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  1. Re:How convenient! on Geneticist Claims Human Evolution Is Over · · Score: 0

    But none of those things are inheritable, so it makes no sense (from an evolutionary perspective) to consider that. Looks, on the other hand, tell a lot about what future offspring may look like (since physical attributes *are* actually passed on) and can also be a good indicator of inherited diseases (a good bit of them, especially the more drastic and less manageable ones, are disfiguring). No, I think the reason evolution isn't occurring is because we've surpassed it. With technology, we don't need to wait millions of years for our species to adapt to a certain environment...we build a house. We want to see in infrared too? Soon enough, we'll have ocular implants for that. We don't have And most highly intelligent, creative, socially supportive guys usually don't spend time in basements playing D&D, many of them also know how to pick up women, stay in relationships, and all those things. (Highly intelligent, creative, socially supportive, and god damn good-looking EE student here! I keed. Kind of.)

  2. Re:Big Brother. on NASA Launches Satellite To Monitor Oceans · · Score: 0

    Al Cobia?

  3. Re:People don't learn from history on Barack Obama Wins Democratic Nomination · · Score: 0

    Most Republicans I know will readily vote for Obama over Clinton. "Hillary" is a curse word around here, unfortunately (unfortunate because there seems to be little, if any, reason for it). Wait...you're a hired shill aren't you? Nicely played.

  4. Re:Elium-4? on Successful Cold Fusion Experiment? · · Score: 0

    Correct, only ancient Greek had an aspirated vowel sound (meaning an 'h' sound preceding the vowel), which is where much of Latin and English come from. Modern Greek has only an accent symbol now to indicate stress.

  5. Re:I guess I've gotten used to it on Understanding How CAPTCHA Is Broken · · Score: 0

    That depends on the phone. I know for the Razr it is a tried and true method if you have gone past your data allowance (my girlfriend has a small allotment of SMS allowed, and the razr shows a preview of most of the message without opening it, I'm guessing the act of opening is sent back to the CO or whatever). Luckily I have unlimited data on my Blackberry :)

  6. Re:Predict the prediction. on Brain Study Calls Free Will Into Question · · Score: 0

    How much of that is time to push the button (since the time between the beginning of the push and when the push is actually completed isn't taken into account) and the time it takes for the signal to be acknowledged, though? I assume the time for the signal to be acknowledged is just about negligible, but the time to fully push the button sure as hell isn't.

  7. Re:But that does not pay the bills on Who Pays for Rebuilding the Internet? · · Score: 0

    Wait, I thought the Internet was a series of tubes, rather than a Mario Bros.-like pipe system?

  8. Re:I am not trying to obnoxious. on New Botnet Dwarfs Storm · · Score: 0

    Wasn't OSX the first down in the recent PWN2OWN contest? As it gets more and more popular it will be just as exploit-ridden as Windows is, it is almost a given for a closed-source proprietary OS. /hates fanboys //could never understand the exorbitant prices people pay for Apple hardware ///or the insane memory usage on the OS

  9. Re:Amazon or ebay incognito? on POD Braces Itself Against Amazon · · Score: 0

    And if you happen to live in New England, Newbury Comics is an excellent brick & mortar record shop with plenty of stuff to satisfy most types of nerds (anime, spawn figurines, kiss figurines, simpsons, family guy, and futurama paraphenalia, american comics and graphic novels, japanese comics and graphic novels, and pocky and ramune! Not to mention an awesome collection of noise-rock).

  10. Re:Who has what? on Comcast Puts the Screws To HDTV · · Score: 0

    Who would trust the word of someone who would buy $3000 cables?

  11. Re:Retort on Americans Don't Care About Domestic Spying ? · · Score: 0

    What exactly does the growth in people think about the government's secretivity (is that even a word?!) have to do with their views on spying? I know plenty of people who believe the government is very secretive, but also that it should be and that they should have spying and punishment powers greater than the former USSR.

  12. Re:Bad Childish Design on A New Concept in Supercomputers · · Score: 0

    Like a...beowulf cluster? Sorry, I had to

  13. So how long... on An AI 4-Year-Old In Second Life · · Score: 0

    until SL'ers start trying to have sex with it, buy it 'toys,' etc?

  14. Re:Head Shops & E-Meters on Scientology Given Direct Access To eBay Database · · Score: 1

    Since vaporizers were invented?

  15. Re:Oh bitch, bitch, bitch! on Opera Screeches at Mozilla Over Security Disclosure · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why do you think Opera bitched about it? Do people still have to pay for that crap?

  16. Re:whew, fewer syllables on Toshiba To Halt HD-DVD Production · · Score: 1

    ...Blu-ray refers to the laser itself, which is smaller and allows a higher capacity data storage

  17. Re:Analog has its place on Analog Cell Phone Network Shuts Down Monday · · Score: 1

    911 prank calls? I've heard that they can't be traced to analog phones, but I personally have no idea whether that's true or not.

  18. Muhammed from the 13th century on Muslim Groups Attempt to Censor Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    I don't know which of you guys did it, but I fell out of my chair. Thank you

  19. Re:Already Happened on Dutch Unveil Robot Gas Station Attendant · · Score: 1

    Seconded...I'm not talkative enough to be modding yet I suppose

  20. Re:Bio-CPU? on The Next 25 Years in Tech · · Score: 1

    For cellular information transfer, yes, but information transfer among neurons is much, much more efficient than with what we have now (iirc).