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  1. Re:Area conversion... on First Evidence Of Under-Ice Volcanoes In Antarctica · · Score: 0, Troll

    I know Americans are bad at geography, but Antarctica isn't anywhere near New Jersey. FYI.

  2. Re:Larger than a whale? on First Evidence Of Under-Ice Volcanoes In Antarctica · · Score: 1

    Aren't a lot of what lay people call a "volcano" typically larger then whales?

  3. Re:Since When Is This Our Problem? on Copyright Lobbies Threaten Federal College Funding · · Score: 1

    Y'know, I don't think I meant to reply to your post. Sorry! I stand by my points, but they seem fairly non-related to your post.

  4. Re:Calling Shenanigans... on Microsoft Insider Details Xbox 360 Red Ring Problems · · Score: 1

    I don't know how likely this is, but if I were spilling company secrets I would intentionally make it seem as though the leek were coming from someone else. In that case he's lied once, why should you believe anything else he says?
  5. Re:Since When Is This Our Problem? on Copyright Lobbies Threaten Federal College Funding · · Score: 1

    When you don't pirate music you have 2 choices:
    * Going with the people that provide what you with legal DRM-free music (sometimes dollars free as well)
    * Going with the DRM-encumbered music that comes at a dollar price.

    If DRM and free music isn't that important to you, you should pay for what you want. Otherwise support those that give you want you want you jackass.

  6. Re:It's Free Money!!! w00t! on Copyright Lobbies Threaten Federal College Funding · · Score: 1

    And then you get a new set of bums who're just as bad. Hooray! You win!

    Don't believe me? The Democrats created the DMCA.

  7. Re:We are all criminals in their eyes! on Copyright Lobbies Threaten Federal College Funding · · Score: 1

    I can imagine some deranged person believing that everyone with an internet connection has pirated something at some time... You wouldn't have to be deranged, just slightly over zealous, as most people on the internet have pirated at one time in their life.
  8. Re:It's Free Money!!! w00t! on Copyright Lobbies Threaten Federal College Funding · · Score: 1

    Then keep your money away from the feds Why not just have an armed revolution? That sounds like it would be easier.
  9. Re:cellphone novels on Novels Composed on Cellphones Topping Japanese Best Seller Lists · · Score: 1

    Huh, well that explains that then. I always figured Australia and America were pretty similar in stuff like that.

  10. Re:nuances on Novels Composed on Cellphones Topping Japanese Best Seller Lists · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, who pissed in your cheerios today grandpa?

  11. Re:cellphone novels on Novels Composed on Cellphones Topping Japanese Best Seller Lists · · Score: 1

    That's funny, when I went to Japan everyone called much more frequently then they texted. In my experience in Japan (which included staying with a Japanese family for a week and as I was going with a school there was a Japenese teenager I spent a fair amount of time with in that week) texting happens much less frequently then in Australia.

  12. Re:I'm not sure on Cloverfield Discussion · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if you're kidding or not, but assuming you're not: its like those faux-old jeans they sell. I've got jeans in the closet that I'll sell for half the price and will look exactly the same!

  13. Re:So true... on Robots Learn To Lie · · Score: 1

    It would be interesting to know what the "genes" were to see just how well defined the base was for the lying to arise.

  14. Re:Seriously on Robots Learn To Lie · · Score: 4, Informative

    The article's use of the word 'lie' was inappropriate and adds a level of description that is not applicable. Lying simply means telling someone (or something) a statement that is believed to be false.
  15. Re:Seriously on Robots Learn To Lie · · Score: 1

    Actually I find it quite refreshing. Not only does it help show lying is a natural part of who we are (I'll leave whether or not its something that should be accepted for another time). Its also a step towards creating AI that is truly equal to our own. Had you asked me a few years ago if robots could spontaneously learn to lie within my lifetime, I would have said no. Spontaneous activity, especially deceitful ones, is a good thing if you're interested in creating robots that are our equal (rather then mindless slaves, or worse slaves with minds).

  16. Re:What possible reason on French Fine Amazon For Free Shipping · · Score: 1

    small independent bookstores are(were?) usually run by book nuts who really got a chance to know you and could be counted on to discuss books you have read/like/might like. Sounds like not enough people cared about this feature. Myself, I'd rather read a few free online samples.
  17. What possible reason on French Fine Amazon For Free Shipping · · Score: 1

    What possible reason could France have for this law, besides being successfully bought by big business?

    Quite sad really.

  18. Re: If you want to weigh in on these proceedings.. on FCC Seeks Comment In Comcast P2P Investigation · · Score: 1
    Here's a sample of one of the comments

    You can tell Comcast is run by niggers because everyone knows niggers like to throttle shit a lot.

    amirite
  19. Re:must not have been a hard job on Study Touting OOXML Over ODF Is Debunked · · Score: 1

    (not an unlikely scenario) Its a possible scenario. However people are likely to use in the future what schools use, and schools are likely to use what businesses use. And so if all businesses plan for everyone to use Office 2007 (or some future version) everyone will use Office 2007.

    Its sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  20. Re:Cloning in nature on US FDA Deems Cloned Animals Edible · · Score: 1

    Customers are expecting non-cloned meat Sounds like an invalid expectation. Might have been valid
  21. Re:Cloning in nature on US FDA Deems Cloned Animals Edible · · Score: 1

    a pretty common natural occurrence. Nothing was natural about Dolly. So sorry, but you fail it.
  22. Re:Cross Platform? on VBA Going Away, Macs Now, PCs Soon · · Score: 0

    The only unhappy few are the IT people that get to recode from one language into another. Sounds like these "unhappy few" get a job thanks to Microsoft. If they don't like it they can move to another workplace. If one doesn't exist, sounds like Microsoft just helped keep them employed.
  23. Re:Cross Platform? on VBA Going Away, Macs Now, PCs Soon · · Score: 1

    If by suing their own customers you mean suing those who don't pay for stuff. Then yes, that's what the music industry has been doing.

  24. Re:Contractor paid to search for porn? on Parents To Block Kids From Joining MySpace · · Score: 1

    Where'd you get that idea? Or are you actually a congressman in disguise? HA! In my defence I assumed the "won't somebody think of the children" mentality was including the porn (as in, think of the poor victimised children who were in the porn, not the poor "victimised" children who got to look at the porn).
  25. Re:Contractor paid to search for porn? on Parents To Block Kids From Joining MySpace · · Score: 1

    This is looking for child porn. If that sounds like a dream job to you, you're either a terrific human being or a terrible one. Regarldess you're a terr* human.