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  1. Re:Too late, it's gone. on This Is the Way the World Ends · · Score: 1

    Civilisation? Not a big deal (maybe somewhat if we would be the only life in universe, but then it has worked ok before without us so ..)

    Human life? Who cares, all species die, everyone would be happier without us.

    All life? No biggie if there is life in other places either. Not very likely for plenty of human doomsday scenarios either.

  2. Re:Too late, it's gone. on This Is the Way the World Ends · · Score: 1

    than you've had hot dinners

    Well duh! I haven't had one yet.

    Not much to brag about.

  3. Re:More plausible than alien invasion... on This Is the Way the World Ends · · Score: 1

    It's what people are made off?

    Perpetual motion machines!

  4. Re:Magnetic reversal on This Is the Way the World Ends · · Score: 1

    Yeah but how would we learn how to do it!?!

  5. Magnetic field reversal is the new 2k bug. on This Is the Way the World Ends · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do you happen to know which data points we have?

    Anyway I think it will just be another year 2000 fiasco, lots of worries and then nothing happens.

    Sure it may fuck up all satellites and some communication but so what? It's not the end of the world.

  6. Re:Most likely scenario on This Is the Way the World Ends · · Score: 1

    I don't find that very likely since it would be so fucking stupid (and not kill everyone in the world either unless someone says "then fuck all!")

  7. Re:Or better yet on Time To Discuss Drug Prohibition? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That logic is flawed if you agree that current ban on other drugs limits there usage to any extent.

    If there is alternative market flows then you need to try to get rid of those.

    Anyway even if you can't stop people from burning their own brew, or supplying their local market, you would still get rid of the average joes consumption in restaurantes with food our out in clubs (if the clubs would still remain at all ..)

    So yes, addicts may solve it, the occasional party might have a supply, but the weekly consumption would probably take a hit, and it's not only addicts failing life which dies thanks to alcohol.

    Also if you go out and there's no alcohol I guess peoples urge to get it lowers as well. And in many muslim countries they don't drink alcohol do they?

    Maybe we shouldn't criminalize murder, rape, voilent abuse, child molesting, ... either? I mean, they are criminalized and it happens anyway? ...

  8. Re:Or better yet on Time To Discuss Drug Prohibition? · · Score: 1

    Just let it free, don't pay out welfare to users, prison the criminals and let people see what happens and be warned that way not to go there.

    Maybe?

    And use the military for the Maffia damnit :D, or doesn't that work? =P

  9. Re:Or better yet on Time To Discuss Drug Prohibition? · · Score: 1

    My cousine died in such an accident to, and I just read on text-tv a couple of days ago that alcohol was the responsible factor for most of the deaths of people in Finland.

    17.7 % of all finish men die from alcohol.
    16.7 % die of heart- and cardiovascular diseases.

    10.7 % of the women die of breast cancer.
    10.6 % of alcohol.

    Average consumption is 10.5 litre pure (80 proof?) alcohol / person and year in Finland.

    HALF of the deaths in finish men aged 45-59 was because of alcohol.

    2.3 million or 3.7 % of all the deaths in the world 2002 was caused by alcohol-related diseases.

    23 million europeans is supposed to be addicted to alcohol with alcohol causing the death of around 195.000 europeans per year, or 11 % of the men in west europe and 16.7 % of all the men in Europe.

    Estimated cost for the society (in EU or Europe I presume) thanks to alcohol is 125.000.000.000 euro.

    But yeah, why ban that!?! It has never hurt anyone... ... or well, maybe a family or two.

    And Tobacco is even more dangerous afaik, it just happen to have less users.

  10. Re:Or better yet on Time To Discuss Drug Prohibition? · · Score: 1

    More likely they don't think drugs should be used but don't have the balls to ban the legal ones.

  11. Re:Or better yet on Time To Discuss Drug Prohibition? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Someone moderated that troll, but I don't see the issue with banning both alcohol and tobacco, either you are consistent and try to save the peoples health and minds and don't spend society resources on their illness thanks to those drogs, or you decide that people should be free to do whatever they want even if it's risky and they may be badly informed of said risks and let all drugs lose.

