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  1. Re:and so the argument continues to circle... on Prof. Stephen Hawking: Great Scientist, Bad Gambler · · Score: 2

    Right, all you need is for something to exist in the first place, which can then be organized into other things... So, where does the photon come from?

  2. Re:That's *it* for me and Blizzard, man!! on Diablo 3 Banhammer Dropped Just Before RMAH Goes Live · · Score: 3, Informative

    What do you mean? The team that developed Torchlight and which is about to release Torchlight 2 consists of several of the lead designers and artists for Diablo and Diablo2. The Torchlight series is marked by its quality, its innovations (such as adding pets who can run back to town to sell stuff for you), and its $20 price tag, which I find very telling. So I ask, where is the joke?

  3. Re:The new-tab page isn't a chrome invention on Firefox 13 Released, Debuts Brand New Tab Page and Homepage · · Score: 2

    Um, point of information: Why not use firefox's app tab feature to set those 4 pages to open automatically? Or set them as a group home page, to roughly the same effect? If the reason is that you just don't want to use firefox, that's fine, just please be more open about it.

  4. Re:EA is a gigantic puss oozing boil on Syndicate Reboot Coming Next Year · · Score: 1

    Sorry, already happened in King's Quest 8. Out of curiosity, did anybody actually play that one? I actually owned the King's Quest Collection, but it only went to KQ7...

  5. Re:Next up: tiered pricing on Starz To Pull Content From Netflix · · Score: 1

    True that! I'm all about his detailed explanations and pithy comments on good eats, and my wife just loves the frantic cooking on iron chef.

  6. Re:URL shorteners, a solution looking for a proble on Google Acquires G.co Domain · · Score: 1

    I guess you don't consider blackberries to be modern phones, because my old storm2 definitely couldn't handle more than 160 chars per message! - - - That's ok, I don't consider it modern, either...

  7. Re:Dog Bites Man, News at Eleven. on Facebook Caught Exposing Millions of Credentials · · Score: 1

    While I would applaud your effort in supplying that quotation, I would also say that seeing and acknowledging that there is a problem are important first steps to then seeking remedy, just as it is helpful to be able see a crime being committed if you wish to then apprehend the criminal.

  8. Re:idle? on Baby's First TSA Patdown · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's in idle because the editor never leaves his house, so he felt that it doesn't apply to him? :)

  9. Re:Dog Bites Man, News at Eleven. on Facebook Caught Exposing Millions of Credentials · · Score: 1

    While what you say is true, there is still value in being reminded that such evils still exist in the world, rather than becoming bored and sweeping them under the rug.

  10. Re:here's the text on European Commission Paints Itself Into ACTA Corner · · Score: 1

    Oo, oo, I know this one! It turns out that the commission also completely neglected to make mention of bananas, right?

  11. Re:Cost of upgrading on Microsoft Counts Down To XP Death · · Score: 1

    I guess that means you don't use firefox, then? :)

  12. Re:"Ten times stronger than steel" on Graphene Super Paper Is 10x Stronger Than Steel · · Score: 1

    Here that, Mr. Munroe? No pressure... :)

  13. Re:Cost of upgrading on Microsoft Counts Down To XP Death · · Score: 1

    I don't think that anyone is going to argue about Vista's steep increase in hardware requirements. However, it has been my experience that Windows 7 does not share those requirements. I have been running it on several XP-era laptops with little or no trouble at all. Granted, I acknowledge that this was only 1 part of your intended argument.

  14. Re:IntelliJ on NetBeans 7.0 Is Now Available · · Score: 1

    The key there is the couple of years ago. Before about NB 6.1, I think it was(i.e. around 2007), NB was actually pretty slow and buggy. As the NB 6.x cycle has progressed, however, they have made drastic improvements to the whole platform, including adding a pretty darn functional UI editor. Given that, it may just be worth giving it another try. YMMV, of course.

  15. Re:Disabling third-party cookies? on Apple Adding "Do-Not-Track" To Safari · · Score: 1

    I think there have been previous articles on this, but as I recall, it basically just adds a "pretty please don't track me" line to page requests sent by the browser. Individual websites can then decide to actually pay attention to the line if they want. Also, as it is an advanced feature in Firefox that is disabled by default, you could argue that newbies probably wouldn't even know to turn it on. Granted, that's sort of a security through obscurity argument, so ymmv.

  16. Re:Behind the Red Door... on Google Accuses China of Interfering With Gmail · · Score: 1

    No no, China's ok with Apples. They are a major supplier, after all... /facetious

  17. Re:Fair enough on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I meant blahplusplus's argument. I think Feynman would agree with the idea of proper compartmentalism. Compartmentalization?

  18. Re:Fair enough on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    "Believing in creationism is a sure sign of a bad scientist. "

    I don't think you understand that people can compartmentalize just fine. Most peoples religious beliefs do not effect their work, many of histories greatest scientists were also pretty kooky by today's standards.

    As support to what wjousts said, I refer you to Richard Feynman's lecture entitled "The Relation of Science and Religion." A transcript of the lecture can be found here: http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/49/2/Religion.htm Hopefully we can agree that Feynman should be considered to be a respectable member of the scientific community?

  19. Re:Credit card fees on Visa To Offer Person-To-Person Payments · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sort of like the oligopoly in the realm of American cell phone service? Or land line internet service? Or in the gasoline market? One could argue that the American market has failed many times over, due to a few large corporations dominating the relevant market, and doing everything in their power to maximize their profits at the expense of everyone else. I wish I knew what could be done to change the situation, but it seems like so many factors went into creating the situation that we find ourselves in that it would be very complicated indeed to extricate ourselves.