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  1. Re:Its a nuke. on Mushroom Cloud Reported Over North Korea · · Score: 4, Interesting

    since there are no photos, how about the possibility that some ignorant reporter only knows the adjective "mushroom-shaped" when talking about clouds from explosives?

    like the way all bad experiences are always "harrowing".

  2. Re:Cue the adjective jokes on Extended RotK Expected December 14 · · Score: 0

    >...with 2 CDs of soundtrack...

    that would be a really shitty deal. there are already 3 soundtrack CDs and they're great.

  3. Re:This is almost a month later than the others... on Extended RotK Expected December 14 · · Score: 4, Informative

    they had trouble getting everyone together to do the commentaries. plus the last one is longer and has about 50 mins extra footage.

  4. Re:Extended? on Extended RotK Expected December 14 · · Score: 0

    I think Wormtongue kills him for the Palantir or something

  5. Re:Know your location? on VoIP 911 Emergency Service: Problems and Fixes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    what about kids who don't know the address plus lots of other imaginable scenarios?

    plus auto location has other uses. with a local taxi company it asks you to press a button if you want to go straight away and automagically knows your location. it then gives a single ring to your phone when the taxi has reached your street.

  6. Re:It's a forgery on Cooking for Engineers · · Score: 1

    real scientists don't use units. everything is put into dimensionless form.

    most don't bother with constants either. if you're a particle physicist or relativitic quantum mechanic you use the speed of light = 1 and Planck's constant = 1. everything else follows.

    SI units are for... well, we call them "norms" :-)

  7. Re:Uhmmm Yea....so whats new??? on Theora Codec Ported to Java · · Score: 5, Funny

    the people using activex are either:
    1. microsoft
    2. retarded
    3. all of the above

    the people using flash are either:
    1. 14 years old
    2. incredibly annoying
    3. advertisers

  8. Re:How do I sign up for a ride? on Volunteers Needed for Space Launch · · Score: 2, Funny

    >They want people to deal with crowd control, ticketing, hospitality, etc.

    when they say "deal with", do they mean "...with extreme prejudice"?

    the horror! the horror!

  9. Re:reaching the point... on New Ring Discovered Around Saturn · · Score: 1

    I was refering more to the Copernican Principle that scientists adopt that there are no "special" observers, thus the Earth's point of view is not scientifically more important than any other.

    And since it's the scientists that are in charge of naming these objects, you have to put up with it whether you like it or not.

    MUHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

  10. Re:Stupid Question on New Ring Discovered Around Saturn · · Score: 5, Informative

    "satellite" means orbiting a planet.
    "moon" means natural satellite.
    "Moon" means Earth's moon.

  11. Re:Stupid Question on New Ring Discovered Around Saturn · · Score: 4, Informative

    argh! EVERYthing with mass has its own gravitational field. fuckingdictionaryit

  12. Re:reaching the point... on New Ring Discovered Around Saturn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    it's only silly if you insist on being Earth-centric and demanding that each moon be a significant fraction of the planet's size.

  13. LOTR 4 : Saturn's contorted F-ring region on New Ring Discovered Around Saturn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Frodo and Sam: "Here we go again!"

    Stereotypical old fashioned cash register: "Cha-ching!"

  14. Re:Proof. on Network Security Assessment · · Score: 1

    not having proof that something is correct does not mean it is not correct.

    there is no reason why something should not be totally secure.

    the only problem is making something secure AND easy AND cheap AND quick.

  15. Re:They've got their priorities wrong on Longhorn Will Have Ability to Ban External Storage Devices · · Score: 1

    um... is this revisionist history?

    the holocaust didn't happen!
    MS Blaster didn't happen!
    IE holes don't exist!
    the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) didn't warn to stop using IE!

  16. Re:They've got their priorities wrong on Longhorn Will Have Ability to Ban External Storage Devices · · Score: 3, Funny

    except that it is true.

    an anti-anti-IE post. muhahah muhahahahaa , MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA lolzorzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!11111ONEONEONEONEoneel eventyone /yawn /sigh /rollseyes

  17. Re:What a tragedy! on Longhorn Will Have Ability to Ban External Storage Devices · · Score: 1

    Er, who said MS were villains?

    Will unecessary defensiveness never end?!?

  18. Re:Stupid as usual on Longhorn Will Have Ability to Ban External Storage Devices · · Score: 1

    storing military profiles on Windows machines!? that should be considered treason.

  19. Re:Huh? on Satellite Pics Going Dark? · · Score: 1

    agreed, it's very strange that there hasn't been a single change to 2nd ammendment.

    is this because the law is perfect already? do the current measures already prevent suspected terrorists buying grenade launchers?

    I can't remember the Simpsons quote verbatim but something like:

    Gun shop: "lets see, you've been arrested, have spent time in a mental institution, have severe alcohol problems..."

    Homer: "d'oh!"

    Gun shop: "don't worry, that only limits you to 3 handguns"

  20. Re:Pics on Samsung Introduces Phone With Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    ugg... it's a flip phone. I hate flips, am too lazy.

  21. Re:The problem I have with essays.... on The Age of the Essay · · Score: 2, Funny

    lol, I was treating "spelling and grammar" as a single thing thus "is".

    isn't that allowed?

  22. Re:The problem I have with essays.... on The Age of the Essay · · Score: 1

    maybe not, but doing a PhD is training to be a professional. and in this case the humanities students are being told to meet a word limit whereas the science students are being told to meet a quality limit.

  23. But will it be the same.... on Atari To Release Old Games and New Console System · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....if you don't have to blow dust from the connectors when sticking in the cart?

    And knowing which of your joysticks is a bit stiff and giving that to your friend?

    And will it be the same when you see it on your massive widescreen TV instead of a little 14" that made anything seem high resolution?

  24. Re:The problem I have with essays.... on The Age of the Essay · · Score: 1

    yes what you say SHOULD be true, but not necessarily in practice.

    I just looked up the thesis requirements for PhDs in physics and English

    Physics:
    "thesis should be no longer than necessary to provide a succinct introduction to the field of study for the non-specialist, to present your results and to discuss what conclusions can be drawn"

    "quality not quantity is the most important thing"

    "thesis shall not exceed 70,000 words including appendices, footnotes, tables and bibliography"

    English: "a dissertation of 80 000 words"

  25. Re:The problem I have with essays.... on The Age of the Essay · · Score: 1

    1. the spelling and grammar is correct.
    2. my point is clear.
    3. I'm anti-essay so why would I want anthing more than 1 and 2 ?