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  1. Re:What misconduct? on "Tabletop" Fusion Researcher Committed Scientific Misconduct · · Score: 1

    I don't get it. Why do you use additional accounts to create the illusion that another person is contributing the to conversation? And wtf does Microsoft have to do with this? Why even bring it up?

  2. Re:Interesting... on ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging FISA · · Score: 1

    So, for example, don't attempt: "Words aren't my forte."

  3. Re:open access on Telecoms Suing Municipalities That Plan Broadband Access · · Score: 3, Informative
  4. Re:This isn't about GPS. on US Justice Dept. Sued For Cellular Tracking Information · · Score: 1

    But on the bright side: you look like a dead guy!

  5. Re:The worst since Berlusconi on France Seeks To Push 3-Strikes Law Across Europe · · Score: 1
    Ah, so it's just the "holier than thou" arrogant attitudes you can't stand?

    It's still fair to critique the choices and voting criteria of people, as long as it remains as a debate. Personally, I respect others' rights to have an opinion different from mine, however I don't necessarily respect that opinion itself.

    Your point touches upon the fact that modern democracies allow all to have an equal say: it is clear that "the stupid", "the uneducated" and "the bigoted" will (in general) make less complex and nuanced decisions. I think that sometimes people lament democratic decisions in a way that says "too many of the stupid, uneducated and bigoted" were fooled into for the "wrong" thing. And hence label that portion of the electorate and completely composed of such individuals.

    Er, too many ""s there.. oh well.

  6. Re:so we can hate the french again? on France Seeks To Push 3-Strikes Law Across Europe · · Score: 1

    Poodle or lapdog don't sound flattering. Tony Blair was described the same, and it definitely wasn't as compliment.

  7. Re:The worst since Berlusconi on France Seeks To Push 3-Strikes Law Across Europe · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorry, why is it not allowed to criticise, or lament upon, the voting criteria and choices of an electorate?

  8. Re:History of Dark Energy on Huge Lenses To Observe Dark Energy · · Score: 1

    preview and carriage returns ftw

  9. Re:I always thought... on Is Today's Web Still 'the Web'? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like he's thinking in car terms. This is useful, because I can supply with your /. car analogies to explain the internet to your grandfather. Just explain that the internet is the network of road linking all houses (websites). Loading up the modem is unlocking the front door and opening IE is starting the car. Thin roads mean longer journey times, just as lower bit rate mean longer d/l times for sites/files, etc.

  10. Re:Taking a picture of a laser beam and using flas on Fastest-Ever Flashgun Captures Image of Light Wave · · Score: 1

    I think you'll find Han shot first.

  11. Re:Bad Case on EFF To Fight Border Agent Laptop Searches · · Score: 1

    You can fit a cork in your nose?

  12. Re:Brings to mind Jurassic Park on Bits of Tassie Tiger Brought Back from Extinction · · Score: 1

    try looking at the wink at the end of his post

  13. Re:Been done before on New "Iron Curtain" for Russian Internet · · Score: 1
    Too true. Take these recent stories of criminal activities in Britain:

    Mum fined £75 for being clumsy with roll

    Prosecuted for overfilling wheelie bin by four inches

  14. Re:Unfortunately on EMI Says Online File Storage Is Illegal · · Score: 1

    I always preferred b-sides anyway..

  15. Re:Obligatory Duck Dodgers on Smallest Planet Outside Our Solar System Found · · Score: 1

    Nice sig. I first saw it scratched into the door of a public toilet. At university, natch.

  16. Re:GODDAMIT on Nanoclusters Break Superconductivity Record · · Score: 1

    Then please explain the silent 'c' in Connecticut; and the vast difference in pronounciation between Kansas / Arkansas. Some consistency would bolster your argument.

  17. Re:In future news... on Hacker Club Publishes German Official's Fingerprint · · Score: 1

    I think this group might have something to say about it.

  18. Re:Wow, it really works on Rubik's Cube Proof Cut To 25 Moves · · Score: 1

    I think you'll find it's actually [Alanis] ironic.

  19. Re:That's an easy one! on Why Don't We Invent That Tomorrow? · · Score: 1

    duh, the big bang was a single point, and so EVERYWHERE is where the big bang "was". I.E., if we could reverse time, we'd see everything collapse towards ourselves (and so would everyone else).

  20. Re:I must be really old on Video Games Are Launching Rock-n-Roll Careers · · Score: 1

    Artist - Song. But a simple google search could have told you that.

  21. Re:There's a great article on The Law and Politics of Battlestar Galactica · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most of you will be warely of a link from an AC, but definitely avoid this one!

  22. Re:Wow... on If IP Is Property, Where Is the Property Tax? · · Score: 1
    Well, the tax owed would be immediately due on having bought the IP at the auction. A subsequent de-valuing should not reduce this tax bill.

    If they do propose that the IP is now worth a lower amount, then the IP should be put to auction again to prove its market value.

  23. Re:Software patents on The U.S. Patent Backlog · · Score: 1
    I think we all know the answer to this one:

    1. Follow first step of topic-in-hand
    2. ?????
    3. Profit!

  24. Re:What can't count, then? on Fish Can Count to Four · · Score: 1
    You've purposely chosen experiments/tests with confounding factors.

    You fail at experimental design.

  25. Re:No, it's because Microsoft Points cards.. on Apple, Starbucks Sued Over Music Gift Cards · · Score: 1

    The cards that are purely for the Xbox Live Subscription are for one specific item too.