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Comment Symmetry? (Score 1) 122

Let us fantasize about how a matter-symmetric universe would evolve.
I bet it would be very morphogenetically boring: no structure, no stars, no life. If it was symmetric, it would not have created us to comment on it.
It is asymmetric because we are here, and conversely.

I think I think, therefore I think I am.

Comment Re:Don't use made up words (Score 1) 187

I am semi-reliably informed that if you're talking about Virii, you're more likely to be talking about lots and lots of men

Well, you are poorly informed then!
"Virii" does not exist at all.
The plural of "vir" (man) is "viri" (men), even if there are lots and lots of them.
I am beginning to feel proud to be a nerd: people stink!

Comment Re:Don't use made up words (Score 1) 187

There is absolutely no way the latin plural of virus could be "virera" or "virii" (yuck!).
"virus" belonging to the second declension, its plural should be "viri" except that the word virus in latin is purely collective (like air or fire) and *never* used as a plural.
The english meaning ~(dirty little bug) is far removed from the original generic latin meaning of poison so that it is actually a different concept which can be pluralized. Thus it is no longer a latin word and the plural should be spelled viruses.
(Sorry, I speak better latin than english)

Comment Re:It is in Switzerland (Score 2, Informative) 315

Luckily for the thief, the theft happened in HSBC and not in Switzerland.

The theft happened in HSBC-Geneva. And Geneva is still in Switzerland.

The thief, Hervé Falciani, openly escaped to France.

The french minister Eric Woerth who used the list is guilty of concealment according to swiss law and faces arrest if he travels there even on official business.

Comment Grossly overpaid (Score 1) 1018

Such programs are straightforward implementations of not-so-subtle mathematical formulae.
A first year CS student could do it as a midterm project.
I would do it for fun and for free.
Getting a six figure salary for such a trivial and essentially harmful pastime is an extravagant privilege.

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