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  1. Pacifist on Sound Generator Lethal From 10 Meters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe I'm being a bit too much of a pacifist here, but why are we constantly spending so much time developing newer ways to kill ourselves.. seems like we could better use those resources.

  2. Re:Level playing field on US Blocking Costa Rican Sugar Trade To Force IP Laws · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem occurs when you disagree with American IP laws.. US Patents are ridiculous, Copyright terms are way too long.. and punishments for infringement are far too severe.

  3. Re:Sue first, ask questions later on Apple Seeks To Ban Nokia Imports To US · · Score: 1

    Hahahahahahahah.. wait, you think the lawyers are going to seek what's best for their clients instead of what good for them? As a lawyer, you want your clients to charge into battle and sue as much as possible.. that way the lawyers get paid a lot more. If they settle quickly and avoid litigiousness... the lawyers get paid way less, so instead they promise victory and glory.. at $5000/hr.

  4. Re:Males are not a population on Human Males Evolve At a Faster Pace Than Females · · Score: 1

    John Kerry wasn't very attractive.. that might be why.

  5. Re:Males are not a population on Human Males Evolve At a Faster Pace Than Females · · Score: 2, Funny

    individuals don't evolve

    This might explain why people who voted for Bush twice in a row.

  6. Sphinx Search on Attractive Open Source Search Interfaces? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sphinx Search works quite well, is very fast and can handle very large datasets.. Only down side is the indexes are not live.. http://www.sphinxsearch.com/

  7. Re:That makes sense on Star Trek Online Open Beta Starts Today · · Score: 1
    Ron Burgundy's rules for fighting were better:

    Let's go over the ground rules. Rule number 1: No touching of the hair or face... AND THAT'S IT!

  8. Re:We'll save the justice system first.... on The LHC, Black Holes, and the Law · · Score: 1

    How fast will this lifeboat be traveling? If this lifeboat is to be escaping a black hole.. it'd have to be moving pretty fast.

  9. Re:Abolishment? on Sir Patrick Stewart · · Score: 1

    All in the name of Tourism, no doubt. ;)

  10. Re:Abolishment? on Sir Patrick Stewart · · Score: 1

    So, for the sake of tourism, the Monarch is the head of state.. and commander in chief? I see.

  11. Re:Changed the way people listen to music? Sorry, on Steve Jobs Crowned "Person of the Decade" · · Score: 1

    Before the ipod, mp3 players were as big as CD players and almost no one used them. Now ipods are completely ubiquitous and when people think of portable music, they immediately think of an ipod. That's a huge accomplishment.

  12. Re:Sure, that's great. on The Need For Search Neutrality · · Score: 0

    Having a dumber search is... harder? Maybe I'm not an expert on the subject, but it seems to me that having a search engine that's biased would in fact be more complicated than an unbiased search engine..

  13. Re:Sure, that's great. on The Need For Search Neutrality · · Score: -1

    Care to explain to me what "innovation" can't take place with neutrality rules in play?

  14. Re:Languages not for everyone on The Environmental Impact of PHP Compared To C++ On Facebook · · Score: 1

    I'm one of those good PHP coders too! Check out my code!!!

    $query_login="select * FROM user";
    $result_login = mysql_query($query_login) or die("Query failed");
    //$login_check = mysql_num_rows($result_login);

    while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result_login))
    {
    $username=$row["username"];

    if ($username==$username1)
    {
        echo "<script>";
    echo "window.location.href='login_error.php?rec=qq';";
    echo "</script>";
        exit;
      }
    }

  15. Re:c++ is 'write-only' code on The Environmental Impact of PHP Compared To C++ On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Dude, clearly int3 is the third int of a group of 7 ints.. what's not to get?

  16. Re:Account Creator is a Pain on Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released · · Score: 1

    I actually clicked the "stop" button for it to stop attempting to figure out my configuration for me, then I went to change the servers, seconds later it changed the servers back to what they were before.. I was basically fighting with it.

  17. That was fast on Facebook Axes "Beacon," Donates $9.5M To Settle Suit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounded like a bad an intrusive idea when it was launched.. glad FB only took 2 years to figure that out.. It took MS a lot longer than that to axe their passport crap.

  18. Account Creator is a Pain on Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released · · Score: 1

    Just installed it. The account creator tool is a real pain in the ass. There's no simple option to just create a regular IMAP account. The menus kept resetting on me. They needa work out the bugs and let people skip those auto-wizards more easily.

  19. Re:What? on Canada Supreme Court Broadens Internet "Luring" Offense · · Score: 1

    Laws forbidding my Freedom of Association or forbidding speech are prohibited by the Bill of Rights (yes, Canada has one of those too).

  20. Re:What? on Canada Supreme Court Broadens Internet "Luring" Offense · · Score: 1

    The constitution of Canada, specifically the Bill of Rights allows for Freedom of association, this implies I am legally allowed to talk to anyone I want, regardless of their age or crimes committed.

  21. What? on Canada Supreme Court Broadens Internet "Luring" Offense · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "If you're an adult and if you're having conversations with a child on the Internet, be warned because even if your conversations aren't sexual and even if your conversations are not for the purpose of meeting a child and committing an offence against a child, what you're doing is potentially a crime."

    Sorry, but talking to someone (anyone) is not illegal in itself.

  22. Re:They believe it because it's true on How Men and Women Badly Estimate Their Own Intelligence · · Score: 1
    Woah, you had me til:

    Has anyone noticed that the most "modern", "advance", "civilized", and "liberal" nations in the world have a decreasing fertility rate, while the barbarians continue to breed? Has anyone noticed the invasion of those "civilized" nations taking place all around us?

    What makes you feel that breeding rates has anything to do with advancement? How many kids you have has little to do with our evolution and advancement. It might very well be that the more advanced we become, the fewer kids we have.. after all, this planet can only sustain so many people.......

  23. Re:extremes on Cell Phones Don't Increase Chances of Brain Cancer · · Score: 1

    money to be made scaring people.

    Dude, my sales of tin-foil hats are down 78% today because of your comment!

  24. Re:DDoS attacks on Google Launches Public DNS Resolver · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does this mean it would be a bad idea to use Google as my own DNS server's source?

  25. Re:DDoS attacks on Google Launches Public DNS Resolver · · Score: 1

    Basic functionality of a name server is really not that complicated.. BIND is complicated because of all the features and configurations it can handle, but Google stated that they use their own proprietary name server software..