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  1. oblig. on FCC Ends 700 MHz Auction · · Score: 4, Funny

    Instead of rights to electromagnetic spectrum, box contained bobcat. Would not buy again.

  2. Re:I don't get the big deal.... on The Real Body Snatchers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Personally I agree, but it's worth remembering that the term "religious" covers a whole lot of ground. While my own faith has no problem with stripping me for parts, rolling what's left up in a newspaper, and chucking it from the window of a speeding truck, someone else's beliefs may assign much more importance to leaving an intact corpse. Consent and proper procedure is important for this sort of thing.

  3. Re:Niven was right. on The Real Body Snatchers · · Score: 1

    "Organlegger" would be an awesome name for a Dick Tracy villain.

  4. Re:Such a lovely place, that Eastern front on 100-Year-Old Electric Car Design Makes a Comeback · · Score: 3, Funny

    And death continues to be our nation's #1 killer.

  5. Re:Comics as real literature on Reading Comics · · Score: 1

    Add another shout of support to "The Tale of One Bad Rat." I randomly picked that full set out of some comic show bargain bin having never heard of it before, and it turned out to be one of the most moving things I've ever read.

  6. You don't say? on Google Says Spam, Virus Attacks to Get More Clever · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn, my entire security plan really depended on them suddenly getting really really stupid. If the scammers suddenly forgot how to send email, switch on a computer, or breathe air my life would be so much easier.

  7. Re:HOWTO: Privacy on Facebook on Facebook Interviewer Heckled at Web Conference · · Score: 1

    The only remaining thing is photographs and videos that you or your friends might upload or "tag" you in. I believe you have the choice to confirm the tags, or at least to untag yourself if you prefer not to be named in your friends' photos. Unless like me you chose not to ever get involved with Facebook at all, and you still end up tagged in Facebook users' photos. I personally don't have a problem with it, but I wonder what someone's options would be if they did.
  8. Re:Sha handles it gracefully on Facebook Interviewer Heckled at Web Conference · · Score: 4, Funny

    seriously screw all you guys. I did my best to ask a range of things. I will never again be able to read anything she writes without my mind's ear hearing it in Eric Cartman's voice. Seriously, you guys.
  9. Flowers beat military force! on Google Pulls Map Images At Pentagon's Request · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you know, the hippies had it right after all.

  10. In other news.. on Little Demand Yet For Silverlight Developers · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..there seems to be little demand for the programming language I invented the other day while I had the flu, and a frightening lack of instructional books on Amazon for it. That's a real shame, because after some chicken soup and a good night's sleep I no longer remember how the goddamned thing works, and was really looking forward to cookbooking it.

  11. Just in case.. on Manmade Flood to Nourish Grand Canyon Ecosystem · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone have two of every animal and several billion tons of lumber I could borrow for a while?

  12. ObTrek on NASA to Test Emergency Ability of New Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    We'll never be ready for a spacecraft emergency until they've perfected that "Red Alert" klaxon/flashing light combo, and properly choreographed the entire crew to lean toward one side and then the other in unison.

  13. Re:ethical issues? c'mon ... on Brain Scanner Can Tell What You're Looking At · · Score: 4, Insightful

    you're strapped into a machine the size of a room - we're not talking about someone suppreptitiously pointing a camera-sized device at you and reading your thoughts. Yes. that'll be an interesting idea, if and when it becomes a practical proposition. It's all just a matter of time. Your mobile phone is more powerful than computers which filled several rooms a few decades ago. If we've learned anyhthing about new tech, it's that big bulky impractical stuff will be mobile and practical before we know it, so now we have precious time to consider the fact of such a device's existence and applications before we're presented with it as part of everyday life.
  14. Re:Thunderbolt and lightning! Very very frightenin on Statue of Galileo Planned for Vatican · · Score: 3, Funny

    *deeper voice* Galileo!

  15. Re:Yeah but... on United Tech Bids $2.6B for Diebold · · Score: 5, Funny

    Should we accept the buyout offer by United Tech?

    24% --- In favor
    25% --- Against
    51% --- Republican

  16. Re:Hopefully not on Time To Abolish Software Patents? · · Score: 1

    Hahaha! Its a fair cop.

  17. Re:Hopefully not on Time To Abolish Software Patents? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to patent my idea first: It's a method of crippling a system's CPU using only a few lines of code. I'm not going to write it here obviously though, because otherwise someone will beat me to the chase. Prior art.
  18. Arg. on McNealy Says Telcos Falling Behind in Net Race · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "I think the telcos have to make sure they don't get marginalized to being just bit providers and bandwidth providers," he said. On the other hand, carriers may be able to head off Internet sites by limiting the bandwidth available to them, so destination sites may need to affiliate with the carriers, he added. Is it too much to ask that our Internet connection provider be focused on providing us a connection to the Internet, rather than trying to distract us from the rest of the Internet with their own stuff?

    This is rather like the phone company cutting off your calls to inform you of all the great 900 numbers you could be calling instead.
  19. Oblig. on Corn Genome Sequenced · · Score: 1

    Corn is no place for a mighty warrior!

  20. Re:They need to be more careful. on US Claims Satellite Shoot-Down Success · · Score: 1

    Make it two. You're going sane in a crazy world!

  21. They need to be more careful. on US Claims Satellite Shoot-Down Success · · Score: 5, Funny

    I took a look at the sky late last night, and it seems they took a chunk out of the Moon as well.

  22. Re:missing someone here.... on Microsoft's "Source Fource" Action Figures · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those of us into customizing our own action figures can simply paint a necktie onto a Dr. Evil figure that's been dipped into thin chicken broth.

  23. Re:External Pressures Ruin Engineering on Richard Feynman, the Challenger, and Engineering · · Score: 1

    Well said. If I could mod you higher than 5, I would.

  24. And now you've gotten the song stuck in my head. on Brain Control Headset for Gamers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gamera, Gamera!
    Gamera is really neat!
    He is filled with turtle meat!
    We all love you Gamera!

  25. That's no moon. on NASA Plans Lunar Mobile Phone Network · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a base station!