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  1. Re:Not consistent? on Arctic Ice Extent Understated Because of "Sensor Drift" · · Score: 1

    I remember back a few years thinking, "boy, we sure don't get winters like when I was a kid" (I'm 35). I remember tunneling through three-foot-deep snow in our backyard (Detroit suburb). When I looked at the data, however, go back three years and we did have a winter like when I was a kid.

    I'm happy that you're happy with subjectivity, but a better example for us all is my mother. When my mother started getting hot-flashes when she got older (sorry mom), she knew it was her, and not "hot in here" because she'd check the thermostat. If we really do need to transform the world's economy for the survival of the species, sign me up, but prove it objectively. And if the data shows it's too late, maybe we need to drastically pump up industry to move ourselves somewhere else.

  2. Re:Next time . . . on Mars Winds Clean Spirit's Solar Panels Again · · Score: 1

    It seems I disabled Clippy too soon. I wasn't aware it also helps you write refutations to dumb Mars lander ideas.

  3. Re:Of course they are making money on Microsoft Says No Profit In Vista-XP Downgrades · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They didn't want to make it easier to use, they wanted to make it patentable ("The Ribbon Interface"). Now they get to license the Office Look & Feel.

  4. Re:How many iPhone killers is that? on Palm Announces Killer New Phone · · Score: 1

    Thus far, I have yet to see an "iPhone killer" do anything of the sort.

    Yeah! Personally I want a phone that blows the electronics on all iPhones within a 500 feet radius. You know, kind of an EMP that only acts on devices associated with smugness. The down-side would be that it would also disable BMWs, Priuses, and non-fat latte machines.

  5. Re:Nah, everybody knows how this one goes. on Ubuntu Kung Fu · · Score: 1

    $34.95 or $43.75 with the PDF.

    Mastering the wuxi finger grep: Priceless.

    There is no charge for awesomeness...

  6. Re:Jerks? on Carefully Timed Jerks Could Power Space Elevator · · Score: 1

    How do you time a jerk?

    The jerk is measured in metres per second cubed. The American measure would be Steve Martin's per foot mouthed.

  7. Re:Too Bad on Judge Rules Fox Has Copyright Claim To Watchmen · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're already planning "300-2" ...

    It will be called "301 Spartans" where the lovable gaggle of Spartans must win out against the evil Persian Queen Cruella Divan.

  8. Re:Too Bad on Judge Rules Fox Has Copyright Claim To Watchmen · · Score: 1

    The real shame is when you have great theatrical version that gets edited down for the DVD. The "edited" material gets plopped on the disks as "extended scenes". Grumble grumble (Iron Man DVDs... I'm talking about you).

  9. Re:Hogwash on Performance Tests Show Early Windows 7 Build Beats Vista · · Score: 1, Troll

    I seriously doubt any OS can outperform Vista. I mean, really guys, come on.

    I have to agree, I don't think any other operating system will beat Vista's portrayal of a demotivated snail.

  10. Re:Mass mailing on Student Faces Suspension For Spamming Profs · · Score: 1

    I disagree with your characterization. MSU had never, until that point, enforced the policy even on actual spam and hacking activities. They enforced it the moment someone disagreed with a faculty position. One of the professors got bent out of shape by being confronted with discord from a student (the temerity!).

    There's no blubbering here, just righteous defiance. Remember, she insisted that charges be brought against her.

  11. So that's why Nature abhors a vacuum. Proof of competition.

  12. Re:Update on Fundraiser For "White Male" Illness Dropped · · Score: 1

    Forget men and women, this disease affects children, male or female. Until recently (last 50 years or so), those children would die at a young age.

  13. Re:Practical applications on New Nanotech Fabric Never Gets Wet · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Fremen water measuring devices in windtrap reservoirs.

