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  1. Re:Education, not laws on In Greece, 10 Months In Prison For "Blasphemous" Facebook Page · · Score: 1

    "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."

    "Study to show yourself approved."

    Must be why Christians started almost all the universities in the world.

  2. Re:Localized Global Warming? on Heat Waves In Australia Are Getting More Frequent, and Hotter · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's already been proven that the global average temperature has dropped for about 15 years now.

  3. Re:A Third Possibility on Heat Waves In Australia Are Getting More Frequent, and Hotter · · Score: 0

    Most of the "real" scientists I've seen seem to concentrate exclusively on the last 100 years and ignore completely that 10x worse things have happened all throughout the earth's history.

  4. Re:A Third Possibility on Heat Waves In Australia Are Getting More Frequent, and Hotter · · Score: 0

    This is what almost every "denier" I know has already been saying. It's not that the climate doesn't change radically, it's that we are a very small percentage of the problem (other than cutting down forests or planting, IMO).

  5. Re:Pshaw... it's just weather! on Heat Waves In Australia Are Getting More Frequent, and Hotter · · Score: 0

    Bullcrap. This is absolutely false. If you've watched Deadliest Catch the past 2 seasons they literally went home in the middle of the crab season for a month because the entire Bering Sea was frozen solid. Ships haven't been able to pass through the Hudson Bay area for a couple years now. And it's WORSE this year.

  6. Re:Pshaw... it's just weather! on Heat Waves In Australia Are Getting More Frequent, and Hotter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, let's measure "global warming" in the Antarctic. Wait? What's that? The ships got frozen?

    Well, we need to prove that the earth is warming up so let's get a rescue ship down there so that the researchers can start proving global warming. What's that? The rescue ship got stuck in the ice?

  7. Re:get over it on Programmer Privilege · · Score: 1

    Yeah, most programmers aren't beautiful women and so they have no chance in Marketing.

  8. Re:The big picture on Why Standard Deviation Should Be Retired From Scientific Use · · Score: 1

    Especially when in Visual Studio you can right-click and Rename throughout the project. I change names that don't make sense and change them to what makes sense all the time.

  9. Re:Won't Work on Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap · · Score: 1

    no turn on red in the USA as an example

    Did I miss something? We can turn right on red at almost every intersection.

  10. Re:It's about time! on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Too bad the people that came in your house were undercover cops and now you are guilty of shooting a federal officer.

  11. Re:Indians are hired for low wages on Lawsuit: Oracle Called $50K 'Good Money For an Indian' · · Score: 1

    While there is some truth to this gross simplification, I used to work with an Indian that WAS rote but I taught him how to think and he became a very good engineer. They're not hopeless just because their school system is inadequate.

  12. Re:Pow on LulzSec's Sabu To Be Sentenced In New York · · Score: 1

    Dumb people have lots and lots of guns.

  13. Re:Aaron Swartz.... on LulzSec's Sabu To Be Sentenced In New York · · Score: 1

    For admitting to a felony, a lifetime sentence of not being hired by anyone ever.

  14. Re:Fluffy PR stunt on Bitcoin Payments Go Live At Overstock — Two Quarters Early · · Score: 1

    And gain the ability to buy a $20 item for $1.

  15. Re:They don't actually accept bitcoins on Bitcoin Payments Go Live At Overstock — Two Quarters Early · · Score: 3, Informative

    Except that I can pay directly from Mt. Gox or any other exchange or my wallet on my phone or browser or home pc or any other bitcoin-holding wallet.

  16. Re:I don't get it on Bitcoin Payments Go Live At Overstock — Two Quarters Early · · Score: 1

    I believe it's a monthly fee instead of a per-transaction fee.

  17. Re:Fantastic news on Bitcoin Payments Go Live At Overstock — Two Quarters Early · · Score: 1

    They use coinbase which, like bitpay, will convert the btc into usd for the supplier. They will have their usd payment just as quickly as any other payment processor so there is no issue of the price dropping before an item is even prepared for shipping let alone before it is shipped.

    But with bitcoin, they will have about 2% more money.

  18. Re:First major retailer to accept Bitcoin on Bitcoin Payments Go Live At Overstock — Two Quarters Early · · Score: 1

    We already know that assassinations were paid for in bitcoin on Silk Road. Hard to say if any of them succeeded.

  19. Re:First major retailer to accept Bitcoin on Bitcoin Payments Go Live At Overstock — Two Quarters Early · · Score: 1

    They are converting immediately with Coinbase taking the risk, but it would be smarter if they limited themselves to 30 days like Visa. They would drive the price of bitcoin up by doing so and make even more money.

  20. Re:First major retailer to accept Bitcoin on Bitcoin Payments Go Live At Overstock — Two Quarters Early · · Score: 1

    They got over $10,000 worth of BTC in the first hour and they convert 100% to dollars immediately with Coinbase.com taking the risk.

  21. Re:Too late to burn him as a false prophet? on Isaac Asimov's 50-Year-Old Prediction For 2014 Is Viral and Wrong · · Score: 1

    He never claimed to speak in the name of God. He just made good predictions about where technology would take us.

  22. Re:I beg to differ on Isaac Asimov's 50-Year-Old Prediction For 2014 Is Viral and Wrong · · Score: 1

    Pastors often have their congregation "turn off" all their electronics in order to better hear God. It's a common theme in churches. So the constant filling of our time with noise does contribute to our "spiritual malaise", at least according to many in spiritual jobs.

  23. Re:I smell bullshit on Dogs Defecate In Alignment With Earth's Magnetic Field · · Score: 1

    I have 2 dogs. When they pee at the same time, they always do it at right angles to each other...

  24. Re:Fresnel lens, concentrate about 10x the energy? on Ford Will Demo Solar-Charged Car At CES · · Score: 1

    No. People are getting 2000 degrees F instead of 100 degrees F with a Fresnel lens pulled from an old rear-projection TV set.

  25. Re:Do not stare at Fresnel with remaining eye on Ford Will Demo Solar-Charged Car At CES · · Score: 1

    won't fry the cat

    That's not a bug, it's a feature! How else do I keep the neighbor's cat off my paint job?