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  1. Re:Not africa's biggest problem on Africa - Offline And Waiting for the Web · · Score: 1

    How are people to get all those things and other basic services organised if they cant even communicate with each other and the outside world?

    The WWW isnt just iTunes and eBay.

  2. Re:Strange on Checkers Solved, Unbeatable Database Created · · Score: 1

    Yes, you build two of them.

  3. Re:The writing's been on the wall... on Checkers Solved, Unbeatable Database Created · · Score: 1

    Schrodinger's chess is just like normal chess except youre not allowed to know were your pieces are with any certainty. A piece can only be observed during a move, not before or after.

  4. Re:Wow. on Checkers Solved, Unbeatable Database Created · · Score: 1

    Nothing. Its still unbeatable. The answer is in your question.

  5. Re:PLEASE HELP on iPods Don't Run OS X · · Score: 1

    Lock yourself indoors, and for Jobs' sake dont use a computer - Its probably poisoned or infected with fleas.

  6. Re:Tissue and fluids? on Baby Mammoth Found Intact · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well you dont get rarer than extinct..

  7. Re:The right way to write a Russian Reversal on Nuke-Proof Bunker Turns Out Not Waterproof · · Score: 3, Funny

    The city fathers have been planning this for years. They must feel really stressed out and embarrassed.
     
    Maybe if they each swallowed a handful of those tranquilizers they found, im sure it would take the edge off.

  8. Re:"Lost"? on Star Wars Takes Over Harvard Commencement · · Score: 2, Funny

    Youve never heard of 'Lost'?

    Where have you been living the last three years. On a desert Island...?

  9. Re:Ad revenu on Twenty Five Intel CPU Coolers Tested · · Score: 1

    I wasn't aware of any advertising on the page.

    Have you considred using a HOSTS file?

  10. Reap the whirlwind, MS on Google Buys Anti-Malware Security Startup · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Something Explorer should have had 10 years ago.

  11. Re:Bozos will blow up this planet one day on New Form of Matter Melds Lasers, Superconductors · · Score: 1

    Yes. They charge by weight. - The cost is 'Astronomical'..

  12. Re:Bozos will blow up this planet one day on New Form of Matter Melds Lasers, Superconductors · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fucking Luddite. Out of my way. If they ever start selling mini black holes on ThinkGeek im first in line.

  13. Re:Cool on A Detailed Profile of the Hadron Super Collider · · Score: 4, Funny

    Theyre stating the obvious about the daily workwear though, I thought.
     
    - When youre creating a captive mini black hole on Earth I would have thought hard hats and steel toecapped boots would be a MINIMUM safety requirement.

  14. Re:Hard luck on The Solar Oxygen Crisis · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm continually disappointed that we've never sent a manned mission to the Sun.
    Now, I know what you're thinking:
    'Duh. That's stupid. Its way too hot'

    Yes. But only if you go in the daytime

  15. Re:Uh... on First Successful Demonstration of CO2 Capture Technology · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actally, Ents have been observed in the wild to strip off their own leaves, bleach themselves and climb into recycling chipping machines in paper mills when depressed.

  16. Re:And, as we all know... on 25th Anniversary of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum · · Score: 1

    Ah Manic Miner.
     
    the number 6031769 is forever burned into my brain!

  17. Re:244? on Only 244 Genuine Windows Vista's Sold in China · · Score: 2, Funny

    See?!

    Communism DOES work.

  18. Re:Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdogs on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    Jesus. Is the US full to bursting point of cowboy role-playing fantasists?

    Why the FUCK would somebody bring a gun to the family DINNER TABLE?

    Are you smoking crack?

  19. Re:I'd say SCO's hoist on their own petard.. on SCO Relies On IBM-donated Servers With Groklaw · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mixing metaphors reaps you the most bang for your buck. You dont want to rock the waters.

  20. Re:What's the fourth main area? on China Systematically Developing New Technologies · · Score: 5, Funny

    and an almost fanatical devotion to the pope.. I mean party.

  21. Re:Well, if REM on Musicians Demand the Internet Stay Neutral · · Score: 1

    At last!

    An organization that combines the coolness of politicians and the preachiness of rock bands..

  22. Re:Only $100k? on $100k For Kenobi's Cloak · · Score: 1

    It surely must be all creased and unwearable anyway. I saw Darth Vader standing all over it.

  23. plagiarism sucks on Jonathan Lethem On Plagiarism · · Score: 1

    Plagiarism is the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work. Unlike cases of forgery, in which the authenticity of the writing, document, or some other kind of object, itself is in question, plagiarism is concerned with the issue of false attribution.

    Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud and offenders are subject to academic censure. In journalism, plagiarism is considered a breach of journalistic ethics, and reporters caught plagiarizing typically face disciplinary measures ranging from suspension to termination. Some individuals caught plagiarizing in academic or journalistic contexts claim that they plagiarized unintentionally, by failing to include quotations or give the appropriate citation. While plagiarism in scholarship and journalism has a centuries-old history, the development of the Internet, where articles appear as electronic text, has made the physical act of copying the work of others much easier.

    Plagiarism is different from copyright infringement. Where both terms are appropriate, they emphasize different aspects of the transgression. Copyright infringement is a violation of the rights of the copyright holder, which involves the loss of income and artistic control of the material when it is used without the copyright holder's consent. Under the copyright laws of the United States, copying a small portion of a text, placing in appropriate quotation, and citing the original source, for a review or criticism is considered fair use. On the other hand, plagiarism is concerned with the unearned increment to the plagiarizing author's reputation.


    Thats what I think anyway..

  24. bad workmanship on Panasonic ToughBook Testing Facility Tour · · Score: 5, Funny

    The drop testing machine that's located at the Osaka R&D facility is one of only eight in the world, but unfortunately it wasn't working on the day we visited.


    Things just arent built to last these days . .

  25. Re:Nations don't hold powers. on British Police Identify Killer in Radiation Case · · Score: 1

    We'd just disconnect their Belkin wireless connection from the beach at Felixstowe. Then theyd be fucked.

    No more world domination for YOU.