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Comment Re:Won't quiet the racists (Score 1) 406

this finding was in X chromosome, not mitochondria. so this could have easily been the other way around (neanderthal fucking sapien). logically i do not think (i ain't no expert in this field) even a strongest male sapien could have overpowered a young female neanderthal. only way i could see this plausible (again, i am no expert in this field), an intercourse through multiple male co-operative dominance (simply put, a gang rape). even then, i doubt, as an healthy neanderthal can overpower a strongest h. sapien arm wrestler. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELavgk1_9L4

Now, there is another vector which i do not want to entertain even as a thought, a band of female Amazonian like Neanderthals running about Middle East raping Homo Spiens.

Comment TSA and Terrorist - Predictable and Not Effective (Score 1) 388

I think, these guys aren't original at all. It's like watching Rocky movie sequels. Every plot (revenge) is same, methods (bomb/hostage) are same, entry of attacks are same (exploiting gaps), and subplots (demands) are same. At this point, I'm not really sure if it should be even categorically filed under "terror" or "TSA" anymore. Perhaps categorized under "Trial-and-Error"...

What would be original though is if a terror act so original, nothing is blown, only our minds. Like "WOW, I am impressed and terrorized at the same time by the display of originality". For instance, terrorist abducts Snooki and "Situation", and force them to learn method acting. Then the terrorist returns them as greatest method actors ever known. Later, the terrorist's plot unfolds as Snooki and "Situation" win the Oscar nomination, upsetting the balance of Universe.

TSA in turn can implement new security policy called "Water Fall" which provides all passengers with mandatory 1 liter drink beverages and alcohol 1 hour before boarding the plane and force passengers to listen to the sound of heavy water fall in the waiting area. Then if the passenger needs to go bathroom before boarding, the bathroom will be fitted with body scanner.

Obviously things like this will never happen because of their lack of understanding and originality.

Comment why not boot image instead of BOOTREC.exe? (Score 1) 203

according to numerous Windows MBR disassembled reverse engineered blogs states first 300 bytes is the bootstrap executable code pushed into memory by Windows (000h through 012Bh). so in theory, can Microsoft just provide boot image to just boot off USB thumb drive to restore system files (embedded bootstrap files only) and just overwrite first 300 bytes bootstrap code from mbr and call it a day?

I mean, this is chicken and the egg. You can't download BOOTREC.exe on a computer which seldom comes with installation DVD these days. And you can't restore system files from recovery partition (most likely infected). And you can't just copy clean system files from other clean computer over to your computer because of different Windows digital signature on bootstrap. So what the hell.

So why can't Microsoft just issue a recovery boot image to begin with instead of just handing out useless BOOTREC.exe and leave customers like a chicken with its head cut off?

Comment Re:Who uses Thunderbird? (Score 1) 154

1. Expended threaded message flow view
2. Viewing messages more than 100 message per page (some folders i have more than 2k)
3. Native execution clients allow better viewing customization (folder/label structure, panel layout, structured view, etc)
4. Automatic viewing message by selection within single viewable screen along with structured message layout view
5. Scheduled message sending (ie. 9AM morning release message prep'd a day before)
6. Client API hook to various other native applications (desktop notification, automatic imported todo notes)
7. Localized backup/restore and brick level restore by account, not the whole thing
8. Bandwidth consumption when dealing with messages with large attachments
9. Isolating messaging application process from browser application process (two heavy ajax on two browser tabs just kills my machine) ...
I don't want to write anymore... too tired...

Comment Re:Not impressed (Score 2) 139

Not really sure about practicality of using sun as blow torch to fuse materials together in "Mars", but i'm pretty sure it's useful to convert heat as stored energy rather than chemical via photovoltaics. For instance, water. Mars supposedly have water. What if, high temperature/pressured water splitting using focus ray into water chamber to gain hydrogen as stored energy and oxygen to sustain life? I think, in foreign environment like Mars, you would want something "low tech" enough so that maintenance is kept at minimal and production and operational cost is low enough to make it reality. Also Mars has plenty of carbon dioxide. Instead of drinking Mars' water or your own piss (filtration is a huge problem), you can use hydrogen and carbon dioxide to make water using sabatier process. Hell, even byproduct can be used to make even more water and carbon extra by using heat which is plenty.

Comment Re:Epidemiologically Speaking (Score 1) 487

I think, most important variant today is increasing rate of c-section and survival rate at birth (abortion, etc). http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db35.htm Besides, Feb. 29th, I think, birthday is quite evenly distributed these days compared to say, back in 1800s or 1900s.

I would imagine in the olden days, seasonal birth was essential due to disease, famine, and political stability. After all, if you don't survive at birth, there will be no birthday.

Comment Re:Good idea, just ignore the problem (Score 1) 487

you tell me which is more vulgar. 1) The proper terms for your anatomy, or 2) common laymen's terms for your anatomy, or 3) the fact that strange men and women can grope your anatomy at will?

4) strange men and women can grope your anatomy at will while you are rubbing your nipples

mmm... i have sudden urge to get me some frequent flyer miles....

Comment Re:Typical Blackberry user (Score 2) 163

At my work, our oncall phone (aka Uncle phone, a derivative of Big Brother phone) is Blackberry with unlimited data and SMS and ridiculously low prime talk time like 200 minutes. One time, upper manager wanted to move us to "smartphone" during the iPhone/Android wind blew its direction to our department. If we are going to move to "smartphone", I specifically asked for more than 24 hours of idle standby time even with extended battery. In short, no smartphone we tested ever lasted more than 12 hours in standby.

Yes, I made everyone in my department stuck with Blackberry since then.

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