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  1. Maybe good? on DARPA Wants To Know How Stories Influence People · · Score: 1

    Maybe they can come up with counter-memes against Islamic (and other types of) fundamentalism.

    Wasn't there a novel like that? Some big, organized plan to undermine the legitimacy of some holy book by faking archaeological evidence amongst other methods. Maybe it was a movie, too.

  2. Re:Still 10" on iPad 2 Rumored to be in Production · · Score: 1

    Yeah. My post came with the humorous male part length implication already integrated, but, hey, good for you. :-)

  3. Still 10" on iPad 2 Rumored to be in Production · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who wants a 12"?

    Man, that came out wrong.

    12" screen, that is.

  4. Re:WSJ = Apple re-setting expectations on iPad 2 Rumored to be in Production · · Score: 1

    The Pandora from Avatar or the Pandora from Borderlands? I'll take the Borderlands one because there's a chance the iPad will have a x4 fire elemental effect. Sweet!

  5. Re:Please have a real stylus. on iPad 2 Rumored to be in Production · · Score: 1

    The OS supported it for years (since OS8, I think) while people like you went on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about it, and Mac users stared at you in puzzlement as they just used their Microsoft Intellimouse or some other third party mouse or trackball or whatever floated their boat. I had a four button mouse back in the OS6 days.

  6. Re:Just to clarify.. on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 4, Funny

    collecting the pitch/roll/yawn as well as the engines RPM's and level of fuel-tanks

    The level of yawns might be a clear indicator of what caused the crash.

  7. Re:If it wasn't 99% memorization no one would chea on 61.9% of Undergraduates Cybercheat · · Score: 1

    Quality post. if I hadn't already posted in this thread, I'd mod you up.

    Wait. Isn't there a cheat for that?

  8. Re:Fuck you neoacademic and fuck you Taco on 61.9% of Undergraduates Cybercheat · · Score: 2

    Whoa! Your cyber-rant was uncalled for, e-dude. Take an iChill pill.

  9. Re:Better on LG Wants PlayStation 3 Banned From US Market · · Score: 1

    Why would you do that to the poor things?

    I mean, the lions would get gippy tummies from eating a bunch of miseryshit lawyers.

  10. scum on LG Wants PlayStation 3 Banned From US Market · · Score: 1

    It's like little kids squabbling on a playground.

  11. You missed the whole rest of it... on NASA Releases First 3D Images of the Sun · · Score: 1

    (eyeroll)

    Yeah, thanks, I got that bit.

    But why SUPER BOWL Sunday in particular. You savvy?

  12. Does not compute on NASA Releases First 3D Images of the Sun · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why is it natural for NASA to release a 3D image of the Sun on Super Bowl Sunday?

    In related news, the Super Bowl hit a record high of eight accused sexual predators on the field at the same time.

  13. Re:Any time you need to ask the question... on Is Setting Up an Offshore IT Help Desk Ethical? · · Score: 1

    I think you are arguing against a position I didn't take.

  14. Re:So... on Bill Gates Says Anti-Vaccine Effort Kills Children · · Score: 1

    Look up the term "herd immunity".

  15. Re:Smoking seriously harms you and others around y on Bill Gates Says Anti-Vaccine Effort Kills Children · · Score: 1

    I didn't have any of those problems, and I still stopped going, especially the bowling, which I was really good at (205 average when I quit). The debate over actual health issues don't even enter into it for me. Coming home smelling like a factory was enough. It's a fucking filthy habit. I always wanted to go over to the smokers and take a pee in their area. If they complained, I'd say, "But it's sterile! It's no threat to you!"

    Never did Casino bowling. Is that the one with the randomly placed colored pins?

  16. Re:Any time you need to ask the question... on Is Setting Up an Offshore IT Help Desk Ethical? · · Score: 1

    But often, we go overboard and don't see how unsatisfied our lives really are in their hollowness.

    Er, you might want to speak only for yourself there, sport.

  17. Re:Any time you need to ask the question... on Is Setting Up an Offshore IT Help Desk Ethical? · · Score: 1

    The people employed making the pool table or installing the swimming pool might disagree with you.

  18. Meanwhile, back at the ranch on WikiLeaks Nominated For 2011 Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 1

    Wow! Sherlock? Dated yourself with that one.

    Did you remember to shake your fist in rage when you typed? ;-)

  19. Re:Drop in the Bucket to Be Shoved Down Our Gullet on News Corp's The Daily Is Doomed · · Score: 1

    Maybe. Or maybe we see the headline in The Enquirer about some groupie saying she had Sheen's baby and is lawyered up. Nah. Stick with the professionals.

  20. Re:Drop in the Bucket to Be Shoved Down Our Gullet on News Corp's The Daily Is Doomed · · Score: 1

    I've actually started buying the used selections on amazon. A hardback + shipping from a used vendor can be less than a new paperback + free shipping from amazon.

  21. stereotype fail on Google Art Project Brings Galleries To Your PC · · Score: 1

    I vote lazy. I'm an engineer and have created art since I was a kid. Even sold a few pieces over the years. So there. :-P

  22. Re:D2 bugs on Google Art Project Brings Galleries To Your PC · · Score: 1

    That's because of all the time Wii gamers have to kill between good games are released. :-)

  23. Re:The Nobel Peace Prize is a joke on WikiLeaks Nominated For 2011 Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 0

    Here's a hint: in most parts of the world, Wikileaks is celebrated without "but"s or "if"s

    So group think and no diversity. OK.

    The fact that it Wikileaks generates controversy in your country says more about your country than Wikileaks.

    That we can openly debate things?

  24. Nobel? Schmobel! on WikiLeaks Nominated For 2011 Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 0

    Isn't the nomination kind of trivial? Bill Handel, a radio host here in Southern California got nominated by someone in Congress in 2005. They treated it like a joke for weeks on the show, and used it to ridicule the Nobel nomination of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a man put to death by California for *four* brutal murders.

  25. Re:Pretty cool on Low Budget Air Space Photography · · Score: 1

    Not to mention this has been done, like, 93 times in just the past couple years. It's like a new hobby sweeping the land.