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  1. Common Sense (I would guess) ... on Diet of Fast Food and Candy May Cause Alzheimer's · · Score: 1

    ... would suggest that it does not much good if you behave in an unbalanced manner, irrespective of the domain. If you are not balanced, you end up flat on your face, as easy as that (admittedly, it is quite hard to rediscover common sense after a treat of 'scientific values clarification').

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  2. Re:I'm not suprised on Obama Team Considers Cancellation of Ares, Orion · · Score: 1

    this ONE government mandate to secure our borders

    World Wide Military Deployments
    Rest-of-World (all but USA) 146,507
    United States 393,569

    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/deploy.htm

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  3. Re:Oh, the potential on New Asimov Movies Coming · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm afraid it's because the vast majority of the moviegoers out there are just not capable of watching a movie any more if it's not crammed full with special effects and made for a 5-year old to understand.

    I suppose 2001, one of my favorite movies, would be a complete failure if it were to be shown to todays public.


    Thank you, you saved my day — and, yes, The Times They Are A-Changin', but not to the better these days.

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  4. How social issues are unrelated to individuals ... on 90% of Gaming Addiction Patients Not Addicted · · Score: 1

    The problem is a social one rather than a psychological issue. In other words, the patients have turned to heavy gaming because they felt they didn't fit in elsewhere, or that they fit in better 'in the game' than elsewhere in 'the real world.'

    If this statement reflects the 'status quo' of the 'real world', it might indeed be better to look for a habitat elsewhere.

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  5. Re:It doesn't matter... on Groklaw Says Microsoft Patent Portfolio Now Worthless · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7235986827.html

    Novell gets $348 million from Microsoft

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  6. Re:same theme, better story: on Grenade-Style Wireless Camera For Combat · · Score: 2, Funny

    why would you need 360 degree view in your eye socket

    Never heard of 'the inner eye' ??? Fits especially well for an artist.

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  7. Re:Be a teacher on Fun Things To Do With a Math Or Science Degree? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Instead of asking what you have here, I suggest you ask your daughter what she'd /like/ to do

    Excellent point — I myself was pressed into (natural) 'science' because math was easy to me, which in the long run (decades) turned out to be a major desaster that I am still trying to recover from.

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  8. Re:BRAVO! on Doctorow On Copyright Reform & Culture · · Score: 1

    That only has a chance of working if the people who don't give money are not allowed to own the movie on whatever format they choose.

    Well, if you at the same time ensure that one does not own (i.e. pays for) part of the shit that happens in the 'real life' show this could be negotiated.

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  9. Re:Range of motion & injuries on Stretching Before Exercising Weakens Muscles · · Score: 1

    Without stretching certain extreme movements (such as kicking high above your head - think dance or martial arts) are impossible for most people and they risk injury if they try.

    People risk injury because they are not trained to relax, which is a prerequisite not only for stretch to occur, but also for most (if not all) capabilities within the realm of your wushu/kung fu (ymmv).

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  10. Re:Or, as Joshua put it... on How Do Games Grow Up? · · Score: 1

    Chess, checkers, go, bridge, renju ...

    Also the 'martial arts' variety of games, for a more holistic reward.

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  11. Re:My advice - don't look for satisfaction in game on How Do Games Grow Up? · · Score: 1

    Strategy games makes you better at evaluating choices, and helps you better understand / keep control of (your) economy.

    Apparently, gaming at the stock exchange does not help that much as recent developments indicate. Now, how can you have a positive transfer from a strategy game if there is none in real life?

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  12. But then, proof that a proof is proof ... on LHC Forces Bookmaker To Lower Odds On the Existence of God · · Score: 2, Informative

    ... seems rather hard within the realm of an empirical science.

    At least, that was the case in pre-modern times.

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  13. Re:I hope the improved compability. on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Released · · Score: 1
  14. Re:I hope the improved compability. on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Released · · Score: 1

    If a person has a bug which he can't fix, his next best course of action is to report it to the people who can. If that confuses you, you are a lost cause.

    Yes, Sir, I always knew that I was too stupid to properly express myself. If I only could be a genius like you.

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  15. Re:I hope the improved compability. on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Released · · Score: 1

    volunteer

    Naively, I am thinking that 'open source software' is for everybody, not just people qualified to develop software.

    appropriate audience

    Besides 'appropriate' being a 'fuzzy' term at best, I find it difficult to infer a profile regards qualification from posts here these days.

    submit bug reports

    I have a hard time to submit a bug report if the issue is not resolved (for years) after the thing was working on an "old" distribution (e.g. Synaptics touchpad on Acer Extensa not properly working since Edgy). Besides, I have the feeling that an average user is going to fail in doing so, on top of that at the same time running the risk to be disqualified in some way if trying anyway.

    The tenet 'It is free, thus contribute or keep your mouth shut' will not help much to finally have the year of the Linux desktop.

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  16. Re:I hope the improved compability. on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Released · · Score: 1

    Volunteer to fix the software yourself or submit bug reports so others can do so. Just don't whine. That doesn't help anything.

    This statement from above does not help much either.

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  17. The most dangerous one ... on The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes? · · Score: 1

    ... proof given by empirical research (rather than evidence, as an explanation, if necessary).

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  18. Ahem ... on Brains Work Best At Age of 39 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... they base their result on a sample of 72 persons within an age range from 23 to 80.

    Science at its best.

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  19. Re:Bad US Army Intel. on US Army Sees Twitter As Possible Terrorist "Operation Tool" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A hypothesis would be that they are trying to implement hooks to restrict 'free speech', the latter being a potential 'operation tool' for 'terrorists'.

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  20. Re:Turkey? on Blogger.com Banned In Turkey · · Score: 1

    genocides are a contemporary trademark of islam everywhere outside of Turkey

    Probably they do not hide behind 'Religion'.

    Statistics OfTurkey's Democide

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  21. Re:Still not transparent on Early Voting Problems, Open Source Alternative · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Germany has one of the most complicated voting systems in the world, still we have official results in the papers, the next day

    But with voting machines our trusted politicians would have the results even before the elections. Just figure!

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  22. Re:It's funny how... on In UK, Broadband Limits Confuse Nine In Ten Users · · Score: 1

    ISPs, like all other businesses, do not exist to serve the customer, they exist to make money for the investors

    Thus Spoke Zarathustra! Too bad that these laws of nature exist, eternally, unchangeable.

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  23. Re:Mark this article on Voters Swayed By Candidates Who Share Their Looks · · Score: 1

    While correlation does not prove causation, it sure does imply causation.

    Yes, like having to cope with spectacles causes you to be more intelligent.

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  24. Re:Mark this article on Voters Swayed By Candidates Who Share Their Looks · · Score: 1

    It's not inconceivable that in the future people will be able to make concrete statistical statements about causality

    For a starter: Path Analysis (as of 1918)

    link

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  25. Next up: on Microsoft Patents the Censoring of Speech · · Score: 1

    ... patenting automated triage.

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