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  1. Re:Amazon? on Doctor Marries Doctor's Daughter, TARDIS Explodes · · Score: 1

    And how long until the Huffington Post or Columbia University gives him a job?

  2. Re:Publish or Perish on Why Published Research Findings Are Often False · · Score: 1

    Have a few journals dedicated to replication studies? They get published so they don't perish.

  3. bu wa hapnz wen? on Oregon To Let Students Use Spell Check on State Exams · · Score: 1

    wa hapnz wen shtoodinz speeleeng i zoh ba da du splell chexor don wurc rie?

  4. Err, how about... on Intel's Sandy Bridge Processor Has a Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    How about GPS so we could, y'know, get the computer back?

  5. Re:To on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 1

    On this we agree. I would like to have kids some day, after all.

  6. Re:To on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 1

    Funny, I wrote this...

    Assertiveness does matter more. If you are attractive and assertive, then you are golden.

    You mentioned women liking Mick Jagger and Steve Tyler. That's the fame factor which the guy-in-dance-club scenario doesn't feature, rich or poor. Poorer guy in a rock band in a decent sized city can get laid routinely. Does the thought of Bill Gates sexing them up get their panties wet?

    Physical attractiveness wasn't on your list of three main factors at all. Your list was 1) money, 2) assertiveness and 3) muscles. So attractiveness and assertiveness is only one of your three.

    If you are attractive and assertive, then you are golden.

    See, only one of your three, which I did state was more important.

    No, same guy, same bar, same table, just change the prop lying on he table from bus pass to luxury car keys.

    Initially, I thought you were putting up wealth vs. my golden duo: attractive and assertive. The above was from your clarifying post. Thus, you perhaps wanted assertive and attractive and wealth. Two of your three AND my variable versus me with just mine. When you thought I did that, you droned on about honesty and intelligence. Projecting?

    Did assertiveness get dropped from the comparison? Never any mention of tossing it, was there? And even if we do, what do we have then? Attractive rich guy versus attractive poor guy, neither with much assertiveness? The difference between those is wealth and poverty. Your guy gets one of your variables and my variable while my guy just gets my variable. Again, I remember you saying something about honesty and intelligence...

    If it there was some other beginning scenario you intended to start from you certainly failed to ever actually state it. If you want to keep the rich guy as attractive, then compare to... what? Attractive and... what? You neglected to ever mention what it is you wanted to compare. Am I supposed to guess? I'll take "What the fuck does he want?" for $200, Alex.

    Did you want attractive, rich, non-assertive guy vs attractive, assertive, poorer guy? Is this what you wanted to compare? Assertive vs. wealth? Did you ever even hint at that? No.

    Which of these did you want to discuss?
    Attractive, wealthy, non-assertive vs attractive, poor, non-assertive
    Attractive, wealthy, non-assertive vs attractive, wealthy, assertive
    Attractive, poor, assertive vs attractive, poor, non-assertive

    Not being able to express what you wish to discuss is not a sign of high intelligence, is it?

    You can piss off with your bullshit "politeness". You sucked at faking it about as much you do at being clear about what it is you want to argue about. Feel free to fuck yourself in the ass with it, though. Being the good guy I am, I do want you to be able to get the only action you can.

  7. Re:anyone else on Mozilla Unleashes JaegerMonkey Enabled Firefox 4 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Err, wouldn't faster JavaScript + more JavaScript = lagging the users, same as now?

  8. Re:The world just got a bit nicer. :) on Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers · · Score: 1

    Perhaps. But perhaps a microkernel would be worse at everything else?

    Gotta make tradeoffs.

  9. Re:To on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 1

    If it is one variable at a time, then we are comparing being rich to being poor which was not the point under debate.

  10. Re:To on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 1

    Bill Gates groupies? Where?
    George Sodini? Couldn't get laid for TWENTY YEARS and he wasn't even bad looking.

  11. Re:To on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So ugly, pussy rich guy vs. good looking, assertive poorer guy? Rich dude's wife will be blowing the poor guy in the bathroom.

  12. Re:Except on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 1

    My quote is from TFA. In a preliminary study they couldn't get women to separate who was a good dancer from who they thought was attractive. That seems to be why they made the CGI versions in the first place.

  13. Re:To on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 1

    you don't actually think that male attractiveness is directly related to physical appearance, do you?

    For short term interest, yes it is. And if we are talking dance clubs, then short term is order of the day. As long as you are not spastic and "flailing [your] arms and legs" then you have a huge advantage because it gets you noticed. You are on the radar.

    Assertiveness does matter more. If you are attractive and assertive, then you are golden.

    Money is mostly only important for exciting long term interest.

  14. To on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Neave says pilot studies by his group found that asking women who's a good dancer is the same as asking who's attractive.

    Does this not undermine their argument? When actual men are involved, it boils down to who is better looking. So how he moves is of little importance as long as the women find him attractive.

  15. Re:Truth is perspective on Russian Scholar Warns Of US Climate Change Weapon · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Short on possibilities, For now. on Linux Wall Warts Small On Size, Big On Possibilities · · Score: 1

    "Is it just me or are these dying for use in home automation?"

    Unfortunately, yes it is just you. As I've read, they're actually dying for cooling.

  17. Re:Ubuntu 10.04 on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 Review (Lucid Lynx) · · Score: 1

    Rush == half-baked?

    Just a thought.

  18. Re:States exporting their laws beyond their border on Mass. Data Security Law Says "Thou Shalt Encrypt" · · Score: 1

    Even better: "Anything a State Government might do might affect whether a person might consider thinking about moving into or out of that State and in the possibility of moving, they might consider engaging in a possibly commercial activity which might be involve another state. Therefore, it is indisputably interstate commerce."

    The incoherent idiocy which is the controlling decision for the Interstate Commerce clause actually reads like this.

  19. Re:A-list? What? on StarCraft Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea · · Score: 1

    Lebron probably does have a dozen mistresses at once at least 3 times a week.

  20. Re:This always happens on Sony Update Bricks Playstations · · Score: 1

    I too have not had any problems, but I question whether using advertised functionality can, in any way, be classified as weird.

  21. Re:draconian for sure... on Game Devs On the Future of PC Gaming · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of a time after I got my first CD burner. Ten games in a row would not install properly because I had a Sony burner. The only way I could get the game, which I bought, to run was to download and install a pirated version.

  22. Re:Dunno on Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Accepts Razzie · · Score: 1

    Buffy stakes Edward.

    The End.

  23. Re:the problem are Xbox and Sony on DarkPlaces Dev Forest Hale Corrects Nexuiz GPL Stance · · Score: 1

    How the hell did this get marked troll? This is true and anybody who actually *likes* computers has a vested interest in keeping it this way.

  24. Re:Lucid what? on Ubuntu's "Lucid Lynx" Enters Beta · · Score: 2, Funny

    So... Cheetah II: Electric Boogaloo?

  25. Re:Ironic on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    It doesn't surprise me that you'd call it 'hypocracy' as your ignorance apparently extends to all forms of understanding.