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Comment Re:Translation (Score 2, Insightful) 435

Ok, I'll bite on this obvious one. As someone higher in the thread posted "make a bird sterile, and it will still build a nest" is a perfect example of a behavior that isn't cogent. Does this monkey still throw a hail storm of rocks at nothing on days the zoo is closed? This monkey is cogent.

"Let's ask: On a scale measuring what exactly, with what defined points, is a chimp's behavior doing what exactly on what position, related to that of a bird or spider doing what exactly?"

Research like this is what will allow us to precisely define such a scale, give it time but don't decry research that is obviously working towards an answer that you seek.

Comment Re:leave steve alone! (Score 1) 187

I fail to see how information regarding a person's health can in any way be construed as belonging in the public domain. Health care and issues relating to such are about as private as personal information can be. Saying that the stock holder's have a right to know about Steve Jobs' most personal/private happenings is absurd to say the least.

Therefore, it is my opinion that Apple has no obligation to disclose anything regarding Steve's health, positive or negative, as it is confidential personal information.

Comment Re:Different Questions (Score 1) 222

You're an idiot if you think that the celebrities in question are the people who actually post content to these pages. I assure you president-elect Barack Obama is far too busy to be running his own twitter feed. Most likely he has a PR agent who is doing it for him, therefore it is reasonable to assume that the password that could be compromised would not be the president-elects, but that of said PR rep. This is a non issue.

Comment Re:Let's rephrase : scientists say, kill manned sp (Score 1) 308

I meant to say, with regards to "bad ass" astronauts with their swagger or what not (seriously? You care about how they look and walk?) That they're just instruments for conducting experiments in space, and are themselves a sort of experiment in "what happens to humans who live in micro-gravity."

"Cool people" doing boring things are still boring people. Dirty Harry being force to play World of Warcraft for 8 hours a day isn't nearly as cool as the Dirty Harry who goes around blowing people away with his handgun, just like Buck Rogers monitoring the status of the experiments being conducted in space quickly becomes dull. The excitement being gone has little to do with the people themselves, and more to do with the conduct.

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