irwin? I salute you sir.

    I was up there for a rip-roaring 3 days as a contractor, and was bored silly. I have no idea how you managed to do a full stint.

  13. Re:Ahhh ... on Nokia's Elop Set To Receive $25 Million Bonus After Acquisition · · Score: 2

    "From the sounds of it, Elop completely fucked Nokia, is selling the farm to Microsoft, and will make out like a bandit and get the chance to be considered to run Microsoft."

    In other words, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!

    What do you think Elop took the job for? First thing he did was kill all other development at Nokia except Windows Phone. There's been speculation since his first day at Nokia that he was a MS plant.

  14. Why? on To Boldly Go Nowhere, For Now · · Score: 1

    Because of what Robert Browning knew back in the 1800s.

    "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"

  15. Re:Just restarted on Firefox 24 Arrives: WebRTC Support and NFC Sharing On Android · · Score: 2

    [Raises hand].

    My PC at work is 32-bit.

    What they need to do is release both 32 and 64 bit versions.

  16. Re:Really? on Student Arrested For Using Phone App To 'Shoot' Classmates · · Score: 1

    If it had been done with video effect tools rather than a game cap, it would have been just as worthy of arrest.

    That is to say, not worthy at all. In the US, there's this thing called the "First Amendment". He harmed nobody with that video, it is protected speech.

  17. Re:Free Market on Exxon Charged With Illegally Dumping Waste In Pennsylvania · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Free Market on Exxon Charged With Illegally Dumping Waste In Pennsylvania · · Score: 0

    Could have been worse... could have been Di-Hydrogen Monoxide.

  19. Re:Can we have someone go to jail now, please? on Exxon Charged With Illegally Dumping Waste In Pennsylvania · · Score: 1, Troll

    Agreed. After all, "Corporations are people too, my friend."

  20. Re:Mass vs Size on Black Holes Grow By Eating Quantum Foam · · Score: 0

    What if the black hole swallowed a really really large amount of Rogaine? Would it still have no hair?

    [Yes, I know what Thorne and Hawking meant by the original phrase. Deal with it]

  21. Re:How close is this to treason? on NSA Shares Intel On Americans With Israel · · Score: 4, Informative

    Jonathan Pollard says hello.

  22. Re:Because we know? on The Reporter's Fifth Amendment Paradox · · Score: 1

    Because the defendant's right to be silent is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment. Don't like it? Go talk to the Founders, or re-amend the Constitution.

  23. Re:Because we know? on The Reporter's Fifth Amendment Paradox · · Score: 1

    Because now you are conflating civil and criminal law.

    In criminal cases THERE IS NO PLAINTIFF. There is the State prosecuting a defendant.

    In civil cases, there is the Plaintiff and the Defendant. No criminal activity is being alleged.

  24. Re:Copywritten? on Martin Luther King Jr's Children In Court Over MLK IP · · Score: 1

    That was part of the 1978 copyright law. This speech predates that.

  25. Re:I have a dream on Martin Luther King Jr's Children In Court Over MLK IP · · Score: 2

    Not in 1963, it wasn't.