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  1. Re:heres an Idea on NY Times Op-Ed Page Goes Subscriber-Only · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the foul smells that permeate meatspace, agent smith

  2. Sosumi on Apple Sued over Tiger, Injunction Sought · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh my! I think Tiger Direct has an unbeatable point with this lawsuit of theirs. Now that Tiger Direct has helped us to see the light, it is only fair that we change the name to Mac OS X Sosumi out of respect for Tiger Direct!

  3. We need more mistakes like these! on Mars Rovers Have Incorrect Instruments Installed · · Score: 1

    Wow, given how the results have been far from certain even when they supposedly did things right and given the phenomenal successes that the rovers have enjoyed despite NASA's mistakes, I heartily propose the answer to our space program lies in figuring out a way to make these mistakes more often!

  4. ORSM insurance? on IP Insurance For Software · · Score: 1

    Why is orsm offering insurance services?

  5. Honesty on Bollywood New Releases Available via Video-On-Demand · · Score: 3, Funny

    virtually all new major Bollywood and Hollywood movies, including entertainment will be distributed digitally

    This flash of clarity and honest self-assessment is truly refreshing. I for one am glad that they've finally officially recognized that most of their movies are lacking in entertainment value.

  6. Internet wars! on Internet Hunting · · Score: 1

    Next up, the US Army will create a website that will let people control mobile gun platforms on the battlefield, except no one will realize the truth and we'll all think that it's just a free computer game. oh wait...

  7. Re:Will Angelina Jolie be commanding one of these on 19th Century Airship Technology for Port Security · · Score: 1

    Yep, it definitely sounds like the military planners accidentally mixed up the strategy tape and the bootleg copy of SkyCaptain and the world of tomorrow...

  8. is it the PC or its position relative to the room? on People Feel Loyalty To Computers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It'd be interesting to see how they actually conducted the tests, because I know people tend to sit in the same places in class over the course of a semester and that they seem to find analogous places to sit even for different classes when they're in different rooms (and this in the absence of any computers whatsoever). Maybe they're not as much attached to that one particular computer as they are to a certain "comfort zone" within the computer lab? Perhaps as a control study, they should make individual computers easily recognizable and then move the computers around to see whether the users move accordingly to stay with the computer or whether they would stay with the location and use the new computer there. I'd also be interested in seeing whether there is a difference in the level of attachment between Mac and PC users. Anyways, there are lots of variations with the parameters one can play with to tease apart this problem, and I'd love to see the researchers delve more indepth into them.

  9. Re:Quota? on Fizzer Worm Uninstalling Itself · · Score: 1

    do a google search for "prepaid credit card". Your quest shall prove to be fruitful.

  10. Re:Quota? on Fizzer Worm Uninstalling Itself · · Score: 1

    Easy, the worm writer could have just bought a prepaid credit card from a convenient store somewhere. No registration, no paper-work, no incriminating trace of any sort.

  11. Re:Remember the "rat thing" in Snow Crash? on Hybrid Robot Uses Rat Brain · · Score: 1

    Actually, Cordwainer Smith (aka. Paul Linebarger), science fiction legend and father of psychological warfare, wrote about rodent brains being used as circuitry for really compact sentient supercomputers a long time before Neal Stephenson learned to read.