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  1. Re:Best described with song on Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update · · Score: 1

    +1 Offensively Cute

  2. Re:some telltale phrases, eula by and for fanboys. on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 1

    Do not use 15 year olds as your legal counsel! Funny, that tactic seems to work for most Ask Slashdot submissions...
  3. Re:Bad pun... on Porn Spammers Get Five Years Each · · Score: 1

    Heh... just don't drop that packet in the shower, boys...

  4. Re:Augmentation of senses on Headband Gives Wearer "Sixth-Sense" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Aha... but it was invented by the Japanese... and I know why: Takeshi's Castle

  5. Obligatory... on Your Chance to be an Astronaut · · Score: 1

    Reporter: Uh, question for the barbecue chef: Don't you think there is an inherent danger in sending underqualified civilians into outer space?
    Homer: I'll field this one. The only danger is if they send us to that terrible Planet of the Apes...

  6. Re:Just in time too on Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 1

    Your Star Wars reference is slightly ironic: I read "vacuum bomb" and immediately thought of Mega-Maid...

  7. Re:ahem.... are you sure? on Retailer Refuses Hardware Repair Due To Linux · · Score: 1

    And who said turning off the auto sleep does not also void your warranty? If it is within the functionality the vendor supplied to you, and it causes that problem, then the goods are not fit for purpose and you should be entitled to repair/refund.
  8. Re:Gmail on Deep Packet Inspection and Net Neutrality · · Score: 4, Informative

    There should be a firefox plug-in that will automatically redirect you to the https url whenever you try to go through the http url. There is - it's called Greasemonkey with the GMailSecure script.
  9. Re:Encryption on Deep Packet Inspection and Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Easy...

    1. Install the Greasemonkey Add-On for Firefox
    2. Install the GMailSecure script for Greasemonkey
    3. Profit!

    Tweak script parameters as required for Calendar, Apps-For-Your-Domain, etc. etc.

  10. Re:How bad can it be? on The Real Problem With Alexa · · Score: 1

    How about this one... two drums and a cymbal walk into a bar...

  11. Re:Save the Fish on Boeing Helping to Develop Algae-Powered Jet · · Score: 1

    algae exerts downward pressure on fish populations And the award for euphemism of the day goes to... Red Flayer. Your prize is a new career as a Whitehouse spin-doctor.
  12. Re:Economics on Bill Gates Should Buy Your Buffer Overruns · · Score: 1

    No, he's actually saying Microsoft has a lot of dead weight to lose...

  13. Re:Cooler... on Diamonds Are a Fuel Cell's Best Friend · · Score: 1

    Well if the 50-100 C range in TFS is to be believed, it'll be a darn sight cooler than some of those Sony laptop batteries...

  14. Re:uh oh... on MIT Finds Cure For Fear · · Score: 1

    A healthy dose of caution (based on fear) will save lives -- and for the US at least, minimization of loss of soldiers' lives is a prime determinant of strategy... I would imagine the smaller side of any asymmetric war would benefit from fearlessness. Anyone care to speculate how the Cuban Missile Crisis might've turned out had this been discovered by one (or both) side(s) half a century ago?
  15. Re:So how long did the mice survive? on MIT Finds Cure For Fear · · Score: 1


    Conspiracy theorists believe the funding was provided by a group of cats ...

    Rubbish. Cats have no interest in curing fear, they're far too busy looking for the cure to curiosity.
  16. Re:Not news...I found this years ago on MIT Finds Cure For Fear · · Score: 3, Funny

    As in, "some people cause accidents, and some accidents cause people" ?

  17. Re:And on Neutral Net Needs Twice the Bandwidth of Tiered · · Score: 1

    It is still faster and less expensive, for me to own, insure, and operate a car where I live than it is to use public transit. Shame - where I live, public transport is both cheaper and faster than owning your own car. Buses get priority lanes and can drive right through the city in a matter of minutes, even during rush hour. Plus parking is a real nightmare, petrol costs a fortune and . The fixed routes and timetables introduce a certain degree of inflexibility, but I can live with that - I save enough money by not owning a car that I could afford to hire one every second weekend if needed and still come out ahead.
  18. Re:Italians? on Compound From Olive-Pomace Oil Inhibits HIV Spread · · Score: 0

    I'm going to go out on a limb here, and suggest that maybe, just maybe, that has something to do with the Vatican banning the use of condoms. What with Italy being a predominantly Catholic country with a reputation for promiscuity, and all.

    Although they would have you believe that condoms don't stop aids anyway.

  19. Re:But but but on NASA Purchases $19M Russian Space Toilet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Obligatory Red Meat...

  20. Re:As they say... on Perpetual Energy Machine Getting Lots of Attention · · Score: 1

    Ahh grasshopper, so you see he is not yet a master... for in true zen-enlightenment style, the more one works on lethargy, the further one is from achieving it.

  21. Re:Well, the good thing is that on Perpetual Energy Machine Getting Lots of Attention · · Score: 1

    Actually, you could patent a perpetual motion machine. You just have to present the actual device to the patent office:

    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/document s/0600_608_03.htm Apparently you should search a little more thoroughly. From the same site:

    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/document s/0700_706_03_a.htm#sect706.03a

    And I quote:

    II. UTILITY

    A rejection on the ground of lack of utility includes the more specific grounds of inoperativeness, involving perpetual motion.


    Or if the patent examiner is inclined to humor your application, see:

    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/m odels.htm

    A working model, or other physical exhibit, may be required by the Office if deemed necessary. This is not done very often. A working model may be requested in the case of applications for patent for alleged perpetual motion devices.


    And in case you're wondering, here in the EU we don't stand for that shit either.
  22. Re:Mr. Madison... on Perpetual Energy Machine Getting Lots of Attention · · Score: 4, Funny

    CoE is, in a sense, a consequence of time. As opposed to the Orbo, which is simply a waste of it...
  23. Re:No science on Whirling Twirling Propeller Trike · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can I hire that thing to get rid of my evil enemy Mr. Naughty? Well, Hans Reiser is otherwise occupied, so yeah, why not go with Plan B?

    (cue the smell of burning karma courtesy of humorless mods)...
  24. Re:Why is DVD Jon focused on Apple? on Free the iPhone from AT&T · · Score: 1

    The guy is a modern-day Robin Hood. You still have to respect his "stick it to The Man" talents, regardless of what he calls himself or who is today's choice for "Sherriff of Nottingham"...

  25. Re:Countdown until AoMP3 reappears in China/Brasil on Allofmp3 Shut Down, Again · · Score: 1

    Because your alternative is to give it to some other "legitimate business" that support the RIAA.

    Choose your cartel.