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  1. Re:Ice melting or technological advance ? on Northern Sea Route Through Arctic Becomes a Reality · · Score: 1

    Peer-reviewed scientific journals are a 'frat'? Really?

  2. Re:Ice melting or technological advance ? on Northern Sea Route Through Arctic Becomes a Reality · · Score: 1

    Ah, "Wattsupwiththat"... A scholarly, peer-reviewed work on par with Nature and other leading scientific journals. And what a clever pun.

  3. Re:And they said that GW would be a bad thing on Northern Sea Route Through Arctic Becomes a Reality · · Score: 1

    The Vikings didn't need a sea route to reach Siberia or China. They controlled Russia for 700 years starting in the 9th century.

  4. Re:Hrmm on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    Don't reboot it, just update the graphics and the sound and keep Syndicate otherwise the same. Great game. Similarly, the point-and-click Adventure adaptation of I Have No Mouth Yet I Must Scream would be just as great today with some updated graphics and better voice actors (keeping Harlan Ellison's original VO).

  5. The original bit Bill was going to lead with- on Bill Gates Remembers 1979 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Ah, 1979. I remember it well. Just five short years before I lost my virginity."

  6. Re:What's needed are the 3 laws... on Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man · · Score: 1

    We could get rid of a large percentage of laws and still be a civil society.

    You're crazy! If we allow dominoes to be played on a Sunday, we might as well legalize murder!

  7. Re:EMP, Snowfall, Solar flare... on Electronic Armageddon, and No Electricity Either · · Score: 1

    No third-world nation gets nuclear weapons due to an offensive objective. North Korea and Iran are building nuclear weapons due to the threats NK perceives it has from the United States and South Korea and Iran perceives it has from Israel and the United States. They don't want victory, they want a cold war. Once there's a cold war, everyone is afraid to invade and everyone does everything very carefully and governments stop worrying about those pesky human rights abuses and dictatorial controls. You also have the economic benefit of a new military-industrial complex to support this cold war. It's a win all the way around for the paranoid nation that gets it.

  8. Re:Just kind happy that it's not Hollywood SighFi on District 9 Rises From the Ashes of Halo · · Score: 1

    I thought Charlie Jade was pretty good South African sci-fi. Not a movie, a TV series, but still pretty good.

  9. Re:If copyright only lasted five years... on Stallman Says Pirate Party Hurts Free Software · · Score: 1

    But it does allow reverse-engineering without fear of lawsuit.

  10. If copyright only lasted five years... on Stallman Says Pirate Party Hurts Free Software · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I predict we would actually see far more software emerge as people revisited old software which was no longer supported and made their own, better versions. I'd love to see new takes on software like Hypercard or even OSes like Windows 2000. Since neither are supported anymore, who does it hurt to open them up?

  11. Oh really? on Pics of the Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The longest eclipse of the century, eh? If it were 2099 instead of 2009, that would be much more impressive.

  12. Awesome. on Astronomer Photographs Meteor Through Telescope · · Score: 5, Informative

    It has always been my personal belief that everyone should own a telescope so that they can look at the vastness and complexity of our universe in awe when they see it with their own eyes. You probably won't be able to replicate this photo, but I just got my Galileoscope, a simple backyard 50mm achromatic refractor which the International Astronomer's Union is selling for $12.95. It's not the greatest telescope in the world, but for an amateur stargazer, it's perfect... and it's thirteen dollars. Plus, the whole thing is non-profit. https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/

  13. Re:Could someone please explain on Solar-Powered Moon Rover To Explore Apollo Landing · · Score: 1

    It might be worth it just to shut up the hoax conspiracy theorists. When private companies are sending their own rovers to the moon, it's pretty hard to call it a government cover-up anymore. Of course, I'm sure it won't convince the die-hards. Nothing will.

  14. Re:No on Solar-Powered Moon Rover To Explore Apollo Landing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then they re-used the sets for Capricorn One.

  15. Re:Eh? I thought DNA was DNA... on Researchers Use Salmon DNA To Make LED Lightbulbs · · Score: 1

    I could have happily gone the rest of my life without knowing that little factoid. I'm certainly not eating any salmon for a while now.

  16. Re:Flashing lights on Laser Ignition May Replace the Spark Plug · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was the 1980s. Between the feathered hair, the parachute pants and the Members Only jackets, nothing could save you from looking like a complete jackass.

  17. Re:Flashing lights on Laser Ignition May Replace the Spark Plug · · Score: 1

    I'm sure I wasn't the only child of the '80s who was pissed off when he found out that real cars don't have the swooshy red light thing. I didn't care that my parents' Toyota Corona wagon didn't have a superintelligent AI or a TURBO BOOST button, but why the hell couldn't they have put the swooshy red light on the front?

  18. I would hardly call that Hulu competition. on Roku Set-Top Box Gets A/V Aggregation Service · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hulu has shows like The Simpsons, The Office and The Daily Show. Mediafly has things like 'highlights' from Hardball with Chris Matthews and third-rate stand-up comedians. The fact that Dennis Miller is second from the top in their comedy selection shows how far they're stretching for content.

    Don't get me wrong, I love my Roku box- $100 for the device and $9 a month for a Netflix account is cheaper than cable- but I doubt I'll be using this part of the service.

  19. Yeah, sure. on 802.11n Should Be Finalized By September · · Score: 0, Troll

    Right after Duke Nukem Forever is released.

  20. Re:OLPC = One License Per Child on Negroponte Sees Sugar As OLPC's Biggest Mistake · · Score: 1

    Nigger != African American

    Funny, because I rarely hear about any Asian people being demeaned with that epithet.

  21. Re:OLPC = One License Per Child on Negroponte Sees Sugar As OLPC's Biggest Mistake · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Amazing how an interesting and informative comment can be totally ruined by pointless racism...

  22. Re:my question is... on Alaskan Blob Is an Algae Bloom · · Score: 4, Funny

    Love.

  23. All right... on Alaskan Blob Is an Algae Bloom · · Score: 1, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new photosynthetic overlords.

  24. Re:the problem isn't that he is corrupt on Computerized Election Results With No Election · · Score: 2, Informative

    Last time I checked, Honduras wasn't in South America. Just sayin'...

  25. Re:So Impeach Him on Computerized Election Results With No Election · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Good luck taking the government by force with your handguns versus their stealth bombers.