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  1. Re:Wow. on TSA Doing Random Truck Searches On Tennessee Highway · · Score: 1

    Wow. I never expected so many serious comments in response to my attempt at humor. I'm sure a few people died in airports, due to heart attacks or what have you, but I was not being serious.

  2. Re:The actual concerns on Proposed Mercury Ban Threatens Vaccines · · Score: 1

    You'd better never eat any ocean fish then. It's got methylmercury in it, to varying degrees. This will tell you how much.

  3. Re:Wow. on TSA Doing Random Truck Searches On Tennessee Highway · · Score: 2

    You mean it was better back when more people were dying in airports than there were people whining about hijackings? I'm not so sure.

  4. Re:I like his IRS plan! on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    *Before* the internet? Yeah, and I'm younger today then yesterday. Woot!

  5. Re:I like his IRS plan! on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    I think he was just trying to make a joke, not a better tomorrow, though a good enough joke just might make tomorrow better.

  6. Re:Federal Law State Law on Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's why their "implied" not "required"!

  7. Re:You think the housing collapse was bad on US Student Loans Exceed $1 Trillion · · Score: 2

    Many police agencies require a bachelor's degree now, don't they? I know the big one near me does.

  8. Re:I've got an easy way on Starships In a Century? · · Score: 1

    You realize that being on Alpha Centauri (presumably on a planet near Alpha Centauri) in five years means leaving *in eight months* and then traveling *AT the speed of light* all the way there, since it is 4.3 light years away, right? Or you could go a little slower if you left sooner (e.g. 0.95c if you leave in six months instead of eight)

  9. Re:Apps? on German Surveillance Trojan Spies On Fifteen Apps · · Score: 1

    Sometimes a church has an apps. Oh wait, that's an apse.

  10. Re:Yet another reason... on German Surveillance Trojan Spies On Fifteen Apps · · Score: 3, Funny

    A lady named Krystal Nacht insisted that I upgrade my shared libraries and clean up my registry, but when I did it, I found that my Windows was broken.

  11. Re:I like it on Galaxy Nexus Designed To Avoid Infringing Apple Patents · · Score: 2

    At the sensor size involved, a smaller number of pixels might actually give a *better* picture. (I have a DroidX too, and am relatively happy with the camera, except for the lag time.)
    That's another big plus photographically (if it's true) of the Galaxy Nexus: zero shutter lag.
    Finally, Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich) has some improvements, photo-wise.

  12. Re:So what if your standing IN FRONT of the wall? on Seeing Through Walls · · Score: 1

    No, no, no. The CORPORATIONS are responsible for your obesity. The Government is doing their best to protect you from the evil corporations (and from yourself). Just let them do their job and you'll be fine.

  13. the top 1000 search terms on Google Switching to SSL By Default For Logged-In Users · · Score: 2

    That should be good enough, right?
    Is this a good for Google, doing the right thing story, or is there more to it than meets the eye?

  14. Re:Seagate... on Flooding Takes Major Hard Drive Plant Offline; Shortages Predicted · · Score: 1

    What would you suggest : Floodgate? Seawall? Lucky Panda Manufacturing?

  15. Re:Doh! on Facebook Is Building Shadow Profiles of Non-Users · · Score: 2

    You're right.
    So a Facebook user searching, on Facebook, for someone who happens not to be a Facebook user, tells Facebook what? That the person named may exist, and that Facebook user is interested in him? Doesn't sound like much of an issue to me, but then I don't spend much (enough?) time worrying about what FB is doing with all the personal data it has.

  16. Re:Why? on All-Electric DeLorean Car To Hit the Streets In 2013 · · Score: 1

    Sure. Can you say "pointless"?

  17. Re:Similar models exist today... on All-Electric DeLorean Car To Hit the Streets In 2013 · · Score: 1

    ...and look at the difference in cost when you exchange a propane tank compared with refilling one. Exchange, in my experience, costs about twice as much as refilling, and it's not really more convenient, IMO.

  18. Re:Why? on All-Electric DeLorean Car To Hit the Streets In 2013 · · Score: 1

    Swapping out several hundred pounds of battery doesn't sound like a one-minute job.

  19. Re:Rare opportunity. on Facebook Is Building Shadow Profiles of Non-Users · · Score: 1

    Yes. Not only are they giving away information about you, they're time traveling and didn't invite you along. Don't you feel bad?

  20. Re:Is this really news to anyone? on Facebook Is Building Shadow Profiles of Non-Users · · Score: 1

    Out of curiosity, how did you ignore friend requests before you joined Facebook? How did you get the friend requests?

  21. Re:Doh! on Facebook Is Building Shadow Profiles of Non-Users · · Score: 1

    The example in the summary of searching for someone ON Facebook followed by a claim of "I don't use Facebook!" is pretty stupid.

  22. Re:May have missed ? on Comet May Have Missed Earth By a Few hundred Kilometers · · Score: 1

    No, it's like the good advice that you just didn't take.

  23. Re:Having Read Both Papers on FTL Neutrinos Explained... Maybe · · Score: 1

    It's a matter of degree. In some contexts, like the one in this story about FTL neutrinos, 0.5% is huge. In other contexts, like you're making a model of the earth for a museum display, 0.5% is negligible.

  24. Re:Bullshit on Can the Hottest Peppers In the World Kill You? · · Score: 1

    It's not very logical to say that everyone knows that ACs don't understand logic in response to a post that suggests that not everyone knows that. But you knew that, right?

  25. Re:So what's the advantage? on Mazda Stops Production of the Last Rotary Engine Powered Car · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's close though, and the actual shape doesn't have a predefined name. I guess you could say "Wankel rotor shape" but then you've kind of lost the point.