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  1. Re:Religion on When Beliefs and Facts Collide · · Score: 1

    you were doing quite well until "All your science your religion"

  2. Re:Not surprising. on When Beliefs and Facts Collide · · Score: 1

    fox is a mammal so the chances are very high. you never take on the all the genes of only one of your parents so the selection starts there

  3. Re:IT'S A TRAP! on Microsoft Backs Open Source For the Internet of Things · · Score: 1

    use the axe to kill Steve Balmer so he can turn in his grave.....

  4. Re:Here's The Real Question... on How Apple Can Take Its Headphones To the Next Level · · Score: 1

    when he's cheering "Apple has patents" then he's a twat.

  5. Re:2 litres, but... on New Chemical Process Could Make Ammonia a Practical Car Fuel · · Score: 1

    "Not having RTFAd yet" - maybe its pointless to comment then

  6. Re:Why not just burn the ammonia on New Chemical Process Could Make Ammonia a Practical Car Fuel · · Score: 1

    yes, quote "A small amount of hydrogen mixed with ammonia is sufficient to provide combustion in a conventional car engine. While our process is not yet optimised, we estimate that an ammonia decomposition reactor no bigger than a 2-litre bottle will provide enough hydrogen to run a mid-range family car."

  7. Re: waste of time on New Chemical Process Could Make Ammonia a Practical Car Fuel · · Score: 1

    yes, but China will have cheap labour, no concern for whose property they bulldoze or worry about any due process concerns. we've got the same issue in the UK as you do in the US.

  8. Re:Let them drink! on NYC Loses Appeal To Ban Large Sugary Drinks · · Score: 1

    just tax the shit out of any sugars added to a product, e.g. 2% per gram of added sugar (or more)

  9. Re:It's hard to keep the stories straight these da on NOAA: Earth Smashed A Record For Heat In May 2014, Effects To Worsen · · Score: 0

    Christopher Booker is shit, never trust his articles.... http://www.theguardian.com/med...

  10. Re:records go back to 1880, very funny on NOAA: Earth Smashed A Record For Heat In May 2014, Effects To Worsen · · Score: 1

    Christopher Booker is a shit journalist of the Rob Enderle mold, i.e. take what someone says and don't do ANY investigation to see if its true.. here's an example of booker's shit http://www.theguardian.com/med...

  11. Re:It's about time on NOAA: Earth Smashed A Record For Heat In May 2014, Effects To Worsen · · Score: 1

    the journo who wrote that article has history of being a shit journalist http://www.theguardian.com/med..., a bit like Dan Enderle of SCO fame where he does no investigation and takes someone's word for it.

    so don't be surprised if no-one takes the telegragh rant seriously

  12. Re:It's about time on NOAA: Earth Smashed A Record For Heat In May 2014, Effects To Worsen · · Score: 1

    you are obviously "comprehension challenged"

  13. Re:Mod parent up. on Opera Releases a New Version For Linux · · Score: 1

    Me too, i can't find a way to use sessions in the new opera so i'm stuck at 12.16 until they implement it. i'm surprised no other browser has stolen "sessions", they stole pretty much everything else from opera

  14. Re:those ARE a problem. Mechanisms, not results on The Supreme Court Doesn't Understand Software · · Score: 1

    " A method of rendering a 3D animation in real time on a computer monitor is patentable subject matter. " - why? they are just using software (i.e. a coding langauge) and writing a program/library to run the 3D animation. to me it is the same as making a cake with different recipes because you are using already existing ingredients.

  15. Re:must be new and non-obvious. Snow shoes are not on The Supreme Court Doesn't Understand Software · · Score: 1

    "The law is that to be patentable, it must be a new, non-obvious invention." - agreed but just look how many shit patents there are out there in the mobile phone and computing worlds....

  16. Re:Equilibrium, we must need! on Continuous System For Converting Waste Plastics Into Crude Oil · · Score: 1

    yes, i totally agree but landfill is pollution as well including all the polluting trucks used to transport the plastic to landfill and dig the holes for the rubbish. i guess not a problem for somewhere like the US where they have vast open spaces to create landfill.

    If all councils had a small plant in their area to convert the plastics, they could use the oil to run their vehicles and save money until such time all plastics are biodegradable and electric vehicles are the norm.

  17. Re:UEA not UAE on Researchers Find "Achilles Heel" of Drug Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 2

    ok.. Pedantic... :o)

  18. stick a floppy disk in the drive and press "backup"

  19. Re:So hang on, on Harley-Davidson Unveils Their First Electric Motorcycle · · Score: 2

    "make the distinctive 'potato-potato-potato' chug that Harley once tried to patent" - Really???????????????

  20. Re:A minority view? on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 1

    i'd prefer to call it a mythology class, calling it theology/philosophy gives it credibility for the religious

  21. Re:HALLELUJAH! :D :D :D on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 1

    should also ban teaching kids that father christmas, the tooth fairy exist, prince charming etc exist. it only puts hope into kids brains that there may be another invisible world out there.

  22. Re:Yep. on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 3, Informative

    yep, but that was a few hundred years ago when the most devout christians of britain were told they couldn't practice discrimination against others so they went to US to set up the freedom to discriminate against others

  23. Re:Mexico Vaccinates Better Than The US on California Whooping Cough Cases "an Epidemic" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    " I have an aversion to people taking from our country and giving nothing back."

    You have to be careful with making statements like that .e.g.

    do you ever buy from places that use aliens as cheap labor to keep prices low?
    do you pay every cent of tax you are supposed to?
    the Rich are bigger freeloaders than the aliens because they don't pay their fair share of personal tax and do their best to avoid it.
    Global companies do their level best to avoid paying any tax.

    Aliens are a very small part of any problem

  24. Re:Using new technology can quite well be art on Ask Slashdot: Resolving the Clash Between Art and Technology In Music? · · Score: 1

    "Art" is a very subjective thing. - very true and highly overrated and highly elitist

  25. Re:Union tactics on Ask Slashdot: Resolving the Clash Between Art and Technology In Music? · · Score: 1

    maybe he's a luddite.......