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  1. Re:Expensive on Inside the Lego Factory · · Score: 1

    My experience has been a bit different... I've never owned furniture that was less expensive than some Lego sets I've owned.

  2. Re:Beginning of the End on Inside the Lego Factory · · Score: 1

    I don't know. Wouldn't a massive virtualization platform qualify as a "mainframe"? Or, they could just be running System z10. *shrug*

  3. Re:What about the other way around? on FBI Fights Testing For False DNA Matches · · Score: 1

    Why is that bad? Because DNA evidence is seen in court as infallible evidence of guilt. DNA evidence has been discovered to not be conclusive, especially when some agencies use older methods.

  4. Re:well, well... on FBI Fights Testing For False DNA Matches · · Score: 0, Troll

    He just said that you can't attribute the number disparity to discrimination alone, so you immediately infer that he must be a racist?

    He made a good point: not committing crime in the first place will lower your chances of jailtime significantly.

  5. Re:well, well... on FBI Fights Testing For False DNA Matches · · Score: 1

    Have any sources on some of those quotes? It would be great to use some of them in conversational debate.

  6. Re:_ WTF?!?!? on Global Warming Stopped By Adding Lime To Sea · · Score: 1

    Do I sense a terrorist threat?
    Shadow_139, why are you making terrorist threats towards innocent civilians?

  7. Re:too racy on Batman Discussion · · Score: 1

    No, he was using the word to mean "like a race" or "speedy."

    Nice try, coward.

  8. Re:too racy on Batman Discussion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Racy... I do not think that word means what you think it means.

  9. Re:it was good on Batman Discussion · · Score: 1, Troll

    Seems to follow hollywood's classic "Heros journey" storyline...

    I believe that far predates Hollywood. Or the United States. Or the English language. It was just given the name "Hero's Journey" or "Monomyth" recently.

  10. Re:Can Oscar's be given posthumously? on Batman Discussion · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes. List of posthumous Academy Award winners. It's been over 30 years since an actor has won one posthumously, though.

  11. Oscars. on Batman Discussion · · Score: 1

    I see some Academy Awards in this movie's future.

  12. Re:Nice trolling on Did E3 Just Gasp Its Last Breath? · · Score: 0, Troll

    and E3 stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo, bit to long for a headline and anyway then you would have been trolling about how it doesn't include music or video but just games despite the fact the former come in electronics as well.

    Worse yet, the full name is now "E3 Media & Business Summit."

  13. Re:Once had life, but no more on Mars Orbiter Finds Evidence For Ancient Rivers, Lakes · · Score: 1

    It worked in "The Core"...

  14. Re:AAA? on Did E3 Just Gasp Its Last Breath? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It is a good thing this is an online blog-style posting which contains links to the original news reports. If you're really in a bind, you could even open a new window (tab) and type E3 in your search engine of choice.

    On the other hand, you could just stop being such a condescending prick.

  15. Re:This seems to be a recurring problem. on UK PM's Aide Loses BlackBerry In Chinese Honeytrap · · Score: 1

    You're a subject of Her Majesty. MI5 and other British agencies are making those efforts on your behalf.

  16. Re:He's still not justified... on The Inside Story On the San Francisco Network Hijacking · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, of course they have the ability to. I also have the ability to murder the next door-to-door salesman that shows up at my house. That doesn't mean it's legal.

  17. Re:He's still not justified... on The Inside Story On the San Francisco Network Hijacking · · Score: 0, Troll

    Believe it or not, government employees are protected from their employer's snooping by the 4th Amendment.

  18. Re:He's still not justified... on The Inside Story On the San Francisco Network Hijacking · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Shielded? No. He falls under a special law, called the Constitution. See, the Constitution doesn't differentiate between state and local governments. When the 4th Amendment was decided to apply to all states, it trickles down to local governments as well. As a government employee, he falls under that, even when "monitoring" others on his network. It's a very VERY sticky situation. Basically, without a warrant or an imminent threat, you cannot even look in someone's "Documents and Settings" folder without their express permission.

  19. Re:Flaw? With the BSA? What a surprise... on Flaws In a BSA Software Piracy Report? · · Score: 1

    I had never looked at the Wiki article for the "explody kind" before. It gave me warm fuzzies to learn that a guy named MacLeod invented and named the Claymore mine.

  20. Re:Flaw? With the BSA? What a surprise... on Flaws In a BSA Software Piracy Report? · · Score: 1

    Well, if they are using government law enforcement officers, that's a different thing altogether.

  21. Re:BSA/**AA on Flaws In a BSA Software Piracy Report? · · Score: 1

    Well, we used to call it the MAFIAA (Music and Film Industry Associations of America). I don't know about you, but "SMAFIAA" just doesn't have the same kick to it.

  22. Re:Flaw? With the BSA? What a surprise... on Flaws In a BSA Software Piracy Report? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Jack booted thugs with body armor and machine guns? I would seriously doubt that. If they did, I would love to report myself with a false tip and have them walk face-first into a claymore.

    Welcome to Florida, where I can lawfully defend my home and private business with lethal force!

  23. Re:Forgive me for being cynical on Warning Future Generations About Nuclear Waste · · Score: 1

    I'd say it's far more likely that there would be no more human civilization as we know it (cities, commerce, etc). The idea that we would somehow wipe each and every single one of ourselves is bordering absurd. No event that we could trigger would kill us off with a global 100% mortality rate without destroying all life on earth in the process. At least a few would be left, somewhere, and eventually repopulate.

  24. Re:Rockets come up every time... on Warning Future Generations About Nuclear Waste · · Score: 1

    They're not just burying rods though. They're combining it with silicon and other such substances, then baking it into glass blocks. For all intents and purposes, it will be prohibitively expensive to reprocess, to the point where it would likely be an energy negative.

  25. Re:Dot-point summary: on GPS Tracking Device Beats Radar Gun in Court · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it probably went more like "Parents beat kid within an inch of his life for making them feel guilty for not apologizing"