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  1. Oh, yippee!! on Briefcase Sized DNA Analysis System · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Can't wait to see the minimum-wage TSA employees using this.
    Coming soon! To an airport near you!!

  2. Re:Could this be... on Linux Crashes the Mobile Party · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't (kernel) panic.

  3. Re:What Matt wrote on WordPress 2.3 Does Not Spy On Users [UPDATED] · · Score: 1

    Oh sure, use logic and reason! That's no way to quench a flamewar!

  4. Re:It only gets worse. on Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug · · Score: 1

    I must totally agree. But then again, there's something essentially wrong about the universe...

  5. Re:It only gets worse. on Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try =6*9.
    6 * 9 = 42
    What's your point?
  6. Oh, hell on Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug · · Score: 1

    It's close enough for non-technical users, what's the fuss?

  7. Re:Yes... on A Mathematical Answer To the Parallel Universe Question · · Score: 1

    There's no justice. Funniest thing I've read today.

  8. Re:My god what's next?? on Free Phone Calls... If Advertisers Can Eavesdrop · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Thank god they don't know what television shows I'm watching...

  9. Re:evesdropping requirements on Google Planning New Undersea Cable Across Pacific? · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...can splice without interruption...
    For copper, sure, but not with fiber optics.
  10. Caves of Mars on New Cave Entrances Seen on Mars · · Score: 3, Funny

    We prefer to say "Caves of Barsoom". kthx

  11. Norman, coordinate... on Study Says DRM Violates Canadian Privacy Laws · · Score: 4, Funny

    DRM violates Canadian privacy laws...
    But Canada is the source of all piracy...
    But DRM violates Canadian privacy laws...
    But Canada is the source of all piracy...
    dweeeeeeeeeeee

  12. I'm shocked on OSI Asks Microsoft to Change the MS-PL · · Score: 4, Funny

    Something from Microsoft is "uniquely incompatible"?

  13. Re:Good until the last line. on First New Dismissal Motion Against RIAA Complaint · · Score: 1

    If she had M$ we would think it was relevant.

  14. Re:I know what will really bother them... on U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read · · Score: 1

    It's been done.
    "When Security Is Number One - You Are Number Two"

  15. Re:There goes the "How much is that in Canadian" j on Canadian Dollar Reaches Parity with US$ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vending machines have always excepted them ;)

  16. Re:Molecules...? on Antimatter Molecule Should Boost Laser Power · · Score: 1

    Indeed. I always thought an "atom" was "something with an equal number of protons and electrons". I don't see how an electron/anti-electron pair fits that definition.

  17. Rick, I'm schocked, schocked... on Misleading Data Undermines Counterfeiting Claims · · Score: 1

    So a law enforcement agency overstated the threat/street value? I'm schocked, simply schocked...

  18. What Intel's gonna do on Intel Purchases Havok · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Intel's gonna do what Intel always does - they're gonna turn that stuff into silicon. Expect a physics engine chip from Intel.

  19. The fools!!! on Japan Launches Lunar Orbiter Mission · · Score: 2, Funny

    They will awaken Gogirra!!

  20. Re:I'm.. on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    Honey! Bring the popcorn!
    You should be able to make popcorn from the flames that will shoot out of this one...
  21. Re:liberals on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    I don't really think there have been any new religious ideas of significant value in, say, 2,000-ish years.
    Hellooo???
    Darwinism, capitalism, Keynesianism, communism, feminism, behaviorilism, nazism freudianism, political correctness...
    I could go on and on and on like the words from Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire".
    Religions are like buses - there's a new one along every 20 minutes - cramped, smelly, not running very well, and full of people you wouldn't associate with anywhere else.
  22. Sorry on Help Find Steve Fossett · · Score: 0

    Spending all my spare time at Galaxy Zoo. Now if he were visible from the SDSS, maybe.

  23. Re:People are still using ISDN? on USPTO Imposes 'Undue Hardship' On 1-Click Lawyers · · Score: 1

    It would be a real pity if lots and lots and lots of people called that number at that time and Amazon's lawyers couldn't get through.

  24. Re:Miles per gallon? on Spider-Like Catamaran Travels 5,000 Miles On One Tank · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does anyone know the number of miles per gallon that this gets I read the article and it didn't seem to mention that. Maybe they should go with the super lightweight idea with cars instead of big blocks of metal with wheels... yes Hummer I'm talking about you.
    YMMV
  25. Re:New? on "Spooky" Science Points Towards Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    I took the new bit to be the fact that they had entangled atoms.