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  1. Re:Since when.... on The Implications of Google's Digital Library · · Score: 1

    Northern Hemisphere from Wikipedia states http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_hemisphere/ The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet's surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball'). On Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and population.

  2. Re:Dell Axim w/ Windows M 2k3 on The End of PalmOS? · · Score: 1

    Blasphemer! You should know better than to post this ;) Actually those are very nice and the CF is a nice set up for a developer. Afraid most will respond saying you should just install linux on it but look where we are.

  3. Hysteria on The End of PalmOS? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh Noez! We'll all have to switch to Pocket PC! @_@ In the meantime, the sky is falling guys.

  4. Re:I'd have to say... on WoW Helping or Hurting the Industry? · · Score: 1

    WoW is no innovation. Beta tested it and it was so much like the original Everquest it was laughable. Yep, there are differences but it's certainly nothing new.

  5. Re:We can't even agree on global warming on Your Thoughts on the Great Ozone Debate? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm so glad we had the technology in pre-industrial times to know what the pre-industrial status was.

  6. Re:Someone's gotta do it... on Space Penguin Could Hop Around The Moon · · Score: 1

    Can we also have him being blown to bits while encountering a alien that shoots LASER beams out of his eyes? Maybe like a lunar land shark?

  7. Re:Water City on 9 Weeks to Pump Out New Orleans? · · Score: 1

    Your favorite movie is "Day After Tomorrow" isn't it? You know, easy way to solve the global warming problem - we need to nip it in the bud, strike the source. PUT OUT THE SUN! We'd be much cooler, no more worry about seas encroaching and pollution wouldn't matter! After all, we do know that the sun is getting hotter. Man can only do so much its nature that is out of control (sun getting hotter, hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanos). I'm just glad that by not using hairspray in the morning I'm doing my part.

  8. The true solution - put the sun out! on Ice-Free Summers Coming To Arctic · · Score: 1

    All we need to do to stop global warming is attach it at its source. Put the sun out and we'll never have to worry about global warming again. Al Gore can vacation in Jackson Hole without fear of the snow melting (for eternity), the hole in the ozone won't matter any more either! Rejoice Aussies, no more hats to protect you from skin cancer! Simple solution to the problem - kill the sun!

  9. Re:Today on Oxymoron Theatre: on X-15 Pilots Finally Get Astronaut Wings · · Score: 0

    frequest *Sigh* See how easy it is? I'm glad you feel as though it was a discussion but on the lines of your "discussion", let's change the term Space Flight. Space.com would have to change all of their links though so that might not be a good idea.

  10. Re:Today on Oxymoron Theatre: on X-15 Pilots Finally Get Astronaut Wings · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do you think you could be any more anal? To pick apart the decoration in such a way as you have shows that you either have too much time on your hands or just like to argue about things to "prove" you're smarter than those around you. Sure I might get modded as a troll but wow! There are more important things in life than worrying about whether astronaughts should get a wing decoration or not. They are pilots - they fly. Definition of fly could be debated in your terms of thinking however I think the term stil applies - even though it might not be conventional aerodynamics using lift, drag, and airfoils.

  11. Re:I know this isn't quite what was intended but.. on Google Instant Messenger Coming Really (or Not?) · · Score: 0

    Leave it to Microsoft to save the day!

  12. Baby Farms on Scientists Create New Human Embryonic Stem Cell · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I think a lot of the conservative outlook is not on the effect of funding it now but what happens down the road once precedents are set and the lines are ethics are crossed to a point of no return. Imagine large facilities that do nothing but farm embryos for stem cells. Ebay "Selling embryo!" and many other horrible things. Scavengers who kill pregnant women to sell off embryos, etc. It can lead to a lot of bad things if not kept in check.

  13. Great! on Star Wreck 6 Finally Complete · · Score: 0

    Another way for me to waste my time.

  14. Re:R2 the pimp on Heliodisplay In Production · · Score: 0

    Certainly not amused with the way this branch of the thread is going. More like immature, not funny mods.

  15. Re:The Real Question on A World of Warcraft World · · Score: 0

    Get a job even if its not in your field of study. You're just being lazy right now it sounds to me. If you're on welfare, are you going to pay me back a percentage when you finally do get job?

  16. Re:Only 5% of users were using StarOffice on Scottish Police Revert to Microsoft Office · · Score: 0

    I certainly have to agree with you. It really is unnerving when someone makes a business decision that is best for them and the /. folks want to burn them at the stake because it is a decision they don't agree with. Sure everyone has their opinion but face it, sometimes OSS is NOT the answer.

  17. Re:Only 5% of users were using StarOffice on Scottish Police Revert to Microsoft Office · · Score: 0

    You know, it's crazy giving cops tools like Microsoft Office or StarOffice in the first place. 99.99% of people who use word processors don't get past the part where you hit keys and watch text appear on the screen. Oh yeah, and open and save documents. That's all they ever do. ....and that is the mindset that keeps Linux from being a good desktop choice at the moment.

  18. Negative information = liberal media on Quantum Information Can be Negative · · Score: 0

    Just think of all of the negative news stories every day.

  19. I love types of articles on First Swede Prosecuted For File Sharing · · Score: 0

    It really brings out the "Sky is falling", "we're doomed" conspiracy theorists who try to justify copyright ingringement because they want free music.

  20. Re:'gain a relative economical advantage'.. on Kyoto Protocol Comes Into Force · · Score: 0

    Science is proving that changes are occuring, however they cannot prove whether or not this is a natural cycle. Glaciers are left over from what? Basically the last remnants of the ice age. Who's to stay the earth is still coming out of the ice age? I think this is something that is definitely changing but I do not believe that man has anything to do with it. If we cut all emissions and go back to the stone age I think it would still be happening.

  21. Re:Request on FBI E-Mail Server Breached · · Score: 0

    I agree. With Linux gaining marketshare it will eventually be a case of which OS is better administered and not necessarily how broken the actual software is. Sure, there will be bugs pop up but even with MS machines most of the worms that wreaked havoc were proliferated by machines that had not had a previously available patch applied. Lazy admins or people who can't administer correctly are the cause for most problems.

  22. Re:Host on FBI E-Mail Server Breached · · Score: 1

    Just a matter of time. As Linux continues to gain popularity and makes its way into more corporations, home desktops and government agencies it becomes more and more of a target.

  23. Re:First old people, now dead people. What's next? on The 83-Year-Old Dead File Swapper · · Score: 1

    The RIAA soon will support pro life, help overturn Roe v Wade all so they can sue the unborn they suspect will file swap at some point in the future.

  24. Re:They don't know who they are even suing on The 83-Year-Old Dead File Swapper · · Score: 1

    There is no proper investigative procedure if they had already filed a suit on a woman who didn't own a computer. Are they suspecting people of file swapping via Comcast DVR?

  25. Re:Gertrude Walton has been up to a lot of things on The 83-Year-Old Dead File Swapper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're welcome! I'm glad I could help out in some way :)