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  1. Wild Gunman on The Best Games of 2020 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course, this means you have to use your hands, so it's actually more kinda like a baby's toy.

  2. full quote was actually a bit fuzzy... on New Laser System Targets Mosquitoes · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We'd be delighted if we destabilize the human-mosquito balance of power. Yes gentlemen, we're on the way in and no one can bring us back. For the sake of our country and our way of life, I suggest you get the rest of our sharks in after them, otherwise we will be totally destroyed by mosquito retaliation. My boys will give you the best kind of start, fourteen hundred megawatts worth, and you sure as hell won't stop them now. So let's get going. There's no other choice. God willing, we will prevail in peace and freedom from fear and in true health through the purity and essence of our natural fluids. God bless you all."

    Then he hung up. We're still trying to figure out the meaning of that last phrase.

  3. Class-action capable on Vista Capable Lawsuit Loses Class-Action Status · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the problem is really that their lawsuit was not class-action capable...

  4. Re:Signups to Bebo and myspace are up over 200% on Facebook Reverts ToS Change After User Uproar · · Score: 1

    He meant to say, they put their money where their mouse is.

  5. Re:hmm on Major Cache of Fossils Unearthed In Los Angeles · · Score: 1

    Noah's Ark is a problem. We'll have to call it "Early Quantum State Phenomenon"... Only way to fit 5000 species of mammals on the same boat...

  6. One thing is certain on BioShock Coming To Cell Phones · · Score: 1
    No matter the medium, with BioShock the devs will never have to worry about immersion!

    *rimshot*

    Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the fish.

  7. Re:Naive thinking... on Facebook's New Terms of Service · · Score: 1
    Just take the time to manually remove anything connected to your account, links, friends, photos, albums, notes, posts, emails, etc., and then explicitly request to have anything that's left *deleted* instead of just requesting that they close the account, you will have nothing left on FB.

    That's what I did, even though they stated you only had to click the "request account deletion" button. It took the time it took, it was a pain in the ass, but nothing was left by the time I sent them my request for deletion. And even if the process is "simplified" now, I'd still do it again anyway, just to be sure.

    Also, unless they're really really sneaky (which is still possible, but I doubt it), my account has been deleted for good: If I try to login now, it can't find anything. "Deactivated" accounts are always waiting for you in case you decide to join again.

  8. Great googa-mooga! on Earth May Harbor a Shadow Biosphere of Alien Life · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can pry my bottle of Head & Shoulders from my cold, dead, carbon-based hands! Now get those freakozoids out of my beloved state!

  9. Re:Just compare against this handy list on Telling Fact From Fantasy In the World of Apple Rumors · · Score: 1

    Apple products overview
    =====================
    Pros:
    - It looks cool
    - It sounds cool
    - It probably smells cool
    - It probably even tastes cool

    Cons:
    - It's expensive
    - It lacks features initially

    What nerds actually gives a damn about:
    - Will it blend?

    Any rumour about an Apple product where the details of the rumour fall outside this list is false.

    TFTFY ;)

  10. whoa, recursive Meta-UAC on Security Hole In Windows 7 UAC · · Score: 5, Funny
    From TFA: Microsoft could remedy the problem by prompting the user when the UAC setting is altered.

    ==============

    "It look like you're trying to alter the UAC settings, Cancel or Allow?"
    *click*
    "It looks like you've confirmed the change in UAC settings, Cancel or Allow?"
    *click*
    "The UAC settings have been altered, Cancel or Allow?"
    *click**click**click**click**click*-----INPUT DEVICE FAILURE

  11. nobody can stop the Ash on Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption · · Score: 1

    Shop smart, shop S-MART!

  12. logistics on Lots of Pure Water Ice At Mars North Pole · · Score: 2, Funny

    We're still looking for the way to get the Bourbon over there though.

  13. Re:The real secret...... on Obama Looking At Open Source? · · Score: 1

    ....to a more secure and cost effective government is to merely start getting rid of (...) most of the useless fucking programs they have.(...) it's the same way with schools. (...) We have terrible schools, so the obvious answer is (...) fix the fucking problems

    Woah dude, I kind of agree that we have to limit population growth but to randomly sterilize or execute healthy adults of breeding age is a bit harsh of a solution don't you think? :p

  14. Ironically... on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    ... what TFA doesn't say is that she wanted to take online classes from that school.

  15. Re:5D Mark II... Sweet! on The Presidential Portrait Goes Digital · · Score: 1

    Wait for the Mk III. They weaponized it and then threw some cool hot-rod red in there.

  16. Re:Scaring tourists away much? on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 1
    They already asked for these.

    I went to the US four times last year, I was photographed and my fingerprints were scanned each time.

  17. Re:a 21st Century DC-3 on Reaction Engines To Fly Reusable Spaceplane · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From what I saw at the company website, it looks like they're building the orbital equivalent of the first commercial airliner, the DC-3.

    Bit of a nitpick here, but that would be the first tremendously successful commercial airliner.

    The DC-3 was an evolution of the DC-2, which was designed to compete with Boeing's 247. The 247 itself was preceded by a bunch earlier designs by various constructors, like the Ford Tri-Motor.

  18. Re:Dead Herring on Performance Tests Show Early Windows 7 Build Beats Vista · · Score: 4, Funny

    His fucked what?

  19. HA! At last! on NVIDIA Makes First 4GB Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    Sony batteries worldwide now shake with fear at the perspective of meeting a most worthy opponent!

  20. Awesome on Chandrayaan Enters Lunar Orbit · · Score: 4, Funny

    The scientific community will certainly not stay hindi-fferent to this expansion of India's science curry-culum!

  21. it's like in Star Trek... on Bones Found Near Crash Site Confirmed Fossett's · · Score: 1

    ... Bones saying "It's dead, Jim"

  22. Only one thing left on How Vampire Bats Evolved To Live On Blood Alone · · Score: 1

    Just put friggin' lasers on their friggin heads!

    Imagine, flying blood-sucking death laser pointers... Deadly AND entertaining, Win-win! >:D

  23. Good, but on Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can it run Linux?

  24. What about Alex Kingston? on David Tennant Stands Down From "Doctor Who" · · Score: 1
    Not as the new Doctor obviously, but her character River Song definitely knew the Doctor in his 10th incarnation, and they appeared to have quite a significant backstory together... He even gave her his sonic screwdriver!

    I hope they keep this in mind in the last four/five specials. I would hate to see this discarded as a simple side story after such a buildup.

  25. Re:One concern... on NASA's New Lunar Rover, Now Testing In Arizona · · Score: 1

    Oh ok, I guess I had misunderstood, I hadn't realized the suits themselves actually stayed outside... Nice workaround.

    Thanks!