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  1. Re:Poor NASA on NASA Rover Fails to Turn Up Methane On Mars · · Score: 1

    Just you wait 'til they find oil.

    QFT: Mod parent Insightful.

  2. News Flash on Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death · · Score: 1

    Excess living leads to early death.

    My grandparents drank coffee every day and lived to be in their late eighties and nineties.

  3. I enjoyed that interview on Early Apple Employees Talk Memories of Steve Jobs, Thoughts On New Movie · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Daniel Kottke would be a great person to know. Let him roll about those days. Thanks!

  4. Glass on Tar Pitch Drop Captured On Camera · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Don't forget the viscosity of plain old glass.

  5. Overheard in recovery on Neuroscientist: First-Ever Human Head Transplant Is Now Possible · · Score: 1

    Oh, oh, that's much better. Wait... wait. Oh, my! What have you done? I'm backwards. You flea-bitten furball! Only an overgrown mop-head like you would be stupid enough to...

  6. Re:Poor AMD... on AMD Making a 5 GHz 8-Core Processor At 220 Watts · · Score: 1

    Then along comes Apple...

  7. Re:That's how they will do it on Iran Plans To Launch an 'Islamic Google Earth' · · Score: 1

    +1 Brilliant.

  8. Pope name on Cyber Squatters Grab Up More Than 600 'Pope Francis' Domain Names · · Score: 1

    FYI: There is no Pope Francis I until there is a Pope Francis II.

  9. Re:Almost? on Huge Meteor Blazes Across Sky Over Russia; Hundreds Injured · · Score: 1

    A quick analysis of the trajectory will verify that. Someone else's comment on the smaller piece outpacing the larger piece of DA14—still many hours off—is an indication that there is no relationship between the two.

    What an exciting event!

  10. Be Now Known As... on Pope To Resign Citing Advanced Age · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ex-Benedict

  11. Re:Or... on Fragmentation Leads To Android Insecurities · · Score: 1

    You must be new here.

  12. I came here for Hoffa on DNA Confirms Parking Lot Remains Belong To King Richard III · · Score: 1

    But all I got was this lousy king.

  13. Scans on WotC Releases Old Dungeons & Dragons Catalog As PDFs · · Score: 2

    FTFA: "The scans are good quality, and best of all, the PDFs are searchable."

    I was curious if they had re-set the type for a slimmer PDF. I would expect 320 pages of the Dungeon Master's Guide (even at 1-bit) may be hefty, but maybe not. Certainly more economical for a lost art.

  14. Planet Name on BioWare Launches "Gay Planet" For the Old Republic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uranus

    Okay... I'm sorry. Don't be mad. I cringed too when it crossed my mind.

  15. Re:As usual with even-numbered Windows releases... on NPD Group Analysts Say Windows 8 Sales Sluggish · · Score: 2

    A trend most certainly fitting for recent releases, calling Vista Windows 6. But was 2000 that bad? How about 98?

  16. Re:Too many dailies on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 1

    If it's too easy, you get bored. If it's too hard, you get bored. If it's too repetitive, you get bored. If the dailies aren't each revolutionary, you get bored. I hate dailies, but let the reward justify the hard effort? Kinda like life, or are we all expecting the silver spoon. I love this expac. And I hope it takes me a while to get through it all. :) BTW: I hear if you reach Revered/Exalted on your main, your alts will gain rep twice as fast... starting in patch 5.1? But that's what I've heard.

  17. Re:Just buy them an iPhone with a strap on Would You Put a Tracking Device On Your Child? · · Score: 1

    Speaking of the iOS, here is something that can help keep tabs on those who participate with you: Find My Friends. Unfortunately, it hasn't found me any friends. :(

  18. Re:Faster is fine - do we need thinner? on iPhone 5 GeekBench Results · · Score: 1

    Thinner phone is a desirable concept, practical or not. However, it seems that with a thinner phone, you can wrap it with a more protective case. Have you seen what Otter Box has? It can easily double the thickness.

  19. Re:Uh... on Smooth, High Definition Video of Curiosity's Landing On Mars · · Score: 1

    I would say yes, it's the modern production fix of dropped frames, like interpolating photography when the data's not really there to increase the size. Other stuff is probably from a camera dynamically trying to balance light and color. Nonetheless, truly an awesome video.

  20. 1.21 gigawatts on Rover Fuel Came From Russian Nuke Factory, But Supplies Running Low · · Score: 5, Funny

    [referring to the Curiosity rover]
    Reuters [looks through a camcorder] This is heavy-duty, Doc. This is great. Uh, does it run, like, on regular unleaded gasoline?
    NASA Scientist: Unfortunately, no. It requires something with a little more kick. Plutonium.
    Reuters: Um, plutonium. Wait a minute. Are...
    [lowers the camcorder]
    Reuters: Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?
    NASA Scientist: Hey, hey, hey! Keep rolling. Keep rolling there.
    [The reporter raises the camcorder]
    NASA Scientist: No, no, no, no, no, this sucker's electrical, but I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
    Reuters: Doc, you don't just walk into a store and-and buy plutonium. Did you rip that off?
    NASA Scientist: Of course. From a group of Soviet nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and, in turn, gave them a shoddy bomb casing full of used pinball machine parts. Come on! Let's get you a radiation suit. We must prepare to reload.

  21. Re:Dark spots on wings ... on Flickr Photo Leads To New Insect Discovery · · Score: 1

    The spot(s) look like a spider. If consistent, it would be a cool marking drawn by evolution to protect itself.

  22. Re:Oh Dear God No on Shatner and Wheaton Narrate Mars Rover's Landing Sequence · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh my!!!

  23. Re:Was it taken out of context? on Gartner Analyst Retracts "Windows 8 Is Bad" Claim · · Score: 5, Informative

    In the shadow of my main Mac tower (desktop publishing), I have an old Dell XPS B866 in my office running Win2k as my lowest common denominator, so I can test .doc, .xls and .ppt files in Office 2003. But talking about Windows UI? It was no frills, quick and to the point interface. I still think it was Microsoft's best OS. All it needs is some protocol updates and other under the hood stuff, it could last longer. Unfortunately, 12 years old, even Firefox developers wont throw it a bone.

  24. Re:Apple happened on RIM CEO On What Went Wrong · · Score: 1

    Great link, Swampash. I revel in Dvorak's excuse. He has made a choice—a professional choice—to be a critic of Apple (probably trying troll Apple fanboy traffic to his columns) long time ago, and complains about it when he's wrong!? Because he's been blackballed by Apple, yet he thinks he's been doing them favors!? Man, it shouldn't surprise him by now that this is part of the industry's game, no matter the product. If the insiders get privileged info for their columns on the hottest products in the industry, then you are sucking the wrong dicks, man.

  25. Re:Apple happened on RIM CEO On What Went Wrong · · Score: 5, Interesting