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  1. Redshirt? on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    I vaguely remember something happens to a redshirts in star trek episodes...

  2. Re:Congratulations on OpenBSD 4.4 Released · · Score: 1

    And that justifies arrogance and being an asshole?
    We must be living in different worlds.

    Arrogance is subjective.

    If you're surrounded by undergrads majoring in literature and ask them a math question, they may act polite. On the other hand, if you pester a math professor with stuff you should be expected to know before asking the same question, then you'll face arrogance.

    Most linux forums are full of people who don't know much about operating systems or even how the linux kernel is NOT the distro.

  3. Re:.sucks on ICANN Releases Draft For New TLDs · · Score: 1

    One could make a mint off a ".sucks" TLD, no?

    Will they approve it?

  4. Re:Why now? on ICANN Releases Draft For New TLDs · · Score: 1

    Because ICANN is being driven by a profit motive. I'm sure that a number of people involved have pet-projects, grants, etc that ICANN pays out and which they profit by.

    So true, infact the sheer amount of documents and bureaucracy presents enough evidence. Compare this to OSS projects.

  5. mark parent "shortsighted" on Indian Moon Mission Launched · · Score: 2, Informative

    India's space program is different from those in US and other "developed" countries. India has always focused on the practical uses of space science. Communication, weather forecasts, delivering payloads etc. (instead of sending probes to pluto)

    Elsewhere "space programs came as spinoffs of military programs, so the things the space program was expected to deliver were things that could be used in defense," says S.K. Das, a former ISRO official.

  6. Here's one for you on Small Asteroid On Collision Course With Earth · · Score: 1
  7. Re:And the story continues! on Steve Fossett's Unfinished Project · · Score: 1

    Ok ok, you ARE funny.

  8. Re:And the story continues! on Steve Fossett's Unfinished Project · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm surprised you were modded funny instead of "interesting". Lets talk about off shore drilling for a minute: "The Hawkes say they were four weeks away from launching the "Deep Flight Challenger" when news came of Fossett's disappearance."

    From: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-07-13-offshore-drilling_N.htm
    Environmental hazard or energy bonanza: Oil and natural gas trapped beneath the USA's ocean floor mean different things to different people. As gasoline soars beyond $4 a gallon, President Bush and his would-be Republican successor, John McCain, see a viable source of domestic production. Democrat Barack Obama and the nation's environmentalists see a threat to pristine waters and beaches -- and little help at the pump from offshore drilling.

    If you solve a problem, you cannot use it as an issue to win an election.

  9. Re:Hallelujah! on Jack Thompson Disbarred · · Score: 1

    Fat chance. Now he'll have his own talk show on Fox

    and a martyr for evangelicals right and left. There you go, instant fame and a book on its way..possibly a movie down the line. An anti - Larry Flynt

  10. Re:I really want a copy of this... on Clean Code · · Score: 1

    You haven't heard of kx then: http://kx.com/q/d/q1.htm

  11. Don't Panic on The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time · · Score: 1

    In large friendly letters.

  12. Re:So in other words... on Political Viewpoints Linked To Fear · · Score: 1

    Right Wing can mean different things in different countries. In the USA its republicans, but a general trend is that people who get scared easily will practice politics that assaults their fears directly.

  13. Re:Not necessarily on Barr Sues Over McCain's, Obama's Presence on Texas Ballot · · Score: 1

    I change what I can, where I can. I have a much better shot at changing the status quo by trying to change people's minds, one person at a time, than I do by pleading with those in power to change the system so that they have less power.

    Took a while to come up with a reason? People in general don't want to prioritize changing the party system over other things that affect their daily life. Voting to lower taxes vs. Voting to increase the number of political parties. The winner is always a cause that affects your lifestyle or bread and butter. Maybe somewhere down the chain of worries you'll find a disagreement for the party system.

    You want to convince people to elect a government that amends the constitution so we have a different electoral system? Try comparing it with Roe vs. Wade. A court decision for most americans means more than a possible amendment. If you want to know what people care most about, listen to what politicians say. They have pollsters who research concerns of the common public, and that shapes the speeches and words of candidates.
     
    I admire your resolve to change the status quo but things need to be done a bit differently.

  14. Re:Not necessarily on Barr Sues Over McCain's, Obama's Presence on Texas Ballot · · Score: 1

    Please stop propping up the two-party system. Thank you.

    Its a two-party system because of how the electoral college is structured. Once you have three or more parties, the electoral math (from candidate's point of view) becomes complicated, this gradually leads to the party with minimal resources being sidelined.
     
    If you want more than two prominent parties in the USA maybe you should talk to the federal government before asking someone else to "shtop" being sarcastic about the system.

  15. Re:I hold little hope of anything meaningful. on EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and VP Cheney · · Score: 1

    When everyone in power is such a successful (not necessarily good) lair how can we even have a justice system?

    Did you mean "liar"? What you said could also mean metaphorically that once you come to power you become a "lair" hosting others....

  16. lets hope anonymous coward isn't one of them on "Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email · · Score: 0, Redundant

    and then I PULL OUT MY GUN!!!

  17. BM is the "Armpit of the USA" on Human-Powered Vehicle Speed Competition · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When you drive past it, it says so in large friendly letters on the mountains around the town.

  18. With a name like German Pirate Party... on Bavarian Police Seeking Skype Trojan Informant · · Score: 1

    what did you expect, lawyers and RIAA?

  19. Re:Well, if that's the way they want it on Airline Cancels All Flights Booked Through Third-Party Systems · · Score: 1

    is it related to Falcon Airlines in anyway?

  20. Re:How to prevent phising attacks. on How Phishers Think, Act, and Make a Profit · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Engage brain before clicking.

    I think you proved subtly that we have a Darwinian mechanism at work through phishers and crackers.

  21. don't forget the microsoft's Blue Hat on How Phishers Think, Act, and Make a Profit · · Score: 1

    and apple's mighty iHat as well

  22. Re:Geothermal plug in on Ohio Researchers Advance Heat Reclamation Technologies · · Score: 1

    From the article: "the material is most effective between 450 and 950 Fahrenheit" So simply plug this into a geothermal source, instant energy solution until Earth's core freezes.

    How about those floating colonies on venus?

  23. patent pending & ah, (insert MIT randomly) aga on Ohio Researchers Advance Heat Reclamation Technologies · · Score: 1

    This research was funded by the BSST Corporation; the State of Ohio Department of Development's Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization at Ohio State University; the Beckman Institute; the Swedish Bengt Lundqvist Minne Foundation; and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

    Heremans' team is continuing to work on this patent-pending technology.

  24. Re:The residents thank you, sir on Google Caught On Private Property · · Score: 4, Funny

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 26, @04:56PM (#24350973)

    Pot smokers are ridiculously paranoid, news at 11.

    how true!

  25. Re:URL? on Google Caught On Private Property · · Score: 1

    1. Google
    2. Privacy
    3. Profit!