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  1. I, for one... on Cassini Could Find Signs of Life on Enceladus · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome our mammalian lobster under-lords! (in my frying pan, with butter)

  2. Re:Extra-terrestrials living in the oceans on Cassini Could Find Signs of Life on Enceladus · · Score: 1

    it'll look like a freaky lobster, so it will probably go better with a white wine and a nice butter sauce...

    These are extra-terrestrials, not terrestrial lobsters. They have red meat, magically. Plus red meat is more likely to host higher functioning mammalian lobsters than typical crustacean chicken meat. Dolphin meat tastes more like steak than shark meat, due mostly to the higher brain functions found in dolphins. LOL

  3. Extra-terrestrials living in the oceans on Cassini Could Find Signs of Life on Enceladus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Extra-terrestrials will taste good with some fava beans, and a nice Chianti.

  4. Low Bid Wins on Air Force To Rewrite the Rules of the Internet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Helpful Hint for the Air Force: Pay your private sector computer engineers more and you'll get the innovation you're looking for.

    That doesn't work because the low bid always wins. What would be better would be if the government shifted from a bid system to a fixed bid system. ie: This job is for $50k, this is what we want, now tell us how you are better than the other guys. That would be 100x more effective, but also 100x more time consuming because then they would have to READ EVERY PROPOSAL, not just the two lowest ones.

  5. Re:Sad Really on Anonymous Anger Rampant On the Web · · Score: 1

    You are a stupid ass.

    Ignorance is bliss, and Asses are more complex organisms than mosquito larvae. Aim lower if you want to try and wound me, you fungal cesspool vermin, you.

  6. INTERNET TRAFFIC TICKET on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    YOU have been issued an INTERNET TRAFFIC TICKET by MFH (56).

    Please SLOW DOWN YOUR SPEED, and STOP ARGUING on the INTERNET.

    The following applies to this ticket:

    ( ) Have a cup of coffee
    (x) Find your "me" place and go there now
    ( ) Go get laid pls, kthx
    ( ) Stop downloading so much p0rn.
    (x) Go OUTSIDE
    (x) Breathe
    (x) Think about your statements before making this any worse
    (x) Work on that blurting problem
    (x) Count to ten
    ( ) Become more informed about your topic
    (x) Realize that mfh (56) did not make his comment with the sole purpose of offending you
    ( ) Change your angry Religion
    ( ) Save some money and take a vacation
    ( ) Get therapy NOW!
    ( ) DIAF
    ( ) STFU
    (x) Relax

    mfh (56) also had this to say about this issue:

    ( ) I am going to kill you and your family
    (x) Dude, take a chill pill
    (x) Nobody wins and argument on the Internet
    ( ) Only lawyers can win arguments, but when they do neither lawyer really loses
    (x) Please drive safely!
    (x) Buckle up!
    (x) Don't drink and drive!

    KTHXBYE!

  7. Re:Looking from afar... on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    It should be known (the media is hiding the fact), that there is a special second polling day for registered republicans. This is to help alleviate lines. This Wednesday is a special extra day o voting only for you.

    This is full of win!

  8. Sad Really on Anonymous Anger Rampant On the Web · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This reminds me of Lord of the Flies. The masks make the demons feel like they can act without consequence.

    Personally I think it's good for our psyches to take some form of abuse as long as we have a strong coping mechanism, and a strategy to deal with it. Truth be told, flies that are the dirtiest when they are young actually live the longest. Clean flies die quickly. So what I'm saying is that rampant nerd rage is a good thing because people get stuff off their chest, and as long as people understand how to deal with internet rage, then they can actually become mentally stronger from being entangled in it. Reminds me of the Hellmouth stories too, and how that whole discussion was such a healing power for so many.

    But it's sad we have to deal with such powerful demons, and that demons are so contagious.

  9. Re:If I don't vote I can't complain? on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    Silly me. I thought the First Amendment allowed me to bitch until my heart is content.

    You have the right to speak but that doesn't waive your responsibility. Bitching is a form of hate propaganda that must be crushed by the boot of our almighty lord!! (/sarcasm)

  10. Apathy (see title) on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    The way people talk about this you'd think schools were deathtraps with assasins lurking round every corner. There have only been a handful of school shootings.

    Gunfire doesn't have to be inside the schools for it to make teacher apathetic. Think of all the gun deaths each year that happen off school grounds, the innocent bystanders and the stray bullets. This really adds to the stress that teachers face because they are really integrated into the lives of their students if they are good teachers and if they are no longer able to reach their kids... they are pretty apathetic from it all. This adds up. Drugs, alcohol, low incomes... other crimes... drunk driving. There are a slew of tragic factors that steal the humanity from our teachers. However, the successful teachers read the classics and understand that existential reality that tragedy breeds comedy, and they use it, but it's pretty tough to make someone laugh when all they want to do is crawl up in a ball and die. Many people are feeling that way now and many are going to feel a lot worse in the next ten years, at the rate we're going.

  11. Unless I'm Mistaken on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    Candidates get paid a lump sum of money per vote they receive, even if they lose. Your vote counts!!!

    Hey at least that's how we roll in Canada.

  12. Apathy on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    parents, and the teachers, that are important here-- not the president.

