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  1. Re:Turn the tables on Legal War For WA State Sunshine Law · · Score: 1
    right, next thing you'll see blacks marrying whites, Jews marrying Gentiles..

    Where will it end?!

  2. what about peek-ing ? on Facebook User Arrested For a Poke · · Score: 1

    is that covered by the restraining order?

  3. Re:Driving While Distracted on Federal Summit Eyes Crackdown On Texting While Driving · · Score: 1

    While a given driver may apparently driving OK while texting, they are at very high risk of doing something stupid. By targeting risky behaviour, law enforcement will prevent them from doing something stupid.

  4. Re:New Alert System on DHS Ponders "Improving" Terrorism Alert System · · Score: 1

    Go to a town hall, exercise your 1st amendment right to be offensive and stupid and loud. Stand outside the town hall and misinterpret your 2nd amendment right to threaten people.

    Fixed that for you. Sorry if you find the political opposition speaking out to be inconvenient for you.

    Fixed.

  5. Re:so... on Maori Legend of Man-Eating Birds is True · · Score: 1

    My new favorite band name: Captain Pedantic and the JokeKillers!

  6. Egyptian museum on Science, Technology, Natural History Museums? · · Score: 1
    in San Jose: http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/

    Yes, it its run by the Rosicrucians, but don't let that scare you off - the artifacts are real! Very cool if you like history.

  7. Re:the organic lobby got one thing right. on UK's FSA Finds No Health Benefits To Organic Food · · Score: 1
    It stops being FDA Organic Certified when it doesn't meet FDA's Organic Certification. DUH!

    http://usda-fda.com/Articles/Organic.htm

    What Does the "Organic" Label Really Mean?

    Consumers no longer have to play a guessing game when it comes to organic foods. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) now has national standards for the use of the word âoeorganic.â

  8. Re:so? on UK's FSA Finds No Health Benefits To Organic Food · · Score: 1

    Much of the population is starving now. So this would be different how?

  9. Re:World improves on UK's FSA Finds No Health Benefits To Organic Food · · Score: 1

    Its not a fad. Its the way food has been grown for hundreds of thousands of years.

  10. Re:The glaciers are retreating! on Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released · · Score: 1

    That sounds more like the status quo is trying to hide something to me.

    The status quo publishes all their data and conclusions in peer-review journals. They announce their results in public meetings and put out press releases. Not exactly hiding.

    Unless by status quo you're referring to the e Bush administration, who were hiding the photos, as explained in TFA.

  11. Re:Not necessarily so. on Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released · · Score: 1
    I used to be convinced by the overwhelming evidence that uncontrolled AGW would be a disaster.

    But you have a Javascript model! Thanks for opening my eyes.

  12. Re:It seems obvious from this on US House Democrats Unveil a Health Care Plan · · Score: 1

    ... Of course, what happens when there is more then two ways to look at a problem, i don't know.

    use perl;

  13. Re:Nothing good can come of this... on US Plans To Bulldoze 50 Shrinking Cities · · Score: 1

    NIQDBY!

  14. Re:Urban Transit on US Plans To Bulldoze 50 Shrinking Cities · · Score: 1

    Ah, but the fear is very real, and very exploitable.

  15. Wipe it first ! on Burglar Nabbed By Backup Program · · Score: 1
    If you're going to steal a computer, you have to cover your tracks - just wipe the disk and install Linux.

    Another reason Linux is favored by criminals [/snark]

  16. Re:Pschyciatrists on Bitterness To Be Classified As a Mental Illness · · Score: 1

    Eliza, is that you?

  17. Suggestion: Silicon Racks on SGI Lives On, In Name At Least · · Score: 5, Funny

    That might get peoples attention.

  18. Re:Insurance? on Your Commuting Costs By Car Vs. Train? · · Score: 1

    Even if one can commute to and from work on public transit, one still needs a car:

    Between biking and public transit, we got rid of one car at our household.

    Groceries? I can carry 100lbs on my bike trailer.

    Out of town? I can rent a car.

    Cars can be useful, but you don't need to own one.

  19. Re:It's Time, not Money on Your Commuting Costs By Car Vs. Train? · · Score: 1
    Agreed!

    40 minutes biking is fun and exercise.

    40 minutes on the bus is time to read, or chat with my neighbors.

    25 minutes driving is just time wasted.

  20. Re:Some classics I haven't seen listed on Classic Books of Science? · · Score: 1
    The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.

    OK, not really an original manuscript, but the constants go back to the beginning of time.

  21. Re:Quantum Mechanics on Quantum Mechanics Involved In Photosynthesis · · Score: 1

    Don't question the power of my theories - I might kill your cat!
    - Schroedinger

  22. Re:"Irony" is so overused on Rep. Jane Harman Focus In Yet Another Warrantless Wiretap Scandal · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Actually, according to the Greenwald column, the Harman/AIPAC wiretap wasn't illegal - it was a court-approved wiretap on a foreigner.

    This makes it even more ironic - the Bush administration declined to prosecute what was likely a serious crime, based on a legal wiretap - so that they could more effectively pursue illegal wiretaps.

  23. Re:"Irony" is so overused on Rep. Jane Harman Focus In Yet Another Warrantless Wiretap Scandal · · Score: 1
    The Greenwald piece suggests that Harman was *not* blackmailed.

    The Bush DOJ declined to prosecute because she was supporting their position (on illegal wiretaps) - not that they threatened to prosecute if she didn't support their postion.

  24. Typesetters on What Do You Call People Who "Do HTML"? · · Score: 1

    I mean really, all you're doing is preparing content for publication.

  25. Re:Nothing New on Global Warming Irreversible, NOAA Scientist Finds · · Score: 1

    It's the old "Limits To Growth" bullshit back again.

    ... According to experts 30 years ago, the was simply no way we could produce enough food for 5 billion people. Now we're doing it for 7. These professional pessimists have always underestimated mankind's ability to change, adapt, and solve problems.

    Given that billions of people are starving, I'm going to call bullshit.

    We might be perhaps be producing enough food. But only at a cost that is out of reach for many people. That cost is in part due to demand for scarce resources: land, fuel for farming, fuel for transportation, etc.

    the number of people needing help is surging dramatically. It is what WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran calls "a perfect storm" hitting the world's hungry.

    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-food1apr01,1,5014433.story