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  1. Also the week stem cells from bone marrow on MIT Certifies Biological Engineering Major · · Score: 1

    http://news.newkerala.com/health-news-india/?actio n=fullnews&id=67718

    showed usefulness. Creating absolutely no moral dilemmas. And it got oh so much press ink.

  2. Welcome to the Nanny State on California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car · · Score: 1

    The government is a beast which is never satisfied with less. That would diminish their power. No one should be surprised with this.

    Case in point. Do you think these states actually want you to stop smoking? Of course not.

  3. Re:Why? on Verizon To Acquire MCI For $6.7 Billion · · Score: 1

    One company is more stable than the other. They may be concerned about the long-term and the best interest of their shares in the newly-formed company.

  4. Re:Former Republican Governor of Vermont... on Governer Dean Becomes Chair of DNC · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about when the Republican Congress forced the Clinton administration to balance the budget? The current Democrats claiming they support fiscal responsibility but freaking out about any cuts? Or are you referring to the budget Clinton proposed in 1995? That's the one that never, ever even considered balancing the budget. And that was after the 1993 tax increases.

    One last thing, for the record: tax revenues increased 6.1% last year (the horrors of tax cuts! It's draining the treasury!). Unfortunately, Congress spent 10.5% more last year as well. This reduced the annual deficit by about 150 billion dollars to about 360 something.

    We don't have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem.

  5. So let me get this straight... on Digital Life and Evolution · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone DESIGNED a system to prove evolution.

    Beyond that, it would be interesting to look at the details of how this works. Does it mimic UV light and other things trying to break down early life? Is the mutation rate random?

    It may not prove evolution, but it is an interesting experiment.

  6. Re:One major thing missing from this story... on Google Fires Blogger? · · Score: 1

    That could land him and Google in major SEC-related trouble. Unintentional insider-trading? That can be bad, bad new.

  7. How has the rise of spyware effected your TCO? on Ask Microsoft's Martin Taylor About Linux vs. Windows · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How much time to administrators have to spend fighting off spyware on Windows systems? Is there a numerical figure for this yet?

  8. Re:Fling out of the galaxy on Star Flung From Milky Way at High Speed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What do you have against T.O.?

  9. Would They Get a Cut of the Revenues? on Fans Attempting to Pay for Enterprise · · Score: 1

    I don't think Paramount wants to deal with the financial headache of simply setting this up.

  10. Other Differences From Mapquest... on Google Launches Mapping Service · · Score: 5, Interesting

    1) They won't take you the wrong way down one-way streets.

    2) They will get you to your destination instead of 95% of the way there.

  11. Re:Why "managed" != "denial" on Don Box: Huge Security Holes in Solaris, JVM · · Score: 1

    Isn't unmanaged code only an issue for C/C++, not C#, in the .NET system?

  12. IE or Windows or both? on Why Does Windows Still Suck? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't a lot of the problem with Internet Explorer and how it integrates with Windows?

    Better question? Will anyone be reading post # 1600 in this thread?

  13. Some Will Claim It's a Hit and Run ripoff on Family Guy Video Game in the Works · · Score: 1

    Family Guy, which I love, is different and very similar to the Simpsons (which I also love) at the same time.

    My first thought is people will be looking for any similarities to Simpsons games.

  14. Mutual Harmony of Interests? on Is Anti-Municipal Broadband Report Astroturf? · · Score: 1

    Sometimes what looks like corruption is just birds of a feather flocking together.

    Say you are writing a pro-conservation and people find out (cue spooky music) your article is funded by the Sierra Club. Maybe it's because the Sierra Club finds value in the person's work. Maybe the NRA backs politicians who pro-gun control, instead of trying to bribe a politician.

    A special interest is just an interest that isn't your's.

  15. Re:Good Luck On That One on Canadian Government Weary of Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    Like the person feeding the crocodile, they will be eaten last.

    The U.S. is the nation trying to kill the croc.

    But Canada, unlike France, Germany, Russia and China, isn't helping countries like Iran. I will give them credit on that.

    One sidenote: To the person who thinks I was trolling. I firmly believe the "we'll just talk and sort things out without any threat of force" is both naive and dangerous. History will bear this out so I am not sweating the negative moderation points.

  16. Good Luck On That One on Canadian Government Weary of Patriot Act · · Score: 0, Troll

    If I were Iran or North Korea, I would be loving Canada right now.

    The U.S. is taking on the bad guys with little thanks from the rest of the world, but with great benefit to countries like Canada.

    The lack of understanding about human nature displayed in your post is truly dangerous. Understanding and compromise? That works if people are reasonable and good. Otherwise, that will be a recipe for disaster.

  17. when I was young... on In Depth Reactions to EA / ESPN Deal · · Score: 1

    we played games with fake teams and players. Will kids not buy a good game with fake "almost real" names. The Cows with Mikail Syria or something like that.

  18. Re:Representatives of the People, Indeed on Jail Time For P2P Developers? · · Score: 1

    One person's business interest is another person's job.

    That aside, this is bad law.

  19. Re:I've read this article before it was on /.... on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 1

    Is that why revenues are up 10.5% this year? Because the tax cuts are draining the treasury?

  20. What they were saying 7 years ago... on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 1

    http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york20050114080 7.asp

    Radical conservatives like Clinton were calling it a crisis in 1998-1999. Didn't the late-Dem. Patrick Moynihan call for partial privitzation?

  21. People aren't forced into ponzi schemes on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 1

    that seems to be the main difference.

  22. If he can back up his assertions on Harvard Pres Says Females Naturally Bad at Math · · Score: 1

    with facts, that is the only thing we should be concerned about. Not about whether his views shatter our pre-conceived notions about how the world should work.

  23. Re:Rerunning of mini series on New Battlestar Galactica Series Starts Tonight · · Score: 1

    They've been re-running it frequently in the last week.

  24. Re:They Weren't Even Measuring Output From the Sun on BBC on Global Dimming · · Score: 1

    I saved the article if anyone is interested in looking it up. Philadelphia Inquirer, Monday April 14, 2003 page d3.

  25. They Weren't Even Measuring Output From the Sun on BBC on Global Dimming · · Score: 1

    Around April 13th, 2003 I read a news article which mentioned that scientists were not measuring the output from the sun. So without knowing how much the orbit is wobbling (which has caused warming and cooling trends in the past) or how much energy is actually coming out of the sun (which I assume fluctuates), we are going to get these predictions?