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  1. Re:A matter of the environment? on Where's Your Coding Happy Place? · · Score: 1

    You can code when blind(-folded)? Nice. Way to take touch-typing and knowledge of syntax to new highs. Oh, wait. Thats not how blind dates work, my bad :D.

  2. Too much Xena? on Hungary, Tatarstan Latest To Go FOSS · · Score: 1

    Its okay, me too. :D

  3. Re:RTFS?? on EFF Says Obama Warrantless Wiretap Defense Is Worse than Bush · · Score: 1

    You mean "Zero"?

  4. Re:RTFS?? on EFF Says Obama Warrantless Wiretap Defense Is Worse than Bush · · Score: 1

    He personally wrote a letter to the family of *every* dead soldier

    Proof? How do I know you are not making this up?

  5. Re:Looks like Python on Google App Engine Adds Java Support, Groovy Meta-Programming · · Score: 1

    Python with brackets???

    Whats the point of it all then, does this mean that it wouldn't take a look at white-space?

  6. Re:One I'm SURE no one's thought up... on New ICANN TLDs May Cause Internet Land Rush · · Score: 1

    Keep that asshole shut tight and reject most applications.

    Hehehe

  7. Ow... on Google App Engine Adds Java Support, Groovy Meta-Programming · · Score: 1
    My brain hurts.

    I'm just going to curl up now

  8. Re:Wait...what? on Star Trek Premiere Gets Standing Ovation, Surprise Showing In Austin · · Score: 1

    Yeah! Like that John Wayne movie where the Sheriff has a giant, slow moving device which can destroy entire towns,

    You mean like a bunch of thugs with AK-47s?

    and only throwing a rock off a horse from close range at a particular point on the surface of the device can destroy it!

    Like a grenade? Or some kind of explosive device? Possibly hurled over a great distance by a catapult?

    And wagons can travel faster than light,

    Or just really really fast.

    but this capability sometimes breaks down, leading to exciting chase sequences before the wagon zips away to an unknown location!

    Hey, improper maintenance is bad for any machinery.

    And cowboys can use mysterious powers to control physical objects and influence other people!

    Or they can use guns to make 'em do things, or just pay them money, or seduce them.

    Frankly, if Star Wars can be a Western I think anything can be a Western.

    Yup.

    What aspects of Star Trek are so unique that you cannot draw similar parallels?

    I can't think of any.

  9. Its been around for a while on Researcher's Death Hampers TCP Flaw Fix · · Score: 1

    ... so I guess this guy passing away shouldn't make us too worried.

  10. Only military? on Powerful Sonar Causes Deafness In Dolphins · · Score: 1
    So why only military sonar? Couldn't this happen even with regular sonar? Or is the military using more sound than is necessary?

    Or is the Times just military-bashing?

  11. There are re-writes to Adam Smith on RIM Accuses Motorola of Blocking Job Offers · · Score: 1

    There are re-writes to Adam Smith. No modern-day economist worth his or her salt agrees with Adam Smith's models or the Classical Ricardian model(s). There are re-writes that explain more about the present-day economies. The only places where Adam Smith is taught is in first-year courses, and the upper level courses are basically about how the things taught in first year aren't true.

  12. Re:"Propaganda" on Obama Launches Change.gov · · Score: 1
    A) I obviously can read. Perhaps you meant that I am unable to interpret your statements correctly. You should really try being more specific and accurate.

    And statements of opinion about facts can be tested

    B) Yes we can. One doesn't need a time machine to run a regression.

  13. Re:"Propaganda" on Obama Launches Change.gov · · Score: 1
    And I noticed that you didn't actually answer my question.

    I think a lot of previous generations would be better off if they had more exposure to being engaged in this way.

    That is actually testable, and hence, provable. QED.

  14. Re:"Propaganda" on Obama Launches Change.gov · · Score: 1

    ...or whatever tickles their fancy

    If it tickles their fancy, why make it mandatory for them to do it?

    I think a lot of previous generations would be better off if they had more exposure to being engaged in this way.

    Oh, really? Prove it.

    Calculate and provide a measure of the increase in social welfare (or whatever you meant by 'better off') if the 'previous generation' had more exposure to being engaged this way.

  15. Re:"Propaganda" on Obama Launches Change.gov · · Score: 1

    ...does as much good for the student as it does for the community (small but potentially significant).

    Oh, really? Prove it.

    -Do an empirically valid survey

    -Conduct the hypothesis test

    -Publish results

    You didn't just pull that fun 'fact' out of your ass, did you?

    the student can pick whatever he wants to do

    Its still forced labour. Forcing someone to do anything is wrong, and if its not a choice, its an imposition of will.

  16. Re:Not hard on Fast-Booting Text-Editor Operating System? · · Score: 1

    Thats what she said

  17. Re:Self Replicating? on Biologist (Almost) Creates Artificial Life · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the 'northern regions of the globe' were much warmer, since they were going through a 'greenhouse planet' stage.

  18. Re:Does anyone really WANT e-voting? on Video Shows Easy Hacking of E-Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    You seem to be barking up the wrong tree here.

    1 - We can trust the machines; we just need good machines.
    2 - Recounts are only done because there are doubts.

    You shouldn't blame the whole e-voting system/idea just because the implementation is done wrong.