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  1. Re:I'm Just Worried... on Google Tricycles To Map Footpaths For Street View · · Score: 1

    Live cameras in bedrooms?!? That is SO ten years ago!

  2. Re:Good job kdawson! on Google Tricycles To Map Footpaths For Street View · · Score: 1, Troll

    Did the UK annex Rome?

    What... you missed that memo? Where have you been?

  3. Re:There's a few businesses and the like... on Google Tricycles To Map Footpaths For Street View · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always get lost walking the many trails at the local nudist colony -- do you think Google could come out and map these for me?

  4. Best of times on Gene Transfer Immunizes Against Monkey HIV Analog · · Score: -1, Redundant

    There never been a better time to be a mouse, and now there has never been a better time to be a promiscuous gay intravenous drug-using monkey! Woo-hoo!

  5. Re:As soon as Word is non WYSIWYG on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You've obviously never used TROFF or its kin.

  6. Re:No batteries = on HP Recalls 70,000 Laptop Batteries · · Score: 3, Informative

    I am beginning to suspect that there is a flaw in the design of today's lithium batteries.

    Modern lithium batteries are designed to achieve the the highest energy density possible. I suspect they do this by cutting as close as possible to the limits. The higher the energy density, the greater the chance of a short circuit and the greater the chance of a meltdown if something shorts out. Sure, they could design safer batteries, but those would weigh more and last less time on a charge -- not exactly the attributes the market is demanding. There may be exceptions, but in general if you want to store more energy in a smaller space with less weight, it is inevitably going to be more volatile.

    I wonder how long it will be before the TSA makes these batteries illegal on planes.

  7. Re:Run, neanderthal, run! on Were Neanderthals Devoured By Humans? · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Cash Cow on Dell Indicates Windows 7 Pricing Will Be Higher · · Score: 3, Funny

    Squeeze it too hard, and what you have is not so much a cow as a pile of hamburger...

  9. Re:Avoid Firts Post on What Should Be In a Technology Bill of Rights? · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about the prohibition of "me too!" posts?

  10. The most fundamental right on What Should Be In a Technology Bill of Rights? · · Score: 1

    I'd say the most important right is the right to know the true identity of the person sending you V14GR4 spam, so that you can (if you so choose) track them down and kick their ass! Of course, this is more of a technical problem (the current email system is severely flawed) than a legal one.

  11. Wrong priorities on DARPA Shows Off Their Latest Shinies · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How about working on something that would REALLY help out our long sacrificing service men and women serving in Afghanistan and Iraq... like teledildonics, for example?

  12. Bad choices on Teen Tries To Rob Cafe With a Banana · · Score: 1

    Cafe workers first became suspicious when the youth yelled "Alright everybody... no, I am NOT just happy to see you!"

  13. Re:Why? on Sophos Releases Klingon Language Version · · Score: 1

    Why did we translate it into Klingon?

    Fortunately, there is a musical answer to that question: here

  14. Re:Ahem. on Sophos Releases Klingon Language Version · · Score: 3, Funny

    Klingon reaction to virus: "Perhaps today IS a good day to have Conficker wipe out all my files!"

  15. Re:Hmmm...even with cases like the phone #.... on A System For Handling 'Impostor' Complaints · · Score: 1

    Posting a free ad is no more difficult than posting a response to slashdot... which you seem to have done with far less motivation than a nasty breakup. By the way, my ex's phone number is 8675309 and her name is "Jenny"...

  16. Re:Craigslist brought all this crap on themselves. on Craigslist Fires Back Over Adult Services Accusations · · Score: 1

    Actually, 54% of voters in SC voted for McCain, so they did not elect Obama. I agree that there is a seemingly endless supply of stupid people in both parties.

  17. Re:Craigslist brought all this crap on themselves. on Craigslist Fires Back Over Adult Services Accusations · · Score: 1

    Point was that SC voters consistently vote Republican in large numbers, so ranting about immorality associated with that hippie-commie craigslist (they let people advertise for free, and their symbol is a peace sign, for pete's sake!) may actually be an effective strategy to win the governorship.

  18. Re:Reparations on Were Neanderthals Devoured By Humans? · · Score: 1

    Right after we resurrect the Wooly Mammoths. We've actually got preserved copies of their DNA, we've got elephants to use for surrogate mothers, and I'm pretty sure we hunted them into extinction primarily because they were so tasty! (After all, something that big couldn't have been that easy to kill or to lug back to the wife and kids.)

    But then, those of you who can't find a date in today's social scene may have different priorities...

  19. Re:Run, neanderthal, run! on Were Neanderthals Devoured By Humans? · · Score: 1

    Too true to be funny. Humans can run down deer, and we've partnered not only with canines, but also with raptors (not dinos, birds, you dummy!), and even killer whales to hunt and kill prey. Probably worked with some other carnivores too; can anybody think of more examples?

  20. Re:Technicalities. on Were Neanderthals Devoured By Humans? · · Score: 1

    What if only the really nerdy early homo sapiens who lived in the basement of their mom's cave were attracted to Neanderthals? Desperate men have been known to do sheep and cows; imagining them with a cute young neanderthal woman in a leopard teddy is not much of a stretch.

  21. Re:how is it cannibalism? on Were Neanderthals Devoured By Humans? · · Score: 1

    Being eaten by humans is the single greatest threat to Bonobos, arguably the closest primate relative we humans have.

    The closest surviving primate relative we have. Apparently Neanderthals were much more tasty!

  22. It is a question of experience on FMRI Shows Man Loves Wife More Than Angelina Jolie · · Score: 1

    It is much easier for me to imagine my wife giving me a blowjob than to imagine Angelina doing the same, because my wife has actually done this more times than I can count. To a great degree, sexual response is learned behavior. I even find myself much more attracted to other people that look like my wife now... like her kid sister, for example! So, unless your wife is Nadya Suleyman, this isn't really a fair test. (P.S. Angelina's lips look so obviously fake that it is a turnoff.)

  23. Just great on Ball And Chain To Force Children To Study · · Score: 1

    I assume that they indemnify their customers against being arrested by Child Protective Services?

  24. Re:The problem with politicians on Craigslist Fires Back Over Adult Services Accusations · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem with politicians is, well, that they exist as a profession.

    It's not just that. As world's second oldest profession, they have a lot in common with the oldest profession. Politicians and whores go together like, well, like Spitzer and Dupré!

  25. Re:Craigslist brought all this crap on themselves. on Craigslist Fires Back Over Adult Services Accusations · · Score: -1, Troll

    Silly AG, don't you know that a well-educated populace would never fall for such a thing?

    They elected, and then re-elected Bush. Now, what is it you were saying?