    Many teachers in positions of power are apathetic after losing wages, 401Ks, supplies, budgets for new teachers, students to gunfire... etc. Even if they get more funding, it won't be enough to correct the pain and suffering they have endured. Many will retire in the next ten years and then the whole thing will go to shit.

  13. Re:Looking from afar... on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Palin's stance on creationism alone should be enough to decide this particular issue.

    Unless you happen to believe in creationism (like many do in the USA) then this is the trigger to vote for McCain/Palin. If every intelligent person voted, these elections would never be too close to call. Also the nefarious involvement of unscrupulous people doing bad things to win, decreases the predictability of an outcome, when both sides are doing it.

  14. Vote on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nuff said. (These issues are a stimulus to trigger a voting response, and have NOTHING to do with policies that will exist post-election.)

  15. Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything on Now From Bruce Schneier, the Skein Hash Function · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you know your uid is a prime number when interpreted in base 7 or 11?

    It's also the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (once you adjust for inflation, from 42).

  16. Hax on Now From Bruce Schneier, the Skein Hash Function · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I love hearing about new functions, but the fundamental growth of the security industry has me concerned for the well-being of my cat -- HR director for a large corporation that shall remain nameless (although they dabble in web security). The growth of industry standards like SHA, typically stimulates additional growth in other market-based drives for change, and this is all pioneered by an industry that brought us the y2k bug, which was a total success. We made millions and did so in an unapologetic fashion. Keep em coming!

    Summary: I want more money, so keep hacking and we'll keep thinking up ways to protect people from ourselves.

  17. Nutshell on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The party who cheats the most will win. Elections are only interesting when both parties cheat because only then is it a close call, with 1,000,000,000,000,000 votes going to one side and 1,000,000,000,000,001 going to the other... you never know how close to the edge to cut it, so it's always a thrill ride.

  18. Machiavelli on Tech Giants In Human Rights Deal · · Score: 1

    This is a nice idea but it won't work. Machiavellian followers agree that treaties are designed to entice your enemies into lowering their guard. The company that abandons this treaty first will gain the most, while the other two are mired in the red tape. And we all know that it is only Machiavellian principles that guide corporations, so I must be right!

  19. SCO on Plasma Rocket Successful Full Power Test · · Score: 1

    Unless there's an RIAA angle, of course.

    Those poor scientists. My sister's boyfriend's little brother's babysitter's mother's uncle's mechanic said that he has a friend who was fired from the project because he accidentally showed some of the source code to Darl McBride of the SCO Group. Was that enough punishment? You decide.

  20. Eureka on Fictional Town "Eureka" To Become Real? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I thought nerds preferred the cold dark of their parents basements or garages, to any kind of socialization? This will be an awkward experiment in itself. I'll bet you that only pseudo-nerds get in and they spend all the grant money on Warcraft gold, and sheep pr0n.

  21. Re:Interesting repercussions on Black Holes May Not Grow Beyond Certain Limit · · Score: 1

    And you are an idiot with a two digit number. Wow.

    The big bang isn't a religious theory. It may be wrong and in fact, you have to accept that possibility in science.

    You misunderstood me. I was suggesting that this finding could result in the Big Bang theory being turned on its ear, which is an upset for science that the creationists would feed on, and we all know that it's a bad idea to feed creationists unless they are threatening to eat your young (and they do from time to time, just ask Sarah Palin).

    I don't recall suggesting the big bang was a religious theory. But if you misread my comment, perhaps it was the terrible spelling in the grandparent that misdirected you? Oh wait... you are AKABatman!!! So you are calling me an idiot because I embarrassed you. Dude don't worry about it, I've forgotten to spell check before SUBMIT, too. It happens. Nietzsche was right! It's worse to publicly offend someone who has created an insignificant error than it is to condemn someone for acts they deserved. To hell! (that was a toast)

  22. Re:Consistent with interracial porno. on Black Holes May Not Grow Beyond Certain Limit · · Score: 1

    Thai chicks, on the other hand, seems to vary by a sine wave. God, I've got to get to Thailand.

    First, get out of your parents basement, then explore THE WORLD. Go, outside!

  23. Re:Interesting repercussions on Black Holes May Not Grow Beyond Certain Limit · · Score: 1

    For one, does this means that stars are continously recycled by the black hole believed to be at the center of each galaxy? i.e. They get sucked in, crushed, then ejected as gassous emmisions which then collect and reform as a new star.

    Well it could mean they are continuously recycled, and then ejected as gaseous emissions, but only if a spell-check was involved. :P

    Either way, this SPELLS trouble for us all because it could potentially support arguments against the big bang. :S

  24. Lose Weight! on Brains Work Best At Age of 39 · · Score: 1

    Think about all the middle aged crisis fools who shed fat without considering the ramifications. They are melting their brains!

  25. Kaspersky 3 License on Reliable, Free Anti-Virus Software? · · Score: 1

    Kaspersky gives you three licenses for the price of one. My copy I have on two of the three computers.

    The cost of free solutions exceeds the expense of going with the best. Think downtime, loss of data, and overall identity theft. Most AVG users who have fallen victim to identity theft would have been protected by Kaspersky.