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  1. Re:Scalzi on Stross on ST on Why Charles Stross Hates Star Trek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, Jesus. That was actually an episode? I remembered that story, but attributed it acute food poisoning and hallucinations.

    Feel the agony...

    SUMMARY: Tom Paris, navigator of the starship Voyager, discovers a way to travel at warp 10. Which, until now, was apparently a "theoretical impossibility", and means the same thing as achieving "infinite velocity". His test flight is a raging success, except for the part where he mutates and his body can no longer process oxygen or water, and his head expands to twice its normal size and various body parts fall off. The holographic Doctor races to find a cure, but not before Paris kidnaps Captain Janeway, subjects her to a warp 10 shuttle flight, and causes them both to mutate into... no, no, it's just too stupid. You'll never believe me if I just blurt it out like this. Read the whole recap, and just maybe you'll believe an ending this idiotic was actually scripted and filmed.

  2. Re:As a 20-something... on Marge Simpson Poses For Playboy · · Score: 1

    Why would they think this appeals to 20-somethings? The show has been on for 20 years. Its audience is probably older (on the order of late 30s to early 40s), although most data on demographics that I can find gives a rating to a very broad demographic of 18 to 49. There is certainly nothing particularly cutting edge about the show today. Years ago, yes.

  3. Re:Moderators, are you all friggin' retards? on SSL Still Mostly Misunderstood, Even By the Pros · · Score: 2, Funny
  4. Re:netcraft didn't confirm but Perl is dying on Perl 5.11.0 Released · · Score: 1
    Perhaps we could get the name of that with a handy function, like:

    get_real_name_of_this_language();

    Maybe?

  5. Re:Wow on Exoplanet Has Showers of Pebbles · · Score: 1

    RoboCop... I bought mine at the same time I got the anti-theft system that electrocutes the would-be thief!

  6. It's only fair... on Computers To Mark English Essays · · Score: 1

    ...they can write them, why not grade them?

  7. Re:Least of our problems on Cops Play Wii During Undercover Drug Raid · · Score: 1

    ...if you say that I'm from "such and such college," they'll let you go.

    really now mate. That works?

  8. Re:Story at 11... on Blizzard Offers Look Inside WoW At GDC · · Score: 5, Funny

    You wouldn't be surprised at the number of people who DO try to run application servers underneath their own desk in the corporate world.

    All you need is a post-it note saying "do not turn off!! SERVER!!!!"

  9. Re:MacOS 9 on Old Operating Systems Never Die · · Score: 1

    Gmail does have a basic HTML version... I am not sure, but I assume the link to that version would be at least visible in your browser?

  10. Re:And we should attack the FSF... on FSF Attacks Windows 7's "Sins" In New Campaign · · Score: 2, Funny

    (Chris Hansen enters room) Why don't you just have a seat right over there...

  11. Re:No... on Global Warming To Be Put On Trial? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Here's one anyway, regarding the banning of the film from viewing in British schools: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7037671.stm

  12. Re:Let me be the first to say it on Nearby, Recent Interplanetary Collision Inferred · · Score: 1

    "I'm not inferring anything. You infer; I imply."

    "Imply, Lisa? Or implode?"

  13. I would have suspected the opposite on Times Are Tough For Nigerian Scammers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would have suspected that Americans might have fallen prey more easily. Hard times can lead to more desperate measures.

    Or maybe people are turning off their Internet service...

  14. Re:Asymmetrical warfare on Twitter, Facebook DDoS Attack Targeted One User · · Score: 1

    How do we know you're not in the employ of Putin himself? Answer the question, eldavojohn! Produce your birth certificate!

    Don't wait for the translation! Answer me now!

  15. Re:flexible ad-hoc projects is the wave of the fut on The Rise of the Digital Nomad · · Score: 1

    ...the digital nomad also cut loose all links with cubicle nation, including the employee contract. Instead, they work on agile projects, where groups of people can dynamically recombine online...

    Yes, but can they monetize that synergy using the cloud computing paradigm?

  16. Re:What is it with meetings? on Manager's Schedule vs. Maker's Schedule · · Score: 1

    I started showing up at meetings pronto to "keep the company on track with IT and software projects". It was worth it to waste 8 hours a week in meetings to avoid months upon months on projects initiated by people who had no clue how technology works.

    Maybe you could just send in a Teddy Ruxpin that loops a tape of you saying "NO..."?

  17. Re:Bought one, then wrote one on Forty Years of Lunar Lander · · Score: 1

    So how many games did you write that lasted forty years?

    And you haven't run out of fuel yet?

  18. Re:Great advertising for new versions! on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 1

    "red coat" gets a Troll -1? What, too soon?

  19. Sounds familiar.... on Repulsive Force Discovered In Light · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a bipolar light force with both an attractive and repulsive component...

    Just like my ex-girlfriend!

  20. Re:First Nuclear Weapon Equipped Post on Microsoft vs. Google — Mutually Assured Destruction · · Score: 1, Funny

    You are obviously a dead-brained, right-wing, Limbaugh-listening, Intelligent-Design-believing "tard". I, for one, anxiously await your "Flamebait" and "Troll" moderations!

  21. Re:Is this the photo of... on Obama Photog Says "You're Both Wrong" To AP & Fairey · · Score: 1

    ...the GOP Bench is stacked deep with David's ready to slay Obama's Goliath.

    Do you remember that David won that contest? I don't think that was the point you were making...

  22. No need... on Can Bill Gates Prevent the Next Katrina? · · Score: 1

    ...George Bush caused Katrina, and he's out of office now.

  23. Re:How will they know.. on Can Bill Gates Prevent the Next Katrina? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They will hire the same guys that count how many jobs Barack Obama has saved!

  24. Re:Existing lines on US Finalizes Stem Cell Research Guidelines · · Score: 1

    olives should be eaten off the vine

    Oh no, no. No no no no no no.

    Man, I hope this doesn't erupt in a flame-fest in this otherwise uncontroversial thread.

  25. Re:lasers? on Incandescent Bulbs Return To the Cutting Edge · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the law has become a case study of the way government regulation can inspire technical innovation

    Maybe Congress should mandate warp drive, since it's so good at inspiring technical innovation?