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  1. Re:4X The resolution of HD? on Surgeon Performs World's First 4X HD Surgery · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not to mention the fact that you can fast forward through the commercials and have an instant replay of everything one might find interesting during such a procedure.

  2. Re:It fixes EVERY bug? on Microsoft Plans Largest-Ever Patch Tuesday · · Score: 1

    So it installs linux?

    Yes, and it not only provides support for your hardware, but also provides child support and psychiatric support.

  3. Re:Autodestruct? on Microsoft Plans Largest-Ever Patch Tuesday · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nope, that doesn't require a patch; it was built into the original release ...

    Yup. The hard drive with ME installation will jump out from the chasis, climb the refrigerator and rub itself all over the magnets.

  4. Re:$0 to click and download a file on Hidden Fees Discovered For "Free" Windows 7 Upgrade · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you're getting your DVD in your post box for free, that's a different matter altogether. But if you have to pay $17 for that shiny object, giving a download option and not charging anything for it seems like a better option.

  5. Re:Digital distribution has been needed for a whil on Hidden Fees Discovered For "Free" Windows 7 Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I don't know of anyone who actually purchased boxed copied of Windows, except at universities where it's about 1/10th the actual cost. All the flavoursof Win 7 should be directly available for download once you've got your verification code after the payment.

  6. Re:Blu-Ray on 100-Petabit Internet Backbone Coming Into View · · Score: 1

    That's just about enough to cope with today's worldwide porn output, but what happens when the industry switches to Blu-Ray?

    Folks will start getting blue balls?

  7. Re:Car Analogy? on New Motorcycle World Speed Record, 367.382 mph · · Score: 2

    Imagine a spherical car with uniform mass distribution...

  8. Re:70% drivers! on Linux Kernel 2.6.31 Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Enhancements should come as a part of the OS, not the kernel. The main function of a kernel is to get along with all the hardware devices on the system. Drivers should be given a high priority.

  9. Re:happy b-day on Happy Birthday, Internet! · · Score: 1

    The Vulcans and Romulans are hooking up?

  10. Re:I KNEW IT! on Treasured "Moon Rock" Is Petrified Wood · · Score: 1

    I suspect that creating a buzz about the moon rock being a piece of petrified wood is the doing of the insurance company that has insured this rock.

  11. Re:why would you ... on The Decline of the Landline · · Score: 1

    Like cell phones?

  12. Re:why would you ... on The Decline of the Landline · · Score: 0

    Unless you have a corded telephone you can't really get great sound quality even over a landline. The cordless units these days tend to pick up all kinds of static, mostly because there is so much more noise emerging from all the wireless devices that have popped up in the last decade.Another problem is that if the place you have your corded phone gets noisy during the interview, you can't go to a quieter place during the interview.

  13. Re:Decline of the Landline on The Decline of the Landline · · Score: 2

    Strike the telephone exchange in the town and you end its ability to communicate with landlines. If you have to disable the wireless networks, it would require you to take down several centers to isolate a place.

  14. (In)Stability could be the cause on The Decline of the Landline · · Score: 3, Insightful

    These days its getting harder for people to retain a steady profession and have to move quite frequently. This has made it necessary for most people to rely on the mobile phones as their primary line rather than the landline. Many people often have to transfer their landline calls to their cell phones when they are on the move. The limitations of landlines and the socio-economic situation of present is making it hard for people to consider landlines.

  15. Re:Can't wait on A Standardized OS For Robots · · Score: 1

    No way any app is gonna beat the robot girlfriend app. Can you imagine all the subterranean robotic software designers to crave for anything else?

  16. Re:Dang! Things were just getting fun on Earth's Period of Habitability Is Nearly Over · · Score: 1

    we've been 10 years away from cold fusion for the last 50 years :)...

    Now how cool would it be if there are 10 billion years left on the clock for the next 50 billion years.

  17. Re:Or the old one where... on Classic Game Console Design Mistakes · · Score: 0

    If they listen to beta testers of Bloody Carnage console before its first release, how can they make money on Bloody Carnage II - The Ultimate Destruction Edition?!

  18. Re:Yes, but... on First Internet-Connected Pacemaker Goes Live · · Score: 4, Funny

    lib-pacemaker conflicts with lib-aorta and lib-left-ventricle.

    ... Dependencies not met.

    ... Stopping process /etc/heart.d

  19. Re:Good thing there's no IP on First Internet-Connected Pacemaker Goes Live · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes. It comes with a 3 day trial subscription. Then you have to upgrade to premium membership to keep it beating.

    Tech support calls are usually routed to organ donor hotline.

  20. Re:Caizen is actually spelt with a K on KDE 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Yes, knives. If you use Gnome, you use a Ginsu knife. For KDE, use the Kinsu knife.

  21. Re:Is this the KDE 4.0 we've all been waiting for? on KDE 4.3 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... and I have actually read Huckleberry Finn.

    I thought it was the dictation for source code to Vista's SP1, which by its very design isn't supposed to make any sense.

  22. Re:Exploding ipod? Don't worry! on Apple Tries To Gag Owner of Exploding iPod · · Score: 2, Funny

    Until three shall you count, and the number of your count shall be three...

    Ref: The Hand Grenade of Antioch

  23. Re:Does it matter? on Are Women Getting More Beautiful? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your counter example is as real as square root of -1.

  24. Re:What the fuck on Indian Tiger Park Now Tiger-Free · · Score: 1

    Tigers need to snack on other animals in order to survive. So its not just the tiger population that we need to be worried about. Its quite likely that the animals that tigers had for breakfast are disappearing as well.

    And of course there's poaching.

  25. Re:There's no reason to be angry. on Hospital Confirms Steve Jobs's Liver Transplant · · Score: 1

    What good is an liver transplant app if it ain't approved by the Apple overlords.