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  1. Re:Nuclear option? on BP Says "Top Kill" Operation Has Failed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe those russians should take a second look at it...

    Yes maybe they could launch the operation from Cuba. Its quite close you know.

  2. Re:It's all for show from now on. on BP Says "Top Kill" Operation Has Failed · · Score: 3, Funny

    DEC AlphaServer 3000s. They make great boat anchors.

  3. Re:How to really motivate them... on BP Says "Top Kill" Operation Has Failed · · Score: 1

    Shit, don't bother with the Polish plumbers.

    For a job like this, we need the best there is. We need a certain Italian plumber.

    But I don't think he can swim.

  4. No its their cars on BP Says "Top Kill" Operation Has Failed · · Score: 1

    They all leak oil. What they need is to get some Japanese automotive engineers to show them how to really seal that thing up.

  5. Re: Plants are the cause on The Sun's Odd Behavior · · Score: 1

    So is Jupiter going to be kicked entirely out of the solar system? And about time too.

  6. Re: Plants are the cause on The Sun's Odd Behavior · · Score: 1

    Don't you know that plants have been using the Sun's energy for millions of years, no wonder there is nothing left! The solution is simple: burn the forests.

    That at least will push up the value of the leaf.

  7. Re:Global warming is the cause on The Sun's Odd Behavior · · Score: 1

    It hasn't thrown a single plane even slightly off course for years, when predictions were it should have caused at least a few disasters by now

    I think it's taken some time off interfering with planes to go after cars.

    And space probes but I think it is cosmic rays which do that and if anything a cool sun allows more cosmic rays into the solar system so that could be a problem for us right now.

  8. Re:A new privacy issue I saw today: on Congressman Steps Up Pressure On Google, Facebook · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Have you tried with a clean browser? Maybe it only does this if you have a facebook cookie for a previous login.

  9. Re:Why is Android 1.5 always seen on tablets? on How Google Can Make Android Truly Tablet-Worthy · · Score: 1

    Maybe because there has been a lot of porting work done on those versions. Android 1.5 runs on the openmoko.

  10. Re:30MPG was not uncommon on When the US Government Built Ultra-Safe Cars · · Score: 1

    If you don't hold your line you put yourself at fault.

    I call B.S. on that.

    Say a third driver is overtaking you in the next lane when you deviate from your path. If they hit you then you will be at fault. But if you brake then hit the driver who cut you off then they get damaged and possibly injured, and they learn a valuable lesson which may help others.

    So I would hold my line in this instance.

  11. Re:30MPG was not uncommon on When the US Government Built Ultra-Safe Cars · · Score: 1

    when someone pulls out of a side road, fixating upon oncoming traffic from their right, forgetting that they have to cross my lane before getting to the lane of traffic they are so concerned about. Had my car been unable to accelerate past and swerve around that car, I would have t-boned the driver.

    I don't get that scenario. The other driver can cross your lane so fast that there should be no way you can steer around them. I have been in that situation several times too and the solution has always been to hold my line and break hard. If you don't hold your line you put yourself at fault.

  12. Re:Symbian is not the problem on What Microsoft Must Do To Save Its Mobile Business · · Score: 1

    Qt isn't a user interface, it's a UI toolkit.

    The openmoko phone has a Qt based desktop called Qtopia.

  13. Re:Three Cheers for the SKA on New Zealand Joins Aussie Bid For Vast Radio Telescope Array · · Score: 1

    Australia has more square kilometres than most. Hip Hip Array!!

    Which is why I am surprised the array is in NZ. I suppose it is okay to allow sheep to graze under the receiver dishes.

  14. Re:It's nice to have a real time link for this wor on New Zealand Joins Aussie Bid For Vast Radio Telescope Array · · Score: 2, Interesting

    On a distantly related note I once worked with a guy who was doing synthetic aperture radar from a sled on the antarctic ice cap. On his return he planned to spend weeks manually reducing the data so I wrote a fortran program for him which did the whole job in three hours on VAX 11/730.

  15. Re:translation on New Zealand Joins Aussie Bid For Vast Radio Telescope Array · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But I thought LOC was a measure of information not data.

  16. OT: Currency on Project Natal Pricing and Release Date Revealed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I didn't believe this bit Microsoft's Project Natal to cost around $149. 'The figure for the standalone unit is significantly higher than a previous sub-£50 estimate, then I looked up the history of UK currency. Gee the pound has gone down. Look at the history since late 2007.

  17. Re:Google are stealing by adding value? on UK Newspaper Websites To Become Nearly Invisible · · Score: 1

    Murdoch is doing this just at the point where people are buying ipads. I think he is looking at a situation where people subscribe to news on locked down tablets.

  18. Re:Really now? on Lifelock Worries After Employee Data Leaked To Web · · Score: 1

    I thought that was your SSN, user 666.

  19. Linux approach? on Glaxo Open Sources Malaria Drug Search Data · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh to be a fly on the wall when RMS reads that.

  20. Re:Use 'real' shells on For Automated Testing, Better Alternatives To DOS Batch Files? · · Score: 1

    Or just the distributed version of DOS. I think it is called DDOS.

  21. Re:Terrible on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 1

    Dumb troll is dumb.

  22. Re:KDE on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you don't know what to develop then break something and fix it. Desktop environments are done. There is no more work needed apart from "polish and bug fixes".

  23. Re:Good for archival purposes? on Titanium Oxide For High-Density Optical Storage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Titanium dioxide itself is ridiculously stable. It's what makes it so safe - we use it to whiten marshmallows for crying out loud.

    Are you saying I could store my entire porn collection on marshmallows?

    Not with me around. Mmmm forbidden marshmallows.

  24. Re:Slashdotter's rejoice! on Secure Communication Comes To Android · · Score: 1

    Thats true. Maybe something which hooks into a picture exchanging site like 4chan.

    If I was the Iranian government, I'd probably burn people alive for even knowing about 4chan.

    Are you the Iranian Government?

  25. Re:Slashdotter's rejoice! on Secure Communication Comes To Android · · Score: 1

    Any sufficiently evil regime will just make hiding something a crime

    Ah yes