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  1. This makes me want to... on Open Letter to a Digital World · · Score: 0

    go grab the latest version of Knoppix.
    And I shall.

  2. Re:Just because 6.2% don't have phones on Louisiana Towns Going High-Tech · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://www.cnn.com/US/9810/06/briefs.am/crime.amis h/index.html
    So, cocaine is ok because it occurs in nature?

  3. Re:teleporter? on Build Your Own Teleprompter · · Score: 0

    Hey, you're not the one who's brother came home yesterday complaining that he got in trouble for "beaming" (using IrDA) on his school's AlphaSmart.
    He had to write an essay on it, and I sarcastically told him to say that beaming was dangerous because it could create evil twins.

  4. Re:New and neat? on Interchangeable Data Storage Bricks? · · Score: 0

    Yes, they could be stored in a wall. Like HAL's holographic memory units in Space Odyssey.

  5. New Name on Laptops May Be Hazardous to Your Fertility · · Score: 0

    Mine is now the "forearmtop."

  6. Insider Perspective on NASA's Deep Impact · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once spoke to someone who works on the Deep Impact project, and he said that, after the Mars Polar Odyssey crashed, their motto became "Deep Impact: We're Supposed to Crash."

  7. Re:Well look at that. on Scientists Propose 'National Parks' On Mars · · Score: 0

    Yes. Or they could get angry: URL:http://amine.laggoune.free.fr/58%20mars%20atta cks%20.jpg?

  8. Re:China and Environment: Not Funny at All on Scientists Propose 'National Parks' On Mars · · Score: 0

    I dub thee: AC McCarthy. Arise!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism

  9. This is good on Steve Ballmer's $100 PC, Sans Windows · · Score: 0

    Damnsmall is a great distro, and I'm glad to see that it's getting more exposure. Now I have two questions:
    1: Will they change the name "Damnsmall" in an attempt to make it "nicer?"
    2: Will they donate any money to the Damnsmall project?

  10. Re:Glock this! on Envisioning the Desktop Fabricator · · Score: 0

    And suppose they had one too. Poof! Kevlar!

  11. Re:TV episodes from BitTorrent on TV Piracy is Next · · Score: 0

    The broadcasters could set up a subscription website where you would pay to download the .torrent file. Of course, these torrents could be shared on other P2P networks, so I guess that, to prevent piracy, broadcasters would have to develop a DRM version of Bittorrent. DRMTorrent anyone?

  12. Re:Usability in Non-MS Environments on Software Tools of the Future · · Score: 0

    Yeah, I figured this out in 6th or 7th grade when I was taking a class on VB. I asked the teacher, "So, you could write a word processor with this?" She replied, "Oh, no. That requires you to go into source code."
    And that's when I realized that VB was a toy.

  13. Re:Keep the Best Tools Non-Open Source on Software Tools of the Future · · Score: 0

    Now, how many times have you seen someone tortured with the source code from EMACS? Just the source code- I know it's happened with the binary.
    Also, if the Chinese can build a nuclear weapon, don't you think they could write a decompiler?

  14. My response: on Linux Kernel to Fork? · · Score: 2, Funny

    What the fork?

  15. Re:Basic Human Nature on Is Firefox 1.0 Less Stable than Firefox PR1.0? · · Score: 0

    I just refresh the page.

  16. Re:Chinese Threat: Keep the Source Code Secret! on Writing Code for Spacecraft · · Score: 0

    Explain to me how the souce code for a computer designed to operate a slow-moving, 4 or 6 wheeled vehicle used to take pictures and to sample temprature, radiation and other scientefic data could be adapted for use on an aicraft with a crusing speed of about 84 miles per hour.
    Also, China already has its own UAV. "China's armed forces have operated the Chang Hong (CH-1) long-range, air- launched autonomous reconnaissance drone since the 1980s. China developed the CH-1 by reverse-engineering US Firebee reconnaissance drones recovered during the Vietnam War. An upgraded version of the system was displayed at the 2000 Zhuhai air show and is being offered for export. A PRC aviation periodical reported that the CH-1 can carry a TV, daylight still, or infrared camera." (from http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china /uav.htm

  17. Re:International? on Anti-P2P Law Looms over the Horizon · · Score: 0

    "Ve vould leave it if ve could!"
    -The Producers

  18. Re:OMFG on Internet Porn More Addictive Than Crack, Senate Told · · Score: 0

    I stand corrected.

  19. This begs the question: on Internet Porn More Addictive Than Crack, Senate Told · · Score: 0

    What isn't more addictive than crack these days?

  20. Huh? on Apollo 12 at 35 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Thirty-five years ago this week, the sedentary, fine-grained powder began to rise, billow and race off toward the horizon."
    I always thought that cocaine had been around for more than 35 years.

  21. With the way things are going... on UK Group Wants Mandatory Flash For Phone Cams · · Score: 0

    they'll require your eyes to make a noise when you use them.

  22. Re:TCO on DIY High-Quality XGA Projector for ~$300 · · Score: 0

    Three words: Wall-sized pr0n0

  23. Re:Wait just a minute... on Boeing Successfully Tests Anti-Missile Laser · · Score: 0

    I see. But what would happen if the aircraft came under AA or SAM fire and had to take evasive action? This, of course, assumes that these aircraft will operate fairly close to the country whose missiles it is trying to shoot down.

  24. Wait just a minute... on Boeing Successfully Tests Anti-Missile Laser · · Score: 1, Interesting

    This isn't such a big deal. All they did was fire a laser from a fuselage-sized building/room. They have not proven that it will work at high altitudes, much less actually hit the target.

  25. Here we go again on U.S. Military To Create Its Own Internet · · Score: -1

    Isn't this how ARPANET got started?