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  1. Uncertainty on LHC Powers Up To 4 TeV · · Score: 2

    What they will discover is that the Higgs both does exist, and doesn't exist, at the same time.

  2. Re:Why would it be radically different? on What the iPad 3 Looks Like · · Score: 1

    Ummm... that doesn't look like an iPad.
    It looks more an an old Powerbook with the keyboard broken off.

  3. Re:Cheaper iPad 2 on What the iPad 3 Looks Like · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I wish I could be a paid shill.
    How much does it pay?

  4. Now I Know on How Much Stuff Can Timothy Jam Into His New Hoodie's Pockets? (Video) · · Score: 2

    Well now I know what article of clothing I WILL NEVER be buying.

  5. Re:jetzt on If You're Fat, Broke, and Smoking, Blame Language · · Score: 1

    Morgen werde ich noch einen schreiben.

    ... and there you made your mistake. While that's a grammatically and semantically correct sentence, you're more likely to phrase it as, "Morgen schreibe ich noch einen.", actually using present tense to convey a future statement.

    Oh ja, da ich ja 'nen Volltrottel bin, hab' ich garnix gemerkt dass meine Sätze die These des Artikels widersprach... Gut dass du für mich da war, sonst wäre ich dummgeblieben.

  6. Re:jetzt on If You're Fat, Broke, and Smoking, Blame Language · · Score: 1

    Du glaubst wohl ich habe das unwissend und unabsichtlich so getippt... oje.

  7. jetzt on If You're Fat, Broke, and Smoking, Blame Language · · Score: 2

    Jetzt schreibe ich einen Satz.
    Morgen werde ich noch einen schreiben.

    ... Just lost two pounds and made $10!

  8. Re:It's not a choice on No Pardon For Turing · · Score: 1

    I think we're entirely in agreement.
    From my perspective, however, the point being, that it is absurd for someone to claim that Alan Turing's "human rights" were violated, if the very concept of human rights is being asserted without reference to an objective morality.

    Without objective morality there really isn't any such thing as "human rights", there's just some norms that represent the consensus of people in a given place and time. It doesn't really make any sense for people who don't accept objective morality to say that what happened to Alan Turing was "wrong" in any absolute sense, and such people commonly say such things.

  9. Re:It's not a choice on No Pardon For Turing · · Score: 1

    Because without objective morality there are no objective rights at all. Sure the majority can always force it's will upon dissenters -- as I said, crime & punishment, defined by capricious and arbitrary standards.

  10. Futile on Central Europe Countries Continue to Oppose ACTA · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Further analyzing the issue" is irrelevant. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

  11. Re:It's not a choice on No Pardon For Turing · · Score: 1

    Without an omnipotent and eternal creator, then there is no objective morality. The best you can do is a consensus judgment of the persons living in a given place and time. But if morality is not objective, then the consensus majority has no objectively valid right to impose their consensus upon dissenters. What you are left with is, in fact, no morality at all -- only crime and punishment defined by capricious and arbitrary standards.

  12. Philanthropy on Bloomberg Open Sources Its Market Data Distribution Technology · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow this is amazing! Kudos to Bloomberg for such an unexpected and generous gift! Why, now anyone at all can connect to Bloomberg's proprietary and expensive market data feeds. That's what I call true philanthropy.

  13. Re:Slashdot double standards on How Far Should GPL Enforcement Go? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indeed. The only thing that has stopped me from producing such a heavily commented disassembly of Microsoft Office is that it is sadly illegal.

  14. Execution on How Far Should GPL Enforcement Go? · · Score: 5, Funny

    By hanging