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  1. Re:Smells like bad science to me... on Simulating Life On The Red Planet · · Score: 1

    Awh I loved all of those beaver learning to build the dam stories. Or how about the mating habits of the southern blue-titted boobie (a real corker!).

    Most of Discovery is a publicity vechile for NASA Space Exploration anyway. It seems they are the only modern programming. The rest seems to consist of old 60-70's style documentaries.....

    Anyway's lost the point of why I was writing

    Bye Bye

  2. Re:The ultimate RT3D experience on What Does The Future Hold For 3D Myst-ery Games? · · Score: 1

    We find your comments offensive and disruptive to the general population at large. A summons has been issued for you arrest and will promptly be served to all members of the City Watch

    Note: If you do not appear in person in front of the Ankh-Morpork Tribunal a small fee will be paid to the Assasin's Guild for your complete deletion...

    yours,
    CITY WATCH

  3. Re:Take care as you do this . . . on Several Boycotts Of RIAA Organizing · · Score: 1

    In case the first bit was directed at me- I totally understand that the Republicans or even the Democrats or any other type of large political movements don't give a "rat's arse" as you put it to doing any of these things.

    What I was trying to point out is that there are a whole slather of far more crucial issues to get hot under the collar about (from my perspective anyway's) we do not see anybody really talking to the Vice-President about these things but a question like Napster comes up???

    PS... I am an Australian (note no genetic differences only fucked up human history boundaries here)so really do not give a shit about the political parties over there only their impact on the world in which I live in. For more clues read my email address and my .sig for my political beliefs.

    Hope this clears things up for you.....

    PPS. I believe that things like Napster will eventually be the norm but they will have to evolve change and incorporate everybodies interests - eg. Big Business and the Consumer - the people that will still get fucked over are the musician's but hey that's been happening since people started signing "Bob the Caveman to their CaveMan Label"....

    Viva La Internet Musica!!!!!!

  4. Re:Take care as you do this . . . on Several Boycotts Of RIAA Organizing · · Score: 1

    "This morning, Vice-Presidential candidate Cheney was asked about Napster. He begged off, saying he
    didn't know much about it. This can't be permitted to happen"

    That's because there are probably millions of topics in the world more important out there.

    1. AIDS Epidemic in Africa 2. Gun Related Homicide at Schools 3. Terrorist Incidents around the World ever heard of NATIONAL SECURITY....no fuck all that put it all on hold stop MIDDLE EAST PEACE is important lets all just worry about Napster........

    And unless you have the kind of money that can seriously sway a politician eg. NRA, Petroleum Companies, the Military Industrial Complex you have no chance whatsoever of deciding their agenda's...yeh lets all stand around and sing are you all ready:
    "Come on Children, Smile on your brother everybody get together right now!"

    Most people here think that everyone around the world is talking about this shit over their breakfast's this morning.

    "Oh my God dear, did you hear about the Napster shutdown??, by the way that Linux article in the NY Times was informative, I can't believe the celebrity status of SLASHDOT and the OPEN SOURCE community as a whole now. All around the world did you know they are signing a petition that probably is going to get at least 2 million signatures..."

    Come on seriously...get a fucking clue!

  5. Re:What I want to see on Several Boycotts Of RIAA Organizing · · Score: 1

    But it is not as if people go to Napster to check out NEW ARTISTS or NEW MUSIC. They are downloading music which already has a high distribution rate and large market saturation to begin with. The ones with the filmclips, the posters and the popularity

    Eg. I am sure you have heard of Britney Spears more people would download her songs then let's say Mala Wala from Tibet a struggling artist not heard of by any record label, with no advertising, no filmclip etc...

    This arguement falls down on this point!!

  6. Re:send RIAA an ameail on Several Boycotts Of RIAA Organizing · · Score: 1

    What's an ameail??

    Is it like an electronic enema??

  7. Re:Liabilities for file sharing software? on Several Boycotts Of RIAA Organizing · · Score: 1

    Does every bloody discussion on these type of matters have to bring in MICROSOFT or AOL. Sorry there are thousands of other examples out there that can be used.

