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  1. Re:Source? on European Parliament All But Rejects ACTA · · Score: 1

    Actually, it would be less useful if it was updated more recently

  2. Re:Why does the submitter see this as a bad thing? on Apple Outs Anti-Jailbreak Update · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It'd be a small miracle if no other security issues have been found since the release of iOS 4. The fact that the jailbreak exploit is the only thing that's being fixed suggests that Apple values retaining control over their device higher than fixing other security issues.

  3. Re:Hypocrasy on A Look Back At Bombing the Van Allen Belts · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Come on, after the first couple of tests the destructive potential of nuclear weapons was perfectly understood. And I don't have a problem with the US telling Iran they shouldn't develop nuclear weapons. But I do have a problem with them doing it while they have been storing nuclear weapons in Europe, given the nuke to Israel and retain the worlds' second largest nuclear weapons stockpile.

  4. Re:#1 Rule, Don't use Java on What Every Programmer Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean: 99.99999999904% incorrect?

  5. Re:A word of thanks and a request on NYTimes Confirms It Will Start Charging For Online News In 2011 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Maybe it's free to _you_, but someone is paying, in this case someone with a good old-fashioned newspaper subscription. Google doesn't have correspondents around the world, they just aggregate news form sources who do. Currently, these sources are being paid by their subscribers but subscriber numbers are falling.

  6. Re:How about we pay the author not to write them? on Asimov Estate Authorizes New I, Robot Books · · Score: 1

    Here's an idea. Don't read the new books. Just don't buy them. Maybe some people enjoy them, fine for them. Maybe they're crap, maybe they're not. But if the existence of a new trilogy detriments your enjoyment of the old series, that's on you.

  7. Re:Saying double u double u double u a billion tim on Tim Berners-Lee Is Sorry About the Slashes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Saying 'www' might be slower, but typing 'www' is much faster. Which one do you do more often?

  8. Re:cue exploding battery packs.... on Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range · · Score: 1

    What is commonly called a 'petrol bomb' actually contains a lot more than just petrol. Otherwise it would be rather unspectacular.

  9. Re:Don't matter... on ICE Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning · · Score: 1

    Wrong debate. He was asking why adaptation would me more expensive than avoiding climate change altogether, which the GP suggested.

  10. Re:The technology isn't important on Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells On the Horizon · · Score: 2, Informative
    If someone developed a 99% efficient solar cell, would you really care what it cost?

    You're kidding right?

    For everyone who is looking for real solutions (unfortunately that's not quite everyone in the debate), the cost is a crucial factor in the equation. Economic efficiency is more important than energy efficiency.

  11. Re:Nobody likes ELF. Not even their "allies." on ELF Knocks Down AM Towers To Save Earth, Intercoms · · Score: 1

    Any Vegetarian/Vegan" who wants to blow things up can do so, and spray paint some BS about "ELF was here!

    Replace 'Vegetarian/Vegan' by 'Muslim extremist' and 'ELF' by 'Al Qaeda' and it's still true.

  12. Re:As usual with new Firefox releases... on Firefox 3.5 Reviewed; Draws Praise For HTML5, Speed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... Namely, if i keep a lot of tabs open for awhile (yes, i know, bad habit)

    Why is it a bad habit? The browser should facilitate the user, it shouldn't be the other way around.

  13. Re:Of course, its not that simple... on Calculating Password Policy Strength Vs. Cracking · · Score: 1

    Get a job!

  14. Re:1 Lego brick, 2 Lego bricks on What Data Center Designers Can Learn From Legos · · Score: 4, Funny

    So IPod is an adjective? I am no native speaker but that doesn't sound right (but then again, neither do the IPod earphones)

  15. Re:Stem cell treatments have resulted in cancer on FDA Could Delay Adult Stem Cell Breakthroughs · · Score: 1

    Don't be a troll. Stem cells have huge potential benefits for healthcare, but we know very little about the long-term effects. GP was just pointing out that additional research into these risks might be a good idea.

  16. Programming... on Microsoft Ending Mainstream Support For XP · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Make one mistake and support it for the rest of your life.

    Unless you are Microsoft, of course.

  17. Re:Better than nothing on Recovery.gov Not Very Transparent · · Score: 1

    You mean XBRL?

  18. Re:47% on US Adults Fail Basic Science Literacy · · Score: 5, Informative

    15% got it right, 47% came close.

  19. Re:I don't see anything special on Superguns Helped Defeat the Spanish Armada · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because this is the internet. People dont't ever admit they're wrong here.

  20. Re:Expert naval tactics on Superguns Helped Defeat the Spanish Armada · · Score: 1

    How exactly are the Belgians the second best drivers? About twice as many people die in traffic in Belgium compared to the Netherlands, which is similar in most aspects, except for the fact that we don't down a litre of beer during lunch.

    I live in Liege two days a week and whenever I pass the border, I put on my crash helmet.

  21. Re:No. on Should Obama Give Stimulus To Open Source? · · Score: 1

    That's the right answer to the wrong question.

  22. Re:How are they storing this data? on Study Finds Hundreds of Stolen Data Dumps · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hahaa! That's why I use asdfasfd as my online banking password.

  23. Re:I like Python on What Programming Language For Linux Development? · · Score: 1

    In Sovjet Lisp, parentheses express you!

  24. Re:After the Germans invade a third time on French "Three Strikes" Law Gets New Life · · Score: 1

    That's not entirely true. In many countries with public healthcare you're only allowed to pay for better quality to a small extent or not at all. In the Netherlands you can't pay to receive treatment earlier.

  25. Re:One thing is for certain. on What Needs Fixing In Linux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, this is abuse.