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  1. Re:Wrong department on Retrofitting an iPod into a Geiger Counter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh no, I got you beat. You think putting something small in something larger than the small thing and not altering the mechanism (in this case iPod) you want to have continue working is easy? Check out what you can do with an iPod, a doctorate in mechanical engineering, and some balls. Behold my amazing, infinitely customizable iPod retrofitting job!

  2. Re:Excerpt?! on Book Excerpts: OOo Draw Documents with Imagination · · Score: 2, Funny
    You may think this looks silly. No problem; you can undo the change by pressing Ctrl-Z or by selecting Edit > Undo. You can place your dog at any angle you want.
    A combination of the "Control" key, and the "Z" key undoes actions?! Where can I send my money to?

    All this time I've been shaking my computer like an etch-a-sketch. I mean, the screen always went black like a person would expect it to. But this . . . this . . . wowie wow wow, wow-wow-wow. This will be much easier on my wrists. Alas, much to my dog's and my own confusion, the angle of my dog doesn't seem to make a damn difference.

    Gratuitous Joke #2: ScuttleMonkey, I do think this looks silly, but no matter how many times I press Ctrl-Z, this article doesn't undo. Where can I send my refund request to? Oh, and FYI, the angle of my dog still didn't help. Snap.
  3. Re:Didn't Google on AOL Buys Video Search Firm · · Score: 1

    Sorry, the Simpsons already perfer that sort of South Park reference.

  4. Re:In a TRAILER? on Behind the Scenes of The Simpsons · · Score: 1

    Well, this is generalization, but most often, Japanese animation is drawn, and then has voicework completed later (yes, I'm talking about the original Japanese voicework), versus American animation that has the English voicework completed first, to which the animation is then drawn.

  5. Re:Not surprising. That's what Jobs does. on Behind a Steve Jobs Keynote · · Score: 1

    Whoops, I reread his comment . . . he was implying that Jobs corrected Amelio's "mistakes." Down goes my karma and up goes your ego.

  6. Re:Not surprising. That's what Jobs does. on Behind a Steve Jobs Keynote · · Score: 1

    Hey dude, Have Blue was saying Amelio set Apple on it's current positive path. That said Amelio's actions with his personal jet and all that jazz didn't help him at all, but it didn't have anything to do with Apple's problems. How dare you say such nonsense to someone with a three digit UID anyway?!?! ;)

  7. Re:How did you use yours? on Leap Second At The End of 2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What does it matter now! I gotta reset ALL of my clocks again. Damn it.

  8. Re:Surging on Women Now Outnumber Men Online · · Score: 1

    The surge of Bejeweled perhaps?

  9. Re:Founder? on Quantum Trickery - Einstein's Strangest Theory · · Score: 1

    "'scientists announced that they had put a half dozen beryllium atoms into a "cat state."

    I'm dying - or maybe living - to know what they mean by "cat state." I'm a little uncertain.

  10. Re:Ingredients of Life Found Around Sun-Like Star on Ingredients of Life Found Around Sun-Like Star · · Score: 1

    And here, for your enjoyment, is a new Wired article with our great leader, Bobby Henderson, God/Pirate Incarnate. Merry Christmas!

    Get it? I'm so funny.

  11. Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design on New Keyboard Has Just 53 Keys · · Score: 2, Funny

    My vote is for Orkian. No masculine/feminine/neuter, no irregular verbs, no nanu nanus...

  12. Re:You forgot... on Google Acquires 5% of AOL · · Score: 1

    What the hell, now I can't post html links?

    The Search Engine Watch article URL is http://searchenginewatch.com/links/article.php/215 6221.

  13. Re:You forgot... on Google Acquires 5% of AOL · · Score: 1

    To be fair, AOL's search is an amalgamation of several engines from several companies, but Google was already one of them. As Search Engine Watch will back up (scroll down a bit), Google already had AOL around their little finger when it came to search result sources.

  14. Re:Dupe it up. on MSIE To Adopt Firefox Feed Icon · · Score: 1

    Slashdot has duplicated their website at http://www.dupedot.org/ already. Nice try though.

  15. Top-notch Voice Acting? on Review: Dragon Quest VIII · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Despite the tissue-paper plot, the voice acting is top-notch. The laughable whining and cowardice of the King and Yangus's thick brogue should set the standard for RPG cohorts in future titles."

    Just a fair warning: The voice acting is very over the top in a cartoonish way. If "top-notch voice acting" means realistic and dramatic to you, you'll be sorely disappointed with the voice acting in DQVIII. The accents and the content of the dialog is so silly and uninteresting, that I ended up skipping story sequences (a major RPG sin in my opinion) after a dozen hours of the same crap. You've been warned.

    Great game otherwise.

  16. Re:typical response on Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military? · · Score: 1

    No, "I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords" is classic. Or, "In Soviet Russia, Chinese military attack you" is another good on--oh, heh, that's kinda funny.

    On the other hand, "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along" is just straight up pedestrian. Come on, try harder.

  17. Re:Why? on NVIDIA to Phase Out 7800GTX 512MB in February · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is just a guess, but they'll probably announce their new-gen models at CES in January and have them in the stores sometime during February. Technology from the current high-end goes into their "bugdet" line, removing the necessity of the model they are retiring.

  18. Re:Free advice from "Mr. Betamax" on Panasonic Begins Blu-Ray Production · · Score: 1

    No, no, no. "And the entire house explodes is an orgy of blue bits..." Ask Rellik66.

  19. Re:What about.. on Child's Play Hits $200,000 · · Score: 2, Informative

    You should take a look at the Amazon wishlists. There are books and many other traditional toys to pick from. What you won't find is violent videogames.

  20. Re:With apologies to Dave Barry... on Miyamoto Hints At Second Revolution Secret · · Score: 1

    There is only one code better than the Konami code.

  21. Re:Sod That! on Caffeine Prevents Liver Disease · · Score: 1

    "It's a bit thin on detail. I wonder why caffeinated sodas aren't mentioned. You could be trading your teeth for a healthier liver, right? Too bad George Best didn't know about this sooner. This should bode well for the market of caffeinated beer."

    Unfortunately, this has nothing to do with caffeine, but instead other active agents in coffee (which are conveniently not listed in the article).

    The article also says, "Coffee and tea may reduce the risk of serious liver damage in people who drink too much alcohol, are overweight or have too much iron in the blood, researchers reported yesterday . . .", so unless you're fatty fat fat, a lush, or do whatever the hell a person would have to do to have too much iron in their blood, it won't help you much as the article implies. But coffee does do this (warning, blatent bragging of accepted story submission intended).

  22. Elmenstor Saga? on ELOTH:TES Makes The News · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So, just to clarify since Zonk cared not to, this is a fictional IP created by the PA guys and elaborated on by losers -- I mean nerds -- damn it, I mean fans. Don't go looking for the Wizbits DVDs. Anytime soon anyhow.

  23. Re:Are they using Asterisk? on Google's New Click-to-Call Service · · Score: 1

    Could this be related at some future point in time and space to the subject of Cringley's latest Pulpit?

    On a side note, did this give anyone else a bad feeling for a moment before the fact that Google was doing this inexplicably won you over?

  24. Re:Hmmm. on Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels · · Score: 2, Funny

    That, you heathen, is the image of Jesus' father. Get with the times.

  25. Re:It works! on Hypnosis Gets Positive Recognition · · Score: 1

    You think that's fun, eat a dozen tablets of Marazine, or a dozen and a half Dramamines. It's pretty crazy what a high dosage of sea sickness pills can do to the mind. It's best described as a temporary case of bad schizophrenia with visuals. Have someone babysit you for sure. To Walgreens!