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  1. Re:Believe in the Word of God! on Volcanic Warming Eyed in 'Great Dying' · · Score: 1

    Based on his previous posts, I'd guess he's either confused.....or joking.

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  2. Microsoft on Giant Iceberg to Collide with Glacier · · Score: 1

    This icebUrg is obviously funded by Microsoft in an attempt to eliminate the Linux Penguin. Shameful..
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  3. Mould lines on Saturn's Moon Iapetus Has A 'Belt' · · Score: 1

    Simple, that is where the two parts are glued together. Obviously the maker didn't find the time to clean it up before displaying it.
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  4. Red Rover on Opportunity Rover Encounters Its Own Heat Shield · · Score: 1

    "Red rover, red rover, send and astronaut over..."
    ...or something....eh...

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  5. Simple Solution on Comair System Crashes; Passengers Stranded · · Score: 2, Informative

    Take Amtrak!

    Amtrak receives around $500 million for a total budget, while the airtravel receives around $15 billion in subsidies. Take the train and save everyone money!

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  6. Re:Not as good as it sounds on Huge Parachute Saves Crashing Planes · · Score: 1

    Yep, because everybody should be perfect and not worry about the possibility of a loose bolt or whatever. I always tighten every bolt on my car before leaving for work.....right.....

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  7. What? on Cell Phones In The Air? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, can't hear you.... I use the cheapo plastic ear protectors they sell in Hardware stores. Has more impact on the offender when I put them on in front of them with an angry face.....

  8. Okay, if they pretend to be a client.... on BitTorrent Gives Hollywood a Headache · · Score: 1

    If the **AA pretends to be a client, they open a connection and start to receive the file, would they not then have to also share it back to get the entire file (such that they can prove that the file is in fact illegal)? If they are then sharing it back, are they not now making a legal precedent to the effect that the file is now supported as free to share (since the copyright holder is also sharing)?

    **I really don't know what I'm talking about, but this sounded good at the time!**

  9. Re:Any other choice? on Mozilla Thunderbird Reaches 1.0 · · Score: 1

    I disagree that removing attachments is good. When it comes time to delete the email, the attachment is still there. You have to go back and delete it as well. I like having them in the refrencing email. That way I can go back and see why I have a certain attachment.

    I especially love having seperate email accounts easily differenciated. I have two personal accounts and two work accounts that I HAVE to keep seperate.

    To each their own I guess...

  10. Re:Clarrification on President Bush's Money For Space Cometh · · Score: 1

    Not to through a wrench in your Bush bashing good times but you were attacking Delay. I know Republicans all look the same to you.

    Well, actually, I was attacking Bush and I know that you were defending Delay. If you had wanted a fair comparison, you would have attacked the Democratic majority leader who was under Clinton, not Clinton. I was just continueing your practice...not the first time its okay for the conservatives but not the liberals.

    As for your alarmist use of the current war casualty figures (Though my heart goes out to those troops still over seas.) U.S. Troops rid the world of a dictator who killed 7,000 of his own people using chemical weapons in March of 1988 and thousands more in crushed uprisings all over the all over the country. Freeing Iraq was right regardless of stated intentions.

    And how many of those same Iraqies have we slaughtered in the name of freedom? There are many nations who suffer under brutal dictatorships, why are we not invading...er...liberating them as well? This argument does not stand well. It is a side swipe to the real issue.

    The question you should be asking yourself is what happened to those chemical weapons since 1988. Did they use all the weapons they had and then just quit producing them? Did he just destroy those left over? Yaw, right and monkey?s might fly out of my butt.

    I sincerely hope you have plenty of vasoline for when those monkey let loose! I would imagine that he **GASP** may have conformed to the stated requirments and destroyed the weapons as he supposed to! Oh the horror! He put a defense against the weapons inspectors because he felt they violated his country, something we would do at the drop of a hat. I hated him as much as any good person, but he wasn't worth the cost to our solider's lives, the lives of the Iraqi people, or the lives of my children who will have to pay for this travesty. So sleep well knowing that your bed is made with the bones of others.

