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Comment Scientists say (Score 1) 69

[random natural property on Earth] has the same basic elements [we _think_ since we have no proof other than pictures] of another [planet/moon/asteroid] that humanity will never make it to! Isn't science great?

Worthless tripe. Pale blue dot. All there is, all there was, all there ever will be.

Comment Re:Murder charges all around... (Score 1) 681

//With their record, does anyone actually Call the police anymore for real calls anymore?

Right, sure, ok ... so the next time you feel like you're in a life-threatening situation, the _last_ thing you'll do is dial 911, no matter what city/state you are in.
We have a badass over here.

Comment Re:Linux? (Score 1) 111

I'm the one that's retarded, yet you're the one that couldn't see the obvious point of my post, which was that billions of dollars in Fortune 500 companies are spent on Microsoft Windows solutions FOR THE DESKTOP.

And by all means, you CAN use Linux on the desktop, to use all sorts of great applications like .... uhm ... well ....

GiMP (no, it sucks, poor-mans Photoshop Elements (not even close to Photoshop itself) ... just like any other app that professionals use from ACC) ...
OpenOffice ... no, that blows up Excel pivot tables, and pagination and Track Changes doesn't work for Word docs ....
Rhythmbox ... oh wait, I have Spotify on my Windows box ... where's the Linux build for it? Oh, Ubuntu only? Oh, it is no longer maintained since nobody uses it? I suppose I could use the hobbled "web player" and lose lots of features, but who cares?
Wine ... oh, right, there are Windows apps I still need to run, so let's use this piss-ass kludge of code that supports Word 2007.
Neverputt and Nexuiz -- the pinnacle of gaming on Linux, because the Steam app only has 10-year-old windows ports, and laughable linux games, no better than Chromium BSU.

But sure, use what you want, you're on the bleeding edge of tech. I'll just run Ubuntu server as an app, *natively,* on my Windows 10 box thanks to hypervisor and WSL for development work. But again, you're much smarter than anyone outside of your mom's basement, not matter where that basement is located.

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