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  1. Re:"metal surfaces scarred by exposure to radiatio on Japan's Damaged Reactor Has High Radiation, No Water · · Score: 1

    "Radiation-blurred images" -- OK... since when does widely separated spots of noise make something "blurry?" Noise is also not distortion, it's noise.

  2. Re:I just wish... on Boston Pays Out $170,000 To Man Arrested For Recording Police · · Score: 1

    I would feel annoyed and inconvenienced, but that's well over twice my salary even split over the two years. Feeling ripped off... perhaps not so much?

  3. Re:4-digit pass code... on Cops Can Crack an iPhone In Under Two Minutes · · Score: 1

    Forgive me for not taking something Apple says at face value, numbnuts.

  4. Re:4-digit pass code... on Cops Can Crack an iPhone In Under Two Minutes · · Score: 1

    ... or android.

    Though typing out a proper password every time you want to unlock the phone gets annoying FAST.

  5. Re:4-digit pass code... on Cops Can Crack an iPhone In Under Two Minutes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does it actually wipe it, or merely disable your ability to unlock it without help from Apple?

  6. Re:Free speech dead in UK on UK Man Jailed For 'Offensive Tweets' · · Score: 1

    for the protection of the reputation or rights of others"

    She said bad things about me! Off with her head! Seems like a crusty old law that was put in place to give the aristocracy / royalty an excuse to punish peasants.

    including those "for the protection of health or morals

    Sure seems arbitrary to me! Absolutely no chance of abuse, here...

  7. Re:You Americans. on UK Man Jailed For 'Offensive Tweets' · · Score: 1

    As for the importance of our respective footballs, is the championship game of your football season essentially a national holiday?

    In both cases spectators lose all sense of control and revert to hunter/gather instincts. Witness sports bars / super-bowl parties in the US, and the riots etc elsewhere.

  8. Re:BP is spreading santorum on 'Frothy Gunk' From Deepwater Horizon Spill Harming Coral · · Score: 0

    off topic? yes.

    troll? no.

  9. Re:Good thing (sort of) on UK MPs Threaten New Laws If Google Won't Censor Search · · Score: 2

    Meanwhile, what happens to said bad law? Do you all just suffer until the next election when someone can get rid of or otherwise neuter it?

  10. Re:I noticed the blocks. on Microsoft Blocking Pirate Bay Links In Messenger · · Score: 0

    Do your talking via OTR and all these issues disappear. You'll have to abandon MS's own failclient and grab Pidgin, or some other that works with OTR.

  11. Re:who cares on Microsoft Blocking Pirate Bay Links In Messenger · · Score: 3, Insightful

    OTR.

    Seriously, they should be using OTR within a non-retarded client. All these problems magically go away, and you get privacy out of it!

  12. Re:Fuck up careers on Righthaven Stops Showing Up In Court · · Score: 1

    ... or at least I hope it was sarcasm!

  13. Re:Fuck up careers on Righthaven Stops Showing Up In Court · · Score: 1

    Sarcasm, have you heard of it?

  14. Re:Instant is next on Japanese Court Orders Google To Turn Off Auto-Complete Function · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lets add another condition: doesn't make me want to punch a puppy for saying it's name.

  15. Re:Different use of URL/Searchs on Japanese Court Orders Google To Turn Off Auto-Complete Function · · Score: 1

    ... the use of which has (finally) died in a fire. Perhaps they should take note, and stop walking on coals.

  16. Re:Instant is next on Japanese Court Orders Google To Turn Off Auto-Complete Function · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That would be nice if there was a magical Google fairy that followed me around and disabled it on every machine I touched pre-emptively and didn't require me to log in to random machines.

  17. Re:The good old days... on Science Reveals Why Airplane Food Tastes So Bad · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry my eating my lunch prior to boarding irritates you. I promise the trash I threw away in the terminal before actually boarding won't follow you onboard and continue to annoy you.

  18. Re:The good old days... on Science Reveals Why Airplane Food Tastes So Bad · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the 8,000' cabin pressure combined with the dry air makes sure any additional moisture you came in with leaves with your exhalations.

  19. Re:Waiting for the Crash on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: 1

    Yea, these things are scary if you don't expect it. You don't hear any precursor, just a bang kind of sound (and a vibration you can feel), and a huge rushing of wind. I guess this is because it only takes a little oomph to start it opening and the airflow does the rest :)

    To make it worse they usually deploy them when you are very close to the ground (or immediately on touchdown).

  20. Re:Waiting for the Crash on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: 1

    First time I saw those I thought the cowling peeled off :P

    Took me a moment to figure out exactly WTF was going on.

  21. Re:Waiting for the Crash on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: 2

    Fly enough (even better if you have sim time) and you get to know the feelings and sounds of things. I don't panic when flaps go down, because I know what the hydraulic pumps are doing :)

    Though the first time I saw a thrust reverser deploy I almost shit myself!

  22. Re:the ban is dumb on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: 1

    I've actually had a flight attendant tell me to remove my headphones, so I could hear the safety briefing (that I've heard close to a hundred times before). Nevermind that I could hear everything better than she could...

  23. Re:Uhhhh on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Careful, at this rate you'll have enough points we'll have to suspend your internet license.

  24. Re:Thank God on US Mobile Carriers Won't Brick Stolen Phones · · Score: 1

    "Firefight" implies there was an exchange of gunfire, not a single shot and a dropped mugger.

  25. Re:Avoid bad areas and don't display valuable obje on US Mobile Carriers Won't Brick Stolen Phones · · Score: 1

    No, not in other words.