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  1. Santorum is the greatest threat here on U.S. Missile Defense Against Iran Makes China/Russia Mad, Might Not Even Work · · Score: 0

    Santorum is the greatest threat here. No Iran. Not Russia. Santorum is the greatest threat here as he is the one who would bowel in [sic] from the pressure from the hawks in Israel. The Madoff-like cowards in Israel wants the US to attack Iran so their own soldiers won't have to die.

    Santorum is religious, for real, and probably likes the Israeli people, just because of that... Moron.

    Let us all pray he will never be the president of the United States. Because then US soldiers will die for a foreign cause for no reason.

  2. Zburatorul on Possible Supernova In Nearby Spiral Galaxy · · Score: 1

    The name Zburatorul intrigued me, so I had to Google it for images and found some bird images and a image of a dragon which led me to a Romanian webpage written in French, http://www.produsin.ro/lingua/zburatorul-ou-son-mythe/. Since Google can translate it for me, here it it is:

    Among the beliefs and superstitions Romanian there are many myths and legends that speak of the existence of some supernatural being, who have a positive or negative influence on human life.

    This is also true of the myth of Zburatorul or Sburatorul, be considered an evil in all its representations, regardless of region of origin, whose origins are found in the celebration of fire and its symbolism.

    Folk beliefs describe him as an evil spirit who loves to wander, from midnight until dawn, sneaking into the houses where there are virgin, pregnant women or widows, as a flame or a snake to torment.

    In some areas there is the superstition that this spirit is sent by someone to torment and torture the pregnant woman until she will lose her baby. The only remedy to ward off possession of the supernatural being is by untying some incantations, delivered Tuesday and Friday, using pure water originated from a source and a mixture made of nine plants.

    BalaurD'autres this myth as a young woman rejected by whom he fell in love and who has metamorphosed in the life beyond, in a demon who tortures any woman without protection, by possession.

    The images we watch as a ghost, or a scaly monster and quite often as a winged devil that slides down the chimney and torment the woman until dawn, leaving traces on his body: one on his face deathly pale, dark circles around his eyes and a deep melancholy. If a woman dares to hide or run away, then the devil will take revenge on his family.

    Anthropologists see him as a demigod, personifying the erotic and the initiatory path that the girl must travel to reach middle age, most often in dreams. Zburatoroaica is his female counterpart, which has the role to initiate young men in a dream.

    Cool! Ain't it? Never heard of that one before. He would be an excellent character for Marvel, together with Deadpool, Thor, Avengers, The Winter Soldier, Venom, Jesus, Wolverine, X-Men, Spider-Man, Captain Britain, Iron Man and many more.

  3. Beating Sony to the target may be the goal on Xbox 720 a No-show At This Year's E3 · · Score: 1

    Beating Sony to the target may be the goal.

    The 360, even if a marginally inferior machine took a large part of the console market thanks to beating Sony to the market. The benefits of the Sony didn't match the price difference.

    Wii took an even larger part using the killer combination of just about enough good graphics and a much lower price.

    Being 1st to the market is probably what they're after, again.

  4. Pr0N industry!!! on Changing the Texture of Plastics On Demand · · Score: 1

    Imagine, NOT...

  5. Emanuel end at the White House on White House CIO Describes His 'Worst Day' Ever · · Score: 1

    "Over 82% of the White House's technology had reached its end of life. Desktops, for instance, still had floppy disk drives, including the one Colangelo delivered to Rahm Emanuel, Obama's then chief of staff and now Mayor of Chicago."

    Rahm Emanuel has few redeeming virtues and deserved that fitting computer he got. He too had reached his end that the White House, no too soon enough, however. Floppy, Rahm? Memory? Nah...

  6. Re:obviously on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps not, but he still was the insensitive clod we all have learned to love, or despise.

  7. Add a few telescopes in Brazil too on South Africa Wins Science Panel's Backing To Host SKA Telescope · · Score: 1

    I think they should add a few telescopes in northeastern Brazil too, as judged by looking at Google Earth.

    The northeastern tip of Brazil would be a nice addition to the spiral mentioned in the article.

  8. Android vs Linux performance? on 7-inch Google Tablet Coming From ASUS · · Score: 1

    Has anyone seen an Android vs Linux performance comparison?

    Android on tablets may actually be a nice sneak gate to native Linux usage on tablets.

