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  1. Re:A Poor Tradeoff on Sony Defends Rumble Loss · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Rotation is distinctly different from translation.

  2. Re:Close... on Programming in Lua 2nd Edition · · Score: 1

    Oh baby. We gotta go now.

  3. Re:Seinfeld on Wired's Very Short Stories · · Score: 1

    Yup. Classic Seinfeld. I feel like I am expected to laugh, but it isn't actually funny.

  4. Re:Slashdot epitomized, contest over. on Wired's Very Short Stories · · Score: 1

    Of course it runs netBSD.

  5. Got it where it counts on Cell Phone Use May Be Bad For Your Sperm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, what I lack in quality, I make up for in quantity.

  6. Re:Core 2 Duo on Apple Unveils MacBook Pro with Core 2 Duo · · Score: 1

    Now that's just crazy talk.

  7. Re:Was pretty funny until it got homophobic on The 20 Worst Games Ever · · Score: 1

    Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much. Perhaps that is why he hides behind the Anon Cow.

  8. Re:Twenty years from now... on An Ode To Al · · Score: 1

    He is the Groucho Marx of our times.

  9. Re:Curse Sans-Serif on An Ode To Al · · Score: 1

    AII l have do ls to pay carefuIl attentlon to the context.

  10. Re:In other news... on Google Launches Website Optimizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe an optimized MySpace would look something like:

    <html></html>

  11. Re:Hey, here's something on Charles Darwin Online · · Score: 1
    Therefore humans descended from monkeys.

    Q.E.D.

  12. Re:Tabs! on IE7 Released and Available for Download · · Score: 1

    I don't think anyone was claiming that Opera wasn't the first to implement tabbed browsing.

  13. Damnit on Scientists Ask for Gaming Research Funding · · Score: 1

    I knew I should have stayed in college.

  14. Engineers do NOT like globalization on Open Source Globalization? · · Score: 1
    To me, as an engineer, globalization means shoddy parts made by a fly-by-night shop in the darkest reaches of whichever backwater corner has the lowest wages. Long lead times, shoddy workmanship, and low levels of accountability. This applies to hard parts and "soft goods" like drafting, analysis, etc.


    Ohhhhh. He meant programmers like globalization. Yeah. Thats different. I guess it's possible.

  15. Meh on Exclusive GTA IV Content for PS3 Too · · Score: 1

    Thanks, but I think I will wait until the version on the PS6 for.

  16. Re:Hmm... on MySpace Predator Caught By Code · · Score: 1

    Dude, there is NO WAY MySpace is that simple or elegant.

  17. Re:Google stockholders, REVOLT!, $170 mil lost on Google Campus to Become Solar-powered · · Score: 1
    1. Google will probably get tax deductions or other government incentive for this.

    Ding Ding Ding. Give the /.er a cookie. California has a significant tax incentive for companies to implement rooftop solar programs.

  18. Re:One thing I would like to know... on U.S. Population Hits 300 Million · · Score: 2, Informative

    Much more efficient to render the entire person. Plenty of fat stores that are simply not accessed with today's liposuction technologies. Any remaining proteins and carbohydrates can be converted to lipids via algae tanks. The small remaining amount of biomass can be used to fertilize crops.

  19. Re:Time for a new Classes and professions on Virtual Economies Attract Real-World Tax Attention · · Score: 1

    Do you have any idea how big Cheney's tax refund was last year? If that is losing, we should redefine "win".

  20. Re:Crash Testing on A $200-Million Floating Nuclear Plant? · · Score: 1
    1. I agree there are several things I would have done different. Fire and multiple collisions, for example.
    2. I am sure that these are not the only tests conducted.
  21. Re:Mass != Weight on Hubble Reinforces Planet Formation Theory · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but the comments amount to a load.

  22. Re:Jack still has license to practice law? on Miami Court Orders Take Two to Hand Over Bully · · Score: 1

    Oh, the Florida Bar and he have been going at it for YEARS. Sadly, "Jack" is just slimy enough that nothing sticks.

  23. Re:Nice "editing" on A Lot of Money for Playing Games · · Score: 1

    ;_;

  24. Re:Snail Jokes on Radioactive Snails Crawl Up From Beneath · · Score: 1

    Well, a full division of French soldiers managed to surrender to the snails before their superiors intervened.

  25. Re:Uh on Deprecating the Datacenter? · · Score: 1

    Well, without regular practice, how can we improve?