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  1. Re:Daredevil... on Netflix Is Betting On Exclusive Programming · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I loved the portrayal of Fisk, along with Foggy I thought they picked out some of my favorite parts from the various versions I've read. Fisk's somewhat humanizing love for Vanessa and Foggy being more than a dimwitted comic relief.

  2. Re:Daredevil... on Netflix Is Betting On Exclusive Programming · · Score: 0

    damn , I had mod points just yesterday. oh well.

  3. Re:People with makeup and dyed hair aren't logical on Oklahoma Says It Will Now Use Nitrogen Gas As Its Backup Method of Execution · · Score: 4, Informative

    the breathing reflex is based on CO2 . Breathing pure nitrogen would reduce CO2 so as to satisfy that mechanism , but not providing the O2 survival requires. O2 in the blood is used up quickly, that is why we need to breathe constantly.

  4. natural selection suggests high IQ has drawbacks on Can High Intelligence Be a Burden Rather Than a Boon? · · Score: 2

    There are many obvious advantages to high IQ, if the genes related to it weren't also linked to major negatives then the process of evolution would have selected for them more effectively than it has.

  5. Re:deflate gate on StarTalk TV Show With Neil DeGrasse Tyson Starts Monday · · Score: 1

    We are still waiting on the NFL to reveal any official data but the last story out was that only one ball, the one the Colts had possession of, was significantly under inflated. This is another problem, beyond rushing your work, in dealing with topical, controversial subjects. You may not be working with good data. Another aspect is that when you seek attention by combing those mistakes to disparage peoples reputation you end up permanently damaging your own reputation. I'll certainly remember this incident whenever Tyson is mentioned.

  6. deflate gate on StarTalk TV Show With Neil DeGrasse Tyson Starts Monday · · Score: 1

    Judging from the way he not only prematurely used what turned out to be incorrect data but also botched the basic physics of "deflategate" maybe infusing pop culture with science isn't his strong suit.

  7. Re:Reason: for corporations, by corporations on Reason: How To Break the Internet (in a Bad Way) · · Score: 1

    They used to have the odd Radley Balko piece that was worth reading. It was mostly just Koch shills though so I haven't checked it out in a long time.

  8. Re:More of this on Microsoft's Goals For Their New Web Rendering Engine · · Score: 1

    I think this is because in the olden days having CRLF meant being able to dump a raw text file to a printing device. Unix had a tty driver that could handle adding the missing CR. CP/M and DOS didn't have any such thing. That doesn't mean I haven't spent 20+ years being annoyed by CRLF though.

  9. Re:Expert. on U2 and Apple Collaborate On 'Non-Piratable, Interactive Format For Music' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Arrr matey, it doesn't remain to be seen if the music can be pirated, if an audio track can be heard it can be copied.

  10. Does this mean genetic testing can daignose it? on Schizophrenia Is Not a Single Disease · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It might be very valuable for treatment if the condition didn't come as a mystery and a surprise. It also raises the question of testing in the early stages of fetal development and abortion being used by "carrier" couples to select for lower risk children. I honestly have no idea of what the ethical choices are there but I would lean towards multiple tries if it meant bringing a child to term that doesn't have such a high probability of suffering in its future.

  11. Re:yet if we did it on Deputy Who Fatally Struck Cyclist While Answering Email Will Face No Charges · · Score: 1

    we're generally more willing to believe a tragedy was accidental and not the result of systemic problems between the police and a particular community when it was accidental and not the result of systemic problems between the police and a particular community.

  12. This will be hugely popular. on Grand Ayatollah Says High Speed Internet Is "Against Moral Standards" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Young and old we all hate fast internet connections the way seals hate fish.

  13. Re:Fuligin on Scientists Have Developed a Material So Dark That You Can't See It · · Score: 1

    That's the first thing I thought of. Finally something people can use for Gene Wolfe cosplay ;)

  14. Re:And hippies will protest it on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 2

    probably a net increase in arable land for canada and siberia as northern growing seasons lengthen, might lose some fox pelt resources when the tiles flip to green though.

  15. Re:And Ramadan is coming... on Fasting Triggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged, Old Immune System · · Score: 2

    Maybe Ramadan style fasting has benefits as well, perhaps even unrelated to spirituality but the study was about " periods of no food for two to four days at a time over the course of six months ", not sunup to sundown for a month.

  16. Re:Does. Not. Compute. on Obama Delays Decision On Keystone Pipeline Yet Again · · Score: 5, Insightful

    they might not be in favor of shipping oil by rail either, but that's what's happening because of them.

  17. Re:Business opportunity on Forests Around Chernobyl Aren't Decaying Properly · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is a trade off, lead lined suits to visit the grave but the flowers you leave last so much longer!

  18. Re:Bad things on Hacker Barnaby Jack Died of Drug Overdose · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Legal drugs aren't made in jungles or unsanitary conditions regardless of any intoxicating property. This is actually one of the arguments for legalizing recreational drugs, e.g. people buying weed in Colorado are far less likely to buy weed that has been sprayed with toxic chemicals like pesticides.

  19. Re:Ugh on PC Makers Plan Rebellion Against Microsoft At CES · · Score: 2

    10 billion specialty business applications beg to differ. Mission critical visual basic will keep Microsoft relevant for years to come.

  20. Re:Weight-saving on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 1
    back in the early 80's I worked at U-Haul and we had hitches that strapped on to car bumpers, the trailer lights were handled by attaching wires to the car's rear lights.

    Today's cars are better in many ways but they don't have bumpers you can pull a trailer with.

    The econobox type cars I use for commuting now can't pull trailers at all.

  21. Re:Lactobacillus. johnsonii on Want To Fight Allergies? Get a Dirty Dog · · Score: 1

    you don't need a dog but you do need dog crap.

  22. Re:What the hell is the point of these huge number on Swedish Man Fined $650,000 For Sharing 1 Movie, Charged Extra For Low Quality · · Score: 2

    In Canada mortgage interest isn't tax deductible so there is more incentive to pay down the principle. It isn't buying homes from cash on hand but it is a little different from the American environment.

    If I was an American I might still have a mortgage because it would have made relatively more sense to invest money other ways than it would to pay down my mortgage.

    As a Canadian paying down my mortgage had a relatively low ROI but it was risk free and I wasn't giving up any tax exemptions. Canada doesn't allow people to walk away from mortgages and only lose the house either, so that part of the risk equation is different.

  23. Re:this is amazing on Reprogrammed Bacterium Speaks New Language of Life · · Score: 1

    the growth culture contains things required for the transcription that aren't encoded in the organisms dna? that would be less scary and interesting.

  24. this is amazing on Reprogrammed Bacterium Speaks New Language of Life · · Score: 1

    They are creating alien life, with the potential for organisms based on alternatives to the standard set of amino acids. I have no idea what all the implications of that will be.

  25. Re:Did not notice effect at all... on How Seeing Can Trump Listening, Mapped In the Brain · · Score: 1

    I heard the different sounds, bar and far, quite clearly and distinctly.