Comment Re:So says the religious guy. (Score 1) 1237
Neither party is against science
Both parties support physics and chemistry, but one party is rabidly against biology.
Comment Re:So says the religious guy. (Score 1) 1237
Intelligent design was brought to you by cavemen thousands of years ago
Cavemen thousands of years ago didn't use dishonest euphemisms to obfuscate their creationism.
Comment Just wondering... (Score 1) 1127
Was the drone dressed like a pigeon?
Submission + - How do you deal with priorities inflation in IT projects?
NetDanzr writes: I work for an IT company that has a steady stream of projects, new features to our existing products and technical support issues. As it is customary, though, our development resources are not sufficient to cover the amount of projects. As a result, our delivery dates are slipping, and as a result the average priority of projects is rising. Where the goal was to have only 10% of projects rated high, within a year nearly 50% of projects is rated as such. Our solution is to completely wipe out the project list once per year and start a new, properly prioritized list. How does your company deal with this inflation of priorities?
Comment Re:Lax attitudes toward child pornography (Score 1) 722
obviously illegal stuff leads to a lot of eye-opening attitudes toward issues of sex and gender. For crying out loud, Reddit's statement actually refers to this new rule as a "slippery slope," as if it's somehow more difficult for them not to censor legitimate information if they can't have a subreddit named
You're riding a crazy carpet all the way down the slippery slope: You KNOW that they're pictures taken from facebook, but you jump to the conclusion that they're "obviously illegal" child pornography!
Comment Re:Dont like it? (Score 1) 214
This is what the RIAA/MPAA actually believe!
Comment Re:Stop selling debt to China (Score 1) 269
"We think this stock will do well, because the company's CEO is so charismatic" is Austrian School economic advice.
So, Steve Jobs, then.
Comment Re:The Government gave us a blank check (Score 1) 210
Their whole model was built on the idea that cities would decide to create segway lanes.
Their whole model was built on the idea of having a mass-market outlet to lower the production cost of the underlying technology for use in electric wheelchairs. That line about redesigning cities was Steve Job's.
Comment Re:Culture loss? (Score 1) 404
ultimately isn't it up to the PEOPLE of France and Canada to decide what their culture will be? [...] and no unelected oligarch has the right to overrule that collective decision.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy)
The oligarchs have the power to destroy smaller markets.
Comment Re:DCMA, SOPA, ACTA ... (Score 1) 168
It's *US*, yes, You and Me, who is responsible for this mess. You see, it's *US* who have allowed the politicians we have elected to carry out all these bullshits.
Nope, MY representative is a good guy. I wrote to the previous guy to see what his position was on this shit, and he told me it smelled like flowers, so I helped someone else get the seat.
Comment The Last Starfighter (Score 3, Funny) 80
If you get really good at the game, they give you a real spaceship to pilot!
Comment First described by Asimov (Score 1) 223
Isaac Asimov's city-planet of Trantor had billions of people living their whole lives inside, with artificial meteorological variations in the levels of illumination.
Comment Re:WHAT?! (Score 1) 377
after hours at no extra pay
I get paid a pretty good salary to work outside strict "business hours"
Spot the difference.
Comment My recent move (Score 2) 312
I recently moved across the Atlantic. So it was in my best interest to compress all my belongings to the smallest possible space. I ended up just under 5 cubic meters, at around 10% of water density (500 kg).
Comment Re:You must wait 00:59 to read this comment. (Score 1) 255
Why I would go to Dubai again?
Because you don't like poppy seed muffins?
