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  1. Re:Utah of all places! on Utah Votes 'No' to Darwin's Critics · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Here's an interesting comment on this point from the Salt Lake Tribune.

    "Some say that Mormonism, with its emphasis that all beings can progress toward higher planes of existence, before and after death, has a receptivity toward evolutionary thought that other religions might lack."

    I'd guess that religions related to Hinduism would also have some evolutionary leanings, then.

  2. When is the firm going to be charged? on Diebold Whistle-Blower Charged With Felony Access · · Score: 1
    If the documents are true, and the same for the speculation running wild here, when will charges be pressed against "Jones Day" and/or its representatives who were involved on the conspiracy to defraud the state of California?

    No points for "never".

  3. Re:Gun-Toting Whistle-Blower Charged with Felony A on Diebold Whistle-Blower Charged With Felony Access · · Score: 1
    His public outcries of "Soylent Green is people!" led to a riot that left 4 people dead

    Yay! More soylent green for everyone else.

  4. I used to be mad about it on Canada's CD Tax Out of Hand? · · Score: 1
    (Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the ... uhn .. tax)

    I was quite unhappy about the tax when it was first implemented, but this tax prevents (or should) RIAA style tactics in Canada. Yeah, sure it's another tax, but CD blanks are not that expensive. (Cheap at twice the price, eh?)

    It is unfortunate that Geist's site is unreachable. I'd've liked to have RTFA before posting, but hey, this is /.

  5. Re: Coral Cache? on Help Break Original Enigma Messages · · Score: 1

    It has worked for me in the past, but it does seem sloooow today. So maybe they're turning against me too '-)

  6. Canadian Men's Hockey Team on NBC To Live Stream Olympics Event · · Score: 1
    Canada's out of the running

    They weren't really in the running, were they? It's a good thing we have women who can play hockey, eh?

  7. Karma Whoring on Jurassic Beavers Challenge Current Mammal Theories · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not really, but I thought people might like a link to the Carnegie Museum's press release, which in turn links to a set of pictures of the beast. (Nice big pictures, too.)

  8. Re:Not so sure on Genndy Tartakovsky to Direct Dark Crystal Sequel · · Score: 1
    Snowman: you've expressed exactly what I was thinking when I saw this. Do you do tarot readins as well? ;-)

    I have fond memories of both Dark Crystal and Bambi, but both are singular movies and complete in themselves. I don't see what another movie would bring to the world, other than a few bucks into producers' pockets.

    On the other hand, after reading TFA, this movie seems to be a movie set in the same "universe" as Dark Crystal, but also distinct. It might actually have some merit.

  9. Re:Here's a Solution on Draft Rules for X Prize Lunar Lander Challenge · · Score: 1

    That's one thing which puzzles me. Why would they restrict launch to a vertical, rocket-powered takeoff from earth? I can see that would be the nicest way to get back from the lunar surface, but there are other terrestrial options. (Like a launch-from-flight: boosting the space craft to altitude via some aircraft and letting it go from there.)

  10. Re:They may on RIM Wins Ground in Patent War · · Score: 1
    They may have won the ground but what about the sky?!

    Take my love, take my land,
    Take me where I cannot stand.
    I don't care, I'm still free.
    You can't take the sky from me.

  11. Re:How they figured this out on Evolving Humans on the Menu · · Score: 1
    That one really creeped me out.

    Do you mean ... this one? Mwa ha ha ha ha

    Creeped out yet? Now? .. How about now?

