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  1. Re:Atlas Shrugged on Ask Slashdot: What Books Have Had a Significant Impact On Your Life? · · Score: 1

    Why certainly. You didn't suppose a run for Vice President is possible without /. membership did you?

  2. Re:Muddy Water to start with on Geneticists And Economists Clash Over "Genoeconomics" Paper · · Score: 1

    "conflicting with theological studies"... soooo, hard science is out. What else you got?

  3. Re:Dog sez "Give them airs" on Geneticists And Economists Clash Over "Genoeconomics" Paper · · Score: 1

    Of the airs, and you folks are above waaay to good to shill for 15.9994 after this post, I prefer an air of self-importance. I have observed a correlation bordering on causation regarding the strength of personal conviction versus an ability to sell it to others.

  4. Re:Honey, I recognize your grammar & syntax on Geneticists And Economists Clash Over "Genoeconomics" Paper · · Score: 1

    Honey, if this is about that paternity thing, Uncle Daddy has already told you that's an Attorney General witch hunt.

  5. Re: Eugenics for 500 Alex... on Geneticists And Economists Clash Over "Genoeconomics" Paper · · Score: 1

    True eugenics would also begin to cross borders and races, breeding whatever best du jour inheritable traits were available in the current pool. Ask yourself this: Has the breeding of "pures" in the pursuit of an AKC papered pooch resulted in better or worse canine genetic lines? Genetic diversity is all earthly species' best shot at persevering through the environmental obstacle course we call real life.

  6. Re: Mr Hanlon Sez: on Geneticists And Economists Clash Over "Genoeconomics" Paper · · Score: 1

    "Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Just don't discount malice.

  7. Re:or did they? on Halliburton's Missing Radioactive Cylinder Found · · Score: 1

    Local newspaper is reporting it was found on a road the Haliburton crew did not travel. Mywesttexas.com

  8. Re:TV Makes You Stupid on Study: Kids Under 3 Should Be Banned From Watching TV · · Score: 1

    No sir. Not exercising your brain, and/or being born into an unfit womb, makes you stupid. Intelligence and the large brain responsible for it are a huge sacrifice in nature, as the two usually come with delayed maturation and a healthy serving of not fitting in. Television, comic books, and Isaac Asimov novels are not detrimental to cerebral development. Au contraire sir, any exercise is still exercise. Can I get a hell yeah. If one were to argue TV makes us pear-shaped, well, that's a horse of another color....

  9. From the desk of the gov't official on Study: Kids Under 3 Should Be Banned From Watching TV · · Score: 1

    Dear AC: We want not to come by your house to verify, but good luck is yours, you have been chosen as a Nielsen household.

  10. Good night John Boy! on Pandora Shares Artist Payment Figures · · Score: 1

    Just ask yourself one ethical question: if you can get it free, are you paying for it anyway because you can't sleep at night.

  11. Go Musharna! on PETA Condemns Pokemon For Promoting Animal Abuse · · Score: 1

    Yawn. Psychic. Dreameater.

  12. The Terrorists Win If You Have 4G? on US Congress Rules Huawei a 'Security Threat' · · Score: 2

    So we'll get our new 4G LTE system where? Per the 60 Minutes segment that aired last night, there is no U.S. company capable of providing the infrastructure. They named a French, Chinese and perhaps a Swedish company as the only options.

  13. Half full perspective... on NASA Prepares For Space Surgery and Zero Gravity Blood · · Score: 2

    Considering surgery in space is good omen. At the very least, Someone is planning to be there one day.

  14. Re:Ah... the commercial approach. on NASA Prepares For Space Surgery and Zero Gravity Blood · · Score: 1

    Soylent reference in 3, 2, 1....

  15. Re:Make it illegal or welcome new overlords on Hiring Smokers Banned In South Florida City · · Score: 1

    Workers become better assets when they can be controlled 24 hours a day so it is elementary corporations are in favor, presumably in a large way . Workers have an interest in retaining personal freedoms such as privacy and the pursuit of happiness... they should protect those rights wherever possible. An oft overlooked detrimental effect of the recession is that job scarcity plays right into the employers' collective hands.

  16. Re:Make it illegal on Hiring Smokers Banned In South Florida City · · Score: 1

    This. Right on.

  17. Shills Select Your Pistol on Ask Slashdot: Best Cell Phone Carrier In the US? · · Score: 1

    Just like real estate, sir, it's location, location, location....

  18. Re:Causation was a tool of the Nazis. on The History of 'Correlation Does Not Imply Causation' · · Score: 1

    Crafty is the missing mod point. Write your Congressman.

  19. Re:Science grows more powerful? on The History of 'Correlation Does Not Imply Causation' · · Score: 1

    The glacial erosion of "magick-man-in-sky" is still ongoing, but you're correct sir.

  20. Re:Science grows more powerful? on The History of 'Correlation Does Not Imply Causation' · · Score: 1

    This.

  21. Re:Correlation != causation. on The History of 'Correlation Does Not Imply Causation' · · Score: 1

    The placebo effect is a well documented variable in clinical trials and it remains an important factor in determining a drug's efficacy. Some of the y-chrome bunch getting the real blue pill were also tented by the power of positive thinking rather than a physical improvement.

  22. Re:Anonymity on Why Are We So Rude Online? · · Score: 1

    And not to disregard out of hand those superficial physical characteristics most men find attractive.

  23. Re:Anonymity & the nonverbal on Why Are We So Rude Online? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like texting "You know your shit!" versus "You know you're shit!"??

  24. Re:Woops on Promoting Arithmetic and Algebra By Example · · Score: 1

    Had to Urban Dictionary Indiot to make sure.....but I'm still smiling.

  25. Re:Paging Lawrence Fishburn on $1 Billion Mission To Reach the Earth's Mantle · · Score: 1

    Doh!