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  1. Re:2nd story about how cell copmanies suck today. on White House Petition To Make Unlocking Phones Legal Passes 100,000 Signatures · · Score: 1

    A corrupt corporation can load food up with stuff to make it more profitable, dump its waste illegally, etc. There are plenty of things that corporations have done over the years to fuck things up for more than their customers. The BP oil spill would be a recent one...

  2. Re:Not likely... on Is "Left" Vs. "Right" Hard-coded Into Your Brain? · · Score: 1

    I missed the part where they said Americans are more clueless about politics than other people are.

    The first sentence.

  3. Re:TL;DR on Windows Software Coming To Android Via Wine · · Score: 4, Informative

    The last time I ran WoW on Wine (around 2009) I had a higher FPS than Windows XP on the same machine.

  4. Re:Being able to transfer games would be awesome on Valve Sued In Germany Over Game Ownership · · Score: 1

    75-80% of games are crap. Ever, not just today.

  5. Re:What's next? on Apple Granted Trademark For Its Stores · · Score: 1

    Who is talking about them? The context was Apple, trademarks and businesses in a different trade. The guy was arguing that since bars are a different trade Apple wouldn't pursue them. This is just wrong considering they have gone after NYC, etc.

  6. Re:What's next? on Apple Granted Trademark For Its Stores · · Score: 2
  7. Re:Did anyone bother to click through? on Thousands of Publicly Accessible Printers Searchable On Google · · Score: 1

    "Page 25 of about 2,590,000 results"

    I clicked the link in the article and there 2,590,000 results. I went to page 25 and they still look like valid results. Definitely more than 73 printers.

  8. Interesting but I suspect its a symptom on The Mathematics of the Lifespan of Species · · Score: 1

    It is an interesting concept however it does appear to have some easily named exceptions as others have pointed out. It also though has a lot of overlap with reproduction selectivity (r/K theory). Namely animals with shorter lifespans breed quicker and have more offspring than animals that live longer and have longer gestation periods.

    Think about it... you have an elephant which takes nearly 2 years to come to term, it would make no sense to have a 10 year life cycle. Instead, they can live 60-70 years. Think dogs and cats. Cats have anywhere from 2-4 kittens on average; dogs 6-10 puppies. Cats can live easily 20-30 years, dogs 10-20. Which one is bigger? Then again, wolves tend to have smaller litters and breed less often than dogs so maybe we tinkered with that.

    So I guess my point is he has stumbled upon something (which may already be known according to other posters) but that it heavily overlaps with other theories. Now maybe size does play into r/K theory. From a high level view you have things like elephants, whales, humans and other large mammals that breed rarely and live long. Also I suppose its difficult to compare mammal verse reptile here. A tortoise lives a long time and lays many eggs but thats kind of how reptiles work. I don't know that it is a valid exception since it has reasons for not investing in raising children and to take a shot gun approach to it.

  9. Re:Ethics for veggies on In Vitro Grown Meat 'Nearly Possible' · · Score: 1

    I'm a carnivore but for some reason tend to only date vegans and vegetarians. While I agree with most of your post what I've found is that it often is better to not share cooking utensils between meat and whatever veggie dish I make for them. The reason tends to be their inability to comfortably digesting meat and the issues it causes (stomach ache, etc). My girlfriend has never eaten meat intentionally (parents were vegetarian) and gets quite sick having it as her stomach ecosystem is not prepared.

  10. Re:Solution on Why Linux On Microsoft Surface Is a Tough Challenge · · Score: 1

    No he didn't, you just fail at reading and Google.

    Its been done on the iPad, iPod, iMac, iEverything.

  11. Re:Legacy/inertia on How Do You Give a Ticket To a Driverless Car? · · Score: 1

    Have a source for that? Real time is used basically everywhere lives are dependent on the system responding properly. Its not like Google's car is using Android.