  12. Re:They do more often than they don't on Infamous Emails Don't Always Kill Careers · · Score: 1

    Now you know my name isn't something generic
    Hopefully it's not as redundant as "Evil Lawyer". If that is your real name, you know that Google's not hiring you either. ;-)

  13. Re:Computer != Technology on Exposing Children to Technology? · · Score: 2, Funny

    what type of tools should parents be equipping their children with?
    "Technology" is not a synonym for "computers".
    Dang! I was going to say "weapons", but now I can't. Thanks for spoiling it, eh? ;-)

  14. Re:HTML is the be-all... not on Unipage - A PDF Alternative? · · Score: 2, Informative
    I'd be interested in how you can do this in HTML.
    Um, didn't you just do that in HTML? You need to talk to yourself more. (Yeah, yeah, I know, but it is funny on this side of the monitor. ;-)

    I'm looking for a Windows driver that will capture my GDI calls and render to HTML. Any suggestions?

    You might want to look at libwmf - search for SVG inside the page. It's isn't exactly what you want, but if you can capture your GDI to a WMF, you're GTG. (Good to go.)

    No-one has included a link to SVG related material. There you go.

  15. Re:Locked Down USB Ports! on Beware the iPod 'slurping' Employee · · Score: 2, Funny
    I just http mailed things to myself.

    Hey, information wants to be free. I mail things to the competition.

    Now, I only use the computers of cow-orkers I dislike, but it's the thought that counts.

  16. "Internet English" on Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone · · Score: 1
    While I don't agree with the entirety of the article cited, I do agree that there is a woeful lack of proper English use currently. My concern is over the use of what I call "Internet English" - the misuse of properly spelled words.

    I am sure that all have read this poem on the subject, or complained of the misuse of homonyms (they're / there / their) or apostrophes (it's / its), but it goes further than that. An example of a common misuse is "loose" for "lose", or "then" for "than".

    My problem with it is that it slows my reading speed down and ofttimes, my comprehension as well. I have to reread and think "the what the hell do they mean there?" I'd prefer that people simply misspelled things to using the wrong "right" word.

  17. Re:Needs to be like Flubber on Flexible Body Armor · · Score: 1

    S'awright - I'm trying to forget there was a remake.

  18. Re:Duration on Consumers vs. IP Owners: The Future of Copyright · · Score: 1

    Disney is quite aggressive with copyrights - ask poor ol' Pooh Bear.

  19. Re:VACCINE FOR A BACTERIA??? on Ebola Vaccine Passes Initial Human Tests · · Score: 4, Interesting
    While antibiotics are for bacteria, there are also vaccines for bacteria caused diseases. As well, while it's neither virus nor bacterium, there is a Malaria Vaccine Initiative, funded in part by the Gates Foundation.

    Yes, we should get terminology correct. I will not point out why the "ebola virus" would not be affected by antibiotics.

  20. Re:So I'll be the first to say it.... on Firefox Memory Leak is a Feature · · Score: 1
    I've been running Opera on Sun boxes for years. They have gotten rid of that annoying bug ;-)

    Sorry, don't know about FreeBSD. I would like to try Opera on OpenBSD.

  21. Re:So I'll be the first to say it.... on Firefox Memory Leak is a Feature · · Score: 1, Informative
    Why does Opera do the same thing faster without the memory penalties?

    Simply put, Opera is a better browser ;-)

  22. It's not a secret on Firefox Memory Leak is a Feature · · Score: 1
    This was documented some time ago, and even mentioned on slashdot. (It's not a duplicate if people don't know about it.)

    While the default setting of "use all memory available" might be a bit unfortunate, this is tuneable. (After all, you can't tuna fish, but you can tune a, well, browser.)

    Not an FF fan, but trying to be fair.

  23. The link on Team Confirms UCLA Tabletop Fusion · · Score: 1

    No, that's not it ... this is the right one.

  24. Re:The word for earth on Mars Rover Finds Unusual Rocks at 'Home Plate' · · Score: 1
    The name for the fourth planet is "Barsoom". Geeze, read a book!

    [grin - look, it's all meant in fun]

  25. Re:typical /. story on Opera 9 with Widgets and BitTorrent Now Available · · Score: 1

    Oh come on, F12-E fixes that. (This is the sequence to disable - or I guess enable - gif animation.)