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  1. Re:observable data set - 1 planet with life on Is Extraterrestrial Life More Whimsical Than Plausible? · · Score: 1

    Science starts with a single example.
    It's hard to come to a conclusion with one sample. Other then life can exist.

  2. Re:In search of... on Is Extraterrestrial Life More Whimsical Than Plausible? · · Score: 1

    We have buildings of steel and glass
    we have put men on the moon
    We have a machine on the cusp of leaving the solar system
    we have mapped millions of other planets
    We can travel faster the sound
    We can talk across the globe in an instant

    Don't tell me we aren't intelligent.

  3. Scientific facts on Is Extraterrestrial Life More Whimsical Than Plausible? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    1) on a planet with water, life can rise up.
    2) There is a lot more water out the in the universe then we every imagined.
    3) There are billions of planet that can have liquid water.

    So the existence that life is in the universe is a fact.

    The idea that it can only happen once is a guess.

  4. Re:Actually it's based on statistics on Is Extraterrestrial Life More Whimsical Than Plausible? · · Score: 1

    " foregone conclusion."
    hmm. probability approaching one.

  5. Re:Too many stars on Is Extraterrestrial Life More Whimsical Than Plausible? · · Score: 1

    Common is a poor choice of words. You could have a million thrives space faring species in the universe, and it would still be rare.

  6. Re:Sigh... on Is Extraterrestrial Life More Whimsical Than Plausible? · · Score: 1

    Statistician: probably yes, but on the other hand...

    heh.

    However it's not premature to ask the question. You must ask the question before you begin to find out.

    Can man \harness electricity needs to be asked before we could have cell phones.

  7. Re:It's not Optimism, on Is Extraterrestrial Life More Whimsical Than Plausible? · · Score: 1

    earth like as in "wet and 'warm'."

  8. Re:Excuse my French. on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 1

    You overlooked the fact that it's useless for a gamer.... still.

    "It'll run on that old 486 that your neighbor put next to his garbage can, and is powerful enough that a significant portion of the Internet depends on it."
    Now you are stretching it. The latest versions will not run on a 486.
    Can you get a version that does? certain, but I can get a MS OS that does as well. IT's not current, or usefull to 99.99% or the population.

    OSX is design fro security as well. And not because some guy in a turtle neck said so, but because of it's underlying architecture.

    Linux is great, but it doesn't really do what I need it to do.

  9. Re:Evil, with a capital E on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 1

    To bad no one would admit to it back then.

  10. Re:dumb idea on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 2

    Because he was smart when it comes to knowing peoples behavior.
    If you interfere with peoples work, it would fail.
    Put it on the background, and a screen saver, it's not in anyone's way.

    I mean, you could be right, but watching stave jobs for 30+ years, I don't think it's likely.

  11. Re:dumb idea on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 1

    If it makes you feel nauseated, then see a dr. There is something wrong with you. It's a picture of a credit card.

    I suspect slashtarditis.

    frankly, you can turn off the kindle .

  12. Re:dumb idea on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 1

    Charging for cable is for the service, not the show.
    Why you people think otherwise is beyond me.

  13. Re:Advertising is wrong on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 2

    except it would be 3 cents a website, min. Probably closer to 50 cents if current successful pay model are any indication.
    1 penny per 100 sites. Ha!

    Pyus it's bandwidth, not site, so it's more like to be a charge per KB.

    your post is like saying "I wouldn't mind commercials if the where 1 second long.
      Of course you wouldn't, but that won't make any money.

    We went throgh all this 15 years ago. Nothing new has changed the operating cost significantly.

  14. Re:Only Google on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 1

    IT depends on how ti's done.,

    what if it's just a box with a list of links relative you what you are doing on the side and it didn't interrupt what you are doing?
    Like an active desktop. Maybe a screen saver as well.

  15. Re:That's really patentable? on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 1

    It's the technology to do that that would be patent.

    You can have two pieces of software, both as support but they way it's done is completely different. Their could be two patents.

  16. Ad support product? on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 1

    what a genius!

  17. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 1

    That experiment was heavily flawed.

  18. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 1

    I have children. Also, I am civilized person, and I have enough intelligence to know I can not fight the hole airport.

    I care enough about my children to actually think about repercussions of my action. I suggest you start caring enough to think.

    In your scenario you either end up in prison or dead. Even if you actually manage to kill the TSA person. So, now what about your child?

    Rest assure I am outraged by these actions. I would take action, but it would be smart action.

  19. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 2

    good news is, we are becoming better received on the international stage. Funny how once you stopped calling people Evil in the same context as invading countries you get better received on the international stage.

  20. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 2

    Then repeat themselves all the time. Don't thing the person flying the plane is the only terrorist. The people running the organization do repeat themselves.

    "if we have something like 9/11 and do nothing to prevent it again, then of course they will try it again."
    see, that pisses me off. You, and many others, use the example as an excuse for BAD SECURITY.

    Airplane control of any type is solvable.
    Good flight deck doors, automated systems problem solved.
    We should not be discussing if searching a 4 year old is too much, because it is. We should be discussing whether or not the cost of a Marshall on every plane is worth it.

    Stop physically touching people. Use a metal detector and a bomb dog. If you can get it past those two things, your getting it past a TSA agent.

    The currently policy of the TSA is more harmful to this nation then any terrorist.

  21. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 1

    gee, that's just like putting it on a 4 year old.. not.

  22. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 1

    I disagree. The TSA provides a valuable service..it's just that they have gone too far.

    I have no problem with post 9/11 security measures at the airport, and the new cockpit security. Hell, put a marshal on every plane. not one is plain cloths, but a Mean looking person with a wide brim hat, sunglasses and a shotgun with bean bag round.

    Problem solved.

  23. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 1

    Here's the thing: No one's saying small children should be excluded from screening"
    If by screening you mean being physically touched in any way, then I am saying they should not be screened in that manner. None of us should.

    Just to let you know.

  24. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 1

    Can't help but point out it was stopped without a pat down.

  25. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Do you have a link to either of those groups turning kids into suicide bombers?
    Specifically suicide bomber outside of the immediate threat of their nation?

    no? didn't think so.