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  1. I hope the legs retract on Italian Scientists Put Robot Spiders In Your Colon · · Score: 4, Funny

    before "exiting the body naturally."

    Speaking of which, what is the natural way colon spiders exit the body? Don't they lay their eggs in there and the spiderlings eat their way out through the abdominal wall? I guess leg retraction isn't high on the agenda in that case.

  2. Re:One question: on ARM and Dual-Atom Processors in New Portables · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a derogatory term for technology shipped from south of the border, and I would appreciate it if you didn't use that word.

  3. I'm not worried about wifi on Wireless Network Modded To See Through Walls · · Score: 1

    the architect who designed my home put a floor to ceiling window RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOILET. I applied privacy film to the glass, and keep the shade down, and the lights off... no, I'm not worried about my neighbors using wifi to monitor my movements...

  4. kill all humans! on Why Motivation Is Key For Artificial Intelligence · · Score: 1

    is that not motivation enough?

  5. ebay on What Is the Best Way To Track Stolen Gadgets? · · Score: 1

    nuf sed

  6. Re:Spoiler? on Turning Classic Literary Works Into Games · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know the Usual Suspects in particular demands many repeat viewings to pick up on all the subtleties.

    you don't really need to watch it repeatedly. Go to Menu --> Subtleties --> English=ON

    There. All subtleties exposed.

  7. Re:This is not EVE with PvP balancing... on Jumpgate Evolution Dev Talks Class Balance · · Score: 1

    The only advantage that the six year old player has over the six month old player is the number of things he can specialize in.

    Also, many 6 year olds have long since stopped drooling.

  8. Re:Dear Hollywood: DO SOMETHING ORIGINAL! on Sam Raimi To Direct World of Warcraft Movie · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man vs. Man - PvP
    Man vs. Society - RP
    Man vs. Himself - I have a paper due tomorrow, but my guild is raiding Ulduar
    Man vs. Nature - PvE
    Man vs. The Supernatural - God says that j.o. to my dancing naked night elf bank alt is a PERVERSION!!
    Man vs. Technology - Patch Tuesday
    Man vs... err... bugger all. Can't remember. - Alzheimers

    Yeah, that about covers it.

  9. Vacuum leaks are bad on Vacuum Leaks Lead To Another LHC Delay · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had a vacuum leak once and in less than 5 seconds my house, instead of just smelling like dog hair smelled like stale month old dog hair in a vacuum bag. I also learned to empty the bag more often.

  10. Yellow Oldsmobile on Sam Raimi To Direct World of Warcraft Movie · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why can't I ever compose all my thoughts before clicking submit?

    Look for a gnome-engineer-built yellow steampunk Oldsmobile on the streets of Stormwind.

  11. Edit: on Sam Raimi To Direct World of Warcraft Movie · · Score: 1

    Edit: Hopefully they won't cast Ben Affleck as Varian Wrynn either... or in any role, for that matter.

  12. Thank God on Sam Raimi To Direct World of Warcraft Movie · · Score: 1

    Thank God they didn't tap Uwe Bol for this one.

  13. Re:LoJack for your iPhone? on Tracking Thieves With 'Find my iPhone' · · Score: 1

    It's this mentality of urban fear that shows how screwed up US cities really are.

    because elsewhere in the world when you confront a thief they just say "my bad" and give back the loot.

  14. ah memories! on First Images of Memories Being Made · · Score: 1

    And here I thought it was about Christmas at Louis Daguerre's house. /DRTFA

  15. Re:Statement on Society on Junior-Sized Supernova Discovered By New York Teen · · Score: 1

    The analogy of choice is generally a car analogy. In this case they eschewed that for one more relevant, the largest explosion most humans can imagine. I suppose they could have chosen something like eruptions of mega volcanoes like Krakatoa, but even those are generally compared to nuclear bombs for scale.

  16. Re:More Cynicism on White House To Appoint "Internet Czar" · · Score: 1

    To them you are idiot cattle consuming product...

    As a vegan* I may be an idiot but I am by no means a cattle consuming product, you insensitive clod!

    * not really a vegan. Sorry about that clod comment.

  17. wrong lava lamp on Netbook-Run Dice Robot Can Rack Up 1.3 Million Rolls a Day · · Score: 1

    heh, I actually linked to the wrong lava lamp random number generator, but after clicking around the site, I decided that this one was better, though no actual lava lamps were harmed in the creation of this rng.
    so again: http://www.lavarnd.org/

  18. Re:Why? on Netbook-Run Dice Robot Can Rack Up 1.3 Million Rolls a Day · · Score: 1

    I like the lava lamp rng
    http://www.lavarnd.org/

  19. too (abstract) on Voyager Clue Points To Origin of the Axis of Evil · · Score: 2, Funny

    I tried to understand this, but it was too (abstract)

  20. Re:How does that make it not "real water"? on Space Station Crew Drinks Recycled Urine · · Score: 1

    many animals, and that includes apes, eat their own feces. The only thing that makes ours toxic is after curry night. Not that I'd advocate eating feces, but it is useful for instance to cure c. difficile infections.

  21. Re:Bad Patent for a Bad Invention on Dean Kamen Awarded Patent For Robot Competition Rules · · Score: 1

    but the result was same handful of teams were in the random "pool" to pull from every round

    That's like me and jury duty EVERY YEAR. Wtf. Someone needs to look at the randomization code.

  22. Re:Congratulations on OpenOffice 3.1 Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    All hot female naysayers, 18-36 please report to my house.

  23. Re:pirate repellents on Mariners Develop High Tech Pirate Repellents · · Score: 1

    I totally agree on the effectiveness of a military solution, but the sheer volume of shipping means that you won't have enough Marines to go around. Perhaps one squad randomly placed per hundred ships may be a deterrent, but I doubt it. Maybe we need to go back to using convoys ala WWII. A destroyer or cutter for each convoy, with all the major navies providing ships to escort multinational convoys. (Many of these navies are already patrolling the area.)

  24. lucid dreaming on Toys You Control With Your Brain · · Score: 2, Informative

    As far as lucid dreaming goes, you don't even need to buy any fancy gear. If you haven't yet had a lucid dream (one where you are aware of the fact you are dreaming, AND you can sort of control it. Not really control it, but sort of nudge it along in the direction you want. Frinstance the dream where you are being chased by something, you can summon a +5 vorpal blade and confront it. The dream where you are naked in the student center and you are late for your exam and you don't know where it is and you didn't study anyway, you can change it so you are naked in your dorm room with that hot chick in biochem you had been meaning to ask out... I usually wake up at that point because that is stretching reality TOO far, even for a dream...but anyway)

    As I was saying, if you've never had a lucid dream, all you need to do is keep a dream notebook. When you wake up, try to remember as much as possible and write down everything before it fades away. In two weeks, your conscious mind will be more "in tune" with your subconscious mind, dreams will be easier to remember and in greater detail, AND while you are dreaming, you will more easily become aware of the fact, and you can change things if you want. If you change it too much, you will likely wake up, but that's no big deal. They can also revert to regular dreaming easily, because if you are not actively controling things, you tend to forget in the dream that you are dreaming.

  25. Re:There Are At Least Two Sides (offtopic, again) on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 1

    when our first child was around the age where she started learning to walk, a nurse told us we should not make her wear shoes

    I suppose your child was normal--sorry, above average! :) --but I was so long when I was born (23" and 10.4 pounds, my poor mother!) I was born with dislocated hips. I had to wear shoes with the bar across the soles for so long that I learned to walk in them. Sometimes shoes ARE necessary.