dur, bomb!

The Rocky Mountains have storms, floods, and a lack of talent.

<sarcasm>...and that's exactly why the NSA built their archive there...</sarcasm>

I'm sure he has the same problem as Major Major Major Major, as in he'll never advance beyond captain because it fits his name.

Also from TFA:

On one side of a maze, they would give hungry rats Oreos and on the other, they would give them a control – in this case, rice cakes. (“Just like humans, rats don’t seem to get much pleasure out of eating them,” Schroeder said.) Then, they would give the rats the option of spending time on either side of the maze and measure how long they would spend on the side where they were typically fed Oreos.
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They compared the results of the Oreo and rice cake test with results from rats that were given an injection of cocaine or morphine, known addictive substances, on one side of the maze and a shot of saline on the other. Professor Schroeder is licensed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to purchase and use controlled substances for research.

The research showed the rats conditioned with Oreos spent as much time on the “drug” side of the maze as the rats conditioned with cocaine or morphine.

There's more to addiction than addictivating the "pleasure center" of the brain. That's a lot of it yes, but not all. They've shown that rats like Oreos more than rice cakes as much as they like cocaine or morphine more than saline. Liking drugs and being addicted to drugs are two very different things.

If you want to see the "me-too shovelware" try looking at Ouya's lineup. I own one, and use it sparingly vs. what Steam on a PC. Why? Because Steam isn't "me-too shovelware," but rather a broad mix of hardcore, free-to-play, family, puzzle, etc. games. Yes, not all are top-notch games, but when has this ever applied to the Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox, etc?

parents aren't a hive mind.

...yet.

Are they trying to get an inch in on me?

Seeing the nice rythmic graph of Microsoft's E&D division revenue I was expecting to see if their peeks were periodical on a yearly basis, bi-yearly, or whatnot..why I found..."horizontal axis title."

Methinks this article could use a little more input from the editor.

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You'll have to bear in mind that the democrats and republicans used to occupy very different areas of the map then they do now, and philosophically were opposite from where they are now with respect to each other. Somehow the worst of the KKK and its ill all stayed in the same general zone. Just look at any interactive electoral college map (this one works fine) and look back in time for 1956, 1960, and 1964 to watch the change. The southern democrat as they existed then, do not exist now, but the people who made up that population still do.
And now, somehow, republicans think everyone will believe that they're not the same as they were 4, 8, or 12 years ago, when really, demographically, they trace their roots to slavery, and their policies have long followed.

Yes, but with really intense music!

Wait, what?! They're allowed to sleep?! OUTRAGEOUS!

Sorry to wake you up, but they still use asbestos in buildings. Some countries laws prohibit it more than others. In the US, you'd better believe it still happens.

Finally, a real piece of scientific literature is put up with a well written summary, and the beasts that still live within slashdot have wrought forth an utter filth. Seriously?

Do you know what that thing between our ears "costs" our body? 20% of our total energy output is gobbled up by that thing! For 2% of the body mass. It better be effin' worth it!"

Is marked as interesting. I'm sorry. If science is all laser beams are pew pew awesome, then fine. Whatever. I dig it. But this is actual science. You should be begging for more of this shit, and less of the shit I see here before me.

...and then fail to deliver very well, then lose millions of tax payer dollars, then give it away, then buy it back, then give it to Google, then continue to lose millions of dollars. Brilliant!

...then again, I'm getting Google Fiber...yeah, I'll take it.