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  1. Re:That would mean glorious times ahead for Nokia on Apple Counter-Sues Nokia Over Patents · · Score: 3, Funny

    But could he defeat a person who has the ability to warp reality itself?

  2. Re:Yes on Typewriters, Computers, and Creating? · · Score: 1

    There's also zero chance of a typewriter accidentally revealing to the world what you did on it.

  3. Re:No on Engaging With Climate Skeptics · · Score: 1

    Even Sagan took a similar approach to Dawkins. When he was presenting against Velikovsky back in 1974, he just stated his case and then left without allowing debate because he knew it was a waste of time.

  4. No on Engaging With Climate Skeptics · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have to go with the way Dawkins approaches this type of situation. Giving them a seat at the table gives them credibility.

  5. Re:So, the question is... on Mark Cuban's Plan To Kill Google · · Score: 1

    It also might be dangerous if they can't get information about you.

  6. Re:Where do the ebooks come from? on The Kindle Killer Arrives · · Score: 1

    I'd be willing to bet that as long as you're 'lending' the book to someone, you're not able to access it yourself.

  7. Canada on The Kindle Killer Arrives · · Score: 1

    We're going to get screwed over again aren't we? Can't kill the kindle up here because it's not around to begin with.

  8. Re:Misnamed product on Google SideWiki Brings Comments To Everyone · · Score: 1

    I still have nightmares from Wizardry 7.

  9. Re:College students? on We're In the Midst of a Literacy Revolution · · Score: 1

    the ever increasing number of high-school drop outs

    [Citation Needed]

    Both in Canada and the US, it looks like drop out rates have reduced rather substantially in recently years.

    http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/dropout05/NationalEventDropout.asp
    http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/71-222-x/2008001/sectionf/f-dropout-abandon-eng.htm

  10. Re:new mac user here on Apple To Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard On August 28 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes. Historically, there have been issues with each major upgrade of Mac OS X. I had kernel panics on a regular basis when I upgraded to 10.5 but now it seems fairly solid. I'm hoping that since the focus for 10.6 was speed and stability that it won't have these issues but I'm not holding my breath.

  11. Re:The "real" reasons why on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 1

    The empire has always been a good sport and has left vulnerabilities in all its designs.

    Not just the Empire but the Trade Federation too. Everyone knows the way to run a droid army is through one centralized server with no backup system.

  12. Re:Seat belts on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 1

    Why do they always pick the most important members of the crew to go to dangerous planets is what I want to know.

    Also, the people who wrote those shows/movies are aware space has 3 dimensions right? I loved it in Star Trek 6 when the planet exploded in a ring and Sulu's ship just happened to be on the exact same plane as that ring. His ship must also have been many light years away considering he was in Federation space and the explosion was in Klingon space so that explosion had also apparently developed warp drive.

  13. Re:At the Risk of Sounding Like an Apologist on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 1

    The part that bothered me the most about them appearing in the prequels is that they played such an important part you'd think Obewan would recognize them. Or maybe he's just racist (droidist?) and all droids look alike to him.

  14. Re:Look carefully on Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well their chief scientific advisor is this guy:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Soon

    Who performed a study partially funded by the American Petroleum Institute and who has also worked as a consultant for the Marshall Institute.

    Mighty suspicious in my book.

  15. Re:Cue the next Soutpark episode! on Ireland Criminalizes Blasphemy · · Score: 4, Informative

    He was portrayed on a previous episode of the show however and there was no uproar until the danish cartoon thing happened.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Best_Friends

  16. Re:Zapp Brannigan! on Futurama Voices Could Be Recast · · Score: 1

    It's funny you should bring up Zapp in a conversation about replacing voice actors. He was supposed to be voiced by Phil Hartman before he died.

  17. Minimum on Software Glitch Leads To $23,148,855,308,184,500 Visa Charges · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what was the minimum payment on that?

  18. Re:Game is unplayable by all inelligent users on Aion Shaping Up For US Launch · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is what he's referring to:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameGuard

    After reading that, there's no way I'd install Aion.

  19. Re:Canonical Demos Early Stage Android-On-Ubuntu on Canonical Demos Early Stage Android-On-Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    I have 9.04 on my EeePC and suspend works fine BUT I also have 8.10 running on my desktop and I had to disable suspend completely because my keyboard has a 'sleep' button on it which I should relabel 'crash the computer'.

  20. Re:Time will tell on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Go outside. Seriously.

  21. Re:first post! on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Uhm, spoiler warning? Also, you're taking this way too seriously.

  22. Re:Always "about to harvest the fruits" on Austria To Pull Out of CERN · · Score: 1

    Did they at least make a vague promise to call sometime?

  23. Re:"White House 2.0?" on White House Joins Facebook, MySpace, Twitter · · Score: 2, Funny

    RC1 was Hillary Clinton but there was some negative feedback from users during testing.

  24. Re:More than 10 years ago on Ubuntu 9.04 Is As Slick As Win7, Mac OS X · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I watch my new EeePC run circles around my $1600 iBook with a mixture of awe and horror.

  25. Re:What I want to know is on Digg Backs Down On DiggBar · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm a habitual user of StumbleUpon and I've never stumbled upon a page with a Facebook frame. After they launched that bar, I was getting tons of pages framed with it even after I'd used my Digg account to turn it off. I'm assuming this was just happening because people would link to it from Digg (or the Digg bar however that works) and then giving it a thumbs up with the frame in place. It was annoying me greatly.