    To keep this rant on topic, Risk adversity (like that you display by using casualty figures) and human space travel are two things that do not sit well together. You might want to reevelaute your priorities.

    My priorties are for the betterment of mankind and America. I firmly support the increase in NASA funding. You launched us onto this sad tangent and I obliged. I would easily rather see the money wasted in the middle east used to send men beyond earth. As has been stated at length before, many, many missions could have been launched with the money that goes currently goes toward recruiting more members for Al Quida.


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  11. Re:As much as I support NASA... on President Bush's Money For Space Cometh · · Score: 1



    hehehe....he lied about having sex, a private enterprise we really had no right to investigate. Oh well....

    Whereas our current president lied about the motives behind our current war and over 1000 (THOUSAND!!!!) of our country's finest men and women are dead as a result.

    I sure am glad we have our priorities in order...had me worried for a bit there.

  12. Why outside? on Running a Server at Freezing Temperatures? · · Score: 2, Interesting



    Why not select one object that is roughly the same size and move it to the garage instead...

    ...or find a space under/over/behind something else. I live in a small two room apartment with my wife and dog. We have five computers running and you can only see two of them. The others are tucked away in obscure places.

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  13. Re:See only the Bible for answers. on Live to be 1000 Years Old? · · Score: 1

    When will we understand that in science, a theory is something that can be proven, not an "idea" (which is refered to in science as a hypothesis).

    And yes, evolution can be proven using the historic record.

  14. Re:Blacksmith on What Do People in the IT Field Do for Side Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Yep...me too. I also branch out into general metal work.
    Nothing is better after a long week than beating the all mighty crap out of a peice of metal and finding a wonderful new item at the end. Great stuff.

  15. AMDsat on Intelsat-7 Lost In Space · · Score: 1

    They would send one up, but it would only carry four channels....although the four channels would be more interesting, higher quality, and have less commercials.

  16. Re:Expensive launch mass? on NASA's Deep Impact · · Score: 1

    Incorrect. It is also recognized as the standard by which large naval guns are measured.

  17. Re:So, my bicycle... on Fuel Cell Powered Scooter · · Score: 1

    No, you misunderstood. He meant the powder version of Coke....he also failed to mention that he covers the 140km in about 30 minutes.

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  18. Home Economics!! on Students Tracked By RFID · · Score: 1

    Another good reason for Home Economics....they use microwaves!

    Of course you might me stuck in school forever and couldn't graduate....er...um...


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  19. Re:Outsourcing -- Actually on Techies Migrate in Search of Work · · Score: 1

    If you want to assign blame like that, then the Republican Nixon is truly to blame for "opening up" China to trade.

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  20. Oh that's simple.... on Programmers Hold Funerals for Old Code · · Score: 1

    Trying to pick out which one is yours is a bitch, though.

    You just turn them over!
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  21. You look stupid.... on Physicists Finally Solve the Falling-Paper Problem · · Score: 1


    ...and your wife makes you see a "special friend".

  22. It just makes you want to cry... on Marsquakes, Add Water and Shake · · Score: 1

    This poor thread, so ignored and lost. I just felt I had to add a comment to help it feel wanted....

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  23. OMG!! on Halloween Pumpkin Carving · · Score: 4, Funny


    That pumpkin is eating a squirrel!!! How can you let that happen?!! Barbarians!!!

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  24. Re:Luddites --- I prefer the French ones.... on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1

    Through in your sabots!

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  25. Re:Technology? TECHNOLOGY?? on How Technology Failed in Iraq · · Score: 1

    I'd rather see our men (you?) die for the DEFENSE of America, not a vendetta or misplaced war. Saddam, despite being a royal nutcase, was NOT A THREAT to us at all. He was an insecure little dictator who abused his citizens.

    Should he have been stopped? Yes, but by the regional forces, not us.

    What erks me though is that my local firestation has to have a bake sale to buy equipment, while we ship billions of dollars overseas to a country that increasingly hates us. I respect and support our troops, which is why I don't like seeing them die for a vague misplaced purpose.

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