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  1. Re:seriously? on Japan Plans $21B Space Power Plant · · Score: 1

    That I did not know :) It makes a lot of sense actually; although I've no data to back it up, I suspect most wars are won by the nations that are expanding and need resources, rather than the ones that are subsisting and can afford to be confined more.

  2. Re:Not free on Opera 10.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Of course. I must be a troll. How else could you explain having to face new realities?

  3. Re:seriously? on Japan Plans $21B Space Power Plant · · Score: 2, Funny

    Japan is a small place with a high population density, and a good number of nuclear plants already. Perhaps they're simply running out of reasonable nuclear sites.

    Either way, this opens the way for whole new sci-fi-like plots to do with hijacking power satellites for nefarious purposes, so I'm all for it ;)

  4. Re:Small steps. on Augmented Reality In a Contact Lens · · Score: 1

    I'd be happy just to have a usable interface in a pair of normal glasses (non-correcting).

    I'd be happy just to have the usable interface ;)

  5. Re:That is impressive on Opera 10.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Linux x86 64
    Linux PowerPC
    Linux i386

    And they still can't claim to support Linux as the superset, since they keep the source closed and don't have the resources to port it to other platforms.

    When will they learn that Firefox is kicking their ass just by virtue of being open source? Firefox is probably inferior in many ways, but at least they don't get THE most obvious marketing move wrong.

  6. Re:yes! on Augmented Reality In a Contact Lens · · Score: 1

    Just imagine that chick watching your portfolio performance while she tags you.

  7. Re:Not free on Opera 10.0 Released · · Score: 1

    That's what I used to think. Then I decided to lighten up a bit, and give it a shot. Then I realised I shouldn't have. Opera is very incompatible, even compared to Konqueror.

  8. Re:That is impressive on Opera 10.0 Released · · Score: -1, Troll

    Actually, it's had a dual-core linux server built-in since alpha-2. Just before feature freeze, the added a built-in IPv6 internet. Not the protocol; the internet.

  9. Re:May not be easy... on Making Babies In Space May Not Be Easy · · Score: 2, Funny

    All you have to do is find the G-spot, and it'll all be ok.

    A geek needs to find the g-spot for us to be OK? ZOMG, we're doomed!

  10. Re:The beginning bit is probably tricky too on Making Babies In Space May Not Be Easy · · Score: 4, Funny

    But no worries about who sleeps in the wet spot...

    Indeed. In space, everyone sleeps in the rain.

  11. I own symbolics on Internet's First Registered Domain Name Sold · · Score: 1

    You own a company called Symbolics

    I do? I mean... I do... I do own symbolics, yes.

    They're not in debt, are they?

  12. Re:EPIC FAIL on Internet's First Registered Domain Name Sold · · Score: 1

    Given that they were first, they didn't have a lot of failure/success stories to go on.

  13. Re:Suicide Rate in Japan on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    That's a pretty messed up view of the world. You do realise that there are huge countries outside of western civilisation that are very prosperous, advanced, and successful, right? Not to mention having been so for much longer than your nation has probably existed.

  14. Re:I doubt shaping.... on Drop in P2P Traffic Attributed To Traffic Shaping · · Score: 1

    More likely that mummy and daddy are home, and forcing little Timmy/Tammy to do their homework.

    That explanation I doubt, somehow.

  15. Re:Wait, so my depression is good? on Depression May Provide Cognitive Advantages · · Score: 1

    And they're dumb as a pair of sheep.

    The only relevance this has is that too many people think they're so smart that they can ignore wisdom and live on their intelligence. If anything, intelligence should be second place to wisdom in life.

  16. Re:Suicide Rate in Japan on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    The [suicide] rates among ethnic groups who built the most prosperous, high-quality societies (i. e., Western societies) are the highest in the world

    This should tell you something about the measurement of their "quality".

  17. Re:Time to fire all lawyers on Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email · · Score: 1

    Actually the reason for all caps in legal documents is that certain parts of the text are required to have greater visual emphasis relative to the rest of the document

    They should really drop the caps and write these parts across bare female breasts. The legal industry's reputation would surge to new highs virtually overnight.

  18. Re:2P on AMD Packs Six-Core Opteron Inside 40 Watts · · Score: 1

    I've seen it many times in UK confectionery stores.

  19. Re:Wow, news for nerds on Dad Builds 700 Pound Cannon for Son's Birthday · · Score: 1

    any 11 year old kid who's a civil war buff

    Clearly we have different definitions of "11 year-old" :)

  20. Re:Wow. on Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email · · Score: 1

    "office-like", even.

    I'm blaming my keyboard.

    Hmm. She really should have blamed the company for supplying her with a faulty keyboard ;)

  21. Wow. on Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is actually one of the better formatted emails I've seen. Much as I dislike off-like emails, it's verging on good information design rather than offensiveness or even ugliness.

    Also... when did people stop understanding the word "please"?

  22. Re:Size queens... on The Orange Goo That Could Save Your Laptop · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, because never in our history (cough, Great Pyramids, cough) have we humans ever been accused of having inadequacy issues.

    Actually, Lin Yutang accused us of it quite eloquently ;)

    A man seeing a hundred-story building often gets conceited, and the best way to cure that insufferable conceit is to transport that skyscraper in one's imagination to a little contemptible hill and learn a truer sense of what may and what may not be called
    "enormous."

  23. Re:OOS should never be used for war on Australian Defence Force Builds $1.7m Linux-Based Flight Simulator · · Score: 1

    And if you think hurting people is ever the right thing to do, we have little common understanding to base a discussion on, I'm sad to say, so it's best to just leave it here.

  24. Re:OOS should never be used for war on Australian Defence Force Builds $1.7m Linux-Based Flight Simulator · · Score: 1

    If you'd read my original comment on this, the problem then is fragmentation of the community.

  25. Re:OOS should never be used for war on Australian Defence Force Builds $1.7m Linux-Based Flight Simulator · · Score: 1

    Whoever modded this troll is an idiot. The GNU site itself discusses this issue as a valid concern.