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  1. Re:Surprising figures! on Human Accomplishment · · Score: 1

    Huh? I thought he said there were no low hanging fruits left after 1950. Now you're saying he thinks that cloning mammals is a low hanging fruit?

  2. Re:A thinly veiled political rant, actually on The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed · · Score: 1

    You mean Joseph Goebbels, I assume. Goering was the commander of the air force.

  3. Re:Ah, the bureaucrats... on Diamandis Predicts X-Prize Winner Within One Year · · Score: 1

    Because I don't think the government wants to be "shown up" by scrappy space entrepreneurs.

    Or maybe they don't want the nearest neighborhood torn to scraps?

  4. Re:Make it a capital offense on Distribution of Wealth in a Robot-Driven World · · Score: 1

    I believe that's what we call the state lottery.

  5. Re:40 hour work week on Distribution of Wealth in a Robot-Driven World · · Score: 1

    I believe in the US it is already cheaper. You don't have to offer benefits if the employee works less than 40 hours a week. Or maybe you're saying that won't make up for the inherent inefficiencies?

  6. Re:Here's how we adapt on Distribution of Wealth in a Robot-Driven World · · Score: 1

    I think we should all sleep in pods, and let our body energy feed the machines... I'm sure they'll wake us up every few days to spend the money we've made.

  7. Shades of Watergate on Microsoft vs. Burst.com · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now taking bets on Microsoft's off site back up location mysteriously having lost/erased those tapes.

  8. Re:sheesh on OpenLindows.com: Wherefore Art Thou? · · Score: 1

    Wherefore is used in the nordic languages still. It's not spelled the same way, but it's the same origin.

  9. Re:Have we become obsessive? on Close Mars Means Close-Up Pictures · · Score: 1

    Seeing as humans have had little trouble killing and/or displacing other humans in the process of colonizing, I have serious doubts that a bacteria is going to be afforded any courtesy.

  10. Coming Attractions on Nokia Buys Sega.com Mobile Division Assets · · Score: 1

    The real question is, who's going to buy Sega itself?

  11. Re:This can be a good thing, if... on Watercooling Drifting Mainstream · · Score: 1

    My friend has a water cooled system, and he builds them for others. The big reason why I won't go for water cooling is that I don't enjoy messing around with my hardware. I want to be able to open the case, install or fix whatever I need to do, and get the hell out of there. Water cooling is just too messy for me. If at some point it becomes required, I'll deal with it.

  12. Re:Crunching the numbers on 3DO Auction Yields Disappointing Financials · · Score: 1

    M&M were great games back then. I'd rate M&M 4 among my favorite RPGs of all time, with Pool of Radiance, and some others.

    They haven't progressed much since then, while Black Isle et al have far surpassed them, without any real fancy technology, just solid adventures and stories.

  13. Re:Really? on Black Isle's Lionheart Gets Spanish Inquisition · · Score: 1

    Talk about an easy lay-up.

  14. Re:Manned V1 on Pulse Detonation Engines: The Future of Aviation · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hehe, awesome sig.

  15. Re:I mean, I like ATI... on ATI Wins Bid For Next Xbox · · Score: 1

    I've been using a ATI-brand Radeon AIW for about two years with good success. I was even recording shows off the cable before we cancelled it. I'd definately recommend it, but I'm going with a Radeon 9200 next probably since I don't need the video capture functionality anymore.

  16. Re:UNIONS = BAD on Growth Job Sector: Freelance Technical Support · · Score: 1

    Yea, let's not destroy the freelance technical support industry. Err, wait...

  17. Re:D'OH! on Marriage May Tame Genius · · Score: 1

    He was either a polygamist, in which case he was married to them all at once, or he was a serial monogamist, in which case he was married to them one at a time. Serial polygamist sounds like more than a man could handle in his lifetime.

  18. Re:Misinformation. on Swiping Out Cancer · · Score: 1

    I'm evil like that.

  19. Re:Misinformation. on Swiping Out Cancer · · Score: 1

    I'm just curious why you are arguing a point on something you seem to have little knowledge about. Is a stethoscope also biotechnology? Is all medical equipment biotechnology? Read up some, my friend.

  20. Re:I have a disability. on Digital Shoplifting From Bookstores? · · Score: 1

    That comment might make sense if the rest of the industrialized world wasn't making the same or more concessions to handicap friendliness. Having lived in northern Europe for a long time I know they are more handicap conscious there than here.

  21. Re:Jobs said the DESIGN sucks on Steve Jobs And Jeff Bezos Meet The Segway · · Score: 1

    Good question. That's why they have that "buy" link for the book, so you can find that out. It's a teaser for the book.

  22. Re:Will it deter conspiracy "theorists" ? on Roswell Declassified · · Score: 1

    Well, they can fake those things you know... Especially the mob, with all that money they have lying around. And I bet FBI was involved too. They faked the moon landing after all, and that was back in the sixties.

    See, don't try to disprove my theory with your weak evidence!

    I'm kidding you, but I'm serious.

  23. Re:Let 'em hire the young minds on Ageism in IT? · · Score: 1

    The irony of your statement is that the condition that allows that hiring manager to say and act on his statement is a lack of what you call political correctness.

  24. Re:You like to eat, don't you? on Cable Modem Tax Proposed by FCC · · Score: 1

    I think the problem is that there's a food over production, meaning there is too much farming going on. This is because of different kinds of subsidies artifically keeping production up.
    It would be more healthy to let the market determine how much food is produced.

  25. Re:Interesting timing on Sony Announces a Super Playstation 2, the "PSX" · · Score: 1

    Very good my friend. This is why I read Slashdot.