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  1. Re:Lego tried an end-run around the law on Lego Loses Its Unique Right To Make Lego Blocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe Lego should change their name to:
    oooo
    oooo

  2. Re:$98 hd-dvd sooner on Kmart Drops Blu-Ray Players · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Rumor has it walmart will have the toshiba A2 hd-dvd for $98 on this friday

    http://holiday.ri-walmart.com/?section=secret

  3. Remove Key? on Valve Responds to Steam Territory Deactivations · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why cant you have two keys?

    If you have legally purchased a Thai key, why do they want to take it away from you? What happens if you move to Thailand? Can you call Valve up and ask for your key back?

  4. Re:Good workaround on MS Responds To Vista's Network / Audio Problems · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I am missing the joke, but isn't the problem Vista changing your gigabit NIC from 1000 to 11?

  5. Busted! on Bill Would Criminalize Attempted IP Infringement · · Score: 1

    Remember the movie Minority Report? Well, it's HERE! You just attempted to post a link to the movie and screwed up the link.

    Attempted IP infringer!
  6. Sources of not so random numbers on True Random Number Generator Goes Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apathy:
    Use 123, what does it matter anyway.

  7. Re:artificial sun on Seeing Color in the Night · · Score: 1
  8. IANALI - I am not a lawyer indeed on Congress Must Make Clear Copyright Laws · · Score: 5, Funny

    <larger_work>Direct copying of even a small snippet is very much illegal if there is no larger work around it.</larger_work>

  9. Re:Of the dead, speak no evil. on Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Thanks, I thought that

    "de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est"

    translated to

    "...massive arrays of hydrogen fueled kitten engines could be the basis for a future energy economy."

    Those crazy Latins!

  10. Re:eyes and pigment on Colossal Squid Landed Intact In Antarctica · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...suggests they're designed to see in very low-light conditions (like owls and whipporwhills) How in the heck does a giant squid get into an owl?
  11. More Acronyms on iTunes Uncovers Musical Hoax · · Score: 5, Funny

    How are we supposed to RTFA when we dont know what "RTFA" stands for?

  12. My magic crock on Anti-Missile Defenses For Commercial Jets · · Score: 1

    How do you bang one rock against itself?
    I think you are setting me up for a tiger attack.

  13. Slackerness on Robots Could Some Day Demand Legal Rights · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd get back to work, but I have to do a study to see if these paperclips and post-its will one day demand legal rights.
    Well, that should kill a good 6 hours of "work". Maybe I'll go see how the water cooler is feeling.

  14. Trickery on Texas Lawmaker Wants To Let the Blind Hunt · · Score: 5, Funny
    A blind person can shoot a rifle by mounting an offset pistol scope on the side of the rifle instead of on top. This allows their companion behind them to peer over their shoulder and help them sight it, but the blind person can pull the trigger.
    A less dangerous version could be:
    A blind person can "shoot" a rifle-shaped block of wood by mounting an offset pistol scope on the side of the rifle instead of on top. This allows their liar companion behind them to peer over their shoulder and tell them "Oh yeah, you totally got that one."
  15. Re:getting to know your neighbor. on How to Protect a Home When Away in Winter? · · Score: 1

    He could always setup a webcam in their house to get to know them.

  16. Thay Did It! (sic) on Apple's Billion Dollar Patent & Other Stories From Patentland · · Score: 3, Funny
    phone company, film maker, computer maker and video producer
    Hmm... phone company, film maker, computer maker and video producer.
    It also doesnt exist in "Prior Art".

    My god, they have found 3) ????:
    3) Patent the letter "E"
    4) Profit!
  17. Pull! on Machine Gun Sentry Robot Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Im confused.
    Are you wanting to hunt rabbits by throwing them into the air and letting sentry guns pick them off?

  18. Konami Code on Downloadable Game News For All Three Consoles · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Konami Code does work for Contra. Even in the trial version.

  19. Oblig. Boondock Saints on For AMD Success Means Problems · · Score: 1, Funny
    Symboligy? I think the word you're looking for is "symbolism"
  20. F.E.A.R. is an acronym on Fraidy Cat Gamer · · Score: 0

    I missed half the scare scenes in FEAR because I was looking the other way.

  21. Dissassociation on Fraidy Cat Gamer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find that breaking the connection from Player to Character helps.
    If the character in the game is wearing a short skirt and tall boots, I wear a tutu and clown shoes.

    Also, the lines at the arcade seem to be quite short in this attire.

  22. Misunderstanding on IE7 Vulnerability Discovered · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the line should read "You wanted it easier AND more secure?".

  23. Please dont touch my analog hole on Decoy Files on P2P Sites Become Ad Vehicles · · Score: 0

    I can create near perfect analog copies of music by only humming the parts that are supposed to be in the song I am thinking of.

  24. Easier on MySpace Predator Caught By Code · · Score: 5, Funny

    That seems like a complicated way to get the same results as:
    SELECT * FROM userbase WHERE SexOffender="1";

  25. Re:The Q-Tip Solution... on Perspectives on Spamhaus's Dilemma · · Score: 1, Funny
    seems at least as effective as holding your ears and screaming "LA-LA-LA-LA" everytime the court tries to tell you what to do
    I can't hold my ears and scream "LA-LA-LA-LA" because of a Q-Tip accident you insensitive clod!