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  1. Re:Sometimes the experts know what they are doing. on Guy Fawkes' Explosion Would Have Devasted London · · Score: 0
    And how about this impressive statement:
    He explained that the further from the blast the lesser the effects until only a faint bang is audible.
    Boy, I hope not all British scientists are masters of the obvious like this dude.
  2. Re:My Favorite on Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New Inventions · · Score: 0

    I am not defending her dumb answer in any way, but most "solar" calculators end up being powered by a desk lamp most of the time.

  3. Re:Here's the next (realistic) thing I'd like to s on Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New Inventions · · Score: -1

    1998 called, it wants its Divx back.

  4. Re:It gets even worse - Best Buy for Example.... on Are Review Units Better Than Store Versions? · · Score: 0

    And yet another reason to do this is the "low price guarantee" - if you find the same model for a lower price many places advertize that they will pay you the difference, sometimes plus an extra 10%. Pretty hard to find "the same model" if nobody else sells it.

  5. Re:Attempt to avoid being busted for Plagiarism? on Amazon's Book Search Hits a Snag · · Score: 0

    Easier to steal, but also easier to get caught.

  6. Obvious joke... on More on E-textiles: Electronic Smart Fabric · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now that's what I call multi-threaded computing!

  7. Welcome on Xen High-Performance x86 Virtualization Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new Xen masters.

  8. Re:Great idea on Smart Sofa Recognizes Occupants by Weight · · Score: 1

    Try shopping at Sofa King. Their couches are Sofa King great!

  9. Next Step: on Single-atom Laser Built at Caltech · · Score: 2, Funny

    2 atoms!

  10. Re:It's not gonna work on Torvalds And Cox Write EU Parliament On Patents · · Score: 1

    Did you mean to say, "Did you know XOR is patented and IBM pays to use it?" and "This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better?" Articulate people who are also technically savvy are our best hope. Does anyone at least have a spelling checker?

  11. Re:Typos? on Torvalds And Cox Write EU Parliament On Patents · · Score: 1

    "My bad" is not an English sentence. Also, another word you misspelled is "parliament".

  12. Re:Nails? on New Treo Reviewed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, several steps of editing changed her comment. What she actually said was, "I tried to play a Nine Inch Nails MP3 and it didn't work."

  13. Re:Nails? on New Treo Reviewed · · Score: 1

    My bad.

  14. Re:Nails? on New Treo Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Graffiti is being phased out because of a patent owned by Xerox. They successfully sued Palm over unistroke handwriting recognition.

  15. Re:Misogynist on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    Lighten up, Francis.

  16. Making it REALLY real on How Much Does A Cloud Weigh? · · Score: 1

    If my calculations are correct, the big storm cloud could cover 30 square km with 1 cm of rain. Not so amazing. In fact, the figures are so close that I would suspect the original calculations were done in metric and converted to tons and elephants.

  17. Re:British Units ??? on How Much Does A Cloud Weigh? · · Score: 1

    4000, as long as they're small and reside in Blackburn Lancashire. What I was excited about wat that a hurricane is as big as Missouri. Yeah, Yeah, Missouri, that's great! Yeah!

  18. Re:Um, thats FLAVORS! on Distro Taste Test - Linux and Beer · · Score: 1

    I think it is pretty funny that a Brit with the attitude of a Frenchie would use a sig line that is a Yank pop culture reference. We are everywhere and can't be stopped. I'll bet the last Scottish restaurant you ate at was McDonald's. ;)

  19. Re:Come on! on Five-second Pints · · Score: 1

    Two words: beer bong. I went to the University of Missouri-Rolla, which is a small school but is one of the top ten party schools in the nation. It has calmed down a bit since I was there (early '80s), but there was a whole organization equivalent to student council which was in charge of putting on St. Pat's. We were off school Thursday and Friday that week. Thursday was the Extravaganza, where you would buy a special cup for about $3 and drink all the beer you could from 11:00AM to 5:00PM. They also had many games, all of which involved drinking, and one of which was the quarter barrel chug. A team of 8 people would chug a 1/4 barrel of beer in the shortest amount of time possible. I think the best I ever saw was about 30 minutes. If you puked you were out, unless all of it found its way back into your stomach somehow. I could go on for hours about those times we had.

  20. Re:sounds like: indeed they are... on LWCE Wrapup · · Score: 1

    Yes, he would fit in very well today. His favorite photo subject was naked little girls.

  21. Centibots on LWCE Wrapup · · Score: 1

    Anyone see Minority Report?