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  1. Re:End of an era. on Skin Sensing Table Saw · · Score: 1

    Even worse, how else are the shop teachers going to keep the lil' barbarians in line if they can't threaten to saw off body parts???

  2. Re:Hmmm on How Old is Too Old? · · Score: 1

    Apparently my entire life has been wasted.

  3. Re:DRM? on Windows Vista and the Future of Hardware · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lets see, if a Microsoft license is required to play brand-spank-me-new-drm DVDs on your brand-spank-me-new-drm DVD player in your pc, this would put a big dent in the desktop market for any other OS that can't make them play wouldn't it? So I can see exactly why Microsoft is gung-ho on the DRM issue. They can claim to be "doing the right thing" when in fact all they are really doing is increasing their stranglehold on the desktop.

  4. Re:I thought this was just a rumour a few months a on Matt Damon as Kirk in Star Trek XI? · · Score: 1
    He's proven that he can at least do some acting...


    Maybe he won't be such a good choice after all if they are looking for an actor more like Shatner?

  5. Re:No. on Will Pretty PCs Make Vista More Attractive? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps they could make them more aerodynamic so they are easier to throw out the window when you get frustrated?

  6. Re:A Shield Law is a Stupid Idea on Ruling to Make Reporters Act Like Drug Dealers? · · Score: 1
    ...how does THIS sit with you...


    Ouch; I may never be able to sit again after reading your post.

  7. Re:The Truth Will Come Out on Ruling to Make Reporters Act Like Drug Dealers? · · Score: 1

    Techincally they are just ignoring one little word: "no". They seem to have no problem with the law part.

  8. Re:Can you imagine the tech support calls? on Turning Network Free-Riders' Lives Upside Down · · Score: 3, Funny

    By the way if this works you can keep your left nut; it would be too awkward explaining to people what I just got in the mail.

  9. My hope on Freeze-Dried Blood May Save Soldiers' Lives · · Score: 1
    It will look like freeze-dried coffee in a little bag.


    I really really hope they label these bags clearly, or that morning cup of coffee may not taste quite right. Never fix your early morning coffee in the dark either.

  10. Re:Can you imagine the tech support calls? on Turning Network Free-Riders' Lives Upside Down · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'd give my left nut to hear the support calls on this.


    Maybe you can, if your neighbor is using your network connection to fullfill all his VOIP needs.

  11. Re:How do you broach the subject? on Tomorrow is System Administrator Day 2006 · · Score: 1

    What other use does the company calendar have??? Or maybe you could have flowers delivered to yourself early in the day.

  12. Re:Third party sour grapes on Wiretapping Lawsuit Against AT&T Dismissed · · Score: 1

    Next year should be interesting, when only one candidate is invited to the debates. Now that will be some fine debatin'!

  13. Re:Humans? on 30th Anniversary of Viking Landing on Mars · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah but the first person there gets a free coffee table (viking lander) worth one billion dollars and a free footstool (mars rover) worth 300 million.

  14. Easy full access on Card Locks Thwarted by Shopping Club Card · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wonder how many companies screen the janitorial staff? Not only do they typically have full access to the building, but they are there after hours and can easily rummage around looking for usernames, passwords, and machines that are still logged in with administrator privledges. Heck they could bring a laptop in and connect directly to the internal network for that matter.

  15. Re:Why walking? on Cheap, Open-design Humanoid Bot - Runs Linux, Too · · Score: 1
    There is less destruction of the infrastructure if the robots can chase us upstairs rather than destroy entire buildings when they run amok?


    Personally I would get taunting the robot by poking it with a stick like the guy in the article is doing.

  16. Bonus advantage on Data Sharing, Government Style · · Score: 4, Funny
    Contact your local government contractor, with resume in hand, and you may be one of the lucky developers to implement NIEM-capable software.


    As an added bonus you can add a wee bit of code to make sure your name never ends up in these databases.

  17. Re:Sign me up for 12 hours of course work! on Inflatable Private Space Station Launched · · Score: 1

    Hehe good point, though certainly the solar wind would make it move? Or would inertia be all that mattered? And for something large enough to be seen from earth, I wonder if you would have issues ala those that make solar sails work? Time for an 80 million dollar research study!

  18. Re:And now the crew of ISS... on Inflatable Private Space Station Launched · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many people would be willing to be a prostitute in space? Aside from living in zero-g, putting "Space prostitute" on your tax forms would be fun.

  19. Re:Sign me up for 12 hours of course work! on Inflatable Private Space Station Launched · · Score: 1

    Maybe they could trail a huge banner behind it for advertising purposes (Trojan condoms: chosen by 9 out of 10 visitors of our orbiting sex-station!)

  20. Re:180 billion to reimplement for vista? on Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nice; keep in mind that if a country had $180 billion GDP, it would rank in the top 50 countries in the world.

  21. Finally on Spam Detection Using an Artificial Immune System · · Score: 4, Funny

    So now we can look forward to a spam filtering solution that actively searches for spammers and kills them?

  22. Re:SQL Ledger on When Will OSS Financial Apps Catch Up? · · Score: 1

    As a small business, how would you compare the functionality of this package to, say, quickbooks? And have you used any other packages in the past that you could compare it to?

  23. Re:I am completely blown away by this on Smart Pill Reports on Body from the Inside · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just make sure if you have to swallow one of these you get a brand new one still in the wrapper. I don't care how clean you say you can get it; I so don't want to swallow anything that came out of someone else's butt.

  24. My experiences with seed storage on Work Begins on Arctic Seed Vault · · Score: 4, Funny

    The sad part comes when in 50 years this vault is eagerly opened and found to only contain many many dead weevils.

  25. Makes me wonder on Successful Merger of Butterfly Species · · Score: 2, Funny
    >Two butterfly species have been bred in the lab to make a third distinct species.

    So I wonder which species we would need to interbreed with to produced civilized human beings as offspring?