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  1. 2012 on LHC To Idle All Accelerators In 2012 · · Score: 1

    But how will we shrink the Earth to an object the size of a pea on December 21, 2012?

  2. Re:Pfft. on Open Sarcasm Fighting Copyrighted Punctuation · · Score: 2, Informative

    The British already have one. E.g.: Oh, you're so right, I guess I should be more concerned with Bart's safety than covering my own butt(!). And maybe I'm talking like this, because I can't stop(!). HELP ME LISA(!). I HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL PROBLEMS(!).

  3. Constitutional vagueness on Massachusetts Bids To Restrict Internet Indecency · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've always suspected that "government shall make no law" thingy was too confusingly vague.

  4. !Science on Climategate and the Need For Greater Scientific Openness · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it?

    Um, that is precisely why. Do you even know how to spell the word "science", Phil?

  5. Not exactly shooting for the stars on One Step Closer to Star Wars Holograms · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've always found the Star Wars holograms bizarrely low-quality. You'd think a galactic civilization with hyperspatial travel could build a better communication system than their blotchy, wavery, interference-prone monochromatic holograms. Perhaps they could invent 2D LCD television instead. They'd be lightyears ahead in image quality.

  6. One cable to rule them all on IEEE Releases 802.3ba Standard · · Score: 4, Insightful

    USB3, HDMI, DVI, Ethernet, DisplayPort, FireWire, eSATA, proprietary. There should be one kind cable that can be used for all of these purposes. We have the technology. Consumers will thank you.

  7. Re:As a Canadian on Might Shatner Boldly Lead Canada As Governor? · · Score: 1

    If you think it's purely ceremonial, look back to December of 2008 where, at the behest of under-fire PM Stephen Harper

    I think you need to re-read your statement. The GG did exactly what the PM asked/told her to do. This is completely consistent with a ceremonial role.

  8. Re:Pay attention to the site names on For-Profit, Illegal Movie Download Sites Threaten MPAA · · Score: 1

    Sorny.com

    Panaphonic.com, Magnetbox.com

  9. Re:This is the Real Threat on For-Profit, Illegal Movie Download Sites Threaten MPAA · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately the RIAA and MPAA seem to be more interested in punishing normal people than actual criminals.

    Reminds me of a quotation: "People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs."

  10. Re:Well, There's One Way to Start on US Dept. of Energy Wants Bigger Wind Energy Ideas · · Score: 1

    a nuclear plant can do 2000W

    Let's just hope that nobody has two hair dryers.

  11. Lawyers on Spamhaus Fine Reduced From $11.7M To $27K · · Score: 1

    Let's hope that e360 spent a lot more than $27k on lawyers for this case.

  12. Outbribe on MA High School Forces All Students To Buy MacBooks · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it would be cheaper for the parents to collect a bigger bribe than Apple offered the Superintendent to require their expensive laptops. Or just get him fired for accepting Apple's bribe in the first place.

  13. Re:Oh god.. on Students Show a Dramatic Drop In Empathy · · Score: 1

    It seems a lot more like the T/F dimension of the MBTI personality test. While the article seems to be painting a lack of empathy as a "bad" thing, empathy is actually in opposition to rationality (T/F=Thinking vs. Feeling). I'd be pleased if people are becoming more rational.

  14. Re:Particularly relevant on What Scientists Really Think About Religion · · Score: 1

    The only requirement for being a Christian is following (the example set by) Christ.

    You mean Christ, they guy who hated the corruption of organized religion and wanted his followers to have a private, personal God. I sure hope you don't go to church, as this would make you a BAD Christian.

  15. Re:Particularly relevant on What Scientists Really Think About Religion · · Score: 1

    There's no need to read such books, as they aren't relevant to the issue of the existence of God. They just take the existence as an axiom and go from there.

  16. Re:Makes sense on What Scientists Really Think About Religion · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can also examine various faiths' origin and evolution and conclude that it's all trumped-up horseshit that exploits man's psychological weaknesses.

  17. Re:Bubble on Apple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Capitalization · · Score: 1

    Sell (or short) Apple, buy Microsoft.

    Or you could buy something worthwhile instead.

  18. Re:Why? on New "Circuit Breaker" Imposed To Stop Market Crash · · Score: 1

    The dot-com boom/bust sounds a lot like the railroad boom/bust. Perhaps the coming green-tech stock bubble boom/bust will be similar also.

  19. Re:Who is going on National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax · · Score: 4, Insightful

    97% of annual CO2 emissions are natural. Only 3% are anthropogenic. It mostly comes from decaying biomass. Look it up. What, don't they highlight this fact on the greenist web sites? My country (Canada) is responsible for 0.06% of total CO2 emissions. Hardly seems worth gutting my standard of living over.

  20. Re:Experts on National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Of course the corporations are taking it seriously. There could be trillions of dollars of easy government money in the offering in the near future. The pigs are scrambling to get to the trough and are working on their schemes to game the broken system. Corporations love corporate welfare, and this is a corporate-welfare scheme of unprecedented proportions. Banks, oil companies, and genocidal dictators will be the big winners.

  21. Tech solution on Bill Gates Funds Seawater-Spraying Cloud Machines · · Score: 1

    We need to investigate technical solutions to global warming so that we will have a working Plan B when the crazy and doomed austerity policies fail utterly.

  22. Re:Silly Brits on UK Election Arcana, Explained By Software · · Score: 0, Troll

    All that proportional representation guarantees is a hung parliament every time.

  23. Re:Well... on House Calls For Hearing On Stock Market "Glitch" · · Score: 1

    to figure out that ... the system is remarkably fragile.

    Except that it isn't. The system recovered within five minutes because the glitch presented such ridiculous buying opportunities that any sensible person would buy. The macroeconomic system is inherently self-righting; it's just a matter of time-scale. For stocks, the time scale is minutes for bargain hunters. But I can agree that people are indeed "finicky". I look forward to the market declining in the next few weeks as people panic over Europe so I can make more good buys.

  24. Interesting read on Gene Therapy Restores Sight To Blind · · Score: 2, Funny

    would be well advised to study Oliver Sachs's classic piece "To See and Not See."

    Yeah, now it's 5:30 in the morning. Thanks a lot.

  25. libel on Steve Jobs Hints At Theora Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Dissing someone else's product in a specific way without specific evidence is libelous, right? Or is this an anti-competition violation?