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  1. Re:Collecting DNA on Designing DNA Specific Bio-Weapons · · Score: 1

    "Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."

  2. Or not. on Would You Put a Tracking Device On Your Child? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or you could, you know, be a better parent and keep closer tabs on your little precious bundle of joy. Or just not have them if you can't handle the responsibility.
    But I'm sure I'll be modded into oblivion by said parents.

  3. Pirating on "New Statesman" Pirates Its Own Magazine · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You keep using that word. I do no think that word means what you think it means...

  4. computer shaming on In UK, Apple Must Run Ad Apologizing to Samsung · · Score: 1

    This makes me think of those pet-shaming photos that seem to be making their rounds on the internet lately. Is it going to be a picture of an apple with a sign around it saying "I made a mockery of the judicial system."?

  5. rumble grumble on Sony Files Patent For Temperature Feedback Move Controller · · Score: 1

    I hated the rumble pack addition to the controllers. I will hate this as well. If you want to do anything with the controllers, make them cool down a little bit so long gaming sessions don't give you hot sweaty hands anymore.

  6. mumbo jumbo on Supermassive Black Hole Destroying Proto Star System · · Score: 1

    What's with the religious nonsense in the last paragraphs? It has nothing to do with the finding at all.

  7. Re:Long term data archival on Hitachi Creates Quartz Glass Archival Medium · · Score: 1

    Just make IKEA instructions for it.

  8. Re:Rest of the world already ahead on Texas Opens Fastest US Highway With 85 MPH Limit · · Score: 1

    It's like that in Chicago too. You drive around the block a few times. The parking lot is for testing parking in between the lines. But most places don't even test for parallel parking anymore. Yes, we have a ton of really shitty drivers here...

  9. Re:Uh oh... on 4chan Undergoing Major Revision, Getting Public API · · Score: 1

    Gnome is the joke.

  10. Re:Missing mass of the universe? on NASA Uncovers Millions of New Black Holes · · Score: 1

    Perhaps someone knows... The more massive the gravitational field, the more time dilation, yes? The farther out you go the less drastic the effect is. Could the rotation just appear (to our frame of reference) to be moving not as fast in the middle (where the gravity is strongest) even though it is moving as it should according to our theories?

  11. Pleased on Another LulzSec Member Arrested · · Score: 1

    Pleaded at the quality of the proofreading as usual. Keep up the good work, editors.

  12. Re:G-7 is a chord not a note on Man With World's Deepest Voice Can Hit Infrasonic Notes · · Score: 1

    No, I'm pretty sure C4 on a piano is more like this.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue_X_1wZTEM

  13. Re:Genetically modified how? on California Wants Genetically Modified Foods To Be Labelled · · Score: 1

    Humans share genes with chimps, fish, worms, plants, and bacteria. Moving one gene from one organism family to another does not make it inherently bad. It just makes some people squirm because they think it's "icky." You aren't suddenly going to turn into a jellyfish because you ate something with a gene from one in it. This isn't sci-fi.

  14. Finally on New Illinois Law Protecting Social Media Rights In the Workplace · · Score: 1

    Emphasis on the part that I felt was entirely overdue.

    HB 3782 prevents employers from screening potential job candidates or reprimanding current employees based on information from their social network accounts that would otherwise be private.

    ie. They can't just friend you or your friends in order to glean info off of your account and then fire you for it. I would imagine that if you have the info set to openly public it might be in the gray area.

    Now if we could get them to remove the stipulation in affirmative action laws that allow them to decide what they think you are (race/gender/etc) and document it after you choose to opt out of offering them the information. (I've had several issues with this in the past few years)

  15. Re:Cloud services are for idiots. on Amazon Matches iTunes Match With New 'Audio Upgrade' Feature · · Score: 1

    Do I use them myself for anything other than music I've bought from them? No, largely because I'm too much of a cheapskate and 5Gb isn't enough to store my music collection.

    I never understood why people would use the services like this with such a small storage amount. My collection is too big to take with me (over 300GB) but I have an SD card on my phone (32GB of drive space I literally take with me everywhere). Only has a one time cost. Weighs virtually nothing and is the size of my pinky nail. I can use it anywhere, more places than the cloud reaches with more space than the services typically offer. I can connect it to anything that has a USB jack or microSD slot. Unless the services start offering enough space for me to listen to my entire music collection on the go, they are completely obsolete already.

  16. Kid of off topic but... on NASA's First New Spacesuit In 20 Years Is Its Own Airlock · · Score: 1

    That author's photo at the end is bloody terrifying...

    Back on topic... I wonder what the mechanisms are for the new CO2 scrubbers.

  17. Not quite superhero but... on What's Next For Superhero Movies? · · Score: 1

    I'd love to see a Witchblade or The Darkness in live action + CGI form. The tech is obviously mature enough for it now. Get the people that worked on the design for the Alien/s/Predator movies props to make it look semi-realistic. Probably not iconic/popular enough for the mass audiences though. (possibly too dark for some as well.)

  18. Why not Zoidberg? on Gartner Analyst Retracts "Windows 8 Is Bad" Claim · · Score: 1

    Your OS is bad and you should feel bad!

  19. Money on Why Junk Electronics Should Be Big Business · · Score: 1

    I don't think the article writer has any idea how much the waste costs to recycle. If the cost to extract the metals and whatnot is more than the price of them on the market, there is no financial incentive to recycle them. It's not like you just toss it in a wood chipper and centrifuge the stuff out.

  20. Re:Treatmen woo! on Chemical That Affects Biological Clock Offers New Diabetes Treatment · · Score: 1

    My sister who almost died from pancreatitis by doing just that would disagree with you. Did it to try to be healthier and lose weight at that. Triglycerides shot through the roof, pancreas swelled to the size of a large intestine with fluid that needed to have a drainage port surgically implanted. You clearly aren't a doctor or certified nutritionist.

  21. I do not think that word means what you think... on ISP 'Six Strikes' Plan Delayed · · Score: 4, Informative

    We do not intend to launch until we are confident that the program is consumer friendly.

    It is, inherently, not consumer friendly.

  22. Linux on Valve Will Let Gamers Pick Games To Appear On Steam · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Can we vote to prioritize Linux versions? I'm sure the Apple guys would like a button to prioritize games (that already exist on steam) to get OSX versions as well.

  23. Re:Typical geeks... on Hackers Steal Keyless BMW In Under 3 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Strange since they touched or blocked each camera at least once. They obviously knew they were there. Which makes me think they might have wanted the owner to know and see what they were doing. Either that or the cameras had some kind of auto-alarm if the signal blacks out for more than a few seconds. /$0.02

  24. Re:Separate childrearing, finances, ceremonies on Ron Paul's New Primary Goal Is "Internet Freedom" · · Score: 1

    Basically summed up most of my feelings on this matter. If I could mod you up to +6 I would.

  25. Who's buying which names? on ICANN Mistakenly Publishes Applicant Addresses · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Might be interesting to see who is registering for which names. Is Coke buying up Pepsi.foo names etc? Could maybe be considered anti-competitive type practices. Is this information typically visible to the general population?