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  1. But... on Broadband from Airships · · Score: 3, Funny

    But war ballooning doesn't sound quite right.

  2. Re:Aperture info on Apple Unveils New Pro Products · · Score: 1

    Yes, but if you take the finalized pictures to a printing lab, will they refuse to print because they look "too professional?"

  3. Re:Freedom does not mean lack of accountability on Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked · · Score: 1
    I was pretty sure that little thing about search and seizure without due process being illegal had us covered.

    (I'm talking about US laws, to clear this up for our international visitors)

  4. Re:Rather alarmist story... on ISS Orbit-Raising Attempt Fails · · Score: 1

    Every number is a power of 2, you just have to tweak it a little. 1050 = 2^10.0362

  5. Re:Eh, well, it's a matter of scale on ISS Orbit-Raising Attempt Fails · · Score: 1

    Just in case anyone wants to mod this, mod it up, because it is a west wing reference from the 6th season going into the 7th.

  6. Re:You guys have this all mixed up, only TDMA serv on Federal Court Shuts Down Pay As You Go Wireless · · Score: 1

    No, she needs it replaced because the minutes cost too much, run out too fast, and the faceplate doesn't stay on that well anymore. This feels like a troll Im reading, but it also has to be said that its obviously not 99% who don't need it. My mother has poor eyesight, so a picture ID for calls is great for her, and she has already used the camera to document evidence of a car accident just as it happened. Though I will concede that she doesn't need bluetooth, oh, except to have the pictures easily transferred to her phone. So what were you saying about almost nobody using featurs again?

  7. Re:You guys have this all mixed up, only TDMA serv on Federal Court Shuts Down Pay As You Go Wireless · · Score: 1

    Yet another reason for my mom to get rid of her super-old phone and service with them.

  8. Re:Freedom does not mean lack of accountability on Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked · · Score: 1

    But we still have a right to privacy don't we?

  9. Re:Printer Friendly Version? on Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked · · Score: 1

    Just do what I do, print everything in wingdings.

  10. Re:Dude, 'Aluminium' *is* the correct one. on Transparent Aluminum a Reality · · Score: 1

    I'm a dyed in the wool grammar and spelling Nazi, so I have to thank this person for giving me the correct spelling. Now I can shout from the rooftops at people who are making this mistake.

  11. iPod tax, sales tax, land tax on iPod Tax Causes Sour Apples · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm just waiting for the Tax tax, you know it's coming...

  12. Rocky Road as opposed to Slippery Slope on Google Changes Privacy Policy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Isn't this basically what they were doing anyway? Using gathered data to better target ads? I mean they're walking the fine line now between good and evil. But I prefer honesty and that's what they're giving us in the terms. Now let's sit and watch to see if they "lose" our data like other notable companies have in the past.

  13. Re:hmmmmph ... on RFID Tags to Track Your Food · · Score: 1

    More importantly, why are those 12 beers I had leaving the stomach for the asophagus instead of the bladder?

  14. Re:A very cool site, but it's been around for a wh on Dilbert Hiding On Your CPU · · Score: 4, Informative
  15. Re:Lajia U? on Four Millennia Old Noodles Found In China · · Score: 5, Funny
    Nah, couldn't have come from a university, everyone knows that there would have been *roaches around to clean the place of food.

    *Not the kind you smoke.

  16. Oh noes, Dvorak! on The Microsoft Protection Racket · · Score: 4, Funny
    I love your keyboards, but I trust a drunk man's predictions of the tech market more than I do yours.

    And yes, I know he isn't the same as the keyboard guy.

  17. Re:And How Does This Help Me? on Samsung To Pay Out $300 Million In Anti-Trust Suit · · Score: 1

    The government isn't going to hurt corporations for the same reason they'll never lower the price on cigarettes. The governemnt is there to help themselves. If they can say they're doing it to help you by "hurting" price fixers or to helping you quit smoking, all the better.

  18. Re:Free Speech on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 1

    What if the naked people have tattoos with messages?

  19. Re:What of pornography? on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 1
    That's great!

    If you're the one on the jury.

  20. Re:It's not political. on Top Advisory Panel Warns Erosion of U.S. Science · · Score: 1
    "Besides, usually the kids that "don't want to learn" are not in the same classes as "the best and brightest," e.g. AP classes and other honors type courses"

    Ahh, but they're trying to. There was a time where there were no seperations of students based on academic rank, and we're slowly swinging back that way again. Mainly because of PR and not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings. Education should not be a privilage or a right, it should be compulsory.

  21. Re:What? And join the "intellectual elite"? on Top Advisory Panel Warns Erosion of U.S. Science · · Score: 1
    I believe he worded his message badly, but you missed the point as well.

    The point is: intelligence and creativity should be encouraged and respected. Being called Einstein, should *not* be an insult! Should stupid people be punished? No. They should be helped right along with the ignorant.

    Oh, and being considered "smart" should not be based on your blind agreement of what the teacher says.

  22. Re:NASA source on Solar Flares Shield Astronauts from Cosmic Rays · · Score: 1

    If you want to continuously refresh hundreds of sites to get your news quicker, then you'll get your news quicker. Or hey, you could watch the news or listen to the radio. Most of us, yourself included, come here for the conversation.

  23. Re:Shields up!! on Solar Flares Shield Astronauts from Cosmic Rays · · Score: 1

    Sure they do, it takes more effort, because interplanetary space isn't true vacuum. It's a harder vacuum than we can produce, but there's still 10^4 atoms per cubic meter.

  24. Re:How will the religious establishment react? on Distant Planet Imaging Project Gets More Funding · · Score: 1

    PR nightmare ensues when aliens are found to be allergic to water.

  25. Re:Classroom software is CRUCIAL these days on Blackboard and WebCT merge · · Score: 1

    Blackboard is painful for teachers, it must be, because nobody but the engineering and CS professors would use it. I mean, I hope they make it usable for non-tech people like english teachers. I know my life would have been easier if I could go there to get resources. And please, choose one method for delivering documents to the professor, and stick with it.