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  1. Re:Tempting. Very tempting. on SpaceX Set To Create 300 New US Jobs and Expand Facilities · · Score: 1

    A lot of people put skins on the wall working in Los Alamos, NM.

  2. Record? on Students Hijack $80 Million Superyacht With GPS Spoofing · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anybody know what the fewest number of posts between the original and a dupe is?

  3. Questions from the summary on Drilling Begins At Lake Hidden Beneath Antarctic · · Score: 5, Funny

    The summary wasn't clear so my questions are: Is the water sterilized? How hot is the water in the hose? How long has the lake water been isolated? Also, Is the water sterilized? How hot is the water in the hose? How long has the lake water been isolated?

  4. Kind of like on Windows 8 Introduces a New Cross-App Data-Sharing System · · Score: 1

    Applescript?

  5. And they've tried it before on Netflix To Start Creating Original Content · · Score: 5, Informative

    from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix: "Through a division called Red Envelope Entertainment, Netflix licensed and distributed independent films such as Born into Brothels and Sherrybaby. As of late 2006, Red Envelope Entertainment also expanded into producing original content with filmmakers such as John Waters. Netflix announced plans to close Red Envelope Entertainment in 2008, in part to avoid competition with its studio partners."

  6. Re:Yeah but, on Spider-Like Catamaran Travels 5,000 Miles On One Tank · · Score: 1

    Hmm. I was aiming more for +1 funny (which I guess it wasn't) rather than +1 informative (which it certainly wasn't because I just made up a big number). I guess I should have thought up a funnier number. How about this: 750,000 gallons (US) which is equal to 25 gallons (Proteus marketing).

  7. Re:Yeah but, on Spider-Like Catamaran Travels 5,000 Miles On One Tank · · Score: 3, Funny

    325,000 gallons

  8. Re:Dupe on Researchers Developing Single-Pixel Camera · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shh. We can score some karma by copying the +5 posts from the original story.

  9. Let's hope they're not like us on Detection of Earth-like Civilizations in Space Now Possible · · Score: 4, Funny

    The signals we'd pick up from a civilization similar to ours would be viagra spam and Saved by the Bell reruns. So disappointing it might set back space exploration by centuries.

  10. my cd purchases have decreased on Does File-Sharing Really Hurt the Music Biz? · · Score: 1

    Since 1993 purchases of cds has dwindled to 0% of my music buying. Presently, 100% of my music buying is done via Itunes and other legal outlets. Did he count me as one of the pirates?

  11. Let's hope the interface is better on DirecTV's New HD-DVR · · Score: 2, Informative

    As an owner of both a DirecTV Tivo unit and a DirecTV Plus DVR, I can attest to the fact that the Tivo's interface is miles ahead of DirecTV's homegrown option in terms of usability and features. My hope is this will improve over time.

  12. Re:Switching from Ubuntu to OS X on Nerds Switching from Apple to Ubuntu? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like we just need to find one more Ubuntu to Mac OS X switcher and, since the switchers will cancel each other out, this article will cease to exist.

  13. Re:DIE LIBERTARIAN DIE! on Mandriva Fires Founder Gael Duval, Who Plans to Sue · · Score: 1

    Flamebait and insightful. What's a mod to do?

  14. Re:its not my sqls job to gaurentee data integrity on MySQL Beats Commercial Databases in Labs Test · · Score: 1

    If MySQL was so bad or so lacking, then nobody would use it.

    Then explain the popularity of Windows.

  15. Shut up, all of you. on Symantec Restricts Crypto Export · · Score: 1

    There might be foriegners reading this for pete's sake. Let's meet up on IRC in the USA Room (and canada).

  16. Dubious Methodology on The Prodigy Puzzle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought Professor Lucas had once and for all established that measuring midichlorian counts in the child's blood are the only true way to determine if said child is in fact a prodigy. Please see the Jedi archives for further reading on the subject.

  17. Re:Since it doesn't have to be science fiction on Space.com's Top 10 Space Movies of All Time · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Absolutely. One of my favorite movies of all time. The Right Stuff is actually about outer space and the trials and tribulations of reaching it. Most of the list are just soap operas with spaceships.

  18. Re:What I want from Apple on Intel Mac OS X Catches Up With Older Brother · · Score: 1

    If I want to put it on a $300 box or a $3000 box shouldn't matter to Apple.

    If we brush capitalism aside, then yes, I guess you're right. Keep in mind that the more $3000 machines they sell, rather than $300 ones, the more likely they'll be able to stay afloat and/or keep maintaining high standards for their software. Making something "just work" costs money.

  19. Re:Little too late folks! on 'NBC Nightly News' to Be Shown on Internet · · Score: 1

    A quick Google of internet usage reveals this report from the Department of Commerce that says that only 18.6% of U.S. households had internet access by 1997 and only 4.4% of households had broadband access by the year 2000.

    Sounds like your subdivision is quite the bleeding edge.

  20. Re:Little too late folks! on 'NBC Nightly News' to Be Shown on Internet · · Score: 1

    bandwidth?

  21. sniffle on Blizzcon Writeup · · Score: 5, Funny

    All that text and Firefox's Find function (it's not like I was going to read the whole thing) couldn't locate one single reference to Diablo. Oh well.

  22. here's the image on Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms to Anyone Under 18 · · Score: 1

    I don't know who's more pathetic: you, because you've obviously been casing the Amazon underwear ads, or me, because I clicked on the link, noticed that Amazon has apparently taken it down, and then Googled for it and found it here.

    sigh.

  23. Re:General Grievous? on Episode III Deleted Scenes Leaked Online · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to the latest issue of Star Wars Insider, which I...uh...borrowed from my little brother, Lucas came up with the idea of Grievous coughing before the Clone Wars cartoon. He wanted to show that there was still some non-robotic aspect to Grievous and that the technology used to keep him alive was less than perfect. (Foreshadowing of Vader's outfit.) They added the Mace Windu incident to Clone Wars as a way of explaining the cough.

  24. Re:Hmm.. just maybe... on MP3 Company Refuses to Pay Swedish Copyright Levy · · Score: 1

    "And I pray
    Oh my god do I pray
    I pray every single day
    FOR A REVOLUTION"

    Four non blondes


    Got a Torrent?

  25. Mac virus not necessarily a bad thing on Ready For the Big Mac Virus? · · Score: 3, Funny

    In keeping with the style of the platform itself, the first OS X virus will no doubt be stylish and easy to use but still accessible via a command line for those who like to get their hands dirty. In fact, most people won't want to get rid of it and some will pay a premium for it.