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  1. Re:You can't really revolutionise (well..) on Asus Takes Another Stab at Revolutionizing Netbook Market · · Score: 1

    No, iSheet you not.

  2. Re:it doesn't matter. the iPad is coming on Freescale's Cheap Chip Could Mean Sub-$99 E-Readers · · Score: 1

    Will the Ipad be another Ipod? Or will it be another Apple TV/Air/Mac/Iphone?

    Yes but no, and no but yes - not necessarily in that order. Hope that answers your questions.

  3. Re:Let me tell you a story. It's called, PARAQUAT on US Government Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition · · Score: 1

    I dont think industrial alcohol refers specifically to MeOH. Everyone knows already not to drink MeOH. Unless they don't mind going blind.

    Adding stuff to EtOH to make it unfit to drink - denaturing it - is a common practice. And there are industrial uses for EtOH.

    Because EtOH/water mixtures are azeotropes, if one wants to make 100% ethanol it's necessary to add some benzene to the mixture before distilling it in order to separate the alcohol and the water, and some benzene is invariably remains in the ethanol after distillation. So, it's denatured already.

    Side note, what's the antidote for MeOH or ethylene glycol (antifreeze) poisoning? Ethanol. Drink up.

  4. Re:What Happens When ... on Privacy With a 4096 Bit RSA Key — Offline, On Paper · · Score: 1

    He didn't mean tearing of the paper. He meant that he'd cry. Tears.

  5. Re:Burn it up on Scientists Discover Booze That Won't Give You a Hangover · · Score: 1

    oxygen, ethane and hydrochloric acid? WTF are you drinking?

  6. Re:Photo Editor, not Image Editor on Google Acquires Online Image Editing Tool Picnik · · Score: 1

    "Splashup, formerly Fauxto, is a powerful editing tool and photo manager."

    I was thinking it was sort of a stupid name, but it's not quite as stupid as it used to be!

  7. Re:They have *already* crossed an ocean on Defending Against Drones · · Score: 1

    As in "Someone set us up the bomb"?

  8. Re:What do you mean pi? on Scientists Develop Financial Turing Test · · Score: 1

    but the same sequence of digits must occur somewhere in the decimal expansion of e, and other constants, but you couldn't tell if that sequence was "random" or not. In fact, pi and e should *also* contain 7,8,4,8,8,9,1,0,1,5,9,8,6,0,3,0,9,4 and 7,8,4,8,8,9,1,0,1,5,9,8,6,0,3,0,9,6 somewhere so it's not a matter of *predicting* the next number, is it?

  9. Re:Seems to me on Space Exploration Needs Extraterrestrial Ethics · · Score: 1

    except for the one where Capt. Kirk makes out with the green chick. They don't need that kind of encouragement.

  10. Re:Shut up on Citibank Cancels Bank Account of Objectionable Blogger · · Score: 4, Informative

    NCUA : credit unions :: FDIC : banks

    not a good reason

  11. Bad examples on Triumph of the Cyborg Composer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wish the article had better examples (like the pieces that people couldn't tell whether Bach or the program wrote them) because the pieces that are excerpted in the article are not convincing to me as being anything good human composers need to worry about being replaced by.

  12. Re:Stupidity of leadership... on US Unable To Win a Cyber War · · Score: 1

    "turned your mouse into a penis"

    What kind of bad trip was that, man?
    Are you feeling better now?

  13. Re:Finally... on Junctionless Transistor Could Simplify Chip Making · · Score: 1

    10nm lines? Not with conventional (ArF) or even immersion litho. It would have to be EUV or E-beam.

  14. Re:Finally... on Junctionless Transistor Could Simplify Chip Making · · Score: 1

    He probably didn't get the pHD he wanted so much.

  15. Re:Quoting something about not quoting something? on New English/Arabic Translation Site Hopes To Promote Citizen Diplomacy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When your sig is a Python quote, you exclude yourself from eligibility to make pronouncements about when it is proper to chastize someone about making Python-quote-pronouncements. Wait, what?

  16. Re:Booga booga on US Inadvertently Enabled Chinese Google Hackers · · Score: 1

    "...all those OTHER ways one ends up in prison without breaking any laws"

    Well, we are talking about China here, aren't we ;-)

  17. Re:It's happened before... it'll happen again on Google Buys iPhone Search App, Kills It · · Score: 1

    Fortunately, it still works. As does DVD Decrypter.

  18. Re:Money Money Money on 2010 — the Year AACS and HDMI Kill Off HD Component Video · · Score: 1

    OK, but I got a perfectly functional 10ft. HDMI cable for $7 at Fry's at Christmas-time. I did have to pay almost $30 for a Displayport-to-HDMI adapter. That hurt.

  19. Re:Google... on Google Gets US Approval To Buy and Sell Energy · · Score: 1

    They don't. Ellipse != ellipsis.
    Maybe the etymology has to do with holes. Holes are often round, and an ellipsis signifies a "hole" in a sentence.

  20. Re:GEnergy on Google Gets US Approval To Buy and Sell Energy · · Score: 1

    What? That you don't get that it's a joke?

  21. Re:First Post - maybe on IOC Claims Olympian Lindsey Vonn's Name As Intellectual Property · · Score: 1

    Well I did hedge my bet with "maybe".

  22. Re:Obligatory on Lego Robot Solves Any Rubik's Cube In 12 Seconds · · Score: 1

    In a few minutes I'm going to go drive home in a Ford. Just one Ford. Mine. Then there will be a Ford in my driveway at home. If my son still played with Legos - he doesn't much nowadays - I might play Legos with him. But I won't today.

  23. Re:Tape on PA School Spied On Students Via School-Issued Laptop Webcams · · Score: 1

    Why not just uninstall the driver? Less messy, and reversible, if you ever want to use the mic.

  24. First Post - maybe on IOC Claims Olympian Lindsey Vonn's Name As Intellectual Property · · Score: 0

    and the answer to your question is: NO.

  25. Re:"Burning Mosquito Footage?" YES. on Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos · · Score: 1

    and for another funny mosquito quote:

    [with a soft voice, in a British accent]
    "The wings of a fully-grown make mosquito can fetch anything up to 0.8 of a penny"

    This device sounds more cost-effective than the hand grenades and elephant guns the Pythons were using on mosquitoes. And less collateral damage.