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  1. Re:cool tour, but no real surprise on Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't think they had patents. They tried using Trade Mark infringement law to prevent competition, but lost in Canada.

  2. Re:cool tour, but no real surprise on Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History · · Score: 2, Interesting

    'Modded "Informative"? Really? It sounds like it was meant to be a joke.'

    You obviously don't know Microsoft ;^)

  3. Re:Graduate school is too late to begin teaching t on A Hippocratic Oath For Scientists · · Score: 1

    'Any good researcher knows that 'failures' provide as much information as 'successes'.'

    Very true, but, for some reason, successes are generally more likely to get published.

  4. Yes, but on Non-Compete Pacts Called Bad For Tech Innovation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The point is not to enhance innovation, but to enhance corporate (ok, and shareholders as a side effect) profits. If there happens to be innovation, that's a nice addition.

  5. BEST way to store? on Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? · · Score: 1

    On film.

  6. They have a life on 1 In 3 Sysadmins Snoop On Colleagues · · Score: 5, Informative
    'Makes you wonder about the other 2 out of 3. Did they lie on the survey or really don't snoop?'

    They probably have a life. It's pretty pathetic to have to get one's jollies snooping on others rather than actually doing something.

  7. Re:Espresso on All Your Coffee Are Belong To Us · · Score: 1
    '(you also need to buy a good grinder)'

    Actually, what you want is a good mill.

  8. Re:If they're not sophisticated enough on China Says It Lacks Skills To Hack US Systems · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buoyancy.

  9. Re:J.K Rowling v. RDR Books... on US Supreme Court Limits Patent Claims · · Score: 1
    'If you assume that record companies and publishers are charitable trusts set up to provide employment for talented authors and look after them in their old age,...'

    Well, that seems to be be their self-view, what with their 'Think of the Artists!!' refrain ;^)

  10. Re:It doesn't bode anything for copyright on US Supreme Court Limits Patent Claims · · Score: 1
    But maybe for other patent restrictions; for example: I wonder how

    'The doctrine says that the sale of an invention exhausts the patent-holder's right to control how the purchaser uses it.'

    will affect Monsantos restrictions on reuse of seed?

  11. Re:I miss Dejanews on The Greatest Defunct Websites and Dotcom Disasters · · Score: 1
    'I slrn for those days.'

    I tin relate to that!

  12. Re:it's dark matter on Object Defies Categorization As Planet or Star · · Score: 1

    and dark matter, much like statistics, is generally pulled from one's arsehole.

  13. Re:n = 15 on Consumer Reports Gets Its Game On · · Score: 1

    Well, it does read: '...and included 10 women and five men.' My first question on seeing this was: What else did it include? Some rats as a control group? Maybe they mean 'consisted of'.

  14. Re:Dr Lamar on President Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act · · Score: 2, Informative
    'For future reference, right handed men don't hold it with their left. Just one of those things.'

    He's wrong.

  15. Re:Workaround on Federal Court Says First-Sale Doctrine Covers Software, Too · · Score: 1

    It was a joke, son ;^)

  16. Re:Workaround on Federal Court Says First-Sale Doctrine Covers Software, Too · · Score: 1

    Maybe 5 cents for the glass washing fee; if you just want the water, ther's the tap in the washroom!

  17. Once Again... on Mac Cloner Psystar Ships First Service Pack · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I remember this happening in the days of the Apple ][, what with the Peach and other clones. But then, you had to get the ROMs. Maybe this time will turn out (un)successful (depending on your point of view :)

  18. Re:French on French Judge Orders Refund For Pre-Installed XP · · Score: 1

    So the French really screwed them royally!

  19. Re:The UIs are not the problem on Moving Toward a Single Linux UI? · · Score: 1
    'Where do people usually pull random statistics from? You guessed it, from their anus.'

    And that statistic comes from your nose?

  20. Doesn't make sense.... on Youngest Galactic Supernova Found, But No Aliens · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it's 140 yrs old, then it can't be farther than 140 ly for us to know about it ??!!?

  21. Re:They do take some hints... on MySpace Wins $230 Million Judgment Against Sanford Wallace · · Score: 1
    '... a flaming barrel of excrement ...'

    Those must have been some powerful burritos you ate!

  22. Re:Arse wiping manual? on Facebook Agrees To User Safety Plan · · Score: 1

    Well, there is this (reviewed here.)

  23. Re:Civilian use? on Stealth Paint From German Inventor Werner Nickel · · Score: 1

    Historical usage. Submaraines were originally small enough to be hoisted out of the water and placed on a ship. This is a rough rule-of-thumb for a difference between a ship and a boat.

  24. Re:W3C on NYTimes.com Hand-Codes HTML & CSS · · Score: 1

    cf. learnt, spent, sent, burnt, bent, lent

  25. Re:They already have everything they need. on Party Ideas For Math Nerds? · · Score: 4, Funny

    'Well then how do you get her into the suitcase?'

    Use the inverse of the Banach-Tarski theorem (iterate as needed).