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  1. Re:Market on Ethical Questions For The Age Of Robots · · Score: 1

    "...that is either a good thing or a bad thing..."

    Well, those *are* the choices.

  2. Re:earth on Three Largest Stars Identified · · Score: 1

    It's all fun and games until you get crushed to the consistency of toothpaste. Strangely, flying would be easier. According to a discovery channel special about evolution on other planets.

  3. Re:Poor use of language, 10 yard penalty. on Three Largest Stars Identified · · Score: 1

    "What's the shortest time that a star can exist for?" Some theories say about a day, but that was a long time ago, in a galaxy very close by. http://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/NEWSROOM/news/releases/2 000/00-016.html

  4. Re:My only wish on Three Largest Stars Identified · · Score: 1

    Given the fact that one goes off somewhere in the galaxy every 100 years or thereabouts, you just might get your wish.

    Living to at least 100, and seeing it, are the hard parts.

  5. Re:I got out of bed for this?! on Sleep Less, Eat More? · · Score: 1

    Stay in bed for one month without food, and you'll be thin forever!

  6. Re:We've been waiting a long time for this... on Microsoft Releases Malicious Software Removal Tool · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, silly! They're obviously introducing a new version of fdisk.

  7. Re:goodbye bank account on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    "Do not eat iPod shuffle." Yet it makes no mention not to eat the Mac Mini... Can you say; lawsuit?!?!

  8. Re:ugh Tetris dreams... on Too Much Gaming, Anyone? · · Score: 1

    I used to daydream about tetris when I played it too much (i've played tetris clones on no less than 10 devices. Then I thought to myself, why not practice? So I daydreamed about Tetris on *purpose*. Some high scores: Gameboy: 278 lines Windows: 1043 lines TI 89: 253 lines Gamboy w/DX: 1200, becuase I gave up.

  9. Re:Why should it evolve? on Getting the Girl · · Score: 1

    I am *shocked*.

    Has nobody mentioned Mr. Mario yet? Sure he plays golf, and is sometiems a doctor, but damn it, he's certainly not 'buffed'.

  10. Re:SMS? on IT and Natural Disasters · · Score: 1

    I'm sure rich people would be far too elitist to assist their fellow man.

  11. Re:one simple solution on SMS Text Messaging & Youth Debt One · · Score: 1

    I think we *all* know that pay-as-you-go phones are only used by mobsters and kidnappers.

    And my mother... strange.

  12. Re:I can beat that. on CES Tidbits · · Score: 1

    Because idiocy is not an accident.

  13. Re:The robots are coming... on First Peek at Robosapien V2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    With the right *kind* of robot, who needs a girlfriend?

  14. Re:Not the red scare on Gates Nose-Dives at CES · · Score: 1

    We all know that they're the Blue scare. Oh wait.

  15. Re:Anything like this on Gates Nose-Dives at CES · · Score: 1

    The best time was when my local TV station had a blue screen around christmas. It was all automated, and nobody works there on the holiday weekend, so for THREE FUCKING DAYS when I came to channel 10, there it was.

  16. Re:HardOCP Cliff's Notes Version on HardOCP Declares Win vs. Infinium Labs · · Score: 1

    And its grammer, not grammar.

    (its a joke, don't laugh)

  17. Re:students get screwed on Wikipedia Criticised by Its Co-founder · · Score: 1

    I actually used wikipedia articles for 3 seperate sources on a term paper, and I still passed the class. Of course, all I used it for was info on the 802.3, 802.5 and 802.11 standards.

  18. Re:Step One: on Bringing Down A Copycat Site · · Score: 1

    A *damn* good one, that's the kind!

  19. Re:what the? on IBM Prepares 100-Terabyte Tape Drives · · Score: 1

    tape will always be superior in storage, ever try putting 10 hours of vhs quality material on a dvd? Well, they sell 10 hour vhs tapes. its because tape will always have a higher surface area, and therefore have more space in both the physical and abstract meaning.

  20. Re:Whats the point? on Next G5 Multitasks Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    For the same reason people have calculators and address books in their cell phones.

  21. Re:They looked for the dirt on 'Something' Cleaning Mars Rover · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just wait until the guy selling oranges comes along...

  22. Re:In other news... on Study Links Cell Phones to DNA Damage · · Score: 1

    The use of handguns may allow increased ventilation to random portions of the brain if used properly.

  23. Re:Why is talking on a cellphone considered rude? on Study Links Cell Phones to DNA Damage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've always found that killing someone, through any means, to be quire rude.

  24. Re:IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE ROBOTS! on Honda Updates ASIMO · · Score: 1

    " So here we see the beginings of the Butlertarian Jihad. Where is Will Smith when we need him?"
    Helping men with dating advice:
    http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news /article_ 2946.php/First_Stills_from_Will_Smith's_Hitch

  25. Re:On dialup? on AOL Canada To Offer VoIP · · Score: 1

    Voip is only at 8kbps, that's manageable on a 56k, as long as you're doing absolutely nothing else.