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Comment Re:Speaking as an Creationist and Evolutionist (Score 4, Insightful) 943

I think I speak for many /.ers when I say... "Oh Jesus". Honestly, if you attempt to justify religion on anything resembling logic you lose. Speaking of "faith" at least gets you out of the logic trap, assuming the person you're speaking to accepts faith as a viable substitute for logic - and of course atheists do not.

Comment Re:For example, this is dangerous for women (Score 2) 286

There is training that is very good (I personally take it). If your point is that many carry without preparing themselves for the possible scenarios that will likely take place under a shoot/don't shoot scenario, I agree. But if your point is that it's best not to carry at all, I don't.

Outside of staying close to a man, the only real thing a 120lb woman can do to physically protect herself is to carry. I've met some amazingly good women fighters, but even they wouldn't have a chance against 50% of the male population. Men are built to fight. The ability to carry is a womens' rights issue, IMHO.

Comment Thank you sir (Score 1) 1521

I'll echo everyone else's sentiments, but thanks for the site and I wish you well in your next endeavor. I've got a bad feeling this place is going to go to total shit now, but such is the way of the universe, right? Good luck - and seriously, this site has done a lot of tech knowledge!

Comment Re:Expected it to suck, and it did (Score 1) 788

It was a fictitious crisis...

Maybe this particular incarnation of our debt problems weren't entirely real but this "fictitious crisis" is brilliant, and I'm all for it.

Markets don't turn on a company or nation gradually, they do it suddenly and the cost of fixing the crisis is usually far in excess of what is possible. By invoking a crisis Congress has brought attention to an issue that severely needs to be addressed before it's too late. Would you prefer the markets tell us they will not loan us money at any price or would you prefer Congress discuss the issue before the markets force our hand?

Congress deserves credit for very little during this debacle, but invoking a "fictitious crisis" before the markets turn and put us all out of employment is very clever IMHO.

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Making Graphics In Games '100,000 Times' Better? 291

trawg writes "A small Australian software company — backed by almost AUD$2 million in government assistance — is claiming they've developed a new technology which is '100,000 times better' for computer game graphics. It's not clear what exactly is getting multiplied, but they apparently 'make everything out of tiny little atoms instead of flat panels.' They've posted a video to YouTube which shows their new tech, which is apparently running at 20 FPS in software. It's (very) light on the technical details, and extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, but they say an SDK is due in a few months — so stay tuned for more." John Carmack had this to say about the company's claims: "No chance of a game on current gen systems, but maybe several years from now. Production issues will be challenging."

Comment Re:here's the scale (Score 1) 439

No, parent was implying the point was moot due to the fact that people need to reset their clocks daylight savings. Therefore, the issue wouldn't necessarily be that big a deal. However, this is not the case in places that do not observe daylight savings time, such as Hawaii and most of Arizona.

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