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  1. Re:Everything would be on the same day every year. on Christmas Always On Sunday? Researchers Propose New Calendar · · Score: 1

    I believe GP was referring to the worship of Jesus, a specific jew who in the christian mythos lives in "heaven above" aka outer space. Nothing about this implies anything negative about Jews or the Jewish faith, can you point out the antisemitism? I guess maybe the value judgement that belief in Jesus as a divine being is "stupid", but that's a pretty common belief amongst the non-religious and hardly restricted to Semitic faiths

  2. Re:Soo.... on HIV Vaccine Approval For Human Trials · · Score: 1

    I would.

  3. Re:And the USAF on Judge Dismisses 'Other OS' Class-Action Suit Against Sony · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Under the license that you are offered, you're correct. I imagine it's perfectly possible that the USAF is able to acquire different licensing that allows them to accomplish their mission with Sony's hardware.

  4. Re:It's working on The Mexican Cartel's Hi-Tech Drug Tunnels · · Score: 1

    Bad form to reply to one's self but I wanted to further elaborate with a specific example.

    If a majority of the people in California decide that they want the option to purchase and smoke marijuana (which recent polls have indicated is in fact the case), and the majority of Californians are willing to accept all of the consequences listed above, what right does anyone living outside of California have to tell them no?

    Now should the other states (aka the federal government) be able to withhold assistance to the state of California? Absolutely. And that's something that very well should happen - "No more Medicaid or Medicare for any California citizens if your state legalizes marijuana" would just be one more bullet item on the list of consequences that would need to be factored in. But Drugs are not an evil that is on-par with slavery, and as such it's ridiculous for the Federal government to force their will on any state regarding that matter.

  5. Re:It's working on The Mexican Cartel's Hi-Tech Drug Tunnels · · Score: 1

    Clearly the correct answer then is to allow the local governments to choose for themselves whether or not they want to allow drugs to be legal in their locality. Since, you know, they're the ones whose police forces will have to deal with all this stuff.

    Oh right, that war was already fought and lost.

  6. I collect my work-credits on the 7th and 22nd on Does Telecommuting Make You Invisible? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I call my "credit for my work" my "paycheck", perhaps they're expecting too much from their jobs?

  7. Re:Too bad on Logitech Calls Google TV a 'Big Mistake' · · Score: 2

    If you have to exclude a solution to the problem in your statement of the problem, then you may be doing it wrong. "Torrents" is a valid technical solution to your problem...

  8. Re:Having to jail break your own freaking phone on Guide To Building a Cable That Improves iOS Exploits · · Score: 1

    They responded a month before the HTC statement?

  9. Re:This Was Not China on China's 5-Year Cyberwar Met With Western Silence · · Score: 1

    And what exactly does it mean to be a "blessed" nation?

  10. Re:With profits like these... on Are We Seeing the End of Big Oil? · · Score: 1

    Interestingly you've just described how most major motion pictures are made and why none of them ever turn a profit.

  11. Re:Release some educational rap videos. on ERP Vendors Get Into Medical Marijuana Business · · Score: 1

    Not if the jackbooted fed shitheads and their Christian lapdogs in the lobbying groups^W^W churches keep trying to fight against what states voted for.

    Remember, we fought a war over this before and the federal government won.

  12. Re:The Case for Google's Control: Atrix on Google Fights Back Against Android Fragmentation · · Score: 1

    I think you're trying to say that this is not an option on Motorola devices to which I reply interesting.

    Posted from my Droid running Cyanogen Mod 7.0 RC 4.

  13. Re:Yep.... on UN Intervention Begins In Libya · · Score: 1

    Because there doesn't exist such a thing as a false flag operation and a tyrannical dictator who is attacking his own citizens would never stoop so low as to engage in them when it comes to protesting foreign intervention?

  14. Re:get a lawsuit on Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These · · Score: 1

    The starter and solenoid are mounted on the bottom of most 4 cylinder cars.

  15. Re:Fanboys on Skyhook Wireless Sues Google Over Anti-Competitive Practices · · Score: 1

    You mean I can't remove the engine from my Ford and replace it with an engine from a Chevy and still have a manufacturer tell me that it's a Ford? Damn....

  16. Re:Military healthcare on Defense Chief Urges Big Cuts In Military Spending · · Score: 1

    This is complete bullocks, your life your choices is a guide to creating a Living Will, something everyone should have which spells out plainly what choices you want made about your medical care in case you're not capable of relaying your wishes yourself.

  17. Re:Stupid question, but one that's always bugged m on Underwater Ocean Kites To Harvest Tidal Energy · · Score: 1

    Rotation of the earth + gravity = tides.

  18. Re:Technically correct, but... on Indian Military Hopes to Weaponize the Searing "Ghost Pepper" · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can. I have a friend who got seeds off the net and has 4 fruit bearing plants in his living room. This peppers feel like being stabbed in the mouth when eaten whole and fresh.

  19. Re:Done to death. on Best Backup Server Option For University TV Station? · · Score: 1

    I first read that as "/me loads his shotgun and squirts" was gonna suggest you check out the depends aisle at your grocery store.

  20. Re:get rid of shitty teachers on Company Claims EEG Scans Can Help Identify ADHD · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was going to write a well thought out post about how I was also diagnosed with ADHD, but then I went outside to ride bikes instead.

  21. tag for achievement on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    tag for achievement

  22. Re:So what you're saying is... on If We Have Free Will, Then So Do Electrons · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yes sir, President Hoover.

  23. Re:national security on FOIA Request For Pending Copyright Treaty Denied · · Score: 2, Funny

    Has anyone mentioned yet that it was actually called the Equal Rights Amendment?

  24. Re:Translation on Chimp Found Plotting Against Zoo Guests · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ok, I'll bite on this obvious one. As someone higher in the thread posted "make a bird sterile, and it will still build a nest" is a perfect example of a behavior that isn't cogent. Does this monkey still throw a hail storm of rocks at nothing on days the zoo is closed? This monkey is cogent.

    "Let's ask: On a scale measuring what exactly, with what defined points, is a chimp's behavior doing what exactly on what position, related to that of a bird or spider doing what exactly?"

    Research like this is what will allow us to precisely define such a scale, give it time but don't decry research that is obviously working towards an answer that you seek.

  25. Re:Bull on Apps That Rely On Ext3's Commit Interval May Lose Data In Ext4 · · Score: 1

    Mr Cheney? So this is what you've chosen to do in all your free time now? Troll Slashdot?