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  1. Re:Why? OWS, for one thing... on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    Rube ridge is irrelevant to the discussion. Maybe when someone show sup with a warrant you should hide behind you children like a coward?

    I can't think what else to call staying in your house know they are unlikely to move do to risk to your family.

    And since the weavers shot first, days before the siege, things might have been a bit tense.

  2. Re:Why? OWS, for one thing... on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    nice my ass.

  3. Re:Nothing but a teabagger on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    Truth hurts, huh?

  4. Re:Nothing but a teabagger on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    hahahahha.. no. Delude fools who have no clue about history.

  5. Re:Why? OWS, for one thing... on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    False. You act as if it was sudden. It was not. He started fighting the pubs on the issue immediately.
    You are a product of the pubs campaign. Stop anything Obama wants to do, then blame him for it not happening. we see this all the time.
    Wanted to close Gitmo, all the pubs went nuts saying we can safely house them on American soil; which is clearly bullshit. The pubs don't like that idea, because it's still debatable if torture on foreign soil counts as torture.

    Trying to work with the UN regarding climate change: pubs keep fighting.
    Forclosure help: pubs fight it.

    Wanted to end income tax for senior who earn less then 50K- Killed by pubs who want to take everyone but the rich.
    on and on.
    Even thing the pubs wanted, the flip flopped when Obama agreed.

    I mean, come on!

  6. Re:I wanna be a warlord! on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    It's not in the news nearly enough if you go by the numbers and impact.

  7. Re:US = on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    True. Thanks to 3rd strike laws, mandatory sentencing, and 'zero tolerance'.

    Thinking the Prison guard union always lobby for.

    That said, China locks up a hell of a lot more people for speaking their minds, practicing non approved religions, and gatherings.
    There is your difference.

  8. Re:If it evolves by replicating, it's life. on Should Science Rethink the Definition of "Life"? · · Score: 1

    That is a really bad definition of evolution.

  9. Re:If it evolves by replicating, it's life. on Should Science Rethink the Definition of "Life"? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's not really a scientific definition if it's filled with exceptions.

    1: Fire. It moves to where it is easiest to make new fire
    2: Fire: can create copies of it's self. As a side note, I'm not sure why the copies have to be similar to be life.
    3: Fire: It can evolve to to burn thing with higher combustion temperatures.

    And then there is self replicating molecule. Is that life?

    Please, return to you weak ass wikipedia page

  10. Re:If it evolves by replicating, it's life. on Should Science Rethink the Definition of "Life"? · · Score: 2

    Fire.
    Software.

    What about clearly living things that can not replicate? such as a mule.

    for the record:
    Corwin was a whiny bitch.

  11. Re:Dumb article on Should Science Rethink the Definition of "Life"? · · Score: 1

    Combustion.

  12. Re:Sure... on Should Science Rethink the Definition of "Life"? · · Score: 1

    Fact: We know carbon based life forms exist
    Fact: we know they need water.

    So it makes sense to start looking where you know for a fact life COULD exist withing know parameters.

  13. Re:Thermodynamic definition of life on Should Science Rethink the Definition of "Life"? · · Score: 1

    You mean like fire?

  14. Re:If it isn't very much like us.. on Should Science Rethink the Definition of "Life"? · · Score: 2

    Just because it's not like us, doesn't mean it's technology wont be the same. We might end up using oscillating radio waves to communicate.

  15. News flash on Should Science Rethink the Definition of "Life"? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You have to be able to define life before you can redefine it. Turns out to be pretty tricky.

  16. Re:Also dangers of door knobs... on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 2

    If you can't poop out a pickle, you have other problems.

  17. Re:Not this again..... on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    " just steeled myself and kept working."
    then you pain was not 5-6. 6 being distressed; which would mean you cant work.
    probably a 3-5.

  18. Re:Not this again..... on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    "which is required for any phone."
    not a touch screen phone.

  19. Re:Not this again..... on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    It is not an imaginary disease. Why do people think that?
    It's real, studied and documented.

    Warning people they may experience pain fom ding a common task like using a touchscreen is responsible. People don't think about it.

    Many people using a touch screen phone with one hand. Moving the thumb around the keyboard. Doing that repeatedly can cause pain.

    "Repeated motion injuries, Posture, Eyestrain.
    All of which are proven to happen.

  20. Re:Why is this crap even on Slashdot? on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    "buying into"? no. Touch screen are awesome. I can do a lot of things the is far more difficult with an actual keyboard.

    I was concerned I would miss my keyboard when I went from a G1 to an Nexus S. The touch screen is far better and quicker.

    That sight completely misses the point.

  21. Re:Because it pertains to nerds on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    But it is new to a lot of people. So to make people aware that there is a risk, and you should take step to mitigate it is the responsible thing to do.
    Not that I'm defending the author. I mean how far can we trust someone who states:

    "as well as the Wi-Fi radios in various devices. The research here has been contradictory, though the risk is probably low if you follow the manufacturers' guidelines for safe use."

    No, there is no good evidence to support it. all provocation tests have be negative, all blinded test have been negative.

    To claim it's contradictory is false and misleading.

  22. Re:Because it pertains to nerds on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 2

    Or you self diagnoses was wrong.
    OR, here is an idea: maybe there are different severity? Shocking I know.. well, shocking to simpletons like you.

    ou will get symptoms that appear to be CTS and RSD... but aren't. CT scan will prove it.

    No, the symptoms are precursor to CTS and/or RSD. Like many thing, when acted upon soon, you can recover.

    You did the right thing, but you inplication that it applies to every case is stupid and harmful.

    And no myth is not busted, but your ignorance and arrogance has been confirmed.

    "For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion"
    Your post does not match your sig.
    Make up your mind

  23. Re:Why is this crap even on Slashdot? on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    Because it's fun.

  24. Re:Suggested uses of the research on Tracking Down the First Oxygen Users · · Score: 1

    Would those recommendation be babboo and babboo1 to 64?

  25. Re:Excuse me, but you just don't make sense ! on Twitter Comes Out Swinging Against Google's Personalized Search · · Score: 1

    Ironically, she did.

    There have been a couple of good books about it.

    But no, Giving the users a real choice is not evil. This is twitter scared not renewing their deal with Google will impact their IPO.