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  1. Re:wavelength = length on A Step Toward an Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 1

    Perhaps if enough people complain the quality of the editing might go up?

    What's the point in defending incompetent writers, other than to try and show off that you remember some basic physics that, incidentally, everybody knows?

  2. Re:i like dvorak but stick with the standard qwert on Dvorak Layout Claimed Not Superior To QWERTY · · Score: 1

    I don't see anything wrong that headline.

    I don't see much right it.

  3. Re:Mod parent up on Streaming the Inauguration In a School? · · Score: 1

    Works even better when everybody doesn't want to use it at the same time.

  4. Re:wavelength = length on A Step Toward an Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 2, Informative

    Given the radius of a circle you can calculate its area, but that doesn't mean they're the same thing or that you can use them interchangeably. Convertibility is not equivalence, and the article as written is wrong.

  5. Re:i like dvorak but stick with the standard qwert on Dvorak Layout Claimed Not Superior To QWERTY · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Qwerty is a romance language specific layout geared towards english.

    That's as logical as saying it's a reptile specific food geared towards mammals. And about as true.

  6. Re:Terminology on RIAA Hearing Next Week Will Be Televised · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder, honestly, why does the RIAA oppose this being televised?

    They've got a plan to sell it on DVD?

  7. Re:Great idea - it can replace the Gas Tax! on Oregon Governor Proposes Vehicle Mileage Tax · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That plus it requires considerably more kit and labor to administer. Whether you agree with fuel tax or not, it has the advantage that it sort of collects itself.

  8. Re:Summary gets GPU prices wrong on Breaking Down the Dropping Parts Cost for Sony's PS3 · · Score: 1

    surely the editor should've noticed

    Even with the magic of web 2.0, that would still require him to read it. Massive fail, n00bster.

  9. Re:Really the best way to handle this? on Technocrat.net Shut Down · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's never been clear to me what the "professional editorial staff" actually did

    I've been saying that for some time. Rumour has it it's nearly as bad over at technocrat.net

  10. Re:Induces current always? on Wireless Power Consortium Pushes For Standard · · Score: 1

    What about nearby devices that aren't designed to be chared?

    If it's barbecuing them, I think you need to turn the power down!

  11. Re:Come on, it's british on Simulations May Explain Loss of Beagle 2 Mars Probe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Name a one thing british ever made right.

    Dji Ingliti langwij and haw it iz speld.

  12. Re:How weird on Simulations May Explain Loss of Beagle 2 Mars Probe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously, are pronouns that confusing for you?

    Are you talking to me?

  13. Re:Patent Office == Zoo filled with Idiots? on Russian Hopes To Cash In On Emoticons · · Score: 1

    What lame-brain dummy would think that either :-( or ;-) are trademarkable symbols???

    The Russian patent agency, for one.

    Did I just say patent agency? I certainly did, and so did TFS.

  14. Re:Simpsons Movie on Australian Judge Rules Simpsons Cartoon Rip-off Is Child Porn · · Score: 1

    She doesn't look 32 years old!

    SRSLY, apart from the fact that it's all BS, is there any kind of statute of limitations that applies here? See also the similar controversy concerning Blind Faith

  15. Re:Better? on IBM Launches Microsoft-Free Linux Virtual Desktop · · Score: 1

    For $21 million (that was a lot of money, back in those days) I'll take a pink slip right now. I'll even fill it in myself!

  16. Re:I Would Have to Vote for Quantum Computing on The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes? · · Score: 1

    He's joking. Or maybe he isn't. We can't know unless we open the box.

  17. Re:No, FASCISM! on Russian Regulators Block Google Online Advertising Acquisition · · Score: 1

    Sarcasm, LOOK IT UP!!!

  18. Re:E-Meter? on The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes? · · Score: 1

    Not many people know it, but Cowboy Neal is actually the son of L Ro
    %^8@{-#$%:
    . ;:no carrier.

  19. Re:hybrid on Russian Regulators Block Google Online Advertising Acquisition · · Score: 1

    Or even ... corporatism?

  20. Re:issues?? on Exchanging Pictures To Generate Passwords · · Score: 1

    Or because it makes a better sounding headline, and (like any crap story) generates lots of comments and hence page hits.

  21. Re:waste of time on Build a Cheap Media-Reading PC? · · Score: 1

    Still, it'll attract plenty of "back in the day" and "get off my lawn" comments, so not entirely useless. Actually, on second thoughts...

  22. I don't know what to think. on Why Most Published Research Findings Are False · · Score: 1

    Should I be reassured that (eventually) the scientific method works?

    Or should I be really worried about the remaining two thirds?

  23. Breaking news! on Number of ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy Is 37,964 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's now 37,962. The Qnak'k'z of Kuberon II just set off a prototype nanoplasmic bomb that wiped out the whole planet. The timid and peaceful Fnumri of Kuberon VI's third moon were not directly affected, but the flash gave them such a fright they all died of double heart attacks. Sad indeed.

  24. Re:Even cheaper than Asians on Sex Offender E-Mail Registry Signed Into Law · · Score: 1

    Offshoreshank Redemption?

  25. Re:Turn down the volume on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 4, Funny

    The trouble is that if you block out all the road noise you might not hear that 18 wheeler coming up from beh no carrier