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  1. Re:But Australia has no borders on As Seas Rise, Maldives Seek To Buy a New Homeland · · Score: 1

    The Maldivian government wants the Australian government to displace the Tamils from northern India? Now I'm really confused.

  2. Re:But Australia has no borders on As Seas Rise, Maldives Seek To Buy a New Homeland · · Score: 1

    You are aware then that it broke off from the Australian continental shelf 60-85 million years ago, and the OP was in every way correct?

  3. Re:A myth. on As Seas Rise, Maldives Seek To Buy a New Homeland · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Pollution also just happens to contribute to the global climate. Ozone depletion due to man made chemicals also contributes. Why qualify the warming with a probably - the fact that the earth has been heating up is indisputable. The cause is contentious, but at the very least we are contributing to and exacerbating the problem.

  4. Re:Oh no... on Largest Aussie ISP Agrees To "Ridiculous" Net-Filter Trial · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's about 95% turnout, 5-6% of those are invalid votes and 1-2% donkey votes (just voting 1-2-3-4-5). Not all of these would be deliberately throwing their vote away, and the donkeys are still counted.

  5. Re:Oh no... on Largest Aussie ISP Agrees To "Ridiculous" Net-Filter Trial · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not even about stopping them, or slowing them down. It's all about the balance of power in our Senate being held by the conservative christian 'Family First' party and our current governments attempts to woo them over to their side. This is why the technical impossibility and futility of the filter isn't an issue, it's all about looking like an uptight conservative christian, and that plan is working great.

  6. Re:iiNet on Largest Aussie ISP Agrees To "Ridiculous" Net-Filter Trial · · Score: 1

    I'd say its a tie between them and Internode, but yes they are easily one of the best.

  7. Re:We musn't fight each other... on Ubuntu 8.10 vs. Mac OS X 10.5.5 Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the Zune.

  8. You'll have to wait for it... on Non-Violent, Cooperative Games? · · Score: 1, Informative

    I believe the perfect game for you is Hello Kitty Online. I think the beta is still open if you'd like to try it early.

    Yes, it does exist.

    No, I am not making this up.

  9. Re:bias. on Study Finds iPhone Twice As Reliable As BlackBerry · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the Blackberry is very likely to be of much older stock. Comparing the faults in a 1 year old device and a 4 year old one would logically turn up more faults in the older model.

  10. Re:Read Atlas Shrugged on "Challenge Room" DLC Doesn't Follow BioShock's Strengths · · Score: 5, Funny
  11. Re:Great! on Obama Launches Change.gov · · Score: 1

    I regard someone who would want people who disagree with their viewpoint deported as a bigot, in the intolerant sense. I agree with all of your points except that one, in that those who have differing opinions should be tolerated, not deported, they should be dealt with using concepts, ideas, words and not with forcible extradition.

  12. Re:Great! on Obama Launches Change.gov · · Score: 1

    Your friend probably was African American. I wouldn't say you're racist for wanting to deport those who voted based upon race, but I would call you a bigot.

  13. Re:Let's apply it to the Tasmanian Tiger! on Frozen Mice Cloned · · Score: 1

    They tried once, I'm sure they can try again.

  14. Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! on Blizzard Sued By South Carolina Inmate · · Score: 1

    It all meshes, he's there at around the 300th defendant (counting the landmarks, armies, vague socio-political groups etc. as actual viable defendants)

  15. Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! on Blizzard Sued By South Carolina Inmate · · Score: 1

    He might have a little trouble getting Adolf Hitler's National Socialist Party into court, oh and Three Mile Island might be tricky, as would the Vienna Convention, Magna Carta, Tsunami victims, Jewish Workers, Various Buddhist Monks, Mein Kampf, Rastafarian Natives, Uliminati Founder Adam Weishaupt, Nordic Gods, The Da Vinci Code, Byzantine Republic Army, Mt. Rushmore, King James Bible, Ming Dynasty, Gangs in Hong Kong, Statue of Liberty, Geneva Convention, The World Court Hague, Yale Skull and Bones, City of Nadi, Roman Empire, Bloods and Crips of Detroit, Architecture of Fee Masonry, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Nostradamus, The Eiffel Tower, Plymouth Rock, Charles Dickens, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Guerilla's in the Mist, The International Space Station, Rand Corporation, Michealangelo, Aztec Pyramids, Viagara, Sumbionese Liberation Army, Kyoto Protocol, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, M.C. Hammer, Louis XV, Holy Grail, Planet of Pluto, Golden Gate Bridge, Chechen Rebels, Ninja Samurai Fighters, Hubble Space Telescope, Equal Opportunity Employer, World Wide Web, Area 69, Engine #9, Napoleon, Hannibal Lector, and the Statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky.

    On the bright side, I'm sure he'll get a countersuit from the Church of Scientology for his troubles at least.

  16. Anyone know about the rest of the US? on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Did Puerto Rico vote? American Samoa? Marshall islanders? You crazy cats have taxation without representation, have colonies without a vote. I recall that sort of nonsense stirred a revolution once before...

  17. Yellow peril on How China Will Use Cyber Warfare To Leapfrog Foes · · Score: 1

    This is propagandising at worst, fearmongering bullshit at best. Most of the attacks in the second link were unattributed or only loosely attributed to China, the pdf assumes from the start that China is developing asymetrical warfare capabilities then ponders on what they might be. Logically, of course every large nation has some form of cyber warfare capability, it's just that I doubt that China has any real advantage in this sphere.

  18. Re:Sounds like an easy question to me. on Major Advances In Knot Theory · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Can There Be a Knot that Cannot Be Tied or Unti on Major Advances In Knot Theory · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't rule it out, as GP said maths is tricky like that. I'm also intruiged if someone can answer it, and would be impressed by the proof required (unless of course the definition of a knot excludes them).

  20. Re:Things like this... on Major Advances In Knot Theory · · Score: 1

    From the article:

    The payoff from such work may be profound. Knot Floer homology has higher-dimensional analogues that can reveal the structures of three- and four-dimensional spaces, and it is expected that Khovanov homology does as well. Four-dimensional spaces have been especially difficult to understand. Higher-dimensional spaces have enough room that complications can work themselves out, and lower-dimensional spaces are so tight that complicated behavior canâ(TM)t emerge in the first place, but in four dimensions, almost anything can happen. "Understanding four dimensions would be especially exciting," OzsvÃth says, "because thatâ(TM)s the world we live in."

    In short, science speaks the language of nature which is maths. A greater understanding of four dimensional space is fundamental to the advancement of science. The work here is deep and profound in a way that is not readily apparent, but is essential in our advancment of knowledge and science.

  21. Re:SecuROM? Fail. on Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy · · Score: 1

    He wanted to BUY the game and remove the copy protection. Stop accusing people who are excersising their fair use rights of stealing.

  22. Re:Fucking 'think of the kids' thinking... on Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy · · Score: 0

    How many games allow you to kill kids?

    Cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, murder in the dark, water pistol fights, anything involving cap pistols or fake swords, etc.... if children have a problem with imaginary death, they sure aren't letting on.

  23. Re:Some people. on Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy · · Score: 1

    Well, my worst fear is douchebags like this being in charge of any facet of our society. People who use the first amendment as a censorship tool are deplorable, and completley undeserving of the freedoms they enjoy.

  24. Re:Or like Fallout 2... on Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy · · Score: 1

    Not to mention it was difficult to avoid, as firefights would inevitably spring up with children around. You had to play much more carefully and conservitavely to avoid the repercussions.

  25. Re:I really love Fallout. on Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Marking them as invincible is just pandering to reactionary busybodies with nothing better to do than spoil a games immersion.