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  1. Re:Don't blow shit up - problem solved on Obama To Decide On New Weapons · · Score: 1

    'You live in peace ad[sic] harmony with your neighbors, until...'

    This is the critical part that has been missing. E.g., sending in agents to destabilize a regime is not part of "peace and harmony".

  2. Re:Nasa? on 20 Years of Hubble · · Score: 1

    No. BBC is an abbreviation; Nasa is an acronym in that it has become a word (cf. radar).

  3. Re:His Master's Voice on Don't Talk To Aliens, Warns Stephen Hawking · · Score: 1

    Heck, you don't have to go that far back: Western Europe in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries; joined by the US in the 19th and 20th; continuing today with China thrown in.

  4. Re:Spltting hairs, are we? on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 1

    '... a simple rule change, such as requiring 60%, or 2/3rds, or 75%, seems better than an odder, more arbitrary sounding change, such as 57.6 %.'

    But 57.15% would be proof that the change was wanted:^)

  5. Re:Netbooks! on Job Ad Hints At Microsoft Move To ARM Servers · · Score: 1

    You forgot Stoolman, which serves double duty for kinky pr0n and three-legged, backless chair research.

  6. Re: No Jahid Needed on Another WW-I Chemical Site In Washington, DC · · Score: 1

    One can only hope.

  7. Too Heavy? on At Last, Flying Cars? · · Score: 5, Funny

    '... a VTOL air vehicle with a maximum payload capability of approximately 1,000 lbs?.'

    So a typical US family of four won't be able to acheive lift-off in it!

  8. Re:Prior Art? on Interactive Exercise Company Sues Nintendo For Patent Infringement · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Controlling any device with a computer based in data from sensors is not inovative and should not be patentable regardless of how many adjectives are added.

  9. Re:And The Flip Side ... on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 1

    So, how much are they willing to pay for such a proof?

  10. Re:Sounds like mad men on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 1

    Actually, if it were like the film Brazil, you would go to jail based on a bug.

  11. Re:Not completely bogus on British Chiropractors Drop Case Against Simon Singh · · Score: 1

    Compare with physic ; a now archaic term for a (non-surgeon) medical practitioner.

  12. Re:Auto headlamps. on Data Centers Push Back On US Efficiency Rules · · Score: 1

    Was that the bulb or the whole lamp?

    To previous poster: As far as beam spread is concerned, proper fluting has provided a more than adequate range for my needs.

  13. Re:Auto headlamps. on Data Centers Push Back On US Efficiency Rules · · Score: 1

    Why would the shape and diameter of the headlamp affect the possible bulb technology and fluting of the lamp?
    The only effect of this that I have seen is that auto lamps now cost $200 - $500 to replace instead of $20 at your local auto supply shop, due to each make having an individual design.

  14. I'll Bet on Girl Claims Price Scanner Gave Her Tourette's Syndrome · · Score: 4, Insightful

    'Attorneys for Ms. Juliano and her guardian say the girl was sensitive to light and burned, and later developed post-traumatic stress and Tourette's syndrome.'

    To fix that: "Ms. Juliano and her guardian say the girl deserves a Million Billion Gazillion dolars (and that she [Ms. Juliano] should be trustee)."

  15. Re:a better question on Should Kids Be Bribed To Do Well In School? · · Score: 4, Informative

    'as a taxpayer, i don't think it's fair that i'm already paying for your child's education,...'

    You're not; you are paying back the cost of your education. That is being invested in the education of the current students, who will, in turn, pay it back.

  16. Re:Duh on Young Men Who Smoke Have Lower IQs · · Score: 1

    'Oh, so you think you can explain addiction in terms that others can understand?'

    Try holding your breath for 20 minutes and note how good it feels when you do breathe again.

  17. Re:this story is a dupe. on Twitter Predicts Box Office Results · · Score: 4, Funny

    'We saw it last week.'

    As predicted by Twitter, believe it or not!

  18. Out more than gaol time on Stalker Jailed For Planting Child Porn On a PC · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's also out the postage to mail the hard drive.

  19. Re:Bad things to say about chiropractors? on In the UK, a Victory For Free Speech · · Score: 1

    With the bonus that many drugs are, in fact, as evidenced by trials, effective in curing or stabilising many of the ailments that chiropracty claims, without evidence, to cure.

  20. Re:Better put on your.... on Magnetism Can Sway Man's Moral Compass · · Score: 1

    'The researchers found that when the RTPJ was disrupted volunteers were more likely to judge actions solely on the basis of whether they caused harm -- not whether they were morally wrong in themselves.'

    So how were the behaviours objectively determined to be morally wrong? On what basis is any non-harmful behaviour immoral?

    It appears to me that the volunteers were more appropriately judging the morality of the behaviour.

  21. Re:Tension is good on It's Time To Split Up NSA Between Spooks and Geeks · · Score: 1

    'Tension normally results in balance.'

    ... and equally commonly in a broken spring.

  22. Re:WTF? Just ask the patient. on Could Colorblindness Cure Be Morally Wrong? · · Score: 1

    'The ethical question is, at what stage do you decide that a person is not competent to make the decision?'

    When they start attacking or disrupting others.

  23. Re:Riding the back of nostalgia. on Commodore 64 Primed For a Comeback In June · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As one who did programme back then (and earlier), I can assure you that his generation sucks no more or less than did the older generation; just in different ways.

  24. Re:Almost always the rule when correcting others. on Is the Line-in Jack On the Verge of Extinction? · · Score: 1

    ... and it sounds AWESOME!

  25. Re:What About The Parents? on Later School Start For Teenagers Brings Drop In Absenteeism · · Score: 1

    So, the theory being: the family that's jailed together, stays together?