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  1. Re:Can this be real? on Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    Your mistake is assuming that rich people are rich because they work hard. The majority of the time, rich people are rich because their parents were rich.

  2. Re:Seems reasonable on Pakistan Court Orders Facebook Ban Over Mohammed Images · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's no such thing as a reasonable absolutist.

  3. Re:Explains a lot for me on Ball Lightning Caused By Magnetic Hallucinations · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Possibly, but it seems odd that they would all see the same thing in the same position acting in the same way.

  4. Re:Doesn't explain... on Ball Lightning Caused By Magnetic Hallucinations · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Indeed. Heck, my great grandmother used to tell the story of the time ball lightning broke the living room window, did a circle around the room and went back out, leaving scorch marks on the ceiling. But then, it's a story from the great grandmother, so take it for what it's worth.

  5. Re:American pornophobia on Steve Jobs Recommends Android For Fans of Porn · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a valid fear. I know someone who asked her father about sex she was about 6 or 7. Her father, not being ashamed of the biological process, gave her a frank and straightforward explanation. Being a child, she then told some of her classmates about it and next thing you know: the parents were getting a visit from CPS.

  6. Re:How elastic? on Scientists Turn T-Shirts Into Body Armor · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Penetration obviously isn't ideal, but having the bullet contained by the shirt would still be a preferable outcome to outright penetration. One of the reasons the Mongols wore silk armor was that when struck by an arrow, the arrow would often fail to pierce the silk. This made removing arrows much easier and cleaner, which meant less downtime for wounded fighters.

  7. Re:OK ... on Indian Military Hopes to Weaponize the Searing "Ghost Pepper" · · Score: 3, Informative

    The problem with Scoville units(and the reason they're NOT a universally accepted measure of chili hotness) is that it's a subjective measure. It's based on taste testing. American Spice Trade Association pungency units are a better measure, as they're determined using high performance liquid chromatography.

  8. Re:Still think Obamacare is a good idea? on US Lawmakers Eyeing National ID Card · · Score: 1

    I'll tell you as soon as healthcare actually gets nationalized.

  9. Re:Step 1. on Health Insurance When Leaving the Corporate World? · · Score: 1

    That's a very upright-mapcentric view.

  10. Re:Simple Answer on Ubisoft's Constant Net Connection DRM Confirmed · · Score: 1

    That's the conclusion we'd like them to draw. Sadly I expect it's more likely their conclusion would be along the lines of "The PC is no longer a profitable platform."

  11. Re:Funny on Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone · · Score: 1

    While not a peanut allergy, a former coworker of mine was so allergic to nuts that she would have a reaction if someone so much as brewed hazelnut coffee in her vicinity.

  12. Re:If you want broadband, live where it's availabl on Broadband Rights & the Killer App of 1900 · · Score: 1

    No to dispute your main point, but you make it sound as though everyone who lives in a rural area does so as a luxury. Cost of living actually tends to be a bit lower in rural areas, based on the studies I could dig up. Not everyone living in the country has 100 acres and a manor house.

  13. Re:Is that first thing we need ? on Vacuum Leaks Lead To Another LHC Delay · · Score: 1

    The point of the LHC is to make a black hole. Physicists claim it will dissipate quickly enough from the Hawking radiation vs. whether it will begin snowballing out of control. NOT whether it will create one. You don't even know what you're talking about.

    No, you don't know what you're talking about.
    The point of the LHC is to demonstrate the existence of the Higgs boson. Any microscopic black holes created are purely incidental.

  14. Re:Wow on Atari Sub-Sub-Contractor Used ScummVM For Wii Game · · Score: 1

    As opposed to figuratively hating open source?

  15. Re:Really Germany? on German Gov To Ban Paintballing After Shooting · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are plenty of examples of people having been shot(even with assault and battle rifles) and failing to notice until later. Adrenaline is a powerful thing and it's better to teach a soldier to fight through having been shot. A paintball at close range hurts a lot more than a MILES laser, and is still a useful tool toward that objective.

    An FBI wounding study found that even with their heart destroyed, a suitably determined individual can preform voluntary actions for 10-15 seconds. Furthermore, it reached the conclusion that often a combatant drops out of the fight not because they'd been physiologically rendered unable to fight, but because they saw how bad a gunshot wound looked and psychologically gave up.

  16. Re:I've been working on a Duke Nukem Forever mod on Speaking With the Devs Behind a 7-Year Game Mod Project · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's what scientific notation is for.

  17. Re:Unmolested? on Scientists Teleport Information Between Ions a Meter Apart · · Score: 4, Funny

    Police efforts to detain the molester for questioning have been hindered by the fact that, despite knowing the molester's exact speed, his location can not be ascertained.

  18. Re:Many fear cost... on More Brains Needed · · Score: 1

    Really? I've heard it means an advance of knowledge and a free cremation.

  19. Re:Not gonna happen on Fairpoint Pledges To Violate Net Neutrality · · Score: 3, Informative

    Let's not forget New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die."

  20. Re:How? on Obama Transition Team Examining Space Solar Power · · Score: 2, Informative

    The concept has been kicking around for years. It generally calls for getting the power back down via microwaves.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_satellite/

  21. Re:Noisier environments ... on Talk-Powered Cell Phones Won't Need Batteries · · Score: 1

    Forget that, line the noise barriers on freeways.

  22. Re:Mark this article on Voters Swayed By Candidates Who Share Their Looks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "correlation is not causation" is one of the most overused mantras of slashdot users who want to be more skeptical than thou. Yes it's true that correlation does not always equal causation, but causation does tend to result in correlation.

    It's been shown that people are more attracted to people with similar facial features when choosing mates, it makes some sense that people would feel better about choosing a leader with similar facial features for the same biological reasons.

    Now I'm not saying that this hypothesis is clearly true, just that we don't have to jump all over it.

  23. Re:Lie! on Microsoft Uses "I'm a PC" Character In New Ads · · Score: 1

    Ah, but it's not a neckbeard...

  24. Oblig Onion on Intel Unveils 6-Core Xeon 7400 · · Score: 1

    Fuck everything, we're doing 6 cores!

  25. Re:It's her day so... on Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? · · Score: 1

    Sign me up too. Also my girlfriend loves that I left the hammer marks in the ring I made her out of an old Kennedy half-dollar(ones from '64 are 90% silver).