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Slashback: Little Red Hoax, Firefly, Google
A little red hoax. MyNameIsFred writes "In an earlier Slashdot story, it was reported that a student was investigated for requesting Mao's Little Red Book on inter-library loan. It appears that the story was a hoax."
Firefly franchise death greatly exaggerated. Kazzahdrane writes "Joss Whedon has spoken out against the Entertainment Weekly that claimed he has turned his back on the Firefly/Serenity franchise. From his post at Whedonesque: 'All right, now I have to jump in and set the record straight. EW is a fine rag, but they do take things out of context. Obviously when I said I had "closure", what I meant was "I hate Serenity, I hated Firefly, I think my fans are stupid and Nathan Fillion smells like turnips." But EW's always got to put some weird negative spin on it.'"
Intelligent Design tantamount to teaching religion. rcs1000 writes "After much deliberation Judge John Jones has ruled that teaching Intelligent Design is tantamount to teaching religion. The judge was pretty forthright, arguing that 'it is unconstitutional to teach Intelligent Design as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom.'"
EU launches first Galileo navigation satellite. Xserv writes "The EU launched the first in the series of Galileo Navigation Satellites signifying the start of a lessening of dependency on US Military GPS Systems in Europe. The new Galileo system is touted to be much more accurate and will also be more accessible on higher latitude zones where the US GPS system is known to be less than ideal."
Why AOL chose Google over Microsoft. gambit3 writes to tell us that the Wall Street Journal has a nice article deconstructing AOL's decision to go with Google instead of Microsoft. From the article: "Two weeks ago, when Time Warner Inc. was on the cusp of signing a sweeping online deal with Microsoft Corp., a team of executives from the media company's AOL unit traveled to Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to make sure everything was in order. When the executives returned, they reported back to Time Warner's top deal negotiator, Olaf Olafsson, with some less-than-satisfactory findings. They had found some of Microsoft's technology to be clunky, while the contemplated joint venture with the software king contained what they thought were financial pitfalls."
Endgame in Blackberry patent case. waynegoode writes "The New York Times is reporting that a recent decision could spell the end of the NTP vs. RIM Blackberry case. The US Patent Office apparently took the unusual step of telling NTP & RIM it will likely reject all 5 of NTP's patents, meaning the basis for NTP's lawsuit and it's billion dollar claim will most likely disappear. This puts pressure on the judge to not issue an injunction against RIM but to instead delay until the USPTO gets around to actually rejecting the patents."
Katrina aftermath still making waves. An anonymous reader writes "Approximately 50 people have been indicted in relation to a scheme that drained almost $200,000 from a Red Cross fund designed to put money into the hands of Hurricane Katrina victims. From the article: 'Seventeen of the accused worked at the Red Cross claim center in Bakersfield, Calif., which handled calls from storm victims across the country and authorized cash payments to them. The others were the workers' relatives and friends, prosecutors said last week.'"
More cloning doubts emerge. LukePieStalker writes "The Boston Globe is reporting that the South Korean cloning team whose troubles have recently been chronicled here on Slashdot used "borrowed" photos in their Science journal article that "appear in the journal Molecules and Cells, in a research article by another Korean team, submitted before the Science paper". In the earlier article, the cells in the photo are described as having been created without cloning."
Turns out the researchers really meant to say they had used the Photoshop clone tool to copy the pictures of the cells. The next step would be to clone the actual cells instead of just the pictures. Small misunderstanding.
n an earlier Slashdot story, it was reported that a student was investigated for requesting Mao's Little Red Book on inter-library loan. It appears that the story was a hoax.
But that's exactly what they want you to believe!
The problem with slashdot is that most of its users were bullied and stuffed into lockers as kids!
I also believe in inelegant design. How else do you explain the Edsel?
But there's still no reason for the "blink" tag.
...was just entertainment, weakly.
Should read:
... They had found some of Microsoft's morals to be evil, while the contemplated joint venture with the satanic king contained what they thought were hellish pitfalls."
"Two weeks ago, when Time Warner Inc. was on the cusp of signing a sweeping
online deal with Microsoft Corp., a team of executives from the media company's AOL unit traveled to the beast's lair in Redmond, Wash., to make sure everything was in order.
They had found some of Microsoft's technology to be clunky
Let me guess, they were running Windows, right?
"Kittens give Morbo gas!"
Agreed it's not a troll, but "well-thought out"? It's barely coherent.
Firefly was a leaf on the wind. *CRUNCH!*
Allah started the ball rolling?
Allah is the Prince?
Islamatari Damacy!
Do we really have to rehash the ID thing yet again? The link is to an article dated December 20, there's nothing new here.
Yes, but it is a dead horse. And as you know, dead horses need punishing.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
In my religion, God's a hermaphrodite. Of course God's also on fire, so God needn't be concerned with planets such as Neptune or Pluto. God's also everywhere which, though it may seem to conflict with my assertion that God is on fire, does not because this is a religious statement which needn't pass any scientific tests. Which is odd, since I still cannot understand why Christians (are there any other religions pushing ID?) want this taught in a science class.
Of course, as I'm merely a newly converted hermaphrodite worshipper who created this religion mere seconds ago, I cannot begin to imagine what thoughts may race through my mind after faith permeates my psyche to the point that I can no longer differentiate science from religious belief.
No really, I'm a true believer and strong supporter of religion. There isn't a cynical bone in my body...honest!
You are letting the facts get in the way of a good argument!
Stop the Slashdot Effect! Don't read the articles!
In "Trash", while Kaylee and Jayne are working on the dumpster's control panel right before Jayne gets electrocuted, you can plainly see that the screen on the control panel is a screen shot of a Windows 2000 Desktop, complete with Start bar. The window that is up appears to be the Add New Hardware window.
:)
I am serious - the scene appears at around 21:39
Well, if your stress comes from not knowing if its going to be used properly, or sqandered, why not give to United Way and remove all doubt that it'll be squandered ??
As an official and unrepentant Bush (all male family members, including Barbara) hater, I apologize for rushing to the conclusion that a Bush-crony run government department could have a crack squad of Communist anti-infiltration investigators watching over inter-library loans with any sort of competence. Most likely the "crack squad" are really George W's dealers, and the Communist anti-infiltration unit is apparently investigating all the "Red" Cross workers in the "blue" states.
"It's overkill, of course. But you can never have too much overkill." - Anonymous Slashdot Coward
I think it was Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Press.
This post expresses my opinion, not that of my employer. And yes, IAAL.
[...]its like saying that a higher power might be involved when 1 + 1 equals 2 in a math class.
1^3 + 1^5 = 2
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higher power.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
So why don't we just pray to Bob?
This is misleading. The theories have not been disproven. They have simply not been proven. The fact that they have not, to date, been proven, does not imply that they are disproven.
This is incorrect. It HAS been proven that hidden variables are mathematically incompatible with quantum mechanics. Try looking into the EPR paradox and bell's inequality. That's not to say there are no hidden variables, but quantum theory works damn well, and it's incompatible with hidden variables - so it's a whole lot more convincing an argument than simply "it hasn't been found yet"
Ask any metaphysicist.
Yeah, while you're at it, ask an astrologist, a tarot card reader, a televangelist, and a reporter for a tabloid mag.
So what you're saying is that God is being squeezed out of His habitat as humans encroach? That would mean Intelligent Design proponents could be seen as an environmental group desperately trying to preserve a threatened species. How progressive of them!
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
No Fair - you used math.
Schroedinger's cat was always in the box.
Whether it was alive or not is another question.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.