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  1. Re:Stick and Carrot on Musicians Oppose Anti-Piracy Measures In the UK · · Score: 1

    Stick to Carrot ratio tending towards infinity

  2. Re:New Business Model on Breast Cancer Gene Lawsuit Argues Patents Invalid · · Score: 1

    I was considering patenting my own genome and then suing my offspring the moment they sprogged. Unfortunately I don't have prior art on my own genetics.

  3. Re:I don't see anything special on Superguns Helped Defeat the Spanish Armada · · Score: 1

    There is also the added factor that the tides and sea currents around the south of england could be very tricky. Being on home territory the English captains were very well acquainted with these and knew how to use them to maximum advantage. While it may not be a deciding factor it certainly didn't hurt in skewing the odds even more in England's favour.

  4. Re:Kingdom of Loathing on South Korea's Free Computer Game Business Model Hits the US · · Score: 1

    Or if you want to make the playing field uneven you can play the Bad Moon Hardcore runs and make yourself less equal than others. And if you really want to feel the pain, you can play the Black Cat Bad Moon Hardcore runs

  5. Re:Actually, that's sort of a cop out. on Correcting Misperceptions About Evolution · · Score: 1

    Actually no the bible does not say that. The bible says that the sun was created on the fourth day. Since we measure a literal day by our relationship to the sun, we can no longer define the first 3 days of creation as literal days. It also says that to G-d, a day is a thousand years and a thousand years is a day, and that time has no meaning to G-d. I am not saying that creation took 6000 years, but that the bible plainly states that G-d's perception of time is very different to our human perception and the biblical description of the creation is from G-d's perspective, not ours.

    So a lot of the fundamentalist's views of creation, are not only at odds with scientific data, but also inconsistent with the biblical description. It fails on both fronts of scientific and theological rigour.

    Working in the field of genetics and also being a believer in G-d is an interesting place to be. I have seen enough data to fully believe in the mechanism of evolution and natural selection. The data is consistent, reproducible and accurately predictive. It stands up to scientific investigation.

    Having said that I believe there is a strong difference between believing in the mechanism of evolution and understanding its implications.

  6. Have I missed something? on Plan For Cloaking Device Unveiled · · Score: 1

    How would I see out of a cloaked device? If the light is flowing around me, then none of it would hit my retinas/ system sensors. Or am I being silly?

  7. Re:easy install still missing on KDE 3.2: A User's Perspective · · Score: 1

    Well the Mandrake gurpmi, urpmi and drakconf packages are GPL'd. And they do an excellent job of working out the dependancies and automatically downloading them.

  8. Re:Including banknote detection ? on First Preview of GIMP 2.0 Ready for Testing · · Score: 1

    If I was the treasury I wouldn't put the banknote detection in the image suite. I'd stick it in the printer.

  9. What about all the "non-SCO" code in Linux on SCO Code to be Protected in Closed Court · · Score: 1

    Is IBM allowed to publish all the code that SCO is not disputing? If so a simple diff should do the trick.

  10. Re:Modding the Airzooka on Home DNA Sequencing · · Score: 1

    just fire the propane at a target who is standing near of a source of conflagration.

  11. Re:Its excellent news..... on War Driving To Be Protected In NH · · Score: 1

    However if you then try claiming on the insurance and the company learns you took no precautions to secure your home, you'll have a very hard time getting your insurers to pay up.

  12. Re:Andy Serkis Doesn't Deserve It on Digital Movies, Analog Oscars · · Score: 1

    I saw it on a T.V. Special about the making of The Two Towers.

  13. Re:misconception on Digital Movies, Analog Oscars · · Score: 1

    Not having anything thing to do with digital producton is part of the idea. You can abstract away from the techniques used to create the characterisation (digital or live), and concentrate on the artistic merit of the final outcome.

  14. Re:Andy Serkis Doesn't Deserve It on Digital Movies, Analog Oscars · · Score: 1

    Did you see the movie shots of Serkis side by side with Gollum? I'd say Serkis played a huge role in Gollum's character

  15. Re:Suggestions Please For New Award Categories on Digital Movies, Analog Oscars · · Score: 1

    Cos Gollum is the Character. The team that went into creating the chracter gets credited. If character is a "pure live actor/actress" then he/she still gets credited

  16. Suggestions Please For New Award Categories on Digital Movies, Analog Oscars · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How about an award for Best Character in a movie?

  17. Self Regulation Measures on UK Spam Controlled by UK's Advertising Standards Agency · · Score: 1

    As far as I'm aware these measures are not government regulations as yet. They're are self regulation measures. Still it's a start. If you are in the UK. and you have a complaint about Unsolicited Advertising then it's up to you to contact the ASA who then passes the info to a body who may or may not be able to do something about it

  18. what about .sex? on Senate Approves Censored .kids.us Domain · · Score: 1

    How about also having adult domain names such as .sex? These sites could be self policed, and it would then be easy to filter out such sites from children.

  19. Email Sent to BMG copy control on BMG Stops Producing CDs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear Sir,

    thankyou for clarifying the situation for me. My CD player cannot play the copy protected CD's and, due to poor labelling on CD's, I have had a lot of trouble knowing which CD's I shouldn't buy.
    Now that I know all BMG produced CD's in Europe are to be copy-protected, it makes my purchasing easier; I'll stop buying CD's altogether. It's no hardship really, as the content on most of these CD's is not worth losing sleep over.

    Yours sincerely

  20. Re:Stock took a hit? on Microsoft takes on PDF · · Score: 1

    Well the investors now know that Microsoft can behave as evily as they like, destroying competition and getting away with it. To investors, that has got to be a good reason to move investments from the competition to M$od.

  21. Re:Phil Collins on Never Mind The 25th Anniversary · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shouldn't it be renamed "In the Ear Tonight"?

  22. List of Dangerous Stuff to Know on US Secrecy Efforts Hurting Scientific Research · · Score: 2, Funny

    O.K. Let's make a list of areas of science that are too dangerous for terrorists to know about.
    I'll start with my two biggest areas of concern:-

    1:- Fire
    2:- Calculus

  23. Re:Base 10 vs. Base 12 finger counting on Isn't it Time for Metric Time? · · Score: 1

    You can count up to 12 on the fingers of one hand (thumbs not included) just count the three main joints on each finger.

    Voila base 12

  24. Re:Most likely solution on PVRs and Advertisers' Worries · · Score: 1


    Where do you think the term "Soap Opera" comes from?

  25. Re:friendly fire on E3: Epic, US Army Develop Games as Recruitment Tool · · Score: 1

    Over prolonged campaigns, factor in an illness element due to exposure to depleted uranium, experimental medicine