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  1. Re:0/0 can be many things... on Professor Comes Up With a Way to Divide by Zero · · Score: 1
    What is sin(x)/x when x = 0? Now sin(0) = 0, so surely the answer to this should be Nullity?


    No, I believe you misunderstood that Calc 1 example. It's not when x equals 0, it's as x approaches 0.

    sin(0)/0 is still undefined in modern calculus.
  2. Re:Ohforfucksake on Millimeter-Wave Weapon Certified For Use In Iraq · · Score: 1

    So torture _is_ okay, in small amounts. Got it.

  3. Re:A hell of a lot was left out.. on KOTOR Will Rise Again · · Score: 4, Informative
  4. Uh. on Bungie Promises "Big News" Next Week · · Score: 4, Funny

    A future announcement? This is totally unexpected. Shouldn't they have previously announced that they would make an announcement of impending announcement?

  5. FUD Indeed on Sun Open Sources Java Under GPL · · Score: 1
    And I'm sorry to say this but Star Wars isn't real.

    Mod parent -1: Liar.
  6. Re:OK kids, it's not funny anymore on Foundation Commissions $50 Million Online Study · · Score: 1

    But you can't just block all instances of 'itsatrap' - what if the good Admiral really did want to warn you?

    For that matter, what if Ackbar himself is behind today?

  7. Yeah, I know it's off-topic on A Truly Open Linux Phone · · Score: 1

    But, for the record, this was indeed tagged 'itsnotatrap' before 'itsatrap'.

    Your efforts at countering today's 'itsatrap' initiative, while numerically significant, aren't really helping.

  8. Yes. on Adobe and Mozilla Foundation Collaborate on ECMAScript · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  9. Re:Hey, Linux weenies! on New Zero-Day Vulnerability In Windows · · Score: 1

    Interesting indeed. My conclusion: people have to check the internet to find what's wrong with Windows more often than people have to check to see what's wrong with Mac or Linux.

  10. Re:Whoa! on Vista to Allow "One Significant" Hardware Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Each line was one syllable too short to be valid haiku.

  11. Re:Isn't this old? on The 20 Worst Games Ever · · Score: 1

    Yeah. I saw it in the real, tangible magazine about 1.5-2 years ago.

  12. Mod parent up on Changes in Earth's Orbit Linked to Extinctions · · Score: 1

    Oh...wait...

  13. Googlefight on EU Rejects Spam Maker's Trademark Bid · · Score: 1

    So Googlefighting can establish law now? Cool.

  14. IE vs. Firefox on Google Code Search Reveals Dark Corners · · Score: 1

    Your search - "firefox sucks" - did not match any documents.
    Did you mean to search for "IE sucks"?

    Seriously though -
    Search: "IE sucks"
    Results 1 - 10 of about 30,200.
    Search: "firefox sucks"
    Your search - "firefox sucks" - did not match any documents.

  15. Re:Peace Prize? on 2006 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded · · Score: 1

    You know there are Nobel Prizes other than the Nobel Peace Prize, right? And that the Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prize in general?

  16. Re:Well... on RIAA Wants to Include Song Files it Can't Produce · · Score: 1

    Wait, so if I download a song from someone who actually works for the RIAA, or a movie from someone who works for the MPAA, I'm asking them to make me a copy of the file, and they do - and being the holders of copyright, there's nothing illegal here, right?

  17. Re:Boo-Hoo on Facebook Scrambles after Unexpected Privacy Fumble · · Score: 1

    Indeed - it gave information about every specific thing that somebody did on Facebook. This is why I made a group with the sole intention of fouling up the feed system, and subsequently left and rejoined the group about 30 times. Unfortunately, this was only yesterday, so instead of seeing the resounding "WTF" from everyone in my network the next day, I saw the open letter from Mark Zuckerberg.

  18. Pick one or the other... on Cloned Beef Coming Soon? · · Score: 1

    "That would end all the ethical issues with raising an animal for food, potential issues from mad cow disease, bird flu and whatever the next media induced panic is."

    So these things weren't threats at all (media-induced panic), but you think cloned food is a good idea just because they save us from these non-existent threats? Eh?

    Not that I'm afraid of any of those, or that I think cloned beef is a bad idea, but you contradict your reasons for supporting it, do you not?

  19. I win on Microsoft Puts Police Link on Messenger · · Score: 1

    So I guess it's to my advantage that, without an MSN Instant Messenger account, I can't be falsely reported, even by a brute-forcing worm.

    By the way, what happens if you report someone outside the jurisdiction of Britain?

  20. Re:Steroids, Hell on NASA Learns Anew From the Apollo Program · · Score: 1

    They're both performance enhancing drugs.

  21. Not all of it on NASA Learns Anew From the Apollo Program · · Score: 1

    Well, I guess they won't be learning from this part of the Apollo program...

  22. Re:ugh on Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans · · Score: 1

    >Evolution is a theory. Some basic damn education in school would help you, apparently.

    The heliocentric theory is a theory. Some basic, damn, reading the words in "heliocentric theory" might help you.

    Or maybe not.

  23. Be careful what you wish for on Free Visual Novel Design Engine Released · · Score: 2, Funny
    What I wouldn't give for...Day of the Tentacle...


    Hentai was mentioned in the summary. I wouldn't ask for anyone using this tool to make anything involving tentacles.
  24. Re:great idea for toilets! on 'Big Brother' Eyes Make Us Act More Honestly · · Score: 1

    Ah, hadn't seen that one. We used to hang "Christopher Walken is watching you pee" signs, however.

  25. Re:So confused... on Definition of Planet to be Announced in September · · Score: 1

    From what I've heard over the last decade, I guess it could be My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas, eXcept 1 Sausage.

    After all, after the first nine, there's Xena, Setna, and the not-prominently-named 1996TL66, all of which have been the "10th planet" in major news media.

    I have to wonder what the next 10th planet will be called...