Comment: Re:Let's land on it. (Score 0, Redundant) 157
In Soviet Russia, asteroid lands on you?
Comment: Re:Cold War & EMP (Score 1) 356
...and I was probably a bit loose with terns.
Careful with that. You could get some form of sea-bird STD.
On the other hand, you know what they say...one good tern deserves another.
Comment: Let me be the first to say... (Score 2, Funny) 104
...I'm glad my Verizon contract is up.
Comment: Re:Rest in Peace, rpiquepa (Score 5, Funny) 288
I can only suspect St. Peter will give YOU a -1 when you show up before the pearly gates
I don't know about that, but on Roland's approach St. Peter was heard to say "oh no, it's Roland".
Comment: Re:Err..what? (Score 4, Insightful) 168
Spiraling signal? Filaments? Braided rope-like structures?
To me it sounds like they've finally found proof of FSM's existence.
To me it sounds like they've finally found proof of FSM's existence.
Comment: Re:Slashdot, I'm in shock! (Score 2, Funny) 429
Besides, there's nothing down there you can't just see on the Internet anyway.
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That's what we keep telling everyone but they keep coming down here anyway, darnit.
Comment: Re:frist psot (Score 5, Funny) 429
Dude, probably the only time in /. history that Frosty Piss would have been an appropriate response, and you blew it!
Comment: Re: The Mouse Turns 40 (Score 1) 169
Of course not. It was Al Gore.
Google Street View and "No Photography" Lo->
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thesandbender writes "Google Street View is sure to upset a number of law enforcement agencies. Because of the "Terrorist Threat" photographing most tunnels and several bridges in and around New York City is strictly forbidden. Apparently Google didn't see the signs or forget to turn off their cameras. The site has entire photographs of all the major tunnels and bridges around New York. What other "sensitive" information does Google Street View reveal?"
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eBay Ivory Trade Threatens Elephants' Survival
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travdaddy writes "The International Fund for Animal Welfare studied eBay's internationally illegal ivory trade and reported "over 2,200 elephant ivory items listed on eBay Web sites and found that more than 90% of the listings breached even eBay's own respective national wildlife policies." Normally banned items are delisted from eBay but the report continues, "very few of the suspected illegal items reported by IFAW investigators to eBay during the snapshot survey were removed from sale.""