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  1. Re:Why don't they find the serial killer gene inst on Familial DNA Testing Nabs Alleged Serial Killer · · Score: 1

    You should shoot your mom in front of him (as punishment for thinking it is a good idea) and then ask him how he feels about it.

  2. Re:Ripper on Ballmer Says Microsoft Is 'Hardcore' About Tablets · · Score: 1

    Two of them.

  3. Re:Is HTML 5 still structured as XML? on How To Use HTML5 Today · · Score: 1

    The markup->DOM algorithm is completely specified, so it should be less of a problem (and they are trying to make sure to have at least 2 separate working implementations of the parser, so there is even a chance they will get it right).

  4. Re:"It's okay for us to be dishonest..... on Hollywood Accounting — How Harry Potter Loses Money · · Score: 1

    I probably won't need to, I mean, I'm not denying that there is often a correspondence between the laws I live under and the choices I see as moral, I'm simply pointing out that there is not a complete alignment.

  5. Re:Pretty Obvious Reasoning on Blizzard Backs Down On Real Names For Forums · · Score: 1

    BEANS!

  6. Re:"It's okay for us to be dishonest..... on Hollywood Accounting — How Harry Potter Loses Money · · Score: 1

    It isn't necessarily wrong to break the law.

    I realize that your whole mindset is an authoritarian orgy and it is hard to think in such terms, but there you go.

  7. Re:A couple vent holes would let the gas escape on AI Predicts Manhole Explosions In New York City · · Score: 1

    It is likely just an improvement in their predictive maintenance.

    The article says there are hundreds of incidents each year spread across the 51,000 manholes, and it implies that many of the incidents are not particularly spectacular, so this could just be one of those things where the outlier events that do occur show that they are spending approximately enough money (because the events are outliers).

  8. Re:Uninstall Shazam on Open Source Music Fingerprinter Gets Patent Nastygram · · Score: 1

    Shazam!

  9. Re:android hate on Open Source Music Fingerprinter Gets Patent Nastygram · · Score: 2, Informative

    Somewhat hilariously, you really should have one after 'enthusiast'. You didn't need them after 'and', 'song', 'enough' and 'result'.

    Stylistically, the first sentence there is a bit long. The explanation of why LDS is interested would probably make sense as a separate sentence. But that is just style, not grammar.

  10. Re:Does it matter? on Apple Implements the CalDAV Standard For MobileMe · · Score: 1

    Shiny integration and a Christmas card that supposedly comes from Steve Jobs.

  11. Re:What a load of crap on Chinese Company Seeks US Workers With 125 IQ · · Score: 1

    I think you may misunderstand. The line is higher for the Chinese workers because it leaves them with millions of candidates, they lowered it for the U.S. in order to get more candidates (not just because of U.S. test scores, but because not every American is going to be interested in working in China).

  12. Re:Roller skates on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1

    You would never be able to take off, because airplanes are magic.

  13. Re:GM on Avoiding GM Foods? Monsanto Says You're Overly Fussy · · Score: 1

    Did you know that golden rice is aimed squarely at poor people in the third world, and not at western city dwellers?

    And the consequences of dietary levels in those 1 billion people are much less clear cut than you make it out to be, certainly they do not all have rickets. There is lots of room for more subtle diseases and disorders and such, but it isn't widely accepted medical opinion that any exist.

    And all the people screaming about skin cancer can relax, 10 minutes (that's right, 10 minutes!) of sun exposure provides 30 times the vitamin D of a serving of milk (that's from your article; they use 10 minutes of quite a bit of skin exposed). A few minutes of sun exposure each day is not going to give most people skin cancer at 50 (that's a baseless assertion on my part).

    Of course, I still take vitamin D, especially during the winter.

  14. Re:GM on Avoiding GM Foods? Monsanto Says You're Overly Fussy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Vitamin A.

    Humans can synthesize vitamin D when they are exposed to sunlight.

  15. Re:habitat for humanity on How To Build an Open Source House? · · Score: 1

    Nah, he meant that it is better to help work on mediocre software than it is to go off on your own and work on shitty software.

  16. Re:Humans in the loop on Russian Cargo Ship Docks At ISS On Second Try · · Score: 2, Informative

    He was on a spice run. And many of his contemporaries were pretty sure that he was underestimating the size of the planet.

  17. Re:tell em how you feel... on HSBC Bank Sends Activated Debit Cards Through Mail · · Score: 1

    "I want you to listen to me very carefully, Tyler."

  18. Re:We All Wish on Climategate's Final Days · · Score: 1

    They'll be huge. But so what. "We're in this war for the species, boys and girls."

    And it isn't really so much that I am comfortable with those costs, it just seems like it is inevitable, so why pretend otherwise (or do you think there is real political momentum towards actually doing something to keep carbon dioxide levels anywhere near where they are now?)?

  19. Re:We All Wish on Climategate's Final Days · · Score: 1

    Why are you so sure it is going to be hard to get by in first world countries?

    If the Atlantic current shuts down, Europe is in a bit of a tight spot (at least until the warming cycle gets a little further along), but in the U.S./Canada, there will still be plenty of food, and in much of the U.S., there will be more rainfall than present times (and after all, water wars are the future wars).

    Moving New York and Los Angeles will be sort of a big deal, but mostly only for the people that live in each city.

  20. Re:Lenovo compatible on IBM Makes Firefox Its Corporate Browser · · Score: 1

    Yes, there are many pedantic quibbles available. Lenovo compatible is probably a quite clear description, it is just stupid.

  21. Breaking news on Apple To Issue a 'Fix' For iPhone 4 Reception Perception · · Score: 4, Funny

    Goatse man works at Apple.

    I mean, they had to pull that out of somewhere.

  22. Re:Lenovo compatible on IBM Makes Firefox Its Corporate Browser · · Score: 1

    I think I'd go with with "Intel compatible". That's a little messy because of x86-64, but most of the parts on a modern PC are the way they are because of some decision Intel made at some point in time. Even the ones that run an Apple operating system.

  23. Re:IBM tells Microsoft... on IBM Makes Firefox Its Corporate Browser · · Score: 1

    Apple is among the largest consumer electronics companies in the world. That defies small just a little bit.

  24. Re:An actual patent on MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want · · Score: 1

    Check out SIGGRAPH or the proceedings of any technical computing conference. That stuff isn't necessarily product side though.

  25. Re:Critics on Roger Ebert Backs Down On Video Games As Art · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Those who can't teach administrate" goes a lot further towards explaining the wonderful state of our schools.