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  1. ought to be obligatory on SpaceX Launch Not So Perfect After All · · Score: 1

    "Did the primary buffer panel just fall off my gorram ship for no apparent reason?!"

  2. Re:The reason is simple. on Why Ultrabooks Are Falling Well Short of Intel's Targets · · Score: 0

    " IPS display" - you can make up fantasy machines that compete
    with mac air, but the x1 carbon does NOT have IPS display (as
    the thinkpad forums abundantly demonstrate)

  3. Re:The relevant part on Human Water Use Accounts For 42% of Recent Sea Level Rise · · Score: 1

    You point is intriguing. How many "hole years" are in a century?

  4. Re:How is this not an impeachable offense? on LightSquared Disrupts 75% of GPS Connections In Government Test · · Score: 1

    mod up - important information

  5. Re:They're claiming it's not thermal damage on Study Hints That Wi-Fi Near Testes Could Decrease Male Fertility · · Score: 5, Informative

    there are two papers: the Van-Gheem et.al. paper you cite and then there is the
    one the slashdot article is about, which is:

    Use of laptop computers connected to internet through Wi-Fi decreases human sperm motility and increases sperm DNA fragmentation. by Avendaño C, Mata A, Sanchez Sarmiento CA, Doncel GF.

    The authors are the Argentineans which the linked article mentions.

    It's (to be) published in Fertility and Sterility.

    So I basically don't know what you're going on about ...

  6. Re:bull pucky on Columbus Blamed For Mini Ice Age · · Score: 0

    I think this must be the most obtuse
    comment I've ever seen on slashdot
    (which is saying a lot).

  7. Re:sure looks like she was misinterpreted on The Mythical Tunnel Between CERN and Central Italy · · Score: 2

    so you really think this 900 km tunnel
    exists, do you?

  8. techno-corpo-babble on How America Can Get Its Tech Mojo Back · · Score: 1

    It is thinking such as that exhibited here -- at least judging by how it is
    expressed -- which is more the problem than the solution.

  9. Re:Why do I need to go to the theater? on Poor Picture At Your Local Cinema? · · Score: 1

    That's a compromise I can't live without.

    so what does that mean exactly?

  10. Re:Represented by ... on Righthaven Hit With Class Action Counterclaim · · Score: 1

    The MoFos represented Novell in the SCO suit.

    And between them and Boise and Co dragged
    it out for about 7 years and perhaps 40
    million dollars of legal fees

  11. Re:spark@cbc.ca on CBC Bans Use of Creative Commons Music On Podcasts · · Score: 1

    With all my **hearth** I hope this will open your eyes.

    no ... I expect with all the smoke you'll just blind them :)

  12. Re:Other strategies... on How To Build Roads To Control How Fast You Drive · · Score: 1

    "They seem to make a significant difference in residuntial areas"

    I like that - there should be a area where all the dunces live.

  13. Re:libertarian on Obama's Space Plan — a Conservative Argument · · Score: 1

    aircraft technology was largely supported
    by the US mail service - a huge gov't
    subsidy that was a good idea and worked
    well

  14. Re:Fortunately, the U.S. SCOTUS Disagrees on South Australia Outlaws Anonymous Political Speech · · Score: 1

    That would be Scalia and *Rehnquist*.
    Thomas agreed with the majority.

    http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/20/us/justices-allow-unsigned-political-fliers.html?pagewanted=all

  15. Re:Placebo effect is just fine thanks on New Research Suggests G-Spot Doesn't Exist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Well...date enough chicks over the years and I think you'll come to agree that most of them have some kind of a problem"

    hmmm ... what is the one common factor in all your dates?

  16. Re:Climate Science isn't a Science! on The Science Credibility Bubble · · Score: 2, Informative

    "In 1975, American Scientist, Nature, and New York Times"

    citations needed - the cooling idea was always marginal and
    not widely held amongst scientists and disappeared quickly
    quite unlike the current warming hypothesis

  17. Re:So Wait... on Canada Supreme Court Broadens Internet "Luring" Offense · · Score: 1

    Why do you think that if the child says
    he or she is an adult that gets you
    off the charge?

  18. Re:So... on Canada Supreme Court Broadens Internet "Luring" Offense · · Score: 1

    so they said to the young Einstein - there
    is just no way to slow down time; don't
    even think about it because it's a pointless
    waste of time

  19. Re:Too late on AU Government To Build "Unhackable" Netbooks · · Score: 4, Funny

    hey - some guy on slashdot said he talked to some other guy
    who Australia who heard from somewhere that these computers
    could be hacked

    It *must* be true!

  20. Re:What about P2P? on Newly Declassified FBI Docs Reveal Predictive Data System · · Score: 1

    "But he ended his talk by claiming that the same file sharing software his college-enrolled sons are likely using is also being used to spread "millions" of child porn images."

    well, that's true of the wires and optic cable his sons use too ... so what?

  21. Re:One begs the question... on Jack Kirby Heirs Reclaim Marvel/Disney Rights · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Too bad your analogy sucks in 18 different ways. First, a brick wall doesn't continually generate money. Copyrighted works do, as long as there are customers to buy them"

    only because they are *copyrighted* - if walls had the same protection
    they would generate revenue forever too (cause walls are damn useful)

    this is circular reasoning not criticism

  22. Re:DOJ asks court not to decide constitutional Q on DoJ Defends $1.92 Million RIAA Verdict · · Score: 1

    Presumably Ms. Thomas-Rasset's lawyers will bring this to the Court's attention

    They don't seem to have much more clue than Neeson...

  23. Re:What is it with judges going beyond the law? on Judge May Take "Fair Use" Away From Jury · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's not the judges but rather weaknesses in
    NYCL's legal theories - his predictions so far have
    not been particularly accurate (just see the speculations
    pre-Thomas trial and then what actually happened).

  24. Re:Ethanol is just stupid on The Great Ethanol Scam · · Score: 1

    wikipedia has an interesting article ...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_fascism

  25. Re:Ethanol is just stupid on The Great Ethanol Scam · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It is obvious that there is not a free market in the USA - profits
    are above 0 for many mature products.

    Also, there is no labor mobility (companies can outsource but
    workers cannot freely move to USA).

    USA economy is probably closer, technically, to a fascist economic
    system.