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  1. There can be only one! on Search for Miss Digital World · · Score: 3, Funny

    All of the obvious answers aside... Maybe Grace wouldn't win the swim suite competition, but if any lady is Queen of the digital realm, it's surely her. http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Hopper.Danis.html

  2. Re:very curious indeed. on Human Accomplishment · · Score: 4, Informative

    The point is this... metrics are compiled based on reported statistics. If one ascertains from reported numbers that 90 percent of all shark bite victims happen within 100 meters of the shoreline it gives a false indication of where the sharks actually are and why they bite. Everyone swims within 100 meters of the shoreline! Back to the article: In a per-capita sense I'd wager than America has a significant advantage over hmmm... everyone in that its population did not exist during the time period Murray specified. The metrics being reported are most assuredly skewed. Also, based on where Murray received his education, his conciseness is biased towards that culture and the curriculum he paid attention to during his id years.

  3. very curious indeed. on Human Accomplishment · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The numbers are without a doubt skewed. Come on... Saying 97 percent of the significant figures in sciences come from the west is like saying 90 percent of shark bite victims happen within 100 meters of the shoreline. Where did Murray receive his education? I suppose I'll have to read this book now. hmmmm, what to do this weekend, what to do...

  4. Is it even Dell technology? on Dell DJ: Yet Another MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    First off, Musicmatch has always been... hmmm a player in the shadow of Winamps greatness so, in that they would partner with Dell to bring the DJ online tells me right up front that this is a gimmick. I don't have a real opinion just yet until I can learn more on the devices scalability. I guess my position is "waiting"...

  5. Re:Darwin Awards, here we come... on Sanyo Develops Corn-Based Biodegradeable CD · · Score: 0

    Pretty funny, but you gotta admit that this corn thing isn't too far off from the already accepted and popular method of creating plastics. I'm sure the CDs will be a derivative of some sort of cellulose. And celluloid is nothing more than a refined carbohydrate. This process has been in use for 100 years already.

    Check it out... (C6H10O5)n

  6. plastics / carbs / whatever on Is Recycling Really Worth It? · · Score: 1

    Why recycle? For one, it raises awareness of things to come, and things that are. Why not recycle... These extra steps we take in separating refuse give the teamsters something to strike about. :-)

  7. Re:Weaseliest website? on Dilbert Readers Rat Out Some Weasels · · Score: 2, Funny

    He who smelt it dealt it.

  8. what goes on top? on Hacking Major Appliances For Fun And Profit? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What would you mount on it? Like maybe PEZ dispensers? I mean, come on! a camera at that level is only good for one thing... up skirts!