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  1. Re:chimpanzees=98% human on Breakthrough In Human Genetics · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Reminds me of the old bumper sticker- "Bush is a Punk-Ass Chump" That I always misread (or perhaps more accurately) as "Bush is a Punk-Ass Chimp"

  2. priceless on Boeing Scraps In-flight Internet Access · · Score: 1

    Watching "Loose Change" while flying:

    ..priceless ;-)

  3. Re:afraid to vote.. on UCSD Biometric Vending Machine · · Score: 2, Informative

    Politians come in similar shrink-wrapped, advertisement laden, deceptive packages. It's easy to get them confused.

  4. afraid to vote.. on UCSD Biometric Vending Machine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me be the first to say, I'd be afraid to vote on that thing. Especially libertarian..

  5. gov't control of ionosphere - H.A.A.R.P. on America's War on the Web · · Score: 1

    Thirdly, the US wants to take control of the Earth's electromagnetic spectrum, allowing US war planners to dominate mobile phones, PDAs, the web, radio, TV and other forms of modern communication. That could see entire countries denied access to telecommunications at the flick of a switch by America.

    More information is available on this project at video.google.com and searching for HAARP. View video 'HAARP Holes in Heaven'.
    Scary stuff. It's sketchily declassified, but very little information escapes on it. If anyone has anymore information on the subject, it would be much appreciated.

    always read infowars.com , which is likely where the poster originally found the link-- it and similar organizations are our last stronghold.

  6. Re:Climate is Cyclical on Polar Bears Drowning As Globe Warms · · Score: 1

    65 million years is a LONG time change. Studies show, without doubt, climate could not change at the current pace without human intervention. Let me point you to a study. I don't care how many rocks you get off to looking at, if you read this response to a similar argument of Rush Limbaugh's (he's an idiot), it may just tell you more about climate change than the religious school you got your degree at presumably did.

    Limbaugh falsely denied human causes of ozone depletion, global warming

  7. AMD is also polluting/destroying- moveamd.com on AMD Tops Intel in U.S. Retail Sales · · Score: 1

    www.moveamd.com -

    AMD to build on sacred land.

    AMD's proposed move to the Barton Springs watershed is a threat to the health of Barton Springs and the Edwards Aquifer, and therefore a threat to the long-term health of Austin.

    Here's how AMD's proposed move threatens Barton Springs:

      Create pollution in Barton Creek, Sycamore Creek, Williamson Creek, and Barton Springs from construction and post-construction runoff
      Encourage employees to buy homes in the Barton Springs watershed, thereby boosting sprawl in exactly the wrong area
      Encourage other companies and residential and retail developments to follow AMD into the Barton Springs watershed
      Increase pressure to spend hundreds of millions more taxpayer dollars expanding roads in the Barton Springs watershed (when we could buy out potential development lands for conservation for a fraction of the cost if AMD and others would honor community plans)
      Reverse over 25 years of community policy against locating major employers in the Barton Springs watershed

    I've been an AMD loyalist for years, but now I'm totally questioning who they are. I hope more information on this endeavor can be found.

  8. social bong on The Social Impact of Gaming · · Score: 1, Funny

    I know, like just this last weekend, I was with my friends and was like, "Hey, somebody set us up the bong!"

  9. Re:Dupe Removal on Spyware Removal: Drop PC in Dumpster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm completely convinced all the dupes and extended mysterious future posts(Not to mention increase paid subscriptions) are merely to increase page views and therefore site reloads to increase revenue. There's just no way the editors could post so many dupes within hours by mistake.

  10. Re:I've got the 1979 version of this book... on How Computers Work -- Circa 1979 · · Score: 1

    From the same publishers as, "How to %s", program;

    sorry, bad joke.

  11. 1/3? on Study Shows One Third of All Studies Are Nonsense · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A third?! I'm sure this one is at least a 'litte' overblown too...

  12. At least it's not us. on The Great Firewall of China, Continued · · Score: 1

    If they choose to do that, it's to the Chinese public's loss. It's unfortunate that the citizens can't uproot and overcome this at least without a fair amount of debate in their society. Fortunately I don't think it has anything to do with the rest of us though.

