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  1. Re:Trademark info on Cisco Sues Apple Over iPhone Trademark · · Score: 1

    True, but anything sent to yourname@gmail.com will still get to yourname@googlemail.com, so it's only really cosmetic. I'm in the UK and just tell people my address is gmail.

  2. Theatre Europe on WarGames Sequel Now Filming · · Score: 1

    "If this is what you really want.... The code is Midnight Sun. Midnight Sun."

  3. This is a great story on FTC To Investigate 'Viral Marketing' Practices · · Score: 1

    Hey guys, I'm finding reading this story really easy on the bright, crisp screen on my new white Apple MacBook laptop (with a whopping 2Gb of fast RAM that was simple for me to install, without voiding my warranty). Anyway, thanks for an interesting read, and now I'm off to surf some internets while downloading excellent tracks from iTunes thanks to my Apple MacBook's excellent multitasking capabilities.

  4. Fun! For a time... on Advice For Programmers Right Out of School · · Score: 1

    You'll have fun doing cool and interesting projects for a while, until you make the mistake of working on some large multi-tier database project to gain experience. Then you'll be stuck doing tedious database stuff FOREVER, and the days of whizzy 3D graphics and neat low-level stuff will be just a fond memory...

  5. Re:where's the mutation? on Study Detects Recent Instance of Human Evolution · · Score: 1

    You don't know what evolution is, do you?

  6. Re:Useless on An Early Warning System For Earthquakes · · Score: 1

    Also, if the normal response to office fire alarms is anything to go by, when the Earthquake Alarm sounds most people would just sit and wait for 20 seconds to see if it's one of the regular tests.

  7. Airbags on An Early Warning System For Earthquakes · · Score: 1

    Why not just fit all cities with huge airbags on every street corner, and between skyscrapers?

    When an earthquake is detected, BAM! All the airbags inflate, securing the city and protecting the citizens instantly.

  8. Re:Regardless of what you believe... on Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED · · Score: 1

    The problem is that "why" is not necessarily a valid question to ask. It assumes that there is reason when there may not be one at all.

  9. So this new moonbase..? on NASA Unveils Strategy for Return to the Moon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will it have Blackjack, and hookers?

  10. Re: exposing creationist pseudoscience on Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED · · Score: 1

    Easily done. Not all religion is creationism, but all creationism is religion.

  11. Kind of worrying on Computer Monitor In Eyeglasses · · Score: 1

    Great, now everyone can watch porn while driving.

    What could possibly go wrong?

  12. Re:Synopsis on Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED · · Score: 1

    Creationism is part science?
    Great! Where can I read peer-reviewed creationist science papers in the mainstream science journals? Can't wait to see the evidence they have produced.

  13. That's not biased. on Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED · · Score: 1

    It's fair and accurate. Creationism is pseudoscience, and talk.origins exposes (and refutes) it.

    What's the problem?

  14. Re:We need more truth, less humanistic claptrap! on Creationism Museum To Open Next Summer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do you believe that there are mile-high monsters made of orange marmalade living on the moons of Jupiter?

    Unless you do, by your own reasoning you are a member of the religion which denies the existence of the Great Jovian Marmalade Monsters.

    Or do you have direct evidence to support your otherwise unsubstantiated belief that such beings do not exist?

    Do you see the problem here?

  15. Re:Real geeks only please on Top Ten Geek Girls · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, Gore invented the internet, but it was Hilary who gave him the idea to use a series of tubes.

  16. Re:We need more truth, less humanistic claptrap! on Creationism Museum To Open Next Summer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You are, of course, wrong.
    The problem is this - the ONLY position that atheism maintains is that there is no god (or at least, that there is no reason to believe there is a god). That's it. Atheism makes no positive statements about anything. It does not tell people what to do, believe or think. It is not a political or military viewpoint.

    Let's assume that you are correct, and that atheists killed lots of people. What does this tell us? Nothing. Presumably those murderers also did not believe in unicorns. Therefore, it is just as reasonable to state "People who don't believe in God committed genocide" as "People who don't believe in unicorns committed genocide".

    The problems you are linking to atheism are really more to do with the political systems and leader-cults, not disbelief in a particular supernatural entity.

  17. Re:I sense a disturbance in the force... on Firefox 2.0 Password Manager Bug Exposes Passwords · · Score: 1

    Just give it time...

  18. The 50 million... on Creationism Museum To Open Next Summer · · Score: 1

    The 50 million Americans who believe this nonsense, are they
    a) Aged eight or less?
    b) Extremely poorly educated?
    c) Wilfully ignorant?

    because I can't think of any other reasons for thinking that Genesis, Noah's Flood etc. are anything but mythology.

  19. Re:An honest person for president on Scott Adams Suggests Bill Gates For President · · Score: 1
    No, I wouldn't like to have Bill Gates for president, not because he's an atheist, but because he's dishonest.

    And that disqualifies him from politics how, exactly?

  20. Some people will pay $89,000,000 on Video of Fedora On PS3 · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Personally, on The Lameness of Warcraft · · Score: 1

    I understand that some servers actually do organise zombie invasions. This was discussed on the SomethingAwful WoW forums. Several hundred level 1 zombies joined the "Has returned for your brain" guild, with zombie names like "Grahurgh" and "Argflflfl", and invaded Stormwind. There are videos of it on YouTube.

  22. Re:ONLY 1% Porn? on Internet Only 1% Porn · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it cheers you up, I find this thread difficult to masturbate to.

  23. Re:Historical fun. on Google Earth In 4D · · Score: 1
    Jack The Ripper victoms in olde London.

    When the satellite cameras are good enough to resolve facial features, the identity of the Ripper will finally be discovered!

  24. Wouldn't it be cheaper... on Blind Mice See Again After Cell Transplants · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be cheaper to simply genetically engineer miniature guide-dogs for them?

  25. You fools! on The Dolphin With Leftover Legs · · Score: 1

    Don't you get it? They're not vestigial legs! They're re-evolved legs! The dolphins are clearly evolving BACK INTO LAND ANIMALS to reclaim the land they once ruled.