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  1. Re:More questions on XKCD Author's Unpublished Book Has Already Become a Best-Seller · · Score: 1

    What if deals with hypothetical physics questions.

  2. Re:Texas Barely Registers on Map of Publicly-Funded Creationism Teaching · · Score: 1

    It's apparently "all a conspiracy, man"
    He says it's too incomplete to be regarded as fact and that many associations and fossils in the record are purely made up or pseudoscience. Basically, take Coast to Coast AM callers and exchange Aliens for God.

  3. Re:Texas Barely Registers on Map of Publicly-Funded Creationism Teaching · · Score: 1

    I worked as a programmer for the state here in VA. The only person I've ever met who actually argued that evolution is a lie was a supervisor of mine there. Between explaining VERY basic shell commands to this poor idiot (ex: "Hey do you know the command to list files in a folder?") he would argue that evolution isn't real because the fossil record is a lie. The weirdest thing about his argument though, was that he apparently believes in natural selection and adaptation but does not believe it happens on such a large scale as evolution.

  4. Re:Retired LEOs on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    This is not true. As a former military member, we are NOT more exempt from background checks. The only difference between former mil/cop and a civ is that in a very few states, we can get our concealed carry license without taking the gun safety class because we were already well trained in gun safety in boot camp/qualification inspections/classes that were required for our jobs. We are not just handed a CC license though, we still have to show our DD-214 and prove a clean service record and go through background checks even in the states that exempt us from the gun safety class. Also, when purchasing weapons, we still go through the same process as a civilian.

  5. Re:It's about time! on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    The article says he left to get a manager, it says nothing about going to his car to get his gun.

  6. Re:Well he showed the problem on Lowell Observatory Pushes To Name an Asteroid "Trayvon" · · Score: 1

    This is incorrect. The doctored recordings said "he looks black etc." The real recording said "There's a suspicious person out here. He looks to be on drugs." Then the Dispatcher asks "is he white, black or Hispanic?" And Zimmerman answers "He looks black"

  7. Re:gamefly wins to lose on GameFly Scores In Longstanding DVD Mailing Complaint · · Score: 1

    USPS is involved because, if you read TFS, they were giving special handling treatment to Netflix DVDs during sorting for no extra charge while GameFly wasn't given such treatment and therefore had to pay for special packaging to avoid breakage.

  8. Re:and how do you resolve the paradox on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    The Doctor has mentioned in several episodes now that he had kids back on Gallifrey.

  9. Re:Really? Political correctness? on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    Because then Torchwood would have to end. Capt. Jack can't be a companion again with where Torchwood is headed.

  10. Re:This is also the case on Firefox on Chrome's Insane Password Security Strategy · · Score: 3, Informative

    LastPass does exactly this.

  11. Re:Nothing to predict on Sci-Fi Stories That Predicted the Surveillance State · · Score: 1

    First thought after reading this was Doctor Who:
    1. Rise of the Cybermen and Age of Steel
    2. The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords

  12. Re: lol wut? on Iris Scans Are the New School IDs · · Score: 1

    Actually, this brings up a good question. What about people who choose to wear those (ridiculous) coloured contact lenses? Will they have to take out the lenses every time they want to enter a building?

  13. Re:Only usable in some jurisdictions on Spanish Chatbot Hunts For Pedophiles · · Score: 1

    AC posts! Stranger Danger!

    In all seriousness though, I do entirely agree with this comment. The widespread education via parents, schools, even advertisements warning of these things just doesn't seem to exist anymore. Seeing how with the internet and other tech advances, these dangers have only grown, it seems odd that we are no longer teaching the children how to recognize and avoid these situations.

  14. Re:Where can I get one of these 14 y.o bots? on Spanish Chatbot Hunts For Pedophiles · · Score: 1

    But what is the legal definition of "obscene"?

  15. Re:Only usable in some jurisdictions on Spanish Chatbot Hunts For Pedophiles · · Score: 1

    If the person doesn’t appear to be interested in talking to the chatbot, it gets more insistent about having a conversation

    The above quote from the article is what makes me curious if it could be considered entrapment. If the person doesn't seem interested, the bot gets more persistent and will start bringing up topics that might "peak the chatter's interest."

  16. Re:What does "porque cae agua jaja" mean? on Spanish Chatbot Hunts For Pedophiles · · Score: 2

    "Because water falls haha"
    I can't imagine what the question that prompted that answer was and given the topic I'm not sure I want to know.
    The previous chat line just says "Know why it seems that way?"

  17. Re:I am not really surprsed on Snowden Claims That NSA Collaborated With Israel To Write Stuxnet Virus · · Score: 1

    The transit area is actually a pretty nice hotel. He's probably sleeping in a bed and eating decently.

  18. Hired because I could hide on Ask Slashdot: Is an Online Identity Important When Searching For Technical Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Just started a new job as a sysadmin. The boss actually hired me over the other candidate because I knew how to hide my info online. All he could find was my LinkedIn. He praised me for being able to hide my other social networking, blogs, etc.

  19. Re:And yet TPB lives on Pirate Bay Founder Sentenced To Jail · · Score: 1

    I frequently install it on new and re-purposed computers and enjoy experimenting with different distros.

  20. Re:Italians on Criminal Complaint Filed Against Facebook After Girl's Death · · Score: 1

    GW served 2 terms. From 01-09.

  21. Re:Italians on Criminal Complaint Filed Against Facebook After Girl's Death · · Score: 1

    We elected W twice.

  22. Re:with frickin' lasers! on Navy To Deploy Lasers On Ship In 2014 · · Score: 1

    It's official: I live in a scifi film.
    Finally!

  23. Re:Surely that cannot be true. on Study Suggests Patent Office Lowered Standards To Cope With Backlog · · Score: 1

    Can't that be said about the vast majority of modern politicians?

  24. Re:A strange game.... on North Korea Announces 3rd Nuclear Test, Anti-US Aims · · Score: 1

    They already are eating babies over there. Actually, a lot of Eastern countries are. Remember the baby flesh pills that were seized in S. Korea last year?

  25. Re:Irony on PayPal, Symantec Hacked In Anonymous November 5 Hacking Spree · · Score: 1

    Sadly, you're more than likely correct that Anon isn't well versed enough in history to realize it's based off of actual events.

    I wouldn't doubt it if they all started blasting the 1812 Overture during this hack spree.