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  1. Poor Debbie... on 'Sister Clones' Of Dolly The Sheep Have Aged Like Any Other Sheep, Study Says (npr.org) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Debbie Downer and her arthritis... ~wah wah waahhhhhhh~

  2. Computers aren't good at everything on Australia To Grade Written Essays In National Exam With Cognitive Computing · · Score: 1

    It's very difficult to explain to the average person the difference between a computer problem that is simple and one that is virtually impossible. Obligatory xkcd... https://xkcd.com/1425/

  3. Thank god on Legislation Would Force Radio Stations To Pay Royalties · · Score: 2

    Now I can finally sleep at night, knowing that those poor, starving artists are being properly compensated...

  4. Didn't meet their standard... on China Rejects 545,000 Tons of US Genetically Modified Corn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently the melamine powder content was too low...

  5. Re:Coz? on MMO Fan Site Removes Character Stats Over Trademark Claim · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not sure I would seriously consider legal threats received via email, period.

  6. Obvious outcome on SkyDrive 3.0: Microsoft Gave Up Fighting Apple's 30% Cut · · Score: 1

    Things came to a quick resolution after Steve Ballmer threatened to throw a chair at Tim Cook.

  7. Eww. on How To Hunt a Cicada Smorgasbord · · Score: 2

    I know food prices have gone up a lot recently, but damn.

  8. Or... on Sony Marketing Man Tweets PS3 Master Key · · Score: 2, Insightful

    His twitter account probably got hacked.

  9. Re:And the answer is... on What Happened To Obama's Open Source Adviser? · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.google.com/search?q=recursion Check out the "Did you mean:" option.

  10. Amicus Curiae on ACLU Sues Over Legality of "Targeted Killing" By Drones · · Score: 1

    The ACLU needs to recruit Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nick Stahl for this one.

  11. Re:That's ~6959 miles for the metric impaired on Small Bird Astounds Scientists With 11,200km Flight · · Score: 1

    THey are so big that you stop imagening how big it is.

    That's what she said.

  12. Re:Significantly bright LEDs are very expensive on DoE Announces 'L Prize' For Solid-State Lighting · · Score: 1

    Plus you have the fact that CFL's have mercury in them that you are dumping right into a landfill. Most human-related mercury emissions come from coal-based power plants, so reducing energy consumption through use of CFL's can actually reduce overall mercury emissions. http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_light/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdf
  13. Re:Sooo..... on DoE Announces 'L Prize' For Solid-State Lighting · · Score: 1

    Which part of "light emitting diode" matches with "liquid crystal"?

  14. Re:invented bungee jumping eh? on NASA Builds a Cheap Standardized Space Probe · · Score: 1

    And if you click on the link in the Wikipedia article for "Dangerous Sports Club", the group that performed the first modern bungee jump, you'll see that Alan Weston was one of the four founding members.

  15. Re:$4 million to make it work... on NASA Builds a Cheap Standardized Space Probe · · Score: 2

    most of their key employees were/are from other countries... So basically you're saying that they are American then...
  16. Re:He might not, but here's my work on Gravity Lamp Grabs Green Prize · · Score: 1

    The math works out fine.. you just have to operate the lamp at about 220 G's.

  17. The real question is... on How to Say Goodbye to Old Hard Drives? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will it blend?

  18. Re:Wow? on First Details of Windows 7 Emerge · · Score: 1

    How do you expect them to fit all that DRM code into 8MB of RAM?

  19. 800+ Mbps of theoretical bandwidth.... on Wi-Fi Times Sixteen · · Score: 1

    But if it's like every other wireless device, you'll see 40% of that at most. I'd be happy if my 54Mbps wireless ran at 75% of it's theoretical speed.