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  1. bound by natural selection... on Boston Dynamics Wildcat Can Gallop — No Strings Attached · · Score: 2

    great to recreate a horse ... but engineering is NOT bound by natural selection ... why not innovate? perhaps it's a fundamental issue with how engineers think?

  2. Re:As an "American" scientist working abroad ... on Russian Government Takes Over Country's 289-year Old Scientific Academy · · Score: 1

    LOL ... when you can talk science get back to me.

  3. As an "American" scientist working abroad ... on Russian Government Takes Over Country's 289-year Old Scientific Academy · · Score: 0

    Snowden should be happy as the funding (success) rates are much better in Russia than the US. LOL at you for dragging Snowden into a science argument. Take a break from FOX "news."

  4. Re:Japanese mental illness on Why Are Japanese Men Refusing To Leave Their Rooms? · · Score: 2

    As a person who travels a fair bit and have lived in many different countries including Japan (but now resides in Europe) ... I can assure you that it's the behaviour in the US that would get the rest of the planet thrown in the wacky shack. Please stay where you are ...

  5. I've had 4G (50/5) since 2009. People still wait? on Samsung Testing 5G Phones With 1gbps Download Speed · · Score: 0

    was is this?

  6. living in america :( on How Colleges Are Pushing Out the Poor To Court the Rich · · Score: -1, Redundant

    nm

  7. As a microbiologist... on Interview: Ask John McAfee What You Will · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm very interested in hearing about the natural antibiotics. Can you please describe some general background about how you became interested in the project and what happened to the project?

  8. America-centric much? on Grocery Delivery Lowers Carbon Dioxide Emissions Over Individual Trips · · Score: 0, Troll

    I ride my bike to pick up my groceries like most sane people.

  9. Austerity doesn't effect the highly educated... on Excel Error Contributes To Problems With Austerity Study · · Score: 0

    so I find it quite comfortable in Germany. In fact, I'll probably add another academic title quite soon. I just wish that my American passport would list the titles as it can cause some confusion when traveling (Passport and Credit Cards don't always match in the computer).

  10. Re:US = bankrupt and can't afford 3 occupations .. on Korea Tensions Lead To Delay Of Minuteman III Test Flight · · Score: 1

    this should bring you up to speed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_rating_by_country

  11. Re:US = bankrupt and can't afford 3 occupations .. on Korea Tensions Lead To Delay Of Minuteman III Test Flight · · Score: 1

    Germany for sure. Most of Northern Europe as other examples. You guys aren't even AAA anymore ... lol

  12. Re:US = bankrupt and can't afford 3 occupations .. on Korea Tensions Lead To Delay Of Minuteman III Test Flight · · Score: 1

    exporting does *not* equal maintaining a presence somewhere else. it's also not a sustainable business model. i wish you the best of luck (not really)

  13. Re:Aldrizzell? on Korea Tensions Lead To Delay Of Minuteman III Test Flight · · Score: 1

    I like it a lot. AJE + RT + euronews + BBCi + CNNi + N24 = reasonable approximation of both sides.

  14. US = bankrupt and can't afford 3 occupations ... on Korea Tensions Lead To Delay Of Minuteman III Test Flight · · Score: 1

    It makes fiscal sense not to provoke the DPRK. the US is essentially bankrupt and can't be spending money to occupy a third country (Afghanistan, Iraq and DPRK). Personally, I'd like to see the US slide further down the economic slippery slope (hello from Germany) but it really doesn't make long-term fiscal sense ... not that it has ever stopped the US before.

  15. Re: $70/mo for TV ... on Google Invite Hints Fiber Project Expanding To Austin · · Score: 1

    I get great location and public transport. You get a McMansion in the countryside ... lol ... probably in the Mid-West ... lol^2

  16. Re:I like the places with cover charges... on Google Invite Hints Fiber Project Expanding To Austin · · Score: 1

    lol @ the ac peasant

  17. Re:$70/mo for TV ... on Google Invite Hints Fiber Project Expanding To Austin · · Score: 1

    none ... it's a international company and the difference is due to open market competition. last time I checked, I had 19 options for prepaid SIM cards, which keeps the market quite competitively priced. i'm still shocked that some people tout what T-mobile offers as a prepaid SIM (technically it may be true, but holy crap are the terms awful.) i just picked up a dual SIM phone (Nokia 206) though and i'll pick up a prepaid t-mobile SIM next time I'm in the states just to have a US number for my idiotic friends that can't handle a +49 or 0049 prefix :(

  18. Re:$70/mo for TV ... on Google Invite Hints Fiber Project Expanding To Austin · · Score: 1

    technically, you guys keep voting pro-corporate officials who won't reform corporate law into office, which does kinda make it a problem of the people.

  19. Re:I like the places with cover charges... on Google Invite Hints Fiber Project Expanding To Austin · · Score: 1

    lol ... you'll never know what it's like ... that's the best part.

  20. Re:Sports costs are the big driver of prices also on Google Invite Hints Fiber Project Expanding To Austin · · Score: 1

    like I said, it's a monopoly. personally, i skip all TV expect the very basic package (€17/mo with 25 channels including international news) and just download TV shows as seasons so I can bypass the commercials. in some countries I've lived in, they show the block of adverts with a clock in the bottom corner so I know how I have to take a leak while the block of commercials is playing ... that was quite nice.

  21. Re:$70/mo for TV ... on Google Invite Hints Fiber Project Expanding To Austin · · Score: 1

    actually, the biggest problem in the US is utility monopolies. See mobile phone service providers, internet service providers, energy service providers, water service providers, garbage collection providers, TV service providers, etc ...

  22. I like the places with cover charges... on Google Invite Hints Fiber Project Expanding To Austin · · Score: 2

    as it keeps the riff-raff out. i don't party with peasants.

  23. $70/mo for TV ... on Google Invite Hints Fiber Project Expanding To Austin · · Score: 1, Interesting

    you guys get ripped off in the states. even the 300USD fee or "free" internet is kinda pricey. in frankfurt, i pay €30/mo for 50/1 service and 30 720p channels. the 50/1 service is only €19/mo with telephone for free. those prices also contain the 20% sales tax.

  24. what we need is a good old cold war to generate... on Mars One Contracts Paragon To Investigate Life Support Systems · · Score: 1

    public interest in colonizing Mars to "prove" that "our system/beliefs" are better. is there any way that we can make this a Christians vs. Muslims thing?

  25. good, keep the WT gene, I'll patent the mutants... on Australian Federal Court Rules For Patent Over Breast Cancer Gene · · Score: 1

    cause that's where the interest of BRCA1 lies ...