Comment Re:I don't know, has he? (Score 1) 365
Finally! A name for this phenomenon. I was going to call it "NPR headline writing style," but "Betteridge's law of headlines" will do fine.
Comment Thank God we have Gladwell's 2 cents (Score 1) 423
Now he can tell us why we should turn back regulation on smoking and give big banks even more money.
And what a crock -- that Koreans would crash a plane because of a respect of hierarchy. This is just racist. Sorry, I take that back. It's just stupid.
Comment Re:GATTACA (Score 1) 643
The police have 48 hours to charge you with a crime after your arrest.
You can be charged with resisting arrest, but you can't be arrested for resisting arrest (you're already under arrest).
Besides, arresting officers don't make the charges -- especially before/during arrest. They need to poke around in your stuff to find (or plant) drugs or something else that will stick, or hang you with your own words in the interrogation.
Comment Re:Wow. Simply wow. (Score 1) 266
I presume they're writing Robert Ludlum novels. At least "24" fan-fiction.
Comment No one apparently read the article (Score 1) 637
Other conclusions:
1. Music was better back in my day.
2. Pull up your pants.
3. Get off of my lawn!
Comment Re:Disturbing trend (Score 1) 294
It's in the 7th Amendment. Getting the powers that be to agree to the terms of the Constitution and its amendments seems to be the issue at hand.
Comment Re:Of course, since it's SCADA... (Score 3, Funny) 34
Of course they aren't connected to the internet. They're connected to each other by unencrypted radio links.
Comment Re:Look, it's a smaller iPad (Score 1) 214
Is that a 7" tablet in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Comment Re:who cares (Score 1) 1005
Slandered.
Comment Re:Onion (Score 1) 111
Because then you wouldn't have had the scene where the audience gets to see the whales transported to the tanks.
To which you might say -- why didn't they just use shields to hold the water/whale solution in place?
To which I say that's not a very interesting time-travelly solution, and smacks of the "reverse the polarity and run it through the deflector beam" panacea.
Submission + - Humans are Nicer Than We Think (vice.com)
derekmead writes: While everyone’s always waxing like Lord Tennyson about nature being “red in tooth and claw,” neuroscience and psychology are quietly telling us that we may be innately nicer than we think. Sure, we’re not cuddly little bunny rabbits, but many lines of evidence over the past few decades have pointed toward some distinctly physical underpinning of basic morality and aversion to violence, implying that humans (and probably many other animals to) have a strong built-in “try-not-to-punch-that-dude” mechanism.
A recent study published in the journal Emotion, by psychologists Fiery Cushman, Allison Gaffey, Kurt Gray, and Wendy Mendes, provides some further evidence for the link, as the authors put it, “between the body and moral decision-making processes.”
A recent study published in the journal Emotion, by psychologists Fiery Cushman, Allison Gaffey, Kurt Gray, and Wendy Mendes, provides some further evidence for the link, as the authors put it, “between the body and moral decision-making processes.”
Comment Re:Body language is an effective tool (Score 1) 189
A safe bet, this.
Comment Re:Well of course (Score 1) 501
Natalie Portman + hot grits will come back in style eventually. Imagine a beowolf cluster of Natalie Grits.
Comment Re:"Ripped off", he says (Score 1) 163
You're obviously part of a group of mutinous preverts. I'll get you your change, but you'll have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.
Comment Re:Ok (Score 1) 288
You don't know the golden rule? Those with the gold make the rules.
The idea that if we abolished government regulations we'd be truly free is a delusion. Sorry, corporations already get more votes than you (1 dollar = one vote). Just think about the efficiency when they cut out the middle man of politics!
