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  1. Re:Priorities out of whack on China Will Lead World Scientific Research By 2020 · · Score: 1

    *Dichotomy not dualism... Damn /. for not allowing posts to be edited.

  2. Re:Priorities out of whack on China Will Lead World Scientific Research By 2020 · · Score: 1

    Last I checked, the nerd/jock dualism doesn't exist in college.

  3. Re:Priorities out of whack on China Will Lead World Scientific Research By 2020 · · Score: 1

    Last I checked, you don't study engineering in high school.

  4. Re:Steam and Electronic Arts on Game Distribution Platforms Becoming Annoyingly Common · · Score: 1

    The only way I'd believe that claim is if the patch had alread been written

    It is.

  5. Re:Steam and Electronic Arts on Game Distribution Platforms Becoming Annoyingly Common · · Score: 1

    Yes, but at the sight of you they tend to go crazy again and pass irrational judgements against you.

  6. Re:Steam and Electronic Arts on Game Distribution Platforms Becoming Annoyingly Common · · Score: 2, Informative

    Valve has stated before that if they do go belly-up they would release a patch so that you could play all of your games without getting onto the steam network. That or I would expect some hackers to crack it.

    That is of course assuming Valve doesn't try to sell Steam.

  7. Re:The new dogma of genetics on Humans Nearly Went Extinct 1.2M Years Ago · · Score: 1

    I never said there was anything wrong with genetic theory. The OP was making a point about scientific assumptions being bunk, however to prove one his points he bases it on the validity of a scientific theory.

    Ironic.

  8. Re:Not sure in USA but in Spain... on The Apple Paradox, Closed Culture & Free-Thinking Fans · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes you are.

  9. Re:The new dogma of genetics on Humans Nearly Went Extinct 1.2M Years Ago · · Score: 4, Informative

    But why should we assume a uniform rate over time, when evolutionary theory says that genetic differentiation happens in leaps and bounds?

    See, here is your problem, you're assuming evolutionary theory is correct to begin with.

    Indeed, much of science is based on a giant leap of faith in linear regression; physicists, chemists, doctors, engineers, all use linear regression without questioning its assumptions.

    No, they use linear regression and then test to prove it's a reasonable assumption.

  10. Re:no sound = no sound barrier on Skydiver To Break Sound Barrier During Free-Fall · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apparently you never learned about significant figures.

  11. Re:Beautiful pictures on Space Photos Taken From Shed Stun Astronomers · · Score: 4, Informative

    It takes quite a while to collect enough light from 100s of light years away in order to create a usable image.

    For example, looking through my 6" telescope you can't see any nebula's like in pictures. Another thing they do is take multiple images and stack them together to amplify the signal and minimize the noise.

  12. Re:Beautiful pictures on Space Photos Taken From Shed Stun Astronomers · · Score: 4, Informative

    Information found:

    He used an ORION OPTICS UK AG8 Astrograph and a STARLIGHT XPRESS SXV-H16 CCD.

    http://www.astropix.co.uk/equipment.html

  13. Beautiful pictures on Space Photos Taken From Shed Stun Astronomers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Amazing, I would like to see some more details of his setup, particularly which telescope and CCD he used.

    I personally have a 6" Dobsonian, but without an equatorial mount it's nearly impossible to replicate his results.

  14. Re:help in police chases? on Electromagnetic Pulse Gun To Help In Police Chases · · Score: 1

    It will be interesting if they ever use this against someone who has a pacemaker.

    Interesting and sad at least.

  15. Re:many words on For GUIs, Just the Right Degree of Realism · · Score: 1

    tl;dr

  16. Re:It depends where you want to draw the line. on For GUIs, Just the Right Degree of Realism · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's called KISS. No, not the band, but KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID.

  17. Re:many words on For GUIs, Just the Right Degree of Realism · · Score: 1

    In simpler terms you might understand:

    FAIL.

  18. Re:many words on For GUIs, Just the Right Degree of Realism · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you allergic to words?

    Seems to be a developing condition amongst the young and ignorant.

  19. Re:Doh! on Game Developers Note Net Neutrality Concerns To FCC · · Score: 1

    It was trying to protect you from the crap known as modern warfare 2 multiplayer.

  20. Re:Safety on Astrium Hopes To Test Grabbing Solar Energy From Orbit · · Score: 1

    Except for the fact that it's rather difficult to send power to a satellite that is orbiting at LEO... You know, orbital mechanics and all.

  21. Re:uhh... on Astrium Hopes To Test Grabbing Solar Energy From Orbit · · Score: 1

    Everything and anything could go wrong if an idiot like you designed it, thankfully or at least hopefully the guys at EADS Astrium aren't idiots.

  22. Re:Slashdot did it first on Half of Google News Users Browse But Don't Click · · Score: 1

    Thanks, but I get all the information I need from my RSS feeds, who RTFA's anyway?

  23. Re:you are kidding right? on 100% Free Software Compatible PC Launches · · Score: 1

    I'm not missing the point, not at all, you on the other hand need to realize that your point only exists in fairy tale land, not in the current climate for desktop/notebook PCs.

  24. Re:Slashdot did it first on Half of Google News Users Browse But Don't Click · · Score: 1

    Thanks you fucking moron, I hope you have a nice fucking day.

    Another problem with America, excessive use of profanity.

  25. Re:Slashdot did it first on Half of Google News Users Browse But Don't Click · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is one of the problems with America these days, people just want sound bites and could care less about facts surrounding a situation.