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  1. Re:Mars the new Australia? on Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars · · Score: 1

    You're probably too busy ranting to care, but doctors don't administer lethal injections.

  2. Re:it's really not that kind of test on 2010 Geek IQ Test · · Score: 1

    This is when "normal" people are sitting around drinking and one of them points out a beer bottle is brown cause it blocks sunlight, and the rest of them chide him or her for being a "geek".

    Get better friends.

  3. Sounds like a good thing to write into the next constitution!

  4. Re:Next step... on Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Generates a 'Mini-Big Bang' · · Score: 1

    I think you mean negligent.

  5. Re:Religion, reward after death religions, have to on Americans Less Healthy, But Outlive Brits · · Score: 1

    It's always amused me that religions which (mostly) don't believe in evolution are fine examples of evolution themselves.

  6. Re:If you visit, get a gun on World's Northernmost Town Gets Nightlights · · Score: 1

    I wonder what Libertarians would say about this one.

  7. Re:David Cameron actually believes his own rhetori on UK Pressures the US To Takedown Extremist Videos · · Score: 1

    They are in the same boat as we are fighting against Islamic radicals.

    Stairs are more deadly than Islamic radicals. They kill over 1000 Americans a year.

    How have Islamic radicals influenced your life? And I mean the radicals themselves, not the overzealous response to them. Get a sense of perspective on things - we're supposed to be intelligent here.

    I personally know people who have died from cancer. I personally know people whose lives have been destroyed by drugs and (separately) by drug enforcement. I personally know people who have died in car accidents. I'm sure it's the same for many others.

    Islamic radicals? Yeah I see something on the international news every couple of years.

  8. Re:Wow on Flash Can Rob 2 Hours From MacBook Air's Battery Life · · Score: 1

    You mean driving this hummer to work every day uses lots of gas? I wonder how that fuel efficient small diesel will provide transportation without using any gas.

    Key-word highlighted. No one is arguing absolutes here.

  9. Re:Not just the Air on Flash Can Rob 2 Hours From MacBook Air's Battery Life · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While we're bashing iTunes, has anyone got a decent Windows alternative?

    I've tried:

    http://www.musikcube.com/ - Not updated since 2006, worked well on xp, crashes on vista + 7

    http://amarok.kde.org/ - I use this on my laptop, but it's not windows compatible.

    http://www.atunes.org/?page_id=6 - I currently use this, but it resets the repository occasionally, and I would be interested in other options.

  10. Re:How does never work for you on Will Netflix Destroy the Internet? · · Score: 1

    Yes, there's a cap, but the business model is based on 90% of people only using 10% of the cap.

    If every customer used their entire cap the network would fall over. Somehow, I think they would care.

  11. Re:I must be a threat to public safety then! on Supreme Court Hears Violent Video Game Case Tomorrow · · Score: 4, Funny

    And I'm way less horny after I've just ejaculated.

  12. Re:Math is not an end on How Much Math Do We Really Need? · · Score: 1

    I learnt both Latin and Japanese at school. Latin was by far the more useful subject because of the way that it taught the construction of a language. While it hasn't been directly useful (apart from the time I corrected the tour guide in the Colosseum), it was invaluable for learning about subject/object usage, clauses and tenses.

    Perhaps that should have been taught in English, but it wasn't. We were too busy discussing how poems made us feel.

  13. Re:Hitting the brakes slows you down. on Rounding the Bases Faster, With Math · · Score: 1

    The only time that a very small gain in getting to second base would help you is when you're transitioning from a 'can't quite get to second base in time' state to a 'can just get to second base in time' state.

    If you're in the 'can't quite get to second base in time' state doesn't it follow that you're also in a 'easily got to first base in time' state?

    So in this state, does it really matter if you misjudge the fielder and take marginally longer to get to first base?

  14. Re:How does this happen? on Inside a Full-Body-Scanning X-Ray Van · · Score: 1

    Read some online forums other than techy/liberal ones. You'll be amazed at what people actually truly believe. The market works: the politicians are responding to incentives. This is what people want.

    This is why I'm glad I'm a white non-jewish male. When the shit hits the fan I will be as unopinionated as possible and I'll be the last one against the wall.

  15. Re:In other news... on Universal Sends DMCA Takedown On 1980 Report · · Score: 2, Funny

    This would make more sense if you put the missing N back on the end of your username.

  16. Re:Drinking session on 'Officer Bubbles' Sues YouTube Commenters Over Mockery · · Score: 1

    Is it too soon to Godwin this thread?

  17. Re:NSA/GCHQ connections on Assange Denied Swedish Residence On Confidential Reasons · · Score: 1

    http://www.swedennotswitzerland.com/

    'we enjoy meatballs'

    +4 insightful, really?

  18. Re:Troll?! on President Obama To Appear On Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    I think that quote referred to democracy. You know, the one where governing power is derived from the people.

    A two party system with whole-state voting that renders 90% of votes irrelevant doesn't bear much resemblance to democracy to me.

  19. Re:Ridiculous on Humans Will Need Two Earths By 2030 · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Even so... on French City To Use CCTV For Parking Fines · · Score: 1

    Isn't the term 'false dichotomy?'.

    I saw the most intellectual ever graffiti ever. It said 'racist dichotomy'. It would have seemed really smart, but the tagger had used blue graffiti on a blue billboard. Obviously it was still readable, but barely.

  21. Re:2 billion... on US Monitoring Database Reaches Limit, Quits Tracking Felons and Parolees · · Score: 1

    So the problem could have been caused by someone doing lunges on the edge of the transmission range?

  22. Re:I wold love a car that drives itself... on Google Secretly Tests Autonomous Cars In Traffic · · Score: 1

    And the biggest win would be that you can in no way

    Apple Software Update!

    New software is available from Apple
    Select the items you want them click install.

    distract a computer.

  23. Re:Lets ask in different context on Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users? · · Score: 1

    I see you don't live in a country where 1mb/s is considered a fast connection. The latest patch cycle is about 15 GB. It's been running on and off for over a week.

  24. Re:What is he hiding? on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    He can repeatedly penetrate her anally, vaginally and orally legally. But if he looks at a drawing depicting her in a suggestive pose he can be jailed.

  25. It was under our noses the whole time on World of Warcraft: Cataclysm To Launch Dec. 7th · · Score: 1