  12. Re:Why not use a Stirling engine? on HydroICE Project Developing a Solar-Powered Combustion Engine · · Score: 2

    I don't understand... can you make a car analogy?

  13. Re:A Vote for Back to Basics on Shake-up at Apple: Forstall Out; iOS Executive Fired For Maps Debacle? · · Score: 1

    " Let the Content Eaters get their rocks off on their iPads and iPhones, "

    And you know what he is posting this from how? It is entirely possible that the post was consistent assuming he is on slashdot from an iPad or iPhone.

  14. Re:If its left exposed... sure. on Half-Life of DNA is 521 Years, Jurassic Park Impossible After All · · Score: 1

    The article actually addresses this and DNA is capable of lasting 1.5 to 6 million years.

    Typical crap Slashdot summary pandering to the Anti-Cloning lobby.

  15. If its left exposed... sure. on Half-Life of DNA is 521 Years, Jurassic Park Impossible After All · · Score: 1

    What if it is sealed in a way that microbes, oxygen, etc can not interfere with it? Say amber, a tar swamp, a deep freeze?

    No I did not read the article nor do I have any knowledge on the subject beyond that leaving a steak on a counter in 100 degree heat has a very different outcome than putting it in a sealed bag in a freezer.

  16. Re:Politics on Man Arrested In Greece For "Blasphemous" Facebook Page · · Score: 0

    North Carolina did the first one... something about tide levels.

    Apparently Arizona did the second very recently.

  17. Re:Mel Brooks Comes to Mind on Robot Snakes To Fight Cancer Via Natural Orifice Surgery · · Score: 1

    "I'm tired of these motherfucking snakes in my motherfucking ass"?

  18. Re:Blasphemy! on Pakistan's PM Demands International Blasphemy Laws From UN · · Score: 1

    The fun thing about your post is that depending on the collective schizo mood you could have been modded +5 troll or -1 insightful. No reason to hide behind anon for that.

  19. Re:Well don't look to Google for answers! on Riot Breaks Out At Foxconn · · Score: 2

    Yes the core truth that iOS 6 Maps isn't perfect. See this is the humor... its not perfect, just as any other software vendor's apps are not. However for some reason Apple gets treated as the golden child perfect company which makes it that much funnier when they screw up.

    Nobody laughs at the D student for spelling a word wrong... but it can be funny when an A student does it.

    Make sense yet?

  20. Re:so what? on Larry Ellison Buys His Own Hawaiian Island · · Score: 1

    Which apparently leaves out the fact that lions certainly kill for non-eating purposes.

  21. Re:so what? on Larry Ellison Buys His Own Hawaiian Island · · Score: 1

    You are very incorrect. Lions, cats in general, are one of the few species that do in fact kill for reasons other than eating.

    You didn't bother to explain why you feel Lions and Wolves are all that different in terms the previous poster made. The interaction between Lion and Hyena is very similar to those between Wolves and Coyotes. Additionally pack/pride interaction with non-members is similar. I have no idea where you get your information from but it is certainly not modern.

  22. Re:Yay for science! on Stone-Throwing Chimp Back In the News With Better Plan · · Score: 1

    How is that all that different than a pack of wolves finding, stalking and killing prey?

    I agree that Apes are intelligent, more so than canines, but this is a poor example.

  23. Re:Very brief summary on MIT Fusion Researchers Answer Your Questions · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is a great strategy if there were no looming long term issues that would eventually affect those individuals. That is the point of government funding of these projects.

    A tree doesn't care about a forest fire until it's neighbor is on fire.

  24. Too far. on Qualcomm Calls To 'Kill All Proprietary Drivers For Good' · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think pushing for the genocide of tax drivers is asking a bit much, right? Or did I read this wrong...

  25. Re:Let's hear it for the 1%ers! on In Your Face, Critics! Red Hat Passes $1 Billion In Revenue · · Score: 1

    I believe Linux has more "market share" on mobile than Apple at this point.