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  1. Re:Yeah, but can you 'prove' it? on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 1

    Otherwise it is just another type of belief to them.

    What do you expect when just about anyone can come up with anything, slap "ology" at the end of the word and call it a science?

  2. Re:Ah, Spring is in the air. on Hi, I Want To Meet (17.6% of) You! · · Score: 1

    The answer? Get out there and meet real people. It's way more fun, and you're involved in life in a much more direct way, and whether or not you end up with a girl/boyfriend, you'll at least have the benefit of having collected a variety of real experiences

    Exactly.

    Besides, everyone wants to meet someone who's interesting. And face it, boring people often stay home and most of the time do nothing that will interest the vast majority of people out there who are looking for a mate.

    The only thing I'd add to the parent post is this: pick a hobby that is statistically likely to make you meet new people and make new friends. Even if you don't meet a mate initially, those new friends are likely to know other people they will introduce you to.

  3. Re:Well, it's nice to have a destination... on 'Hundreds of Worlds' in Milky Way · · Score: 1

    And to be intelligent on top of that.

  4. Re:Or it is not spreading on Why Linux Doesn't Spread - the Curse of Being Free · · Score: 1

    I run a Live CD occasionally (usually Knoppix), and IMO things are better than they used to be. But last time I used one I still needed to call a Linux-using friend to get some things working.

    I hadn't touched linux for years, and recently I had a problem with the boot sector of a PC's HD that also contained unbacked-up data that I really needed to keep.

    I had a friend burn me the latest Knoppix, and I gotta admit, my mind was pretty much blown away at the intuitive interface.

    All it would need IMO is that people just give it a try.

  5. you could tell them about Maher Arar on How to Convince Non-IT Friends that Privacy Matters? · · Score: 1

    and that the info that police might keep on them, however false it may be, can affect their lives one way or another...

  6. Re:Joysticks on Whatever Happened To The Joystick? · · Score: 1

    I think the controller's functionality is game-dependent.

    I remember some of the first Star Wars arcade games had a controller that was not unlike a dualshock (except mounted on a pivot)

  7. most of you jokers on Titan's Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth · · Score: 1

    have got it all backwards... sending space tankers to Titan is so inefficient! We should focus our efforts on exporting all our gas-guzzling vehicles over there instead...

  8. looks like on Star Swallows Companion, Burps Out Planet-Forming Cloud · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's a star-eat-star universe after all, eh

  9. So basically on Facebook Sharing Too Much Personal Data With Application Developers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the title of this post should read "People are sharing too much personal data with Facebook"...

  10. Re:Intentional on Duke Nukem Forever 'Confirmed' For Late 2008 · · Score: 1

    Hell, maybe they never even started DNF, and it's just an excuse for some kind of elaborate tax write-off?

    A tax write-off scheme might not work for that many years.

    I bet it's for money laundering purposes.

  11. Re:12 Years on Duke Nukem Forever 'Confirmed' For Late 2008 · · Score: 1

    Sonny, I've been playing video games since I was two, and I'm 28 now.

    Get off my lawn.


    You had video games?

    Luxury.

  12. Re:Goldfinger meets Pogo on Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What are you, some kind of PHB?

    Everyone knows that proper spelling and grammar are essential to effective communications.

  13. Maybe if those "secret" satellites on Space Spotters Track Secret Satellites · · Score: 1

    weren't the size of a small bus, they'd be harder to spot?

  14. any pics? on Finnish Patient Gets New Jaw from His Own Stem Cells · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Of the proto-jaw as it's taken out of the abdomen?

  15. My first thought on Messenger Discovers "Spider" Crater on Mercury · · Score: 1

    was anal fissure.

    I'm blaming all the goatse trolls.

  16. I can just imagine on China Vows to Stop the Rain · · Score: 4, Interesting

    what the post-opening propaganda will be like if that day turns out to have sunny blue skies...

  17. crap on Four Indicted in Pirate Bay Case · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm not done downloading that 17 gb of private MySpace photos yet!!!

  18. Re:Obligatory... on A Mythbuster's Biggest Tech Headaches (and Solutions) · · Score: 1

    but hot body+cute face+understanding of physics and engineering is not average, not by a long shot

    Those two factors go a long way, for sure, but there are other factors that contribute to a successful relationship between a man and a woman (or any combination thereof).

  19. With an appropriate call for proposals on NASA Vets & Administration Clash Over Moon Plans · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure they can find a good movie studio to shoot both projects

  20. Re:Wales? on First Evidence Of Under-Ice Volcanoes In Antarctica · · Score: 1

    That's a weird kind of comparison!

    Not as weird as in Texas, where people recently compared a UFO's size as bigger than a Walmart...

  21. Re:I liked it on Cloverfield Discussion · · Score: 1

    how does that first building "blow up"?

    I assumed it wasnt so much a building as the tanker they show on TV in the electronics shop while Rob is looking for a cellphone battery.

    If we`re going to nitpick, I want to know how Beth's building can lean like that and not collapse.

  22. Re:Nothing to see here, move along on Bizarre Self-Destructing Palm Tree Found · · Score: 5, Funny

    It may, however, be among the largest and the first to use gravity to kill itself

    What about lemmings?

  23. Re:oh no! on Helium Crisis Approaching · · Score: 1

    does this mean all the party balloons will be filled with hydrogen instead?

    oh the humanity!


    probably, and they'll get the inevitable idiot who's always popping balloons with his cigarette blowed up real good

  24. There's still ONE chance on Mars Asteroid Impact Effectively Ruled Out · · Score: 1

    right?

  25. Re:Naked on $500,000 Prize for Faster Airport Security Checks · · Score: 1

    My favourite vacation spot has clothing optional beaches, and I found out that after a short while, I stop noticing the ugly naked people.