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  1. Re:always? on Sotomayor's Position On Copyright Damages · · Score: 1

    Male, female, shehe, or heshe I'm betting there will be a mustache.

  2. Re:Another one bites the dust on The Myth of the Mathematics Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    What about peeing contests, driving (if only cars didn't have mirrors), and sports.

  3. Re:My Qs on Study Shows "Secret Questions" Are Too Easily Guessed · · Score: 1

    Q) Solve the Happy Ending problem for arbitrary n
    A) $50 for a happy ending.

  4. Re:Work Experience on Go For a Masters, Or Not? · · Score: 1

    A masters may help getting a starting position but not because of any education preference by HR, if your MS has a thesis requirement you will probably be working with people in industry so many times you will be able to get a job with them or they will refer you to someone else. I've only worked in small companies, most of the hiring we do is not done from the stack of resume's but from references by professors or colleagues. Later in your career a Masters will help with promotions, in most technical positions the bosses have MS or PhD's, very few BS run a team.

  5. Re:So, basically the parents are screwed? on Worst Censorware Blocks Cannot Be Fixed · · Score: 1

    So how are gay websites part of a student's education, if a teacher was found surfing any gay websites without cause they could be charged with a felony, misuse of government property. The resources the government supplies for the school are for educational purposes only, allowing the use of the resources for anything else is criminal. It would be no different then if students could take a gay class offered by the school paid for with government money.

  6. Re:Ahhhhhh... on Conficker Downloads Payload · · Score: 5, Funny

    Macs have games, Breakout, Super Breakout, ... Photoshop?

  7. I call BS on Could the Internet Be Taken Down In 30 Minutes? · · Score: 1

    The whole internet could not be taken down so easily any attempt would have to not only destroy the internet in a precise manor as to make sure that pockets were not created but also make sure that when backups kick in that the attack can reach them.

  8. Re:Google will own the books? on Google's Plan For Out-of-Print Books Is Challenged · · Score: 1

    They are talking about books that are still are under copyright but have no copyright holder(copyright lasts for 70 years after the death of an author). I didn't read the legal decision but Google should not have exclusive rights to republish these books online which the article says they have, pending review by a federal judge. Now if TFA was misleading and Google would just have rights to their scanned copies I have no problem with this as long as an attempt to find the copyright holder was made and that if said copyright holder surfaces Google would owe them two or three times the standard amount for royalties per copy sold.

  9. Re:He should have seen that coming. on Columnist Fired For Reviewing Pirated Movie · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So breaking the law is OK as long as it's for a article, Good to know, I'll start my research for my bank robbery piece today.

  10. Re:Yeah yeah, heard it all before on Offshore Windpower To Potentially Exceed US Demand · · Score: 1

    Off shore windmills will NEVER happen in the US I was part of a study on windmills and their effect on radar tracking. Essentially the large moving blades can mask a plane or planes coming to shore, because of this putting the windmills on the coast will not happen with our current radar system. This is what Ted Kennedy used as an excuse to keep them from building a windfarm in his backyard. The only solutions for this are to only allow the windmill blades rotate at 20mph at the tip and not allow the windmill to point in certain directions as to minimize the Doppler shift, thus reducing the efficiency of said windmill. The only other option is an OTH (over the horizon) radar system which could replace our current systems, apparently Australia has designed a effective solution that they currently implement. It cost the Aussies 2 Billion dollars to design and implement the system. With our current administration unlikely to drop 2 Billion for additional military research I doubt this will happen any time soon.

  11. Re:I think I speak for everyone on New CyberSecurity Bill Raises Privacy Questions · · Score: 0, Troll

    The President nominates the judges and the Senate confirms the nomination. Right now Dear Leader would have little in the way of getting his nominee confirmed, only one or two judges are all that Dear Leader would probably get to nominate. If the senate majority changes in 2 years Dear Leader would have to make some concessions and could not nominate someone as radical as he is.

  12. Re:I missed it? on Wolverine Film Leaked a Month Before Release · · Score: 1

    Hot young lovelies and explosions are all I need in a movie, the rest is just filler, plots have evolved into stringing along sex and fart jokes while sprinkling in scantily clad ladies and explosions. All I remember about Transformers is Megan Fox is hot epically when she was leaning over cruddy Camaro Bumble Bee and there was not enough of Optimums Prime not whatever the plot was or if there was any charter development.

