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  1. Re:Hahaha... on Breaking Gender Cliques at Work? · · Score: 1

    "avoid hiring any women." Woah, that's being sexist, and i believe that's also pretty bad. Remember how women wanted equality? Haha... "Some are more equal than others"

  2. Re:Even better... on Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Arrives · · Score: 1

    Actually, i think any close button is a mistake usability wise, as I find it leads to some accidentally closed windows. I prefer the middle-click to close tabs... Funny how most people don't know about that.

  3. Re:Best idea I've heard all decade on New Web Browser Leaves No Footprints · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Firefox plus Stealthier does the same thing as this app too. And likely has less exploits.

  4. Re:Nothing has changed since snailmail on When Can I Expect an Email Response? · · Score: 1

    Sticks?! Damn you and your techology! When i was a kid, we only had sand and lizard dung. We hoped the wind wouldn't blow the message away.

  5. Re:Not really their problem on How Strategy Guides Affected Gaming · · Score: 1

    Okay, good point.

  6. Re:Not really their problem on How Strategy Guides Affected Gaming · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, it is their. "They're" is a contraction of 'they are'. "Not really they are problem" does not sound right.

  7. Re:Effect of Antarctic melting exaggerated on NASA Study Shows Antarctic Ice Sheet Shrinking · · Score: 1

    An excellent point, but Venus is completly covered in clouds. Venus can't accumulate any more clouds, so a balancing of temperature on Venus due to extra cloud cover cannot occur. Earth, however, still has a "buffer" because only about 60% of earth is covered in clouds.

    In case someone was wondering if clouds really did cool the earth, here is an exerpt from "The Earth Observing System":

    "Whether a given cloud will cause heating or cooling depends on several factors, such as the clouds height, its size, and the make-up of the particles that form the cloud. The balance between the cooling and warming actions of global cloud cover is very close although, overall, cloud cover produces cooling on a global basis."

    http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_educa tors/eos_edu_pack/p04.php

  8. Re:Effect of Antarctic melting exaggerated on NASA Study Shows Antarctic Ice Sheet Shrinking · · Score: 1

    While H2O vapour may be a greenhouse gas, last time i looked, clouds were white. Anything that is the colour white reflects light quite a bit. Now, though I'm not a scientist of any sort, the way i see it, if the world had more white, puffy clouds covering it, shouldn't it reflect more light away from the earth?
    This global warming seems like it should kind of balance out. More heat means more clouds, more clouds mean less light, less light means less heating.
    Kind of resembles other natural cycles on earth, don't you think?

  9. Uhm, so? on Man Builds 60-foot Tower to Get Highspeed Access · · Score: 1

    This is a little... well, mundane. I live in a neighbourhood that doesn't have highspeed, but a neighbour of mine built a 100 foot tower, costing him over 6000$ to build. He's also paying approx. 130 dollars a month to get a static IP and only 2 Mbs. Honestly, i don't see what the big deal is.