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  1. Re:DECtalk on Glimpse of Stephen Hawking's Computer · · Score: 1

    It was supposed to be a Klatt for scale.

  2. Re:It stands to reason that... on Technical Details Behind the LAN-Party Optimized House · · Score: 1

    No, he's using the wrong funnel.

  3. If you work overtime, you're taking other's work on US Senator Proposes Bill To Eliminate Overtime For IT Workers · · Score: 1

    At least, I think that's the "rationale" You are taking more than your fair share of available work. This should discourage such greed.

  4. Extra quotation marks do add interest... on 'Amateur' Astronomer Snaps Pic of Planet-Forming Disk · · Score: 2

    "Rolf Olsen" an "amateur" "astronomer" in "New Zealand" took an "amazing" photo of a "disk" of material around the "star" Beta Pictoris... making this a "milestone" for amateur "astronomy."

  5. Suggested name on Scientists Develop Super-Slippery Material · · Score: 1

    Politicium?

  6. Re:The 1 Trillion number is incorrect on US Student Loans Exceed $1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    So the Obama Stimulus could have paid off every student loan in America with cash left over?

  7. Re:REDUNDANT DEPARTMENTS? on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 2

    (My 'insert state here' got dropped) We are already paying for a STATE Department of Education.

  8. REDUNDANT DEPARTMENTS? on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    Why are we paying for a Federal Department of Education when we are already paying for a Department of Education?

  9. First lawsuit for mental anguish starts with... on Zune Dead, Then Not Dead, Then Officially Dead · · Score: 1
  10. It's not a problem on EPIC Uncovers: Mobile Scanners Not 'Certified People Scanners' · · Score: 1

    Page 12 says they are safe for scanning sheep, so there's no problem here.

  11. Re:Ever notice on CERN Physicist Says Dark Matter May Be an Illusion · · Score: 1

    Voyager?
    My impression was that regardless of the problem/difficulty/unforeseen, the person at the controls would always simply announce they would "compensate" for it.

    Funny though, they could always compensate for a collapsing worm hole, but never for a collapsing plot hole.

  12. The Primary Impact of Wearing Medieval Armor on Scientists Study Impact of Wearing Medieval Armor · · Score: 1

    Incurable virginity.

  13. Disapointment ensues... on Stanford Students Build "JediBot" · · Score: 1

    This was not the girl-on-droid (specifically, phallic-tool-wielding droid) video I had anxiously anticipated. sigh

  14. Re:Maybe a million monkeys on Can a Monkey Get a Copyright & Issue a Takedown? · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...not to get too technical, but in the industry that's known as one "Michael Bay Script Unit"

  15. Re:Units on 10-Year Study Reveals Electron Shape · · Score: 1

    Close is relative, it is equal to almost 619,000 Plank Lengths.

    http://www.unitconversion.org/length/centimeters-to-planck-lengths-conversion.html

  16. Re:Just in time to close up shop. on Ruling Confirms Postal Service Discriminated Against GameFly · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...Until enough people "copy" your money that it's incrementally devalued and you need a wheelbarrow full to buy a loaf of bread. What worth is your "money" if we all just makes as many copies as we like? Why would we accept yours worthless money for our goods or services, since we could just copy it freely? Your analogy = fail = fail.

  17. Re:Sure, the robot takes five minutes to get a bee on Willow Garage Robot Fetches Beer, Engineers Rejoice · · Score: 1

    Shew chewing & outdoor defecation? Those specs are not due until Beerbot 2.0 a/k/a "FratBot" (backwards hat compatible)

  18. Re:Takes me back to the first Moon landing on Willow Garage Robot Fetches Beer, Engineers Rejoice · · Score: 1

    Molson Golden, to be exact.

  19. Re:All joking aside... on Netflix Streaming Arrives For the Wii · · Score: 1

    That's awfully con-Wii-nient!

    You didn't have to set it quite that far aside.

  20. Re:Brand-name Power on BlackBerry Bold Tops Radiation Ranking · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope this doesn't turn into a boron and predictable thread of chemistry puns.

    A post like that is like a big Neon sign just asking for it to happen though.

    I zinc you guys must beryllium, like, so bored this evening.

    Manganese puns get any lamer?

  21. Re:Outed by movie rentals? on Netflix Sued For Privacy Invasion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Honey, is that you?

  22. Re:I was driving ... on "Road Trains" Ready To Roll · · Score: 2, Funny

    Trust me, you didn't miss anything.

  23. Re:I don't get it ?? The scientific answer on TrapCall Service To Bypass Caller ID Blocking · · Score: 1

    There is a simple answer, and it doubles as a science project. (Yay, science!)

    Step 1: Use the shelter phone system to call the abuser using the SpoofCard service. Spoof the number of the abuser.
    Step 2: The abuser is using the CallerID Unblocking service, thus setting up an infinite loop and based on my understanding of cartoon physics, the abuser is sucked into a Black Hole Vortex of Justice(tm)
    Step 3: Um, profit.

  24. Re:Not that hard. on The Tech Behind Preventing Airplane Bird Strikes · · Score: 1

    Not before reminding us to try the veal.

    Here all week are you?

  25. Re:Why not? on Senator Diane Feinstein Trying to Kill Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    I won't hire you due to a high potential for medical leave/ excess days off / general medical related shenanigans.
    Thanks for playing, best of luck.