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  1. Re:Hopefully on Mandriva Linux 2008 RC 1 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hmm, things got decidedly better since the 2006 version. If 2008 is anythink like the 2007 Spring edition, then it will be suuuuuuupuuuuuuuurrrrb...

  2. Re:No idea where to look? on Steve Fossett Missing · · Score: 1

    Yup, and starting about 100m beyond the end of the runway.

  3. All churches are guilty of that on Belgium May Prosecute the Church of Scientology · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I happen to think that talking unsubstantiated nonsence and practising extortion and fraud is a hallmark of all religion...

  4. Re:It's like driving on the left on Pink, Blue, and Bad Science · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, yeah, it is due to Evolution. All the people predisposed to driving on the right are quickly removed from the gene pool.

  5. UK Gallons are larger too on Green Cars You Can't Buy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Also bear in mind that UK gallons are much larger than US gallons!

  6. How many years does it take? on Grow Your Own Heart Valves · · Score: 1

    How many years does it take to grow a replacement part? Do we need to start growing replacement bodies a few months after birth in order to have a ready supply of spare parts?

  7. Perfect pitch is a learned ability on Pitch Perception Skewed By Modern Tuning · · Score: 1

    I don't agree with the article. In my experience, Perfect Pitch hearing is a learned ability. I had it while I studied and practiced music and I don't have it anymore. I've also found the same with friends who played for a while and then stopped. If it is a genetic trait, then you would neither need to learn it, nor would one ever unlearn it.

  8. Come-on, never heard of a kiosk? on Bulletproof Tool For Golden Age Browsing? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I find it hard to believe that this guy needs to ask the question and never heard of Kiosks or Live CDs.

  9. Re:Why do they need a law against it? on California Blocks RFID Implants In Workers · · Score: 1

    Doesn't the US have a Bill of Rights?

  10. Air gaps on Chinese Military Hacked Into Pentagon · · Score: 1

    The secret military networks are not connected to the public internet at all. I'd like to see a hacker cross an air gap.

  11. Why do they need a law against it? on California Blocks RFID Implants In Workers · · Score: 1

    This should be unconstitutional. In Canada it sure would be.

  12. Re:Left-hand traffic in island nations? on Hewlett-Packard Brings Linux To Select Desktops · · Score: 1

    There is also this rather large island called Africa, where people mostly drive on the left.

  13. Re:Cool, now we need better font support on New Failsafe Graphics Mode For Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    If that is such a problem to you, then maybe you switch to a better distribution like Mandriva. Ubuntu is the 'best known' Linux, not the 'best' Linux. It is an example of marketing dollars at work.

  14. Hurd on New Failsafe Graphics Mode For Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Once the unwashed masses use Linux, we'll have to move on The Hurd, then we can have all the old problems all over again...

  15. Re:mirror, mirror, on the RAID on The Really Fair Scheduler · · Score: 1

    The Fairy Scheduler: Twenty Dollars, same as in town...

  16. Re:Pencils vs. Space Pens on Russia Plans Its Own Moon Base · · Score: 1

    Global warming is beneficial. Would you prefer to have another ice age?

  17. Verify the phone only on Japanese Airline Rolls Out Wireless Chip Check-In · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cool, this makes 100% sure that the correct cell phones fly on the planes. No terrorist cell phones will ever make it past this system. I feel safer already.

  18. Re:scribd with non-proprietary sw? on Science Fiction Writers Write DMCA Takedowns · · Score: 1

    Using Linux on Qemu on Linux, you should be safe...

  19. Re:Best Buy Geek Squad Employees are Morons on Big Box Store Reps Push Unnecessary Recovery Discs · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I have pirate copies of Windows and other software that I use to fix machines for people that got caught short like that. I figure that they did pay for the software and if it wasn't for Billy Bob's terribly insecure design, the machine would still have been fine. Thank god for The Pirate Bay...

  20. Re:Levers on NASA Employees Fight Invasive Background Check · · Score: 1

    Never be caught in bed with a dead woman or a live man...

  21. Re:mitochondria, chloroplasts, viral DNA on One Species' Genome Discovered Inside Another's · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I wonder what horrible mutilating illness caused us to lose our nice shiny fur and prehensile tails...

  22. Shower curtain... on Artificial Life May Be Possible Within Ten Years · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there is artificial life at the bottom of any true Geek's shower curtain. .

  23. I don't get it... on Sweden's Vote on OOXML Invalidated · · Score: 1

    How is buying votes inconsistent with Microsoft's normal mode of operations? They have been found guilty of so many transgressions that this is just another minor one - maybe *that* is what is inconsistent...

  24. Mitochondria on One Species' Genome Discovered Inside Another's · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hmm, weren't mitochondria, that occur in all our cells, originally symbiotic bacteria?

  25. Piggyback hearts on Girl's Heart Regenerates With Artificial Assist · · Score: 1

    have been implanted since the 1970s to help the native heart recover. What is amazing is that this works even with 40 year old people, not just children.