I've never understood this line of thinking. Why do you fear death so much? I welcome it, for when I die, nothing will matter anymore and I won't exist.

We both do... and we're both on /.

What the hell is going on? I hope you're also Canadian, at the least. It would be slightly forgiving.

Well, you might be right, but if you read the Wikipedia article on Bonobos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo) it specifically says they are not monogamous.

Not that Wikipedia is necessarily correct, but still....

The first comment on that amazon link comes from another author (or so it's claimed) of another sex book, and he goes on about how many facts in the book you referenced are wrong, such as:

Elsewhere, he claims bonobos are monogamous (absurd: the first thing anyone learns about bonobos is precisely that they are NOT monogamous), women are the only females who have orgasm (no serious biologist has argued that for decades), that the Ferrari Testarossa refers to [...] (it actually means "red head" in Italian, referring to the engine head that was red).... All these examples are just from the first chapter!

So it seems that perhaps that correlation you read is also very incorrect.

I'm pretty sure she also dropped the case because he openly said he would take a paternity test, and we all knew she was full of shit. He didn't have sex with her. At least, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BELIEVE.

I said the price of oil (Brent and WTI), not refined gasoline.

You seem to think I don't know what I'm talking about. You are mistaken.

Uh, no, the US is not the biggest exporter.

Fracking bought time, nothing more. If you require more evidence, look at oil prices. They are still at a very high level. If fracking had somehow magically increased the provable discoveries, there would have been a massive drop in the price.

Well, to all those who miss the days, just wait 5-10 years when oil becomes substantially more expensive and flying is no longer a means of transportation for the "normal" people.

Since we have no alternatives to flight that don't use fuel, and we aren't really investigating anything seriously, it will mean a return to "local is good" mentality, and a lot less air travel.

As an owner of both the iPad 3 (or whatever it's called) and the Google Nexus 7, I have to say the Nexus feels cheap. Function-wise, it's not bad at all, has what you want, but aesthetically it's just not as slick. IMO, they still have a ways to go, as this kind of 'feel' is a big marker in a consumer's eye.

On the other hand, I also own the Galaxy S3, and compared to the iPhone 4S, it actually feels better built. First time I've said that about Galaxy phones, as I also own the S and the S2, and both seemed to be more cheaply made.

Ah my apologies, I thought it was curiosity.

Okay, that link is not only choppy on my 4 core 8gb ram system (I have no idea why), but it's also in black and white.

Here's one that is in color, and much better: http://panoramas.dk/mars/greeley-haven.html.

I play a lot of battlefield 3, on PC, and the graphics are some of the best I've seen in-game. Things like this:

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I don't have a problem distinguishing enemies, so far, though sometimes the lens flairs and such do get in the way. Still, I'll take this level of detail any day. Going back to World of Warcraft after is actually kind of a sick joke....

I don't wear my shoes at work most of the time. It's uncomfortable. We have no dress code, unless you're meeting a client (in which case, I do wear shoes). Aren't all software shops like this? I just assumed so.

I actually like it. I know people, especially those on /., hate Metro, but the UI/UX is really clean and discover-able. Of course, that said, I won't be switching from gmail for this, but at least the few times I have to check my old hotmail account will no longer require the hideous hotmail UI.