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  1. Re:The Naivete of Hope on Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President of the US · · Score: 1

    (grandparent)He possesses an enormous amount of charisma and motivates people and fills them with hope

    (parent) So did Hitler.

    Hitler used a lot spurious, exagerated analogies.

    So you're being just like Hitler!

  2. Re:I'm sick of this Linux attitude on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    I don't fault this person for not knowing about Open Office, etc. But I do fault her for not trying to find out how to use a tool that she paid $1100 for.

  3. Re:The school is a joke... on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    MATC offers a wide variety of courses. They have a pretty decent reputation in town.

    Yes, its true that some people didn't learn how to use email in grade school. Some of those people are now trying to re-enter the workforce, or change jobs, and now they need to use email. Thankfully, MATC is there to help them.

    Thats what happens to real people. But you wouldn't know about that, since you're obviously a young troll living in your parent's basement.

  4. obOverlords on Evolution of Intelligence More Complex Than Once Thought · · Score: 1

    Far from being 'birdbrains,' our feathered friends have displayed clever behaviors. Among birds, the largest forebrains are those of parrots and corvids (a group that includes crows, jays, ravens and jackdaws).

    In the wild, for example, New Caledonian crows manufacture two types of simple tools to gain access to otherwise unobtainable foods. They trim and sculpt twigs to fashion hook tools to poke out insect larvae from holes in trees. And they make probes for finding insects under leaf detritus by stripping off pieces of the barbed pandanus leaves to sharpen them to a point.

    ... our new Corvidian overlords

  5. Re:This is why copyright laws are bad on FSF Files Suit Against Cisco For GPL Violations · · Score: 1
    I agree: corporate software is just inherently safer. Especially when it comes with DRM.

    - this message brought to you by your friends as Sony.

  6. Re:I never knew that command on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    dietIE is Microsoft's new "bloatless browser"

  7. Re:Backslash! on PHP Gets Namespace Separators, With a Twist · · Score: 1
    We'll have to create a new website for PHP news:

    backslashdot.org

  8. Listen to the customer on What To Do Right As a New Programmer? · · Score: 1

    The technical part is easy - that just tells you how to get the job done. The hard part is getting the correct requirements.

    Doesn't matter if you're writing for your co-workers or for paying clients - Listen to what they are trying to do.

    When something isn't clear, don't be afraid to ask questions.

    When it still isn't clear, ask who really does the work (but don't put it that way). 90% of the business intelligence in this country is sitting on Excel spreadsheets handled by administrative assistants. Find them, befriend them. They are your only conduit to getting things done.

  9. Re:Give Obama a Break, and Your Vote on Obama Significantly Revises Technology Positions · · Score: 1

    YM commie.

  10. bigger wall on FEMA Phones Hacked, Calls Made To Mideast and Asia · · Score: 1

    Obviously we need a bigger Security Fence.

  11. Re:Yes, and more ways than one... on Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science? · · Score: 1
    I was referring to your political beliefs.

    Most scientists (who are not driven by a political agenda) agree that climate change is being driven by anthropogenic CO2 sources.

  12. Re:Yes, and more ways than one... on Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science? · · Score: 1

    Not really. Many conservatives disbelieve in man-made global climate change;

    Part of the problem is that too many Americans reject scientific research that is in conflict with their political/religious beliefs.

    I guess you fall into that category.

  13. Re:No on Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science? · · Score: 1

    You know its bad if /. editors are reading USA Today.

  14. Re:please explain... on Obama Losing Voters Over FISA Support · · Score: 1
    For details, see e.g. Glen Greenwald's columns in Salon.com.

    Its about the US governments ability to secretly spy on people, with basically no oversight or rules. And giving everybody a free pass even if they violate the minimal rules that exist.

    You're sending communications into the US from abroad? That means we can spy on you. As well as any US citizen that you phone, email, IM, etc.

    And nobody outside a small cabal of spies knows what data they are collecting, or from whom, or what they're doing with it.

  15. Not a compromise on Dodd, Feingold To Try and Filibuster Immunity Bill · · Score: 1

    This bill is not a compromise. In the words of Senator Feingold, it is a "complete capitulation". see e.g. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/

  16. Re:And still doesn't answer anything.... on Meteorites May Have Delivered Seeds of Life On Earth · · Score: 1

    Its turtles all the way down.

  17. Re:Kinda Simple on How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience · · Score: 1

    Also, avoid divisive figures.
    Fine. But the religious people have to stop using divisive people too. Like Jesus, Abraham, Mohammed, the Pope, Billy Graham, and Mother Theresa.

    But you can keep using Ted Haggard.

  18. Re:Who exactly proposed this? on How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience · · Score: 1

    The non-science people are going to discover this anyway. Better to anticipate the controversy.

  19. Re:This happens everywhere on Bill Allows Teachers to Contradict Evolution · · Score: 1
    First of all, I think you're referring to inertial frames of reference, not to the Theory of Relativity.

    Second, its not as easy to put the Earth at the center - the calculations are much simpler with the sun at the focal point.

    Third, while it is possible that the textbook was making a clever point about inertial frames, I'm guessing they were just being stupid

  20. James Dean sez on Astronomers Say Dying Sun Will Engulf Earth · · Score: 1

    "You can wake up now, the universe has ended. " rebel w/o a cause

  21. Re:what about DARPA's list? on The Century's Top Engineering Challenges · · Score: 1

    clean water?

    fewer resource wars?

    My solution: Free for all

  22. Re:Democracy Now! on CNN Fires Producer Over Personal Blog · · Score: 1

    I just looked at the web page for that show, and every story was about which Democrat will be nominated, and how Bush is trying to kill or take over the world.
    Right, just keep telling yourself he's just trying to 'spread freedom', and don't bother thinking about it too much. Thanks for playing along.
  23. Re:There's an essential flaw in this plan. on IBM Patents Pricing Motorists Off Highways · · Score: 1

    Too expensive? More expensive than requiring everyone to own at least one car?

  24. Judge! I need a subpoena on Student Expelled For Facebook Photo Description · · Score: 1
    An individual going by the moniker 'doc ruby' has posted to a public forum using the following threatening language

    ... "the war takes place "
    .. "bodies buried"
    ... "decimate the enemy"
    I need a subpoena immediately to track down this dangerous person
    - the FBI
  25. How could that work? on 'Extreme Security' Web Browsing · · Score: 1
    You can only install one version on IE your PC.

    Obviously you'd need 2 computers.