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A Few .50cal’s Would Solve This Problem Immediately

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - 13 hr 56 min ago

Large vessels aren't maneuverable; the small, fast-moving pirate vessels can quite literally run rings around them. It's very difficult for a big ship to deliberately ram a smaller boat that's taking evasive action. The crew of the ship can try to make i … (see comment)

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Major Drop in Las Vegas Population, Largest since the 1920s

Comment in News (40 diggs, 0 replies) - 16 hr 46 min ago

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. People, on the other hand, apparently don't. (see comment)

Woman Taken for $400K in Nigerian Email Scam.

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/14/2008

charlieville writes: "Anyone retarded enough to fall for that should not have access to $400k." Well, now there's one more who doesn't. 419 scams - think of them as evolution in action. (see comment)

First Fuzzy Photos of Planets Outside Solar System (pics)

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/14/2008

Hey, Zorkulon - I can see your house from here! (see comment)

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US Military Fights Weapon Labs with Incendiary Fireballs

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/14/2008

It's the bastard child of napalm and Superballs. (see comment)

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Morgan Stanley Internal Memo Forbids Forwarding Memos

Comment in News (5 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/14/2008

Many large companies have an "IT policy" that employees have to sign which states that they can and will monitor your mail and other Internet use. In practice, few companies can afford to hire someone just to read everyone's mail, so they'll only do it … (see comment)

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Palin Baffles Reporters By Rehashing Stump Speech At RGA

Comment in News (3 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/14/2008

If they wanted a music box that plays more than one tune, they should have shopped around more, rather than going with the first one they found. (see comment)

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Waking Up With a Different Accent

Comment in News (117 diggs, 7 replies) - on 11/13/2008

That's nothing. A few drinks and I start talking fluent Porpoise. (see comment)

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A 7 Step No-Waffle Plan for Real World Success

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/12/2008

It's a reference. The original German phrase was "Wenn ich 'culture' höre, entsichere ich meinen Browning.", often wrongly attributed to one or other leading Nazi, but actually from a play by a Nazi sympathizer called Hanns Johst. For some reason, the Eng … (see comment)

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Obama team announces new rules on lobbyists

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/12/2008

I read the headline as "Obama team announces new rules on hobbits", which struck me as a bit of an over-reach. Must remember to get my eyes checked. (see comment)

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A 7 Step No-Waffle Plan for Real World Success

Comment in News (5 diggs, 3 replies) - on 11/12/2008

Still too waffley. Let's see if we can trim it down. Here, reduced to essentials, is what he advises: 1. Figure out what you want. 2. Concentrate on it. 3. Work at it. 4. Don't stop working. 5. Ignore your critics; listen to your admirers. 6. Finish what … (see comment)

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A 7 Step No-Waffle Plan for Real World Success

Comment in News (1 digg, 1 reply) - on 11/12/2008

I believe that he's parodying 'the Law of Attraction' or 'the Secret', which - as far as I can figure out - boils down to "imagine nice things happening to you and they will suddenly happen to you". Of course, the people who sell courses telling you how t … (see comment)

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IAEA finds traces of uranium at Syrian nuke site

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/12/2008

No, that's much too informative. If IKEA sold a nuclear weapon, they'd give it a name like BENGT or TROGG. And it would be listed in the 'housewares' section. (see comment)

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Madonna's 12 Insane Rules for Letting Guy Ritchie Visit Kids

Comment in News (75 diggs, 3 replies) - on 11/12/2008

"OK, kids. All done with your cheeseburgers? Want any more Coke, David? Great, now run and get your new nylon jackets, we're gonna go hang out at the newsstand in the mall until the paparazzi show up. Who are the nice ladies? They're my new girlfriends. A … (see comment)

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IAEA finds traces of uranium at Syrian nuke site

Comment in News (7 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/11/2008

The Israeli raid was actually a cover for a daring commando operation to steal the Allen key that shipped with the unassembled bombs, and swap the assembly guide for a set showing how to build a bookcase with instructions written in Finnish. Syrian nuclea … (see comment)

Rival Monks Throw Down at Christian Holy Site

Comment in News (3 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/10/2008

4Christ asked "are Monks Catholic or what?" There are Catholic monks, obviously, but in this case the fight was between Greek Orthodox monks and Armenian monks. I believe that the Armenians at the Holy Sepulchre are also Orthodox, though there are also A … (see comment)

Rival Monks Throw Down at Christian Holy Site

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/10/2008

I don't think I need to remind anyone here about the first rule of Monk Fight Club. (see comment)

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Internet Attacks Grow More Potent

Comment in News (3 diggs, 1 reply) - on 11/10/2008

Some attackers generate revenue by extortion: "pay us $1000000 or your site goes down". I believe that online gambling sites were the first to be targeted this way. Others use the attacks to target rivals, or sites that threaten their profits from some o … (see comment)

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Bush pushes gambling ban via "lame duck" midnight regulation

Comment in News (34 diggs, 2 replies) - on 11/10/2008

A friend commented that in business, when you fire an executive, he gets five minutes to clean his desk, with a security guard standing over him to make sure he doesn't touch his computer. After that, you walk him to the door. You don't let him hang aroun … (see comment)

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Spam gets 1 response per 12,500,000 emails

Comment in News (96 diggs, 4 replies) - on 11/10/2008

The problem with spam is that the spammers are almost untraceable. However, it sounds as if a relatively small number of idiots are buying just enough to keep the spammers in business. The solution is therefore the following: 1. Send out billions of spam … (see comment)

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