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  1. Re:History repeats itself on Mozilla Labs To Bring Address Book To Firefox · · Score: 1

    I know, I know! They can call it Phoenix, like it's rising from the ashes of Firefox!

  2. Re:Ever seen a progressive store? on New Wave of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 1

    You say grain-fed, but I think everyone else is calling out corn in particular. Is corn the only grain fed to beef, or is there just no difference in feeding one grain over another?

  3. Re:Nice on Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos · · Score: 1

    "...must possess to render the mosquito infertile"

    I had read that it was supposed to blind them, not sterilize them.

  4. Re:David Lynch movie was innaccurate but was ART on Dune Remake Could Mean 3D Sandworms · · Score: 1

    "The literal stage play, I mean the SciFi production, was flat, dull lacking in emotion and life as it tried to accurately portray the novel."

    Honestly, that's because the novel is dull, lacking in emotion and life.

  5. Re:How accurate are these data? on Deadline For Data.gov Arrives, and Delivers · · Score: 1

    There are usually multiple issues on the ballot, and you're not required to vote for everything, and it's possible that not every vote is counted. The log-book of people signing in is going to also be an independent count vs. the number of ballots, so probably he was interested in seeing if there was a discrepancy (uncounted votes/people choosing not to vote/etc).

  6. Re:That Ices Open Systems for Me on Google.cn Attack Part of a Broad Spying Effort · · Score: 1
  7. Re:I haven't used DIVX in years on HandBrake Abandons DivX As an Output Format · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is something I honestly don't understand: If VLC can play flv with 1% CPU usage, why can't we have a VLC plugin for a browser that'll do that on Youtube?

  8. Re:The Animal on Options Dwindling For Mars Spirit Rover · · Score: 1

    Haha. I still have mine!

  9. Re:That Ices Open Systems for Me on Google.cn Attack Part of a Broad Spying Effort · · Score: 1

    I know they stopped censoring, but that's not going to last. China will apologize, give them money, Google will accept and resume censorship.

  10. Re:That Ices Open Systems for Me on Google.cn Attack Part of a Broad Spying Effort · · Score: 1

    They haven't left yet. They just complained about it. $5 says nothing changes on any end of this, except maybe a cash transfer.

  11. Re:Car Analogy on Mozilla To Ditch Firefox Extensions? · · Score: 1

    To carry it further: Removing extensions from Firefox is like removing guns from a tank to help it compete with a sports car.

  12. Re:Shrimp free zone? on Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone · · Score: 1

    Allergies are weird, in that repeated exposure *can* result in worse reactions sometimes. But immuno-therapy for allergies is widely practiced (with good results) for a number of allergens. Nut (and other food) allergies tend to be really severe more frequently, though, and it's more rarely practiced on those than on environmental (tree/grass/weed pollen, mold, cat, etc) allergies.

    I'm not a doctor, and I don't know why it works both ways in different cases, but I suspect it might have to do with the amounts involved. When you get allergy shots (which contain samples of the allergens), you start with really diluted amounts and then work up over a period of 1-2 years. When in the course of daily life you are exposed to allergens, it's 1) going to be a massively larger amount and 2) at irregular intervals. So, for example, you move to a new area, get exposed to the local flora's pollen (in large amounts), and don't have a reaction. A year later, when it blooms again, you're abruptly subjected to another huge dose. And then maybe the next year when it happens again, your body freaks out.

  13. Re:Exactly how did Bush sink the economy? on Steve Jobs Crowned "Person of the Decade" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is a difference between a) improving infrastructure, providing support for people so that they don't go into foreclosure/bankruptcy (costing *more* money), and other things that can facilitate growth and b) blowing up an entire country and then paying to rebuild it. One of these involves spending money to make money. The other involves throwing your money into a fire.

  14. Re:XFCE on KDE Rebrands, Introduces KDE Plasma Desktop · · Score: 1

    Awesome is okay but fantastic would be awesome.

  15. Re:How is this news? on Scientists Say a Dirty Child Is a Healthy Child · · Score: 1

    Ditto. I played outside, dug in the dirt, went fishing, fought bathing. My allergies manifested before I even had a chance to do that stuff, though (I was ~two when I started getting allergy shots). Maybe I should blame my mom for not getting filthy enough.

  16. Re:Not first-sale doctrine: Psystar altered OS X on Psystar Crushed In Court · · Score: 1

    1st: How much does Apple pay you? Every one of your posts *ever* is defending them.
    2nd: I already covered step 2 in my first post, so maybe you can't read. But hey, could be wrong. You could just be a dumbass troll that forgot what thread he was responding to.

  17. Re:Not first-sale doctrine: Psystar altered OS X on Psystar Crushed In Court · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that it's legal to sell books that are missing pages. But hey, could be wrong.

  18. Re:Not first-sale doctrine: Psystar altered OS X on Psystar Crushed In Court · · Score: 1

    So anyone that has ever written in the margins of a textbook and then resold it is not within light years of the law! ;)

  19. Re:For example... on NASA May Drop Ares I-Y Test Flight · · Score: 2, Informative

    Guh? How does spreading out into space help our population problem? It gives us redundancy, yes, but there are 200,000 (from my first Google hit) more people born every day than die. That's 550 747s worth of people we'd have to fire out of cannons at other planets every day to maintain a steady population. The physics of escaping from gravity wells isn't very nice to such ideas.

  20. Re:Same thing happend to Audi a few years ago on Toyotas Suddenly Accelerate; Owners Up In Arms · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In a manual, shifting into neutral (depressing the clutch) is something you're going to do many many many many times in any given trip. It is ingrained in your reflexes along with braking. Plus, your foot is always in a position that it can get to the clutch in a hurry. In an automatic, shifting is something you usually do twice a trip. Once from P->D and once from D->P. And most automatic drivers' hands aren't resting on the stick for a quick shift.

  21. Some good, Some bad on Some Early Adopters Stung By Ubuntu's Karmic Koala · · Score: 1

    This was the first and only dist-upgrade I've managed with Ubuntu that didn't completely hose the installation. And it's the first time my wireless card has continued to work without excessive tinkering post-upgrade. Of course, this latter is probably because I moved from an ath5k to an Intel card. On the other hand, it totally hosed sound on my t61p.

  22. Re:"Augments" on Startup Offers Pre-Built Biological Parts · · Score: 1

    Lie down on table. I take lungs now, gills come next week.

  23. Re:Why it's more dangerous. on Cosmic Ray Intensity Reaches Highest Levels In 50 years · · Score: 1

    It's really more like the difference between getting hit by a pebble at 1mm per hour and a baseball at 23mph. ;)

  24. Re:Diet sodas on The Fresca Rebellion · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm suspecting that the reasoning comes from the taste. Artificially sweetened thing enters mouth, activates omg-here-come-the-calorie taste buds, the body gears up for it... and waits... and waits... and there are no calories to be had.

  25. Re:Don't they already do this? on Computers To Mark English Essays · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What?