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  1. Re:News for Geeks? Stuff that Matters? on An Unbiased Analysis of Gun Crime vs. Gun Control? · · Score: 1
    Another lame argument...guns are necessary to fight and win a war, especially if the war is about independence. The American Revolution was America vs England, not me against my neighbour or anyone I hate. What I mean is that guns are allowed in a war where there is a 'society vs society' situation, not within a society itself.

    Actually, the American Revolution, like the war between the states saw brother against brother, and neighbor against neighbor
  2. Re:Why USIANS need weapons?? on An Unbiased Analysis of Gun Crime vs. Gun Control? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'll wait for the police to show up when someone breaks into my house and is leaving with my valuables.
    NO! WAIT
    I won't, I live in Texas, so I'll execute him and call the coroner and the police to take out the body.

  3. Re:Humans are more than animals. on Life Confirmed At Extreme Depths · · Score: 1
    we're not unique in using tools either, other primates have been known to use them and indeed birds also use tools to get at food.
    You cannot seriously compare an otter bashing a shell with a rock to something like the space shuttle. You cannot say that any other species even comes close to our level or tool use. It isn't even really a comparison.
    The real difference, is not tool use, but tool creation. Humans take a stick, fasten a rock to it with vines and use a second rock to sharpen the first by removing chips, then we use this axe to carve a smoother stick, make a fire, build a convection oven around this fire, melt the rock, and form the iron into a longer lasting blade.
  4. Re:Pro's & Con's on Psst! Eight Bits Gets You "The Two Towers" In China · · Score: 1

    Last year, I went to the "early"=Midnight showing of FOTR, I observed Several things
    Quite a few people had partaken of "cinematic enchancers"
    Once the movie started it was as if I was alone, as I could hear my own breathing

    The following day, I went to an early afternoon showing, Once again I noticed things
    everyone was sober
    two cellphones rang during the showing
    Several people were there to chat VS watch the movie
    and a large number of people did not realize that there was a sequel, as they felt compelled to shout "That's it", "What the F#$%", and "It's not over"

  5. Re: Puerto Rico on Wal-Mart Lindows PCs Selling Well · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter what I want, In this scenario, it matters what the puerto ricans want. And personally, I'd pick Puerto Rico over Haiti. Don't know enough about the Dominican to make an educated choice.

  6. Re:Horse shit. on First-Person Account Of Video Game Addiction · · Score: 1

    You realize, that
    1. You don't need a High speed connection to MMORPG
    2. 12.95 a month is the cheapest entertainment on earth. It is cheaper then going to the movies once a month, and much cheaper than Cable TV.

  7. Re:Still pretty sure it won't work... on Ultima 7 in Windows? · · Score: 1

    It works fairly well... between VDM, Dosbox and VMWare, I can run most everything I miss.

  8. Re:And in Europe? on Wal-Mart Lindows PCs Selling Well · · Score: 1

    Puerto Rico is a bad example. They like the situation as is. Also, each of those while not having a full floor vote do participate in floor and committee discussions, and get committee votes.

  9. Re:And in Europe? on Wal-Mart Lindows PCs Selling Well · · Score: 1

    And if you compare the standard of living of the 90% and India, China, Most of south and Central America, Most of africa, and the better part of south-west asia, the Difference is staggering. For example: Your McD's Burger flipper working full time Makes more than the sum of the bottom 90% of some South american countries.

  10. Re:accredited != recognition on An Interesting Look at the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1
    DigiPen students get a good deal of conventional computer science training. We take two years of C, two years of C++, and two years of assembly, as well as data structures and algorithm analysis. We also do quite a bit of "normal" application development in the form of assignments for our CS classes, our GUI programming class, as well as support applications for our game each year like map editors, etc.
    Ok! We know! NOT impressed after the 50th time you've told us this.

