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  1. Re:But what happens when they... on Large, Slow Airships Could Move Buildings · · Score: 1

    He's gotten an early start on celebrating what would be John Lennon's 70th birthday.

    That relates to this story in another way: George Harrison formed Handmade Films in order to finance the Monty Python film The Life of Brian. And another Python film, The Meaning of Life, features in its intro...wait for it...a moving building (tip: skip to 5:30 to see it).

    Guess I've got Beatles on the Brain.

  2. Re:Well.... on Pioneer Preps Laser Heads-Up Display For Cars · · Score: 1

    Or he's within six degrees of everything.

  3. Re:inspiration on Software Evolution Storylines, Inspired By XKCD · · Score: 1

    That doesn't make any sense: are you saying that Napoleon's army was all strung out between Paris and Moscow at some point in time and the diagram is just a snapshot of that moment? Of course time was represented in that graphic. Stop being obtuse.

  4. Re:Another Nobel Peace Prize dud on China Blanks Nobel Peace Prize Searches · · Score: 1

    Not just the US. Europe too. The IMF and the European Central Bank have just urged China to allow its currency to gain value.

  5. Re:what? on Google To Shut Down 411 Service · · Score: 1

    My wife and I have been using for quite some time. Can't remember where I learned about it, but it's quite handy, and we'll miss it. Thing is, you can find stuff with it while you're driving, and there's no replacement for that, except now she'll probably call me and ask me to google stuff more often while she's driving.

  6. Re:What, a computer virus? on Mystery of the Dying Bees Solved · · Score: 1

    Ones that are RNA based. Like the common cold virus, Ebola, influenza, West Nile, Dengue fever, and Rabies, for instance.

  7. Re:So how often is it used legitimately? on Spammers Using Soft Hyphen To Hide Malicious URLs · · Score: 1

    That's because it doesn't exist (AFAIK). I just made it up, mostly as a joke. And that's also why I was surprised to get modded informative. It is a real German word, as I just googled "long german words" and found it in one of the top results. It means "Beef meat labeling transfer overview" and refers to an actual law.

  8. Re:So how often is it used legitimately? on Spammers Using Soft Hyphen To Hide Malicious URLs · · Score: 3, Informative

    So, when I get an email with a link to www.Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.de, should I avoid clicking the link, or what?

  9. Communication breakdown on Newspaper Endorses the Candidate It's Suing Over Copyright · · Score: 1

    Partly because it's a newspaper, partly because it's such a big discordance, this makes the news, but it's not unusual for there to be disagreements and differing agendas within companies. And I suppose with lawyers involved, as I suppose there are in this case (didn't RTFA of course!), all bets are off.

  10. Re:Broken News... on Astronaut Sues Dido For Album Cover · · Score: 1

    More than goosebumps even, for me. Nearly moves me to tears every time I hear it. Especially the recording with Dame Janet Baker as Dido.

  11. Re:Broken News... on Astronaut Sues Dido For Album Cover · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, I love that part when she sings her lament "When I am laid in earth", after Aeneas, following the Sorceress' evil scheme, sails from Carthage in the opera by Henry Purcell. Very moving music. Everyone should know that.

  12. Re:Tough to find a 16x10 monitor anymore! on Why Are We Losing Vertical Pixels? · · Score: 1

    No, it's free..that's the beauty of it: 1200-1080=120 which is 60 less than 180!

  13. Re:You're kidding, right? on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 1

    In that case, he definitely got what was coming to him. Should have known better than anyone, and should have paid. $75 a year is not that much. I'm assuming his property taxes are pretty low and that's why the FD has to charge these fees.

  14. Re:outsourcing on Top Reason for Facebook Unfriending Is Too Many Useless Posts · · Score: 1

    You forgot to somehow work "quadratic" , "vertex", and "conic section" into your post. You might have even managed to get "elliptical" in there as well.

  15. Re:Helium on At Commonwealth Games, the World's Largest Aerostat · · Score: 1

    If this is what you mean by monomolecular carbon "balloon", I'd add a note to let people know not to look for them at the next birthday party they attend.

  16. Re:Different in the USA? on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    If the Tenth Amendment can be circumvented by [misapplication of] the commerce clause, why couldn't others be so circumvented?

  17. Re:You're kidding, right? on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 1

    So the question would be: had this guy always paid on the past and truly just forgot to pay this time, or had he never paid before? I assume it's an annual fee and he's lived there for a while, so this should be answerable. If he's lived there more than a year and never paid before, it's clear the FD did the right thing. If he truly forgot to pay, or thought he had paid, I'd say he was treated unjustly.

  18. Re:Solution on Why Are We Losing Vertical Pixels? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's a very good example and clarification of your sig, and considering its length, I'd suggest that you make it your new sig.

  19. Re:Fun facts on Nobel Prize in Physics For Discovery of Graphene · · Score: 1

    In college physics class I remember pouring some liquid oxygen between the poles of a strong permanent magnet, and it stuck there, levitating, due to paramagnetism.

  20. Re:I guess I'm not surprised on 15-Year-Old Boy Fitted With Robotic Heart · · Score: 1

    Since all life involves suffering at some point or to some degree, it is just a matter of the degree of suffering with which one lives that is deemed better than no life. Life with suffering vs no life are your only choices. Of course the duration and frequency of suffering varies greatly, but not suffering at all is not really an option.

  21. Re:Be Honest on Court Rules Against Woman Who Didn't Like Search Results · · Score: 1

    Wow, too much free time. I should talk! right?

  22. Re:¥240,000 on Toshiba To Launch No-Glasses 3D TV This Year · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can't believe x/y = 2x/2y got a +4 informative mod!

  23. Re:On the desktop, perhaps on Microsoft To Charge Phone Makers a Licensing Fee · · Score: 1

    My complaint with WinMo 6.5 is with the UI. You seem to have to use a stylus to do a lot of things.
    I would have gone with an Android smartphone, but I have to use Lotus Notes (another choice I would not make myself) for email, and so far Lotus Notes doesn't work with Android.

  24. Re:gah. on Animal Farms Are Pumping Up Superbugs · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...more expensive beef might be a good thing.

    Most definitely! Have you had Kobe beef? MMmmmm.

  25. Re:This is impractical on Senate Votes To Turn Down Volume On TV Commercials · · Score: 1

    Was there cheering during that? I sure didn't hear any. All I could hear was those damn vuvuzelas. Which is why I turned the volume down or off. Which is perhaps why I didn't hear any cheers. Or they were just drowned out by the vuvuzelas. Or they didn't even bother to cheer cuz of all the noise. Or something.