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  1. Re: A NEW THEORY! on New Theory Suggests Dinosaurs Were Already Dying When Asteroid Hit (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps he changed it because the definite article didn't make sense in context.

    Like "he's a man" vs "he's the man".

    In either case, dinosaurs aren't one.

  2. Re:A NEW THEORY! on New Theory Suggests Dinosaurs Were Already Dying When Asteroid Hit (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    So what's the purpose of it? To deter something else? Or could it just be a coincidence? They do happen, and usually in pairs.

  3. Re:A NEW THEORY! on New Theory Suggests Dinosaurs Were Already Dying When Asteroid Hit (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    I did think of that. Then it occurred to me that herbivores have siblings too.

  4. Re: A NEW THEORY! on New Theory Suggests Dinosaurs Were Already Dying When Asteroid Hit (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't, but your comment proves that you don't.

  5. Re:Comp Sci on Ask Slashdot: Should Coding Exams Be Given on Paper? · · Score: 2

    If you aren't capable of abstract reasoning you probably shouldn't be on a CS course in the first place.

  6. Re:A NEW THEORY! on New Theory Suggests Dinosaurs Were Already Dying When Asteroid Hit (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Plants would have no reason to evolve tasteless toxins, and there is no evidence whatsoever that they did.

    Well what good would that do? If you taste nasty it chews a few leaves and then fucks off leaving you mostly intact. If you taste OK but are secretly poisonous it dies after it's already eaten you.

  7. Re:A NEW THEORY! on New Theory Suggests Dinosaurs Were Already Dying When Asteroid Hit (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    1: species can be both singular and plural.

    Where did he say otherwise? Perhaps you're confusing putting something in quotes with adding [sic] after it, in which case you're in no position to judge anyone's literacy.

    P.S. They're not "a species". But if you can provide evidence of an Alllosaurus mating with a Diplodocus you can send me a postcard from Stockholm and I'll admit you're right.

  8. Re:Were there 27 items there? on Valve Re-affirms Commitment To SteamOS and Linux After Hiding Steam Machines from Store (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    Like Windows 10, Gnome 3 and systemd? Ship it now, patch it tomorrow.

    Now do your homework and take out the trash or you'll be grounded for a month, you spotty little bell-end.

    P.S. Ever considered learning to write in actual sentences?

  9. Re:Beta LTS? on Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS 'Bionic Beaver' Beta 2 Now Available (betanews.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    18.04 LTS is undergoing beta testing - in case anything is seriously bad before it's finally released.

    Apart from Gnome 3 and systemd, you mean?

  10. Re:Debit cards are hazardous on Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because you have one card that does both doesn't mean they're the same thing.

    I had an ATM card when my bank didn't even have debit cards and I couldn't get a credit card since I hadn't been in the country long enough.

    It worked at ATMs. I couldn't pay at a shop or restaurant with it.

  11. Acorn RISC Machine (singular) was the name of an architecture. It was developed by Acorn Computers Ltd.

    The spinoff company was called Advanced RISC Machines Ltd right from the start. It later became ARM Holdings.

    He's right, and you're wrong - again.

  12. Until roughly 1990 all computers where sold with the software in source.

    No they weren't. Stop making shit up.

  13. Re:What's the big deal with the anti-GMO movement. on CRISPR-Altered Plants Are Not Going To Be Regulated (For Now) (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    His argument appears to be along the lines of "Beer doesn't make you drunk". Then 27 posts later he changes it to "It's the alcohol that makes you drunk".

  14. So it's really generation Zzzzzzz on Despite Having Unprecedented Access To Technology, Generation Z Is Already Bored (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    n/c

  15. There's a peejafiddle behind every bush!

  16. The variation where you boot the ball up in the air and whoever catches it becomes the victim is called "Aussie Rules".

  17. What case? A bit over half of people don't like him.

  18. "attempted". Too long for you?

  19. Heck, cut it to 8. At that age they're still small enough to fit inside chimneys.

  20. Re:Does it actually work? on Cities Worldwide Spent Over $3 Billion Last Year To Peep On You (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I have never heard of any crime stopped, or the perpetrator caught via these.

    The Austin Bomber. It was last week, FFS.

  21. Re:Of course, they'll want it both ways. on Facebook Scans What You Send Other People on Messenger App (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Our souls.

  22. I predict that he of the long face, droopy gob & hoodie will try to spin this as "Hey, nearly 99% of the world's population didn't have their data accessed!", followed up by that gormless grin that somebody told him is endearing.

  23. Re:Of course, they'll want it both ways. on Facebook Scans What You Send Other People on Messenger App (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    If they feel it violates there content rules

    I here what your saying.

  24. Re:Business as usual on Google Workers Urge CEO To Pull Out of Pentagon AI Project (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    History has taught us, war is a zero sum game. The only way to win is not to play.

    That would make it a negative sum game.

  25. Re:Google rapidly self-destructing. U.S. gov viole on Google Workers Urge CEO To Pull Out of Pentagon AI Project (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Take your own advice.

    Monroe only thought the US owned half the world.