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  1. Re:Unicorns... on Vatican Debates Possibility of Alien Life · · Score: 1, Informative

    Hmmm.... what is a re'em? Like God, I mean wikipedia gives the answer:

    No it doesn't. It says (paraphrased): "We have no idea, it might have been based on some real animal, or real animals names may be cognates of it." However, reading a bit more

    In Jewish folklore, the Re'em was so large that Noah had to strap it on the side of the Ark, and King David, while still a shepherd, mistook its horn for a mountain and climbed it, then the Re'em got up and frightened David.

    Doesn't exactly sound like a real animal.

  2. Re:Dead man walking on Russian Whistleblower Cop On YouTube · · Score: 1

    But Trotsky got killed by an icepick. Georgi Markov got killed by a poisoned umbrella wielding spy.

  3. Re:Duh. on Aliens RPG Cancelled · · Score: 1

    Dude, Harry the Handsome Executive was a fantastic game. Don't knock it.

  4. Re:Contest! on Pentagon Confirms Cyber Command, Under NSA Control · · Score: 1

    Anytime! Just give us your bank account number, (and identifying information to confirm you are who you say you are) and we'll wire teh Internet Monies immediately!

  5. Re:GLSL is .... ? on Open Source FPS Game Alien Arena 2009 Released · · Score: 1

    If you've got it down to the point where the bot needs to perform image recognition on a stream of images to figure out its targets and where it can move to, I'd say you're in pretty good shape.

  6. Re:Let's not put the cart before the horse on Introducing the Warpship · · Score: 1

    I think mine's broken, it never gets a full 8. Then again, I'm a grad student...

  7. Re:hmm on Does Bing Have Google Running Scared? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You fool! That'll create a recursive paradox that'll rip apart the space time continuum!

  8. Re:Both arguments make sense on CA Vs. MA In Battle Over Non-Compete Clause · · Score: 1

    >>As an example, let's say I was doing graphics work for an MMORG. Clearly, working for a different MMORG would be working for a competitor Really? So World of Warcraft competes with Puzzle Pirates? Or the Kingdom of Loathing? I'd also argue that it's even debatable that WoW is in the same market as EVE Online.

  9. Knowing Apple on Man Claims iPod Set His Pants Aflame · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm sure they can spin this into positive PR.

  10. Re:There are still issues in gaming on A Lot of Money for Playing Games · · Score: 1

    You are mocking a very serious issue and you should be ashamed of yourself. Remember kids: Caffiene kills. :)

  11. Re:Wait a Second on US Air Force to Test Hi-Tech Weapons on Americans? · · Score: 1

    You really shouldn't use the word 'non-americans' when you mean 'foreign enemies'.

  12. Re:Script substrings on IBM using Napoleon Dynamite Quote to Encrypt Data · · Score: 2, Informative

    Okay my guesses are Ifylofd -> I find your lack of faith disturbing Tfiswto -> The force is with you Issapinfs -> I sense a presence I have not felt since... Ysnhcb -> You should not have come back. So, how did I do?

  13. Re:Never? on Space Elevator An Impossible Dream? · · Score: 1

    Do you dispute the statement that there are an infinte number of numbers between two integers? Be specific.

    Well, that was basically his point. There are _no_ integers between 3 and 4. And also, it should be pointed out that there isn't an ordering on the complex numbers, so the statement "there's an infinite number of numbers between 3 and 4" doesn't even make sense if you're talking about complex numbers.

    So basically, he was nitpicking. As, apparently were you in your demands for him to be specific.

  14. Re:The mom... on Baby Meets Big Brother For Science · · Score: 1

    In soviet Brazil, hot models date YOU!!

  15. Re:Ever notice that what is easy is hard? on Baby Meets Big Brother For Science · · Score: 1

    Get two of the smartest, most well-read and diligent scientists together, and they can design and screate amazing wonders..

    At first I thought you were trying to spell "secrete", and was disturbed by the imagery.

  16. Re:Why is this news? on Apple Sics Lawyers on SomethingAwful · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I looked at the article in question. It is perhaps a bad definition, as it does not make any sense in context of this discussion. (At least, assuming you are saying that the poster violated it)

    If you violate the "Statute of frauds" in the definition given by the link, then you aren't the person who signed the contract. You are not in fact the writer of the contract, because no such contract actually exists in writing.

    The Statute of frauds, which apparently is going to vary from state to state, says that certain contracts must be in writing.

    Are you suggesting that Apple violated the statute? This seems unlikely, as v1 has shown that there does indeed exist such a written contract.

    So, I am somewhat confused. Could you explain how the statute of frauds applies in this context?

  17. Re:Terrible on Nintendo Revolution Renamed 'Wii' · · Score: 1

    I wonder what the French would say, then... Wii? Mais non! Viva la revolucion!

  18. Re:Technomoron on Mafia Boss Using Crook Crypto Captured · · Score: 1

    Neal stephenson's next hit book! Technomoronicon.

  19. Got to respect The Economist on Here There Be Dragons · · Score: 3, Funny

    High quality articles, even when they're fake. :)

  20. They aren't hot on How Hot Would a Light Saber Really Be? · · Score: 1

    Lightsabers aren't hot. The proof of this is in Empire Strikes Back. If they were hot, Han would have used it as a heating device. (Cmon! you know you want to mod this insightful!) :)

  21. Re:Finding the Long Tail? That's easy! on Finding the Long Tail of Television · · Score: 1

    Arrested Development? In a very deranged sense, I guess you're right!

  22. Re:Summary is wrong yet again on Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas · · Score: 1

    Totally. I constantly use the FFF system of measurement (highly convenient for me) and I keep getting marked down on my tests!

    Firkin Furlongs per Fortnight Squared!

  23. Re:law seeks to discover ... on Einstein's Theory Improved? · · Score: 1

    As other people have pointed out, the word 'law' is not used (anymore) in science

    Yes it is.

    Moore's Law (c. 1960)
    Metcalfe's Law (c. 1970)
    Heaps Law (c. 1980)
    Zipfs Law (c. 1950)
    Amdahl's Law (c 1970)

  24. Re:Brightly coloured? on Oldest T. Rex Relative Unveiled · · Score: 3, Informative

    From the article: The presence of a nasal crest is particularly interesting, says Norell, because it is so similar to the head ornaments carried by many of today's birds. So, by the sound of it, we've seen other animals that have this bone structure, and they have feathers there (and sounds like it doesn't do anything except have feathers there). As for brightly colored, I don't know where that came from. It's not mentioned in the article, perhaps the submitter read about this somewhere else.

  25. Re:Thus the establishment has always argued on Einstein Has Left the Building · · Score: 1

    Throughout centuries numerous scientists have argued that the simple questions have all been answered, that only the niche, complex and esoteric aspects will be studied from here on out. In fact many physicists felt that way shortly before the end of the 19th century.

    And by induction, all odd numbers are prime.

    Sometimes patterns really do stop. Even in history.