    Personally I don't know which alternative I think is better. I use to believe that they would never let a drug free which released plenty of dopamine in your brain because, well, it would be a drug, even if alcohol do so to but probably at a higher risk. Flawed logic?

  12. Re:That's OK. on UK ISPs Are Censoring Wikipedia · · Score: 0, Troll

    Looks like someone has already cracked her though.

    I wonder how they exploited her.

    Omg, so many weird analogies :D

    Security through obscurity made them trying to cover up her root hole?

    I found some flaws in the her top layers.

    Information wants to be free! Now they can't stop her from being spread all over.

    The article don't reveal if their is a back door.

    We've already seen the hardware but does she run Linux?

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of .. :D

    Is this what they called a 1U rack size?

  13. Re:That's OK. on UK ISPs Are Censoring Wikipedia · · Score: 4, Funny

    What? So it's really a service called virgin media which block virgin media? That sucks :/

    Good idea.

  14. Re:That's OK. on UK ISPs Are Censoring Wikipedia · · Score: 4, Funny

    Worked just fine for me (BBB, Sweden), so now I've found out they had a small nude girl on their cover and have spread the URL. Also it made me kind of naughty feeling and penis-tingeling ....

    Streisand-effect indeed.

  15. Re:Iran? Uh huh ... yeah on US Tests New Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    If it was up to me I'd vote yes on that too =P

  16. Re:From TFA: on US Tests New Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    That defines most of Russia's military hardware doesn't it?

    Except, like, you know, it works.

    Someone should tell them that they're 40 years too late.

    Maybe Putin can help you with that issue. (Damn he looks cool, I guess he get to score lots of chicks.)

  17. Re:They have to in order to justify further fundin on US Tests New Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    I know the russians systems are supposed to be working well. But could someone give some links to various systems or explain some differences and so on? Will this one be superior to the russians systems if they get it to work? Or are the russians systems so good enough that it doesn't really matter? Are there any known development of better systems by the russians?

    You should just had ordered theirs =P

  18. Re:They call this a success? on US Tests New Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    "The kill vehicle was sent to a very accurate spot in space," he said, adding that the result "does give us great confidence."

    To me, reading between the lines there, that sounds like they sent the kill vehicle to a pre-determined spot and managed to get the target to be there at the same time.

    Or the systems in it may have brought it to an accurate spot. Unless your theory is somehow confirmed or supported in some way it's not really worth much.

  19. Re:Iran? Uh huh ... yeah on US Tests New Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    And considering how high tech and modern north korea is that can only be like, what, centuries from now? =P

  20. Re:Iran? Uh huh ... yeah on US Tests New Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    ... why does it matter now anyway? It's not like the people living in those areas NOW are affected by whatever happened earlier? One still live where one live. Also we're all just humans, borders and owning more land when what you need to live on don't make much sense anyway.

  21. Re:Iran? Uh huh ... yeah on US Tests New Missile Defense · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, let's spend another couple of thousands of years on solving the issue...

  22. Re:Its... on US Tests New Missile Defense · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since it's not so important to get it right I guess by the beard.

  23. Re:Next Console? on Nintendo's Miyamoto On Innovation, Wii Ambitions · · Score: 1

    I know Nintendogs has sold decent, part of that is probably that it's more or less the only game advertised over here together with new super mario bros so people don't even know there exist other games for the console ...

    I wonder if normal people think there haven't come any games for the DS since the TV ads always show the same shit.

  24. Re:Dejà Vué All Over Again on Nintendo's Miyamoto On Innovation, Wii Ambitions · · Score: 1

    The gamecube HAS a DVD-drive.

    It doesn't play DVD-video though, but who cares?

    Less third party games and worse sales than the Playstation obviously mattered more.

  25. Will Apple open up its iPhone platform? on AT&T Sidestepping Google, Eyes Symbian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No.

    Though you almost made me lol.