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  1. Re:The NSA is so Credible on CBS 60 Minutes: NSA Speaks Out On Snowden, Spying · · Score: 4, Informative

    They didn't lie to the press, they WERE the press.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Miller_(journalist)

    " He is the former Associate Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analytic Transformation and Technology.[1] Prior to that, he was an Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he was the bureau's national spokesman."

  2. Re:Rah! Rah! NSA! on CBS 60 Minutes: NSA Speaks Out On Snowden, Spying · · Score: 1

    NSA analysts working with metadata don't have access to the name, and can't listen to the call.

    I do NOT believe this. Anyone who does is a rube.

    They forgot to add 'unless they think they need to under any justification.'

  3. Re:Wonder why NSA didn't go to Fox network first ? on CBS 60 Minutes: NSA Speaks Out On Snowden, Spying · · Score: 4, Informative

    Plus they got an utter insider to pretend to be a journalist.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Miller_(journalist)

    " He is the former Associate Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analytic Transformation and Technology.[1] Prior to that, he was an Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he was the bureau's national spokesman."

  4. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Well, you have one thing animals don't have.

  5. Re:Pre-natal vitamins? on You Are What Your Dad Ate · · Score: 1

    Seriously?

    The summary says this "The researchers found that the mouse offspring of folate-deficient fathers had a 30 percent increased risk of birth defects, compared to those offspring who had received a sufficient amount of folate."

    If that's not a suggestion to make sure you have enough folate, then I don't know what is. Do you want someone to literally spell it out for you?

  6. Re:Pre-natal vitamins? on You Are What Your Dad Ate · · Score: 2

    You wonder, do you?

    Perhaps read the summary then.

  7. Re:LOL ... on You Are What Your Dad Ate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but you're not going to get laid looking *that* yellow.

  8. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Really? So does an ape not know right from wrong in their group settings? Yes they do. They punish, shame & shun those who continue to be bad actors in their groups.

    And they can communicate that. To other apes & humans.

    Not sure what the hell else you really expect. As if complex verbs are required for moral agency.

  9. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can store things underground, in a tree hollow, underwater,

    You can still plant & harvest modern corn/fruits without using tools.

    Why do you think you can't dig a few trenches 40' long with your hands in one week, plant the next week, harvest 3-6 months later? Rotate crops & trenches every month.

    You don't need to forage.

    Also, chimps use tools for breaking nuts, getting insects, etc. because it's easier & better.

  10. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Three strikes law:

    Harm. Bad.
    Two harm. Go.
    Three harm. Go far.

    Could be taken directly from a gorilla:
    http://www.koko.org/world/talk_aol.html

  11. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Syntax = 'real' meaning?
    Syntax = morality?

    WTF are you on?

  12. Re:But bonobo are still chimps on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Chimps are specifically chimpanzees.

    The generic word you're looking for is ape.

    As in 'aping a troglodyte is a poor joke.'

  13. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    They do just fine on understanding deeper meanings. They can ask for a freaking pet for Christmas, and name it.
    Or combining words to come up with new ones.
    I think they're doing pretty well.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)#Use_of_language

    But, yeah, they're not great on syntax

  14. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Why would you be harvesting spinach or plant leaves?

    Try caloricly denser foods like beans/potatoes/corn/nuts/fruits. 4 season rotation, most can be stored for more than a season, esp if dried.

    Pretty sure a small (20'x40') garden would give you enough to survive just fine.

  15. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Agriculture can sustain a human. See vegans.

  16. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    That's pretty much what the GP said, just less flowery.

  17. Re:Chimps' sex lives on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Actually, much younger than that.

  18. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Seriously? Humans *can't* survive without tools?

    I'm pretty sure we can, it's just a very hard life. We build/make/use tools to make life easier/better.

    But they're not *essential*.

  19. Re:iDevices on NZ Traveler's Electronics Taken At Airport; Interest in Snowden to Blame? · · Score: 1

    Logic doesn't really work for them either :-)

  20. Re:intelligence on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 1

    Tool manufacture. Not just picking up a stick, but breaking off a branch to the right length, stripping off the leaves, whittling down the right size. Yeah, apes do that too.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_use_by_animals#Primates

  21. Re:Chimps' sex lives on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 4, Informative

    Chimps are not bonobos.

  22. Re:iDevices on NZ Traveler's Electronics Taken At Airport; Interest in Snowden to Blame? · · Score: 1

    They can't know it's evidence.

  23. Re: Epic Fail. on Coldest Spot On Planet Earth Identified · · Score: 1

    LOL at such bitterness or is it jealousy?

  24. Re:Happy Wednesday from The Golden Girls! on Nokia Still Experimenting With Android Smartphone · · Score: 1, Troll

    You know the line is:

    "you're a gal, and a cosmonaut"

    right?

  25. Re:Epic Fail. on Coldest Spot On Planet Earth Identified · · Score: 1

    Well, let's see.

    My older kid bought his own iPhone, pays for half his data plan, and pays for all his own games. Wears target brand clothes, pays extra if he wants name brand.

    My younger kid is the same, but with his iPod.

    Yeah, shocking that kids like playing with video games/computers.

    But please presume to know me.

    Oh, BTW, both my kids are grade accelerated while still getting As, top of their age groups in competitive AA hockey, and can have intelligent conversations with adults.
    I'm guessing you didn't have that broad a life in middle school.

    Still shallow?