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  1. Re:People still believe that? on Evangelical Scientists Debate Creation Story · · Score: 1

    New York City used to be called New Amsterdam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

    Why they changed it, I can't say
    People just liked it better that way.

  2. Re:I'm sorry... on The 2011 Hugo Awards · · Score: 1

    Jules Verne wrote over a period from fifty to ninety years later. And his translated works saw a lot of republication in the pulps, including Amazing Stories, so he can, in a way, be regarded as part of the pulp era.

  3. And then... on World's Oldest Fossils Found On Australian Beach · · Score: 1

    ...they got back on the cruise ship! Hey-oh!

  4. Re:I'm sorry... on The 2011 Hugo Awards · · Score: 1

    Mary Shelley was one person, and Frankenstein was the almost the only SF she wrote (who remembers The Last Man?), and nobody else was writing it. As good as she was, she's an outlier. Modern SF does indeed have its roots in the pulps, as does the Hugo (which is named for a founding editor of pulp SF, Hugo Gernsback).

  5. Re:*Another* award for Girl Genius? on The 2011 Hugo Awards · · Score: 1

    Yep, it's one of the unique things about science fiction I like. The award given by the votes of professionals is the Nebula--very prestigious itself, but the Hugo is still the generally regarded as the top award.

  6. Re:In other [future] news on PS Vita Specs Announced · · Score: 1

    No, I am implying that Carmack is not saying the Vita exceeds the iPhone in all specs.

  7. Re:In other [future] news on PS Vita Specs Announced · · Score: 1

    No, they won't. Because it doesn't. It exceeds it in some specs and not in others.

  8. Re:In other [future] news on PS Vita Specs Announced · · Score: 2

    I would not expect an iPhone to have any

    Then your previous statement is blatantly false; iPhones will not exceed all specs of the Vita if they don't have analog sticks.

  9. Re:In other [future] news on PS Vita Specs Announced · · Score: 1

    Really? They all have two analog sticks?

  10. Re:From 'Everybody On' to 'Everybody Off' in 6 Mon on HP TouchPad To Be Liquidated At Fire Sale Prices · · Score: 1

    "As it turned out, we were number one, plus three or four. That didn't look all that great after we did the addition."

  11. Wrong tense. on HP TouchPad To Be Liquidated At Fire Sale Prices · · Score: 1

    For $99 it *would've been* a steal. Now it's an unsupported orphan that you'll have trouble giving away.

  12. Re:Why have any racial indicators? on American Grant Writing: Race Matters · · Score: 1

    "I'm 1/4 Cherokee,"

    Well, I'm 1/4 Wrangler. So there.

  13. Re:Please take some good photos of Apollo remains. on RKK Energia Confirms Private Trip To the Moon · · Score: 2

    It would shut the Apollo conspiracy advocators up for good, and close this silly subject.

    You are far too optimistic. The conspiracy theorists would promptly come up with convincing reasons (well, convincing to them, anyways) as to why the RKK Energia flight was *also* fake, and the photos are obvious fakes.

  14. Re:Increased costs on Pricing: Apple Defies Australian Government · · Score: 1

    There are many products that are overly expensive in Australia compared with other countries.

    Well, for one thing, you're very isolated; Australia is a long ways from anywhere else. That's got to make for a nice kick in the shipping costs.

  15. Re:I have a great name for the spin-off on HP Spinning Off WebOS and Exiting Hardware Business · · Score: 1

    How about Digital?

  16. Re:History of HP on HP Spinning Off WebOS and Exiting Hardware Business · · Score: 1

    Um, yeah. Bill Hewlett died in 2001. David Packard died in 1996. Given that they were born in 1912/1913, it's not like they went before their time.

  17. Re:No poll tax on Canada To Adopt On-Line Voting? · · Score: 1

    The price per seat of a proprietary commercial video game in which elections are held is effectively a poll tax, and I don't see a poll tax taking off at least in my home country.

    Good lord, you're right. Additional stipulation: all particpants must play free accounts. There. Now it's reasonable.

  18. Re:On-line voting is not secret on Canada To Adopt On-Line Voting? · · Score: 1

    How can you make sure that no one is shoulder-surfing? Or worse, shoulder-surfing with a big stick? With home (on-line) voting bribing and/or threatening voters becomes trivial and we don't want that!

    Nobody's listening to that argument. It also applies to absentee balloting, but instead allowing (and indeed, encouraging) absentee ballots to anyone and everyone has been hailed as the great advance of democracy.

  19. "Modernize" on Canada To Adopt On-Line Voting? · · Score: 1

    Such a lovely word. Means: "We really don't have any good reason to drop the old system, but we'll talk you into it by present the new system as all *modern* and stuff. You don't want to be out-of-date, do you? All the other governments will laugh at us for being unfashionable."

  20. Re:It's a crime to attempt a crime, or incite othe on UK Men Get 4 Years For Trying to Incite Riots Via Facebook · · Score: 1

    Is that forbidden to state the opinion that violent action is the only way to bring change in a corrupt system ?

    Almost. It is forbidden to state that violent action should be used to bring change with the expectation that that advice will be followed.

  21. Epic level? on Malicious Spam Spikes To 'Epic' Level · · Score: 1

    So, then...they're purple?

  22. Re:just allow anything. on Can We Fix SSL Certification? · · Score: 2

    as long as the cert has the correct server name wtf does it matter if its self signed as long as the owner of the domain has signed it ?

    And how do you know the signature is the signature of the domain's owner?

  23. Re:Best part on Righthaven Loses Again · · Score: 1

    Just like any job; you can do stupid things at work. That does not mean your employer can fire you unless your actions have other consequences.

    On the contrary, your employer can indeed do just that.

  24. Re:App idea on 1 in 8 Take Fake Phone Calls to Avoid Talking to Others · · Score: 1

    "But I didn't hear it vibrate."

    Vibrate is noisy on a lot of phones, but on other phones, you can't really hear it from a few feet away...which is, after all, the point of vibrate.

  25. Re:App idea on 1 in 8 Take Fake Phone Calls to Avoid Talking to Others · · Score: 1

    It's a bit hard to convincingly fake taking a phone call when your phone is not ringing.

    "It's on vibrate."