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  1. Re:Three Words: on Fantasy Trumps Sci-Fi For MMOs · · Score: 1

    You have to admit, hearing "Nuclear launch detected" will be a much more personally significant experience in an MMO setting

    I would nuke from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

  2. Re:You are wrong on Growing Insulin · · Score: 1

    Some of them are, some of them aren't. We still share MANY of the same genes with plants. Just like a car is vastly different from a bicycle, both have rubber tires. In a very similar sense both cars and bicycles share a common "ancestor", just like plants and humans.

    And some bicycles evolved from diamond frames (Neanderthals?) into recumbents (Homo Sapiens?)...

    Anyway, remember Percy Schmeiser's case vs Monsanto?

    Insulin in your margarine?

  3. "One less thing to worry about"? on Indian Scientists Develop Vaccine for Bird Flu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Was the 42nd victim a troublemaker?

  4. Blade Runner? psh. Brainstorm! on DARPA's Cortically-Coupled Computer Vision System · · Score: 1

    It's Walkenarific!

  5. Re:Space college? on Inflatable Private Space Station Launched · · Score: 1

    the beer will flow towards the most dense student

  6. Re:Wow! on New Human-Powered World Hour Record · · Score: 1

    maybe I used the wrong word? the part under the foot right next to your toes?

  7. Re:Wow! on New Human-Powered World Hour Record · · Score: 1

    But remember that nobody legpresses with the sole of the foot... people push with their heels.

    On top of that a lot of recumbent riders use the same shoes and pedals as upright riders, and often report "numb feet" because the cleat is set too forward. (Placing the cleat as far back as possible helps)

    This is why I dont use cleats, and why I removed my toe clips from my bents... I can dynamically adjust my foot position on the pedals according to whatever situation I'm in...

  8. Re:as alwasy...bikes are still faster than cars.. on New Human-Powered World Hour Record · · Score: 1

    What categories exactly does cycling 'smoke' the opposition in?

    Speed? No.
    Reliability? No.
    Protection from the elements? Fucking hell no.
    Storage ability? No.
    Convenience? No.


    Parking space.
    Fuel costs.
    Ability to take shortcuts that motor vehicles can't (legally) take.

    Or maybe they don't want to risk being crushed in traffic every day.

    Also note that if motorists actually helped promote cycling by helping cyclists feel safer on the road, pressuring the various levels of government for more bike-specific lanes, etc. there would be more room on the road, fewer traffic jams and more parking spaces for cars, if more people biked to whereever they need to go.

    I cycle to work every day because I can't afford a car, and I'm overweight and unfit. However I know several people with cars who are fit and muscular. Cars allow you to go to places such as the gym which offers exercise options a hundred times as effective as cycling, which is very low in intensity

    Maybe you don't pedal hard/long enough?

  9. Chinese food on China Getting 'Serious' About Spam? · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wouldnt be surprised if the bodies are sold to 'exotic meat' restaurants.

    I remember some years ago, Chinese authorities uncovered a black market for human flesh, after someone claimed a relative's body from which the leg muscles had been cut off.

  10. Re:Remember Iran: on Labs Compete to Build New Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 1

    If that's the case, why isn't Canada a state yet?

    We don't have nukes.
    We have a shitload of oil
    We have less of a military than Granada, albiet worse weather, so an invasion wouldn't be costly
    And you'd finally be able to field a half-decent hockey team


    Not to mention that the US would also acquire our awesome beer-making technology and knowledge.

  11. Re:Weenie Club on Techie Fight Clubs Springing Up · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So exactly when did "getting your ass kicked by a bunch of jerks" turn into being "an unwilling Fight Club participant"?

    IIRC there was a rule in FC that said "if this is your first night, you have to fight"...

  12. Re:Breaking News.... on 'Final Edition' of Blade Runner to be Released · · Score: 1

    Hollywood has (almost) no new ideas.

    That's why I'm eagerly awaiting the release of A Scanner Darkly at the end of July

  13. Call connected thru the NSA on NSA Chose Invasive Phone Analysis Option · · Score: 1
  14. in Issue #1 on Captain America vs. The Patriot Act? · · Score: 1

    of Jihad Joe, he blows himself up at the end.

    Shortest. Series. Ever.

  15. Re:All I want to know is on Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD · · Score: 4, Informative

    He's probably referring to Jabba's slave dancer's wardrobe malfunction, in ROTJ, just before he flushes her down the drain.

  16. Re:Bah - More Giant Squid, Less Gavin's toys on Greenpeace's Custom Underwater Giant-Squid-Cam · · Score: 1

    How transparent is 3M Fluorinert?

    As for the casing, I remember reading some years ago in an issue of Popular Science or some similar magazine that the Russians had developped concrete subs that could widthstand tremendous pressures... so maybe that could be used.

    If you insulate your components properly, you could probably also sink them into the concrete and let it harden, leaving the required wires protruding for those essential external parts.

  17. Re:Well, it's that or the remake of Poseidon... on 'Revenge of the Nerds' Remake in the Works · · Score: 1

    IIRC some genius in Hollywood wants to make a movie about 9/11 (not the plane one), but due to too many "too soon" complaints, someone suggested they spin the movie as a remake of The Towering Inferno(s).

  18. good or bad name, I think they got it right on Both Sides of Wii · · Score: 1

    Lots of people are talking about it, and we should not forget that there's no such thing as "bad publicity"

  19. I would prefer on New Battlestar Galactica Spin-off Series Announced · · Score: 1

    If they made BSG "tv movies" about Cylon War 1 instead of a whole series, with flashback episodes as part of the current series.

    At the very least, if they go for the whole prequel tv series, I would hope that they dont have the shows run simultaneously... and have them on alternating seasons, so we can watch one show while the other show is off-season.

  20. In my humble opinion on US Intensifies Fight Against Child Pornography · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just enforce existing laws.

  21. Re:IE and Firefox only for now on Google Calendar · · Score: 1

    I didn't see any typo on the Chinese page.

    The PRC must have a bigger proofreading budget.

  22. Re:Article has a point, but... on Megapixels & Camera Phones · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Amateur photographers. People who like to take pictures.

    Not to mention "Lo-Fi" artists... and I use the term "artist" very loosely.

  23. Re:Didn't you hear? It's GLOBAL WARMING on ESA to Send Spacecraft to Venus · · Score: 2, Funny

    For an extra alternative view of how Venus was created, you should read Velikovsky's theory... :)

  24. If my dad... on Ballmer Babies Banned From iPods and Google · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If my dad was as rich as Ballmer, I could think of at least a few other things to do besides googling for stuff and using iPods.

  25. I found a bug already on Slashdot Firefox Extension · · Score: 1

    The 'first post' function is not working.