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Comment: Re:Results? (Score 1) 81

by Agent0013 (#40103053) Attached to: SETI Pioneer Jill Tarter Retires

... we find intelligent life ...extremely useful in the "stop thinking ... God invented man..." ... kind of way. I'd be more worried about the religious zealots (of all denominations) and how they're going to react to having their minds forcefully opened

What, in the name of God, are you babbling about? You seem to be very hostile against Classical Man's idea of a deity,

And what if the gods of our ancestors were actually alien visitors to our planet? I have been watching the "Ancient Astronauts" series lately on Netflix Streaming and some of the findings make you wonder. In fact, humans might have been a genetic manipulation so we could be useful slaves and mine gold and other valuable resources. If that was true, then god did invent man.

Comment: Re:That's just part of the concern.. (Score 1) 282

by Agent0013 (#40091469) Attached to: EU Blocks France's Ban of Monsanto's GM Maize

I have heard this argument a million times and it still does not convince me. What makes GM particularly threatening compared to crop artificially selected via shotgun approaches, e.g. crossbreading?

And the madness is that from the activist POV there's no distinction between a single gene flip and a full fledged injection from other species! As long as it's made in a lab, then it's "potentially harmful".

If that were true, then please explain the higher rates of miscarriage in farm animals fed GMO feed. Plus, if you actually learn what the genetic change does in the Round-Up Ready plants you see that they are less healthy. It makes the plant absorb less nutrients. Corn with more nutrients are better for you than corn with less nutrients. That seems pretty simple to me. Or you can eat paper and Styrofoam if you don't want any nutrients in your diet.

Comment: Re:Underestimation? (Score 1) 582

by Agent0013 (#40079219) Attached to: BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates

People are trying to set a bar for Linux higher than what Windows can manage.

I know! I also love how they explain how easy it is to install software for Windows and on Linux it is so hard. All the major Linux distributions have package management that makes finding and installing software as easy as putting apps on an iPhone or Android device. And all updates are done by the system rather than the user or hundreds of separate task manager programs running in the background grinding your computer's performance into the dust!

Comment: Re:This action was PUBLICITY for MPAA (Score 1) 288

by Agent0013 (#40078939) Attached to: MPAA Agent Poses As Homebuyer To Catch Pirates

And whatever happens, a few more people will buy the licensed product, and a few more entertainers will trust the MPAA or RIAA with distribution of their valuable copyright material.

Maybe you feel this way, but I don't. If the MPAA does not respect the law, then why should I. When the government abuses the law to try to use foreign copyright to go after Wikileaks, then I see no reason to respect what they don't. I feel better copying movies from the library than I do giving money to criminal organizations. But maybe that is just me!

Comment: Re:No wrongful death? (Score 1) 676

Not deliberately trolling, more like a sarcastic comment. I do see that this guy invaded his room mates privacy and that is a crime in and of itself. What I disagree with is saying that he is directly responsible for the room mates death. The kid killed himself, so the dead kid is the one responsible for his death. He died as a direct result of his jumping from a building. I could probably agree with the wording "indirect result" but not "direct result".

Comment: Re:I wonder.. (Score 1) 474

by Agent0013 (#40068001) Attached to: MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99

It already is a problem with Linux in a sense. How many users do you think really go through the entire package list and ensure they only install the things they need?

The only difference I see is that installing programs in Linux does not slow it down as bad as installing things on Windows does. I have installed and uninstalled dozens of things in Ubuntu to try them out or have them if I ever want them. So far I have not seen the typical slow down I am used to with Windows. I made it a standard practice to do a fresh re-install of my Windows systems every 12-18 months. It would clean out all the cruft and junk that gets left in the registry from the things you used your computer for.

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