  9. Re:TV and Intelligence? on South Africa Wins Science Panel's Backing To Host SKA Telescope · · Score: 2

    'God forbid they've received our terrestrial signals!'

    I wonder what they would fear most, tv evangelicals or our science fiction?

  10. This is why I love Slashdot- really BRIGHT news on LED's Efficiency Exceeds 100% · · Score: 1

    This is why I love Slashdot- really BRIGHT news.

    So shiny, and if these LEDs work, splendidly brilliant!

  11. Re:Sadly the Debian bins are still at rc3 on Wine 1.4 Released · · Score: 1

    This is why I linked to Kai's page, as he is the one who has been the reliable source for Wine.

  12. the last rc version was rc6. on Wine 1.4 Released · · Score: 1

    the last rc version was 1.4-rc6 before this 1.4

  13. The Egyptians had the boomerang too on Why Did It Take So Long To Invent the Wheel? · · Score: 1

    The Ancient Egyptians had a kind of boomerang too. In fact we all use it, daily, but as the letter "C"!

    http://www.numberquest.com/knowledge_letter_meaning_c.php

    " The letter C evolved from the Egyptian hieroglyph of sharp hunting stick a sort of boomerang shaped cutting tool."

    Cool, ain't it!

  14. Sadly the Debian bins are still at rc3 on Wine 1.4 Released · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sadly the Debian bins are still at rc3 - http://www.winehq.org/download/debian

    Still, thank you all for the fantastic project called Wine!

  15. Re:Not smart Enough? on Scientists Say People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "Procreation, that's the second most successful trait of us ignorent one's capabilities."

    Rush Limbaugh has had four wives, and he still has no children.

    He looks like a pig in the face and appears as a warty asshole in public.

    So, for some there is neither procreation or intelligence.

  16. Give Santorum a new head instead on New Interface Could Wire Prosthetics Directly Into Amputees' Nervous Systems · · Score: 0

    Skip the robot limbs. Give Santorum a new head instead. That would be beneficial.

  17. bottom feeders on How Steve Jobs Patent-Trolled Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    Sure, they had products. But I would still call Apple both lowlife and bottom feeders.

    Look at the iMac and you'll se what I mean.

  18. Arresting arguments on Photographing Police: Deletion Is Not Forever · · Score: 1

    Arresting arguments, that is why the police is above the law

  19. Inspired by Windows Phone, with no market share on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "inspired by the lovely and intuitive presentation found in Windows Phone"

    Is that just mean, or plain ignorant? The Windows smartphones have no market share any longer. Look at the stats for smartphones - http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/14/shocker-android-grew-us-market-share-after-q2-ios-was-static/

    That expensive effort from Microsoft was killed by Android and Apple.

    Why copy a product with a sinking market share? Do they believe the new Nokia hardware will sell their operating system for PCs?

  20. From the recycle bin? on GNOME 3.4 Preview · · Score: 1

    "The big thing to take from this recycle bin appears to be improvements to the underlying technology that might help other window managers take advantage of the GNOME 3 infrastructure"

    Huh? That was radically unexpected.

  21. Why is this not an astroturfing project? on The Internet Blueprint Wants You To Crowdsource Digital Laws · · Score: 1

    It sounds soo good. So... Why is this not an astroturfing project?

  22. Clash of the Titans on Yahoo Unfriends Facebook With Aggressive Patent Demands · · Score: 1

    or just a measly David against Goliath?

    Hard to tell these days. Daily form on the stock market doesn't really tell you everything.

  23. 'apps too similar to Apple's existing software' on Apple Threatens To Pull Siri Clone From App Store · · Score: 0

    'apps too similar to Apple's existing software'

    So, no games, word editing, browsers?

    Apple are the smallest dicks you've ever heard of.

  24. Better memory too on Flatworms Defy Aging Through Cell Division Tricks · · Score: 2

    "I doubt they live long enough for problems like that to manifest."

    If you train a flatworm to pass a labyrinth and then cut the flatworm into pieces, each piece will remember the labyrinth!

    So, with this memory they don't need to live much longer, piecewise.

    They have all the nice tricks up their sleeves. The trade-off may be their looks.

  25. They could move to Las Vegas! on Study Suggests Climate Change-Induced Drought Caused the Mayan Collapse · · Score: 1

    They could move to Las Vegas! They have plenty of ... Wait http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4719473.stm No, they shouldn't go to Las Vegas.