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  1. Re:I would like to say what I said 20 years ago on 'Gaia' Scientist Admits Mispredicting Rate of Climate Change · · Score: 2

    Hey now, Don't label all of us chemists just because this guy's a whacko. I'll fix your statement for you:

    "Lovelock is a whacko, not a climatologist, and his hypothesis is clearly a whackos view."

  2. Asmov Covered this one. on The Crisis of Government-Funded Science · · Score: 3, Informative

    Asmov went on a small rant on this very subject years ago in a short novelette called The Dead Past.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Past

  3. Re:WTF? on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 1

    The opposite of a live pigeon shoot is a clay pigeon shoot.

    Having been on a few, They were probably a bunch of father/son teams out tromping around, and as usual making too much noise to flush anything in range. Especially if they were running around on quads like the article hinted at. Pigeons are remarkably stupid birds though.

  4. Re:Suck it, corporate mouthwhores on Minecraft Is Finished · · Score: 1

    God I wish I had mod points!

  5. Re:HBO "Superheroes" documentary on these guys on Real Life Super Hero Arrested · · Score: 1

    Oh so very, very wrong. Your troll-fu is weak.

    Use whatever label you will, but dressing up (in costumes or in your favorite dungaree's), arming yourself (Be it with rope & Pistol, or a can of pepper spray), and then roaming the streets looking for trouble: It's still vigilanteism. From Merriam: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily. Notice the word "Suppress". From Dictionary.com: 1. a member of a vigilance committee. (vigilance: Watchfulness).

    I'll give you that it does strongly *Conotate* revenge and lawlessness as a salve though.

  6. Re:HBO "Superheroes" documentary on these guys on Real Life Super Hero Arrested · · Score: 1

    In my day, they were called vigilante militias.

  7. Re:Infographic on Telecomix Releases 54GB of Syrian Censorship Logs · · Score: 1

    But this is the internet and I want my shiny NOW! I'm going to forget about this in 5 min...

  8. Re:Whew! on Paramount Pictures To Release Film On Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    Me too. I thought: Boy, this out to be even more "Fair and Balanced" than Fox!

  9. Re:Flash in Acrobat Reader on New Adobe Flash 0-Day · · Score: 1

    IIRC it's part of the PDF standard.

  10. Re:Scientists Dead People Won't Let Rest on Dead People Scientists Won't Let Rest · · Score: 2

    I read it as:

    Scientists (that) Dead People Won't Let Rest.

  11. Re:Pentalobe... on The Case of Apple's Mystery Screw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Meh, I made one using my dremel and a spare hex shank from a driver set. If any DIY'er can't do THAT then they probably don't need to be inside their phone anyway.

    Or be called a DIY'er, come to think of it.

  12. Re:So many charges on Torrent Users Fight Back · · Score: 1

    ...and necrophilia.

    Oh wait, I read that wrong, that should have been "Meddling."

  13. Re:Expected gestures on Apple Launches New Magical Trackpad, 12 Core Macs · · Score: 1

    The single fingered salute?

  14. Re:it is kindof strange on Al Franken's Warning On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy."

  15. Re:Games? on Wine 1.2 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    The answer is: Yes. I raid 25/10's under wine with no problem. Most games I've tried work just fine.

    Heck, even ~80% of the steam games I've tried have worked without any tweaking needed.

  16. Re:Every windows application on Wine 1.2 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's what wineprefix is for.

    Well, that and copious amounts of prayer.

  17. Re:lithium chloride or sodium chloride? on New Air Conditioner Process Cuts Energy Use 50-90% · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's boiling, yes. But LiCl in water can easily aerosolize. Think Nebulizer treatments on a household scale.

  18. Re:lithium chloride or sodium chloride? on New Air Conditioner Process Cuts Energy Use 50-90% · · Score: 2, Informative

    Chemist who works with LiCl reporting in (Specifically LiCl enhanced potentiometric buffers).

    I won't be using it in my house for a simple reason: If that "membrane" gets punctured you're going to have one hell of a cleanup cost. I won't even go into the aerosolized effects. Check out any SDS.

  19. Re:Islam question on Pakistani Lawyer Wants Mark Zuckerberg Executed · · Score: 1

    Read the Quran, especially Surah Al-Baqara and it'll be alot more clear. They basically see themselves as sentinels who guard against evil. It's very much a "My way or Die" religion.

    Again, read the Quran and it'll become alot clearer.

  20. Re:Limey on Facebook Calls All-Hands Meeting On Privacy · · Score: 1

    Actually I *DO* have to use Facebook as a normal course of work. The engineering group in my company (a fortune 500 chemicals company) has been using facebook for years to maintain contacts and disseminate non-critical information.

    So yea, I have to use Facebook, but I try to keep it a professional relationship. Still doesn't mean I like being sold off like cattle whenever they want to make more money.

  21. So... on Mandriva Up For Sale · · Score: 1

    Mandribuntu?

  22. Re:More "zero tolerance" idiocy on 3rd-Grader Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession · · Score: 1

    Which is all well and good if you like a government controlled nanny-state, but in this case the child got the candy from a friend. This is a case of overreaction by the educators. By carrying this example further, would they expel my child for the rest of the year if she brought in cupcakes for the entire class on her birthday?

    Reactionary behavior and blind obedience to rules are two things I, and hopefully my children's school teachers, try to correct with a better education. When the educators themselves aren't thinking I fear for our society as a whole.

  23. Re:More "zero tolerance" idiocy on 3rd-Grader Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Exactly. Who gets to decide what "Acceptable Nutritional value" is? What if the teacher is a vegan? Does that mean I can't send my child to school with a hot-dog? Besides, last time I looked sugars WERE on the accepted food pyramid.

    This policy was obviously supposed to help direct the school lunch providers, as the school board has no right to dictate to parents what they can and cannot send with their child for lunch.

  24. Re:My experience with 3D on Do You Have a Secret Immunity To 3D Movies? · · Score: 1

    I wish I had points, because you just defined what I've been trying to explain to friends/family. The "Out of Screen" effects I found gimmicky and distracting. The "Into-Screen" effects really helped set the stage better by adding relevant background context.

    Thanks for helping me with verbiage I was getting hung up on!

  25. Re:still more... on Six Atoms of Element 117 Produced · · Score: 1

    True, they've already run down the curtains and joined the choir invisible.