  13. Re:The Children? on ACLU Sues Penn Prosecutor For Empty Threat of Child Porn · · Score: 0, Troll

    Aids will take care of them

  14. Re:The Children? on ACLU Sues Penn Prosecutor For Empty Threat of Child Porn · · Score: 1

    Since the inception of contraceptives 1970's the rate of illegitimate children has risen so I guess contraceptives don't work because they encourage a morally lax attitude, and if your going to have sex when your 14 a lack of contraceptives will not stop you. As for Paris she lost out on the 2.3 Billion her grandfather has because she is a whore and now has a net worth of .05 Billion. Whoring around really seems to work wonders for one's finical situation.

  15. Re:The Children? on ACLU Sues Penn Prosecutor For Empty Threat of Child Porn · · Score: 1

    Teens have been having sex since time immemorial, it's built into us as a species and it's why we are all here. Parents have only been trying to stop it since the onslaught of religion.

    Now I know religion is evil and morality is just as bad but don't you think 14-16 year old kids having children they can't support merits parents trying to stop their children from having sex. Teaching your children to be able to delay gratification is important, this skill will help them through their entire life. The easy route is the path followed by Paris Hilton, need I say more.

  16. Re:What a good idea on Senator Proposes Nonprofit Status For Newspapers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The fair and balanced slogan is meant to be ironic, Fox News bias is the opposite of CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, NYT, Newsweek, Times, Washington Post, NPR ... who all claim that they show little to no bias.

  17. Re:Corporate culture on Shell Ditches Wind, Solar, and Hydro · · Score: 1

    In this case, Shell simply decided that's it's marketing campaign of green energy investments was promoting threatening ideas and, generating insufficient advertising benefit.

    Shell wouldn't care if their "green energies" took off, they would have a piece of the pie. Their decision was made because of a cash flow shortage in this economy and decided that the investments made would not see a return for 10-20 years, IF the technologies panned out. Large companies do not take risks on innovation especially in turbulent economic times, it has always been the small guy who innovates because they are able to take the risk and can adapt. It's easy to say that Shell should risk their money but I'm sure you wouldn't be upset if you lost money investing in green tech because it didn't pan out.

  18. Re:non-issue on Doctors Silencing Online Patient Reviews Via Contract · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think I've found a flaw in your medical system. In Canada, doctors give us medicine.

    But first you have to wait a month to see your doctor to get medicine.

  19. Solar powered flashlights on LEDs Lighting Up the African Darkness · · Score: 1

    And how about finally giving credit to us pollocks for our contribution of the solar powered flashlight, my people have been ridiculed for long enough on this one.

  20. Re:Duh on Microsoft Sees Linux As Bigger Competitor Than Apple · · Score: 1

    Microsoft fears apple much more then Linux, Linux will always be the pocket protectors OS. As further proof of this I give you M$ marketing strategy "I'm a PC and I am a cool hipster just like you". This is nothing more then the big kid on the block saying he's not afraid the new kid (I know Apple is not new).

  21. Re:Monkey on New York Bill Aims To Restrict Games Containing Profanity · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Modern media has played a role, when mom and dad are too busy watching Jerry Springer to notice little Cletus setting the neighbor's trailer on fire.

  22. Re:we need a scientist on Nobel Prize Winning Physicist As Energy Secretary · · Score: 1

    First of all no deal has been reached in the Big 3. GM and Chrysler are hemorrhaging money and you want them to loose more by making cheap electric cars. The batteries alone cost more then most new cars. Appointing a scientist to a cabinet position will not make lithium more abundant or cheaper.

  23. Re:Paper??? on The State of Electronic Voting In the 2008 US Elections · · Score: 1

    Paper worked so well for Florida in 2004.

  24. Re:Wag the dog on Senator Questions Rise In US Texting Prices · · Score: 1

    We will be dependent on oil for at least 50 years, battery technology has a long way to come, the battery life needs to be extended four or five times from where it's at now and be able to recharge in 5-10 minutes. Fuel Cell technology has a long way to go also there is currently no good way to pull the hydrogen from water efficiently so that stations can be set up, also the storage of hydrogen in cars is a problem because highly compressed hydrogen does not contain enough energy to get more then 100 miles.

  25. Re:Wag the dog on Senator Questions Rise In US Texting Prices · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that what you call yours?