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  1. Re:How does one tell the difference? on Oldest Stone Tools Predate Previous Record Holder By 700,000 Years · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, the Anthropologists may know what they are doing but the guy taking photos of the tools certainly isn't helping matters. Why can't he take a picture of something that actually resemble a tool? Better yet, why the reporter can't explain briefly why this chunk of rock pictured can be considered a tool?

    That's why you should read the original papers rather than secondary articles by reporters who may or may not know their subject. The article in the May 21 issue of Nature will probably be more informative.

  2. Re:Rebuilding Makerbot? on New MakerBot CEO Explains Layoffs and the Company's New Vision · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, they're broken.

  3. Re:2008 wtf? on The Milky Way's Most Recent Supernova That Nobody Saw · · Score: 4, Informative

    Indeed. Also a wikipedia article, articles going back several years in Astronomy and Sky and Telescope magazines indicate this may not be "news." Also, this is not the Horrendous Space Kablooie.

  4. Re: only i3/i5 on Russian Company Unveils Homegrown PC Chips · · Score: 2

    Sharing is double-good!

    That should be doubleplusgood, Citizen. Your lack of zeal in learning the appropriate forms of Newspeak have been duly noted here at the Miniluv. You will be contacted.

  5. Re:What, fraud is illegal? on MacKeeper May Have To Pay Millions In Class-Action Suit · · Score: 1

    Any chance they can do something about all those other fraudulent ads?

    Try using an ad blocker, popup blocker, and NoScript.

  6. And Northern California Yawns on 4.0 Earthquake Near Concord, California · · Score: 3, Informative

    For those of us who actually live in northern California (where Concord is located), nothing under 5.0 is worthy of notice. Perhaps in Concord, New Hampshire it might be newsworthy.

  7. Re:It's Just a Euphemism... on Yahoo Called Its Layoffs a "Remix." Don't Do That. · · Score: 1

    It's just a euphemism. I remember working for a company that started embracing offshoring, which they called "right-shoring." Layoffs were called "right-sizing." And the executives were called "cunts." Amazing how just a little "word-smithing" can make things sound better than they really are, huh?

    They're not really people anyway; they're just headcount.

  8. Re:The antivaxers will ignore this... on Study Confirms No Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism · · Score: 1

    About as much as you get eating an apple.

  9. Re:You no longer own a car on Automakers To Gearheads: Stop Repairing Cars · · Score: 1

    Sorry no. On my Nissan, to change the high-beam bulbs, you must first remove the fender liner, which uses single-use fasteners available only at the dealership. Low beams, it's just the battery or windshield washer reservoir, depending on the side.

  10. Re:Is /. that hipster? on Turning the Arduino Uno Into an Apple ][ · · Score: 1

    That's the way Apple Computer typed the name and trademarked logo, Apple ][. Possibly the first known use of 133t-speak, and definitely pre-hipster. You are showing your lack of geek cred.

  11. Re:Let me fix that for you... on Jeremy Clarkson Dismissed From Top Gear · · Score: 1, Funny

    So, he's the new Automotive Editor for Fox News?

  12. Re:SSDD on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    Homosexuality is no more a proclivity than skin color. I am as straight as they come, but I have lived a long time, been around a lot of gay people, and watched straight couples have kids grow up to be gay. It's not a choice. So, your statement boils down to more bullshit prejudice. There are gay people. There are gay seagulls and seals and penguins. It happens. Or,if you think that way, God made them and made them gay.

  13. Re:I wonder how the Gen Con people would feel on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    The "No True Scotsman" fallacy remains a fallacy.

  14. Re:I wonder how the Gen Con people would feel on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    The ACLU, which is usually excoriated as leftist, if not out-and-out commies, has frequently defended the rights of both neonazis and the KKK to be as publicly obnoxious as they choose. Over the border in Illinois, these leftists defended the rights of a bunch of Nazis to parade through a Jewish neighborhood in Skokie. Personally, I find GTA extremely objectionable, but I wouldn't keep them out of GenCon.

  15. SSDD on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Same shit, different decade. Bob Jones University in South Carolina tried this crap in the 50s and 60s, saying their policy of discriminating against blacks and Asians was a divinely ordained part of their religion. According to Bob Jones, the Bible clearly told him that blacks were inferior to whites. This is the same bullshit argument. It will fall in the courts, and it will fail in the marketplace. In the meantime, GenCon, and everyone else should avoid spending money in Indiana.

  16. Re:What Next? on Draconian Australian Research Law Hits Scientists · · Score: 1

    I was being sarcastic here, since all of the things I listed are banned or heavily restricted in at least some US states. Most recently, the governor of Florida has prohibited state emplyees from using the phrase "climate change."

  17. What Next? on Draconian Australian Research Law Hits Scientists · · Score: 1

    Next they'll outlaw talking about, researching, or planning for climate change, evolution, genetic research, and such. The poor sods had better move to America as quickly as possible.

  18. Sad Day on Sir Terry Pratchett Succumbs To "the Embuggerance," Aged 66 · · Score: 1

    Truly sad, even though we knew it was coming. He was one of the great writers of the English language with a wicked sense of humor and a keen eye for the human condition.

  19. Firefox's Goal on Firefox Succeeded In Its Goal -- But What's Next? · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a long time, I was pretty sure that Firefox's goal was to suck up all of the free memory space in the universe. It's better now, but they damn near succeeded there for a while.

  20. Re:I hate it ... on WhatsApp vs. WhatsApp Plus Fight Gets Ugly For Users · · Score: 1

    Right. It's better when my moral standards are compromised. That way I only feel bad about it in the morning.

  21. Suitable Penalties Need To Be Given on Dish Network Violated Do-Not-Call 57 Million Times · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This will continue until the principals in the companies are either sent to jail, castrated, or both. Fines don't seem to work, in the rare cases where any are imposed.

  22. Sounds Familiar on NVIDIA Launches New Midrange Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 960 Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    Isn't Maxwell that talking pig in the teevee commercials? Not the first thing I want people to think of when they hear about my new product.

  23. Re:This has been know for a while... on Astronomers Record Mystery Radio Signals From 5.5 Billion Light Years Away · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're not trying hard enough then. :-) One of the benefits of excellent karma is that you can bring out the flamethrower to crisp up some fool on occasion without too many consequences.

  24. Re:This is why I like analog gauges... on Ammonia Leak Alarm On the ISS Forces Evacuation of US Side: Crew Safe · · Score: 1

    Right you are. I missed that. The jets were mostly used for takeoff and for added speed over target. Interesting that the radials have throttle control at both the pilot's and engineer's stations, while the jet throttles are only up front, at least as far as I can tell.

  25. Re:This is why I like analog gauges... on Ammonia Leak Alarm On the ISS Forces Evacuation of US Side: Crew Safe · · Score: 1

    this appears to be one of the earlier ones before the addition of the four jet engines.