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  1. Re:Under Who's Watch? on Bill Allows Teachers to Contradict Evolution · · Score: 1

    However, the theory of evolution is just that, a theory. It is not proven.

    Please learn about the word "theory" before you hurt someone.

  2. Re:One name: Isaac Asimov on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh well. I still regard him as the greatest American.

    Greater than George Washington or Abraham Lincoln? Oooookaaaaayyy...

  3. Re:Her first name... on Child-Suitable Alternatives To Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Oh I have kids, and you clearly do not, which your cluelessness regarding the "drug problem" reference shows.

    Angry kids? This from the person who said you'd reformat your parent's hard drive (yeah, right)? Quit projecting.

  4. Re:Her first name... on Child-Suitable Alternatives To Passwords? · · Score: 1

    My house, my rules. If your parents thought you had a drug problem and didn't go through your room, too bad for you.

    Oh, and you wouldn't have formatted my disk out of spite because you would have known the rules beforehand.

  5. Re:Her first name... on Child-Suitable Alternatives To Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Oh, I don't plan on rummaging through their computer, just like I don't plan on rummaging through their room and whatnot. However, as a parent, I have to have that option.

  6. Re:Her first name... on Child-Suitable Alternatives To Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Because 7 is way, way too young to lock the parents out of the computer.

    Exactly. In fact, until my kids move off to college, I'm going to have admin access to their computers.

  7. Re:Now since you've proven yourself a moron... on Lessig Campaign and the Change Congress Movement · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We're in Iraq today because the Middle East is ruled by a bunch of fucktards who use a 7th-century religion to justify barbarity and evil, towards each other just as much as towards the "dar al-harb" they profess to hate.

    No, we're in Iraq today because the U.S. is now run by a bunch of petulant chicken-hawks (funny how Clinton didn't feel the need to invade Iraq whereas Bush couldn't wait) who use a 0th-century religion to justify the murder and torture (yes, kids, you can watch Christians defend torture!) of people in a different religion who happen to be sitting on a bunch of oil that wasn't being used enough. What's that? They shot at our soldiers? Guess what, our soldiers wouldn't be getting shot at if we had not invaded in the first place. What's that? We really thought Saddam had nukes. Sorry but anyone with an ounce of sense knew that he didn't have them because if he had them he would have used them (argue this all you want but the fact is that Iraq didn't have them and wasn't working on them). I think this is the point where you bring up 9/11 and implore me to support the troops.

  8. Re:Good luck on Muslim Groups Attempt to Censor Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    ...do the admins at Wikipedia allow casual profanity in articles?

    You mean like this?

  9. Re:God bless the shareholders of America on Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion For Yahoo · · Score: 1

    You deserve what you get.

    I deserve a 62% boost in my Yahoo stock price?! I'm guessing that's not the insult you were going for.

  10. Re:The Empire Strikes Back on Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion For Yahoo · · Score: 1

    ... but I can't see how this is at all good for Yahoo! or the marketplace at large.

    The deal is a 62% premium over Yahoo!'s share price as of yesterday. Yahoo! stock has been going down, down, down for quite a while now, with no end in sight so it makes sense for Yahoo! shareholders, like me. I'm not so concerned about the "marketplace at large", whoever that is.

  11. Re:Good Gravy on Details of Cyber Storm War Games Released · · Score: 2

    Doesn't everybody know? Heck, that movie is...um, only 25 years old.

    Hmm. I think I should feel old rather than nerdy since I first saw it in a theater. :-)

  12. Re:$1.5 million? on RIAA Wants $1.5 Million Per CD Copied · · Score: 4, Funny

    You realize that you just quoted Jon Bon Jovi...in public?

  13. Re:Nothing to see here on SpaceShipTwo Design and Pics Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes...except you need to subsitute "in addition to" for "rather than for".

  14. Re:Not really on SpaceShipTwo Design and Pics Released · · Score: 1

    ...and the "feather", while useful for suborbital reentry is useless for a hypersonic orbital re-entry.