  14. Re:not impressed on Inside Dean Kamen's Seceded Island of Geekery · · Score: 1

    You'll be really impressed when he's flying around in a super-high-tech suit of armor powered by a Stirling engine stuck in his chest to keep the exploded Segway shards out of his heart. Although, judging from the design aesthetics of his wheelchair and the Segway, he'll look more like a greenish Michelin Man than Iron Man.

  15. Re:bad news for earth? on Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere · · Score: 4, Funny

    A new study concludes that the core of Mars is the consistency of the syrupy goop found inside chocolate-covered fruit candy.

    Apparently, Jello pudding does not actually make for a good planetary core.

  16. Re:cost of being an alcoholic has gone up on Scientists Turn Tequila Into Diamonds · · Score: 1

    I'd hate to pass that kind of stone. I bet Shatner could sell his at Christie's, though.

  17. in other news... on Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth · · Score: 1

    Sibeck also predicts we'll find god in the center of the galaxy. Let him take your pain away...

  18. Re:Planets Aligned on Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth · · Score: 1

    Cloth can't hold an ethereal charge, you need metal, crystal, or creatures. So your left shoe could certainly be imbued with power were you willing to spend on the bling to get the blam. +1 Boots of Buttkicking (For Good-ness!).

  19. Re:My first "Fallout 3 Moment" on Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pets like to drink from the toilet because the water is cold, not because it is fresh. At least... that's why I do it.

  20. Are you ready to get pumped? on The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes? · · Score: 1

    Hi, this post is all about Upas trees, REAL Upas trees. This post is awesome! My username is SlowMovingTarget and I can't stop thinking about Upas trees. These trees are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.

    Facts:

    1. Upas trees are not mammals.
    2. Upas trees poison ALL the time.
    3. The purpose of the Upas tree is to flip out and kill people.

    Testimonial:
    Upas trees can kill anyone they want! These trees are so crazy awesome that they flip out ALL the time! I heard that there was this Upas tree in Java that was sitting around soaking up sun. And when some dude leaned on the tree the tree killed the whole town. And that's what I call REAL ULTIMATE POWER!

  21. Re:If you're going to make an insult... on Evolutionary Scientists Test-Drive Spore, Gripe · · Score: 1

    Einstein believed in a creator who set the universe in motion, and had no more to do with his creation (clockwork determinism). That is not the kind of creator most religious people believe in. Most religious people believe in a creator who is the ultimate authority in the universe, in particular, the ultimate moral authority. As such an authority, if the creator ascribes value to life, then it has value. Most religions teach that creator ascribes value to life. That's why. There's no need for you to agree with it, but it's fairly easy to understand.

  22. Re:If you're going to make an insult... on Evolutionary Scientists Test-Drive Spore, Gripe · · Score: 1

    The statement says right there, in the phrase "by extension", that a life without god decreases the value of life, which is insane and ludicrous.

    Nope, your logic is the same logic Peaker used, and both are fallacies. The phrase "by extension" would properly be understood as "implies".

    The original statement had nothing at all to say about the presence or absence of a creator. Rather, it dealt only with those who believe in a creator. It made no assertions of the correctness of the belief. The only comment the original statement made was that the set of people who believe in a creator includes both those who believe the universe is 6000-ish years old, and those who believe it is older, as the evidence suggests. Personally, I would assert that the latter group is far larger than the former. The original post was pointing out an unfair stereotype, a reasonable thing to do indeed. You may disagree with the belief in a creator, but you and Peaker were not arguing about the same subject as the AC.

  23. Falcon 4.0! on A Look At Successful Game Mods · · Score: 1

    And what about the modding community for Falcon 4.0? Their set of mods was so good and so complete that they were re-released in box form as Falcon 4.0 Allied Force. Also, the scripting community for X2 and X3 are fairly robust.

  24. Re:Don't forget Apple on iGoogle Users Irate About Portal's Changes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmm. That's why there's no AdBlock plug-in for Chrome.

  25. Re:It's just the opposite for me on Do Software Versions Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, low version numbers have a "negative impact in the mouth area" :-(

    (with appreciation to Scott Adams)