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  1. Re:Useless. on Computer-Aided ESP Transmits Binary Numbers, Slowly · · Score: 1

    but still no starship.

  2. Re:I'll get my camera right away! on Fans Come Together To Complete Star Wars Uncut · · Score: 1

    That's no moon!

  3. Re:global cooling on Cosmic Ray Intensity Reaches Highest Levels In 50 years · · Score: 1

    Further to this, a recent Geophys Res Lett paper show using a GCM that the "ion-aerosol clear-air" hypothesis cannot explain current climate change.

    Pierce, J. R., and P. J. Adams (2009), Can cosmic rays affect cloud condensation nuclei by altering new particle formation rates?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L09820, doi:10.1029/2009GL037946.

  4. Re:Has anyone considered adding "science" ? on Obama Makes a Push To Add Time To the School Year · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I concur, no one here objects to a scientific quantifiable approach to social science here. We just dislike the post modern sophistry that seems to litter that field.

  5. Re:Not really... on Court To Scammer, "Give Up Your House Or Go To Jail" · · Score: 1

    Then he's innocent?

  6. Re:Awesome on New York's Video-Game-Based Public School · · Score: 1

    Although I don't have children, my interest in history was entirely due to Civ 1, I'm still amazed at how much it helped me learn things.

  7. Re:NZ pacifist warrior culture on Maori Legend of Man-Eating Birds is True · · Score: 1

    There hasn't been an English Monarch since 1066.

  8. Re:In Tune... on Maori Legend of Man-Eating Birds is True · · Score: 1

    I think its only the language and culture that moved around, most of the people didn't.

    Both Anglo-Saxon, and Celtic (and Roman and Norman and Viking) invasions haven't changed the genetic makeup as much as we used to think.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_the_British_Isles

  9. Re:The answer is obvious. on A History of Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    "IMHO people who trust government are either fools, or they don't know history,"

    That's very narrow minded, they could fools *and* they don't know history!

  10. Re:Hush, citizen. on What the DHS Knows About You · · Score: 1

    It also explains why no one has set up their own DHS with.....

  11. Re:To hell with apologies... on Alan Turing Apology Campaign Grows · · Score: 1

    Change the fucking record

  12. Re:Are all C programmers sex offenders? on Illinois Bans Social Network Use By Sex Offenders · · Score: 1

    I think it's only an offence if (c==8)

  13. Re:The only place I actually enjoy shopping. . . on Where Does a Geek Find a Social Life? · · Score: 1
  14. Re:How about this idea on US House Democrats Unveil a Health Care Plan · · Score: 1

    I don't think you can reasonably draw a connection between socialised medicine and pharmaceutical innovation.

                    Exports.Imports.Balance of trade (£)

    Switzerland      20,206  9,336      10,870
    Ireland     9,664     1,520     8,144
    Germany     24,395     18,810     5,586
    UK             14,567     10,291     4,276
    France             13,675     10,135     3,540
    Sweden             4,726     1,731     2,995
    Netherlands     7,439     7,276     163
    Italy             7,607     8,466     -859
    Spain             4,142     5,227     -1,085
    Japan             1,736     4,625     -2,889
    USA             17,491     35,801     -18,310

    Source
    http://www.abpi.org.uk/statistics/section.asp?sect=1

  15. Re:It may be kind of tinfoil-hat of me ... on No Museum Status For UK Home of Enigma Machine · · Score: 1

    Why? They were all children when it was done.

  16. Re:Ok I'll Bite... on New Irish Internet Tax? · · Score: 1

    This however won't stop the TV licence people harrassing you. But then not having a TV won't stop them being dicks either.

  17. Re:Fun Read? on The Biggest Cults In Tech · · Score: 1

    Maybe he's an anti-semantic sort of Nazi

  18. Re:Copyright on Ancient Books Go Online · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exactly. The low number of works produced by dead people is a direct consequence of poorer copyright protections compared to the living.

  19. Re:Hmmm.... on Irish Domain Registry Banning Adult Domains · · Score: 1

    Is that your social networking site for people with Tourette's syndrome?

  20. Re:Possession? on ACLU Sues Penn Prosecutor For Empty Threat of Child Porn · · Score: 1

    Won't someone please think of you!

  21. Re:But what about the prices? on How Much Longer Will Physical Game Distribution Survive? · · Score: 1

    I agree with the sentiment but I don't think it was £23 from play including the VAT, don't they operate from Jersey so that VAT isn't payed on most of the purchases? But this adds a further question of why don't steam do something similar where they operate a sever from a tax haven so you don't pay VAT or sales tax?

  22. Re:People "can't wait for ID cards" on UK Outlines Plan For Internet Black Boxes · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Move to Arizona on Alternatives to Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    welcome to the english language

  24. Re:Outsourcing Their Decisions on Greenspan Tells Congress Bad Data Hurt Wall Street · · Score: 1

    Fractional reserve banking is libertarian, it existed before the state passed laws allowing it. What isn't is that the fiat currencies aren't backed by anything.

  25. Re:naked shorts on A Wikipedia Conspiracy and the Wall Street Meltdown · · Score: 3, Informative

    Since we brought in fiat currency and fractional reserve banking?