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Comment Re:Some people... (Score 1) 621

rather than for those smart enough to see through it?

Pure hubris.

Intelligence has absolutely nothing to do with it. Neither on the believes side (you'll find brilliant religious people not only throughout history, but in the present day) nor on the atheist side (look no farther than slashdot for some of the thickest atheists the internet has ever seen.)

so gullible that they fall for supernaturalist nonsense

There are religions that lack supernatural components, you know. Perhaps you don't?

Comment Re:Some people... (Score 3, Insightful) 621

Of course even here on slashdot, we will get modded down because "you can't attack religion"

What on earth are you talking about? Slashdot users are all but universally Atheist. The bulk of them aren't terribly competent, of course, but that's the kind that guarantee up mods for saying simple thinks like "religious people are dumb" or "ghosts don't exist".

Now, if you REALLY want to hit that +5, make a "scientific" claim that appeals to Atheists but has no actual scientific foundation or that is outside the scope of science. For example, you could say "Science has disproved the god hypothesis" and the scientifically illiterate majority of Slashdot users will immediate mod your post up.

Failing that, just repeat empty rhetoric that you heard from the less-than-competent during the Dover trial. That appears to be your approach:

Teaching religion and god is tantamount to child abuse.

Time to stop walking on egg shells when some one says something bad about religion.

It's sad, really.

Comment Re: XBOX? (Score 1) 616

RT was Microsoft's attempt at playing Apple and getting total control over (and a keen 30% of) the market for Windows software. It will kill RT.

What Blamer doesn't realizes is that people won't put up with that sort of nonsense from any company except for Apple. They are the only exception.

Had they allowed anyone to develop and distribute RT software, it might have had a fighting chance.

Comment Re:Microsoft seems not to understand. (Score 2) 381

It's true. Most people don't care about the OS. They're buying a tablet for internet and games.

Still, even for those of us that do care, I'd happily buy a competitively priced tablet from Microsoft if it ran whatever Windows software I wanted -- and had a real stylus.

If they can get something like the Surface Pro 2 down to around $300-$400, which is really only a matter of time, I don't see why they couldn't grab a good share. Add a few other players with their own hardware and I can see Microsoft really taking over the tablet market.

Comment Re:You're missing the point. (Score 1) 481

Most folks have zero worry about our "shadow" government arresting them

Exactly, most of us figured out years ago that the NWO shadow government are mere puppets controlled by the lizard men in the hollow earth. That's who they, and Apple, really fear.

They're the reason that TouchID was hacked so easily. The version Apple though they were manufacturing was secretly replaced while in transit. They're all a bunch of Android fanboys, after all.

Comment Re:If true (Score 1) 481

Conspiracy time. Okay.

So ... what would convince you? A few independent reproductions? Those could be faked the same way!

Apple admitting that the hack works? Just PR to save face / get people to stop talking about it. It's really super secure like they said earlier!

Trying the hack yourself? Perhaps you're in on the conspiracy as well -- and you don't even know it!

Comment Re:Easy! (Score 1) 481

That's "latex milk", which is not the same as milk and latex.

The article also suggests that they used white wood glue, which people are more likely to have around the house. (Adding a bit of glycerin to the glue seems to be an optional step.)

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