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  1. Government Turf? on An Inside Look At the SpaceX Rocket Factory · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who does the writer think make the current crop of rockets - some bureaucrats in DC?

    Space X is just another space vehicle manufacturer, same as Boeing and others.

  2. Cell phone on Making a Child Locating System · · Score: 1

    Well, you know, since the demise of the 'ticky box' (like that thing that Doctor Who flies around in) everybody else just gives their child a cell phone so the child can call his/her parents.

  3. MS Windows on Ten Applications That Changed Computing · · Score: 1

    MS Windows would be the ultimate killer app. MS killed so many apps, it isn't even funny.

  4. First words on Human Language Gene Changes How Mice Squeak · · Score: 1

    Yes, no and where's my tea?

  5. Re:Who says netbooks are only suited for basic tas on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    Geez, this Eee PC 701 with 600 MHz processor is my main machine. I use it for everything.

  6. Czar fetish on Who Would Want To Be Obama's Cybersecurity Czar? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What is up with this American love affair with old Russian titles?

  7. All the world Washinton DC on Painting The World's Roofs White Could Slow Climate Change · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Uhmmm, even painting the all the cities in the world mirror silver won't achieve anything. The world is much, much larger than the cities. Three quarters of the globe is covered in water. A miniscule part of the 25% that is land mass is covered in cities.

  8. What can be worse? on OpenStreetMap Sends UK Volunteer Mapper To Antigua · · Score: 1

    The only thing worse than not being in Antigua, is being there and having to WORK. Poor guy.

  9. Re:Doesn't make a difference. on Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    You should not check your own web site so often... ;)

  10. Nothing will change though on Microsoft's Bulk Deal With New Zealand Collapses · · Score: 4, Insightful

    NZ will still buy all software from MS, just at much more inflated prices. Buying OSS from a zoo of little guys is just too much hassle for IT and the buyers.

  11. Re:Oh yeah? on Cocaine Test Prompts Red Bull Removal In Germany · · Score: 1

    Never? Never gone to a Dentist and gotten Novocaine? Never used a head-ache tablet like Codis? It is really tough to have your teeth worked on without narcotics. I have had that done a few times on very small fillings, but anything serious, I'd rather have the injections thanks.

  12. It is pitch black, you are about (click) on ZigBee Pro, the New Home Automation Standard? · · Score: 1

    The trouble with home automation is that it is far easier to find a light switch in a dark room, than to find the fscking remote control...

  13. Windhoek on Space Station Crew Drinks Recycled Urine · · Score: 1

    The capital of Namibia has been recycling sewage for decades. It is also done to a lesser degree in other Southern African cities, e.g. Johannesburg and Pretoria.

  14. Hearing aids and Zinc-air batteries on World's First Battery Fueled By Air · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Zinc-air batteries have been in use for a long, long time. These were especially popular in miniature hearing aids.

  15. Jeep Oil Change indicator on Right-to-Repair Law To Get DRM Out of Your Car · · Score: 1

    So, while we are on a vehicle codes and warning issue:
    Does anyone know how to reset the fscking Oil Change warning on a Jeep?

    No, the 3 time gas pedal thing DOES NOT work...

  16. Re:You have 30 seconds to comply on Robot Soldiers Are Already Being Deployed · · Score: 1

    Actually, that was an Oerlikon Anti Aircraft gun fitted with a new radar control system that malfunctioned during a test. I worked on them years ago. Sad. Those things fire incredibly rapidly, 1500 rounds per minute from both barrels. Consider that you only have about 5 seconds to acquire and shoot down an incoming bomber and you can see why they have to be rapid fire.

  17. Re:Why does everyone hate Ribbon? It's great! on Office 2010 Technical Preview Leaked · · Score: 1

    A business coach friend said he can spend 3 hours plodding through MS Office 2007, or he can switch to his Mac and do the same thing in 1 hour. I also found that the ribbons are a total waste of time, so I switched to OpenOffice and it felt like bliss, because the fscking things are where they fscking are so you can fscking find them again the next fscking time...

  18. Re:Hide all the menus... on OpenOffice UI Design Proposals Published · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...then print out cardboard key templates that fits over the function keys. Be sure to have different ones for the word processor, spread sheet and other sub programs...

  19. NSA already distributes Linux improvements on Let Big Brother Hawk Anti-Virus Software · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They should just go all the way and make a government approved Linux distribution.

  20. Not a problem if you are rich enough on FDA Could Delay Adult Stem Cell Breakthroughs · · Score: 1

    Larry King (CNN) got a stem cell treatment years ago. Dr Chris barnard (first heart transplanter), got it decades ago and died in his late eighties.

  21. Millions of Laptops with Splashtop Linux on The Problem With Estimating Linux Desktop Market Share · · Score: 1

    What about millions of laptops sold with both Windows and Linux installed?

  22. Get a Netbook and run Linux on it on Samsung Papyrus E-Book Reader, Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    So get an Eee PC on Ebay. I've been using my 701 for more than a year and it just keeps getting better, since it is now running Mandriva 2009.1 Spring. Here is an install guide: http://aeronetworks.ca/eeepc-mdv-howto.html

  23. Why does it only kill Mexicans? on Swine Flu Genetics Suggest a Vaccine Is Possible · · Score: 1

    Can a doctor explain this? Only Mexicans seem to die from this influenza strain. The one baby that died in the USA was a Mexican child. Other people don't even get particularly ill from it and it seems to be milder than more common strains of flu. WTF?

  24. DIY on Options For a Laptop With a Broken Screen? · · Score: 1
  25. Cover it on Portables Without Cameras? · · Score: 1

    My camera lens if always covered with a finger print.