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  1. Re:Another in a line of great Skynet products! on Robot Snake Can Climb Trees · · Score: 1

    Death by snu snu is from Futurama, not Terminator.

  2. Re:Ribbon Hero on American Business Embraces 'Gamification' · · Score: 1

    it's totally unobtrusive during your normal work unless you're in Challenge Mode.

    Why? Does the challenge mode enables Clippy?

  3. Re:The Red Button on Ideas For a Great Control Room? · · Score: 1

    I was doing a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, not Family Guy.

  4. Re:maybe spamming is a ...... on Spammers Attack Apple's Ping Social Network · · Score: 1

    wouldn't you prefer the more satisfying hands on approach of an aluminium baseball bat? It has that personal touch that says: "I care."

    Not to mention that aluminium is 100% recyclable!

  5. Re:The Red Button on Ideas For a Great Control Room? · · Score: 4, Funny

    And when someone presses it, make another sign ligth up saying "Please do not press this button again."

  6. Re:Question for those who Blame Lifestyle on White House Fingers PlayStation As Obesity Culprit · · Score: 1

    You don't even need to add the beer.

  7. Re:Video games make people fat. on White House Fingers PlayStation As Obesity Culprit · · Score: 1

    I'm from Quebec. Poutine may be extreme on the calories, but it's not something most people would eat every day. Maple sugar is mostly a seasonal thing though some people prefer to use that instead of sugar or honey, but not in excess. Younger people tend to check what they eat a lot more than the older ones. Another thing is that food in Canada is not overloaded with high-fructose corn syrup. We do have a lot of the same fast-food chains, however the portions in Canada are much smaller.

    I visited Plattsburgh a few years ago. I had to order the children size for my soft drink as the other sizes were way too big. I think their medium size was as big as the extra large ones we have up north. Same thing for the french fries, too.

    Another thing I saw that was a bit of a shock was to see a clothing store divided in two sides: "regular" and "strong", which is a polite way of saying "fatties, get your clothes on that side". Some of the people on the "regular" side were almost as fat as me and I'm considered fat where I live. As for the people on the "strong" side, well... cue the song "Fat" from "Weird Al" Yankovic.

  8. Re:Hmmph. on White House Fingers PlayStation As Obesity Culprit · · Score: 1

    what are the drivers behind these trends?

    I guess it's your usual regular joes, driving their 18-wheelers and carrying high fructose corn syrup products from the manufacturers to the grocery stores.

  9. Re:Interesting Tension on New Copyright Lawsuits Go After Porn On Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    And if there's an industry that needs protection, it's the porn industry!

  10. Re:First on Winnie-the-Pooh Parodied In Wookie-the-Chew · · Score: 1

    You missed the obvious "First Pooh" joke.

  11. Re:When it comes to naming the mission... on NASA Preps Closest-Ever Sun Mission · · Score: 1

    I hope so too, because the last thing NASA needs is a lawsuit from Nintendo!

  12. Re:Heat shielding? on NASA Preps Closest-Ever Sun Mission · · Score: 1

    Why not? They made us a great deal, they're only making a 325% profit margin!

  13. Re:Pfst... on NASA Preps Closest-Ever Sun Mission · · Score: 1

    you don't want to accidentally measure Mercury

    That's a very insightful tip, as we all know that mercury is poisonous to the touch!

  14. Re:So in order to Not Track Me properly on Anti-Google Video Runs In Times Square · · Score: 1

    Doesn't Google have offices in other countries too?

  15. Re:What about us? on New Malware Imitates Browser Warning Pages · · Score: 1

    It's not Opera, it's Opera mini. Almost the same name, huge difference.

  16. Re:no worries... on VISA Pulls Plug On ePassporte, Porn Webmasters · · Score: 1

    I got "Interac", "Plus" and "NYCE" logos. I don't recall ever seeing the NYCE logo on any ATM either. The Interac logo, on the other hand, is everywhere I go.

  17. Re:no worries... on VISA Pulls Plug On ePassporte, Porn Webmasters · · Score: -1

    almost every ATM works with pulse

    Really? I've never even heard of "pulse" before.

  18. Re:how about out of business? on Where Does Dell Go After Losing 3Par? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shortly after Mr. Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 as part of the company's acquisition of NeXT, Dell's founder and chairman, Michael Dell, was asked at a technology conference what might be done to fix Apple, then deeply troubled financially.

    "What would I do?" Mr. Dell said to an audience of several thousand information technology managers. "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."

  19. I'm sorry for not following the news on NVIDIA Announces New Line of Fermi-Based Mobile Chips · · Score: 1

    But could you at least talk a bit about what "fermi" actually is?
     

  20. Re:What about us? on New Malware Imitates Browser Warning Pages · · Score: 1

    Safari is available on Mac OS X, Windows, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
    Opera is avaiable on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DSi, and a shitload of smartphones.

    Still think there's only three Safari or Opera users?

  21. Re:Free ice cream? on Anti-Google Video Runs In Times Square · · Score: 1

    Dairy allergies are not limited to lactose intolerance. Believe me, it's far from simple gas problems.

    As for painting them brown, I think UPS would object to that for copyright reasons.

  22. Re:Free ice cream? on Anti-Google Video Runs In Times Square · · Score: 1

    Just because something is vegan doesn't necessarily mean it has soy in it.

  23. Re:Free ice cream? on Anti-Google Video Runs In Times Square · · Score: 1

    Are you saying that lactose intolerant people shouldn't be living in the milky way in the first place?

  24. Re:What about us? on New Malware Imitates Browser Warning Pages · · Score: 1

    I know both use Webkit, but I think they use different Javascript engines.

  25. Re:Free ice cream? on Anti-Google Video Runs In Times Square · · Score: 1

    Well then, I sure hope that Google uses vegan cookies...