Yeah, but slashdot dribble is a helluva lot of dribble... and quite toxic too. Be careful out there!

I haven't read the entire thread, but nobody hears the sound of a modem negotiating with a remote device. I remember what a hot-snot I thought I was when I finally upgraded my 2400 baud to 9600, and I could suddenly hit all of those BBS's faster than greased lightning.

Jeepers creepers... These high school girls come up with a rather novel and ingenious idea that might have worldwide implications on food productions, and all everyone here wants to do is rehash all of the stale climate change debates. Let's talk about the education system in Ireland, or the social implications of increase in food production, or *ANYTHING* other than another debate on climate change. Thank you, and have a good night.

OK... You're a racist.

^ +1 this

Good god, people. Just stop the madness! A pox on both your houses.

Every time that things flare up between the Palestinians and the Israelis, everyone hops on top of their soap box and starts ranting and raving about how bad the other side is in this conflict, and how high and noble their own cause is.

I just wish that some brave people from both sides of this seemingly endless conflict would be bold enough to lead and make the moves necessary to end all of this killing. It takes two sides to keep this cycle of killing going, so nobody has a moral high road to take in the current situation.

Israel : You can't go on treating the Palestinians like pariahs in their own land. And stop telling me that they bring it on themselves. Their actions are somewhat understandable (not justifiable) given how they are treated.

Palestine : Just recognize the fact that Israel is here to stay, and learn to live side-by-side. They're not going anywhere, so stop pretending that you can make them go away with all of your violence.

I just pray that there are those with bold vision and strong hearts on both sides who can find the common ground necessary to stop this death and destruction.

Please explain why Bible-quoting nut jobs are any better than Koran-quoting nut jobs.

Yeah... It happens. And as a result, a country is torn to tatters, there are over 100,000 civilian deaths, over 15,000 Iraqi military deaths, close to 5000 coalition military deaths, and now we have an insurgency that is bringing some of the most frightening radical Islamists to power in a large swath of the country. All of this is a result of the fact that "our intel was wrong", and you want to just shrug it off as mistake?!? *spits*

sad... just sad

Good god, man... do your knuckles scrape the ground when you walk?

Since when is it immoral to be a slut? Sluttiness may result in preganancy, disease, loss of friends, and a whole host of other issues, but it certainly doesn't make one immoral. In fact, there are times when I find sluttiness to be an endearing quality.

My last two years as an undergraduate, I put myself through school tutoring Math and Computer Science. By far, the most clueless students I had to deal with were the business students, as they almost all invariably stumbled their way through what was already a pretty dumbed-down Statistics class. MBA's get what they deserve here on Slashdot.

As one who had to take a restraining order out against my ex, I also know first hand the difficulties that a male victim of domestic violence has to endure. Don't get me wrong. I don't begrudge the protections that are offered to female victims, and I realize that they are in the majority. But don't scoff at the notion that females abusing males is a serious problem as well.

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Ask Renisha McBride, who was shot knocking at the front door of a over-zealous gun owner after her car broke down, what those conditions might be. Oh wait... you can't ask her. She's dead.