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  1. Re:I disagree. on UK Government Mandates the Teaching of Evolution As Scientific Fact · · Score: 2

    Both?
    There are probably thousands of creation myths and I can make up thousands more in a couple weeks. All are as equally invalid.

    If you want to have a class on creation myths go for it, but none of them belong in a science classroom.

  2. Re:20-50-100 years from now on UK Government Mandates the Teaching of Evolution As Scientific Fact · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A great example of the problem.
    You lost a debate that was unloseable.

    How could they have won? They have 0 evidence.

  3. Re:good on UK Government Mandates the Teaching of Evolution As Scientific Fact · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The government has a duty to step in when parents abuse their children. This is not up for debate, we do it all the time when we remove children from dangerous households.

    The only question is if this meets that bar or not.

  4. Re:non-destructive backup plan on Raided For Running a Tor Exit Node · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They likely will not turn it off when they remove it. There are products just for that purpose.

    Destruction of the USB stick would get you Obstruction of Justice charges.

  5. Don't run a TOR exit node? on Raided For Running a Tor Exit Node · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think not running TOR is about all you can do.

    Of course if this is something they can prosecute you for, can they also prosecute your ISP as well?

  6. Re:This can only be good. on Flexible Phones 'Out By 2013' · · Score: 1

    Go get some paper and try your theory out. I assure you it cannot keep bending forever. Each bending and unbending does stress it and can damage it. The question is can this damage be minimized so the device can be used for at least 18 months, or made cheaply and easily replaced.

  7. Re:Not interested on Flexible Phones 'Out By 2013' · · Score: 1

    I would much prefer device cheaper to repair than prone to scratches on the display.

    They need to become slightly more modular.

  8. Re:Not interested on Flexible Phones 'Out By 2013' · · Score: 2

    That is why most phones do not have the edge of the glass touching the surrounding material so the energy transfer is not so direct.

    As a general rule the insurance is not worth it. The prices to repair by the OEM are generally not that much more than the deductible you have to pay to get it replaced. Once you add in the fact that over two years you will have already paid for another device, it is doubly a ripoff.

  9. Re:Surprised? on Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Now On Sale; Costs $50 More Than Windows Version · · Score: 1

    The point is to get linux installed by default. $50 is not a huge fortune for a feature you want. I agree for these prices I would want FREE drivers.

    You cannot get a refund for windows. I have tried.

  10. Re:Not interested on Flexible Phones 'Out By 2013' · · Score: 1

    What are your cat's teeth made off if they can chew through hardened glass?

    Or is this button not capacitive?

  11. Re:Not all roses... on Inside an Amazon Warehouse · · Score: 1

    It also ignores FIFO, if you are just going for the closest product. Amazon does not want to have customers returning products because they have clearly sat in a warehouse for years.

  12. Re:Not interested on Flexible Phones 'Out By 2013' · · Score: 1

    Stupid "gorilla glass"?

    You do realize that it is designed to prevent scratches not you dropping it on concrete right? Glass is glass. This is why I am glad my phone has a raised edge around the screen. It has already saved it once before.

  13. Re:I'm one of the people who's pretty angry... on New Humble Bundle Is Windows Only, DRM Games · · Score: 1

    So if I do anything immoral but give cut to charity I get a free pass?

  14. Re:It isn't Windows 8 I find to be the barrier... on NPD Group Analysts Say Windows 8 Sales Sluggish · · Score: 2

    Who voids the warranty for pulling a drive?

    Dell does not, nor does HP.

  15. Re:tanking on NPD Group Analysts Say Windows 8 Sales Sluggish · · Score: 1

    Steam will not have the whole library for linux, but all the source games will likely work and many others. Probably the same fraction that works on OSX.

  16. Re:It isn't Windows 8 I find to be the barrier... on NPD Group Analysts Say Windows 8 Sales Sluggish · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why would it prevent pulling the drive and hooking it up via usb ?
    Are they also encrypting the entire volume?

  17. Re:What happems on In a Symbolic Shift, IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US · · Score: 1

    Do any of these companies even pay those taxes? I thought most weaseled out?

    I am fine with cutting them for those who do not outsource. No need to give IBM anything though if this is what they think of us.

  18. Re:So explain the Costco story then? on In a Symbolic Shift, IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US · · Score: 1

    They are getting welfare and state health insurance. While those are not great, it is the only way they keep eating.

  19. Re:What happems on In a Symbolic Shift, IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US · · Score: 1

    No, by todays standards Nixon would be a left wing moonbat.

    This country shifted massively to the right, you should be happy about this.

  20. Re:Confusion as to cause II on In a Symbolic Shift, IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US · · Score: 1

    My questions were not answered, just more handwaving. Lawsuits are after the fact not preventing anything. On top of that handless workers will settle cheap.

    Physical and sexual abuse were legal, too bad making such a charge meant you lost your job. So they were quite common.

  21. Re:Confusion as to cause here on In a Symbolic Shift, IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US · · Score: 1

    Lawsuits? How in the hell is a poor handless kid going to afford a lawyer? Why would any shit lawyer he gets not settle for cheap and move onto the next street urchin?

  22. Re:If that is what you call symbolic what is reali on In a Symbolic Shift, IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US · · Score: 1

    If that happened to me I would be getting a raise or walking.

  23. Re:Standardized Remote Touchscreen API on The Coming Wave of In-Dash Auto System Obsolescence · · Score: 1

    HTML is FREE. I don't see any patents or anything w3c preventing me from making a web browser.

  24. Re:Surprised? on Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Now On Sale; Costs $50 More Than Windows Version · · Score: 2

    Thus ensuring the next laptop they make they don't bother with linux support. Are you always this short sighted or only with computers?

  25. Re:What happems on In a Symbolic Shift, IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US · · Score: 1

    In total yes.
    That generated wealth is not distributed equally though.

    This is how our GDP keeps rising, but our real wages are falling.