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  1. Re:Big deal. on Hitachi Maxell Develops Wafer-Thin Storage Disc · · Score: 1

    If magazines are worried about bulk, perhaps they should debone the 3 1/2 lbs of corrugated cardboard inserts, attached shampoo samples, and full-length product catalog foldouts.

  2. Re:You're wrong on Hitachi Maxell Develops Wafer-Thin Storage Disc · · Score: 1

    Just what computers need. More moving parts!

  3. Re:Great lengths at great heights on HOWTO Commit Corporate Espionage · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fool. Windows can't stop ninjas.

  4. Re:Terrorists! on Hubble Discovers Dark Spot on Uranus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Protip: If the terr'ists learn how to cast "dark vortex" and "magic missile," they win. Hands down.

  5. Re:Plenty of Room on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 3, Funny

    You'll be waiting awhile for that. Oceans rose at a constant 0.3mm per year from 1901 - 2000. So, 3 cm over 100 years. I think you should be able to figure out the rest.

    But but... Day After Tomorrow said...

  6. Re:Grammar Nazi Time on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 1

    We really need to find a way out of this dessert...

    Nunez?

    NUNEZ!!!

    http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF066AD-Nunez.jpg

  7. Big deal on Hubble Discovers Dark Spot on Uranus · · Score: -1, Redundant

    So what? My doctor found it last week.

  8. Re:It's all the immigrants on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 1

    Americans aren't pumping out puppies

    Hey now, that's a discussion for a whole other type of website.

  9. Re:Plenty of Room on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 0

    Well, desirable for them. Not too many lawns in Montana.

  10. Re:offsets on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You need 50 more units of WOOD to finish constructing this BABY."

  11. Re:What's with India? on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 1

    What usually happens... famine.

  12. Re:huh on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 1

    forcing fathers to go home on certain "no overtime days"

    Fathers, or husbands? Perhaps the reason he doesn't want to go home is because he already has a kid and knows better than to start that shit again.

  13. Re:huh on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 1

    I'll give you a few minutes to look up the relevant section of Article I that allows the government to do that. Go ahead, we'll wait right here.

  14. Re:Flamebait on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 1

    Neat double-entendre use of the word "taco" in an article mentioning burgeoning overpopulation in the US. I like the way you think, sir.

  15. Re:I Don't Know, Man on Illumninatus! Author Needs Our Help · · Score: 1

    Book? Drug addict? Stephen King?

    O, Discordia!

  16. Re:Pardon me, but.. on Burger King's Disturbing Games · · Score: 1

    Apparently, that they can't even give their product away and must employ sneaky, underhanded ninja skills in order to maintain customers?

  17. Re:Pre-orders are bad on Prelaunch Wii Kiosks Only at GameStop, Pre-Order News · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah, but that has issues in and of itself. Waiting sucks, it favors those who don't have jobs, and you can't simply beat line-cutters to death on the street without having to explain yourself to the police.

    I'd suggest a lottery system given away a week before the release, but that has it's own problems. Do it on the internet and you have IP spoofing to get multiple tickets. Do it in person and you'd either have to card/register first (just as long/invasive) or risk people hopping store to store to get tickets.

    Maybe like the old days? Mail away for a ticket, 1 per address?

    Then again, we are a Capitalist Republic. You can always guarantee you get a system, as long as you have some dough.

  18. Re:first post? on Shiny Entertainment Purchased, Absorbed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Better keep sniffin' then, pal.

  19. Re:Does this affect trying to get money out? on US Outlaws Online Gambling · · Score: 1

    The same thing that happens if bookies try to do it. If you place a bet on a game and win, then the guy says he never heard of you when you show up at his place to collect, what are you going to do? Call the cops?

  20. Re:not necessarily bad on US Outlaws Online Gambling · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why should the U.S. allow foreign companies to suck money out of the U.S. economy

    Because that's what The People want? Does there need to be any other reason?

    Remember, government derives its power from the just consent of the governed.

  21. US proud to announce another step against terror.. on Videogames Used to Train Terrorists? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gentlemen, it's time we declared a war on food.

    For far too long, food has been aiding and abeting terrorists all over the world. It makes them stronger and healthier, keeping them in a dangerously potent condition. Studies conducted throughout history show that as stockpiles of food decrease, the morale and will of an enemy grows lower. We cannot afford to lose this vital tool in the war for freedom.

    I hereby ask all Americans to voluntarily discard any food they are in possession of before it falls into the hands of the terrorists. Food has betrayed us by helping our enemies, and we can show no quarter. Remember, if it's not with us, it's with the terrorists.

  22. Re:Heh on First Swede Convicted For File-Sharing Now Cleared · · Score: 1

    Wait... what?

    The law is fair and does make sense. Not all crimes allow for a search of the person/property in question -- speeding, littering, etc. If the article summary is true, then the police broke the law by searching this guy's house. Pointing out your rights were violated is not a technicality.

  23. Re:This may come as news to these folks, but... on Calif. Initiative To Regulate Search Engines? · · Score: 1

    They could see it as a way to offshore without all the negativity. "Sorry everyone, our hands our tied!". Though I didn't know they were talking about google.

    And even if the traffic passes through hops in CA, what can they do about it? Maybe force all local ISPs to block the search engine, but there's still 49 other states that will be unaffected.

  24. This may come as news to these folks, but... on Calif. Initiative To Regulate Search Engines? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the search engine doesn't have an office in CA (and it'd be easy to move for stuff like this), they have no reason to listen to your silly laws.

  25. Re: Well on Computer Analysis Sets NASA History Straight · · Score: 1

    thanks for explaining it to everyone :)