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  1. Re:Pigmy chimp on Deciphering the DNA Code of Neanderthal Man · · Score: 1

    The closest living relative to human beings is not the common chimpanzee

    Sure?

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  2. Re:Stupidest suggestion *evar* on Over 12,000 black Nintendo DS Lite Systems Stolen · · Score: 1

    the authorities there

    Imagine those are part of the game. Evil cops and such ...

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  3. Memoir Found in a Bathtub ... on CIA Secretly Reclassifying Documents · · Score: 1

    would be good read.

    Lem

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  4. Re:Et tu, Britannia? on Britons Unconvinced on Evolution · · Score: 1

    Some like to let the Bombardier Beetle enter the podium.

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  5. Re:And in other news.. on 2005 Was the Hottest Year on Record · · Score: 1

    Believing in magic I was directed to tis ... EPA

    In short, scientists think rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are contributing to global warming, as would be expected; but to what extent is difficult to determine at the present time.

    As atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases continue to rise, scientists estimate average global temperatures will continue to rise as a result. By how much and how fast remain uncertain. IPCC projects further global warming of 2.2-10F (1.4-5.8C) by the year 2100. This range results from uncertainties in greenhouse gas emissions, the possible cooling effects of atmospheric particles such as sulfates, and the climate's response to changes in the atmosphere.

    The IPCC states that even the low end of this warming projection "would probably be greater than any seen in the last 10,000 years, but the actual annual to decadal changes would include considerable natural variability."

    Which also implicitely gives a hint to the average scientific "advancedness" of the average /.er.

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  6. Re:Hmm... on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Unrelated to Typing? · · Score: 1

    that the mouse, rather than the keyboard, is the thing that really brings on RSI

    Having switched back to being lefthanded from being forced the other way, I though still use the right hand for the mouse as I feel that the restrictions imposed on the dominant hand (by the mouse) are causing trouble of sorts.

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  7. Re:Violation of RICO? What case?? on Online Daters Sue Matchmaking Web Sites for Fraud · · Score: 1

    In Southern California, most of the women are inflatable.

    I.e., the bias that there is a lot of hot air around there applies :)

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  8. Re:What's with all the mice? on The Guardian On Intellectual Property · · Score: 1

    they will pull the plug on the planet

    Which would leave only little more then a dent in the universe.

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  9. Re:What's with all the mice? on The Guardian On Intellectual Property · · Score: 1

    When will the madness end?

    Imagine: A (perhaps patented) virus set up to compensate a big loss of a pharma company gets out of control and causes a real pandemic.

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  10. Re:proof that K1-12 is a crock of pooh on Eight Year Old Physics Student Admitted to College · · Score: 1

    Languages - well , the whole language can be broken down in 1 4hr lesson into a massive 1 foot sized flow chart and

    Might apply if lower class US English is in focus (or German as recently spoken, I have no bias :), but what about zhongwen???

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  11. Re:Just imagine... on Another Belated Microsoft Memo · · Score: 1

    The race doesn't end at the starting line. It ends at the finishing line.

    Logic? I thought the finishing line implies that you are out of business,

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  12. Re:Not with the testing they're doing. on Novell's Releases Linux Usability Testing Videos · · Score: 1

    If you still need useful data like that you have missed something that already existed (though naturally in a different outfit) when uucp was en vogue.

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  13. Re:Professionalism in the open source world. on Matt Asay on the Status of OSS · · Score: 1

    In my field of expertise a proper diagnosis is rated "very professional" indeed.

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  14. Re:Erm...TV Shows? on iPod Video Coming to a Car Near You · · Score: 1

    I think that's pretty earth shattering...a 3 minute pop video, or a 45 minute TV show for the same price?

    No, it is not. Just an example of estimated price margins.

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  15. Re:Chinese script is the thing to learn ... on Internet Power Struggle Reaching Climax · · Score: 1

    It might not be as bad as all that, though, if you start to ask the question: how often do people surf outside their own native language?

    Without any intention of flamebaiting (as ever) I guess roughly 100% of the educated non-native with regard to command of some type of "English" (the French might not fall into this scheme) - hmm, but who is educated these days?

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  16. Re:No, you're thinking Aqua Net on Internet Power Struggle Reaching Climax · · Score: 1

    More along these lines; open to the art of hermeneutics for those who can :)

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  17. Chinese script is the thing to learn ... on Internet Power Struggle Reaching Climax · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... having to face Afronet, Amerinet and Eurasianet - hmm, sounds a bit 84 :(

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  18. As a psychologist with a different scope of view on Anxiety Disorders Discoverable by Blood Test · · Score: 1

    In my studied opinion it is far better for the chemical/physical causes of mental illness to be hidden safely away from the ...

    Besides having difficulties in recognizing simple cause-consequence relations in a complex world I sincerely wonder how you in your studies came to the conclusion that disregulations on the "material" side may be rated as a "cause".

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  19. Re:My only worry on Anxiety Disorders Discoverable by Blood Test · · Score: 1

    Maybe it would be better if the nurture (environment) part would be treated instead of the nature (DNA) side (as the article seems to suggest).

    On a side note: My wife took Prozac and turned bipolar as a consequence, so take care.

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  20. Re:The UN is incompatible with the internet on U.S. Insists On Keeping Control Of Internet · · Score: 1

    But the only reason the Internet is free is because the companies controlling its infrastructure are not only in a free country ...

    Clearly that prevented the Verisign DNS abuse.

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  21. Re:The knowledge will be passed along. on Tech Geezers vs. Young Bloods · · Score: 1

    And the best thing is that we're now drawing from the most creative and brilliant minds of India, China, Korea and many other nations

    ... who will supposedly pass the (attained) knowledge within their area and will sell ready-made products to the (then) imbecile (e.g. cooked up by cell phones) population of former technology leaders.

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  22. Re:Yup, and he wouldn't survive today either! on Intelligence in the Internet Age · · Score: 1

    Say goodbye to speed traps

    Yes, and it will not be possible to calculate your speed between those automagic toll collecting spots.
    So we learn that Googlelism would not help in a Fisher-Byrne scenario.

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  23. Re:Your insinuation is curious on Japanese Researchers Develop Sensor Skin · · Score: 1

    It's like worrying about the emotions your hand feels when you jack off.

    Hmm, considering the theory behind Korean hand acupuncture and hypothesizing that there might be a fourth ape (missing from the famous three) you might find reasons to worry.

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  24. Great ... on Firefox Hits 80,000,000 Downloads · · Score: 1

    ... so it seems that there is still hope for a better world :)

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  25. So then ... on The Changing Face of Computer Science · · Score: 1

    ... enlighten me which is different - please.

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