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  1. Re:Nature, red in tooth and claw. on Extinct Pyrenean Ibex Cloned · · Score: 1

    Considering that scientists in the field can't even agree on the correct scientific definition of species aren't we getting ahead of ourselves?(Not for creationism, just pointing out that until the definition of species is nailed down, positing that macroevolution occurs along darwinian lines is a bit premature. It's entirely possible there's a different genetic mechanism responsible for species generation.)

  2. Re:Full of shit you are, young Jedi on Comrade, You Are So Not Getting a Dell · · Score: 4, Informative

    The amount of corruption hasn't declined in the least, rather, the competitors have all been eliminated and now the source of corruption is coming solely from the Putin faction and also the Russkie mafia. Entrepreneurial corrupt politicians not welcome.

  3. Re:In Soviet Russia on Comrade, You Are So Not Getting a Dell · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Um, given the nature of computing based on electricity trinary computing would have simply been higher order code, unless your talking about levels of electric power, say 0, 1/2, and 1, but then the tech would have been vastly more complicated and almost certainly more prone to breakdown for a relatively small return.

  4. Re:Reactionary. on Whistleblower Claims NSA Spied On Everyone, Targeted Media · · Score: 1

    Um, what? My parents taught me to read, at least until I was 5 or 6, at which point I would sequester myself in the library for hours on end and read myself, often picking up the meanings of words by context alone.

  5. Re:I feel bad for these people on Whistleblower Claims NSA Spied On Everyone, Targeted Media · · Score: 1

    Given Ron Paul's history of getting pork for his district attached to bills he knows are going to pass, and then voting against them 'on principal', he really can't be considered a conservative of that type. Especially when you consider the fact that either he's a racist, or a fucking idiot who doesn't check the contents of a short newsletter printed under his name for years on end.

  6. Re:I feel bad for these people on Whistleblower Claims NSA Spied On Everyone, Targeted Media · · Score: 1

    Eh, NH is being infested with too many MA refugees.

  7. Re:Reactionary. on Whistleblower Claims NSA Spied On Everyone, Targeted Media · · Score: 1

    Just as soon as Pelosi gives up her attempts to destroy the 2nd amendment.

  8. Re:Valve, Please Kick EA In The Pants on Valve Discusses Team Fortress 2's Future · · Score: 1

    This is because Gabe Newell doesn't want to have his company to create a permanent set of programmers to program for the PS3, which if you want the game to be done well, you almost have to do. Either that or take much longer to write any updates or games. While sad, since Valve specializes in FPSs, and FPSs are best played on the PC(Although the two Resistances were good) this does not bother me overmuch.

  9. Re:Why TF2 is a joke on Valve Discusses Team Fortress 2's Future · · Score: 1

    Toss a cooldown timer on the grenades and limit standard grenades to 2. Problem solved.

  10. Re:When will they learn? on New York Bill Aims To Restrict Games Containing Profanity · · Score: 1

    Um, for the most part it's dems creating and voting for the bills, and they are the people who think they want activist courts. Your snark fails, and does so miserably.

  11. Re:Wow on Keanu Reeves To Star In Cowboy Bebop · · Score: 1

    Eh? I fail to see how that applies. Pretty much the entire thing was shades of grey. Or maybe I'm just better at reading the context since I read plenty of novels where the knight in shining armor isn't so shining and the bad guys have actual explanations for their actions.

  12. Re:No way on Keanu Reeves To Star In Cowboy Bebop · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, it's only partial bullshit. Except for certain select titles in which the voice actors are of decent quality, the vast majority of anime is better subtitled.

  13. Re:get ready for excitement... on Keanu Reeves To Star In Cowboy Bebop · · Score: 1

    Um, except for the whole age issue Glau would be considered a good choice for Ed. She's pretty much proven her ability to play oddball roles.

  14. Re:Linux on the desktop on Ubuntu Download Speeds Beat Windows XP's · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you use redtube for anything other than making fun of the really weird shit, you're not only cheap, but you can't navigate the intertubes properly and settle for low quality free pron.

  15. Re:Linux on the desktop on Ubuntu Download Speeds Beat Windows XP's · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unless you're a leftie but mouse rightie.

  16. Re:Expected on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or she could have dropped by the local geek habitat and asked the tech monkeys to fix it. Of course, then she might get knowledge flung at her.

  17. Re:Expected on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well there's your problem, you have to use all of a Ubuntu install to have it work properly. Using only some of the install is just asking for trouble.

  18. Re:They made fools out of themselves. on Internet Not Really Dangerous For Kids After All · · Score: 1

    Eh, he's just using the same argument made by every anti-gun organization ever.

  19. Re:Small game size does not mean piracy... on Piracy and the Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's called stamping out market share. If they cracked down hard on it, people would turn to linux, thereby creating a larger *nix market, and possibly creating interest for companies to develop more for *nix instead of concentrating on windows.

  20. Re:So on 3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations · · Score: 1

    My computer screen was flickering too, but I was playing The Witcher, so at least I have an excuse.

  21. Re:Grey area on DivX 7 Adds Support For Blu-ray Rips (H.264/MKV) · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but whatever is used in C&CRA3 is complete shit.

  22. Re:So, remind me again... on DivX 7 Adds Support For Blu-ray Rips (H.264/MKV) · · Score: 1

    Hey now, one day a year it's all pirates.

  23. Re:I don't understand on DivX 7 Adds Support For Blu-ray Rips (H.264/MKV) · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  24. Re:Energy required on Va. Tech Students Create Experimental Bricks For the Moon · · Score: 1

    Well, until our panels get covered in dust and micrometeorite impacts.

  25. Re:So tired of Final Fantasy on New Final Fantasy XIII Details, Website Launched · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing you really wouldn't like japanese dating sims.