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  1. Re:OT, but... AstroBIOLOGY Magazine? on Aftermath of Distant Planetary Collision? · · Score: 1

    Which raises the question, If you are growing bean sprouts on the ISS (FOR SCIENCE!!!) are you a biologist or an astrobiologist?

  2. Re:Evil is Microsoft's most important product? on Microsoft Threatens Startups Over Account Info · · Score: 1

    Nah, the Venn of Evil and Making Money overlaps.

    not EQUAL sets maybe, but a good chunk of intersection =).

  3. Re:Teleportation Fraud on Teleportation — Fact and Fiction · · Score: 1

    Now, 0 time to target communication of information WOULD be interesting. Do you have any sources concerning the quanntum state teleportation that mention if there was a time lapse at all?

    Certainly not teleporting matter in the any sense, but that would still be more than squat.

  4. Re:Ah, but... on New Findings Confirm Darwin's Theory — Evolution Not Random · · Score: 1

    It is necessarily at odds with evolution by natural selection. Natural selection means that... it's natural, that there isn't an intelligent decision maker with a goal in mind. I do not know about that definition, the only difference I see between the concepts of natural and the supernatural is simply whether or not we've come up with an explanation for something or not. This just happens to be a case where the current somewhat-accepted "natural" explanation is contested.

    The worst thing about discussing these kinds of details over the internet is that one rarely has the chance to correct details being taken out of context. I'm not entirely sure what you think I was trying to say. I may have put it better months back, despite typo-ing accurate =)
  5. Re:Creating vs. developing on New Findings Confirm Darwin's Theory — Evolution Not Random · · Score: 1

    THANK you.

    That is exactly what I was trying to say, but you found the concise phrasery that works =D

  6. Re:Ah, but... on New Findings Confirm Darwin's Theory — Evolution Not Random · · Score: 1

    Really? I always thought that to be considered Creationist one simply had to believe that God engineered all that is, regardless of how. I assumed that to be logical enough to never have bothered to look into it.

    Well now I understand why it is listed as mutually exclusive, but also understand even less about how that specific doctrine is to be defended.

  7. Re:Ah, but... on New Findings Confirm Darwin's Theory — Evolution Not Random · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is why I would like to have clarified why people seem to think that the concept of Creationism is even at odds with Evolution.

    Personally, I would find it much less insulting as a deity if people realized I was an absolutely incredible systems programmer able to start a ball rolling with some precursor components and have all of earths current life unfold from them as planned. It would kind of belittle the effort to say He just snapped his fingers.

    I hear the rebuttal constantly that the words of mankind are unable to contain the meanings God would be trying to impart on the writers, and this type of complexity would be EXACTLY the kind of thing mankind would be unable to even conceptualize millennia ago.

    Creationism and Evolution are not mutually exclusive. The roots of creationism are simply unable to be tested or verified by humanity currently so it remains a leap of faith to believe that God designed the layout of dominos. We can't even say if there was a START to the universe, or whether it is some bizarre infinite system, or a finite-yet-recursive system or what.

    For the die hard ultra-fundamentalist AS WELL AS the hardcore ultra-atheistic, keep in mind that NOTHING can be known to be 100% accurate, maybe a bunch of nines of significance based on what we know but never 100%. Even the probability we determine based on what we know would be in the same boat (IE: see Newtonian mechanics, almost correct, 'works' depending on frame of reference).

    If we could, humanity would have no need for faith, as everything would simply be. Seeing as that would leave even less room in existence for free will, I'm definitely glad things are not that way (despite some things done in the name of faith or in the name of science).

    DISCLAIMER: I'm still one who prefers the random swerving to being a gear in a deterministic system, but that doesnt mean what i'd like the model of existence to look like is correct.

  8. Re:Is it possible to have a private conversation? on White House Tape Recycling Possibly Erased Emails · · Score: 4, Informative

    The contested Presidential Records Act was to apply to the president and vice president. Not everyone.

    Chill dude.

  9. Re:Fraud on AT&T's Plan to Play Internet Cop · · Score: 1

    Exactly, If we're paying for "potential for service" even when not making usage, I do not see how they have a leg to stand on to not provide every drop of that potential at all times.

    Ah yes. Ambiguous terms of service makes the criminal into corporate. It all fits.

