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  1. The early bird get the worm on Min7 Micromouse Robot Solves Maze In 3.921 Seconds · · Score: 3, Funny

    but the second mouse gets the cheese.

  2. Re:They could take as much tech... on How Much Tech Can Kids Take? · · Score: 1

    I saw a new book in the book store, "Goodnight iPad" , a spoof on "Goodnight Moon."

  3. Money on China Building Gigantic Structures In the Desert · · Score: 1

    It's what's left of the US economy.

  4. Old News on Ballistic Clipboard Holds Papers, Stops Bullets · · Score: 1

    They had these 25 years ago.

  5. Another Suggestion on End Bonuses For Bankers · · Score: 0

    Make it illegal to be an officer of a bank that goes broke. There's no reason for a bank to go out of business if the officer's have done their job right.

  6. Use the Library on B&N Nook Tablet vs. Amazon Kindle Fire · · Score: 1

    Until Amazon makes them change, the library doesn't charge anything for e-books.

  7. Re:SCO = Herpes on SCO Zombie Creaks Into Motion Again · · Score: 1

    A stake through the heart works for non zombies also.

  8. Re:Cloud Computing? on NASA Plans App Store For Scientists · · Score: 1

    NASA has looked at clouds from both sides now.

  9. Interview technique du jure on Tough Tests Flunk Good Programming Job Candidates · · Score: 1

    I guarantee somebody just wrote a book on how to interview. It makes the rounds in MBA schools then gets into "HR Today" magazine and simply everybody's got to use it. Same crap goes around every few years only to be replaced by the crap the year before.

  10. What keeps us from building them on India To Build A Thorium Reactor · · Score: 1

    GE doesn't have a design ready yet.

  11. Re:But, but, but on Dutch Psychologist Faked Data In At Least 30 Scientific Papers · · Score: 2

    If a vegetarian eats vegetables. What does a humanitarian eat?

  12. Re:What about treatments that prolong life? on Re-evaluating the Benefits of Cancer Screening · · Score: 1

    You are lucky. My brother's insurance company bureaucrat did the "government bureaucrat's" part in denying his treatment.

  13. Re:Seen this article everywhere now. on Re-evaluating the Benefits of Cancer Screening · · Score: 1

    I wonder if an insurance company paid for this research?

  14. Leftovers on Asteroid Lutetia Revealed As a Protoplanet · · Score: 1

    Why do they keep saying "left over from the formation of the solar system? Who's to say it isn't still forming? Give the proto planet a few more eons and maybe it'll make something of it's self.

  15. Perfect oportunity for Dell on Why HP Should Sell Its PC Business To Save It · · Score: 1

    How long will it take Dell to screw it up?

  16. Re:TFA (-1, wrong) on Thunderbolt vs. SuperSpeed USB · · Score: 2

    Yes, but how long after TB comes out will there be a box that plugs into TB that accepts USB?

  17. Re:All this shows on The Data Crunching Prowess of Barack Obama · · Score: 1

    The fast track to nowhere.

  18. Re:OF course on Looking Beyond Detroit For Engine Innovation · · Score: 1

    Tesla seems to have done it.

  19. Re:Why does this happen? on HP Spent Over $80M To Get Rid of Its CEOs · · Score: 1

    Often it's cheaper to pay off the CEO than to have them losing the company money. Considered over the yearly revenue, the CEO pay is not always that significant.

  20. Re:Can we stop with the anti-Microsoft FUD? on SUA Deprecated In Windows 8? · · Score: 1

    But they make it so easy.

  21. Re:Apple, why? on Adobe Releases Flash 11 and AIR 3 · · Score: 1

    For irony's sake.

  22. Re:So Amazon is violating copyrights en masse? on Amazon To Offer Kindle ebooks Via Public Libraries · · Score: 1

    You are still selling to the libraries. There is nothing different from selling a dead tree book. The same lending policies apply to ebooks as to regular books.

  23. Re:Why Local Libraries? on Amazon To Offer Kindle ebooks Via Public Libraries · · Score: 1

    And the bill is a lot smaller with ebooks.

  24. No reader needed on Amazon To Offer Kindle ebooks Via Public Libraries · · Score: 1

    If they are using Overdrive, you don't need a reader. The app works on your PC, smart phone, notebook, whatever.

  25. Re:Is there a list of the libraries? on Amazon To Offer Kindle ebooks Via Public Libraries · · Score: 1

    Check you library's web site. All you need is a library card and pin.