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  1. Good Pizza on Whole Foods: America's Temple of Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    I used to merchandise organic foods ot Whole Foods for a while when I was in need of a job. I used to talk with the stockers, and we would laugh about the shit people would buy. But if there is one thing good about the store, Whole Foods has some good pizza. They also sold Thomas Kemper root beer which is pretty awesome root beer.

  2. Re:Finally! on Bill Gates Is Beginning To Dream the Thorium Dream · · Score: 1

    What do you mean wait? Fuck dude, it seems just about every other night on NHK there is a story with someone bitching about nuclear power. It's a big deal in the elections in Japan. The hippies are already pissing in the bowl of a country that has little to no natural power resources to begin with, and asking someone about their views on nuclear power in Japan is like asking someone in the USA who they voted for. I stopped talking with the nationals about it because of the uneducated masses that get their panties in a wad.

  3. What schools were some of you going to? on Why Engineering Freshmen Should Take Humanities Courses · · Score: 1

    I see people arguing the need for STEM majors to take humanities classes, and vice versa, and I wonder where the hell you went to school that they didn't require this? I had to take nearly 30 hours of math, science, and technology classes for my 124 hour BA. (I had 12 hours of science, 8 of math, a course on archaeological science and technology, and a course on surveying that included learning math above the 8 hours I took.) People I knew in STEM programs were in a similar boat with taking humanities classes at the same university. Damn if I am not a better person for it too.

  4. Or buy Wii U and don't deal with the BS on Can the Wii U Survive Against the PS4 and Xbox One? · · Score: 1

    Hate to say it, but the only console I'd buy out of the current lineup is the Wii U. Microsoft and Sony have both been nothing but a disappointment in presenting their next console offerings. I don't need another all-in-one media device. I just want to play games and not be bothered by obtrusive DRM. Nintendo may not be the best, but I want fun, and Nintendo usually does fun right.

  5. Last time I went to the Lego Store... on Has Lego Sold Out? · · Score: 4, Informative

    you could still buy buckets of bricks, and the whole back wall was loose bricks for people that wanted to make their own bucket. I've been playing with Lego for thirty years. I always wanted to make what was on the box first, but eventually it became whatever the hell I wanted it to be. If someone wants to whine about children not being creative these days, I think Lego is the last reason they aren't creative!

  6. Re:How to check on Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting · · Score: 1

    My thoughts exactly. I know dozens of Mac users that wouldn't have a clue how to check because they've lived under the false impression that Macs are completely invunerable.

  7. 30 to 50 years isn't anything new... on Physicists Discover Evolutionary Laws of Language · · Score: 2

    When taking "History of the English Language" last year as part of my graduate work, the professor I studied under was part of the Middle English Dictionary Project. It was interesting to speak with him on the life and death of words after the printing press, and I remember him giving a 30 to 50 year estimation for a word to cement itself or become rare. It doesn't really seem like this is anything new.

  8. Re:'Culturomics'? on Physicists Discover Evolutionary Laws of Language · · Score: 1

    My first look at the word and all I could think was morphologically unproductive. It has a strange sound to it when said, and IMO something better could have been found that would have given a better description of the "field". Oh well, this is what happens when a physicist is doing the job of a linguist.

  9. Re:History too on Math Textbooks a Textbook Example of Bad Textbooks · · Score: 2

    The episode is available on Netflix should you wish to watch it. Season 4, Episode 24 according to Google.

  10. Re:I've been to Seattle on Startup Flees To Seattle Amid Amazon's Tax Fight · · Score: 2

    Obviously you weren't in Seattle for the months of June, July, August, and September. All we've had are gorgeous sunny days with temperatures between 60 and 85F. Four months of amazing whether and eight months of drizzle and chill is definitely more favorable than the five months of 90F+, 100% humidity BS I moved out of when I left the south.

  11. Re:Great more crap I don't want. on Microsoft 'Ribbonizes' Windows 8 File Manager · · Score: 1

    Or just click on that little up arrow in the top right corner.

  12. Re:nope, didn't get any of that. on Symbolic Violence Beats Lava Lamps All To Pieces · · Score: 1

    you should try to not split infinitives.

    AUX -> { {(T)(M)(to)} (perf)(prog)(pass)}

    An auxilliary can be a tense, modal, or to along with the combinations of the perfect, progressive, passive aspects. This rule comes from The Grammar Book (which I have sitting on my desk because I am a TESOL instructor), chapter 31, page 645. The use of to to make the infinitive in English is accepted by most linguists to act as any other auxilliary and conform to the rules of how adverbials interact with auxilliaries.

