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  1. Simpsons quote...paraphrase on Royal Society and Creationism In Science Classes · · Score: 1
    "We don't want religion taught in science class anymore than you want science taught in church."

    Sort of what Lisa Simpson said on one episode.

  2. Re:How do you know you're right? on Royal Society and Creationism In Science Classes · · Score: 1

    That's how we maintain our status as open-minded, free thinkers.

    Who was it that said, "You don't want to be so open minded that your brains fall out!"

  3. Both? just two? on Royal Society and Creationism In Science Classes · · Score: 1

    Honestly, why NOT teach both? Look, depending on which way your beliefs slant, you have a little bit of evidence and a lot of faith that it happened that way. Nobody has conclusive proof of either one, so why not teach both major theories?

    We also need to teach the Indian version, Chinese, some of the Wica versions, etc...

    But it's all a waste of time because Nyx created everything and this nonsense of Evolution or God is just superstition.

    Anyway, I have my afternoon prayers and I need to discuss my stock purchases with the Oracle. Shit, i forgot to get my bull for my sacrifice. Boy oh boy, the gods are sure going to be pissed! Hurricane Ike came because of me! Sorry!

  4. Re:It's an election year -- we're safe for now on China Wants UN To Help Trace Sources On Internet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the tech community makes enough buzz about this, it's likely that we can put the pin back in this grenade. Nobody is going to want to support violating the sanctity of The Internet in an important U.S. election year!

    I'm assuming you're being serious. Everything that I've heard on TV and radio regarding what the typical voter is concerned about has nothing about the internet. Folks are voting on: the economy, taxes, abortion, the wars, our security, and whether or not the candidate believes in Jesus enough. No internet.

  5. To clarify on Advanced Surveillance Tech for Unmanned Drones Credited In Iraq · · Score: 1
    I mean the robot drones scaring the shit out of the Goddamn terrorists. I want al-Queida and the Taliban to be shitting in their pants.

    I didn't think I made that clear when I stated what I did - I was mod'ed 'Flamebait' twice so I think there's been a misunderstanding - I really hope so.

  6. Server optimiszation in a nutshell: on Server Optimization For Newbies? · · Score: 1
    if( porn || P2P ){

    blow it away such as /dev/null

    } else{

    send it on its way

    }

  7. Re:Whatever... on Researchers Test Drive Bus With Automated Steering · · Score: 1

    You can now. It's called public transportation.

    Ah yes. Touche. BUT, public transport also gets caught in traffic. I'm assuming with these controlled buses, traffic would be controlled so that even the buses wouldn't get bogged down in a traffic pile up.

    Besides, my movies star Jenna Jamison. I can't watch them on public transport!

  8. I forgot: Press Release at top of on Researchers Test Drive Bus With Automated Steering · · Score: 1
    'article'.

    Ah hem! Press releases are not news.

    I can release a press release that say, "ButterOldGuy has invented a process of vetting the most perfect VP and how any geek can get laid by a super model or better yet, a porn star."

  9. Whatever... on Researchers Test Drive Bus With Automated Steering · · Score: 1
    I'll be impressed when I can sit back in rush hour, bring up a movie, and pop a old one and watch.

    That can be a couple of hours here in Metro Atlanta.

  10. Re:Oh he is still dying alright... on Man Sues To Get Life Savings Back After Getting Wrong Diagnosis · · Score: 1

    We all are. Slowly. Enjoy life while you can!

    Hell yeah!

    Carpet Dee Him!

  11. Re:Does anyone else find it erie that we're on Advanced Surveillance Tech for Unmanned Drones Credited In Iraq · · Score: 4, Funny

    I get 72 virgins in my heaven.

    What cartoon was it? A guy dies and goes to heaven expecting his virgins and low and behold, there they are: a bunch of geeks at their computers.

  12. Re:Does anyone else find it erie that we're on Advanced Surveillance Tech for Unmanned Drones Credited In Iraq · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is there some way that we could get further and further away from the plot in a Terminator movie?

    We stop using robotic drones?

    Personally, I like them, It saves our troops' lives and I'd really would like to know what the Taliban are thinking when a robot comes for them.

    It's not a human with a family. It's not a human that thinks it's going to heaven to 42 virgins or whatever. It's a machine with the sole purpose of killing them. I just like to image that these things are their worst nightmare and it's striking more terror into them than the Taliban and al-Queida could ever have produced in their innocent victims.

