Comment You don't turn water into gold w/o gov't monopoly (Score 1) 290
I smell a legislative rat.
Comment are they both never present in thriving colonies? (Score 1) 347
I don't have time to check it out -- but just because two items are in ever failed colony doesn't mean that's the cause. I'm touchy on the use of corollary evidence used to claim causation which is the irresponsible route of the fame whores of science.
If they were to introduce the two into a healthy colony together where it previously did not exist and they destroyed the colony near 100% of the time, it's causation.
But the quoted statement doesn't say anything about these two not existing in thriving colonies. It might be there, and I might be a grouchy old man for this, but -- well I am a grouchy old man, so it would fit.
Seinfeld's Good Samaritan Law Now Reality? 735
e3m4n writes "The fictitious 'good samaritan' law from the final episode of Seinfeld (the one that landed them in jail for a year) appears to be headed toward reality for California residents after the house passed this bill. There are some differences, such as direct action is not required, but the concept of guilt by association for not doing the right thing is still on the face of the bill."
Comment if it passes, chalk up 7 points for team lawyer (Score 1) 263
Follow the money.
The telecommunications companies have billions.
Trial lawyers are parasites and they go after healthy hosts.
Comment Treo Pro doesn't run PalmOS, but Win Mobile (Score 1) 290
I don't think I've seen a slashdot post so littered with errors before. Did the break.com writers get a hold of the controls?
Comment This won't stop enbryonic research (Score 0, Troll) 83
Any heretic speech against the killing of embryos will not be tolerated and the heretics will pay dearly.
A History of Storage, From Punch Cards To Blu-ray 160
notthatwillsmith writes "Maximum PC just posted a comprehensive visual retrospective about data storage, starting with the once state of the art punch card and moving through the popular formats of yesteryear, including everything from magtape to Blu-ray discs. It's amazing how much data you could pack on a few hundred feet of half-inch magnetic tape!"
Comment Gates is a "real deal" philanthropist (Score 5, Insightful) 841
The posers out there that want tax payer money to go to their cause are the absolute stingiest when it comes to their own money. Their motto is "Someone should give money, but it's not going to be me." That's cowardice, phoniness, and should be shamed. The idea of the government giving out charity money is awful for the personal growth and personal connection that donors get when giving their own money, under their own will, not under the threat of government force.
For Bill and Melinda to commit to giving all of their wealth away to charity before dying is beyond noble.
Bill's mosquito release brings a very real situation to a mostly sheltered culture. Those I know that have gone on mission trips to poverty stricken countries all profess that the were forever changed by the experience. Gates unleashed a small jar of change on that crowd, and I do hope it takes root and holds.
Comment Expanding/Growing Earth Theory may just have legs (Score 1) 261
It amazes me that in the face of such collossal changes in science (like from flat earth, to round) that we're still reluctant to explore the possibility that maybe the earth hasn't really been the same size for millions of years.
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