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  1. Re:And what do horoscopes have to do with science? on Winnie Wrote a Math Book · · Score: 1

    Yes, but astronomy grew out of astrology. We wouldn't actually have cared much about the skies unless we made up all these stories and fortune tellings about it I think.

  2. Re:A usefull vote for a change on Smarter Teens Have Less Sex · · Score: 1

    18, girl was (and still is) 20. (I'm just 19)

    Haven't had that problem so far, however, probably because the sex was kinda lousy.

  3. Re:Queue Slashdot Reader Love Life Jokes on Smarter Teens Have Less Sex · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure my school sells Trojans for $0.25 so there.

  4. Re:Ubuntu? Power users? on A CIO's View of Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    I upgraded my home computer from school from Edgy to Fiesty with no trouble.

    Everything can be done remotely.

  5. Re:SUVs and electric cars on Small Electric Car May Usher In Big Changes · · Score: 1

    Also, cars are remarkably inefficient when compared to giant centralized power stations, except maybe hybrids, and even then probably not.

  6. Re:It is all tubes. on FBI, IRS Raid Home of Sen. Ted Stevens · · Score: 1

    Well, one thing is, it's more redundant than most systems of tubes we're used to. It routes around blockage, typically.

    Also other things he said at the same time were stupid, like how people bit-torrenting movies made his e-mail arrive late.

  7. Re:Network it, or NTFS on Cross-OS File System That Sucks Less? · · Score: 1

    From what I've seen on this article, ntfs-3g works. So, not officially, but it does work.

  8. Re:Network it, or NTFS on Cross-OS File System That Sucks Less? · · Score: 1

    Then reading more into it, some say it can. So, look on the website. Sorry for the false info.

  9. Re:Network it, or NTFS on Cross-OS File System That Sucks Less? · · Score: 0

    Other people have commented, only read-only. So NTFS is not the solution, I guess.

  10. Re:Network it, or NTFS on Cross-OS File System That Sucks Less? · · Score: 5, Informative

    sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

  11. Re:Yep, but on Deathly Hallows / OOTP Movie Discussion · · Score: 1

    Doesn't that just enhance my point?

  12. Re:What did I think of them? on Deathly Hallows / OOTP Movie Discussion · · Score: 1

    Did you read the seventh book?
    1984, Brave New World, Catch 22, and Fahrenheit 451 is about governments or societies that pull wool over peoples eyes and makes them do things they wouldn't normally do.

    Harry Potter 7 is just about the same thing, with Elves and Goblins and Giants and Magic in it.

  13. Re:Am I the only one... on MIT Finds Cure For Fear · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, we can cure that.

  14. Re:err obvious point on Gadgets Have Taken Over For Our Brains · · Score: 1

    I once had to type someone's phone number into a microwave to tell it to someone.

  15. Re:You can already *BUY* 300GB discs on Microholography Could Lead to 500 GB Discs · · Score: 1

    Where are you buying this enclosure! Mine cost $25 on Newegg!
    And $100 will get you 500GB at present.

  16. Re:Never going to happen on 2008 - Year of Linux Desktop? · · Score: 1

    I thought the philosophy on this one was, a consumer market OS should never need the command line unless something breaks.

    Having it there for those who want it apparently hurts it?

    I mean, it's like having a lock on the hood to your car, or even better, no hood at all.

    Distros like Ubuntu have the comfort of the command line, but I've rarely NEEDED to use it.

  17. RPGs on Serious Games - World of Borecraft? · · Score: 1

    I argued this in high school a lot.
    I played a lot of RPGs. A lot of this involved mental math, estimation (Three more battles until I level, four until I need a healing. WOOO!), problem solving skills, proper budgeting of items and the in game money.

    Games that don't try to be educational can be educational.

    Although, some people do spend a lot of time worrying about playability, I remember I played Where in Time is Carmen Sandiago like 3 times.

  18. Re:Yet another fraud on Ban On Price Floors Abandoned, Internet Prices May Rise · · Score: 1

    With a bow and arrow, made of local tree branches and sinew, because, the metal mine is 8 towns over.

  19. Re:How much POWER will that take? on Quantum Dots Might Be Key For Teleportation · · Score: 1

    More importantly, how much ENERGY.

    Yeah, flashbulbs take a lot of power, but not so much energy. It's all released at once.

    I'd think teleportation is somewhat similar.

  20. Re:Mechanization is the future on Robots To Replace Migrant Fruit Pickers · · Score: 1

    This is a legitimate concern. However, if we have mass mechanization, and there is no longer a shortage of labor, maybe we can adopt a more socialist stance, and give the unemployed what they need, after all, we don't need them to work anymore.

    Oh wait, this is America, fuck the poor.

  21. Re:Off-topic, but are private schools always on Firstborn Get the Brains · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I go to Stony Brook University. While I don't pretend it's the cream of the cream of the crop, it deserves at least one iteration of "cream".

    I know quite a few people have said "Well, I couldn't get in to Stony Brook" or were ecstatic upon receiving an acceptance letter.

    Considering I'm in their Honors College, I'm pretty proud.

    So maybe it isn't as good as MIT (which I got rejected from) but honestly, for engineering it's about on par with RPI (which accepted me). And much cheaper.

  22. Re:Words on the Internet that irritate me on Top Irritating Words Spawned by Internet · · Score: 1

    My friends can tell when one of my friends is over and using my AIM account, because she doesn't feel like the letters y,o,a, and e are important in "you" and "are".

    And I do, although I still sometimes speak in fragments and forget periods at the end.

  23. Re:the cost of freedom on The Privacy of Email · · Score: 1

    "Give me liberty or give me death!"
    ~Patrick Henry

  24. Re:Sooo... on New System Detects Calls While Driving · · Score: 1

    The "Just a sec, have to concentrate on traffic" works for the third concern with actual people in the car.

    You also have a creative opinion of "dead weight". The purpose of a car is to transport people. If the people are in the car, they probably should be transported.

    The first concern can be mitigated in many cases by telling the people (if possible) to sit in the back.

    I think the real problem is that people don't know whether or not they can handle a cell phone and driving at the same time.

  25. Re:My Prediction on Congress Considers Forcing Travel Registration · · Score: 1

    Israel doesn't have problems with airplane hijackers because their TSA counterparts check based on instinct/gut feelings/profiling rather than every 20th person.

    I'm pretty sure they profile every 1th person.