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  1. Re:Fundamentalists vs. Evolution on Wonkette and the Ethics of Online Journalism · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not really. In Genesis God creates the earth and the plants before he creates the sun. That's not even close.

  2. Re:The 3 Laws of Robotics? on Ask the Robotic Psychiatrist · · Score: 1

    Yes it can.

  3. Re:You can file that lawsuit... you won't win it! on Former Anti-Piracy 'Bag Man' Turns On DirecTV · · Score: 1

    Personally, I've always liked the idea of providing free lawyers to anyone who requests it in lawsuits, but it might encourage frivolous lawsuits and raise taxes a fair amount, so it's hardly a perfect idea and needs some additional reworking. You might want to throw some punishment for "frivolous" lawsuits in there too.

  4. Re:419 Scam on 419er Lost in Space · · Score: 1

    People usually call it a Nigerian scam.

  5. Re:Games! on Free Software at the Local Library? · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Grammer Rule. Whenever you correct someone's spelling or grammar, you will make a mistake yourself. And if you try to spell Grammar, you'll probably spell it grammer.

  6. Re:Great on Brain's Cache Memory Found · · Score: 2, Funny

    We tried, but we're voluntarily limiting our memories of Keanu Reeves' acting career to The Matrix and Bill and Ted's Awesome Adventure.

  7. Re:Some kind of mistake? on Sir Tim Berners-Lee Lauded For Web Efforts · · Score: 1

    Bang paths in 1992? I'm pretty sure that's as nonsensical as the fact that I had to learn a subset of EBCDIC in High School "computer technologies" class. (And I'm still in High School.) TCP/IP and DNS were pretty well implemented by 1992.

  8. Re:Emacs is a web browser! on Amazon's Search Engine Goes Live · · Score: 1

    Someone should make Gimp's Script-fu as powerful as Emacs Lisp. They're both based on Lisp, (Gimp currently uses a very small implementation of Scheme called SIOD currently) and if a text editor can become as versatile as Emacs is, we need a graphics editor to match up.

  9. Re:Knock Knock on Port Knocking in Action · · Score: 1

    Candygram?

  10. Re:Any "standard" which you need a licence for... on Interview With The MPEG Committee's Founder · · Score: 1

    AAC is not Apple's AAC. AAC predates Apple's adoption of the technology. AAC is the compression codec.

  11. Re:What the hell? on Cocoa in a Nutshell · · Score: 1

    Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.

  12. Re:programming languages... on Testing Frameworks in Python · · Score: 1

    Copper? What a wuss. I use highly elaborate complex fusion reactions to make copper out of Hydrogen Gas. Of course, its hard to find Hydrogen gas these days, so you gotta first perform electrolysis on water. But of course, I don't use none of that fancy pants store-bought electricity. No, I make all my electricity by cranking a small generator which I made a while ago.

  13. Re:Java on top of OpenGL is happening... on The State of OpenGL · · Score: 1

    And of course, there's MLDonkey too.

  14. Re:Uh, hey mods... on John Woo & Metroid the Movie? · · Score: 1

    That doesn't make it not funny.

  15. Re:Still doesn't work well for me on Mozilla 1.7 to Become New Long-Lived Branch · · Score: 1

    If you use Mozilla (or Firefoo) for your web browsing experience, you can just drag the link over to your Tab Bar. When you do it that way, the REFERER Header is empty, and yet it's substantially easier to do than copy-and-paste.

  16. Re:The Great Maestro... on Humanoid Robot Conducts Beethoven Symphony · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't post online while drunk. It never turns out well.

    And UConn's gonna kick your ass.

  17. Re:Lawrence Welk Digitized on Humanoid Robot Conducts Beethoven Symphony · · Score: 1

    And a 26 and a 42?

  18. Re:Expected on Japan, China, S Korea Agree To Standardize Linux · · Score: 1

    There are some, (Libertarians, I suppose) who might argue that The Government itself is a monopoly of sorts. If you live in France, for example, you have to submit to the French Government.

    Adding to that, Microsoft is a "customer" of the United States, (and to a lesser degree the EU) paying taxes and stuff.

    Therefore, the United States and the EU can fight fire with fire.

  19. Re:Don't Cross The Streams on NPR's Car Talk Switches Back To RealAudio · · Score: 1

    No, the Car Talk guys are annoying, although rather funny at times. "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" and "This American Life" are vastly superior shows in my opinion, although the fact that I don't actually drive a car probably skews my view a little.

  20. Re:Thanks to Unions.. on Computerized Time Clocks Susceptible to 'Manager Attack' · · Score: 1

    Just because someone is willing to take a job doesn't make it fair.

  21. Re:Malcolm has the right idea on Canadian Minister Promises to Fix Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    No, he's saying that if being unemployed is good enough for him it's good enough for them. (Sorta.)

  22. Re:It's LEGO DAM IT, not LEGOs!!!!! on Google's Early Hardware · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lego can both be used as a mass noun, or to refer to the individual bricks. I like the sound of Lego as a mass noun, because I like mass nouns in general, but the usage as Lego as Lego Brick is a generally accepted part of Engilsh.

    But yes, there is no need for the 's'. And I really think that when you spell it LEGO you must be refering to the mass noun version, because LEGO is only spelt that way when bowing to the wishes of the trademark holder, and the trademark holder also wishes that people use it exclusively as a mass noun. So if you are going to say LEGOs, you should spell it legos.

  23. Re:You...left out... on Loud Metallic Noise Heard at ISS · · Score: 1

    Shatner... hadn't developed... that tendency... until later... in his career. It was... something he did... for Star Trek... out of his... complete apathy... towards... learning his lines... properly.

    He was actually in a few Twilight Zones. He was also in the one where the newlywed couple stops at a diner and he (the husband) becomes obsessed with a fortune-telling machine.

  24. Re:Replace the Writers on Simpsons Actors on Strike · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, the persons responsible for that scene have been sacked.

  25. Re:They should let the show die... on Simpsons Actors on Strike · · Score: 1

    They did switch producers. Blame is usually attributed to Mike Scully (Executive Producer seasons 9-12) and Ian Maxtone-Graham. They have both since left the show, and I persoanlly think that the Simpsons is gradually getting back to a good place again, although different from the classic years of the earlier seasons.

    Incidentally, Mike Scully, after leaving the Simpsons, created on the horribly failed series "The Pitts," which might show what sort of stuff he brought to The Simpsons.