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  1. Re:Because Mars-one will fail. on Millionaire Plans Mission To Mars In 2018 · · Score: 1

    The whole radiation exposure is suspect to begin with. One can surely die from a huge doze from acute radiation sickness, but chronic exposure not so much. There are hundreds of people who never left the mandatory exclusion zone around Chrenobyl who are doing just fine almost 30 years later.

  2. Re:Because he wants to come home again on Millionaire Plans Mission To Mars In 2018 · · Score: 0

    If executed by a wasteful government agency, sure. With clever outsourcing easily done.

  3. Re:"Wantonly violated?" on North Korea Conducts Third Nuclear Test · · Score: 0

    Seriously? When South Korea recently launched a satellite the world was quiet, like nobody noticed that SK is an aggressive puppet regime occupied by tens of thousands of US troops. DPRK was condemned by the so called "international community" for their launch. Double standards.

  4. Internet dating is like arranged marriage. on The Problem With Internet Dating's Frictionless Market · · Score: 1

    Except it's not your mom who is doing the filtering.

  5. Re:Mandarin Chinese on Ask Slashdot: 2nd Spoken/Written Language For Software Developer? · · Score: 1

    Joe: I'm going to France.
    Abe: You should go to China.
    Joe: I'm going to France.
    Abe: I'm from the future. You should go to China.

  6. Re:East and West Germany on North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket · · Score: 1

    South Korea is a US puppet state that only exists because of US military occupation, as soon as US troops leave SK will collapse and any unification will happen on DPRK (and China's) terms. Do not believe everything you see on TV.

  7. Congratulations. on North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket · · Score: 0

    On behalf of all progressive humanity I congratulate the Korean people with becoming a space power.

  8. Re:Really? on UK Man Arrested For Offensive Joke Posted On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Why? Is it now acceptable to turn public Internet into segregated "fee-speech" zones? The potential fr slippery slope is simply overwhelming here, what next - one is only allowed to say he is an atheist on "official" atheist forums? Facebook is not a public service, it's just some guys website he runs for profit. There is no "official" April Jones page, it's all just weasel words.

  9. Re:Hackerspace != Political Correct on Is Sexual Harassment Part of Hacker Culture? · · Score: 1

    That was an outrageous incident, agreed. But no, I'm not going to retreat from the room just because a woman *feels* uncomfortable near me, does not do eye contact, blah-blah (that's the signs listed in blog of the female attendee allegedly "harassed" at readercon). If you do not like to be near me just go away yourself.

  10. Re:Why Ecuador? on Assange Requests Asylum In Ecuador · · Score: 1

    Likely he got tipped of that a US black ops hit squad had arrived to eliminate him and panicked. He probably only had minutes to make hos escpaeand since he reportedly on good terms with Ecuadorian president it was a safe choice.

  11. Re:Why Forbes name Ballmer one of the worst CEO? on Free Desktop Software Development Dead In Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    I expected a reply from you and as usual you do not see the forest behind the trees. Microsoft is a dinasaur of the desktop era and as desktops are quickly disappearing from peoples desks (it's been a while since I saw an actual desktop as a home PC) so is Microsoft. Even worse - people keep spending more time performing tasks traditionally reserved on home PCs (noteooks now) on their smartphones and tablets and since Windows phones are such a non-starter in this market every time somebody buys and iOS or Android device it's a loss for Microsoft. In the *professional* desktop Microsoft is still kind but it's also becoming to erode with cloud/broswer apps making underlyng OS irrelevant. So thank you for the finme job Microsoft, we will take it from here.

  12. Re:...Or you could just not go to porn sites on Ultra-Orthodox Jews Rally For a More Kosher Internet · · Score: 1

    And now let's discuss the Abrahamic God in general, and how his actions would be judged as cromes against humanity,

  13. Re:Small number? on Ultra-Orthodox Jews Rally For a More Kosher Internet · · Score: 1

    Maybe... this is ecause Jews themselves number under 15 million total while there are over 1.5 billion muslims.

  14. Re:There's no starship with just an ion drive on Engineer Thinks We Could Build a Real Starship Enterprise In 20 Years · · Score: 1

    I agree we need to start building a long term proof of concept spaceship, something like the ITER project for fusion.

  15. Re:There's no starship with just an ion drive on Engineer Thinks We Could Build a Real Starship Enterprise In 20 Years · · Score: 1

    Why should someone be punished with higher taxed percentage for being successful? This is the reason why EU economy is so totally fucked right now. Educated people and enterpreneurs are fleeing that social-democratic hell hole for US. Even linix fled the socialist paradise of Finland, and got US citizenship.

  16. Re:Last bastion on Last Bastion For Climate Dissenters Crumbling · · Score: 1

    One one hand NYT at least acknowledges that there are reputable skeptics, but on the other - the whole article reads like a personal attack on Dr. Lindzen.

  17. Re:They want to de-mystify it? on 'Mein Kampf' To Be Republished In Germany · · Score: 1

    Seriously? After WWII West Germany became a heaven for former Nazis, many even keeping positions in the military and civil administration. Failure to de-nazify was one of the main reasons behind student riots in the 60s.

  18. Re:Heil on 'Mein Kampf' To Be Republished In Germany · · Score: 1

    Unless you grandfather fought in the Red Army I'm calling BS on your story. Western Allies never set foot on Polish territory.

  19. Re:Non-sense! on Apple Under Fire For Backing Off IPv6 Support · · Score: 1

    While some believe we are near or have recently passed the Peak Addresses recent report indicate that Canada holds bast amounts of recoverable class Z addresses which are becoming economically profitable to extract.

  20. Re:Time to create an "Eldernet" for the elderly ?? on The Digital Differences In Americans · · Score: 1

    I agree, the elderly need something like Hypertext Vector Fidonet.

  21. Re:698 on The Digital Differences In Americans · · Score: 1

    I'm seriously considering giving you a pity fuck.

  22. Re:Hopefully on Indian Man Charged With Blasphemy For Exposing "Miracle" · · Score: 1

    I have completed an equivalent of of US upper undergraduate course in Evolution theory as part of my education in Biochemistry. Thank you for trying but I do not think I can learn anything of value from popular websites with such screaming names. As i said I could write an essay about why having only one liver but two lungs in now way disproves origin of species trough evolution or points to an intelligent designer, but it would require you to have an equivalent education in molecular biology, human genetics, population genetics, physiology in addition to being up to date on undergraduate math. I did look through front pages and FAQs of the sites just to be considerate to you, and really nothing new there from the Discovery Institute and the likes. And no virtually all biologists do not detect "apparent design". I do not like to get involved in link pasting matches, if you have something to say against evolution that is not a list of points from ID think tank your are welcome.

  23. Re:Are you really this stupid? on University of Pittsburgh Deluged With Internet Bomb Threats · · Score: 1

    Part of Penn Sate is illegally occupied by Pitt? Things you learn on Slashdot!

  24. Re:We need an ongoing Voyager program. on Voyager and the Coming Great Hiatus In Deep Space · · Score: 1

    Would NH really cost that much if it was built in Russia for instance? How much of it was overhead of it being built an American government agency? I believe an international team of volunteers could shave an order of magnitude from this number./ No red-tape, no kickbacks, volunteered research and engineering time, actual construction in a cheaper country.

  25. Re:We've probably gone farther on Voyager and the Coming Great Hiatus In Deep Space · · Score: 1

    One thing I'm really surprised is that obscenely rich people,m the ones with billions of dollars do not actively fund space exploration, even the former geeks. I mean helping kids in Africa is most honorable, but didn't these guys have childhood reams, why are they not doing anything now that anything is possible for them? I'm confused.