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  1. Meh on A Cautionary Tale of Open Source Social Technologies · · Score: 4, Insightful

    FUD. The pro-Israel activists are more annoyed that Palestine is recognized and is in the drop down menu more than Israel being omitted.

    They spend a lot of time discouraging recognition of Palestine as an independent state and at every opportunity. Re-read the article again with that in mind. Palestine certainly IS a country and is recognized by many others around the world. The UN reference is a red herring. Israel occupies Palestine with military force.
    Take note that it was a pro-Israel pressure group that started this 'controversy' with immediate threats to the developers.

  2. Re:There is no free lunch on Latest "Green" Power Generation — Your Feet · · Score: 5, Informative

    Youre right.

    I remember this being debunked using basic energy estimates and calculations last year by The Register.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/30/all_the_power_they_would_ever_need/

  3. Re:"really, really hard" to get to moon on SoCal Selene Group Drops Google Lunar X Prize Bid · · Score: 1

    Quitter.

  4. Re:DO IT! DO IT! Do It 'til You're SATISFIED... on Microsoft To Pay People To Search · · Score: 1

    Ah yes. an exchange of egg data from a 'server' to a 'client' wirelessly through the air using a Secure Shell..

  5. Re:Still bound by the speed of light on ET Will Phone Home Using Neutrinos, Not Photons · · Score: 1

    Only if theyre made out of meat.

  6. Re:you need to read the other comments here on Shopping Centers Track Customers Via Cell Phone Signals · · Score: 1

    I suspect the guy getting billed was not making any calls. If his phone had registered with a foreign carrier while roaming, he would be billed per minute for any calls made TO his phone.

    This would include any calls diverted to his answering service while the phone was off. For a lot of incoming calls he still would be billed a substantial amount even if he had never made a single call while on the cruise.

  7. Re:UFO Expert on British "X-files" Released to Public · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dont buy it. Theyre just showing us pictures of aliens because they dont want to tell us what they REALLY found.

  8. Re:Take off the tinfoil hat on British "X-files" Released to Public · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look im no boaster,

    But you aint SEEN my ass, honey.

  9. Re:Yes, but on How Earth Resembles a Gooey Confection · · Score: 1

    How is this announcement newsworthy?

    Weve known the moon has been made of cheese for years.

  10. Re:IQeye on Is Cheap Video Surveillance Possible? · · Score: 1

    You dont need to be there to fire the shotgun. Just mount it atop a quickcam express and fire it over TCP/IP. You could probably even devise a video flash plugin widget and make a game of it for myspace users to encourage them to watch your property.

    They wouldnt need to know its real..

  11. Re:I have only one eye on Pixar to Release All New Movies in 3D · · Score: 1

    Just move your head side to side very fast and blink with your remaining eye at the same frequency.

    approx 2Hz should do it.

    As long as the theatre's dark, I dont forsee any problems with yours or anyone elses enjoyment of the movie.

  12. Re:Obligatory on New Dune Movie Confirmed · · Score: 1

    I think hes talking about Gerri, Posh, Mel B, Mel C and the other one.

  13. Re:New definition of genius... on Someday You'll Hate Apple (And Google Too) · · Score: 1

    The customers individually chose to buy their product, not make a unanimous decision to build and support a monopoly out of thin air.

  14. Re:you can own the headline domain on What Happens To Bounced @Donotreply.com E-Mails · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ....Its 'Proofread'

  15. Re:What is love? on Astronomers Discover New Class of Pulsating Star · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    These arent dwarfs. They just look small because theyre very very very far away.

  16. Re:The ionic breeze... on Silent Microchip 'Fan' Has No Moving Parts · · Score: 1

    Its ok. You just use another fan to blow all the ozone away.
     
    But bigger this time.

  17. Re:Analysis of WIkiLeaks' action on Wikileaks Releases Early Atomic Bomb Diagram · · Score: 1

    There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry ... There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors. Our political life is also predicated on openness. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it and that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. And we know that as long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost, and science can never regress.

    J. Robert Oppenheimer (22 April 1904 - 18 February 1967) Scientific director of the Manhattan Project.

  18. Re:Nice, but.... on Jack Thompson Served With Order to Show Cause · · Score: 1

    I can sleep much sounder in my bed now, knowing that one less anonymous gun hobbyist has declared his intention not to shoot anybody. I feel safer already.

  19. Re:Obligatory on CERN Scientists Looking for the Force · · Score: 1

    Sounds good. Imagine a Faraday cage for Mass. No inertia! Wow. We'd colonize the galaxy within a century.

  20. Re:Not color, false color. on New Electron Microscope Shows Atoms in Color · · Score: 1

    I always think of neutrons as black, protons as white and electrons as yellow.

    I must have saw them coloured like that in a book early in my studies, and now I cant think of them any other way.

  21. Re:Wrong. That's the Bushes behind that move. on SCO Goes Private With $100 Million Backing · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh yeah? Well weve got Linus, the south African spaceman dude and that guy with the long hair
     
    The presidents are toast.

  22. Re:United Police State of America on Examining the Search and Seizure of Electronics at Airports · · Score: 1

    Jesus. Youre naive. They dont hate America for its freedom nor its written constitution. Neither are they jealous of the US and its wealth. Muslims hate America because of their military presence in Islamic countries and because of US support of Israel's occupation of Palestine and Israel's oppression of the Palestinians.

    Do you know how I know thats why Al-quaida attacked the US?

    BECAUSE THATS WHAT THEY FUCKING SAID.

  23. Re:United Police State of America on Examining the Search and Seizure of Electronics at Airports · · Score: 1

    I suppose it'd be useful in a conspiracy to shoot people on the ground from 30,000 ft

    Oh sorry TSA. I'm giving the enemies of America ideas.

  24. Re:Bad Summary. on Amazon Erases Orders To Cover Up Pricing Mistake · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shopper: '...You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to the cancellation notices had you? I mean like actually telling anyone or anything.'

    Amazon: 'But the cancelled sales were on display...'

    Shopper: 'On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.'

    Amazon: 'That's the display department.'

    Shopper: 'With a torch.'

    Amazon: 'Ah, well the lights had probably gone.'

    Shopper: 'So had the stairs.'

    Amazon: 'But look you found the notice didn't you?'

    Shopper: 'Yes,' said the buyer, 'yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard'

  25. Re:flip? on Origami Plane to Fly From the Int. Space Station · · Score: 1

    Its only 9.8 m/s/s at the earths surface. Inverse square law.