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  1. Re:Find someone on death row? on New Map IDs the Core of the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    It's unconstitutional? 8th amendment, cruel and unusual punishment, all that.

    If the constitution says its unethical to do something that MIGHT kill them but its 100% okay to do something that will kill them then the Constitution isn't worth the paper its written on.

  2. Re:GigE on New Map IDs the Core of the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    Considering I've heard gerald626 say he upgraded to Vista, I'd say it still counts as an upgrade for him.

  3. Find someone on death row? on New Map IDs the Core of the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    Seriously, if we're going to kill them anyway, why not ask for volunteers to be experimented on? Anyone who survives, gets to have their sentence commuted?

  4. Re:hub? on New Map IDs the Core of the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    So instead of one ring to rule them all, would it be one token?

  5. So Clearly you're from Kaos? on New Map IDs the Core of the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    Damn germans!

  6. Re:supply and demand - no real problem on Supplies of Rare Earth Elements Exhausted By 2017 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The real question isn't when we'll run out of oil (or other non-replenishable goods), but if we'll be forced to use horses and carts before we reach the point where the alternatives are preferable over oil.

  7. Re:Scaremongering... on Supplies of Rare Earth Elements Exhausted By 2017 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They disappear in a usable format for electronics though. It will prove interesting to see what happens when it truly does disappear (I'm not sure if 2017 is an accurate date). Either we'll develop vastly different technologies, recycle somehow, somehow create the elements synthetically or mine the stuff from asteroids.

  8. Re:Firefox 3.0 is crash happy on Mozilla Pitches Firefox 3.1 Alpha For July Release · · Score: 1

    I'd say there's something wrong with your computer without actual evidence that Firefox crashes for a significant amount of people. Given how its worked flawlessly for me and many others.

  9. Re:Doesn't mean it should be fixed.. on FBI Illegally Tapped Phone Phreaks In 1969 · · Score: 0

    Look what happened to the Indians when everyone migrated to North America. I think Americans have a right to fear the next wave of settlers.

  10. Anonymous? on Mozilla Pitches Firefox 3.1 Alpha For July Release · · Score: 1

    The person who wrote this summary has a name. It's Gregg Keizer.

  11. Re:Firefox 3.0 is crash happy on Mozilla Pitches Firefox 3.1 Alpha For July Release · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I do have add-ons installed and it hasn't crashed once. Aren't anecdotes fun?

  12. Re:don't be evil or don't be agile? on Some Developers Leaving Google For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Wow, someone actually believes in the don't do evil slogan. I'd say that's a brilliant marketing campaign, but clearly you're anidiot.

  13. Re:Look, this is a dead end. on Encrypted Traffic No Longer Safe From Throttling · · Score: 1

    The next step will be for the monopolies to simply be to inform customers they're no longer desired and to stop offering them the service completely. Now they won't do it to everyone, they'll do it to a certain percentage (probably between 1 and 5 percent) and advertise this fact well known through the media.

    That should have a chilling effect on p2p users.

  14. Re:Correction... on Encrypted Traffic No Longer Safe From Throttling · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Funny, when I began using their service they never told me they would throttle certain protocols. They said they'd give me access to the internet at certain speeds to the best of their ability. Throttling packets seemed to be significantly below their best.

  15. Re:Why is this news? on Fresh Air For Windows? · · Score: 1

    Believe it or not, not all slashdotters hate Microsoft. I want the best tool available that does what I want. I'd love for Vista to have been that tool, but it wasn't. Its inferior to XP (from what I've heard from everyone I personally know who use it. And not a single one of them uses Linux).

    Now XP is a great tool. I have very little to complain about. I'd love for Windows 7 to be even greater, because I'm certainly not using Ubuntu anytime soon (what I believe to be a driver issue caused my internet connection to be significantly slower when used in linux then it is when used in XP. There were also minor problems related to the Linux apps rather then the OS itself).

  16. Re:Id this old? on Nuclear Explosions Key To Spotting Fake Art · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of that episode as well.

  17. Re:Great Works Are A Fraud on Nuclear Explosions Key To Spotting Fake Art · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You might want to use a well make replica instead of a well made fake. A fake is typically thought of as passing itself off as the original. So regardless of where you stand on original artwork, fraud is almost always considered bad.

  18. Re:"I do see the value of trying to reenact ancien on Nuclear Explosions Key To Spotting Fake Art · · Score: 1

    Put down your bible and pick up a history book. The pyramids weren't built by slaves.

  19. Re:I don't understand "fake art" on Nuclear Explosions Key To Spotting Fake Art · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How much of history would be lost because we tore down and incorrectly rebuilt some of it?

  20. Re:You know... on The Future Has a Kill Switch · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Slippery slope on The Future Has a Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    You certainly don't want to be the poo when the tortoise-like electorate decide to mate.

  22. Re:Adam Dicker? on GoDaddy VP Caught Bidding Against Customers · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I doubt Charles Dickens would comment on anyones last name.

  23. Re:Is it even used in football? on Casting Doubt On the Hawkeye Ball-Calling System · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is an American website. If you want to be understood by the majority of visitors, you need to use the American terminology.

  24. Re:Read The Friendly Article on Casting Doubt On the Hawkeye Ball-Calling System · · Score: 1

    The issue isn't whether its infallible, but whether its more accurate then a human. If it is, then we should replace umpires with the Hawkeye systems. Will there be bad calls? Sure. But they will happen less.

  25. Re:The ACCC is going to put on a show on eBay Australia Delays PayPal Change Indefinitely · · Score: 1

    Sydney. Not only are the prices identical, but they go up every Wednesday and then go back down on Monday. Glad to see some government has stepped in to do something about it. If only mine would :(