And this. That's 4 relevant XKCD comics for one article. Is that a new record?

If this passes, every single MP that votes for this will suddenly find hundreds of copyright complaints against them...

Most of these mutations are in "junk", or non-coding DNA. Almost all novel mutations to functional DNA are detrimental.

At Skepticon 3, PZ Myers gave an excellent presentation about genetic mutation and adaptation. It's about an hour long, but definitely worth a watch.

What's wrong with an ordinary soundproof wall with a microphone on one side and a speaker on the other?

XFCE, LXDE, EDE, Enlightenment, ...

plus all of the alternative window managers like Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, FVWM, twm ...

The x87 registers are all 80 bits long, while standard doubles are only 64 bits. You can get into a situation where two floating point registers contain different values that round to the same double value, yet they don't compare equal. Adding the volatile keyword forces the compiler to copy the registers to the stack and read them back every time they are accessed, truncating them to 64 bits. The patch is only needed on x86 because x86_64 uses SSE3 for floating point, which works with 64-bit floats natively.

So if Android is Windows, iOS is MacOS, does that make Maemo/Meego the Linux of the mobile world?

"My N900 runs Linux."
"So does my Android phone."
"But the N900 runs GNU/Linux!"

I still get to feel superior.

For those fans disappointed by the cancellation of "The Universe is Toast", there is an excellent series of fan sequels available:

http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/The_Universe_Is_Toast_(MOD_Trilogy)

They are set up as mods to Keen 4, Keen 6, and Keen 5, respectively, although the third is not available yet.

So, the snakes were the product of normal intercourse, but were born without original sin?

Come on, I'm not even Catholic, and I know the difference between Immaculate Conception and Virgin Birth.

So, the snakes were the product of normal intercourse, but were born without original sin?

Come on, I'm not even Catholic and I know the difference between Immaculate Conception and Virgin Birth.

The point is, if you used GMail, you were signed up for Buzz without any warning - If you never "used" Buzz, you still had a public profile, listing everyone you "follow" - which by default was the people you e-mailed the most.

If so...
  sudo get me a beer

You're saying their server is only worth about 3 cents now?

MAMAA... just killed a man. Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead...

oops, I meant 2006.