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  1. Re:Junk food tax? That's a GREAT idea. on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 1

    Check it out:

    http://www.slate.com/id/2191412/

    Smokers behavior indicates that many of them don't mind the taxes, or at least indirectly benefit from the taxes.

  2. Re:phew.. on Odysseus's Return From the Trojan War Dated · · Score: 1

    Personally, I'm waiting for DaveV2.0 to show up, but here is a relatively serious argument against a historical Jesus:

    http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/jesus_myth_history.htm

    Blather about that article here:

    http://www.reddit.com/info/1dnsg/comments

  3. Re:Minimum Female Bust Line on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 1

    Not everybody prefers big and plastic, I object to your proposed standard.

  4. Re:One does not follow the other... on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 1

    From a medical perspective, being built like Lou Ferigno isn't particularly healthy, there is a point where extra lean mass is a negative for your heart.

  5. Re:Junk food tax? That's a GREAT idea. on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Considering thinking of all taxes as a bad idea, but classifying some of them as necessary.

    Thanks.

  6. Re:phew.. on Odysseus's Return From the Trojan War Dated · · Score: 1

    The article doesn't make any claims about the legitimacy of the Iliad or the Odyssey as historical documents. It simply states that there are depictions in the books that can be matched to history.

  7. Re:already here on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 1

    Not that much proportionately larger.

    I'm 6 feet tall (this is above average), slightly overweight (by BMI and my own estimate) and have a 36 inch waist. I have at least a medium build, so I'm not some surprising low outlier or anything.

  8. Re:Agreed on A Hippocratic Oath For Scientists · · Score: 1

    It provides context. Most coming of age rituals are essentially absurd (from the outside), but they advertise, both to the participant and the community, that there are new expectations of that person.

  9. Re:Well, I don't see why not ... on A Hippocratic Oath For Scientists · · Score: 1

    I love how you rant against the partisans on the other side and argue from the point of view that the only way someone could disagree with you is if they have no morals.

    It's just so awesomely a result of rear compartment head storage.

  10. Re:phew.. on Odysseus's Return From the Trojan War Dated · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be expected for a ginned up account of a fake guy to include events from real history? I mean, if you are writing a neat story and the sky gets all dark, you might think it would be neat to include that in your story.

    I'm not trying real hard to argue yes or no about whether he existed, I am pointing out that the historical accuracy of parts of the Bible does little to establish its legitimacy.

  11. Re:Sunlight on Lack of Sunlight Could Lead To Early Death · · Score: 1

    I believe the proper term is "SPF Aluminum".

  12. Re:Sunlight on Lack of Sunlight Could Lead To Early Death · · Score: 1

    Low melanin production is a mutation beneficial to people living in northern climates because...wait for it...it helps them produce more vitamin D during the winter months.

    There is good evidence for their being multiple original populations in Africa, of varying skin tones, so who knows where Caucasians came from. It isn't something that wobbles around in 100 generations, or something that has mattered much for the last 1000 years.

  13. Re:too far on DOJ To Oversee Windows 7 Development · · Score: 1

    If they had destroyed the market, there would be no Opera. You need to argue that they harmed the market.

  14. Re:'Gmail' brand sucks everywhere guys on Google Abandons the Gmail Name In Germany · · Score: 1

    Don't forget about slashdot@gmail.com and s.l.a.s.h.d.o.t@gmail.com.

    Also s.l.a.s.h.d.o.t+your_mom@gmail.com.

  15. Re:Silly Krauts on Google Abandons the Gmail Name In Germany · · Score: 1

    Just register "wasgmail.com" and set it up to redirect you to GooglehosenOktoberfestenwienerschnitzelemailen.com

  16. Re:too far on DOJ To Oversee Windows 7 Development · · Score: 1

    You are essentially saying that a leading company with a large market share should not be allowed to add features to their product.

    A better analogy would be an upstart Cola maker coming out with a new drink that had some new stimulant in it that was better than caffeine (but somehow un-patentable) and saying that Coke is not allowed to use that stimulant in any of their products because it would make it too hard for the upstart to gain business.

    I get the argument that the selection of browsers might be better, or have more whizbang features, I just don't buy the argument that a new company has more of a 'right' to the new market than an entrenched player.

  17. Re:You Might be a Redneck... on Why the LHC Won't Destroy the World · · Score: 1

    You credit here with far to much homogeneity. For instance, there are plenty of folks who write software and are pretty right wing and/or libertarian (I don't do all three).

  18. Re:You Might be a Redneck... on Why the LHC Won't Destroy the World · · Score: 1

    Won't that change history?

  19. Re:too far on DOJ To Oversee Windows 7 Development · · Score: 1

    I still don't see how it is unfair to call IE3,4,5,6 'features' of the OS, it isn't as if Microsoft charged a lot of money for them (I don't remember if they charged for the Unix versions).

  20. Re:You Might be a Redneck... on Why the LHC Won't Destroy the World · · Score: 1

    I think he must have just gotten a bad sunburn.

    That, or somebody said something about his pa.

  21. Re:I'm a Project Manager .. on The Principles of Project Management · · Score: 1

    So by induction, you are not an expert in project management. How do you know that the project managers you have worked with have not been a long string of bad luck leading you to believe that they work very hard to get the things they do done even though they (possibly!) do next to nothing?

  22. Re:Worst idea ever on The Beginnings of a TLD Free-For-All? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They can buy them and have them resolve to nothing, or they can let someone else buy them and have them resolve to hardcore pornography.

    Not buying them is a lot more embarrassing.

  23. Re:I'm a Project Manager .. on The Principles of Project Management · · Score: 1

    Can you make that judgment without being an expert in both?

  24. Re:too far on DOJ To Oversee Windows 7 Development · · Score: 1

    It's what Netscape was worried about...

  25. Re:too far on DOJ To Oversee Windows 7 Development · · Score: 1

    The idea that bundling a web browser into an operating system is anti-competitive is why I call it a theory.

    At this point, if a company tried to ship a consumer operating system without a web browser, they would be laughed out of the computer business.