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  1. Defensive Mechanism? on Ready, Steady, Evolve · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To date, there has been no observed beneficial mutation. Clearly then, organisms that receive a mutation are less likely to survive than (already healthy) organisms that don't, so perhaps this is just a mechanism to protect the organism against mutations.

    And I think the protein breaksdown under the conditions stated simply because not many creatures have evolved to live in volcanos or toxic waste dumps.

  2. don't bother with this post on Air Force to Test Aeroelastic Wings · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    spamplz@comcast.net

  3. Absolutely. on The Return Of The Live Human Being · · Score: 2, Funny

    I agree.

    You can cuss out a machine.

  4. Script kiddies are people too on Wireless Camouflage? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is there really such a problem with people mooching off wireless networks?

    I mean come on. Is the big problem in todays work environment really that before all the staff can play Quake III on the company LAN someone has to go out and scatter all the hooligans with laptops?

    This is cool, don't get me wrong. But if encryption isn't enough, go with the cat5 cable.

  5. Not *completely* useless. on Convert Unneeded VRAM Into A Storage Device · · Score: 1

    If you've used up all the slots you have available for RAM, this is one way to pack more RAM into your machine.

  6. That's ok. on Java Media Framework Drops MP3 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I prefer to just scroll through the 1's and 0's and decode them myself anyway.

  7. Speaking of .org reassignment. . . on More About The .org Reassignment · · Score: 2, Funny

    riaa.org now belongs to some script kiddie.

    http://www.riaa.org/storymain.htm

  8. Huh? on Air Bags for Planetary Defense · · Score: 1

    SCIENTIST 1: Ahh! Giant Asteroid! We're all gonna die!
    SCIENTIST 2: Nonsense, we'd never be able to deflect a gargantuan asteroid with just thermonuclear warheads.
    SCIENTIST 3: How about a giant bag of air then?
    SCIENTISTS IN CHORUS: YEAH! THAT'S IT!

  9. Harsh. on Canadian ISPs Could Take On Big Brother Role · · Score: 2, Funny

    and ban the possession of computer viruses.



    So no more Windows?
  10. because mathematicians have a sense of humor too on Options for Adults with Renewed Interest in Math? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then there was the crackpot category theoretician
    who thought he was a catamorphism operation. He'd walk around the psych ward with a pair of bananas, which he'd hold up around the other patients and giggle maniacally.

    Once he did this to the resident hypochondriac (who was convinced he was in the final stages of inoperable brain cancer), but it didn't seem to bother him.

    "What are you doing?" he asked.

    "I'm constructing a unique arrow," said the crackpot, "with YOU as its target!"

    "So what's the big deal about that?" said the hypochondriac. "I'm terminal."

    (Of course, this joke is only funny if the mental hospital is Cartesian Closed...)

  11. Last form of fail-safe antipiracy crumbles on Finally Real P2P With Brains · · Score: 1

    The weighty download time of acquiring 2 CD's worth of executable has literally been the only deterrent keeping a lot of Morpheus users from pirating the entire contents of their harddrive.

    This represents a key-step in issuing in the new era of "freeware."

  12. Stroke of Brilliance! on Rearranging Pixels For Performance · · Score: 1

    "take advantage of the fact that the human eye is more sensitive to blue colors"

    This is why the feminine species has not taken notice of my swoon-worthy masculinity-- 'tis for the fact that I am partial the lower frequencies.

    It all makes sense now. . .

  13. And we're worried about this because? on Australian Censorship Legislation · · Score: 1

    It's not America's job to safeguard the Australian pornography industry.