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  1. Re:No calculus? on New UK Initiative - Make Science Easier · · Score: 1

    In my day, all the exam questions were in Latin, whatever the subject.

  2. Re:Typical slashdot elitism. on New UK Initiative - Make Science Easier · · Score: 2, Funny

    Six munfs ago I cuddent even spel enjineer - and now I is one!

  3. Re:They lie - is this surprising ? on New UK Initiative - Make Science Easier · · Score: 1

    I like your idea but it needs a snappy slogan. I'll just pull something out of the air - how about "no child left behind"?

  4. Re:Not likely on U.S. Attorney General Resigns · · Score: 1

    We're at war with Eastasia. We've always been at war with Eastasia.

  5. Re:Insurance on Dell Laptops Still Exploding · · Score: 1

    Yes, you are correct. You collect from your insurance company. They pay you, and it is now their problem as to whether they can collect from Dell.
    No, it's your problem, since if they can't get it from Dell they'll get it from you by trebling your premiums. In fact, they'll probably treble them in any case.
  6. Re:Just an incredibly banal version of the Borg... on Users Trash Wal-Mart On Its Facebook Site · · Score: 1

    You mean they force you to work and shop there?
    If the rumours about their strategies for eliminating competitors are even half true, you could conclude that it's precisely what they do.
  7. Re:So? on Breaking a Car's Cipher · · Score: 1

    By "nope", you mean yes, someone was indeed retarded enough to design something like that. At least they made it so you could switch it off. Wouldn't it be safer to be off by default, unless you intentionally switch it on?

  8. Ob on Astronomers Find Huge Hole in Universe · · Score: 1

    That's no hole ...

  9. Re:So? on Breaking a Car's Cipher · · Score: 1

    The article (or at least the summary) implies what you say, although I find it hard to believe that someone would be so retarded as to design a key that communicates at all without manual initiation by its owner. Or, to use the technical term, pushing a goddam button.

  10. Re:Rich people didn't elect him. on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 1

    People scared of gays and trumped up claims of terrorism elected him.
    That's not as nice thing to say about the supereme court of the US
  11. Re:When Wealthy Christians and Crackpots Attack! on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 1

    He was in England?

  12. Re:When Wealthy Christians and Crackpots Attack! on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 1

    Q: How many freemasons does it take to change a light bulb?

    A: Only one, but he must be a grand knight of the 17th level black unicorn. He shall face to the east, and remove the old bulb with his left hand; then shall he face west and insert the new one, saying "all light cometh from the Great Architect" ...

  13. Re:When Wealthy Christians and Crackpots Attack! on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 1

    it's kinda hard to call Buddism "bunk", despite your religious preference (or lack thereof). Traditional Buddism is almost more of a philosophy
    Philosophies can be bunk too. I'd say perhaps 90% of them are.
  14. Re:Solution: Randomize human behaviour on DARPA Files Patent On Predictive Simulation · · Score: 1

    This would presumably cause you to pursue a strategy that is worse than what you otherwise would have
    Not really. Seems like you're considering the strategy as an independent entity - it isn't - the best strategy depends on the enemy's strategy (which depends on your strategy ... ).

    It's not like there's one perfect strategy. The worst strategy of all is the one the enemy is expecting and prepared for.
  15. Re:Monster doesn't help anyway--why use it? on Monster.com Attacked, User Data Stolen · · Score: 1

    The real way you get a job is to have executive hair, be a graduate of the right school and be related to at least one person whose title follows the pattern C*O
    Fixed.
  16. Re:are you sure this is a good idea? on DARPA Files Patent On Predictive Simulation · · Score: 1

    Except lying, feints etc are parts of strategy so perhaps those could be predicted too. What you really need is a random strategy generator.

  17. Re:Fiat currencies have several problems. on Bank Run in Second Life · · Score: 1

    Wealth is never "created" it is only transfered.
    I always wondered why we still live in caves and wear animal skins.
  18. Re:This is stupid. on High School Students Forced To Declare A Major · · Score: 1

    Oooh look, a King.

  19. Re:hm.. on Scientists Offer 'Overwhelming' Evidence Terran Life Began in Space · · Score: 1

    The Matthews' Southern Comfort version is even better known, at least in Europe.

  20. NASA Finds Star With a Tail. on NASA Finds Star With a Tail · · Score: 1

    According to the headline, NASA Finds Star With a Tail. Imagine what they could find if they used a telecope!

  21. Re:So this is what on Echeria Coli Co-Opted To Make Gasoline · · Score: 1

    when you're driving around in a $65,000 cadillac escalade, you've already demonstrated you don't have any understanding of cost. charging $4.50 instead of $3.50 a gallon is not likely to affect you either.
    You're joking - that's another 25 cents per mile!
  22. Re:hm.. on Scientists Offer 'Overwhelming' Evidence Terran Life Began in Space · · Score: 1

    Are you suggesting that we are stardust - interstellar carbon?

  23. Re:Another Thing to Consider® on Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music? · · Score: 1

    They would probably have formed different bands anyway and produced performances that are just as bad, except without even a qualified songwriter helping them.
    But they'd have played maybe 10 gigs, all in their hometown and then given up. So unless you were unlucky enough to be in the wrong bar on the wrong night, you'd never have heard them, or even heard of them.
  24. Re:Mod Parent Insightful on The Future of C++ As Seen By Its Creator · · Score: 1

    And you can't print it off ansd read it on the train.

  25. Re:ditto on iPhone Bill a Whopping 52 Pages Long · · Score: 1

    To put it another way, Eat shit, millions (or billions) of flies can't be wrong. The fact that these alleged businesses are, on average, only worth a grand speaks volumes.