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  1. Re:Acmeism.org quote.. on Ingy döt Net Tells How Acmeism Bridges Gaps in the Software World (Video) · · Score: 1

    Kinda like spoken languages. Knowing one romantic language and learning another is much easier than trying to learn an Asian language.

  2. Re:Ingy döt Net on Ingy döt Net Tells How Acmeism Bridges Gaps in the Software World (Video) · · Score: 1

    Dear umghhh,

    Words have meanings, letters have sounds. Motorhead sounds different to Motörhead. I think the letter w looks cool, but I can't go around calling myself SlwazwRidw. No one would understand that.

    Also, to stay on topic, obligatory xkcd: http://www.xkcd.com/927

  3. Re:IT'S NOT FAKE! on Fake "Speed Enforced By Drones" Signs On California Freeways · · Score: 1

    I've seen the cops leave a car with no-one in it on the side of the road so people will pay a little more attention around that area. Of course when people realise that it's just a fake they replace it with a real policeman for the second effect.

  4. Re:And we accept this excuse? on NSA Can't Search Its Own Email · · Score: 1

    If I were in charge,

    I've found that most of the time when someone begins a statement with "If I were..." they usually continue to describe one of the reasons they aren't. The people in charge are fully comlicit with what the NSA is doing. The NSA are the ones keeping them in charge.

  5. Re:Small correction on Ask Slashdot: Setting Up Non-Obnoxious Outdoor Lighting? · · Score: 2

    Why would you argue the opposite. As an Australian living in the USA, speaking in Australian English just gets me blank stares. After a little while I realised that people either didn't know what I was talking about or had to think for a little bit to work it out. Making communication difficult is one of the cornerstones of impoliteness.

  6. Re:Nobelist? on Nobelist Gary Becker Calls For an End To Software Patents · · Score: 1

    I like the way nobelian sounds, although it's giving me more of an adjective vibe. Like, you could buy a nobelian lamp for your end table to make your living room look classy.

  7. Re:Nobelist? on Nobelist Gary Becker Calls For an End To Software Patents · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I believe the generally accepted term is "Nobel Laureate". Who wrote "Nobelist"?

  8. Re:No Horse/Tree Connectivity? on Don't Tie a Horse To a Tree and Other Open Data Lessons · · Score: 1

    You're applying far too much common sense to a nonsensical situation. There are two kinds of laws, some come from the legislature, and some come from the courthouse. When a judge hears a case for which there is no specific law he will have to decide which side is "right". Then, if a similar case happens, there is now a precedent set, which will guide judges in the future. If it's an important issue the legislature will step in and craft a law, but for things that no-one cares about (like having fruit on a wharf) the "law" will stand until it's challenged again.

  9. Re:Causation or Correlation? on Global Warming 5 Million Years Ago In Antarctic Drastically Raised Sea Levels · · Score: 2

    We are sure of it because of the options presented it is the only one that makes sense. If the development of agriculture could moderate temperature, then the high levels of agriculture we see today would be moderating temperature.

    Also, archaeologists have found tools and whatnot indicating that humans were cultivating crops long before it became widespread. The theory that a fluctuation climate prevented them from flourishing fits with the fact that they did not flourish until the climate stabilized.

    Not everything can be subject to experiment. Talk to some astrophysicists, you'll learn about how you can make observations of things that have already happened, and then infer some deeper meaning. Of course an idiot will make the wrong inferences, but with enough observations to control for other factors you can still get a pretty good answer.

  10. Re:More to the point... on Global Warming 5 Million Years Ago In Antarctic Drastically Raised Sea Levels · · Score: 0

    Humor is often based in truth. A fact stated in an amusing way is funny. That doesn't mean it's not true or not a serious issue.

  11. Re:Vitamin takers ignore absorption pathways on The Man Who Convinced Us We Needed Vitamin Supplements · · Score: 1

    Who's reluctant to stick dinosaurs up their arse? It's the highlight of my day!

  12. Re:Diet and laziness on The Man Who Convinced Us We Needed Vitamin Supplements · · Score: 1

    There are some issues with farmland being diminished and not having as much of a few trace minerals as people may be used to. Most people claiming this don't actually understand what that really means, so I feel safe in assuming that it's no where near as bad as some people are trying to imply.

  13. Re:No Horse/Tree Connectivity? on Don't Tie a Horse To a Tree and Other Open Data Lessons · · Score: 1

    I would have tied my horse to a tree, but I was rained in and didn't want to get wet.

  14. Re:You know on Colliding, Exploding Stars May Have Created All the Gold On Earth · · Score: 1
  15. Re:I suspect DHMO contamination on Spacewalk Aborted When Water Fills Astronaut's Helmet · · Score: 1

    If your story is true, I'm glad you pushed at least one person out of the wrong major.

  16. Re:Who's gonna get stuck with... on Describe Any Location On Earth In 3 Words · · Score: 2

    I don't care where it is, I'm moving to fuck.that.shit

  17. Re:I wouldn't quite go so far with that analogy on FCC Rural Phone Subsidies Reach As High As $3,000 Per Line · · Score: 1

    As someone who has live in a rural area for the last couple of years, but cities before that, why did it make you laugh?

  18. Re:Okay on 3-D Structures Built Out of Liquid Metal At Room Temperature · · Score: 2

    As mentioned by an AC further down, this seems to be most useful for things like self-reparing wires. With far more maleability and ductility that traditional wires you can do a lot more fancy stuff with liquid wires.

  19. Re:Really?!? on Orson Scott Card Pleads 'Tolerance' For Ender's Game Movie · · Score: 1

    There is a difference between stigmatizing someone, and refusing to give them money. I don't stigmatize homeless people when I walk straight past them. I'm not stigmatizing Orson Scott Card when I stay at home rather than going to the movies. I don't give the homeless man money because I don't want it to end up in a drug dealers pocket, and I don't give OSC money because I don't want it to end up in an anti-gay group's pocket.

  20. Re:Porn on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With New Free Time? · · Score: 2

    Oh yes, with that much free time you can really get into the sub-sub-sub-genres where it gets really interesting. There is a whole world of porn out there, and without the couple of months I had between jobs I would never have even scratched the surface. So scratch that surface my friend, and find the world of wonders awaiting you.

  21. Re:I don't drink coffee on Disease Outbreak Threatens the Future of Good Coffee · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, you've spotted one of his6 intentional mistakes. For bonus points tell us the othe 5.

  22. Re:Making them put their money where their mouth i on NSA WhistleBlower Outs Himself · · Score: 1

    I thought the phone companies were collecting it for billing purposes.

  23. Or, something along the lines of listening to Pandora, or streaming radio.

  24. Re:Couldn't you just make up any old equation... on Banker Offers $1M To Solve Beal Conjecture · · Score: 1

    You don't sleep, and you watch the beer at all times.

  25. Fermat? on Banker Offers $1M To Solve Beal Conjecture · · Score: 1, Informative

    Is that not Fermat's last theorem? Wasn't that proved a few years ago? I'm a math enthusiast rather than an actual mathematician, so I imagine someone here can correct my incorrect assumptions.