  13. Re:ongoing cost on Linspire To Run Windows Games · · Score: 2, Informative

    Cedega/WineX is $15 for the minimal 3 month subscription which would get you all the precompiled binaries. Not too bad.

    http://transgaming.org/subscription/subscribe.html

  14. Re:Windows just isn't that expensive on Linspire To Run Windows Games · · Score: 4, Insightful

    http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20020531/windows _gaming-06.html

    Yes, actually it is about half the speed on Linux. But I still think it will become faster. I also think Wine/CVS may catch up to WineX/Cedega in a year or so. After all, the real goal is to not have to leave Linux for atnything.

  15. Re:Cool! on PC Case Made Completely of Fans · · Score: 2, Funny

    And sometimes a breath of fresh air is better than tubes of non-boiling/non-freezing metal alloy.

  16. Re:Thomas Jefferson saw this coming on Airport Screeners could see X-rated X-rays · · Score: 1

    Also applicable:
    "Any country willing to exchange freedom for security will not deserve nor ever receive either."
    ~ Benjamin Franklin

  17. Re:why not private industry? on San Francisco Getting Stem Cell Agency HQ · · Score: 1

    Libertarians often have this funny idea that just because something is a good thing, there is a financial incentive to make it happen. This is in reality rarely the case.

    But oh, that really is quite often the case. If the government just decided to start funding businesses, any business really for that matter, then the business has less incentive to compete and improve their product.

    Now the Libertarian idea is that the government has three responsibilities: 1. Protect the people. 2. Breakup harmful monopolies. 3. Reduce negative externalities from business.

    Point three can be simplified pretty easy. Regulate things like pollution levels, which businesses may not find reason to control, and support things like basic research. When businesses are all competing in a rough market, they lean toward better immediate margins as parent said. But the government would offset that negative externality by throwing money at causes with a possible great future benefit or just basic research to advance knowledge of certain things around us, those that would not be in a position profitable for private bussinesses to ensue. But any way, more funding would be donated to science, since people have more money to spend, instead of watching it get redristributed through the country by the unfortunate means of vote, which is a 'true democracy' as Thomas Jefferson fiercly warned us against.

    Short Badnarik essay

  18. Re:Scramble your keys on Phishers Using Keystroke Loggers · · Score: 1

    Why wouldn't a software keystroke logger simply hook the "focus-change" message

    A 'focus-change' message does not come out through the keyboard, and therefore is not logged. The best a keystroke logger can do toward a shift change is like /0K or /0M or similar for the arrow keys. I've played around with a few for fun.

  19. Scramble your keys on Phishers Using Keystroke Loggers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you're on a PC that you suspect may contain logging equipment or trojans or anything similar, you can alawys avoid accurate keystroke logging by typing part of a password per se, and the then clicking the other side(s) to type in the rest. That way typing is scrambled. Loggers can usually record the arrow keys, but not mouse clicks.

  20. Re:Top Search on Searching by Image Instead of Keywords · · Score: 1

    Dots? So this would be okay with you: (..)(.:) ?

    Hey, if that's what you're into. They always say there's someone for everyone!

  21. Re:I think that it's great as an option on The Unemployed Working on OSS Projects · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A lot of times code has to go through a lot of strict review by the app's board before it can be implemented into the OSS. But, even if most of the learning coders' code wasn't implemented, they would still learn something which would be beneficial to their overall knowledge and ability to find a job. And there is always a need for people to write hardware drivers.

  22. Re:Top Search on Searching by Image Instead of Keywords · · Score: 1

    Whoa, mad props to the guy who's not only the first to copy my sig (as far as I know), but ALSO unintentionally dupe my comment! *added to friends list!*

  23. Think of the greatness to society! on Searching by Image Instead of Keywords · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait to put a nipple into it!

  24. Re:Great! on World's Largest Nanotube Model · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whoa, whoa, whoa! You have a giant miniature poodle?? So do you get like the advantages of a big dog, like watchdog ability and not accidentally stepping on it, and the advantages of a small dog, like not eating as much and pooping less? Or is it just really small, and eats and shits extra all over the place?

  25. bootable on USB Flash Drive Round-up · · Score: 5, Informative

    Still, the most important feature is that it's bootable. (And some still aren't) I love having Feather Linux on a keychain. The Cruzer Mini has done me well.