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  1. Re:I have problems with this on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    there are plenty of sane religious folk in the world.

    As Richard Dawkins pointed out in his book "The God Delusion", "sane" and "religious" seem to form a pair of opposites. "Sane", at least in my world, does not apply to such folks who, in spite of all the evidence produced daily and everywhere, believe that one can survive his / her own death.

  2. Re:I have problems with this on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    there are plenty of sane religious folk in the world.

    As Richard Dawkins pointed out in "The God Delusion", "sane" and "religious" seem to be a pair of opposites. Believing, against all evidence daily produced everywhere around you, that you can survive your own death, does not testify in favour of your wits.

  3. Re:Drinking liquor is sinful on The Physics of Wine Swirling · · Score: 1

    Although.... hmmm. You may be right. "Wine tasting party" is an anagram of "Satan typewriting". Hmm.

  4. Re:Drinking liquor is sinful on The Physics of Wine Swirling · · Score: 1

    All you sins ? Hm. I did not know that sins could be adressed as if they were a public ?

  5. Re:Right.I knew that. on The Physics of Wine Swirling · · Score: 1

    Ah. So there is argument sloshing and argument slurping from the command line ? Aha.

  6. Re:Swine Whirling on The Physics of Wine Swirling · · Score: 1

    I read: Wine Sign Whirl Which is the negative-red vorticoidal thing you see in your bath tub when you vomit into it on coming home after that w(h)ine tasting party

  7. Re:"Wow, there's really no limit to what JS can do on OpenPGP Implemented In JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Ach, mein Gott. A granddad of computing deigns to pay me a visit !! :-))

  8. Re:"Wow, there's really no limit to what JS can do on OpenPGP Implemented In JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Ah. My user id is pretty low (though not as low as yours); still, I was never informed of that rule. Although, wait. Hm. You can not prove that tone I am hearing is in my head. Neither can I prove that it is not. Oh Bishop Berkeley, where art thou ?

  9. Re:"Wow, there's really no limit to what JS can do on OpenPGP Implemented In JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Good point, although the tonal setting seems to veer somewhat toward the hostile, as in : "You poor nerd / geek / ..., you seem not to be able to get / have / keep hold of a lover". Which is not my case. The post was meant i r o n i c a l l y, for the sake of cryin' out loud ***sigh***

  10. Re:Strange. Is this news ? on OpenPGP Implemented In JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Well, on second thought "get a new job" would have been an appropriate solution, too.

    Which is what I did. And my colleague as well. We kept the evidence for ourselves, though. Once we got news, about a year later, that our boss was under investigation by a judge, we mailed the evidence to his office.

  11. Re:"Wow, there's really no limit to what JS can do on OpenPGP Implemented In JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Amen. Soon, JS will run the stove in my living room. Version 2.0 will also run my lover, making her sit really elegantly with a book on the couch facing that stove.

  12. Strange. Is this news ? on OpenPGP Implemented In JavaScript · · Score: 1

    I encountered what was at least a serious attempt to do exaxtly the same thing in the mid-90s. And I used it, too. Together with a colleague. We both worked in a tiny outfit where the boss was meddling in corruption with local politicians and corporate local heroes. Having such a thing as PGP usable in browsers and email clients truly was PGP to us: pretty good protection ( for the evidence we found against our boss ).

  13. As I saw it... on Recreating a Mysterious, 2,100-Year-Old Clock · · Score: 1

    ...here in an "extra" magazine to a local centrist daily newspaper, I watched dreamily through the train window and caught myself thinking: "Darn. This piece's price prolly exceeds the amount of my savings by some 100% or so. Darn...." How great it would be to carry such a thing on your wrist, and to casually explain its function - never mention its workings & innards - to fellow humans, e.g. on a party !!

  14. Re:Repeat after me: on Which OSS Clustered Filesystem Should I Use? · · Score: 1

    Amen. Mod that guy up. His answer resumes the entire sense-making part of the discussion here.

  15. Featuring...what ??? on World's Biggest Gold Coin Minted In Australia · · Score: 0

    Now I CAN imagine you stamp it with a kangaroo. But the friggin' queen ?? Bad company for the poor beast.

  16. BOFH... on The Register Email Address Blunder · · Score: 2

    ...struck again >>

  17. Re:What Does This Mean? on Pi Computed To 10 Trillion Digits · · Score: 1

    Ever heard of cryptography ? There are lots of practical applications, e.g. random number generators, microprocessor tests, software tests....

  18. Hey, that rings a bell on Is the OMB Trying To End Planetary Exploration? · · Score: 1

    The thing looks like a souped-up Saturn V. Has the exact quincunx config. of gimballing exhausts under it. They did a nice piece of work with AutoCAD and posted that. Didn't cost very much, as compared to a real rocket. I mean - hey, what this thing does can be done by our very own European ( sorry, Frenchies ) Ariane V. So where's the scoop ??

  19. Re:Dear Mr. Berners-Lee, on Berners-Lee Pushes Linked Data In MIT Course · · Score: 1

    Yup. Even here in Europe, the Dewey classification is regarded - by librarians managing large libraries - as outmoded. But still, you've got a point. Both the LOC and Europe's largest libraries support querying them through OPAC interfaces. Replacing Dewey indexes in your idea with OPAC urls would be pretty cool.

  20. Ariane ? on NASA Ends Plan To Put Man Back On Moon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What about the USA buying rocket technology from ESA ? Ariane is an excellent vehicle with a great record.

  21. Re:Humans too on Scientists Use Calvin Klein Cologne to Lure Big Cats · · Score: 1

    Correlation does not necessarily imply causation...

  22. That's my perfume ! on Scientists Use Calvin Klein Cologne to Lure Big Cats · · Score: 1

    *grin Whoa. Now I understand where to hunt for girls: among the undergrad students toting panther / jaguar - skin design bags. Testing this for you today in the lobby of Austria's National Library

  23. Visualis ( commercial software from BMC ) on Visual Network Simulator To Teach Basic Networking? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Some ten ( 10 ) years ago, I collaborated in the development of Visualis, a network topology manager written in Java. It has since been acquired by BMC, and now does a lot more. It should be possible to feed it with a simulated network, rather than having it discover an actual one. Have a look here: http://www.tideway.com/confluence//display/Configipedia/BMC+PATROL+Visualis+Fault+Manager There is a free community download that may suit your needs. Contact me if you need more info. Note: this is not an ad. I am not in any way involved with this corporation.

  24. First... on "Innocent Infringement" Defense May Reach Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    ...subpoena ??

  25. Re:Already being done... on 10,000 Cows Can Power 1,000 Servers · · Score: 1

    My client considered buying even more manure, from other farmers, but decided against it because of - the prohibitive cost & environmental load of 1 ton-kilometer of manure transport.