  10. Re:Another Reason Why AT&T is EVIL..... on AT&T's Plan to Play Internet Cop · · Score: 1

    Remember, this is the same American public which allows (even cheers for) the FCC to have existed in the first place, beyond its role of policing rogue transmitters and frequency ranges Fixed that for you. I'm really confused as to which part of "freedom of speech" and "freedom of the press" involved "oh, but no naughty words".
  11. Re:How and Why AT&T probably wants to do this. on AT&T's Plan to Play Internet Cop · · Score: 1

    If five percent of their users are using 50% of their bandwidth, why the HELL were they selling packages to users, guaranteeing bandwidth enough to even allow this to happen?

    pirated material or not, I have absolutely no sympathy on that point.

  12. Re:Obviously on High School Sophomores Discover Asteroid · · Score: 1

    Nahh, i'm pretty sure its not so much of a double entendre to the greeks.

  13. Re:The FDA Approves Shit Anyway on US FDA Deems Cloned Animals Edible · · Score: 2, Informative

    My mistake, entirely fell prey to not rtfthing and simply assumed from the title.

    Touche.

  14. Re:The FDA Approves Shit Anyway on US FDA Deems Cloned Animals Edible · · Score: 2, Informative
  15. Re:I was 14 on What Was Your First Gaming Experience? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like an edition of Rampage i never want to see.

    Just to list a few of my old faves, Trons Deadly Disc on the Atari 2600,the C64 versions of Echelon and Elite , MULE, Storm Across Europe, and the jumpman series (JUUUMP MANNNNN!).

  16. Re:Resign on What Would You Do As President? · · Score: 1

    StupiMockiNazi claims that that reply should have been

    Why, their prefect!

  17. Re:Mmm... Atom Chips... on CES 2008 Hall of Shame · · Score: 1

    god, that almost gave me a stroke from the sudden flash of nostalgic scenes involving one of the more insane, and yet great, chemistry teachers I had ever had =D

  18. Re:You need a simulation for this? on Modeling Urban Panic · · Score: 1

    Cmon man, clowns are people too, let them have a few niche simulations for their tricks with volume =)

    beep beep!

  19. Re:This is about Trademarks, not Patents or Copyri on Ford Claims Ownership Of Your Pictures · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Anyone who doesnt get it should reiterate over the perils of making a documentary in this day and age.

  20. Re:I don't think it means what you think it means. on Huge Hydrogen Cloud Will Hit Milky Way · · Score: 1

    Meh, If someone were to actually say that one would just remind them of beans =)

  21. Re:That's a laugh! on US Satellites Dodging Chinese Missile Debris · · Score: 1

    Don't worry about the oil. Close, but wrong fossil fuel.
  22. Re:Is the game already up on EFF Takes On RIAA "Making Available" Theory · · Score: 1

    This is why i'm amazed that the recording industry didn't pull a budgeting 180 and try to headhunt serious talent and actually PROMOTE that talent after file sharing exploded. The market was primed to have two sets of media consumption; We all know that although free beer may be equivalent in some cases, but many will pay extra for good beer.

    Problem is that file sharing is not only convenient but also considered to be "cool and a good shot against THE MANNNZOMG"[1]. Given the nightmare of trying to turn any set of policies and process in groups the size of the labels though, I do not think they have the bureaucratic agility to adapt their models without some serious decay and pain first.

    Course, I can deal with the labels experiencing a bit of pain while independent artists quickly pioneer many business models. Sure there'll be failures, but with enough people trying different approaches some have to be found profitable eventually.

    1. Totally not a quote

  23. Re:Too rich to be guilty on EFF Takes On RIAA "Making Available" Theory · · Score: 1

    Packet Over Message In A Bottle.

    Really high PL and latency though.

  24. Re:Mmm, Delicious on Edible Antifreeze For Smoother Ice Cream · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of a bit of the Orson Scott Card books that parallel the Ender series (Enders Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets etc) where the main character is critiquing the ice cream of the day (sci fi) compared to the more traditional sorvete's. While the point does stand for a lot of the ultra-processed ICE CREAM(likesubstance) , I always wonder how much is the desire for nostalgia and remembering the treat and the whole affair as opposed to simply the ice cream itself (as Card effectively has the character ponder).

  25. Re:Yes, on US Satellites Dodging Chinese Missile Debris · · Score: 1

    (exactly what i was saying)

    Plus, other nations might not be hampered by the same restrictions and so still have cheaper sources of steel.

    US automakers alone would have a fit if they found themselves on that playing field.