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  1. Re:wtf on Super-Strong Synthetic Muscles Developed · · Score: 1

    "No one at Microsoft has ever had anyone murdered."

    Unless you count the slow death they impose on people day-by-day.

  2. Re:what is the definition of "safely" ? on The Physics Behind Car Crashes · · Score: 1

    Guys, guys. Listen to grandma. Did no one read the study? (The somewhat flawed study btw). Part of the reason children are harmed in SUV roll-overs is that 41% of the children in them, during accidents, were NOT restrained (read in their seatbelts)! Now call me old-fashioned, buy REALLY how stupid can you get. Apparently parents who can earn enough money to buy the bohemoths are not smart enough to tie their kids down. Or perhaps they are just to busy and caught up in the effort to afford gasoline to take the minutes out of their hectic schedules to ensure everyone's safety.

  3. Re:Not Suprising... on Gender Gap in Computer Science Growing · · Score: 1

    Said by a person who obviously doesn't know squat about test design. GIGO. Grandma.

  4. Re:Daughters on Gender Gap in Computer Science Growing · · Score: 1

    I think you are right on the money. Why on earth would one want a job where you have to compete with people happy to make a few hundre dollars a week. Maybe... just maybe... women are smarter and have figured out which side of the bread substitute the icky wax is on. Grandma.

  5. Oh, no it will be spreading on Microsoft Loses Two Key Executives · · Score: 1

    This is not what it seems. This is a virus releasing clones of itself. These seemingly innocent executives will find some unsuspecting cell--I mean company-- and infect it. Thus spreading the virulent culture that we have come to know as Micro$oft.

  6. Vanity phone recognition on Cell Phones Learn to Recognize Their Owners' Faces · · Score: 1

    "Cell phone, cell phone on the wall, whose the fairest...". Personally, I'd like my phone to recognize me and offer moral support like "Hey, you don't look too bad today. Chin up, Ole Gal."

  7. Hey Bill.... over here. Osborne for mere $24k on Gates Donates $15M to Preserve Computing History · · Score: 1

    Bill, to get the museum off to the right start, I am willing to part with my beloved Osborne luggable. (Think portable sewing machine at about 24 pounds.) The screen is an attractive green 5 inch beauty. And as an added plus there are two floppy drives and a selection of floppies: each of which can hold almost 10 pages of text. Wordstar and SuperCalc included.

  8. Re:Don't Panic on Deadly Version of Bird Flu Found in Romania · · Score: 1

    My Heavens Man! You've totally missed the point. Have you no children. No grandchildren! Don't you realize what this is going to do to the price of a Chicken MacNugget Happy Meal! If the disease spreads through the avian population, and millions of birds are killed, the American economy will come to a complete halt. Imagine this: nuggets cannot be found at any price. Families stop going to Ronnie Mac's. (Afterall, we only go because of the threat of boo-boo faces.) RonnieMac then stops buying billions of potatos. Washington state and Idaho declare bankruptcy. China declares the same after billions of dollars of orders for cheap McMeal toys are cancelled. My lord, man, it will be another dark ages.

  9. Bogus Report? Teen Chat Rms Still up and running on Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms to Anyone Under 18 · · Score: 1

    Don't know what's up but if you look up Yahoo Teen Chat those places still exist.

  10. Re:Religion and the Ignoranti on The People Vs. Common Sense · · Score: 1

    Well, then you know that long before Christianity came along that people found lots of reasons to kill one another that didn't involve religion. [Thus the 'religion' connection.] I particularly like the Franks. Their favorite targets were usually siblings. No religion there. Just greed. Also would add that the U.S. is in several foreign countries killing people, and I don't think religion has anything to do with it... unless having an SUV counts.

  11. Religion and the Ignoranti on The People Vs. Common Sense · · Score: 1

    Pleeaase. Those of you discussing religion from either point of view haven't a clue about what you are talking about because you have NO historical basis on which to make these statements. For those of you who are anti-religion, perhaps you should read some of the Roman histories (Tacitus or Caesar, or some of the earlier stuff), or perhaps Gregory of Tours "History of the Franks", or perhaps something about Alexander the Great and his dad. ---and nobody has mentioned money (which I might suggest is the real 'god' of the majority of those who rant here. Hmmm.)

  12. Cursing and Class/status on Cursing as Peephole Into Brain Architecture · · Score: 1

    What about cursing and cultural/class status? As a young lady (many moons ago) I was taught that nice people curse in French. Vulgar people resort to the anglo-saxon.

  13. And Now For A Totally Different View on Dutch to Open Electronic Files on Children · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Leaving the privacy and political issues far behind... as a former Early Medieval Historian, I find this project absolutely fascinating and exciting. Imagine having this comprehensive database to examine in the future. So much of what we understand about England in the past comes from the Doomsday Book data, and this would be so much more comprehensive. (Think of the dissertations!)

  14. Re:Reading neigbor's "Ideal" cupboard on The End of the Bar Code · · Score: 1

    I think you're right. People *WILL* read what is in someone else's home. AND as a response, people will buy the RFID's for really expensive articles they can't really afford (not the item, mind you, only the tag) to drive their neighbors wild.

  15. Establishment of Religion on US Copyright Office Considering MSIE-only website · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't there something in the Constitution about no Government establishment of religion? 'nuf said