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  1. Re:Not as new as it seems on Quantum Gas Goes Below Absolute Zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Doctor seems to be doing quite well for his age.

    Doctor Who?

  2. Re:Aware of evolution, reject what they know of it on Dr. Richard Dawkins On Why Disagreeing With Religion Isn't Insulting · · Score: 0

    "most Creationists [...] didn't have even the most rudimentary understanding of evolution or biology in general".
    Most atheists don't seem to have an understanding of information science since it conflicts with macro-evolution.

    At the end of the day, we're both putting our faith in an unobserved process that we believe exists because of interpreted historical evidence.

  3. Re:Not the Bible. on Ask Slashdot: What Books Have Had a Significant Impact On Your Life? · · Score: 1

    Okay. "Mere Christianity" and "The Problem of Pain"

    Vote parent up. Mere Christianity is a great book.

  4. Re:You've changed... on The Perils of Developers Hooking Up · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why don't you ever comment anymore?

    Because you don't commit.

  5. Put my dead molecules on Jupiter! on Florida GoogleX Team Offers To Send Your DNA To the Moon For a Price · · Score: 1

    Toynbee Idea
    In movie 2001
    Resurrect dead
    On planet Jupiter

  6. Climate Change on Scientists Solve Mystery of Ireland's Moving Boulders · · Score: 2

    The oceans are just receding

  7. Did farts kill the dinosaurs? on Methane Producing Dinosaurs May Have Changed Climate · · Score: 2

    This research stinks.

  8. No Thanks on BigDog Robot Gets Much Bigger · · Score: 1

    I prefer my robot overlords with wheels. It lets me know where I stand with them.

  9. A long time ago in a galaxy [not] far, far away... on Saturn's Rings Formed From Large Moon Destruction · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That *was* no moon.

  10. Re:And yet- on What's Wrong With the American University System · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points. *MOD PARENT UP*

  11. Embrace and Extend on An Inbox Is Not a Glove Compartment · · Score: 1

    Yet another analogy:
    "lowered privacy interests in e-mail because they 'expose to the ISP's employees in the ordinary course of business the contents of their e-mails.'"

    Could the government search my house without notification, because I 'expose to the insurance company's employees in the ordinary course of business the [high-value] contents of my residence'?

  12. Re:All mine were cheap! on Student Loan Interest Rankles College Grads · · Score: 1

    Have you been to a US college recently? The one near me is still on a building spree that it has been on at least since I started there, eight years ago (I graduated and found a job in town). They have spent AT LEAST a half a billion dollars since I started paying attention, with the largest chunk being the first 100 million dollar expansion of the stadium to build box seats for rich donors. All this for a school with 30,000 students.

    Auburn University?

  13. Re:Tolerance != Acceptance on Google Challenging Proposition 8 · · Score: 1

    After this, will you fight for the rights of the minority who are not "wired" for monogamy so they can exercise their right to multiple partner marriages?

  14. Tolerance != Acceptance on Google Challenging Proposition 8 · · Score: 1

    "But oddly, Microsoft HR Chief Mike Murray cited religious beliefs for his decision to contribute $100,000 to 'Yes On 8', surprising coming from the guy who had been charged with diversity and sensitivity training during his ten-year Microsoft stint."

    Just because he tolerates other lifestyles does not mean he should change his beliefs. As long as he's not endangering others, he has every right to express his opinion and his beliefs without being labeled as a bigot. Is his personal opinion less important just because he's not a minority?

  15. Republican Simpletons on Researchers Claim To Be Able To Determine Political Leaning By How Messy You Are · · Score: 1

    <disclaimer>I am a republican.</disclaimer>

    This article paints republicans as being stupid. Books and art are replaced with flags and calendars, and neither I nor any of my friends have calendars or flags on the wall in our house. Sounds like the researchers have an agenda of poisoning culture to view us as simple.

  16. Picture on LHC Success! · · Score: 1

    "Here is a picture from the control room"

    I think I used to play that game on Atari!

  17. Sagittarius A on Virtual Telescope Zooms In On Milky Way Black Hole · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sagittarius A* - Previous location of the Large Hadron Collider

  18. Re:This year's flying by on Nuclear Decay May Vary With Earth-Sun Distance · · Score: 1

    It was a pre-coffee joke. That's why it's not funny.

  19. This year's flying by on Nuclear Decay May Vary With Earth-Sun Distance · · Score: 1

    The obvious solution is that time speeds up when we get closer to the sun due to the higher gravatational field. This would explain why the days seem to drag by right before Christmas. We're further away which also makes everything colder. *

    * Time slowing down at Christmas is realative to how far along you are on your shopping list.

  20. Not living long enough on Causes of Death Linked To Weight · · Score: 1

    It could be that they're not living long enough to develop Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. In my part of the country, most of the elderly above 70 are not obese.

  21. Re:Why exactly on Ancestry.com To Add DNA Test Results · · Score: 1


    They're going to piss off their target audience (LDS) when it becomes evident to the users that Native Americans are of Asian not Hebrew descent.

  22. Re:A $1,100 phone bill? TSNF! on Texting Teens Generating OMG Phone Bills · · Score: 1

    I completely agree. Text messages are the newspeak of Orwell's 1984. Parents don't seem to care that their children are spending most of their time focusing on meaningless dribble instead of education.

  23. Re:Those additional frequencies are inaudible on NIN Releases Garageband Sources For 3 New Tracks · · Score: 1

    The sampling rate determines the accuracy of the digital representation of the analog signal. It has nothing to do with the frequency, so if my waveform frequency falls within the range of human hearing (20 Hz to 17 kHz), then the number of samples determines how many times the frequency changes in a fixed time. This gives a truer representation of the original signal when it's converted back to analog.

  24. Yeah but... on Next-Gen Processor Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Does it run Linux?

  25. Re:The water analogy of electricity on Water Logic Gates Built at MIT · · Score: 1

    I've had several EE teachers use this at Auburn.