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  1. Re:NASA is simply poorly run on Is Playing a DVD Harder Than Rocket Science? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'll be the first to offer up that I am not the most organized planner or manager. But I have known plenty who were and they could plan anything down to the last detail. I know these people cannot be THAT rare.

    I write software for project managers... and yup... they are.

  2. Re:Starcraft Already... on Speaking With the Blizzard Cinematics Team · · Score: 1, Funny

    Geeze, I could have done it myself by now.

    Waiting

    Well, at least with blizzard, you won't be waiting (Duke Nukem) forever.

  3. Re:Oh really? on In Istanbul, Cameras To Recognize 15,000 Faces/sec. · · Score: 1, Funny

    Byzantium. Byzantine is an adjective.

    *sigh* regardless, you can't fly like an eagle if you're hanging around in Turkey.

  4. In my day... on IBM Pushing Water-Cooled Servers, Meeting Resistance · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Kids used to polish the radiator's on their cars...

    Now get off my damn lawn!

  5. Re:Equally Misleading on Internet Not Really Dangerous For Kids After All · · Score: 0

    Two words: Baseball Bat

  6. Forget the third world, has uses here on Mobile Phones To Fill Poor Nations' Healthcare Gap? · · Score: 0

    Think about convenient STD tests... not for you, but for proposed partners...

  7. Re:flippant American answer on NZ File-Sharers, Remixers Guilty Upon Accusation · · Score: 0

    Not one of them got a shot off.

    Yes, but one guy threw a shoe!

  8. I was more thinking... on New Nanotech Fabric Never Gets Wet · · Score: 0

    coat munitions with this. Underwater artillery anyone? Provided of course that the thin layer of air still holds post muzzle velocity.

  9. I had the same problem! on Verizon Denies DSL Because of Subscriber's Name · · Score: 0

    It seems I'm not alone. Hugh J. Farquad esq.

  10. So then you're saying... on IEEE Special Report On the Singularity · · Score: 0

    Again with the silly curve drawing. "Smarter" isn't something you can make just by packing in enough circuits. People don't even know what "smarter" is. Probably they'll figure it out eventually. But it's already clear that "smarter" is more complicated than any technology we'll see in the next century or so. So then you're saying that by definition, for me to be "Smarter" I have to be "Smarter" than how "Smart" I am to be able to define it... I don't think I'm "Smart" enough.
  11. Great step in the right direction on Net Neutrality Bill Introduced In Canadian Parliament · · Score: 0

    But as always in law, what is "reasonable", and who exactly is the honest and reasonable person? More to the point are either usually ISP's or politicians, and how about their lawyers?

  12. Re:proudly brought to you by, on NASA Selects Inexpensive Space Project Candidates · · Score: 3, Funny

    The tin can, piece of string and duct tape dept. NASA's Letter of Response: The first half of the project proposal is cheap and very novel, but the other half (getting the string all the way to Alpha Centauri) could be a bit of a funding issue. Nonetheless we are going ahead with your idea, because even half a project can yield valuable scientific discoveries.
    Finally we will be able to quantify the exact length of half a piece of string.
  13. proudly brought to you by, on NASA Selects Inexpensive Space Project Candidates · · Score: 3, Funny

    The tin can, piece of string and duct tape dept.

  14. Puts a new spin on Game Technology Helps Drive Military Training · · Score: 0

    on the tank game in Wii Play doesn't it?

  15. It's simple math on Singapore Firm Claims Patent Breach By Virtually All Websites · · Score: 0

    Like.com also said it owns almost 12 patents in the areas of visual recognition and search. Almost 12? What the hell kind of journalism is this? Is 11 too many to count? Come on. They have 23 half baked ideas. 23 * 0.5 = 11.5

    Hence, almost 12.
  16. oblig on Buses as Mobile Sensing Platforms? · · Score: 1, Funny

    In soviet England, bus watches you.

  17. Just watch the trees. Water is your enemy. on Parent-Friendly Wireless Bridge To Span 500 Meters? · · Score: 1

    Seriously. You should have clear line of sight between your two points. I had a point to point rig set up for a few years, until some pesky trees grew up. While it was dry, the network limped along, but when they got wet from rain, the connection would stay down for a significant period of time.

  18. Hello? Rent-a-crowd? Yes, on Line Forms At Apple's Always-Open Manhattan Cube · · Score: 1

    could I get 60 people for next tuesday...

  19. Re:And verily, Our Lord Jobs Did Come Unto Them on Line Forms At Apple's Always-Open Manhattan Cube · · Score: 1

    And the Lord Jobs did address the faithfully assembled masses, saying "Unto you my loyal supplicants I do bestow the bounty of the 3G iPhone, that ye may use it at all times, and in sickness, and in health, and in times of pestilence and low bandwidth, and it shall comfort thee." And then did the Lord Jobs hand out the Holy 3G iPhone unto the chosen who harkened unto him, and it was good. *Amen*
  20. Re:Whatabout... on How Would You Prefer To Send Sensitive Data? · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's exceedingly simple ... All she has to do is mount the file and type in the password you give her. Why did I just picture a HR manager straddling a filing cabinet reaching for the keyboard?
  21. Re:One very workable solution... on IT Workers Are Getting Fatter · · Score: 1

    ...would be to have a treadmill or cross-trainer in every cubicle. The harder the worker exercises, the higher the priority his/her processes are given. "Hey, Joe, you're covered in sweat!" "Yeah, I know, those KDE apps take ages to compile!" I've heard of the rat race, but the hamster race is just a bit too much for me. (Switches to farming potatoes.)
  22. Oh great... on Black Holes Don't Trap Information Forever · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I can't even wipe my drives by throwing them into a black hole?!? Grumble... (fires up microwave)

  23. Re:Good on Comcast, Cox Slow BitTorrent Traffic All Day · · Score: 1

    Just because some people use knives to kill people shouldn't mean that we have to now use forks to cut our meat. Geez dude! Have you flown lately?!? (returns to tearing apart overcooked shoe-sole like steak.)
  24. Minus Keyboard and Mouse on Just How Effective is System Hardening? · · Score: 1

    Seems to have fixed the entire pesky security/virus vulnerability. That and removing the power cord from the back of the PC.

    Unfortunately production seems to have slowed by about 10%.

  25. Re:So what's it gonna take... on Infringement 'Detrimental To the Public Health, Safety' · · Score: 2, Funny

    Every time you download a file, a child gets AIDS At first I laughed. Then I thought, hmmm... this IS the RIAA. How much are needles again?!?