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  1. Special evolution, on Is Humanity Still Evolving? · · Score: 1

    Has anyone noticed that certain advances seem to happen in widely diverse locations at approximately the same time? Regardless of nationalistic bragging, major advances tend to occur independently within just a few years.

    Circa 600 BC saw the beginning of Greek Science, Lao Tzu, Confucius, The Babylonian Talmud, Zarathustra, The Persian renaissance, Mayan mathematics/astronomy!

    10,000 BC, Worldwide, agriculture, domestic animals.

    Circa 15,000 BC, Worldwide, The bow!

    Circa 125,000 years ago all over the old world fire is made to order!

    Evolution is clearly speeding up and becoming purely intellectual!

  2. Re:Really? Pangolin? on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Out; Unity Gets a Second Chance · · Score: 1

    I managed one, but this is Slashdot, not AOL!

  3. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article on Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief · · Score: 1

    And Muslims have been adding to Allah's flock using the Scimitar and mass murder just like those pesky Catholics (Catholics use the broadsword)!

  4. "The cloud" = "The Internet" on Privacy Advocates Slam Google Drive's Privacy Policies · · Score: 1

    Dumbass marketing buzzwords irritate the hell out of me!

    Big news, DON'T SEND UNENCRYPTED DATA OVER THE INTERNET!

  5. Re:Really? Pangolin? on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Out; Unity Gets a Second Chance · · Score: 1

    So, "sudo apt-get install whatever" is too complicated?

    Personally I mostly use Gnome classic.

  6. Re:Of course. (Anonymity in a burka) on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 1

    Let me play Devil's advocate.
    A burka makes a(n) (armed) small man indistinguishable from a woman, and a "little person" with certain forms of dwarfism can easily be made to look like a child.

    Islamic dress makes hiding weapons comparatively easy!

  7. Re:wtf fbi on FBI Compromises Another Remailer · · Score: 1

    Sorry, what I meant was that a "representative republic" vs "direct democracy' argument is specious, when you consider that the potential outcomes are a forgone conclusion!

  8. Re:wtf fbi on FBI Compromises Another Remailer · · Score: 1

    That's what empires do!

  9. Re:wtf fbi on FBI Compromises Another Remailer · · Score: 1

    So, you vote for "ratfuck A" instead of "ratfuck B", cause "ratfuck A" made rediculous promises that appeal to you even though you know that "ratfuck A" won't keep them! Also "ratfuck A" belongs to some ethnic/socio-economic group that makes you just "feel good" to vote for!

    But in reality ALL "ratfucks" are essentially the same, taking money from the same masters who ultimately control them! And that is ultimately the real truth, no matter which one you vote for it will always be the same!

  10. Re:Jury selection.. on The Scientific Method Versus Scientific Evidence In the Courtroom · · Score: 1

    You, are correct! Once the local district found out that I hold two doctorates and have been an expert witness they never contacted me again!

  11. Funny how every time I say the same thing.. on Software Engineering Is a Dead-End Career, Says Bloomberg · · Score: 1

    Funny how every time I say the same thing I get an argument, or more likely, some putz who says that "where they work" there are "lots" of older workers!
    But the problem is that to the 12 year old who is trolling, people over 30 look old, where to me they look like kids!

    I kind of think this article vindicates my position.

  12. Jury selection.. on The Scientific Method Versus Scientific Evidence In the Courtroom · · Score: 1

    Always try for the lowest common denominator!
    "They" (Jury consultants/prosecutors) don't like..
    People with post graduate educations
    Lawyers
    Professionals
    Law enforcement officials

    "They" (prosecutors) do like..
    Welfare moms
    The elderly
    Blue collar white males

    Why? Because "They" are always looking to find the most malleable people who will find the way that the prosecutor leads them!

  13. Re:Everyone in a courtroom has an agenda on The Scientific Method Versus Scientific Evidence In the Courtroom · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "The same idiots who think tobacco is a deadly poison think cannabis is a miracle cure-all."
    Nicotine IS a poison and is used as a pesticide (among other things)!
    THC, is used for medical purposes (among other things)!

    Idiots?

  14. Patriotism, Nationalism, Faithfulness, etc, etc... on In Nothing We Trust · · Score: 1

    Patriotism, Nationalism, Faithfulness, etc,

    Are just some of the ways that the powerful cynically manipulate the average rubes to their own ends.

    The biggest myth:
    Fighting for freedom = Freedom? from what? for whom? where? And who are we fighting? Some poor, literate tribesman who's village just got destroyed by "mistake"? Is he going to attack "us"? And how many times will the American public fall for this in recent history? Since WW2 the last REAL war, we've had "and lost" Korea, Vietnam, the Balkans, Somalia, Iraq-1 (Big parade), Iraq-2 (we did not actually win anything), Afghanistan!

    All any of the little exercises in deadly futility accomplish is to make HUGE profits for the mega corporations that give freely to the whores on capital hill!
    Peace is not profitable!

  15. Pre sapiens had an accelerated development cycle.. on Eating Meat Helped Early Humans Reproduce · · Score: 1

    Pre Homo Sapiens had an accelerated development cycle, Closer to that of a Chimpanzee, and undoubtedly a very similar diet.

  16. Re:anyone surprised? on Whistleblower: NSA Has All of Your Email · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the Tom Clancy movie starring seal team six, you know, the one where they "kill" Bin What's-in!

  17. Re:anyone surprised? on Whistleblower: NSA Has All of Your Email · · Score: 1

    Stein, Barr
    Hell, I'd vote for Elmer Fudd if I could, rather than a Republicrat!

    But I have an idea that no matter what the people want, the same powers always remain!

  18. Re:anyone surprised? on Whistleblower: NSA Has All of Your Email · · Score: 1

    Got us OUT? The troops were moved into Kuwait and Afghanistan (soon) Yemen and Iran, the violence continues unabated and will escalate!

  19. The evil empire strikes again! on US Judge Say Kim Dotcom May Never Be Tried or Extradited · · Score: 1

    Millions/Billions of $ lost, tens of thousands dead, all for the profit of the mega corporations that control the whores on Capitol Hill!

  20. Re:WHAT THE FUCK IS THE ALTERNATIVE? on Hypersonic Test Aircraft Peeled Apart After 3 Minutes of Sustained Mach 20 Speed · · Score: 1

    unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine & aniline careful they're hypergolic!

  21. And contender for the #1 scientific fraud is.. on Studies Suggest Massive Increase In Scientific Fraud · · Score: 0

    String theory!

  22. We live in a fraud driven, violently unstable.. on Facebook, Instagram, Ben Bernanke: Thank You For the New Tech Bubble · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We live in a fraud driven, violently unstable economy, a massive Ponzi scheme masquerading as an economic model!
    It doesn't work, it can't work!
    It WILL destroy itself.

  23. Re:So when it comes to 3 strikes.... on EU Commissioner: We Cannot Allow ISP Disconnects · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's OK to shut down access to the outside world if you are a bastion of "freedom" and "democracy" just like it's OK to torture, to imprison without trial, and kill without judicial oversight!

    USA, USA, USA!

  24. Re:Like dashcams can protect suspects? on Expect Mandatory 'Big Brother' Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015 · · Score: 0

    As long as they're hidden it'll work, but if the pig thinks he's being looked at he'll kill you and burn the car (it was an ACCIDENT!). After you act cowed have a shyster look at the video and then see.

  25. Kinda makes used cars suddenly look good! on Expect Mandatory 'Big Brother' Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015 · · Score: 1

    Keep that old clunker!