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  1. Re:The "war" on religion on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 2

    Which would be a pretty cool class, to be sure. It's just part of the Literature Department, not the Science Department.

  2. Re:The "war" on religion on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And when they speak of "war on religion" they certainly don't mean people placing restrictions on where Islamic communities can build their Mosques or community centers. War on Religion specifically means getting in the way of Christians.

  3. Re:Ummm....no on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These are tests to give to High School students as part of their lessons, right? Kentucky isn't actually suggesting that the ACT tests widely used for college admissions be rewritten for them, are they? If they're asking for Kentucky-specific tests for their classes, I wouldn't have a problem with ACT writing them for them. Kentucky WOULD have to expect a pretty hefty cost to finance writing of new tests with a limited audience (But it sounds like ACT isn't willing to do that work, or doesn't think Kentucky would be willing to pay the necessary price, fair enough).

    If they ARE talking about the college-admissions ACT tests.... well, I'd be willing to bet very few schools would be willing to accept those alternate test for admissions.

  4. If no .gay on Saudi Arabia Objects To Proposed .gay gTLD, Among Others · · Score: 1

    But if there's no .gay TLD, where will I put my new "Happy Thoughts" blog?

  5. Re:If Obama's BIRTH can be an issue on Let the Campaign Edit Wars Begin · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can raise taxes to the point that they decrease revenue. No, we are not in that area.

  6. Brown noser? on Let the Campaign Edit Wars Begin · · Score: 1

    Brown noser? That's what they plan to run with? Amusing, maybe, but really irrelevant from a campaign standpoint. I agree with his supporters on that point.

  7. Re:A letter of condemnation... on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Hits Primetime · · Score: 1

    I wasn't involved in the production, so I don't know what their motivation was. I doubt "fun" was their only motivation. I'm pretty sure the initial free giveaway was always planned as a short-term thing to drum up interest for when they can start selling it.

  8. Re:A letter of condemnation... on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Hits Primetime · · Score: 1

    And money aside. I want more people to be exposed to Dr. Horrible. It's an excellent show. Sure, it's better without commercial interruption (though you can probably just put the commercials between the episodes, less interruption that way...). But everyone who's going to track it down via internet/DVD has probably already seen it. So this will put it in front of some more people who won't see it otherwise.

  9. Re:Uhh, Yay? on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Hits Primetime · · Score: 1

    Especially since the CW's primary demographics are essentially the under-18 female crowd.

    But NPH is so hot. Too bad he's taken.

  10. Re:Wow, he is so out of touch. on Mitt Romney To Announce VP Decision Via Smartphone App · · Score: 1

    Good. So we agree that your scary quote was wrong. Obama had nothing to do with the Medicaid cuts (as unfortunate as those are).

    Guess you need to go find another reason to rant against Obamacare

  11. Re:Wow, he is so out of touch. on Mitt Romney To Announce VP Decision Via Smartphone App · · Score: 2

    Most of the elements of the law haven't gone into effect yet. It should not be surprising there haven't been big savings.

    How has the "we could all keep our own plans and doctors." claim proven to be a lie?

    You should at least read the title of the article you linked. The key points being it's the states that are limiting drug coverage, and it's applying to Medicaid not Medicare.

  12. Re:Wow, he is so out of touch. on Mitt Romney To Announce VP Decision Via Smartphone App · · Score: 1

    Why don't you talk about your wonderful hero, the Obama and Obamacare CUTTING MEDICINE FROM MEDICARE

    Ok, inform us of this nefarious deed.

    "In Alabama, Medicaid patients are now limited to one brand-name drug, and HIV and psychiatric drugs are excluded.

    So, no, your scary comment there is wrong. ALABAMA is cutting drug coverage from MEDICAID. Obama doesn't tell Alabama how to administer Medicaid.

  13. Re:You are the DEFINITION of "Politically Correct" on Two More HIV Patients Now Virus-Free Thanks To Bone Marrow Transplant · · Score: 2

    I have as much right not to be offended

    No, you have no right not to be offended.

    Everyone has the right not to be offended, no one can MAKE you be offended. Just don't confuse that with "I have the right to not be exposed to anything that I deem offensive." If he's offended by innocent displays of gay affection, well that's his problem.

  14. Re:Not Too High on Mark Zuckerberg's Big Facebook Mistake · · Score: 1

    They're shareholders NOW. They weren't shareholders when the IPO was planned.

  15. Re:I don't understand on Mark Zuckerberg's Big Facebook Mistake · · Score: 1

    Before the IPO all Zuckerberg had was actual company profits and theoretical value of his share of ownership. Now that ownership has actual numeric value. I suppose you could say he lost because that theoretical value didn't turn out to be as high as people thought? Or as it was thought to be on IPO day?

    Any evidence that the IPO actually hurt the company?

  16. Re:Don't overcomplicate this on Mark Zuckerberg's Big Facebook Mistake · · Score: 1

    It seems he had a pretty good business plan. Get a lot of users. Convince people your company is valuable. Make millions of dollars on the IPO.

    The best part is didn't even sell real ownership rights. Just the right to get dividends if he ever decides to pay any

  17. Re:If only... on How a 3-Year-Old Can Open a Gun Safe · · Score: 1

    What crazy parents are giving these things to children still young enough they're putting them in their mouth. Those parents should be prosecuted.

  18. Re:Why do governments always resort to coverup? on How a 3-Year-Old Can Open a Gun Safe · · Score: 1

    I'm not entirely sure how he knows that the comment he made 15 months earlier was the cause of his firing.

  19. Re:As a father on How a 3-Year-Old Can Open a Gun Safe · · Score: 1

    Or pick it up about 3 inches and drop on the floor. Probably faster.

  20. Re:Welll.... on Wireless Car Charger Test Starts In London · · Score: 3, Funny

    My dog doesn't poop everywhere! He's trained to use your sidewalk.

  21. Re:Bad implementations. on Ask Slashdot: What's Holding Up Single Sign-On? · · Score: 1

    I don't use my yahoo account for anything, so I just "log in with yahoo" and use a yahoo account full of inaccurate data. That's, of course, for places where I don't care about the account. If I'm commenting on an article on some blog or news site, I don't really care about the continued maintenance of that identity.

  22. Re:The same thing that killed 'Passport' on Ask Slashdot: What's Holding Up Single Sign-On? · · Score: 1

    But it's nice when I want to comment on an article and I really don't want to sign up for yet another account. I can just give them my spare yahoo account and log in. Yay!

  23. Re:Yes television on What's Next For Superhero Movies? · · Score: 1

    Yes! New material! This Casablanca movie was popular, no one's made a remake of that. That will be new!

  24. Animation on What's Next For Superhero Movies? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Young Justice and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes have both been excellent examples of comics on television and show how you can have longer-running plot arcs without the difficulty of extending series past 3 movies. You can also have the comic book trope of a villain being beaten and coming back next season that you never get a chance to do with movies.

  25. Re:Too much screaming. on The Decline of Google's (and Everybody's) Ad Business · · Score: 1

    No. They can tell whether people click on the ads or immediately by a product. If the viewer didn't click they're left with the same question "Did the ad work?".