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  1. Re:I remember it somewhat different.... on How Battlestar Galactica Killed TV · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't the insane confusion start before you even spoke? Isn't time travel back to the 5th grade kinda crazy?

  2. Re:Emeryville will just sue on San Francisco Getting Stem Cell Agency HQ · · Score: 1

    No, because Emeryville is so tiny, and there are now three major shopping complexes and an Ikea. Most of the people who work at these places are not Emeryville residents, but rather live in Okaland or other nearby cities.

  3. Emeryville will just sue on San Francisco Getting Stem Cell Agency HQ · · Score: 1

    There are only a few thousand people in Emeryville. Eventually, they will be forced out by all the retail and businesses brought in.

  4. Re:Of course on Microsoft to Introduce PDF competitor 'Metro' · · Score: 1
    Of course, those are two really important markets, and have gotten them more money than God, and allow them to control large amounts of other territory by setting up the rules of the game.

    I'm not a MS backer, and own no stock in the company, BTW. I don't think they've done the right thing, just that they throw a lot of weight around and often do a lot of damage even when they fail.

  5. Of course on Microsoft to Introduce PDF competitor 'Metro' · · Score: 3, Insightful
    As everyone predicted, as in every market that Microsoft has entered, they are doomed to failure right from the start.

    Wait...

  6. Re:What does he have on you, Bill? on Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill · · Score: 1

    Oh, I see what you mean. Good point.

  7. OFP on For Love of The Game · · Score: 1

    I was playing Operation Flashpoint, and it felt so realistic that I actually felt bad the first time I killed someone. I mean, for a moment, I really felt bad. It passed, but that moment stayed with me.

  8. Re:What does he have on you, Bill? on Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill · · Score: 1

    And that's the rub isn't it? If your interpretation of the Constitution says one thing, then it's activist to rule something else. It's only "legislating" from the bench if the ruling isn't something you agree with. The truth is when judges are accused of "legislating" from the bench, it's not because they actually say "This is now the law, abid by it" it's because they are saying "No, that law isn't right, and here's why."

    The fact is that the Consitution itself is very vaugue on a lot of points. For instance, the phrase "cruel and unusual". What does "unusual" mean? Does that mean that this is not a common kind of punishment? In which case, it's appropriate to go around looking at other laws and find what is "usual".

  9. Re:What does he have on you, Bill? on Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill · · Score: 1

    No, they complained about other things, but it was really clear that Roy Moore had gone too far in actually breaking the law. Remember, Moore was kicked off by his fellows on the Supreme Court, not by a federal judge.

  10. Re:What does he have on you, Bill? on Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They're only "activist" if they don't decide in your favor, at least as far as Rightists in the U.S. are concerned.

  11. Re:Dumb idea on Offshoring to a Ship in International Waters · · Score: 0, Troll

    The corporate officers will have pulled their money out early, except for some fall guy. That guy will be broke, the others will be laughing to the bank. The investers will take a bath, and the workers who are stretched thin at the home office, working for reduced pay, will be fired with little chance of finding work that doesn't involve wearing a hat. Welcome to Bush's America.

  12. If everything proposed passed on Canadians May Face 25% Download Tariff · · Score: 1
    None of us would have any freedom, money, or access to dirty movies. Instead of telling us about a proposal alone, tell us what are the chances of it passing.

    Too much /. hysteria is generated over these kind of dramatic proposals that are likely bargaining positions.

  13. So tired on Texas Bill to Filter Highway Rest Stop Internet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Of alamist posts about proposed legislation. At least wait until a committee has approved it. Right now, it doesn't even have a name. Even if it passed, the ACLU would tie it up for years.

  14. Re:The doctor is a cylon on Battlestar Galactica in HD · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, IIRC she was diagnosed during the miniseries, by a doctor we never see and who presumably dies in the initial cylon attack. I'm not saying you're wrong about him being a cylon, just got one fact wrong.

  15. Re:Let's see how... on San Francisco Attempts to Regulate Blogging · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm actually surprised that there aren't more of these anti-liberal hate rants yet. But let's take a moment and breathe here. One Supervisor in a left-leaning town has proposed a law. Therefore SF will vote on it. It hasn't passed yet, there isn't yet a mass round-up of bloggers, they aren't yet burning the bible and killing babies in City Hall. Bad laws get proposed all the time, and most of the time they get voted down. Chill out.

  16. Re:I've read the PDF pages on the site... on Firefox Hacks · · Score: 1

    Wow. That's amazing. Your sig decries the very viciousness your post displays.

  17. Re:Another thought... on Can Sci-Fi Fans Face the Future? · · Score: 1

    I disagree with you on this. Buffy/Angel and Charmed represent a different realm than the X-Files and it's predecessors. What you see on TV now is paranormal centered showed. X-Files was all about the nerdy guy exploring the paranormal. Buff/Angel, Charmed, Medium, Joan of Arcadia, etc. all have paranormal characters as the central characters, not the studied ones. I do agree that Reality shows are the current generation, but this is a cross trend that hasn't gone away yet.

  18. Re:how is it not always good? on Can Sci-Fi Fans Face the Future? · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if we could shift our moral values to fighting against poverty and injustice at home and abroad, instead of promoting both, or fighting for some TV show that has bad ratings.

  19. Re:Never would have happened without govt help on Open 3D Scientific Visualization Toolkit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's because most universities in the U.S. at least have turned to public/private ventures and patents to bring in more revenues. This has many benefits, including placing students in nice jobs, but the downside is an increased focus on doing what the private sector wants.

  20. Ban it on How Craigslist Costs Newspapers Money · · Score: 1
    If it costs some big corporation money, we of course need to ban it.

  21. Obligatory on Robotic Science Network Watches Our Oceans · · Score: 1

    Anyone port Linux to these things yet?

  22. Re:Missile Defense on Boeing Successfully Tests Anti-Missile Laser · · Score: 1

    They didn't just violate neutrality, they conquered Belgium. It's a little different.

  23. Re:Missile Defense on Boeing Successfully Tests Anti-Missile Laser · · Score: 1
    Yes, they flew over the Maginot Line, but more importantly they drove their tanks and walked their infantry around it. The Maginot Line was not directly challenged. It only extended along the border between France and Germany.

    Unfortunately for the Belgians. Germany marched through The Netherlands and Belguim, rapidly defeating those nations and swept through just to the north of the Maginot Line. The French and British troops in the north of France marched into Belguim to confront the Germans, and found themselves trapped there as the Germans marched North behind them.

    Look up the Ardennes. This was the same ground that the Battle of the Bulge was fought 4.5 years later.

  24. Re:you've been served on No-Click Phishing On The Way · · Score: 1

    No, they have a prior patent. The phishers are suing Amazon for infringement.

  25. Re:Berkeley, khmm... on Whopping-Big Data Theft At U.C. Berkeley · · Score: 1

    No, if this had happened at some udder-conservative school, we would talk about how stupid conservatives were.