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  1. Morality Watchdogs? on Wikipedia May Censor Images · · Score: 0, Troll

    More and more we're becoming a nation of pussies.

    Let's hide the truths from our precious snowflakes or else they'll grow up to be the next Hitler.

    Christ.

  2. Re:American "Men Who Hate Women" on Stieg Larsson Is First Author To Sell 1M E-Books · · Score: 1

    I think Ellen Page could pull it off. It's a bit more brutal than Hard Candy and just as dark.

  3. Re:frist psot on 100 Million Facebook Pages Leaked On Torrent Site · · Score: 1

    that was my facebook password before I deleted my account after someone changed it to "no it's not"

  4. I love this patent for "embedded menus" on Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com Over Patents · · Score: 1

    I would say a good 60% of high-content sites have used some form of this over the years - many now with just CSS and little-to-no JavaScript. Initially invented by SGI and involves a java applet... 14 years ago.

    Patent 5,742,768

    I have no faith in the judicial system when it comes to understanding patents and why MS has never gone after another rival who uses these and expect them to rule in favor of MS.

  5. Re:bad attitudes on Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers · · Score: 1

    Bad attitudes suck, but I can understand. When I go to one of my co-workers to talk about a problem I'm having, it's more to discuss and figure out the answer for myself. I know that logically, I have the answer (just may not realize it), but sometimes it's that response back to me during a brief discussion that might not be correct, but inadvertently leads me to the correct course of action.

    I think that most people have an idea of what the answer is, it just hasn't manifested itself in an obvious way.

  6. Re:This is too protect the children on PA School Spied On Students Via School-Issued Laptop Webcams · · Score: 1

    You're confused, the district was too cheap to install the Virgin Alarm program.

  7. "Don't Mess with Football" on Anonymous Speaks About Australian Gov't. Attacks · · Score: 1

    I think the Jake Brahm incident (when he threatened to bomb stadiums) may have been a better avenue for saying that anonymous sites can still track someone stupid down and work with government officials.

    Don't mess with football
    Jake Brahm

  8. Yelp deletes reviews on Google In Talks To Buy Yelp · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've had two reviews deleted that were "unfavorable" from Yelp. These weren't just "I don't like this" bland reviews, but critiquing service, food, etc. justifying 1 or 2 star ratings.

  9. Re:Amazing... on The Technology Behind the Magic Yellow Line · · Score: 1

    They would still have to calculate the camera parameters to show the line in the proper position. The RFID sensors could possibly take out the human element of positioning the line manually after each first down.

  10. Re:Wouldn't there be an empty space? on Birth of the Moon: a Runaway Nuclear Reaction? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Tidal Forces, also, it could act as a blocker for rogue material headed Earth's way. Jupiter is also extremely important in deflecting comets and debris also keeping the asteroids at bay. But at the same time, Jupiter is most likely responsible for the belt.

    http://www.astronomytoday.com/astronomy/earthmoon.html

    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astrobio_jupiter_030122-1.html

  11. Re:Plumbers lead to greater sex? on The Complete History of Nintendo · · Score: 5, Funny

    You haven't been reading craigslist http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/orl/740493470.html

  12. Re:Rosa Parks on James Powderly of Graffiti Research Labs Detained In China · · Score: 1

    Prima nocte

  13. Re:My question is on Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud · · Score: 1, Interesting

    No, China doesn't because China has a massive inferiority complex that is directed inward against their people under the guise that they are doing it for their people. Before this it was only their own people who suffered or lost, now it's people outside their sphere of influence. If the mainstream media catches wind of this and the rest of the world, especially those countries who finished 4th will probably call for a full investigation that may or may not produce any results - meaning China is stripped of its medals won illegally - which would be the only acceptable result.

    Of course even if the gymnasts are stripped of their medals, most people in China will never know of it.

  14. Re:The devil is in the details on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 5, Funny

    What does that make us who may have a girlfriend who dress in school girl outfits for us?

  15. Re:Related research on the dolphin kick Phelps use on The US Swim Team's Secret Weapon, Science · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That's why you can only dolphin kick for 15 meters now.

    In 25 yard pools during backstroke it was easier to dolphin kick and swim 8 yards with the last 2 dedicated to the turn.

    As for swimming underwater: Most sprinters in the 50m freestyle don't take a breath during the race. In short course (25m pool) 50m races I maybe took one breath on the way back - depends how much air I released during my turn. If I swam at the right speed I could get about 75m before needing to come up and take another breath. But this was far from racing speed.

  16. Re:Embossing on Intel Releases USB 3.0 Controller Interface Spec · · Score: 1

    But... but that would have made sense!

  17. Re:Is that the kind on TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags · · Score: 1

    I thought L. Ron only sought out to Clear a tomato?

  18. Re:will they actually cover the sports this time? on 2008 Beijing Olympics as a Media Test-Bed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is what I hate. Just show the events and forget the Costas crap "human interest" commentary.

  19. Re:Yup. on DOJ To Oversee Windows 7 Development · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is it just the conspiracy theorist in me that finds this scary as to what could be added into Windows 7? Super-secret backroom deals that the DoD / DoJ can covertly spy on the unwitting populace?

  20. Re:It's like divorce on $50 to Get XP On a New Dell · · Score: 5, Funny

    XP is officially a cougar.

  21. Re:Big Brother(s) on Twitter Not Rocket Science, but Still a Work in Progress · · Score: 1

    And the correct answer however is actually Laslo Holyfeld

  22. Re:Big Brother(s) on Twitter Not Rocket Science, but Still a Work in Progress · · Score: 1

    They both played basement dwelling 'geniuses' in two abysmal movies last summer, Die Hard 4 and Transformers.

  23. Re:Big Brother(s) on Twitter Not Rocket Science, but Still a Work in Progress · · Score: 0

    "I would much rather have some no-name 'genius' from a basement come and work for them, than people who could (possibly) be 'tainted' by how a large coproration works and handles things, and what friends, they may have (who married into, etc)"

    Would you choose Anthony Anderson or Kevin Smith?

  24. Re:Creator of WHAT?! on Processing Visualization Language Ported To Javascript · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You can now draw Homer Simpson with CSS and Javascript

    http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200805/css_homer_animated.html

  25. Re:Scott has it wrong on Orson Scott Card Blasts J.K. Rowling's Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Just to add that Tolkien probably had mountains of back story and unpublished work so that should say that they "similarly have large quantities of back story which could be published flush out the story, answer questions, make for enjoyable reading".