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  1. It's got what Texas craves.

  2. Re:The theory of gravity is under review :) on Texas School Board Searching For Alternatives To Evolutionary Theory · · Score: 1

    without logic?

    you confuse a flawed premise with the absence of logic.

  3. Re:There is this thing called a Union on As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow To a Trickle · · Score: 1

    lifetime? of what, the planet?

  4. Re:There is this thing called a Union on As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow To a Trickle · · Score: 1

    you mean like the longstanding compulsory payment when you buy a blank CD?

  5. Re:Demand More on As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow To a Trickle · · Score: 1

    That's okay, record companies will whine and complain that perpetual copyright is still not long enough.

  6. Re:Just when you thought... on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    you forgot the lens flare when Crusher is born

  7. Re:The Lens Flare!!! on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    JJ will go back and add digitized lens flare

  8. Re:No more time travel! on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    Han would've shot first again.

  9. Re:No more time travel! on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    for much of the audience, attractive companions are as theoretical as time travel

  10. Re:No more time travel! on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 2

    "time travel is a great thing if done right"

    that's above the gates at Cyberdyne Systems, right?

  11. Re:Microsoft and Open Source don't mix on Does Microsoft Have the Best App Store For Open Source Developers? · · Score: 1

    #octothorpe

  12. Re:so they can steal your code on Does Microsoft Have the Best App Store For Open Source Developers? · · Score: 1

    ok, how about felonious infringement. feel better?

  13. Re:Can you say on Senators Seek H-1B Cap That Can Reach 300,000 · · Score: 1

    now you're making me want to interview for one of those ridiculous positions that demand all kinds of experience for 30K/yr just so I can use that line in an interview

  14. Re:Confused why this opposition? on Senators Seek H-1B Cap That Can Reach 300,000 · · Score: 1

    "the employer doesn't get to set the salary as pleases him"

    you're funny. the majority of the H1-B's are consumed by Indian job shops that then fob out the employee to some other company, and take about 80% of his compensation as their 'fee'. well, Congressmen are much more expensive these days...

  15. Re:Why not just increase legal immigration? on Senators Seek H-1B Cap That Can Reach 300,000 · · Score: 2

    actually it's because Mexico's economy has stopped sucking so badly

  16. Re:Legislators are so stupid... on Senators Seek H-1B Cap That Can Reach 300,000 · · Score: 1

    so it's a crotchless chastity belt

  17. Re:Competition for employment on Senators Seek H-1B Cap That Can Reach 300,000 · · Score: 1

    if companies are paying competitive wages and can't find anyone, then what they are calling competitive wages aren't.

  18. Re:negatory, cut them back, hard on Senators Seek H-1B Cap That Can Reach 300,000 · · Score: 1

    "prevailing wage"

    It must be true, they print it on their paychecks.

  19. Re:negatory, cut them back, hard on Senators Seek H-1B Cap That Can Reach 300,000 · · Score: 1

    because over many years of taxes I have paid for the infrastructure the hiring company uses every day.

  20. Re:Really? on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    Simply Red October Surprise standing by

  21. Re:A common theme.. on Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books · · Score: 1

    but if the book weighs as much as a duck...

  22. Re:If you don't believe what I believe on Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books · · Score: 1

    so if you can find the planet that takes 1000 Earth years to complete a rotation, you'll know where god lives

  23. Re:Wow, I thought we (the US) was the only standou on Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books · · Score: 1

    oh, for a mod point

  24. Re:Wow, I thought we (the US) was the only standou on Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books · · Score: 1

    but it must be free, it says so right there on the label!

  25. Re:Wow, I thought we (the US) was the only standou on Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books · · Score: 1

    " a view they support by pointing out that in the days of the founders when the constitution was written, Christianity did indeed permeate every aspect of public life including government"

    which nonetheless is patently false