    Obligatory anti-corporate statement followed by oh gee whizz OPEN SOURCE is the greatest thing since fucking!!!!

    As a musician\computer programmer I would eventually want to see financial renumeration for my own intellectual creativity. I am sure if you wrote a song, program whatever you would want to gain financial benefit from it eventually in some sense. Unless all of you guy's are just not concerned with that type of thing. Then I suppose you are all reading this in a Public Library after just walking out of your Local Buddhist Monastery.

    Actually from a sound engineering point of view I have alway's found that listening to this type of stuff is the equivalent of really really bad AM Radio anway's

    Oh just for more moderator points OPEN SOURCE IS THE BEST YEH YEH YEH!!!!!!!

  8. Re:Please comment on this... on The Myth Of The Borg · · Score: 1

    Sorry if I offended. Please contact me at my email address of andrewb@onclick.net if you want to continue the discussion further

    I am fascinated by the Bible (I am not a believer per say in the Judeo-Christian God even though I think I am a theist, I do believe in a higher power) Anybody that is not moved by passages from the Bible doesn't love the beauty of language- The Book of Psalms is absolutely exquisite. I just find to many contradictions in the Bible. Saying that I believe that if a Christian follows the teachings of Jesus then they would be IMHO an amazing and benevolent person. My best friend is a practising Christian and is the most loving and tolerant person that I know of.

    Yes discussion is all about open-debate. I frequently take opposite sides to what I believe in(I think it stimulates the mind)

    The passage that you where quoting I think can be placed into a historical and scientific context. There is recent evidence geological and archaeological that there was a LOCAL flood in the region. It is just a theory at the moment but I believe there must have been some type of catastrophic flood in the area judging by the ruins people are finding in the Mediterranean Sea

    Perhaps this was a way for the Israelites to come to terms with what happened. Perhaps it happened whilst they where there or was as a result of legends past down from the end of the Last Ice Age who know's.

    This is off the topic but I thought I would throw it in:
    Saying that I am not a CREATIONIST - I am a firm believer in EVOLUTION anyone who isn't just need's to check out the BLIND WATCHMAKER- by Richard Dawkins (I hated the man until I read his work - it literally left me speechless) but to say you believe in evolution does not mean you cannot believe in a God of whatever sort you like - just look at people like Stephen Jay Gould.

    As the Dalai Lama said the most important thing in this life is to find INNER PEACE - if your inner peace happens to be religion of whatever flavour then so be it, if it is Science then so be that perhaps GOD has given us lots of tools to discover his wonderful Universe who know's all I know is that blind HATRED of the Science vs Religion kind just stifles everything

    Please reply back as you sound like an interesting fellow to debate with........

  9. Re:My $0.01 from your talks with pals on The Myth Of The Borg · · Score: 1

    "They believe they are always right" "This leads to the jack-of-all-trades mentality"
    "This leads to more of the current hodge podge of excellent products/ideas and brain dead products"
    "They also believe that they are on a mission to bring computing to the masses"

    Sounds like many advocates of all the flavours of LINUX other OS's to me as well. Blindly advocating anything that is "pro this" "anti-that" and anything that they view as a corporate monopoly they automatically reject -that's why it is called business people!!

    "Slashdot making peace with MSFT" - why is any article not titled MICROSOFT SUCKS THEY ARE THE ENEMY VIEW EVERYTHING THEY DO WITH CONTEMPT provoking such hostile reaction. I myself try to remain as open-minded as possible about EVERYTHING not just computing. As soon as you develop prejudices you may as well pack your brain away!!

    Talk about a bunch of BORG Drones (blind advocates of anything) - if they where all as cute as 7 of 9 it would be one thing!!!!

    I am not deliberately trying to provoke a hostile reaction from you. I am just sick of blanket advocacy of any kind (not saying that you are doing this)

    Just pointing out things I have noticed on this site - perhaps from people that know a bit of coding and think therefore they understand the vast complexity of the whole COMPUTER SCIENCE field!!!

    In terms of the whole debate I am proudly a FENCE SITTER

  10. Re:Please comment on this... on The Myth Of The Borg · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you but I seem to still exist

    That is my comment!!!!

