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  1. Re:If they are not self aware, why not? on First Genetically Modified Human Embryo Under Review · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm fine with it. I'm fine with abortions up to the 75th trimester.

  2. Re:Conversly, where are the space critics? on Where Are The Space Advocates? · · Score: 1

    All hail the crap reality tv shows that capitalism has produced for us.

    Why? Because they are top notch quality products that capitalism has produced and people want?
    or is it because they are the cheapest possibly thing to produce that people will still pay for?

  3. Re:Oblig. misleading title on Researcher Discusses iPod Supercomputer · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're really dragging down my imagining of a Beowulf cluster of iPods.

  4. Re:So... on DOE Pumps $126.6 Million Into Carbon Sequestration · · Score: 1

    He's afraid of the big wind conspiracy.

  5. Re:So... on DOE Pumps $126.6 Million Into Carbon Sequestration · · Score: 1

    You truly don't understand the problem of population density.

  6. Re:Why not worry about water shooting out of wells on DOE Pumps $126.6 Million Into Carbon Sequestration · · Score: 1

    "...or shifting in an inconvienent place would cause CO2 leakage."

    No, that's methane leakage.

  7. Re:12 GB HDD Vs 20 GB HDD on In Australia, XP Cheaper Than Linux On Eee 900 · · Score: 1

    Umm, VxWorks for selling a client the completely wrong product. Perhaps they should have pointed them to a steel company.

  8. Re:Anti-trust theory already tried, and failed on GPL vs. Skype Back In Court · · Score: 1

    This seems a bit interesting. Are you saying that every court decision is made entirely independently with out reviewing prior, similar cases for reference?

    That sounds inherently stupid and almost cannot be true.

  9. Re:Rediculous. on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 1

    Not even close. Oracle has a nice long feature set but really kinda sucks as an IM client.

  10. Re:This is one of the reason I want to see this mo on The Science of Iron Man · · Score: 1

    $ man ironman
    No manual entry for ironman

  11. Re:This is one of the reason I want to see this mo on The Science of Iron Man · · Score: 1

    We can't even get people to agree on a safe way to store hydrogen fuel. You think there the magnetic fields required to hold antimatter away from any regular matter and feed it consistently to some sort of thrust chamber are going to be easy not just technically, but politically?

  12. Re:Rediculous. on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 1

    I'm I the only one who judges programs by it getting the job done quickly and easily and not by available options or feature sets.

  13. Re:The problem is one of opinon. on Wikipedia Blocks Suspicious Edits From DoJ · · Score: 1

    Everything is an opinion, and that is a fact.

  14. Re:So what? on The File-System Fallout of the Reiser Verdict · · Score: 1

    There weren't any witnesses. Or evidence. Just a missing wife.

  15. Re:Not a lot, really on The File-System Fallout of the Reiser Verdict · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also do a web search for milFS. It's a great file system.

  16. Re:The same as it affected... on The File-System Fallout of the Reiser Verdict · · Score: 1

    His new cell mate, Ben Dover. I hear he use to work for Microsoft.

  17. Re:I'm hoping... on The File-System Fallout of the Reiser Verdict · · Score: 1

    perhaps he should have worded it "Convicted wife-murdering total cock." As from what I've seen reported there is plenty of evidence that a jury did convict him. Even if he didn't kill her.

  18. How is this a debate? It's both. on Is Mathematics Discovered Or Invented? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The concept was invented.

    What can be done with it is then discovered.

  19. Re:Medical 'insurance' is an extended warranty on Bill Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination Moves Forward · · Score: 1

    Lies, damn lies and statistics. The report on that study was son convoluted I don't know how it ever got passed any kind of scrutiny. The report compared the best parts of some systems against the worst parts of other, then arranged the countries as they wanted.

  20. Re:what other ideas of his will come to pass? on DARPA Working On Arthur C. Clarke Weapon Idea · · Score: 1

    "If there is no rational God, where did this unwavering, absolute and consistent sense of right and wrong come from?"

    If that were the question why is a jury 12 people required? Shouldn't we only need one?

    Really the only doubt you're placing in me is in the legal, specifically jury, system.

  21. Re:what other ideas of his will come to pass? on DARPA Working On Arthur C. Clarke Weapon Idea · · Score: 1

    "thou shalt not kill" is actually somewhat of a miss translation. The original Hebrew word translates better to murder. Where it should read "thou shalt not murder"

  22. Re:I've always wondered... on Recruiting Friendly Botnets To Counter Bad Botnets · · Score: 2, Interesting

    White hats just use the basic social engineering technics of hacking. See Seti, RSA, etc...

  23. Re:I Wonder on Laptops Can Be Searched At the Border · · Score: 2, Funny

    better yet have this be your boot timer:

    http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf

  24. Re:and M$ is a vandal. on Free Open Source Software Is Costing Vendors $60 Billion? · · Score: 1

    "if my livelyhood depends on fixing problems with my code, what incentive do I have to ship it bug-free to begin with?"

    Because their lively hood doesn't depend on fixing problems with code. It depends on educating and training clients in the use of their product, creating brand recognition, and being available to help manage changes and problems that a user may encounter. It's problem insurance more than anything. Support means Redhat is paying out that insurance. They want as little of that as possible.

  25. Re:Grounds to contest? on Cities Tampering With Traffic Lights To Generate Revenue · · Score: 1

    Not sure of your state but that seems like a pretty harsh and very unfair red light running law.

    In my state the law is basically:

    "You may not enter an intersection during a red light."

    The entrance to the intersection on most red light camera intersections in my city is clearly marked with a red stripe. The cameras are set to only ticket if you cross the red line something like .2 seconds after the light turns red. I think they have made it as fair as possible, although I still really don't like them.