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  1. Re:Well duh on The Daily Show as Substantive as Broadcast News · · Score: 1
    There's a saying, "Once is coincidence, twice is hapenstance, three times is enemy action".
    It's from Goldfinger (the book - I don't think that line's in the film), if memory serves me.

    And it does - a nice cup of tea, and some chocolate hob-nobs.
  2. Therefore... on UK's Biggest Supermarket Challenges Microsoft · · Score: 0, Troll

    Would someone please mod the above post "funny" ;)

  3. Re:At least spoil _something_ on The Physics of Superheroes · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that as his speed approaches that of a (very) low orbit, his natty yellow boots are going to lose traction, seriously impeding his bullet- and building-dodging skills. Also, if he goes over a hilltop at such speeds, it's off into space with him.

  4. Re:What is G vs. E? on 'Stargate: SG-1' Cancelled · · Score: 1

    Good Vs Evil was a buddy-cop style show about, IIRC, a guy who died, and was then resurrected to work thwarting demons who tried to make deals for people's souls. Wasn't half bad, from what little I saw of it.

  5. How has the discussion gone this long... on War Declared on Caps Lock Key · · Score: 1

    ...without mention of the godsdamned AltGr key?

  6. Re:Gruesome Advertisements! on Digital Replicas May Change Games and Film · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of my all-time favourite Weekly World News headline:
    "ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S CORPSE REVIVED FOR NINETY SECONDS"

  7. Re:Literally exploded? on House Passes Ban on Social Site Access · · Score: 2, Informative

    So is, "Virtually," which actually does mean, "although what follows is unlikely, it is exactly what I mean without metaphor."

    Sort of.

  8. Re:Mod parent up on Input Solutions for Repetitive Stress Victims? · · Score: 1

    A lifelong leftie, I switched my right hand from the numberpad to WASD a while ago, and I've never looked back. My thumb can wander freely about the Shift, Ctrl and Alt (ideal, but for that damned Windows key!) keys, and my pinky covers F,G and R for reloading and other sundries.

    As for mouseache relief, I heartily recommend the Perfit mouse. Various sizes, proper left- and right-handed models, with a pleasingly relazed hand position. The wheel is on the thumb (as is a back and forward rocker), which may not be everyone's brew, but it works for me. It takes a little getting used to in the gaming department (for some reason, I could never make the switch in Battlefield 2 - I'm fine with every other game though. Go figure.) but so does any new device.

    It's also quite pricey ($109 - fortunately, I bought it when the dollar was a bit rubbish), but a small price to pay for the gift of functioning hand-parts.

  9. Re:coming from a republican... on Jack Thompson Weighs in on Oblivion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Was he dropped on his head too many times as a baby?

    No, too few.

  10. Re:Future issues with issues on Captain America vs. The Patriot Act? · · Score: 1

    It was Kingdom Come, by Mark Waid & Alex Ross, and It was Scott Free, AKA Mister Miracle.

  11. Re:As you wish on Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD · · Score: 1

    That wasn't Boba Fett - it was Westley!

  12. Re:Silent Hill on Why Game Movies Stink · · Score: 1

    That's what happens when you have a french guy direct an american style movie.

    cf. Catwoman.

  13. Re:no worries on Wildlife Defies Chernobyl Radiation · · Score: 1

    A: 'Cause he's only got little legs!

  14. Re:no worries on Wildlife Defies Chernobyl Radiation · · Score: 1

    You can do exactly that, in your "coments" preferences.
    Make your "insightful", "informative" and "interesting" reason modifiers +6, everything else -6, and set your threshold to +1.

    Now, back to the jokes...
    Q: What's E.T. short for?

  15. Re:This is getting old... on The Epic Ebert Videogame Debate · · Score: 1

    I'm astonished that I had to read this far down before someone pointed out that art is in the intent of the creator (lower-case "C", if you please).

    If you've put your heart (figuratively, I mean, rather than "Pouring your own blood into a mould of your head then freezing it"-style) into the work, and tried to say something meaningful with it, then it's art.

  16. Re:best fake quote ever ... on Your Digital Inheritance? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would freak out if I had to... watch my mother in law clean out my wife Yup, that'd freak most people out.

  17. Re:it sounds like this.. on Buy PC Without an OS... Get a Visit From MSFT? · · Score: 1

    "I need PC for my Windows! Winnn-dooooows! Windows!"

  18. Re:i for one on What Would We Lose From a Regionalized Internet? · · Score: 1

    When we stop laughing, we are dead.
    Don't you mean "breathing"?

  19. Re:And on Playing The Escape · · Score: 1

    Then allow me to add this to the table.

  20. I don't know what's more worrying... on Apple to Offer Monthly iTunes TV Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    That you would suck the man-juice out of a goat, or that you know goats with man-juice in them.

  21. Re:Thank god it's just audio visual on IT Crowd On-line · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Wayne Knight's fat computer geek/dino-meal Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park, although this was probably pandering to the stereotype rather than shaping it.

  22. Re:The Daily Show calls it right on Toy Story 3 Scrapped · · Score: 1

    "Remarkably bland"?

    So Brad Bird's (well-deserved, IMO) Best Original Screenplay nomination doesn't mean anything, then?

  23. Re:Okey dokey on Gay Guild Recruitment Disallowed From WoW? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "None of the above"?

  24. Re:Farscape had closure. on Sci-Fi Channel to Pick Up John Doe · · Score: 1

    So what would they do as a follow-up? Join forces with Jesus Christ to save Santa Claus from Saddam Hussein?

    I like what I'm hearing - if you can fit it into a "pro-celebrity antiques quiz" format, you've got yourself a development deal, son.

  25. Re:Theme Song. on Dr. Who on Sci-Fi Channel in March · · Score: 1

    How has no-one mentioned Bill Bailey's magnificent interpretation of the tune as 60's Belgian jazz?

    Dans la nuit, c'est lui - Docteur... Qui!