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  1. Re:God fearing men... on After Rick Perry's Stem Cell Treatment, Misplaced Enthusiasm? · · Score: 1

    I know you just meant that as a joke, but there's actually a verse about that in Romans.
    "What then? Shall we go on sinning that grace might increase? By no means! If we have died to sin, how can we continue in it?"

  2. Re:Irrevocably? on Former Wikileaks Spokesman Destroyed Documents · · Score: 1

    I can't find the article I was thinking of, but I remember that against the average person, one "shred cycle" would be enough; against the government you are screwed no matter what. All I'm saying is that unless it's physically destroyed, it could theoretically be recovered.

  3. Re:Irrevocably? on Former Wikileaks Spokesman Destroyed Documents · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but I've heard of cases where data has been scrubbed 20 times and they could still recover parts of it. I'd hardly call it "irrevocable".

  4. Irrevocably? on Former Wikileaks Spokesman Destroyed Documents · · Score: 1

    What, did he smash a hard drive or something? Please tell me he didn't just click "Delete" and move on!

    For that matter, how do you lose something irrevocably?

  5. Re:So on Teacher Cannot Be Sued For Denying Creationism · · Score: 0

    Real scientists try to disprove the theory of evolution

    That sounds nice in theory, saying that a real scientist would always be challenging accepted thought and looking for the next big breakthrough. And yet somehow, every time someone brings up creationism, they are told in no uncertain terms that all real scientists accept evolution as a true and proven fact and that anyone who questions it is by definition not a scientist. (I'm not making this up, I've been told exactly that numerous times by people who claim to be rational thinkers.) You can't have it both ways.

  6. Re:I actually WANT my TV reporting on me on A TV That Knows and Shares What You're Watching · · Score: 1

    This is the only possible upside I can see. It seems all the shows that everyone loves do poorly in the ratings (Firefly), while the crappy stuff (Glee, Jersey Shore) scores high enough to keep it around.

  7. Re:First... on Why PCs Trump iPads For User Innovation · · Score: 1

    You get a "Clever!" and a metaphorical pat on the back.
    What do you want, a medal?

  8. Re:First... on Why PCs Trump iPads For User Innovation · · Score: 1

    Impressive. Slashdot needs more posters like you.
    It's late and I'm feeling generous.

  9. Dev environment on Why PCs Trump iPads For User Innovation · · Score: 2

    Like someone else said on here once, let me know when those famous iPhone apps can be developed on the iPhone without bending over backwards. Real work always gets done on a real computer.

  10. Re:What a minute on Crysis 2 Update a Perfect Case of Wasted Polygons · · Score: 1

    *facepalm*.
    Wait a minute. Not what.

  11. What a minute on Crysis 2 Update a Perfect Case of Wasted Polygons · · Score: 2, Funny

    People actually play Crysis? I thought the whole reason it was made was to be a test for your graphics card? One giant benchmark.

  12. Re:Good on A Linux Kernel More Stable Than -stable · · Score: 1

    sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude -y upgrade

    Avoid that bothersome last step.

  13. Re:I am still fuzzy on Cop Seeks Wiretapping Charges For Woman Who Videotaped Beating · · Score: 1
    Yeah, seriously. Doesn't wiretapping usually involve, you know, a wire being tapped? Recording video is wiretapping in the same way that copyright infringement falls under the mandate of the DHS.

    But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

    Just sayin'.

  14. Re:Are they -trying- to kill Firefox? on Mozilla To Remove User-Facing Firefox Version Numbers · · Score: 1

    As Linus Torvalds recently said, if you're checking for a specific version, you're doing it wrong. Just assume that you're on the most recent one and do the most modern thing unless you're specifically told otherwise. Basically, an addon should work on version X and anything higher, not specifically versions X.A, X.B, and X.C.

  15. Re:version inflation on Linux Kernel 3.1 RC 2 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Remember that he dropped the last number from the version, so the difference between 3.0 and 3.1 is the same as something like 2.6.24 to 2.6.25, not 2.4 to 2.6.

  16. So what? on Patent Applications Hint Apple Wants To Eliminate Printer Drivers · · Score: 1

    So... Option 1: Use a conventional driver.
    Option 2: Send it to the cloud, which just basically uses someone else's driver.
    Option 3: Standardize all printers to communicate in exactly the same way, making a "one-size-fits-all" driver.
    I don't really see the "elimination" part here. Maybe a "simplification" at best.

  17. It's all about the image on BlackBerry Server Can Be Hacked With Image File · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Send goatse image to BB.
    2. BB holder frozen in shock.
    3. Walk up to frozen holder, appropriate keys/saved passwords/etc.
    4. ???
    5. Profit!

  18. Re:Nice on Fossil 'Suggests Plesiosaurs Did Not Lay Eggs' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps it's a microcosm of the scientific world at large, but most of our dinosaur knowledge is based on "this is the first idea that popped into my head when I saw the thing, so we'll call it true until proven otherwise". The iguanadon, for example, was thought to have horns on its nose until a full skeleton was discovered and it was revealed that they were thumbs. Don't get me wrong, I don't care that we're creating imperfect theories based on limited knowledge which are expanded when more is discovered; that's how science works and how it should work. What I find to be particularly annoying is when these theories are taught as unchallenged fact. There was one species of dinosaur that was "discovered" in the form of a single bone, but sketches of the full animal were showing up in textbooks. If all you have is a single bone, at least put an asterisk beside the picture please! Maybe our knowledge would advance faster if we knew what exactly we knew and what we don't know.

  19. WarGames on Valve Announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive · · Score: 1

    How about a nice game of Global Thermonuclear Warfare?

  20. On the bright side on DHS Creating Database of Secret Watchlists · · Score: 1

    At least the DHS is finally doing something remotely related to terrorism, instead of playing enforcer for the RIAA. The downside to this is that they're doing something related to terrorism again.

  21. Re:rather generic on Sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab Blocked in the EU · · Score: 1

    Does this cover anything with that shape, or just tablets? Because I have a slice of bread I think they might be interested in...

  22. Re:Missed the easiest on 8 Ways To Circumvent the PROTECT-IP Act · · Score: 2

    If you cared about following what the PROTECT-IP required, why would you be running your own server in the first place?

  23. Re:A programming language inside documents? on Office 15 Development To Go JavaScript, HTML5 For Extensibility · · Score: 2

    My dad was bored one day, so he wrote Stock Ticker (the old board game) in a spreadsheet.

  24. Re:Bravo on Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME 3 For Xfce · · Score: 2

    Is it? I remember when it came up on the mailing list, the decision was made that it was more important that every user's desktop be identical so that it would be easier to support - which I suppose is a valid viewpoint, but it doesn't fit with the open source way.

  25. Re:GNOME, KDE, etc on Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME 3 For Xfce · · Score: 1

    Be careful what you wish for. The whole abomination that is GNOME Shell came about as the result of usability studies.