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  1. Re:Hopefully Never on First Retail Water-Cooled DDR2 Memory Tested · · Score: 1

    We only started to need CPU fans with 486s and up.

    Unless you had an NEC, where CPU fans were taboo.

  2. Dropping on Sanyo Blamed in Lenovo Battery Recall · · Score: 1

    "Their engineers determined that the failure was repeatable by dropping machines using the batteries from a certain height and at a certain angle."

    So they had to "drop it like it's HOT"?

  3. E-Tax on Growth of E-Waste May Lead to National 'E-Fee' · · Score: 1

    So what are the odds they'd use the tax for the benefit of e-recycling places? I'm guessing the odds are slim.

  4. Re:Future plans on AMD Demonstrates "Teraflop In a Box" · · Score: 1

    No, I'm pretty sure it means AMD will be ready for Vista.

  5. It could be worse on Who Wrote, and Paid For, 2.6.20 · · Score: 1

    Hey, it could be worse, at least Microsoft wasn't on the list of companies.

  6. Our DNA on Data Storing Bacteria Could Last Millennia · · Score: 1

    And people wonder how WE got all of our non-essential DNA elements added.

  7. Re:Seriously on Christian Group Prepares To Mark Wii as 'Porn Portal' · · Score: 1

    Not really.
    #1) That'd be a big list of sites to block
    #2) How many parents would know how? Honestly?

  8. Re:Sometimes oldtech is better on GE Announces Advancement in Incandescent Technology · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dry your paper?? Why was it wet in the first place?

    You know, on second thought, I'm not sure I WANT to know.

  9. Re:Good news, everyone! on Cancer Drug Found; Scientist Annoyed · · Score: 1

    O RLY?

  10. Re:But I Have on Toshiba Puts Fingerprint Readers on Cell Phones · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, it sounds like you need a hand.

  11. Re:Do they allow deposits? on Doomsday Seed Vault Design Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Well, you may be.. Handy.. But i'm sure they don't need a.. Hand with their project. They're going to Stash the seeds anyways, so just Chill.

  12. Re:Hooray! on Dell Laptops Have Shocking New Problem · · Score: 2, Funny

    WATT you say?
    Somebody set up us the bomb!

  13. Re:Airvertising? on A New Twist On Skywriting · · Score: 1

    We'll need symantec anti-airvertising goggles to filter it out!

    My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

  14. A thought on Vista Family Discount Keys Found Not Compatible · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they're leftover keys from Windows ME that never got used. They've got plenty of those left over.

  15. Re:The easy solution: on Net Neutrality and BitTorrent - No More Throttling? · · Score: 1

    But then we'd all be paying the same amount for 0.5mbit aDSL.

  16. Re:I've never called the 3 1/2 ones floppies on Farewell To the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    You should leave the 'stiffies' up to your 'hard drive'. 'Floppy drives' are old and broken.

  17. Re:Exclusive to Rogers in Canada on Verizon Rejected iPhone Deal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Rogers unlocks phones, I believe the rate is ~$250/phone.

  18. Poor Hubble on Hubble Telescope's Main Camera Shuts Down · · Score: 0, Redundant

    the ACS, has been in safe mode since the weekend

    Oh no, it runs Windows?!?

  19. Re:Why in airports? on "Free Wi-Fi" Scam In the Wild · · Score: 1

    No one says you have to be In the post-security waiting areas.

  20. Re:Regardless on MySpace and GoDaddy Shut Down Security Site · · Score: 1

    Erm, just pointing out that GoDaddy is also a domain registrar, not just a web host.

  21. Re:Saftey? on The Replacement For the Battery? · · Score: 1

    Capacitors explode... batteries explode... so how is one better than the other in this case?

    Well, see, Capacitors SIZZLE and then explode. Batteries just explode and catch fire. Batteries are old and broken, capacitors are the new hotness.

  22. Non-validated on One In Five Windows Installs Is Non-Genuine · · Score: 1

    Does the 'non-validated' number include ones that are valid CD keys, but have been used >3 times?

  23. Movies on Listening Robot Senses Snipers · · Score: 1

    Well, they really should have used that on, let me count:
    - Bourne Supremacy
    - Phone Booth
    - Most any other movie

  24. Re:Error on Expensive U.S. Spy Satellite Not Working · · Score: 1

    Almost, but not quite! "Keyboard not detected. Press F1 to continue."

  25. Re:Coin=Faraday Cage? on Bugged Canadian Coins? · · Score: 1

    Yes, it would become an antenna, assuming metal-to-metal contact, but it would be at the wrong frequency, and they'd get whacked by Industry Canada (think Canadian FCC)