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  1. Re:safe disposal on The Science and Physics of Back To the Future · · Score: 1

    In the Olden Days, when I was a kid, we used to unscrew the latch to prevent the tragic loss of any human DNA. Then we'd cut the lines to release the pressurised Freon, for the safety of anyone who happened to be shooting junk with a rifle or setting fire to the garbage. You wouldn't want to risk an explosion.

  2. Re:Only the Meanest Engineers Survive Out There! on Do Nice Engineers Finish Last In Tough Times? · · Score: 1

    What a time saver! That would beat the old drive fifty meters/shut down for an hour trick quite handily. I always envied the Aussies for hanging onto the Falcon platform. Best. Beater. Ever.

  3. Re:Un huh. on Do Nice Engineers Finish Last In Tough Times? · · Score: 1

    When I am in such a state, I find auto-tampering often leads to digital damage, so I usually quit and go get another cold one.

  4. Re:Revenge on Switching To Solar Power — Six Months Later · · Score: 1

    I was honestly thinking that Cekander was maltreated at some point, and perhaps could use something positive and hopeful.

  5. Heat Pump on Tapping the Earth For Home Heating and Cooling · · Score: 1

    My dad has a couple exchangers outside his house I've often marveled at the "efficiency", particularly when they are covered in snow, or basking in the sun on a forty degree centigrade day.

  6. Re:Domestic Industry? on Firm Seeks To Ban Mobile Companies' Imports To US · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the lesson here is that the system was designed with some basic assumptions about the "anybody" who would be running it, but the Founding Fathers were not aware that The Enlightenment would be just a temporary aberration.

  7. Re:Judge to dismiss with prejudice on Firm Seeks To Ban Mobile Companies' Imports To US · · Score: 1

    Will this be litigated in Texas?

  8. Re:Votes per dollar on February Deadline For Emergency Beacons Approaches · · Score: 1

    $40 vouchers vs: $1200(?) voucher. It is of utmost importance that the voters be kept abreast of new products and other vital issues.

  9. Re:What the... on February Deadline For Emergency Beacons Approaches · · Score: 1

    Funny, and insightful. Thanks.

  10. Re:New Becons cost too much on February Deadline For Emergency Beacons Approaches · · Score: 1

    My Dad doesn't fly any more, but he takes his old beacon with him when he drives in the mountains. Just in case.

  11. Re:Japanese? on Keanu Reeves To Star In Cowboy Bebop · · Score: 2, Informative

    Acting isn't really as easy as it looks. I took some lessons, and really had to sweat. Getting scolded by June Lockheart for forgetting my lines? Epic Harsh.

  12. Re:Main mistake they made? on Circuit City Closes Its Doors For Good · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It'd have to have been some major disaster with fire-trucks and stuff to keep me from going to the Best Buy across the street. My problem pretty much began and ended with the obnoxious sales staff, although the higher prices would have been a deal-breaker on their own.

  13. Sleep on Coffee Can Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer's · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Drink moderately and don't forget to rest. I wonder if this correlation is caused by the coffee?

  14. Re:It's a plot! on Feds Plot Massive Internet Router Security Upgrade · · Score: 1

    I've a plot that wants securing. Stones & grapestakes are all I have to do it with.

  15. Re:Pull my finger on Methane On Mars May Indicate Living Planet · · Score: 1

    I am not an engineer, I was just idly considering that Mars was an awful lot closer than the next stop out that way.

  16. Pull my finger on Methane On Mars May Indicate Living Planet · · Score: 1

    Next we'll hear about extracting this for fuel to propel our next-generation inter-galactic probes.

  17. Cats on Goat Starts House Fire, Cat Saves Family · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've seen this before, "My HERO CAT saved me!". No, the cat would've fled safely but you had the door locked.

  18. Ecosystem on The Ouroborus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I see this as a metaphor for technological man.

  19. PC Upgrade on PC Sales Slump Over Economic Crisis · · Score: 1

    A new PC is at the top of my list, as soon as I scrape up the cash.. oh wait.

  20. Re:Newsflash on PC Sales Slump Over Economic Crisis · · Score: 1

    China has ramped up production and should be able to avert any shortages.

  21. Re:Police Negligence on Wiretapping Program Ruled Legal · · Score: 1

    Before "9/11", the biggest cover-up for police malfeasance was ignorance, (Which way did he go?) now I guess anytime they have to break the law, they'll be forced to admit they bungled the rules (again) and it'll be okay. Better than a pack of Mentos!

  22. Re:Someone knows? on Germany Legislates For Mandatory Web Filters · · Score: 1

    Perhaps stirring up opposition IS the idea. A database of civic minded and rational-thinking dissidents should be set up now so We The People know who to keep an eye on, then send to camp (for their protection) when the time comes.

  23. D-oh! on Germany Legislates For Mandatory Web Filters · · Score: 1

    I hate when that happens.

  24. But, they do get it on Germany Legislates For Mandatory Web Filters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's all about hosing off the slippery slope. This is why the filthy speech movement had to be crushed at all cost. There must also always be a creep du jour to shine a light on the problem, remember. Once we run out of perverts we'll see about YOUR vile proclivities.

  25. Re:$400 a month? on Switching To Solar Power — Six Months Later · · Score: 1

    Heck, I live in California and I can't afford to keep the old windows anymore. Its gone below ten degrees centigrade several days this winter. Brutal.