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  1. Re:About Flying on The Physics of Superman · · Score: 1

    it would actually be MORE PAINFUL for Lois to be caught by Superman than to simply fall to her death. I don't know why, you'd have to watch to find out I guess.

    I immagine it is because superman is usually flying up to meet her, so it is additional force being transmitted into her body, instead of a stationary object.

    Of course, if he flies up really fast, then matchs her speed down, grabs her, then brakes... no problem. Hopefully she's falling off a really tall building though, to allow for all that time.

  2. Re:More International Feel? on Barcodepedia - a Social Network Barcode DB · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since when does changing an 'r' to a 'pedia' give you more international feel?

    I think it was recently mandated by the UNipedia

  3. Re:This is what we're talking about on Stem Cells Cure Paralyzed Rats · · Score: 1
    But don't try to pretend that that viewpoint simply doesn't exist. It does exist, and those who hold it have certain responsibilities toward it
    The real problem is, that most people realize stem cell research is a continuation in a line of medical advances that are opposed by healthy Christians until they themselves need it:
    • Doctors learning on cadavers
    • Organ donation
    • Curing of 'divine wrath' diseases
    Also, we see STD vaccines being added to this list as well.
  4. Why must we choose... on Choosing Parallels Over BootCamp for OS X · · Score: 1

    I want this software too boot up from the windows partition. That way I can have convenience when I want it, and reboot to play games if I must. I wrote Parallels about this, and they said it should be on their feature list.... but it should be priority #1

  5. Re:The meaning of "species" on Successful Merger of Butterfly Species · · Score: 1

    >How would you classify them?

    ring species

  6. Re:Some bold statements from this article on Scientists Respond to Gore on Global Warming · · Score: 5, Funny

    Strangely enough this is from a website that is sporting anti-bush t-shirts, buttons, and bumper stickers

    Wait a minute, are you telling me someone can be for truth and against Bush?! We'll see what Bill O'reilly has to say about that!

  7. I've said it before on Dvorak Admits To Trolling Mac Users · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Dvorak is nothing other than the worlds most successful troll. As much as everyone here complains about him, we eat it up and come back for more. We used to be able to pretend it was the editors foisting him upon us... but lo' and behold, democratic Digg comes along, and he still makes the front page!

  8. Answer on Rumormongering - Apple Could Buy Nintendo? · · Score: 1

    Short Answer: No!

    Long Answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

  9. Re:Damn US-centric website on IT Meets the World Cup · · Score: 1

    Companies are so short-sighed and just want to profit as much as they can, instead of stepping back and letting us American see the games for free

    Sorry, you are the short sighted one here. Why would they establish a precident of free games? It would make it increadibly difficult to switch them to a charging system later on. Prices are set to what the market will bear, and if the market gets 'used' to free, it makes it tough to raise prices

    A good example is gasoline... people cry murder for $3 a gallon when almost every other liquid they buy costs by far more.

  10. Re:Bzzzzzzzzzt! on iPod More Popular Than Beer? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry, you seem to be under the impression college students drink for taste.

  11. Re:Is it worth it? on Harvard Scientists to Clone Human Embryos · · Score: 1

    Aren't there any areas we should stay away from _even_ if they would help us cure diseases?

    Truly, spoken like a perfectly healthy person. Just like cadavers, blood transfusions, and organ donation, people will accept stem cell based medicine, but only after they become ill themselves.

  12. Wow on Get Your iPod Fix From a Vending Machine · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For a site where people think they are of 'above average intelligence' everyone here has completely missed the point: 1) These things are primarily advertisements. Hey, it worked, we're all talking about iPod... clever eh? 2) You can buy accessories there too, which are high profit items and more likely to be purchased on impulse 3) Half of all people flying will be arriving from the first flight of a round trip. They buy the iPod for their next flight because right now, the only thing they are thinking is "gee, that was miserable, I wish something could have made it better" There, happy?

  13. Re:Radioactive plumes on New Sensor Technology Looks at Molecular 'Fingerprint' · · Score: 1
    I was under the impression that properly functioning nuclear power plants shouldn't be releasing any kind of radiation into the air

    Considering even coal plants do, I am not surprised.

  14. Re:You would not be "modded down" by a conservativ on Wired Releases Full Text of AT&T NSA Document · · Score: 1
    Ok, now I'm just being snide, but...

    Just an aside, arguing with people that you are right because they are dumb doesn't really work.

    I didn't argue that I'm right because you're dumb. I argued that I'm right, and you didn't realize that because you're dumb. ;)

  15. Re:You would not be "modded down" by a conservativ on Wired Releases Full Text of AT&T NSA Document · · Score: 1
    What's funny is that your claim is refuted by the very first link that comes up in google.

    What's funny is that you didn't realize my claim was that saying something is 'biased' doesn't have any affect on the facts at hand. My claim was that a specific debate technique was not valid. I made no point regarding the specific issue being debated, as I don't really care about it.

    I'm right, you lose, but do go on about IQs

  16. Re:You would not be "modded down" by a conservativ on Wired Releases Full Text of AT&T NSA Document · · Score: 1
    Ah - no bias here! Honestly, the same could be said about any political party.

    This is a common conservative arguing technique. The trouble is, it isn't valid. Claming something is biased does not invalidate it. Facts do.

    The poster said that conservative philosophies appeal to people with low IQs. This is a claim that can be quite easily measured. But you chose not to.

  17. LoC on Xbox Live Hits 24 Million Downloads · · Score: 3, Funny

    Everyone knows 1 Library of Congress is a standard unit of measurment

  18. Important Question on Microsoft Releases Vista Hardware Requirements · · Score: 1

    Will the current Generation of Macs meet these requirements?

  19. Progress! on FDA Asked to Regulate Nanotechnology · · Score: 4, Insightful
    We used to just regulate things that caused problems

    Now we want to regulate things that could cause problems

    Hopefully, in the future we'll regulate things that could lead to technology that could cause problems.

  20. Fleixible... on Fly-by-Wireless Plane Takes to the Sky · · Score: 1
    'Also, if you do not have the cables then the system is much more flexible to changes,' she says."

    So when the wing snaps off... the pilot can still see the flaps responding to command as it spirals away...

    Sweet!

  21. MOD PARENT UP on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 5, Insightful
    This is exactly the point of checks and balances... and it is something all the other posts about 'they should stop leaking programs that help us fight terrorists' are missing.

    There is not reply to this other than 'we don't think the president would do this'

    Well... "conservatives"... this wasn't the point of founding this country What about the next president, or the one after that... still trust them?

  22. Re:Beware. on Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure · · Score: 1
    This cancer gene could be the one that also gives humans a soul

    I say the same thing about organ transplant. Sure, it works fine in between animals. but what if they accidentally remove the organ responsible for our soul?

  23. Re:Is it just me... on 40% of Adults Play Games · · Score: 1
    or are other people bothered by the assumption that when somebody says "games" they mean "computer games"?

    It's just you

  24. Re:Ugh! on Intel Names Upcoming Chips · · Score: 3, Funny
    Core 2 Duo? Talk about redundant and confusing naming...

    Wait until you see its sequel: The Core 2 Duo 2

  25. Re:Funny thing though on Gadgets, Then & Now · · Score: 1
    >None of this goddamn 2-second delay

    That's because your priorities aren't what most people's are. Most cameras bought today are used for taking posed or landscape shots. neither requires speed. If that is an actual priority of yours, buy a Nikon DSLR and the problem goes away. If that isn't really a priority, stop complaining about tradeoffs, that's why they're called tradeoffs.