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  1. Misleading subject on Comet Lovejoy Plunges Into the Sun and Survives · · Score: 1

    Into Near If the comet had truly plunged into the Sun, it would not be in orbit around it. It's trajectory never was into anything.

  2. BBC on 30 Years of the BBC Micro · · Score: -1

    I believe that is a clone of the Ohio Scientific C1P...http://oldcomputers.net/osi-600.html

  3. Found one on Do Tools Ever 'Die?' · · Score: 1

    How about the Lunar Lander? Do they still make replacements for that?

  4. Easy peasy on BP Ignored Safety Modeling Software To Save Time · · Score: 0

    Simply boycott BP. If enough people do it, they will be bought by a responsible company.

  5. Big question on GNU/Linux and Enlightenment Running On a Fridge · · Score: 1

    I went to the site but couldn't find the source code. Where is the source code?

  6. Estonia? on Estonian Economist Suggests Abandoning Cash · · Score: 1

    Isn't that the country run by the Marx brothers?

  7. I assume someone is telling Fox news on Mystery 'Missile' Identified As US Airways Flight 808 · · Score: 1

    Because they have been selling this as a conspiracy by Obama for days.

  8. There is no competation on Should Being Competitive With Windows Matter For Linux? · · Score: 1

    Wikipedia: "Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, nations, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources." Since you can get Linux with 0 cost, there are no resources transacted.

  9. Tomorrow's news on Swedes Show Intel Sandy Bridge Running BIOS-Successor UEFI · · Score: 1

    "Hackers announce first vulnerability for UEFI BIOS, demonstrated".

  10. Ok, I'm gonna bash m$ on Google Sues US Gov't For Only Considering Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I just upgraded to Office 7 at work, and I absolutely HATE IT. I have been using office for years, and it's ok up to the ribbon interface. Yes, Google has some issues, but it's at least intuitive. I can't wait till my 79 year old dad tries to use office 7, and I have to migrate him to Open office. Microsoft, you totally blew it.

  11. This is too easy on Why Are We Losing Vertical Pixels? · · Score: 1

    Why switch? You can watch HD under higher res screens. Don't understand why you would switch?

  12. They're all playable on the Web today on Lost Online Games From the Pre-Web Era · · Score: 1

    Well, not really. The ones you listed are. Decwars/Megawars was my favorite game, see: http://hsnewman.freeshell.org/decwar.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decwar to learn about this historic game. It's not available on the web. I'm rewriting a similar game, called routerwars. See: http://routerwar.com/

  13. Sounds more like on IE9 Team Says "Our GPU Acceleration Is Better Than Yours" · · Score: 1

    An crash accelerator

  14. Hasn't this been done? on Spaceflight Formation Flying Test Bed Takes Off · · Score: 1

    Since before the moon missions, we have docked ships. I think that is multiple ships flying "in formation". Don't seem to understand the expense...

  15. Thats just fine on Steam Not Coming To Linux · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Who cares about closed source not running on Linux? Since I run only open source, if some company wants me to run it they must first make it open. In other words, F'-em.

  16. And who cares? on Who Is Downloading the Torrented Facebook Files? · · Score: 1

    Really, these are publicly posted profiles, you can download them yourself. Its now news, move on!

  17. Ha, jokes on them on BP Buys "Oil Spill" Search Term · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wait till they declare a profit this quarter. The whole country will draw and quarter them.

  18. Selling mine on Apple's HTML5 and Standards Gallery Not Standard · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've never thought much of apple, but my one purchase (an ipod touch), was a mistake. I hate the DRM, the control over my asset, etc. I'll be selling it soon, going to a droid.

  19. The picture on John Carmack To Cut Space Tourism Prices 50% · · Score: 1

    The picture in the article shows a rocket with NO WINDOWS. Whats the point?

  20. Win at war? on US Unable To Win a Cyber War · · Score: 1

    Tell me when someone, anyone, actually is a winner? War is a loose loose situation.

  21. Alarmest BS on Google Considered Too Big To Fail · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How much is Google paying you to say this? Is Yahoo, Bing, not to mention startpage not capable of filling the void?

  22. Re:Just close your eyes and chant on Windows Patch Leaves Many XP Users With Blue Screens · · Score: 1

    This is not reverse polish notation.

  23. Just close your eyes and chant on Windows Patch Leaves Many XP Users With Blue Screens · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows costs less, is more secure, and superior to opensource OS's. And hope your boss hears you before your fired.

  24. Pro American propaganda on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love my Toyota, and am sick of all the Toyota bashing. I didn't know that Slashdot was a tool of the propaganda industry.

  25. Re:"Nuclear" Winter on Humans Nearly Went Extinct 1.2M Years Ago · · Score: 2, Informative

    The proper description would be volcanic winter.