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  1. Re:Or rather on Woman Gets Revenge Courtesy of Google Images · · Score: 1

    The problem is that you may not find out they are psychopaths until you wake up handcuffed to the bed.

  2. Re:Wow on Bill Gates Says Anti-Vaccine Effort Kills Children · · Score: 1

    One of the anti-vaccine idiots even had the balls to say that it was up to the scientific community to disprove that vaccines are dangerous.

    How about one of the anti-vaccine idiots show not only what exactly autism is (they still don't know what the physical root of it is) but show a biochemical path from vaccine and/or preservatives and autism. Even a roughly defined possible path. They have absolutely NOTHING in that regard.

    They also need to define what exactly autism is since it has been adjusted over the decades plus more have been checked for it meaning the number of diagnoses goes up too. Measels and whooping cough (too name a few) all have very well defined causes and the vaccines that fight them are known how they work and they actually work. Maybe these people would rather see their kids possibly die than get autism? Hmmm

  3. Re:Damn! on Did the Chinese Military Use Top Gun Footage? · · Score: 1

    Just be happy they didn't use the volleyball scene from Top Gun.

  4. Re:Too soon? on Challenger 25 Years Later · · Score: 3, Informative

    From working with telemetry data myself the data has a lag that can be a few seconds long from when it is received to when it is displayed. Control systems on the vehicle work in real time of course. That guy was probably just looking at the data as it was still rolling in and was trained to not let his attention stray from it.

  5. Re:and in the usa you pay up to $0.25 per text for on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    Russian intelligence has traced the message they send to trigger the bombs.

    "HEADS UP! :)"

  6. Re:no process on How Facebook Ships Code · · Score: 4, Funny

    Facebook does have a formal QA group, it is called the user base.

  7. Re:Huh? on Facebook Opens Up Home Addresses and Phone Numbers · · Score: 2

    Who is putting their home address and phone number up there anyway? Same goes for birthdays. Even before this I wouldn't trust FB with any important info.

    Currently my info is 555-5555 123 Fake St.

  8. Re:Low success rate? on AMBER Alert Partners With Facebook · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't even be surprised if 30% was too high.

  9. Re:Noooooooooo!!!!!!2222!22! on Autism-Vax Doc Scandal Was Pharma Business Scam · · Score: 1

    Ah, well played

  10. Re:Noooooooooo!!!!!!2222!22! on Autism-Vax Doc Scandal Was Pharma Business Scam · · Score: 1

    I got a tiger and put it in my backyard and have yet to be hit by a meteorite. Therefore having a tiger in your yard prevents being hit by meteorites.

  11. Re:More allergenic? on Scientists Advocate Replacing Cattle With Insects · · Score: 1

    I was sort of creeped out by the thought of insect-loaf until I remembered that people regularly ask for fungus on their pizzas.

  12. Re:There's one BIG difference. on Is Mark Zuckerberg the Next Steve Case? · · Score: 1

    Probably because people who didn't go online to insult strangers or go on hysterical political rants went on Facebook to talk to grandkids, etc.

  13. Re:Heh on Major Security Flaws Discovered In Internet HDTVs · · Score: 1

    Force people to watch nothing but The Jersey Shore. This could be the secret to getting people to watch it.

  14. Re:No on Will Touch Screens Kill the Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    Plus I can still read the screen if I use a keyboard with greasy fingers. Good luck to any parent who tries to use a touchscreen shared by their kids.

  15. Re:Anybody hear the Imus take on this? on Famous British Autism Study an 'Elaborate Fraud' · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't knock Jenny. She worked for years at the "MTV Spring Break Live and Biological Research Laboratories". Her extensive research into autism and wet t-shirts is highly respected around the world. She is uniquely qualified to comment on matters critical to public health and matters concerning T&A. I look forward to her next research paper on gravitational wave detection and the structural limits of bikini tops.

  16. Re:Increased cases of autism on Famous British Autism Study an 'Elaborate Fraud' · · Score: 1

    I'd suspect that the ruler used to determine a diagnosis of autistic (whether mild or full blown) has also gotten larger too. Good luck finding a kid who isn't diagnosed with something requiring treament now. Some parents even try to get their kids diagnosed as ADD or whatever so they can get special attention in school.

  17. Re:This is just another waiver on Do Sleepy Surgeons Have a Right To Operate? · · Score: 2

    If they allowed/required docs to get 8 hours of sleep a night they'd not only be doing the patients a favor but they'd be doing the doctors a favor. It isn't good for their health either. They require truckers to get some sleep, I'd think that a person performing surgery is at least as important.

    My brother is a doctor and sister a head nurse and from what I hear there is no good reason beyond macho tradition for doctors to work without sleep for so long.

  18. Re:English did not draw from other languages ... on Chinese Written Language To Dominate Internet · · Score: 1

    Our Latin words don't come from that period.

  19. Re:Perhaps. on One Tip Enough To Put Name On Terrorist Watch List · · Score: 2

    You're much more likely to die from the drive to the airport but I don't see them putting the TSA out to pull over bad drivers.

  20. Re:There is no left or right on China Censors 60,000 Porn Sites, 5,000 Arrested · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you think China is left-wing because of the Communist name they use then the Nazis were left-wing because they had the word Socialist in their name. Sorry but China is as autocratic as they get, they dropped communism long ago.

  21. Re:welcome to china on China Censors 60,000 Porn Sites, 5,000 Arrested · · Score: 1

    Wasn't access to porn part of the foundation of the oligarchy in 1984? You'd think the Chinese government would want the people to keep themselves entertained instead of grumbling. I don't see why they'd want to have some sort of puritanical society. Maybe they have a Chinese Oliver Cromwell in charge now.

  22. Re:English did not draw from other languages ... on Chinese Written Language To Dominate Internet · · Score: 1

    Those examples are all well and good but I can also point to the tremendous amount of latin and greek words that came into English without war being involved. We've also had a good amount of yiddish, gaelic, and italian words from immigrants.

    Now don't be a schmuck.

  23. Re:Solid rockets on New Molecule Could Lead To Better Rocket Fuel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A quick google search and voilà!

    More advanced solid rocket motors can not only be throttled but also be extinguished and then re-ignited by controlling the nozzle geometry or through the use of vent ports.

  24. Re:Enjoy your innovation ... on Will Patents Make NCAA Football Playoffs Impossible? · · Score: 1

    The patent system went from spurring innovation to crippling innovation via endless lawsuits.

    And non manufacturing processes shouldn't be patentable.

  25. Re:I Want Snow! on 4chan Declares War On Snow · · Score: 1

    God bless you sir. It is good to hear from someone who doesn't whine about the winter and actually likes it like I do. There is plenty of room in the tropics and the Sahara for all those snow haters.