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  1. Re:Still fighting old battles on When the Earth Was Purple · · Score: 1

    I'll complete the quote.

    "Opposite day ends at midnight, right?" "yes."

  2. Re:I fail to understand... on Netcraft Shows Smartech Running Ohio Election Servers · · Score: 1

    Well, if the US were a democracy, there would be no corruption. Sure. And as long as we're dreaming, I want a million bucks.

  3. Re:I fail to understand... on Netcraft Shows Smartech Running Ohio Election Servers · · Score: 1

    indeed, but this will stimulate a further lack of confidence in the results of upcoming elections - bad news for democracy : a democratic government can only rule by grace of the populace.

  4. Re:Too late... on Microsoft Responds to EU With Another Question · · Score: 1

    yeah, but they are trying to fix that, but i fear it will take a long time.

  5. Re:Too late... on Microsoft Responds to EU With Another Question · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just because a group is elected does not mean that we can't turn a critical eye towards what they are doing. Couldn't agree more, but if the people doesn't agree, they can always vote them out, which you can't with a monopoly.
  6. Re:At what point? on Microsoft Responds to EU With Another Question · · Score: 1

    polarizing ? I would think it's rhetorical question. The answer is clear: the Eu is elected, so it has any power it wants over a non-elected institution(MS).

  7. Re:Too late... on Microsoft Responds to EU With Another Question · · Score: 1

    I'll bite : The material wealth created by the market is the means to ensure everybody gets a fair chance on happiness. So, market is by-product of our society.

  8. Re:Too late... on Microsoft Responds to EU With Another Question · · Score: 1

    The difference : the EU is ELECTED. MS is not, so : yes, the EU should be able to do anything to MS.

  9. Re:Import on FDA Considers Redefining Chocolate · · Score: 1

    Oh, which brands? Cote d'Or? Callebaut? Or the more expensive ones ?

  10. Re:Oh, great on FDA Considers Redefining Chocolate · · Score: 1

    Nope.There's crap here also.

  11. Re:Consider the time, though. on Nuclear Training Software Downloaded To Iran · · Score: 1

    so, it's very clear that 'bringing democracy' never, never was a priority in the middle east, it's all about oil, and it always will be. Peace will come when we switch to hydrogen/solar/wind/fusion.

  12. Re:difference ? on In Russia, 50% of News Must Be Happy · · Score: 1

    I'll call the last category "sheople".

  13. difference ? on In Russia, 50% of News Must Be Happy · · Score: 1

    Is the Russian world so much different from the western world ? I see many similarities. the world isn't divided east-west but vertically : people in power / people not in power.

  14. Re:Antics like this... on RMS Protest Song On Gitmo · · Score: 1

    funny, I read this and thought ... why would the US government try to constantly have an "enemy"

  15. Re:Antics like this... on RMS Protest Song On Gitmo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "enemies". Your corporations needs you thinking like that so your government can spend a huge percentage of their money on weapons. Sir/madam, the world is not in black and white, although your government wants you to believe that.

  16. interesting lecture about privacy on Online Video Suddenly Gets Brainy · · Score: 1

    privacy, liberty: the history
    http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=889

  17. Re:The fear born of ignorance is at work on Washington Bans Chemicals; Industry Freaks · · Score: 2, Informative

    What about purified silicon? Glass? Drywall? Aluminum, or any pure metal? Those things occur naturally in great quantities.

    There are ways of neutralizing chemicals outside of biology. Man is too stupid and lazy to bring everything to the recycling center.

    PDBEs are found in nature (with carbon isotopes not found in synthetic chemicals) SCALE! : one aspect of poisoning is dosage; we humans succeed in using chemicals in high concentrations and in high quantities.

  18. Re:The fear born of ignorance is at work on Washington Bans Chemicals; Industry Freaks · · Score: 4, Informative

    I repeat : any chemical, that is not bio-degradeable, ends up on our plate and accumulates in the whole eco-system.
    Any material that is not biodegradable, stays in the foodchain for thousands of years. We are slowly poisoning ourselves. You think too small-scale.

  19. Re:It only takes a spark on Washington Bans Chemicals; Industry Freaks · · Score: 4, Interesting

    yup, It's a story like the one about Asbestos and DDT. In the EU, there is even legistlation that goes (a lot) further, called REACH. People should be reminded that any chemical, that is not bio-degradeable, ends up on our plate and accumulates in the whole eco-system.

  20. Re:slashdot? on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    You expect people to die in a war. Tell that to the Iraqi people, They think Bush is a gun-nut too.

  21. Re:Go go Jack Thompson on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    the question that arises : how much weapons should be allowed for personal defense ? a shotgun with 2 shells ? a small handgun with 6 bullets ? or a semi-automatic with 20 ?

  22. Re:Gun Laws on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    yeah, everybody having guns would have solved this ...

  23. Re:slashdot? on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1
  24. Re:maybe not... on Harnessing High Altitude Wind Power · · Score: 1

    I think we can make up for that by building aerodynamical houses and buildings. And we made up for it already by removing a hell of a lot of trees.

  25. Re:I wonder how they will cool this? on IBM Heralds 3-D Chip Breakthrough · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Rod We Trust!