xkcd, Devotion To Duty 167
xkcd really hit the nail on the head today.
Comment Re:Way to make me feel tiny Hubble (Score 5, Insightful) 95
If only Carl Sagan were alive to see these new images.
Comment Re:Not a lazy man at least (Score 1, Insightful) 328
It wasn't just one man, it was the entire group 'Anonymous'. However I find it funny that Scientology has such specific figures, especially on the phone calls.
Comment Re:I for one... (Score 0) 86
Do they have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten?
Comment Re:Great (Score 0) 146
Well hopefully they're large enough to not suffer Pluto's fate of being demoted to a "dwarf planet".
Comment But will it break the warp barrier? (Score 0) 356
If not then the Vulcans won't come down and make First Contact!
Comment Re:The joke is sad when you think about it. (Score 0) 11
But if we start using dead humans for heating fuel, how far are we from Soylent Green?
Comment Re:Missing Option: Uranus (Score 0) 703
Uranus has large amounts of helium-3. Also since it has a surface gravity = 90% of Earth's it'd make a neat place to try floating atmospheric cities. It also has the lowest escape velocity of the gas giants the Solar System.
Comment Re:How do I get in on this? (Score 1) 438
While it may not be that the nuking of Japan is illegal, it's the stealing of the plane and the warheads on it that would be breaking the law.
Slashback: Card, Fortran, Legibility 544
Slashback tonight brings you more on recent RIAA madness, the readability of scrambled words, word of the return of Nullsoft's WASTE, another decision against the FTC's do-not-call list, and more -- read on for the details.
