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  1. As a fan of literature on Anathem · · Score: 1

    I dont really hold to the "too many made up words" rule.
    Clear exceptions to that rule.

    Clockwork Orange
    1984
    Lord of the Rings
    Sniglets
    Dune
    I agree with the reviewer as well. Buy his earlier work, go to the library for Anathem.

  2. Re:Please help me think of the right tag on Ray Kurzweil Wonders, Can Machines Ever Have Souls? · · Score: 1

    My Wife and I use an EPCOT saying. You used to hear it on entering the Golfball. "Inthefuture"

  3. Ahh I liked EVE on Astronaut Loses Tools While Performing an EVA · · Score: 1

    But Wall*E has a place in my heart.

  4. Never forget Valiant Fwiffo on Stardock Tried To Make Star Control, Master of Orion Sequels · · Score: 1

    SC1 and Starcon2 where great games..I actually didnt mind 3 either but 2 UrQuan races were a lil much

  5. That is not fair on Anti-Matter Created By Laser At Livermore · · Score: 1

    There would probably be a lab tech yelling at you to get out of the way.

  6. Re:Why not to vote for Obama: on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the War · · Score: 1

    Weak analogy.

    What it doesnt describe is the Kickbacks the Richest man gets for taking his 9 poorer friends to this bar. Or his plan to get them drunk and rob them on the way home.
    Or
    The rent of the bar stool, pretzels and coin operated toliets in the bar.

  7. Re:Parallax, touch screens, stupidity, and conspir on WV Voters Say Machines Are Switching Votes · · Score: 1

    For the Same reasons.
    Hard to fudge a dice roll on a computer.

  8. um they have known for YEARS on Scientists Erase Specific Memories In Mice · · Score: 1

    Shock Therapy and Torture has a well known memory loss side effect.
    See Dr Ewan Cameron.

  9. Oh Come now on First Official Photos From New Star Trek Movie · · Score: 1

    THe newer BSG is better by far then the original series. Go back and watch the old show and I assure you the nostalgia wipes off real quick.

    As to Speed Racer and Star Trek, no comment.

    I think a remake of Buck Rogers would rock, as long as they keep the Hotpants from the orginal.
    - has a signed Wilma Deering photo.

  10. Alternatively on Geneticist Claims Human Evolution Is Over · · Score: 1

    You were also likely to breed with family members which might make such genetic trends stronger.

    Or perhaps the guy is a moron and evolution is completely unstoppable.

  11. too be fair on Solyndra's Thin-Film Solar Cells Draw $1.2 Billion In Orders · · Score: 1

    NASA has hundreds of PhDs and they did a bang up job on Skylab and Mars probe.
    But I agree with you for the most part.

  12. Suddenly on Virtual Fence Could Modernize the Old West · · Score: 5, Funny

    All these Bluetooth wearing peoples existence becomes clear...they were the prototype for Cattle management. Truly the work has flipped upside down. I would love to see Rattlesnake, Bee, growling pumped into those things while people cruised around.

  13. You Mean GO JOE!! on Man Attempts To Cross English Channel With Jet Wing · · Score: 1

    Or techincally COBRA...the CLAW I had that toy.

  14. Read the article on LHC Offline Until April 2009 (Or Longer) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if anyone has considered the dangers of that much free helium. If there was a horrible accident at LHC if they called anyone their voices would be too high pitched to take seriously.

  15. Hey where did that first guy get his stats... on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    I have long had some questions about slashdot. What is the percentage of people who post anon replies to their own posts? How many times does "I for one...Overlord" show up total and per article? Number of Apple ref on a MS thread vs Linux refs? and lasty... How many people request that Disagree emails should be ended? Has the number increased or decreased per week? I would prefer this in a chart form...maybe pie(yummm pie)

  16. Looking for a Rigger, a shaman and street Samurai on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 1

    Need a Job? John has an oppuritunity for you. Only those in the shadows need apply.

  17. Insightful huh? on Amateur Scientists Seek Fusion Reaction · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most of what you say rings true, Pity it isnt.

    1. Lives of leisure are certainly NOT more unacceptable today. See: Hollywood, Children of the VERY wealthy, Politicians(remember the President is over 500 DAYS of vacation in 7 years). If we valued hard work or lives of deeper meaning and value I am sure I wouldnt have too see all that garbage in the news.

    2. More personal fortunes then? Not hardly. We have more Billionaires today then they had Millionaires. Even accounting for inflation and cost of living we have FAR more wealth today.

    3. Lastly the point of the article above is we have hobbists working on Fusion. That said the last part of your post is wholely inaccurate.
    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_science
    and thats not counting the billions donated by the wealthy to support research in a HOST of fields.

  18. I love Blizzards music and sound on Diablo III Designer Defends New Look and Feel · · Score: 1

    for the first few months then I switch to something else.

    Still my favorite game music ever was Kingdom Under Fire.

  19. Tell me more! on Gravity Tractor Could Deflect Asteroids · · Score: 1

    hated the movie
    But the book was good. I am a 15 second bomb, I am 14 second Bomb...

  20. Awesome on Air Force Looks To Laser-Proof Its Weapons · · Score: 1

    I kept waiting for a real genius reference the Austin Powers one is tired, but RG is perfect for this.

    Anyways...Self-realization. I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "I drank what?"

  21. The Difference is SCOPE. on Sen. Ted "Tubes" Stevens Is Indicted · · Score: 1

    and maybe severity.

  22. I wouldnt on First Images of Russian-European Manned Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    I wouldnt mind being the SECOND person up in that capsule. I am cautious a person by nature.

  23. Indeed on Scientists Solve Riddle of Toxic Algae Blooms · · Score: 1

    If you become one with the planet you need not fear the Mind Worms..Increasingly our bond with them will make us a force to be contended with.

    -Lady Deirdre Skye

  24. Been a Good summer for Comic Book movies on Movie Review, Hellboy II · · Score: 1

    Maybe they will start getting it right from now on.
    Iron Man- Excellent
    Hulk- Better then Ang Lees version, a good flick
    Hancock- A great film
    Hellboy- a beautiful film lots of Eye candy, I do agree too much Love story
    and this weekend we get Batman the Dark Knight- which I hope knocks them out of the park.

  25. Pity on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 1

    Personally that scene is why i HATE the character Thomas Covenant, but I understand why it was necessary to the character. Still I wouldnt avoid it because of that scene it made me cringe and I feel that teh world might be a better place if peple cringe sometimes and face darkness as opposed to skipping it because its uncomfortable.

    Course Donaldson has thing for Rape scenes