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  1. and the Weather Underground on Indymedia Server Raided by FBI · · Score: 1

    The documentary on them was frightening.

  2. immunity? someone should research slashdot on Two Women Found With HIV-Immune Mutant Gene · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lots of people immune from STDs here.

  3. and pregnancy. on Two Women Found With HIV-Immune Mutant Gene · · Score: 3, Insightful

    eom

  4. didn't Osama need a dialysis machine? on Campaigns Wary About October Surprise · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I find it very hard to believe that he has survived this long and crossed as many snow covered mountains as he did to get to his current possible location all while carrying a dialysis machine. It seems more reasonable to me that we bunker busted whatever cave he was hiding out at in Afghanistan and neither us nor his follows will ever find his remains.

  5. What bone do you think I'm throwing out? on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 1

    Certainly there were companies that were ignorant in the 30s. But then there were companies who even after their ignorance was shed continued to do business with the Reich.

    Was Google ignorant of China's policies? I haven't heard anyone claim such. A "market of 1 billion" does negate the underlying moral problem. Shooting an innocent man is still immoral whether you do it for free or someone pays you $1,000,000.

  6. they did take a stand on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Their stand is to aid the Chinese government. No one is saying that they should instead strap on a cape and slip into some tights, fighting evil whereever they go. They should simply not do business with China.

  7. I will compare them on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying they are of equal weight, but they are two immoral policies by oppresive governments. That Germany was more immoral does not excuse countries that are less immoral. And it does not excuse companies that do business with them.

  8. How does giving legitimacy to their oppressive on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 1

    government help the people?

  9. most people don't use a search engine because of on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 1

    because of the companies integrity. The same is true of everything. You think that people buy Nike because of their kosher business practices? No, they buy Nike because it's a shoe they think is better than the rest.

  10. the lesser of two evils is still evil on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 1

    "Good service" in this case would be to avoid dealing with China.

  11. doesn't your answer pretty much on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 4, Insightful

    vindicate companies that did business with the 3rd Reich too?

    I find something to be very flawed with the reasoning that it is moral to enter into an market in which you know your company's actions are furthuring the immoral policies of the government. Trying to absolve one's self of blame just because you are "trying to make a profit" which is "what comapnies do" doesn't seem to be a very wholesome answer.

  12. Don't be a metrosexual on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buy a gun.

  13. Why wasn't a sequel to Spaceballs made? on Star Wars TV Show, And An Unmade Trilogy · · Score: 1

    Anyone know why?

  14. If you build it they will... on Wheat Field Wi-Fi · · Score: 3, Funny

    ah nevermind.

  15. yes, but ... on Mandelbrot Suggests A Hunt For Financial Patterns · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we can map the human genome, why can't we map a man's livelihood? If millions can contribute a few cycles of their PCs to the search for a signal from outer space, why can't they join in a coordinated simulation of Friedrich Hayek?

  16. someone mod this up, cause I'd like to see replies on Macaque Monkey Goes Totally Bipedal · · Score: 1

    The first thing that popped into my head was also Lamark (all I ever had was high school bio, so that might explain it).

  17. It's an ethical question we've already answered on Cassini Shatters Titan Theories · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The questions surrounding the "process of life" and the "building blocks of life" have already been hashed out in the abortion debate. The answer is that the mere process or the mere existance of building blocks is not life itself, and does not have to be treated as such.

  18. Re:Conservation only works when... on Massachusetts Considering Desalination Plants · · Score: 1

    It also assumes that your population is stagnant or in decline. If your population is increasing then so is your consumption, and you'll just have to keep conservaing more and more.

    Since the population of MA isn't in decline then conservation would seem to be a pretty wacky solution to the problem.

  19. Star Wars Trilogy Electronic Beam Edition on Pioneer Electron Beam DVD · · Score: 3, Funny

    With new scenes never before seen in theaters, on Laserdisc, VHS, or DVD!

  20. not the same at all on What You Can't Say · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When women say "I'm so fat" they are looking for a response something to the effect of, "No, that'd ridiculous."

  21. modding didn't begin with 3d games on NYT on Game Mods · · Score: 1

    Anyone remember Unlimited Adventures from SSI? It allowed you to create your own AD&D goldbox games. People modded the hell out of the game EXE to enable more monsters, character races, and all sorts of stuff. And I believe the modding community for Unlimited Adentures still exists (game came out in 1993).

  22. then the shepard better drop his kalashnikov on The Future of Battlefield Robots · · Score: 1

    And tough shit if he doesn't.

  23. Re:UN has no bearing in the US on Imagine A UN-Run Internet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You are forgetting the recent infatuation some of our Supreme Court justices have with international law. They trump Congress.

  24. Re:Better than a USA-run Internet... on Imagine A UN-Run Internet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hint: we're still on our first Republic.

    After the civil war I'd say we are on our second.

  25. anything like this for the PC? on High-Tech Glasses Help Improve Memory · · Score: 1

    Is there any software that does this for the PC? Flash the screen all day while you work.