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  1. Re:Needs a built in label scanner.... on Disc Writers Now Print the Label Too · · Score: 1

    Wow, welcome to 1996! I've burned hundreds of CDs in this century, and none have been exact copies of music CDs. Today, people make mixes or burn MP3 CDs or distribute digital photos on CD.

  2. Re:Err... not a religious issue. on Human Animal Hybrid Created in Lab · · Score: 1

    Listen to yourself. Paraphrasing: "Of course my point of view is correct! Everyone knows that! As proof, I site several works of fiction!"

    Come back to the real world. Research at this stage isn't hurting anyone. But wild speculation beyond anything currently possible is a sure way to get modded up.

    I have fish that have jellyfish DNA in them. They are quite cool and the jellyfish of the world aren't harmed at all or dying of plagues.

    Sometimes humans and animals die in the course of research. If you're not cool with that, you don't deserve the benefit of modern medical technology.

  3. Re:I can turn $13b into $16b easy!!! on US Government May Not Approve Sale of IBM PC Unit · · Score: 1

    Don't take financial advice from this gold spammer. Anyone who thinks gold is a good investment is a sucker. If fiat money becomes valueless (which will never happen), it will be more useful to own a shotgun than to own a bar of gold.

  4. Re:"Steals from the rich" on Gates Pledges $750M to Vaccinate Children · · Score: 1

    At least the proffits of American drug companies are used to finance research into more drugs.

  5. Re:Why back Sun? Why back Solaris? on Gentoo Announces OpenSolaris Port · · Score: 1

    As the theory goes, this should actually be done for you if you use Debian as a server. You can keep up to date with security but config file versions never change (the beauty of backported security patches).

  6. Re:Why back Sun? Why back Solaris? on Gentoo Announces OpenSolaris Port · · Score: 1

    You would not want to run Gentoo on a production box simply because Gentoo keeps you up to date with the latest released versions of software. This normally sounds like a good thing, but really isn't for servers because new versions of software often don't work with old config files. On a desktop it is fine, because the world doesn't end when your last "emerge -u world" updated your rsync server to a version which chokes on the old config file version. But in production, a faulty service is a serious issue.

  7. Re:Security against 'Big Brother' is a myth on Just How Paranoid Are You? · · Score: 1

    Bullshit. If someone tried to label me as a terrorist, my entire family would sue sue sue until I'm out. They would probably try to get our state reps involved. It would be all over the news in my home town, and probably nationally. The reason we have 3 branches of government is so that if the executive branch starts abusing their power and locking them up without charge, the judicial branch can smack their bitch asses down. And don't forget the power of our new 4th branch of government: the Media.

  8. Re:Already Robots, Just Not Meat Robots on Pentagon To Send Robot Soldiers to Iraq · · Score: 1

    Robots would make our soldiers MORE ETHICAL. Everything they do can be recorded and reviewed. The soldiers controlling the robots can be held accountable for everything they do. We don't have that with meat-based soldiers.

  9. Re:The Iraqis, for one.... on Pentagon To Send Robot Soldiers to Iraq · · Score: 1

    The majority of Iraqis want more stability and security (which right now only comes through US troop presence). I think you are thinking of the small minority of militants who stand to proffit from chaos.

  10. Re:Health Issues on Monitor Basics - LCD vs. CRT · · Score: 1

    "What if the CRT screen turns out to be one of the main culprits of many afflictions of modem civilisation, such as abnormal general fatigue, neuropsychological disorders, increased absenteeism, loss of productivity, declining ability to concentrate and to memorise, aggression and scholastic problems in prepubescent children, predisposition to dyslexia, and lowered spermatogenesis?"

    If it's on the Internet, it MUST be true! Especially if they state their thesis in the form of a question. This crap isn't worth reading.

  11. Re:Health Issues on Monitor Basics - LCD vs. CRT · · Score: 1

    Ever heard of the term "hypochondriac?" How about "psychosomatic?" The magnetic flux used to aim your electron gun in your monitor was NOT disabling your immune system, yet you accept this as fact.

  12. Re:Lack of rational thinking on Harvard Pres Says Females Naturally Bad at Math · · Score: 1

    sorry for riding your case, but saying life is 'intended' to be one way or another shows another lack of a scientific eye.

  13. Re:Lack of rational thinking on Harvard Pres Says Females Naturally Bad at Math · · Score: 1

    I find it interesting that you can't suggest that it is possible that men are better than women at science without trying to "balance" things by suggesting men might be worse at art. It shows that you are not looking at the issue without bias. It is possible that men are better than women at all mental tasks. You can't just assume that men being better at one thing means women are better at another. Of course I will be hated for saying this, but it's reason instead of opinion.

  14. Re:Ivy vs non-ivy... on Who Needs Harvard? · · Score: 1

    Is that still true? Large public universities do most of the ground-breaking, historical research these days.

  15. past tense? on Three Largest Stars Identified · · Score: 1

    For talking about stars that are so far away, shouldn't we be talking about what they were like, as opposed to what they are like today (since we can't know that?)

  16. Hitman on Too Much Gaming, Anyone? · · Score: 1

    After playing Hitman for a while, you start looking around for places to hide bodies, stash weapons, or snipe from on your way to class or work. That's when you know it's time to go back to The Sims.

  17. Re:Hold on a minute.... on Learning a Foreign Language with The Sims · · Score: 1

    If you never get a chance to speak it, don't waste your time learning it. Conserve brain cells. Ignore Europeans whose only pride comes from the fact that they have a skill you don't have (and don't need).

  18. The perfect safe on Safecracking for the Computer Scientist · · Score: 1

    The perfect safe is a computer controlled one. You can't crack a PIC controlling a solenoid-lock that is deep within the safe. And as long as there is a limit on combinations attempted per second, some sort of automatic combination guessing device is impractical, too.

  19. Re:Strange Reaction on The Super Superhighway · · Score: 1

    Home is where your primary PC is.

  20. Re:Lame sensationalism. on The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami · · Score: 1

    It was Spain, not Mexico. That doesn't change the point at all.

  21. Re:Lame sensationalism. on The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami · · Score: 1

    Nowadays journalists are scurrying to find the next big headline? Yeah, there just isn't journalistic integrity anymore. Like in the oldendays, when we went to WAR with mexico because of COMPLETELY SPECULATIVE newspaper headlines claiming they blew up one of our ships. Face it, it's not a problem with "today" it is a problem with human nature.

  22. Re:Rotation on Quake Changes Earth's Rotation, Moves Islands · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You really shouldn't claim to on the trademark on the phrase "Digital Millenium Copyright Act" because that would be a fraudulent claim. And if it is supposed to be a joke, it's not funny because the C in DMCA is Copyright, not Trade Mark.

  23. Re:typical enron staff.... on How Craigslist Costs Newspapers Money · · Score: 1

    This idiot is always trying to sell his gold on slashdot. Can we ban him as a spammer? And 8% inflation? FEAR! DOOM! More like lies. Inflation is more like 3%.

  24. Re:Solution on Two Reviews of Yourdon's 'Outsource?' · · Score: 1

    Coders always have to be coming up with something new. Assembly line workers, now matter how experienced, don't.

  25. how do they know? on 2004 MN4 Probably Won't Kill Us · · Score: 1

    But how do they know how big it is? If you discover a new rock on space, how do you know how large it is if there is no 'ground' as a point of reference?