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  1. Re:High pressure? on How Chrysler's Battery-Less Hybrid Minivan Works · · Score: 1

    bugger the ethical treatment of gases.

    i finally found a way to make popping candy!

    when pressure cookers just aren't enough.

  2. Re:Updated TOS on Italian Consumer Watchdog Sues Microsoft Over 'Windows Tax' · · Score: 1

    well... it's possible considering how fast OSX runs on a commodity PC.

  3. this just in on Chinese Stealth Fighter Jet May Use US Technology · · Score: 1

    the codename is "Chinese Whisper".

    (any Americans present - this is what the British world call your game "telephone")

  4. Re:No surprise on Chinese Stealth Fighter Jet May Use US Technology · · Score: 2

    brilliant!

    even if it were true, it's so stealthy that we couldn't see one to prove it :)

  5. Re:sad thing is ... on Laser Incidents With Aircraft On the Rise · · Score: 1

    considering how people in my town react to a few beers, i'm kinda glad i'm not dealing with armed dickheads too.

  6. Re:sad thing is ... on Laser Incidents With Aircraft On the Rise · · Score: 1

    cuz tha po-lice always got somethin stupid ta say

  7. Re:sad thing is ... on Laser Incidents With Aircraft On the Rise · · Score: 1

    parent obviously never saw that bit in Live Free Or Die Hard

    "you took out a chopper with a car"

    "i ran out of bullets"

  8. Re:sad thing is ... on Laser Incidents With Aircraft On the Rise · · Score: 1

    they'll accidentally what?

  9. Re:Good lord... on New Mega-Leak Reveals Middle East Peace Process · · Score: 1

    you must be exceedingly old then :)

    i consider myself more a social democrat than a capitalist. all letters are created equal, and should not get special treatment simply because of the position they were born in (ie, at the start of a sentence or some nouns, or in titles.)

    you should read me resume.

  10. Re: What's missing from this article? on America Losing Its Edge In Innovation · · Score: 1

    in electrical engineering, removing a bias is exceedingly simple.

  11. Re:What's missing from this article? on America Losing Its Edge In Innovation · · Score: 1

    i love how this got modded flamebait on what's ostensibly a tech forum...

  12. Re:What's missing from this article? on America Losing Its Edge In Innovation · · Score: 1

    the ability to make informed decisions is not exclusive to technocracy (which, yes, is a masturbatory fantasy along with probably any utopian idea).

  13. Re:What's missing from this article? on America Losing Its Edge In Innovation · · Score: 1

    i would hold the slightly different view that Art is Engineering without an apparent practical use...

  14. Re: LOL, "End Of Days" on New Mega-Leak Reveals Middle East Peace Process · · Score: 1

    Internet = astroturf, banner ads, malware, lots of porn, more malware, torrents, lolcats and the true voice of the people.

    and memes. lots of them.

  15. Re:Good lord... on New Mega-Leak Reveals Middle East Peace Process · · Score: 1

    the US has dropped more nukes on itself than it has on the rest of the world.

  16. Re:Good lord... on New Mega-Leak Reveals Middle East Peace Process · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the optimism, vigour, idealism and basically cocky precociousness of youth can explain all those achievements.

    "kids" is not necessarily derogatory. just look at any old person who envies the youth that have overtaken them.

    however, i fear the USA has now entered adolescence and is more concerned with yelling at it's mum and sitting in it's room listening to terrible music and blaming everyone but itself...

  17. Re:Excellent on Biotech Company Making Fossil Fuels With a 'Library' of Bacteria · · Score: 1

    1. you can fit 3 car seats in a 1988 corolla

    2. why would you have 3 kids? is this a RAID3 design with redundancy?

    i still reserve the right to crap on suburban mums in their SUVs. i can't see a need for them unless their kids as so fat they need the V8 just to move them.

  18. Re:Satellite photos please. . ? on Greenland Ice Sheet Melts At Record Rate In 2010 · · Score: 1

    tl;dr...

    here's a summary:

    we need evidence! show us the evidence!

    someone (who?) is manipulating us for some end! (what?).

    oh, and here's a crackpot theory with no evidence...

  19. Re:Form a plan on Greenland Ice Sheet Melts At Record Rate In 2010 · · Score: 1

    if i could keep my big mouth shut, i would have modded you up just for your sig.

  20. Re:Melt Rate on Greenland Ice Sheet Melts At Record Rate In 2010 · · Score: 1

    quit being rational! you're messing up our fun!

  21. Re:Sigh on Greenland Ice Sheet Melts At Record Rate In 2010 · · Score: 1

    sometimes i like to think that they're all fake trolls who can't seriously believe what they're saying.

  22. Re:Doesnt matter if it is a cycle or not. on Greenland Ice Sheet Melts At Record Rate In 2010 · · Score: 1

    why would anyone waste modpoints on an AC? no payoff there.

    unless what you said was really clever and insightful... oh, wait... it wasn't

  23. Re:The new abortion on Greenland Ice Sheet Melts At Record Rate In 2010 · · Score: 1

    "Sex, religion, politics - not possible to discuss in public"

    good thing we're (supposedly) talking about science and peer review. ...oops.

  24. Re:Faraday Cage? on New Red Dwarf Series Threatened By the Twitter Era · · Score: 1

    this.

    it might be tricky with things like radio mics and such, but i can imagine they can hide the gear in a quiet corner inside the cage. i'm surprised the faraday cage thing hasn't been done at many other venues where mobile phones are an annoyance.

    of course they could post the scripts online before taping, or release artwork, modes, stills or synopses before the fact where, while not giving anything away, provide a value-add and enough of an appetizer to prevent people spoiling it.

    i think the main fandom will not particularly want to watch the show as taped on an iPhone by an amateur without the context of the final cut-together show with VFX and enough editing to hide the goofs.

    producers (rather, those working under them) need to start promoting creative ways around a technological problem. then they might create new revenue streams rather than "losing" money and control to a studio audience.

    also... if the show manages to screen, the tweets will be coming at the same time as the show is. who's gonna watch twitter rather than the show?

  25. Re:I suppose this explains why... on Australian Government Denies Microsoft Bias In OOXML Choice · · Score: 1

    the patch for that attack is due to be deployed in 3 months