What Did You Change Your Mind About in 2007?

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What Did You Change Your Mind About in 2007?

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 1, 2008 @05:41AM from the read-dawkins'-its-awesome dept.

chrisd writes "The Edge 2008 question (with answers) is in. This year, the question is: 'What did you change your mind about and why?'. Answers are featured from scientists as diverse as Richard Dawkins, Simon Baron-Cohen, George Church, David Brin, J. Craig Venter and the Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees, among others. Very interesting to read. For instance, Stewart Brand writes that he now realizes that 'Good old stuff sucks' and Sam Harris has decided that 'Mother Nature is Not Our Friend.' What did Slashdot readers change their minds about in 2007?"

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I like Harris' line ... by ScrewMaster · 2008-01-01 05:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Mother Nature is not now, nor has she ever been, looking out for us.

I would go further and say that, not only is she not looking out for us, but Mother Nature is a bitch.

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1. Re:I like Harris' line ... by Timinithis · 2008-01-01 06:40 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  No, Mother Nature is a Whore....
  
  A Whore will screw everybody...a biatch will screw everybody *but* you.
  
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2. Re:I like Harris' line ... by Anonymous Coward · 2008-01-01 06:45 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Monty Burns: Oh, so Mother Nature needs a favor? Well, maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts and floods and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival and now she wants to quit because she's losing? Well, I say "hard cheese"!
Pizza instead of Chinese by KingSkippus · 2008-01-01 05:50 · Score: 1, Funny

I really wish I had eaten pizza last night instead of ordering takeout Chinese.

Other than that, I can't think of anything.
Windows XP by m50d · 2008-01-01 05:59 · Score: 5, Funny

it's not *all* that bad, actually

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1. Re:Windows XP by Anonymous Coward · 2008-01-01 07:25 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  You must have tried Vista?
Flying cars by Harmonious+Botch · 2008-01-01 06:01 · Score: 4, Funny

I finally realized that I was never going to have a flying car.
Re:I married! by Anonymous Coward · 2008-01-01 06:12 · Score: 5, Funny

In a simple ceremony I married my sweet heart with whom we'd been together for 8 years. Okay, and to keep this on topic, you've now changed your mind? Well, happy new year :)
Re:Outsourcing actually isn't to bad by east+coast · 2008-01-01 06:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Congratulations on your promotion to management.

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Re:I married! by caluml · 2008-01-01 06:42 · Score: 2, Funny

That sounds like you and someone else had been together with your sweetheart for 8 years. What does the 3rd person think about your marriage?

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Doublethink by aldheorte · 2008-01-01 06:59 · Score: 2, Funny

I didn't change my mind, I just rewrote my past comments.
This morning, about 12:01 AM... by LynnwoodRooster · 2008-01-01 07:12 · Score: 2, Funny

I finally changed my mind that 2007 will be the Year of Linux on the Desktop...

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Re:Republicans by meringuoid · 2008-01-01 07:17 · Score: 4, Funny

Barack's a Muslim
No he isn't. A quick search reveals that he is a member of something called the United Church of Christ. This does not appear to be a Muslim denomination: the clue's in the word 'Christ'.

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Re:Ron Paul and the war by QRDeNameland · 2008-01-01 07:19 · Score: 3, Funny

Who said anything about bringing liberty to anyone?

Well, Cheney did say we'd be greeted as liberators. However, I believe he misspoke and meant to say we'd be greeted as obliterators.

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Re:Environmentalist and VideoGame Nuts and Linux F by diablovision · 2008-01-01 08:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Happy New Year 2002!

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Re:Linux by calebt3 · 2008-01-01 08:19 · Score: 2, Funny

One more thing: forums kept mentioning the terminal, and I didn't have a clue what they meant by that.
my (ex) wife by passthecrackpipe · 2008-01-01 10:26 · Score: 2, Funny

got my divorce sorted out on christmas day. about time as well. crazy bitch was getting on my nerves

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