    If you really want to quote the passage properly read it in Hebrew.

    By the way when God is talking at the beginning of the Bible who is he talking to?? eg. "Let us go down".......Is there more than one God or is he schizo

    By the way I am in no way shape or form an aethiest I just take issue with people quoting the Bible to me???

  11. Re:To correct your .sig on The Myth Of The Borg · · Score: 1

    What about the bit where God says that you can go and sodomise the daughters of the conquered. Is that done by a loving Creator. Or to take slaves of those you have conquered. Destroy whole civilizations because of their "immorality" Sodom and Gemmorah.

    Curbing the urge to kill - really "Thou shall not suffer a witch to live"

    Do unto others my ass!

  12. Re:(-1, Troll) on Slashback: Behaviorism, Attrition, Elimination · · Score: 1

    Well said my friend!!!!!

    If we lived in the same place I would by you a beer, a coffee, juice, coke whatever your POISON might be.

    Beautifully and succintly put. I am glad there are people like you on the planet. Perhaps natural selection ain't such a bitch after all!!!

    People are incredibly stupid, lazy and manipulative - thank God (insert the Giant Turtle,the Purple People Eater no dis intended by the way)that not everyone is like this.

    Pity most people don't know what the fuck it is to begin with (including myself and I am studying the shit!!)

    This guy probably is one of the people that legislated that PI =3

  13. Re:(-1, Overrated) on Slashback: Behaviorism, Attrition, Elimination · · Score: 1

    And stop assuming others are stupid and you know what they think, and that they are how you think they are.

    Perhaps one should swallow ones own medicine on this one Back at yah BABY!!!!!!!!!!

    Please write back it seems you enjoy ranting perhaps it saves money on some much needed psychoanalysis!!!!!!!

  14. Re:How it was done.. on First Direct Evidence Of Tau Neutrino · · Score: 1

    Haven't you noticed those DONUT machines they are seriously an amazing piece of engineering!!!

  15. Re:Neutrino on First Direct Evidence Of Tau Neutrino · · Score: 1

    I think you are mistaken I was detecting more of a red shift there not black hole??

    Perhaps a new Phenomena a RED HOLE??????????????

  16. Re:Rogue what happened to you!!!!!!! on Getting Ready for The X-Men · · Score: 1

    Shit I think they did. Maybe I am being to noble remembering the old good old days of the X-Men in gold and blue uniforms.

    They butchered ROGUE completely I am SOOOOOOOOOO pissed off. She is supposed to be probably the 3rd strongest being in the whole of the Marvel Universe (on Earth anyway's I am not talking about the Gods or nothing - shit now I am really betraying my fanboy beginnings) shit she has had her fair share of duking with the Hulkster, she can fly all as a result of her killing MARVEL GIRL. This is what gave her character so much depth before the knowledge that she had killed before. Plus she started out as a bad guy!!

    What the fuck happened to her Southern Accent. I used to love those SUGAH!!! comments. My God! The only thing they kept of hers was that little bit of white hair (made up another bullshit beginning, and her crush on Logan (the only guy they bothered to do decently)

    Why did they bother including her, they may as well have used BEAST he was an original member of the UNCANNY X-MEN anyway!

    I am wondering about your own opinions on the matter!!!

    PS. They use 2 brilliant actors like Patrick Stewart and Ian Mckellen and then give them nearly nothing to do!!!

  17. Re:haha on The X-Box: An Emulator's Dream Platform? · · Score: 1

    Your sig says all generalizations are false

    I guess this applies here as well.........................

    Seriously, I have been reading Slashdot for awhile and I think that you are missing the point I think most readers get irrate about their anti-competitive business practices not so much the technologies that they produce.

    IMHO-The X-Box does not seem to be vaporware I think you should look up the definition it seems to me you may be mistaken.

    snip-Maturity and a realistic attitude, combined with a real knowledge-snip

    There does not seem to be alot of that going around these days especially when it comes to open and honest debate on the "Microsoft" empire

    PS - My comments are as much a product of a generalized brain and are equally as full of shit as yourself.

