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  1. Re:Emigrate on Senate Passes Patriot Act Renewal · · Score: 1

    How did you determine that that is indeed the goal of most moral relativists? Does your data include only those that consider themselves moral relativists or those that you consider moral relativists? The word "agenda" makes me wonder.

  2. Re:Emigrate on Senate Passes Patriot Act Renewal · · Score: 1

    Your sig: your use of the plural "definitions" implies the validity of "moral relativism".

  3. Re:New Power System on Was Thomas Edison Right about DC Power? · · Score: 1

    Second. Worst. Band. Ever.

  4. Re:New Power System on Was Thomas Edison Right about DC Power? · · Score: 1

    Worst. Band. Ever.

  5. Re:Morrissey on Total Information Awareness still Running · · Score: 1

    Yeah, what a Bona fide Drag. Truly, September Spawned a Monster. We're all Disappointed, to be sure.

  6. Re:Morrissey? on Total Information Awareness still Running · · Score: 1

    Are you calling Morrissey a liar?

  7. Re:Two words on Florida Voting Machine Logs Reveal Anomalies · · Score: 1

    As opposed to no one. There is plenty of room in the Dems and the Reps and any other group for more than one jerk. Dean's asshattery changes my point how? "Miller jumps ship" as condemnation of the DNC is a pretty stupid argument, assholes-all-around and my-side-is-better-than-yours not withstanding. That aside, I'm glad Zell Miller's constituents like him. Sounds like they deserve each other.

  8. Re:Two words on Florida Voting Machine Logs Reveal Anomalies · · Score: 2

    The democratic party used to stand for being an angry, crazy old coot? I can see why they changed. Seriously, I don't know why anyone would want to have Zell Miller on their side. He come off like a rabid dog.

  9. Re:Be careful about Dell, check with Ed Foster. on Switching a College from Desktops to Laptops? · · Score: 1
    The funny thing about your sig is that it will probably some day come true. Of course, I think it tragic that you would be killed, you being a living factal and all, we appreciate what guys bring to the table. So tragic, yet comic, because of the irony, you see.

    Good night to you too, TLF.

  10. Re:It's no Vista though on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1

    LOL!

  11. Re:Cloning is immoral! on Quantum Telecloning Demonstrated? · · Score: 1

    No, Human Cloning is fine, it's the human-animal hybrid programs that must stop - they'll be the ruin of us all. Ruin I say, ruiiiiiiiin!!! Won't someone of the children-puppy hybrids?

  12. Re:Rotary on RX-8 Hydrogen RE a Dual Fuel Car · · Score: 1
    You're right, it did use about 1 quart every 3000 miles. Due to the dipstick marks or my bad eye sight and my regular changing of the oil every 3k miles, I didn't really have to add oil to it between oil changes. Consider this a retraction: the rx-7 didn't leak oil, but it did consume a noticible amount of oil, but not enough to where it mattered.

  13. Re:Further articles on Has World Oil Production Passed Its Peak? · · Score: 1
    The boy who cried wolf was eventually right.

  14. Re:Rotary on RX-8 Hydrogen RE a Dual Fuel Car · · Score: 1

    Why do you want to contest the "fewer" moving parts bit? It's true. The oil leaks aren't bad, Mazda has had the problem solved for many years.

  15. Re:Rotary on RX-8 Hydrogen RE a Dual Fuel Car · · Score: 1

    Mine (1983 GSL) had a choke - I don't remember if I used it much. None of that other stuff, too. I had a problem with the radiator and some cosmetic stuff, but the engine was solid. Loved that car, maybe because it was my first. Sold it to a "friend" who never finished paying me. Bitch.

  16. Re:Rotary on RX-8 Hydrogen RE a Dual Fuel Car · · Score: 3, Informative

    Fortunately, not much goes wrong with wankel engines. Very few moving parts. Biggest problem is the seals wearing out, iirc, but the rx-7 i had in the 80s ran over 100k miles without any engine work, and didn't leak oil noticibly between oil changes, either.

  17. Re:Two MySQL backends owned by Oracle on Oracle Acquires Sleepycat · · Score: 1
    The Sleepycat DB is BSD licensed, if I'm not mistaken.

    You are mistaken, if I'm not mistaken.

  18. Re:And in other news... on Christian Churches Celebrate Darwin's Birthday · · Score: 1
    Ha ha - disapproving since 9/11? You're such a newb. There's a whole community of people that have been disapproving of him since all the way back to his chicken-hawk routine during Vietnam.

    :)

  19. Re:And in other news... on Christian Churches Celebrate Darwin's Birthday · · Score: 4, Insightful
    It's sort of like the fact that The Truth is that recycling paper uses more energy and creates more pollution than harvesting virgin trees and using them for paper.

    Where did you get your info about recycling paper? A quick google turned up this:

    Recycling paper saves energy, water, space at landfills, and disposal fees. The paper industry saves about 20 percent of the energy required to make paper and paperboard from fresh lumber. Recycling paper also saves about 50 percent of the water required to produce paper from fresh lumber and alleviates the shortage of space at landfills. When waste paper is recycled instead of buried, each ton of waste paper saves the charge to municipalities for dumping, often called the tipping fee.
    -- https://energy.navy.mil/awareness/365newfacts/365e wfacts10.html

    though of course I'm not an expert - your claim about recycled paper just sounds like one of those myths going around that have no basis in fact. References?

  20. Re:Id go mainstream intel chip like apple! on SGI Warns That Bankruptcy Might Be Year-End Option · · Score: 2, Informative
    O2's weren't intel architecture.

    O2's weren't teal.

    O2's weren't $20,000.

    You're spot on on everything else.

  21. Re:GPS Orbital Speed = 0? on No Time Travel, Sorry · · Score: 1

    No, they're not in geostationary orbits. HTH.

  22. Re:From a future executive? on Unlimited Legal Music Downloads for $3.95 a Month? · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about this one: buy a CD, have sex with the drummer? Win-win situation.

  23. Re:Good for them. on Toy Story 3 Scrapped · · Score: 1

    Wow, you're pretty fucking sharp. Your analysis of the my post is truly something to be marveled at.

  24. Re:Good for them. on Toy Story 3 Scrapped · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Poster B implied poster A should shut up. Once you allow for discussion, as you point out, and meta-discussion (ad recursion), my response can hardly be seen as out of line. I'm surprised you can't didn't see that was the point of my post.

  25. Re:Good for them. on Toy Story 3 Scrapped · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Is anybody making you read his opinion? Do I need to call 911 and have the polic sent to rescue you from this hostage taker? So since NO ONE makes you read the opinions of Mutant Hamster why the f (frapaccino? for fuck's sake, are you always such a pussy?) do you care what MutantHamster writes or how he writes it? If you don't like it don't read it. Let it go.