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  1. Re:Why has it taken 50 years? on The Dead Sea Scrolls and Information Paranoia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Could you illumine us as to just what that damaging information is? Probably the most surprising thing in the dead sea scrolls is how closely they agree with the much later manuscripts we had when they were found -- the Isaiah scroll for example. Yes, there are transcription errors resulting from repeated copying, but they pretty much boil down to spelling mistakes/changes...

  2. Old hardware on Doom 3 Source Code To Be Released This Year · · Score: 2

    Man, one thing I loved about open source software is that I could run any of it on my out of date hardware! Curse you Carmack!

  3. Re:Punish Trolls on Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin is a "thing" not a brand and so it should not be eligible for trademark any more than "web browser" would be.

    or "app store..." wait...

  4. Why all the complaining? on Pdf.js Reaches First Milestone · · Score: 1

    Even reading the summary it is clear that this is a very, very early development work. This is their *first* milestone, of course it's going to be severely lacking in almost every way. Of course it's not cross-browser and doesn't allow selectable text... but eventually it will be. I, for one, think this is a great idea, and can't wait to see it done!

  5. Re:Not going to taking away our guns.... on Palin Fans Deface Paul Revere Wikipedia Page · · Score: 1

    You know you've been on the internet too long when you read "Ha ha ha ha!" as "Ha ha ha!"

  6. How Long? on Internet Explorer Use Slips Below 55% · · Score: 1

    How long before IE usage drops below 50%?

    In the past year, IE's share of browser usage has dipped from 60.32 percent to 54.27 percent.

    60.32-54.27 = 6.05
    6.05/12=0.504
    4.28/0.504 = 8.49

    I give it about eight and a half months.

  7. Re:Windows web server on Should a Web Startup Go Straight To the Cloud? · · Score: 2

    I think he mentioned it's because that's what he's familiar with.

  8. Is it defemation if it's true? on Google Loses Autocomplete Defamation Case · · Score: 1

    So... *is* he a fraud? Or does that matter in Italy?

  9. Re:I think their site is back up, TIME TO HACK! on Pay Or Else, News Site Threatens · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or just use wget --mirror --delete-after?

  10. elements on NASA Strikes Gold and Water On the Moon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Last I checked, none of mercury, gold or silver was a compound...

  11. Re:Not only that... on New Russian Weapon Hides In Shipping Container · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the music is from Pirates of the Caribbean (hint, hint...)

  12. Re:Overpriced on Canada Telecoms Launch Mobile Payment Service · · Score: 1

    I use a Credit Union (I'm Canadian). I don't pay any service fees at all, except when I take money out of another bank's ATM.

  13. mobile wallet on Canada Telecoms Launch Mobile Payment Service · · Score: 5, Funny

    FTA:

    The venture is the first tentative step toward a true mobile wallet

    My wallet has been mobile for years already...

  14. Overpriced on Canada Telecoms Launch Mobile Payment Service · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why would you pay $.50 to use this when transactions on credit cards and (some) debit cards are free?

  15. Re:FTC != FDA on FDA Could Delay Adult Stem Cell Breakthroughs · · Score: 1

    oops... should have been
    a -> b -> b -> a -> -> -> <=>

  16. Re:FTC != FDA on FDA Could Delay Adult Stem Cell Breakthroughs · · Score: 1

    a -> b -> b -> a -> -> ->

    Have fun with it.

  17. mod parent up on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 1

    lmao, wish I had mod points for that one.

  18. Online ads still exist? on Obama Anti-Trust Chief on Google the Monopoly Threat · · Score: 1

    Really?

  19. Umm... on The Best Job In the World — Island Caretaker · · Score: 1

    Can you say "The Shining: Great Barrier Reef?"

  20. Re:Well, it depends . . . on . . . on What the Papers Don't Say About Vaccines · · Score: 1

    Ah, that sheds some light on things. I'm not a parent, and I live (and went to university) in Canada.

  21. MMR? on What the Papers Don't Say About Vaccines · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who had to google MMR Vaccine to find out that this is talking about the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine given to chlidren?

  22. Re:Yahoo! Mail on Email-only Providers? · · Score: 1

    You call that slow? I once had an email arrive six *months* late. No, I'm not being an old Yorkshireman, this actually happened to me. It was sent by a friend using Hotmail, to my personal mailserver which I was running for myself at the time. Luckily, it wasn't anything super important, but I was amazed to receive an email sent in October the following March.

  23. Re:So is there a God? on LHC Success! · · Score: 1

    Ever tried asking? Honestly said, "Hey God? Are you out there? If you are, convince me!"

    I did once. Changed my life.

  24. Re:Tab/space mangling (was Re:The in-factor...) on Django 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I love Python. At first I found the tab/space thing kind of ambiguous, but then a fellow vim-lover got me to do this:

    cat >> ~/.vimrc
    set tabstop=3
    set shiftwidth=3
    set expandtab
    ^D

    Makes all those worries go away. :) (well, except possibly for sharing code with people who don't use the same 3-space indent standard)

  25. Re:Error in post on 45th Known Mersenne Prime Found? · · Score: 1

    Oh dear.... it appears I can't read.