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  1. Re:Need a transparent government on MIT Develops Inexpensive Transparent Display Using Nanoparticles · · Score: 1

    But how much cheaper? And is glass plus replacement animated neon sign cheaper than glass plus nano particles plus electronics (which might also include laser tripwires in the glass for alarm systems)? Is the neon sign as versatile as the nano particle glass? The nano particle glass can even be sponsored to pay for itself, and with a capacitive touch screen somewhere on the glass could be used as a store catalog.

  2. Double yew tee eff. on Network Solutions Opts Customer Into $1,850 Security Service · · Score: 1

    Apparently NetworkSolutions is going to die soon. Sell Network Solutions. Sell sell sell!!!

  3. Re:Not seeing "candy" trademark on Candy Crush Maker King.com Has Trademarked 'Candy' For Games · · Score: 1

    If they're smart, they'll work with King and make a flavor of Crush based on candy. Synergy.

  4. Re:That doesn't seem right. on 200 Dolphins Await Slaughter In Japan's Taiji Cove · · Score: 1

    My favorite is the orangutan that would hide a lockpick in its mouth and unlock its cage on a regular basis.

  5. Re:If you like it on Translating President Obama's NSA Reform Promises Into Plain English · · Score: 1

    Court willfully misinterprets meaning of a constitutional amendment. Solution: make a constitutional amendment. What ensures it is interpreted correctly?

  6. When a mommy and daddy love each other very much on What Makes a Genius? · · Score: 2

    Really, wasn't this covered in school?

  7. Re:Killed because of the message on Alleging 'Malpractice' With Climate Skeptic Papers, Publisher Kills Journal · · Score: 1

    what is AGM?

    Anthropogenic Global Marming. It's the effect kids all around the world feel when they see their school marms in the grocery store or drinking in a bar and realize they're actually human with a life outside of school.

  8. Re: Price? on 95% of ATMs Worldwide Are Still Using Windows XP · · Score: 3, Insightful

    no one bothers hacking 1000 machines

    They do if
    # eject /dev/cash
    spits out ten $20 bills at a time.

  9. Re:Oh great... on Microsoft Extends Updates For Windows XP Security Products Until July 2015 · · Score: 2

    You're still good. This is for updates for security products for XP, not security updates for XP. XP will not get new patches, and existing holes might get exploited, but maybe the updated MS security essentials will warn you. /sarcasm

  10. Re:See what happens when leftists are in Charge? on Federal Court Kills Net Neutrality, Says FCC Lacks Authority. · · Score: 1

    I thought, like gingers, lefties have no soul?

    No, no. Left-handedness is just sinister. Intellegis?

  11. Re:Where are they? on NYT: NSA Put 100,000 Radio Pathway "Backdoors" In PCs · · Score: 2

    No force at all; try it. It's a perfect fit and has even fooled me when I'm trying to blindly plug in a USB cable on a machine with two NICs where the USB and NICs are inline.

  12. At last! on Rare Exoplanet Found In Star Cluster, Orbits Sun's 'Twin' · · Score: 1

    Now we can find out what rabbibunny tastes like.

  13. Re:This is going to screw up ... on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 1

    And the best harpoons and clubs are iron (shod for the clubs). Ah, the circle of life.

  14. Re:This is going to screw up ... on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 1

    Sell the whale oil to blacksmiths. It's the proper oil for quenching.

  15. Re:50 cent per bulb tax on incandescents on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 1

    The government wasn't making money on this. They were just getting rid of a 1900's technology in favor of new LED lights.

    Two sort-of-wrong. Government itself wasn't making money on this, but politicians and their friends certainly were. And the focus of the change was CFLs since LED (socket) lights were experimental and not even on the market at the time.

  16. Re:Good riddance on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 2

    Wow, so you never used a mercury thermometer?

    Mercury thermometers don't stop working and require disposal unless they accidentally break. Light bulbs (including CFLs) require disposal when they stop working. SOP for filament bulb disposal is to toss the bulb in the trash or maybe unscrew it to recycle the metal and glass separately (or maybe use the glass for Christmas ornaments). SOP for CFLs should be disposal at toxic-waste disposal sites. What really happens is everyone just tosses CFLs in the trash.

    As for breakdowns, your information is similarly out-dated. Unless of course you are using 50 year old CFLs.

    I presume you mean 5 year old CFLs, but even the new CFLs aren't very efficient or robust with constant power cycling and temperature changes. And just wait until the CFLs get a big batch of bad capacitors like with the motherboards back in 2004. There's something to be said for simplicity in design.

  17. Re:Job limit. on If I Had a Hammer · · Score: 1

    And if there aren't enough paralyzed people, then we can always make more! Jobs for everyone!

  18. Re:Maybe next time on EA Caves: SimCity Offline Mode Coming · · Score: 1

    EA will just blame it on piracy and their next title's DRM will require you take photo ID and a stat dec into the police office before you're permitted to play the game you just bought but still don't own.

    Why not skip a step? You're only allowed to play the game from the comfort of an EA sponsored jail cell while EA market researchers watch from behind mirrored glass.

  19. Re:Isn't this the ultimate goal? on If I Had a Hammer · · Score: 1

    s/moviestar/youtube clip editor/g

  20. Re: Abolish software patents on Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Newegg Patent Case · · Score: 1

    Do you know why Apple has that stupid "whole screen slides to the side" unlock now?

    All I know is that more than half the time, the screen stops halfway during the slide and it wastes my time and makes the iPhone look and feel shoddy.

  21. too little too late? on EA Caves: SimCity Offline Mode Coming · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why buy an EA game unless you're a masochist?

  22. Re:Inside job? on Target Confirms Point-of-Sale Malware Was Used In Attack · · Score: 1

    And NT4 was EOL Dec31st 2004 (originally scheduled for same date 2003).

  23. Re:Inside job? on Target Confirms Point-of-Sale Malware Was Used In Attack · · Score: 1

    But remember, I saw a Windows NT4 splash screen in 2006. That was the heyday of Windows XP and Server2003, and Vista was fast becoming a reality.

  24. Re:Inside job? on Target Confirms Point-of-Sale Malware Was Used In Attack · · Score: 1

    No clue, but I remember seeing an ATM in a bluescreen reboot loop in 2006. I'm betting the manufacturers haven't upgraded their base OS too much since then.

  25. Re:Inside job? on Target Confirms Point-of-Sale Malware Was Used In Attack · · Score: 1

    I take it you've never seen an ATM blue screen and reboot with the NT4 splash screen.