    Now bored. Bye.
  11. Re:Add one more a little closer to home... on The Copyright Fuss Revisited · · Score: 1

    Weird Al typically pays royalties for the tunes he uses. There was a big flap over Amish paradise. He negotiated with and paid the label for parody rights and it upset Coolio quite a great deal. Click here for more details
    Or here

  12. Re:What the fsck? on Class Action Filed Against Bonzi Software · · Score: 1
    Tricking people into buying a specific product regardless of its merits; is that not what all advertising strives to do?
    Yes, But there is a qualitative difference between telling someone that drinking beer will make you more attractive, and telling someone that they can get cable quality speed on a 33.6 dialup. Especially as drinking beer will tend to make the girls more attractive, and make you think that you are more attractive also.
  13. Re:You aren't helping on New Book Says The Meter Is all Wrong · · Score: 1

    I think you are a moron, but I will continue.
    Oh, and 15 is no more round than 6 as each has two prime factors.
    One thumb width, one inch, width of my pinkie, one half inch.

  14. Re:Pound of feathers and a pound of lead on New Book Says The Meter Is all Wrong · · Score: 1

    Actually both would be measured in avoirdupois, troy is customarily used to measure precious metals.

  15. Re:You aren't helping on New Book Says The Meter Is all Wrong · · Score: 1

    Except, that a length of 6 feet is convienient. I don't need a ruler to get to 6 feet, I simply need to spread my arms. Or if I am measuring floorspace, to take one step or two natural paces. I am a walking ruler, from my elbow to my fingertips is 1/2 yard from the tip of my thumb to the tip of my pinkie is 6 inches, the distance across the palm of my hand is 4 inches. these are convienient and easy.

  16. Re:Wow on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam · · Score: 1

    Of course not, it's an HO scale Toy train.

  17. Re:Aren't Off-The-Plan "Villages" enough? on Open Source Housing · · Score: 1

    And you are going to live there forever? In my profession, I can expect to move frequently, so I concentrate on having the ability to modify and adjust the interior appearance of my "unit" When I retire, I will build "my house", but I'm not going to stress out over where I live in the interim. Too much hassle to "design" a new house every 3-5 years.

  18. Re:Ents walk? on Lord of the Rings: Two Towers Reviews Rolling In · · Score: 1

    What is a Leonard Nimoy?

  19. Re:Most important part of a sci-fi story on What Makes Great Science Fiction? · · Score: 1

    Glory Road as i recall had dragons.

  20. Re:This issue is hardly as black and white as that on Protecting Your Code While Allowing Source Access? · · Score: 1
    I certainly have no such contract with the architect who designed my home - he was paid for his services and I own whatever he produced in exchange, period.
    So, the architect has no right to design another similar house for someone else?? And you recieved all the original blueprints?
  21. Re:Net Access. on Has Software Development Improved? · · Score: 1
    and you caught a fish THIS (hands start out 2 inches and end 14 inches apart) big!!! i laugh my ass off at c0dErz who say stupid things like "coding for days on end" :)
    YOu have my deepest pity if you have never had the pleasure of working on a project that occupied more than 36 hours straight of coding time.
  22. Re:Only problem with x86 architecture on Mini PC in an Actual Lunchbox · · Score: 1
    Are you going to use a 700 MB CD-R for a 40k document?
    Yes, Last I checked I can get CDRs effectively free. simply by submitting my name and address to another mailing list. SOOO.. Why wouldn't I ??
  23. Re:A "nice amount" of trouble? on Toledo Uncappers Getting Shafted · · Score: 1

    No idea, Likely they seized everything connected to the Cable outlet. Thus the debate about confiscating his XBox. Just applying logic here.

  24. Re:Hooooooey, baby we eatin tonight! on Living with Darth Vader · · Score: 1
    Does that mean we can get into padme's pants?

    No, but you can buy them on Ebay.
  25. Re:Has no predictions? on Electronic Life · · Score: 1

    Of course we did, there are girl programmers too and they are also young and socially inept.