  13. Does anyone else find it erie that we're on Advanced Surveillance Tech for Unmanned Drones Credited In Iraq · · Score: 5, Interesting

    getting closer and closer to a plot in a Terminator movie?

  14. I guess it's press release time. on Virtual Reality Cocoon Being Designed · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Vague details in the article, ideas for its application, comparisons to a sci-fi program, ...blah blah, yadda yadda...not here yet...press release to get funding...blah...

    My proof:

    NAU hopes to complete its prototype Cocoon by October 2009, with models commercially available by 2014. Initially, it's intended to be used in public spaces or to be leased by companies, until the technology becomes cheap enough for the consumer market. But where NAU are creating an escape from the real world, others are working on ways of merging virtual information with the real world.

    So this is the second 'article' with no substance.

  15. Re:Worst euphamism ever on HP May Be Developing Its Own Version of Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...stating their main goal is to innovate on top of Vista.

    Could we please stop referring to programming as "innovating"? Not every single piece of code anyone writes is a breakthrough.

    I'm the exception. I wrote 'Bon jour World!'.That's innovation - at least according to most marketing professionals who sell software.

  16. Nothing to see here. Move along. on HP May Be Developing Its Own Version of Linux · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I didn't see anything concrete in the 'article'.

    Here's my take: it's a press release to put the fear of Jebus in MS. That's all. There's nothing concrete. There's no explicit description of what exactly they're going to do - all HP would need to do is just ship with [insert your favorite distro here]. But instead they make this BIG announcement of how they're going to have their 'own Linux flavor' to 'replace' Windows.

    Yawn. Negotiating strategy and they're bluffing.

  17. Re:People is stupid on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    Cmdr Taco et al. Laughing all the way to the bank. People R stewpid.

  18. It's both. on Best Buy + Windows Guru = Apple Store Experience? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    OK, so they'll either:

    1. Have a chair thrown at them 2. Have their F***ING air supply cut off!

    This is Windows we're talking about. You better fall in line or else!

    Shit! That was a sucky job of karma whoring. Umm...letme think here.....oh fuck it.

  19. I discovered the script for Seattle. on Best Buy + Windows Guru = Apple Store Experience? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looking at where they're hiring I noticed Seattle, WA. I obtained the script that the Gurus will use there. It says, "Buy Vista or else the man on the hill there will find out!"

  20. Re:Anyone named Bruno instantly hired on Best Buy + Windows Guru = Apple Store Experience? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    FTA: The good thing is that Microsoft will be able to get Windows explained appropriately on the sales floor. Oh my God, does this sound ominous. Any Best Buy employee explaining Windows "inappropriately" will be taken out back by a Windows Guru and "evangelized".

    It's Windows we're talking about here; not OSX.

  21. The continuing story of two incredibly wealthly on Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife · · Score: 2, Interesting
    guys who got that way by being in the right place at the right time. Gates being around when IBM needed to buy an OS and Seinfeld when the US wanted an unfunny comic on TV.

    A possible way to make this video funny would have been to have the family demand their monthly rent: $1,000,000.00 - each. Upon which, Gates and Seinfeld open their wallets and pay in cash or open their wallets and have nothing and just say we're broke can we pay next month.

  22. Humanity groupthink? on Google Unsure About Letting Users Vote On Search · · Score: 4, Insightful
    If websites were voted on, I'm wondering if the web will turn into one giant human group think. The folks who are fringe would be buried into oblivion. Not so bad? What about atheists? 90%+ of the human population believes in a God. 5.6+ billion votes for God, 400 million against.

    Or what about nationalism from a very populous country? A website criticizing one of those countries could get voted down in to oblivion - even if it's right.

    Just some thoughts at 04:32 EDT.

  23. Re:Moderation/Meta Moderation? on Google Unsure About Letting Users Vote On Search · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Then whole internet would look like Digg. Anything showing Obama in a positive light would be mod'ed to +100 billion and anything showing him in a negative light would be -100 billion. In other words the internet would be even flakier then it is now. As it is, Fox News seams more balanced than most websites these days.

  24. The simple things in life. on The Windbelt – a Cheap Wind-Power Generator · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The thing looks like a Physic 102 experiment and to think, it'll do so much for people.

    It's simple - cheap to manufacture and I bet it's as reliable as hell.

    This guy is genius.

  25. Re:GNAA? on Researchers Find Racial Bias In Virtual Worlds · · Score: 1

    The Georgia Nurses Adjunct Association?