    Um, so it's a good thing it's being used for suborbital re-entry, eh? Hello?

  15. Re:Wait on White House Tape Recycling Possibly Erased Emails · · Score: 2, Informative

    You are still thinking like it is 2008 not 2003. (Half a decade ago) Email was still considered a Toy Comunication which was just starting to gain accecptance as vital information.

    Government email was found to be vital information back in the eighties when the PROFS communications of Oliver North and Adm. Poindexter were found to be valuable evidence in the Iran-Contra affair. To think that in 2003 email was considered a "toy" in the executive branch is just wrong. Here is a good article on the topic.

  16. Re:"Integrated Battery" on Apple Announces MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    The air will remain a niche product.

    Isn't that the idea?

  17. Re:Overcomplicating the most simple of things on Microsoft Will Stream Ads To Grocery Carts · · Score: 1

    We still have that piece of paper in the kitchen. We still jot down items as we realize we need them. But now, before we leave for the store, we log on to ShopRite.com, transpose the entire list onto the web site, save and log-off, then leave for the store.

    Finally, somebody has homed in on why this is a ridiculous idea (as opposed to just "annoying"). I do the family grocery shopping and I use a list. While shopping I've noticed that people with a list are in the minority. Now imagine the very small percentage of that minority who are going to take the time to transfer their list to their browser (1%, anyone?). Somebody actually thinks that's a good business model? Reminds me of Free-PC.

  18. Re:Congratulations on being a fat shut-in! on Microsoft Will Stream Ads To Grocery Carts · · Score: 1

    You go to Zappos.com and order a pair with your size (free shipping). It arrives and you try it on. If it's ugly or doesn't fit then you send it back to them (for free) and either order it with a different size or a different shoe altogether. It's pretty freakin' convenient.

  19. Heh, heh, heh on RIAA Writes Its Own News For Local TV · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Did you notice there is no copyright notice on that clip? No copyright? Doesn't that mean someone could take that clip and re-edit it into...oh, I don't know...something the RIAA never intended and have it bite them in the ass?

  20. Re:Oh, you cynical coward. on A Law to Spy Back on Government Surveillance Cameras? · · Score: 1

    Tell me, how does this make me a racist?

    Since you asked:

    This just isn't the time for a black person to have that office.

    That's why. That statement has nothing to do with a person's limitations. It's a blanket trashing of an entire slice of the population based on nothing other than the color of their skin. Not because of Obama's experience, actions, intelligence, agenda, or other qualifications. You've simply decided that since you can't handle the idea of a black man in the White House then it isn't Obama's time.

    That's why you're a racist pile of shit.

  21. Re:Oh, you cynical coward. on A Law to Spy Back on Government Surveillance Cameras? · · Score: 1

    This just isn't the time for a black person to have that office. And I'm not saying that to be a racist...

    No, you are. You may not realize it but that's exactly why you're saying it. Hate to be the one to break the news to you but somebody needed to.

  22. Re:Wrong, wrong, wrong on How We Might Have Scramjets Sooner than Expected · · Score: 1

    NASA's X-15 set an unofficial one of Mach 6.7.

    Are we talking about the rocket-powered X-15?

  23. Re:DRM, ogg, CDs, fair use, licenses on MP3 Format Still Gathering Momentum · · Score: 1

    One could argue that someone who likes all the cuts on all the albums they buy either doesn't buy much music or has low standards.

  24. Re:Two words: SHANNON TWEED. 'Nuff said. on Gene Simmons Blames College Kids For Music Industry Woes · · Score: 1

    She was A queen but I would hesitate to call her THE queen. Give me Shannon Whirry any day (please).

  25. Re:Positive review on Second Time 'Round - the Zune Flash In-Depth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Because you have the line in your own post: "...and they are an obvious choice for anyone who loves subscription music services." Music subscription services are such a small part of the online music market as to be a joke themselves. If you want to be an iPod-killer, you don't focus on a market that even Napster is giving up on.