  18. Re:Poorly equipped, huh? on Frankenstein Time · · Score: 1


    HMM a gene for Judaism, I suppose there is a gene for being able to find WALDO.

    Go back to school you fucking moron

  19. Re:Poorly equipped, huh? on Frankenstein Time · · Score: 1

    No but you boy's in the US though he was such a genius that half of his staff was shipped over to your country... You guy's copped out so fucking badly that most of your COLD WAR gains where ripped off from those same "NAZI geniuses" that you abhore so very much. Wake up and smell the roses. I know the USSR did the same thing. How come you think you got so far ahead in rocket technology??

    PS - 23 million of my people where killed by the NAZI's so don't start that monopoly on genocide shit with me if you reply back!!

  20. Re:s/human genome project/nuclear energy/g on Frankenstein Time · · Score: 1

    Ok then how about that we are fucking with evolution have you ever riddled that one genius??

    When we start artificially selecting traits in others or ourselves we are messing with the human gene pool. Nature\God\The Pink Elephant that lives outside the Universe..has perfected this tried and true technique over billions of years and here we are playing with the very tools of this creation...

    Remember the words of Malcolm in Jurassic Park (the book not the abomination of a movie) the only reason that this is being hyped is the ability of companies to make huge fortunes, the saving or curing of diseases is only secondary if there was no money to be made nobody would give a fuck. Look at the problems of disease eg. AIDS in countries like Africa do you see companies genuinely giving two shits, NO but they do when it comes to pumping lardasses with special cholestrol drugs etc in rich 1st World Countries........

    Hail Eris!!

  21. Re:The reasons why - please read, Jon. on Frankenstein Time · · Score: 1

    Nah guy's be risk takers the only thing to have is a DECK OF MANY THINGS.

    I've always wanted one of these.

    Plus I don't think the Thunder god would take to kindly you using his big stick it would fuck up the weather!!!

  22. Re:The Failure of the Intelligent Design Argument on Calculating God · · Score: 1

    I presume here you are talking about something that can only really be proven with the hoakiest of mathematical models. The PRE-BIG BANG METAVERSE are you talking about the role that quantum time, gravity etc. could play in this scenario. Please explain yourself. I am studying maths\philosophy\computer science at the moment and am very amused by people assuming that mathematical models are strictly correct and are not based on any preconceptions that the mind of the theorist bring to it!!

    Science is mostly a system based on deductive reasoning and empirical evidence. Please show this to me I and the rest of the world would be most interested as I am sure would Mr Hawking!

    PS By the way I do not believe necessarily in GOD or whatever you choose to name your creator... Are these infinite universes you speak even remotely testable by the Laws of Physics or Mathematics that you are so enraptured with or are they the last catch cry of the atheists??

    And if you have the answers I think the blokes working on String and Unified Field Theorems need your help desperately....

    PPS Why are arguements about religion always centred on CHRISTIANITY. WAKE UP there are many other forms of faith on the planet! Buddhism, Islam, Shinto the list goes on and on and on and on....

    I find both sides of the arguement thought provoking and fascinating. Only arrogance makes us believe that either side of the equation (a liberal english meaning of the word) truly KNOWS!!!!!

  23. Re:Life on Mars = Religion is a hoax? on Evidence Of Water On Mars · · Score: 1

    Well you finally solved it for me.

    I have been having this debate with myself for years you've finally solved it.

    Sincerely hope you where trolling here.........

    "science without religion is blind;
    religion without science is lame.
    Einstein

    Now I may be a smart guy but I basically believe alot of what this man had to say.....

  24. Re:Obviously you think it is?? on Scientists Discover Interstellar ... Sugar? · · Score: 1



    I hope you are just another troller otherwise your statements are just plain ridiculous. You advise in your posts for these 2 groups to CEASE and DESIST and then you say that one of the views is pure nonsense.

    Thank Eris you are no Hostage Negotiator!!

  25. Re:How fast? on Plasma Propulsion Could Cut Time To Mars in Half · · Score: 1


    Yes, but at least it was interesting speculative rubbish!!

    Does anybody know how long this will be before their are applications for this technology how far are they in their experimentation. Has it been factored into current Mars planning??

    Anyone?