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  1. brilliant idea NOT on Pain-Free Animals Could Take Suffering Out of Farming · · Score: 1

    Food for thought: humans born with such a disorder where they feel no pain, the children routinely chew through their fingers and lips because they are unable to determine when to stop...

    If you engineer animals who feel no pain you are very likely to see the same picture.

  2. winners bias? on Google's PageRank Predicts Nobel Prize Winners · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not having read the actual paper, the following question comes to mind: did they include only the period of time *before* the physicists got their Nobels? Because if they included the citations after that - yeah, I imagine those authors got quite a few citations being Nobel Prize winners and all...

  3. cash cow how? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 1

    I don't see how this would be a cash cow for Apple - they already replace batteries as often as they can. In fact, it's detrimental to the company since now people will simply replace batteries instead of buying a new iPod. In addition, converting their designs and manufacturing process will to meet this requirement will cost Apple dearly.

  4. Summary anyone? on Have Modern Gamers Lost the Patience For Puzzles? · · Score: 1

    Did not read TFA... wall of text, can someone summarize plz?!1!!

  5. bud lime on Global Warming Stopped By Adding Lime To Sea · · Score: 1

    In other news Budweiser has pledged 500 billion gallons of their Bud Light Lime to be poured into the oceans in the fight against global warming.

  6. Inaccurate Title on Louisiana Passes Intelligent Design Law · · Score: 1

    Here I fixed it for you:

    Louisiana proves Intelligent Design Flaw

    Oh, the sweet irony - the mere fact they are passing this proves intelligent design is a failed concept.

  7. Re:Suggestions... on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    Learn Norwegian......Norwegian hot chicks
    Learn Portugese......Brazillian hot chicks
    Learn Swiss..........Swedish hot chicks
    Learn Japanese.......Cosplay...errr Japanese hot chicks

    FAIL! Dude, Swedish hot chicks live mostly in Sweden!

  8. Re:Probably not colors on Best Color Scheme For Coding, Easiest On the Eyes? · · Score: 1

    That was a very informative post. Thank you!

  9. Re:Probably not colors on Best Color Scheme For Coding, Easiest On the Eyes? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Alright, we have a lot people vouching for the superiority of "pricey" LCD screens - I doubt it's the price alone that eases the strain on the eyes. The real questions is - what is it about "pricier" models that makes them easier on the eyes - perhaps if we are able to isolate the one or two or five features that improve the user's experience (as far as eye-strain) we'd be better off when comparison shopping for LCD's. Any suggestions? I'd be interested since I am also in the market for a new monitor.

  10. The Diamond Age... on Robotic Fly to Descend on New York · · Score: 1

    ... is slowly descending upon us.

  11. bollocks on Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory · · Score: 1

    He reasons that if reality was to do something that information processing cannot, then it cannot be virtual. I could kick him in the virtual nuts and see how his virtual brain processes that.
  12. two words: Ram Charan on Airlines Have to Ask Permission to Fly 72 Hours Early · · Score: 1

    Tell me why in 2007 these "last minute" conferences can't be conducted online? If you tell me the face-to-face neet is essential, why are you going into it with less than three days preparation?


    Perhaps you've never heard of Ram Charan who spends every day and every night in a different city, in a different country on a different continent:

    http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/30/8405482/index.htm
  13. Re:Global warming? on Surgeon General Describes Censorship From Bush Administration · · Score: 1

    Coal plants also emit all kinds of other crap - check your facts. CO (carbon oxide), SO(x) as well NO(x) gases are toxic. And yes CO2 is toxic as well - try breathing an atmosphere that consists of CO2.

  14. Re:Global warming? on Surgeon General Describes Censorship From Bush Administration · · Score: 1

    Just a nitpicky point: Europe, especially France where the deaths occured, is supposedly a collection of modern nations with access to things such as the century old technology of (drum roll please)....

    Air conditioning. Very well. I agree. And by the same token America should have no homeless people thanks to the centuries old marvel of (drum roll please)... housing! Or perhaps the New Orleans fiasco could have been handled better thanks to the modern marvels of transportation, mass media, and emergency response?! You get my drift - there are all kinds of arguments that can be made for and against what people in the administration should say or not say. HOWEVER, when a person's job is to talk about health care and he's prevented from talking about issues that DIRECTLY affect the public health then THAT gets me all riled up. Not to mention the administration is supposed to set public health policy with the help of this guy!! He's not even allowed to open his mouth!
  15. Re:Global warming? on Surgeon General Describes Censorship From Bush Administration · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why is the Surgeon General talking about global warming? What a patently silly question! Have we forgotten the hundreds if not thousands of people who died of the heat waves in the last few years in Europe. How about the coal plants spewing toxic gases - this not only contributes to the heating of the atmosphere but is a public health menace of significant proportions.

    Do we even need to point out how global weather is closely related to the public health of individuals?
  16. Re:Serious Scientific Article? on American Class Divisions Through Facebook and MySpace · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't care how insightful somebody's work may be. If it is too painful to read, it isn't worth it. Come back when you can present your ideas in a coherent, professional manner. Not to burst your academic bubble but the majority of scientific papers are already too painful to read. And, yes, I've read a few in my lifetime. At the same time, I agree with your argument that academia gets a boner from reading sesquipedalian lingo and 1/3-page sentences.
  17. I believe the pr0n industry on US Falls to 24th Place For Broadband Penetration · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would have to strongly distance itself from these statements. Penetration has never been stronger!

  18. Don't forget the Intel L2 cache!! on Judge Orders TorrentSpy to Turn Over RAM · · Score: 1

    We are gonna need that one too.

  19. cosmology = study of Cosmo Kramer? on Has Cosmology Been Solved? · · Score: 1

    Err, it hasn't been solved - giddy up!

  20. Re:Note to Editors on Botnet on Botnet Action · · Score: 1

    The moment MS, Yahoo, or Google introduce a "good" botnet they are basically offering a complete software package which hackers can reverse-engineer and twist for the their own evil benefits.

  21. Re:Title misleading. on Massive Star Burps, Then Explodes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hi, Donald Trump!

  22. For the sake of all fans on Neal Stephenson's "Diamond Age" To Be Miniseries · · Score: 1

    I hope this one gets better treatment than the Earthsea series did.

  23. Dear Curiosity Seeker, on In Search of Stupidity · · Score: 1

    you have come to the right place.

  24. interesting interview fact on Steve Ballmer's Thoughts On Free Software · · Score: 1

    Did you know that Steve Ballmer's chair was bolted to the ground during the interview?

  25. In Kazakhstan... on How Many Windows? · · Score: 1

    ... we never open the windows.