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  1. Waste not, want not. on Dead Pigs Used To Investigate Ocean's "Dead Zones" · · Score: 3, Funny


    What a waste.

    I was going to suggest a slashdot poll for this but there are only two realistic choices. Which makes more sense?

    A) The current "Sink them to the depths of the ocean where they are eaten by sea critters for science"

    B) Put them in my secret basement room where I could don a pig-head skin mask and have dry anal sex with their corpses while listening to opera.

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  2. Re:You don't need iTunes, you can tether bluetooth on Tethering Is Exhilarating (With the Nexus One) · · Score: 1


    Don't know what the article is about, but I really like that I can just set-up a wifi network in 3 seconds, not sure if the iPhone does that either.

    There's an app for that.
    (but only for jailbroken iPhones)

  3. Re:wait...others can tether? on Tethering Is Exhilarating (With the Nexus One) · · Score: 1


    I guess I don't keep up with iPhone news outside the US...but is this really something that is done outside the US. If that's the case I now think even less of Att, didn't know that was possible!!!

    iPhone 3GS on Rogers in Canada here.

    Tethering via USB and Bluetooth works peachy, no jailbreak necessary (although mine is)

    .

  4. Re:Religious Neanderthals on The Role of Human Culture In Natural Selection · · Score: 1

    Best sig I've seen in ages!

  5. Re:Religious Neanderthals on The Role of Human Culture In Natural Selection · · Score: 1

    heheheh yep.

    Of course the RNs (see GP) will gather en masse with their clubs, stone knives and mod points anytime...

    :)

  6. Religious Neanderthals on The Role of Human Culture In Natural Selection · · Score: 1, Interesting


    Too bad smarter people tend to breed less. "Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ"

    You can always hope the current crop of Religious Neanderthals will be bred out as their namegivers had.

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  7. Re:What a lot of work. on Scalpers Earned $25M Gaming Online Ticket Sellers · · Score: 1

    Why is it racist?
    It is a fact that labour from China is dirt cheap. That's why there are so many factories there. Does that make you racist for buying products "Made in China"?

    Overly political correct ACs... why do I bother?

    .

  8. Re:if everyone ignored the quacks... on Use Open Source? Then You're a Pirate! · · Score: 5, Funny


    Dude... "arg"? What kind of pirate says "arg"?

    A pirate who just had a cutlass jammed through his chest.

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  9. Re:OS going away, or just "contractual support"? on The Future of OpenSolaris · · Score: 1


    FOSS is FREE only if you don't value your time.

    Yep, everyone knows that Windows installs itself, configures itself, patches itself, etc. with no valuable user time needed.

  10. Re:What a joke.. on Simon Singh To Appeal In UK Court Today · · Score: 2, Informative


    acupunctute [...] has been tested and found effective.

    I think Randi's $1M prize is open to acupuncture. Also doing a quick check of PubMed, I don't see any studies showing benefit. Granted this was a quick search.

  11. Re:What a joke.. on Simon Singh To Appeal In UK Court Today · · Score: 4, Informative


    My family used chiropractors for years; the industry is so good as passing itself off as mainstream medicine, that I actually had to see the Simon Singh case to realize that chiropractice is woo-woo alternative medicine.

    Just look for peer-reviewed studies that show it does anything. If I recall, James Randi's $1,000,000 prize is open to Chiropractors who can show they can do anything other than help some minor back pain.

  12. Re:Eh... no. on NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee · · Score: 1

    Ha ha ha! Well done. :)

  13. Re:Here's a less harsh solution: on NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee · · Score: 1


    Oh, that's right -- since diluting homeopathic remedies makes them stronger,

    After years of homoeopathy being popular in the UK just imagine the awesome powers in a glass of English tap water. Bet that stuff fluoresces in black light.

  14. Re:Heomeopathy = Placebo on NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee · · Score: 5, Informative


    Unless, of course, you count the vast array of herbs used through the ages that pharmaceuticals are now based on

    Two different things. Modern pharmaceuticals use refined extracts or man-made replacements. Homeopathy is water with nothing of value added other than hope.

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  15. Perhaps another Sudoku app... on Apple Bans Sexy Apps, Developers Upset · · Score: 5, Funny


    Apple Bans Sexy Apps, Developers Upset

    Shoot.

    Damn.... here I was just about to submit v1.00 of VirtualCunt.

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  16. Re:Easy Solution on Windows 7 Can Create Rogue Wi-Fi Access Point · · Score: 1


    The only real way to stop that is firewalls all over the place or firewalls built into all the switches.

    Most intelligent switches can block with ACLs. We block all sorts of nefarious things at out place.

  17. Re:Wow? on Linux Action Show Returns · · Score: 5, Funny


    apt-get remove me and I shall become stronger than you can possibly imagine...

  18. Wow? on Linux Action Show Returns · · Score: 3, Funny


    Awesome!

    A show I had never heard of for a full 10 seasons is making a triumphant return for an 11th!

    .

  19. Re:I don't believe it on Apple Bans Jailbreakers From the App Store · · Score: 1

    I bought 2x 3GS models. Mine is broken, her's isn't. I've spent a good amount of money at the AppStore. If Apple banned me, then I'd just have to steal all the stuff I would normally have paid for.

    Silly move on their part.

  20. Re:It's official. on Power To the Pop-Ups · · Score: 1


    Where do *YOU* propose proxy server operators find the money to operate? Bandwidth isn't free, you know.

    Who or what pays for all the bandwidth used by Tor nodes or BitTorrent users? It certainly isn't advertising...

  21. Always works for me... on What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts? · · Score: 5, Funny


    Chloroform soaked rags always get me the ladies.

  22. Mislabelled on Nexus One First Phone Linus Torvalds "Doesn't Hate" · · Score: 4, Funny


    This phone shall be referred to as the "GNU/Nexus One with GNU/Linux".
    Now excuse me, I have to comb my beard.

    Richard

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  23. Re:Another reason on Can You Trust Chinese Computer Equipment? · · Score: 1


    You live in South Korea?

    .

  24. Re:The debate is long from over. on The Lancet Recants Study Linking Autism To Vaccine · · Score: 1


    I think

    No, you're not. You're using specious logic based on the timing of one child appearing autistic withing a week of being vaccinated. You could use that logic to claim that vaccines may cause death in car accidents because one child died in a car wreck within a week of a shot. I'll wager that has more weight than the autism links.

  25. Re:The debate is long from over. on The Lancet Recants Study Linking Autism To Vaccine · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and generationrescue is a totally unbiased source.

    They can make all the anecdotal claims they want, where are the peer-reviewed publication and reproducible results? They have none. Oh, but wait, they do have Jenny McCarthy...