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  1. Re:I think they are right - for now on Japanese and Swiss Watchmakers Scoff At Smartwatches · · Score: 1

    Yup, a mechanical watch is in with the same crowd as carbon fibre and titanium golf clubs.

  2. Re:Maybe they should ask corded phone manufacturer on Japanese and Swiss Watchmakers Scoff At Smartwatches · · Score: 2

    Cool. My mechanical watch gains about 5 minutes per day, so it must be the real deal then. BTW, I always know exactly what time it is. It is my subordinates that are always late for my meetings. The bloody slackers...

  3. Re:Maybe they should ask corded phone manufacturer on Japanese and Swiss Watchmakers Scoff At Smartwatches · · Score: 1

    My wrist watch is mechanical, self winding, accurate to about 5 minutes per day and that's the way I like it...

  4. Turkey on How Concrete Contributed To the Downfall of the Roman Empire · · Score: 1

    First the religious nutcases took over in 325AD, and then the Romans were defeated by the Turks and lost 1/3rd of their empire, that is what happened.

  5. Re:Thought experiment on What Happens To All the Universe's Hydrogen? · · Score: 2

    Bugger all is gonna happen to your infinite number of balloons, unless you have an infinite amount of oxygen too.

  6. Re:So, um, only protons and neutrons? on What Happens To All the Universe's Hydrogen? · · Score: 3, Funny

    That must be why the big bang happened - all charged up and nowhere to go.

  7. Re:In other news ... on Microsoft Issues Advisory For Internet Explorer Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Actually Windows does come with a command line FTP client that can be used to download Firefox/Chrome. You just need a Linux user to execute it for the clueless Windows user...

  8. Bite each other on Brazilians Welcome Genetically-Modified Mosquito To Help Fight Dengue Fever · · Score: 3, Funny

    We need to engineer mosquitos that are allergic to humans and which will rather bite each other. That would be a great way to get revenge for thousands of years of human itching and scratching.

  9. What isn't a potential terrorist weapon? on This Chip Can Tell If You've Been Poisoned · · Score: 2

    In California, even a spit ball can be a potential terrorist weapon...

  10. Re:$1B? That's nothing! on Google May Be $1 Billion Behind In Tax Payments To France · · Score: 1

    It will only take one EU country to bring that house of cards down. Three cheers to France for starting with it.

  11. Re:So few on Google May Be $1 Billion Behind In Tax Payments To France · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sure, but Google (and others) are obviously trying to pass off work done in France (or other EU countries) as work done in Ireland, while the Ireland office obviously has very few staff and cannot possibly do all the work they are purported to be doing. This is a very obvious tax fraud and it is quite amazing that these mega corps think that they will get away with it forever. They should get audited and double taxed. Simple as that.

  12. Alternative Minimum Tax on Google May Be $1 Billion Behind In Tax Payments To France · · Score: 1

    The USA also has something called Alternative Minimum Tax. That is a rule that gets invoked when it looks like someone is trying to game the system. Essentially, it gives the tax service the power to impose a tax. France is doing the same thing.

  13. Re:Straws don't make good siphons anyways. on Siphons Work Due To Gravity, Not Atmospheric Pressure: Now With Peer Review · · Score: 1

    Uhmm... Atmospheric pressure is also due to gravity. If a siphon worked due to atmospheric pressure diffs only, then it would work upwards, not downwards!

  14. Atmospheric pressure also caused by gravity on Siphons Work Due To Gravity, Not Atmospheric Pressure: Now With Peer Review · · Score: 1

    Well, obviously, since it is all due to gravity.

  15. Re:just stupid, and for whatever reason. on Australian Law Enforcement Pushes Against Encryption, Advocates Data Retention · · Score: 1

    It is to keep those wild billabong camping Aussies from terrorizing everybody else I suppose.

  16. Re:Sure they do. on Microsoft, Google, Others Join To Fund Open Source Infrastructure Upgrades · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that MS uses a lot of BSD code.

  17. No your honour, it is not encrypted data. My friends and I send random data to each other just for fun... z"dy`e"DG"NkOV83,N:

  18. Re:Too good to be true? on OnePlus One Revealed: a CyanogenMod Smartphone · · Score: 1

    The problem is that video requires two orders of magnitude more storage than audio, so including a separate tiny slow storage device for audio would make it more expensive.

  19. 4 of 9 agreed with him on Supreme Court OKs Stop and Search Based On Anonymous 911 Tips · · Score: 5, Funny

    but we all agree that Seven of Nine is the most gorgeous...

  20. Re:They. on Apple Fixes Major SSL Bug In OS X, iOS · · Score: 1

    Most Amerikins do not realize that the gender neutral form is 'one', as in anyone, no-one, someone, or 'body', as in somebody, anybody and nobody. If everyone would realize that one could use one instead of he, she or it, then the gender issue in politically correct speak would largely go away.

  21. Re:Should have gone with ruby.... on How Apple's Billion Dollar Sapphire Bet Will Pay Off · · Score: 1

    Yup, sapphire goes by many names, depending on its colour. Long ago when they were named, no-one knew it was the same crystal. Today, most people still don't.

  22. Re:Well. on How Apple's Billion Dollar Sapphire Bet Will Pay Off · · Score: 1

    Uhmmm, saphire is harder than glass.

  23. Re:Oh noes, I can't drive X miles on Will the Nissan Leaf Take On the Tesla Model S At Half the Price? · · Score: 1

    Wow, even a peg leg can walk that far.

  24. Well, the units do not alter either the absolute temperature or the altitude and anyone with more than a few brain cells can do these unit conversions in his head without the use of a calculator.

  25. Re:Survival rate under-estimated? on Experts Say Hitching a Ride In an Airliner's Wheel Well Is Not a Good Idea · · Score: 1

    Yeah, at least until they hit the water at 700km/h...