    The idea of not splitting infinitives was concieved in the 19th century when linguist tried to push Latin grammar onto the English language with the Latin infinitive being an inflection of the verb rather than an aspect of the verb as it has been since English pushed towards the analytic side of the language spectrum.

  13. Re:WHAT!?!?!?! on Coming Soon, Shorter Video Games · · Score: 1

    Alan Wake did this between chapters (each was supposed to be an episode of a TV series). It made it really easy to set the game down for a few days and come back without problems, or forgetting what happened.

  14. Re:In other news on 34% of iPhone Owners Think the 4 Is 4G · · Score: 1

    Like it or not, Apple puts out innovative products that work well, and have a minimum amount of crapware to deal with. Spec sheets are great, but what matters most is usability.

    I always find statements like this funny when a friend with an iPhone can't make or recieve calls in a place I can with my phone. iPhones are great little handheld gadgets, but I swear when it come to being an actual phone they are one of the most worthless phones on the market. It doesn't matter if it's ATT, Verizon, or another carrier.

  15. Re:Uhh, why wouldn't they? on GameStop To Honor Ancient Duke Nukem Pre-Orders · · Score: 1

    Pre-order codes from GameStop are now printed on your reciept at the time of pre-order or pick-up. Unless they are swiping your reciept or taking the code out of the game packaging, there is nothing for them to steal.

  16. I've ignored the warnings... on Microsoft: One In 14 Downloads Is Malicious · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and yes that means I use IE. But, when it consistently tells me things like Downloader_Diablo2_enUS.exe can harm my computer after downloading it from battle.net I tend to not believe in its ability to really determine if something is malicious or not. As always, proper instruction on internet safety will go farther than a security feature that any idiot can bypass.

  17. Re:As someone getting an MA in TESOL... on Getting L33t Into the Oxford English Dictionary · · Score: 1

    I seriously, do not need to post before having my first cup of coffee. I probably shouldn't be tutoring of teaching either. Yikes!

  18. As someone getting an MA in TESOL... on Getting L33t Into the Oxford English Dictionary · · Score: 1

    I can live with ain't and gansta, and using who instead of whom in all cases. But lol was being add to the OED was bad enough. l33t in its many for being added to the OED would be an atrocity!

  19. Re:Technically... on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The U.S.A. is a Federal Republic.

  20. Re:OMG Now we will! on Sony Planning Serial Keys For PS3 Games? · · Score: 1

    The wired XBox 360 controller already is 100% compatible with Windows (imagine that!) and is probably the best gaming pad on the market for the PC.

  21. Re:My method on How Do You Store Your Personal Photos? · · Score: 1

    Even better... 1. Relentlessly delete crap. No point in keeping five versions of the same photo around. No point in keeping bad photos around (blurry, overexposed, etc). No point in keeping photos you'll never want to see again. This gets rid of at least 90% of photos right away. 2. Print what you keep. 3. Store prints into an acid-free binder or box. 4. Store said binder/box where best protected. 5. Look at as needed and reminisce about the great experience you had.

  22. Re:Print them out, you idiot! on How Do You Store Your Personal Photos? · · Score: 1

    To add to this, throw them in acid free binders if you feel the need and get a fire-proof storage compartment. My parents have a fire-proof closet for all their old black and white photos for just-in-case scenarios. The tactile experience of looking through old pictures in binders in one of the best experiences ever if you ask me. Another plus, when you have to look through photos to print them out, you quickly realize how many photos were neat when you took them but not so much now. Pushing you to possible shear down the amount of data you really have to keep.

  23. Re:HEY EDITORS! on Dual-Core Chips Coming To All Smartphones In 2011 · · Score: 0

    Then I am no the only one that thought of tiny motorcycles when I read that, correct?

  24. Re:But what settings are being used? on Does Windows Phone 7 Have a Data Transmission Bug? · · Score: 1

    Also might want to note that it auto-downloads updates all at one time for any applications installed on the phone.

  25. But what settings are being used? on Does Windows Phone 7 Have a Data Transmission Bug? · · Score: 1

    Seriously, I hear a lot about web use and Facebook but what about other things. Do those with high usage use the auto-upload for Skydrive? Is "find my phone" turned on, and if so is it set to periodic or all the time? What about "feedback," is it on or off, and is it set to be allowed to use your cellular data plan? These are all options on the phone, and they are options that could quickly rack up usage if forgotten about. My WP7 phone has quickly become my camera of choice for point and click exactly because it auto-uploads to Skydrive. I was not amazed at all when I had used 1 gigabyte of data with my new WP7 phone the first month I had it.