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  1. Re:Sorry if this sounds like a troll... on Congress Considers Forcing Travel Registration · · Score: 1

    I have takes a HO on a plane w no problem

  2. it does not actualy count as a democracy on Russia Claims IP Rights In Manufacture of AK-47 · · Score: 1

    it does count as a pseudo-democracy

  3. Re:Ah, the police... on New Anti-Forensics Tools Thwart Police · · Score: 1

    If you remember the movie "Conspiracy Theory," that's about how Mel Gibson had rigged up his apt. Extremely cool but must be extremely careful with false alarms.

  4. Re:Das Leben der Anderen on Shredded Secret Police Files Being Reassembled · · Score: 1

    In a lighter note, "Goodbye Lenin" is another film with glimpses of life in the East and also worth watching

  5. Next thing you know on Mission Could Seek Out Spock's Home Planet · · Score: 1
    we'll have illegal extraterrestrials.

    Nirvana for Rush and Lou

  6. Meanwhile, in the real universe on Hubble Space Telescope Detects Ring of Dark Matter · · Score: 1
    Scientists using the Dubble telescope believe they have found the strongest evidence yet that white matter exists, hypothesized to make up the 4% of the mass of the universe that has not been observed directly.

    Additional information will be released at an upcoming DASA teleconference.

  7. Nixon on Thousands of White House E-mails Deleted · · Score: 1

    In retrospect, Watergate was a 30th not a 3rd rate burglary, and Mr. Nixon could be teaching ethics to this crew.

  8. Re:Oil Soaked Servers? on Oil Soaked Servers Coming Soon · · Score: 2, Funny

    With the right chip you could make french fires at the same time

  9. Finally it makes sense... on Celebrating the HP-35 Calculator With a New Model · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Do the numbers as you wish, but,

    I, for one, welcomed our new hp overlords

    1973, Jr. year (OMG!), Florida (yes, the Gators)

    $300 very hard earned real dollars went into the hp-35, maybe (judging from house and car prices) $3-5k today) and about the best money I ever spent

    As they say, it let me concentrate on concepts rather than number crunching; within a year everyone had one (or the awful TIs) and engineering (and science) would never be the same. Take offense if you must, but RPN users are smarter.

    Followed by a 67, 25, 21, 41, 28, 48 (G and GX), 49 and recently another 21, for the collection. They all work. By now I use a 48 and only do basic stuff, with smarter (always hire smarter people) young engineers doing the hard stuff under my possibly wise direction

    We worked with hp on several tweaks; an admirable co. and group of guys.

    If the surprise is a gold plated hp-35, I'm in line. What will you young guys see in 35 years, post singularity?

    To quote the now prehistoric Grateful Dead: "What a long strange trip it's been"

  10. Re:Advantage? on Apple Ships 8-Core MacPro · · Score: 1

    You don't even need a computer to do composting

  11. Re:Wait till they finally sue a real nutcase on RIAA Going After a 10-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 1
    In a less civilized nation someone would have already wasted a couple of these leeches.

    Here we are so advanced they can go after little girls. Bahhh, bahhh

  12. Re:The Glove on Building Tomorrow's Soldier Today · · Score: 1
    I RTFA last week, had the same idea, and did the experiment after some outside work (we are already in the 80s)

    Prepared a plastic bowl with ~1 gal tap water + 2 cups ice cubes; was too cold for me. First alternated hands about 2 minutes each x 2 times, then both at the same time about three minutes. At that time the testing was interrupted.

    Results, while not as dramatic as the article, were subjectively noticeable and provided a second wind. Note that there is some resting involved while doing this.

    Will try again this weekend during a fence repair, less ice, ck the temp (aim for ambient - 30F), and the foot option.

    Surely less effective, but much more cost-effective alternative to the fancy glove.

  13. Excellent observation on Couple Who Catch Cop Speeding Could Face Charges · · Score: 1

    Folks that spend an average 30hrs a week watching TV (now HD!) don't have the time nor the inclination to change anything, except maybe the channel.

  14. rules out it landing in, say, Cuba on Asteroid Highlighted as Impact Threat · · Score: 1

    Already getting benefits from switching to Linux

  15. Re:1 in 45,000 chance on Asteroid Highlighted as Impact Threat · · Score: 2, Interesting
    People spend tons of $ on the lotto, with odds from 1:23M and up.

    In comparison, this thing is guaranteed...

  16. Re:This sounds like a 70's Blaxploitian Movie on Atom Smasher May Create "Black Saturns" · · Score: 1
    Deadlier than Dracula...

    Black Saturn!

  17. e-mail on Atom Smasher May Create "Black Saturns" · · Score: 2, Funny
    to: s.hawking@oxford.edu.uk

    priority: highest

    re: micro saturn black holes

    1. Formation confirmed

    2. Evaporation confirmed not!!!!!!!!

  18. Re:Mod Parent Up on Scientists Hope To Settle "Hobbit" Debate · · Score: 1

    No Mordor of these pls

  19. Living strings on String Theory Put to the Test · · Score: 1

    As with its hose, cable, shoelace and little daughter's hair relatives, they are a form of life, sentient enough to tangle when you need them straight.

  20. Re:Oh, lighten up. on String Theory Put to the Test · · Score: 1

    collapse of the false vacuum - what a rush!

  21. Logical solution on Google Earth and "Collateral Damage" · · Score: 1
    To quote the Daleks: "Exterminate"

    It's us or them.

    With modern technology, say neutron bombs, conveyor belts, the US and UK could make the Holocaust look like child's play and remove this growing menace.

    Or them hordes will be here before you know it. Or at least their poison spraying drones.

  22. Wired - Tired - Expired on Doomsday Clock To Advance · · Score: 0, Troll
    These a--hats have been beating on this dead horse for fifty years and will continue as long as the MSM turns solemn and reports it in grave tones.

    Nothing to see here, move along.

  23. cheap little codec-agnostic device on The Home Server Cometh · · Score: 1

    and maybe the *AA will present convincing evidence that this harmless "little company," as you call it, is stockpiling WMDs in the backroom and there will be hell to pay.

  24. Re:Four shows at once? on Enter The 2160p HDTV · · Score: 1

    Four smaller displays should be a lot cheaper

  25. Bingo! on YouTube Blocked in Brazil · · Score: 1
    As I've noted previously, it'll be great when any local goofball judge can tell people from across the globe what to do.

    If you recall, Amazon and eBay had to block Nazi type merchandise due to European laws.

    "Mr. Robert B. Smith?"

    "Yes"

    "You are under arrest for attempted fraud in Republic of Nigeria, come with us"

    This will get to be more fun as times goes on.