Comment Re:lokisday (Score 1) 510
Western Europe HAD public health (see Bath in England for instance) but the Germans didn't care for that kind of prissy culture. It survived in the East because the Germans couldn't build a navy.
Comment Re:It goes both ways. (Score 1) 258
Oh! Starcraft 2 just leads me further into depression! Terrans are OP, and after I get whomped I look for whiskey, and if that's not around, the revolver!
Submission + - Zionists organize to edit Wikipedia (nytimes.com) 4
djconrad writes: NYTime's The Lede has a piece (and video interview) on an "instruction day for Wiki editors," whose goal is to present a Zionist perspective. From the article: At the opening seminar, attended by about 80 activists, one of the organizers, Naftali Bennett, said that the aim of the course is to make sure that information in the online encyclopedia reflects the worldview of Zionist groups. For example, he said, “if someone searches [for] ‘the Gaza flotilla,’ we want to be there; to influence what is written there, how it’s written and to ensure that it is balanced and Zionist in nature.”
Comment Re:Either that (Score 1) 706
With no one to compare to, your significant other is the best for you for now and for always!
Just because one-and-only sex is "best" doesn't mean it's good....
Comment Better part of valor and all that (Score 2, Informative) 390
"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country."
I just wish Patton had really said it. The lionization of death in combat always seemed ridiculous to me.
Comment Re:HOLY AMAZING! (Score 1) 124
Tut was buried in a cave, and so cave burial, with this chariot, is evidence of cultural change, not technological decline. I'm in Classics, not Egyptology, but I have never read that the Valley of the Kings was an indicator of a declining civilization.
Submission + - Twitter reveals secret Imperial documents (npr.org)
djconrad writes: Greg DiCostanzo's parody of the Wikileaks scandal is inspiring many to imagine the secrets the Empire does not want you to know. Many Bothans died to bring you this information.
Submission + - Comic Con rejects Fred Phelps (comicsalliance.com) 2
Comment Barkeep! (Score 1) 261
Great, we've just made gin and tonic genetically obsolete.
Comment Re:Florida and California (Score 1) 88
I moved to Southern California a couple of years ago, and the pressure to conform (dress right, listen to the right music, have the right body - and attitude) is immense. I've never seen such a monolithic culture before. I wouldn't be surprised if miserable people were twittering happy thoughts because they don't want someone to think they aren't "chill." Admittedly this is at university, but I doubt it gets better in real life.
Comment Re:Short answer (Score 5, Insightful) 1115
Socrates never wrote a damn thing, and the critics still ruined his career.
Comment Re:Surprising! (Score 5, Insightful) 439
"The more you copy homework, the lower your grades."
No shit, Sherlock! Does that mean that if I don't think by myself I will not really learn? Wow! Who would guess that!
Certainly not my undergraduates.
Comment Re:Meh (Score 2, Funny) 320
But we if could reverse the nacelle polarity, we might be able to couple the externality to the asymmerty with a tachyon burst! That might collapse the price distortion!
Not that I disagree with you, but it does look like technobabble.
Comment Re:RIAA are really fighting a stupid match here (Score 1) 260
From Wikipedia: "The Sword of Damocles appears frequently in popular culture including novels, feature films, television series, videogames and music." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damocles#In_culture.2C_art.2C_and_literature
If SCOTUS wanted to leave it, the RIAA would sue.
Comment Re:Animal Intelligence (Score 3, Funny) 201
I'm sure both dolphins and mice will have the good foresight to leave the planet before Thursday. I've already received my good by note from the dolphins, and the mice have offered to buy my brain.
