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  1. Re:I really love Fallout. on Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well, this game IS NOT like Fallout 1/2 and that's a simple fact nobody can deny.

    O RLY?
    Watch me!
    "I deny that Fallout 3 is not like Fallout 1 & 2". Fallout 3 is almost exactly what I'd expect a ten-year removed sequel to be.

  2. Re:FPS Storytelling? on id Software On Rage, Storytelling In Games · · Score: 1

    Did you forget about Deus Ex?

  3. Re:That was an intelligently designed decision on Royal Society "Creationist" Resigns · · Score: 1

    To post something "factual" means you actually have to post "facts".

  4. Re:That was an intelligently designed decision on Royal Society "Creationist" Resigns · · Score: 1

    The information in DNA comes from the environment - evolution (described as a information process) can be described as the transfer of information from the environment to DNA.

    Be careful with this argument. I see what you're saying, but it's *very* easy to be taken the wrong way and to feed in to even more creationist babble. The environment does *not* guide mutations within DNA. It only guides natural selection.

  5. Re:That was an intelligently designed decision on Royal Society "Creationist" Resigns · · Score: 1

    Mod parent -1: Dumbfuck

  6. Re:LHC isn't running. on LHC Success! · · Score: 4, Funny

    For the second test, we have added a consequence for failure. Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an "unsatisfactory" mark on your official testing record, followed by death. Good luck!

  7. Re:Total Perspective Vortex on LHC Success! · · Score: 1

    I'm not. I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox, baby!

  8. Re:Wrox Press on Java, Where To Start? · · Score: 1

    Hardly. So you have to be careful with file and database connections. Big friggin deal. 99.9% of the other Objects you work with clean up after themselves without a problem. RTFM and get on with your life.

    And I've never met a competent Java developer who thinks GC is a "magic bullet". It has its nuances just like everything else does.

  9. Re:sun certified developer. on Java, Where To Start? · · Score: 1

    True, but an entry-level Java programmer won't have many accomplishments, will he?

  10. Re:Wrox Press on Java, Where To Start? · · Score: 1

    If you follow the practice of closing your database connections and files as soon as you're done using them, you won't need to do it in a finalizer. In 10 years of Java programming, I can count on one hand the number of times I've needed to write a finalize() method.

  11. Re:Engineering Ramifications? on Nuclear Decay May Vary With Earth-Sun Distance · · Score: 1

    In the interests of learning, I propose we switch it off to see what happens.

    Some people have already tried that. They're called "Creationists".

  12. Re:Greed. on Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research · · Score: 1

    Ok. But aside from Aqueducts, Sanitation, Roads, Irrigation, Medicine, Education, Wine, and Baths, what have the Romans ever done for us ???

  13. Re:That's absurd. on Phil Zimmermann Replies To CNet On Biden · · Score: 1

    Some guy sitting in a cave and saying "death to america" doesn't warrant us going to WW3 over it.

    If only you could've told this to Bush prior to March '03...

  14. Bullshit on Phil Zimmermann Replies To CNet On Biden · · Score: 1

    Article VI: U.S. Constitution

    This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

    We have signed numerous treaties regarding how wars are to be conducted and how prisoners are to be treated. These treaties are just as legally binding as the Bill of Rights.

  15. Re:Phone companies aren't violating the Constituti on Phil Zimmermann Replies To CNet On Biden · · Score: 1

    The telecommunications industry is highly regulated. While they may not run afoul of the fourth Amendment, they may damn well have violated statutory federal law.

  16. Re:All well and good.. on New Details For StarCraft 2's Zerg · · Score: 1

    Starcraft has had the best retail longevity of any game in history. It was released ten years ago. Ten years! And to this day, you can still find it for sale at just about any store. I can't think of any game that has stayed on store shelves for this long.

  17. Not true at all... on New Details For StarCraft 2's Zerg · · Score: 1

    I play quite a bit of Warcraft 3, and there is *plenty* of strategy as well as tactics. Your opponent won't get the chance to crank out "bigger and faster" if you go with a resource starvation strategy, for example.

  18. Re:armed result == bloodbath on As of October, FBI To Allow Warrantless Investigations · · Score: 1

    Insurgencies can "work", for certain definitions of "work", against modern armies, Vietnam being the classical example.

    Iraq being the contemporary example.

  19. Re:Well Just Great on Diablo 3 Developer Explains Health and Potion Changes · · Score: 1

    You couldn't buy Rejuv potions. But you could brew your own using health potions, mana potions, and the Horadric Cube.

  20. Re:Colbert isn't republican... on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 1

    ^Colbert is not a Conservative! He's an independent who happens to love George W. Bush and hate Liberals. :)

  21. Re:Colbert isn't republican... on Measuring the "Colbert Bump" · · Score: 5, Informative

    ^ Written by someone who obviously never watched The Daily Show during Clinton's administration.

  22. Re:Obviously not on Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science? · · Score: 1

    You haven't talked to many Young-Earth Creationists have you?

  23. Re:The latest indy on Lucas Researching Concept For New Indiana Jones Film · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I got the same feeling. What's the point in chasing after an artifact that gives you a tactical advantage on the battlefield (the Ark, possibly the grail) when both Superpowers now have weapons capable of incinerating entire nations? The Zeitgeist of the film was certainly different than its predecessors. In Raiders, academics were trusted by their government and honored for their expertise. In Crystal Skull, they were distrusted as possible Communists. It was a different America, and the film captured that feeling very well.

    And, like the insipid prequel-bashing that goes on here, much of the hate directed at crystal skull was widely undeserved. It had some flaws, but it was still a fun adventure flick.

  24. Re:OMG!!! In just six years.... on Neanderthals and Humans Diverged 660K Years Ago · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Geico? So easy, a caveman could do it!

  25. Re:And we should vote for him over the other guy w on McCain Campaign Offers Rewards For Turn-Key Comments · · Score: 1

    ^ Which is exactly why their campaign is in such deep trouble. Rule #1 in politics: Never, never let your opponent set the narrative!