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  1. Re:Cool on India Launches $35 Tablet · · Score: 0

    Except that Social Security has no money.

  2. Re:This is like GM removing the spare in trunk on Microsoft Killed the Start Menu Because No One Uses It · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. I have my Start menu organized the way I want it. But that's because I know how to do it. And its more difficult than it should be.

  3. Too far on Theater Professor's Firefly Poster Declared Threatening · · Score: 1

    "We've become so politically correct that we've become politically wrong"

  4. Re:Extra! Extra! on Top 1% of iOS Game Developers Make a Third of All Revenue · · Score: 1

    Unless it's raining and then the sky is wet and the water is blue.

  5. Re:Call your congressman on Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    But if we robocall every single cell phone in the country, we're sure to hit them...

  6. Call your congressman on Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we should all call our Congressman - on their cellphones - and let them know how we feel about the matter....

  7. Analogs? on A Third of Sun-Like Stars May Have Warm Earth Analogs · · Score: 1

    Not after the MPAA finds out

  8. Re:Questions on SlideShare Ditches Flash, Rebuilds Site In HTML5 · · Score: 1

    4) Why wasn't this information included in the summary?

  9. Like the System Requirements on Amazon Kindle Fire Surfaces · · Score: 2

    From the product page:

    "System Requirements None, because it's wireless and doesn't require a computer."
     

  10. PCs needed on Can Newegg Survive the Post-PC Future? · · Score: 1

    I thought iPads still required PCs to activate.

  11. That's nothing on High School Student Launches a Trash Bag Aircraft · · Score: 1

    The A-Team did that years ago!

  12. Laying off wrong people on HP Begins Laying Off WebOS Developers, Potentially Firing CEO · · Score: 1

    Sounds like to me, the one's who need to be laid off are the ones who keep picking the bad CEOs...

  13. You mean Obama? on Patent Attorney Breaks Down Impact of the America Invents Act · · Score: 1

    "Obama administration signed the America Invents Act"

    How does an administration sign something?

  14. NASA on NASA Announces Space Apps Challenge · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    R ember back in the good ole days, when NASA was actually about sending people into space?

  15. Amazon on Microsoft Taking Apple's Walled Garden Approach For Metro Apps · · Score: 1

    Time for Amazon to make the "Amazon Metro App Store"

  16. Re:No big surprise on William Shatner On Star Trek Vs. Star Wars · · Score: 1

    Esp when you add in the weight of all those hair pieces...

  17. Re:I felt a great disturbance in the Force... on Microsoft Reveals More Windows 8 Details · · Score: 1

    How long before they remove the option to use the old interface?

  18. Re:Misreading on Amazon Folds In California Sales Tax Deal · · Score: 1

    At first, they didn't make any money for years, so even if they did go bankrupt they would probably still be in business :-)

  19. Re:Amazon vs. the CA legislature on Amazon Folds In California Sales Tax Deal · · Score: 1

    They may be underpaid, but you don't usually see government understaffed.

  20. Re:black hole or maybe just nutso on HP Moves WebOS From PC Group: What Next? · · Score: 1

    So now, HP just needs to merge with Yahoo...

  21. The problem on What Is the Most Influential Programming Book? · · Score: 2

    The problem with choosing some of these books is that they won't make as much sense until you've had some programming experience.

  22. Like throwing money at something on Laptops In the Classroom Don't Increase Grades · · Score: 1

    You could give the driver's ed class 1000 new cars, but that by itself wouldn't make the students better drivers.

  23. How is this different? on Journal Editor Resigns Over Flawed Global Warming Paper · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "have much exaggerated the paper's conclusions in public statements"

    You mean in much the same way climate change promoters exaggerate claims from other papers?

  24. Not surprised on Astronomers Find Unusual Star · · Score: 1

    "Astronomers Find Unusual Star"

    That's not surprising, I mean with all the reality shows we have these days...

  25. Re:Stop on Solar Company Folds After $0.5B In Subsidies · · Score: 1

    How much of your own money are you willing to invest in a company like this?