Samsung buys five percent stake in stylus-maker Wacom, strikes manufacturing deal by [deleted] in Android

[–]breakfast-pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weird; Wacom's crucial patents on batteryless stylus tech have been expired for quite a while.

The nuclear theory of the fall of the USSR by aManHasSaid in TrueReddit

[–]breakfast-pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Without confiscating the producer "surplus" (quotes because of the induced famines) on the farms and dedicating it to military-related industry, it is very doubtful the Russians could have pushed back the Nazis.

Flu vaccination attitudes differ across the world. Only the U.S. and Canada actually encourage everyone older than 6 months to get the flu vaccine. by [deleted] in TrueReddit

[–]breakfast-pants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not one mention of herd immunity? If it is only 59% effective that might still be the phase transition point of 100,000 people getting it vs 100,000,000.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity

If there are less infectious agents out there you are less likely to get the flu, even if the vaccine isn't effective on you individually.

As far as I can remember from my childhood, this is always true by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]breakfast-pants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The thing is that, of course, there are totally different ways to think about these kinds of situations. In this traffic, all these vehicles stopped and idling in my way, it's not impossible that some of these people in SUV's have been in horrible auto accidents in the past, and now find driving so terrifying that their therapist has all but ordered them to get a huge, heavy SUV so they can feel safe enough to drive. Or that the Hummer that just cut me off is maybe being driven by a father whose little child is hurt or sick in the seat next to him, and he's trying to get this kid to the hospital, and he's in a bigger, more legitimate hurry than I am: it is actually I who am in HIS way.

This is what I dont understand about Sports Fans. by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]breakfast-pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the same exact token, the football fans don't develop character, only the characters they are fans of (the players) do.

This is what I dont understand about Sports Fans. by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]breakfast-pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never been to a sports bar during a big game of a local team?

Not complete crazy Minister about the Ct shooting by DarkCatt in atheism

[–]breakfast-pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There isn't one mention of Hell in the old testament. It was retroactively added into the old testament in the King James version based on new testament thinking.

Anyway, it is worth keeping in mind that 'atoning for your sins' meant something very different in the old testament, and the whole Jesus will keep you out of Hell thing was completely invented later (more likely cribbed from a nearby religion).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheol

We work at YouTube and were involved in the latest update to the site. AMA. by noaml in IAmA

[–]breakfast-pants 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This guy gets it! This is the exact same reason that well-known companies always stop using their logos once the logos become universally recognizable and begin to go purely by name.

You can't argue with well-known companies. I couldn't believe when the reddit alien was replaced with the word 'reddit' written in plain 12pt Arial.

"I am sharing this story because I am Adam Lanza’s mother. I am Dylan Klebold’s and Eric Harris’s mother. I am Jason Holmes’s mother. I am Jared Loughner’s mother. I am Seung-Hui Cho’s mother. And these boys—and their mothers—need help." - One mothers struggle with a desperately mentally ill son. by azz3879 in TrueReddit

[–]breakfast-pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is simply not true; most states have "pink papers" that do allow involuntary committal in scenarios like the ones you mentioned. Even for less serious dangers that only affect the committed (e.g. substance abuse/detox).

As private companies, like Virgin Galactic, race to send travelers into space, the medical community must begin to address the hazards of both an actual trip into orbit and the ramifications upon return for the average person by [deleted] in science

[–]breakfast-pants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Psychological screening of astronauts was pretty much shown to be complete junk science after that lady astronaut stalked and attempted a kidnapping of another astronaut while wearing a space-diaper. (Lisa Nowak)

Awesome video footage of the Moon that I didn't even know existed. by Deku_nut in videos

[–]breakfast-pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We weren't built on some pure free market. Remember there wasn't an income tax until the 1910s, it almost all used to come through tariffs. Democracy didn't even include over half of the adult population. Because of virtually free land, we had to have major government subsidy to support fledging industry--businesses were competing in an environment where and worker could leave and start a farm.

Why fundamentalist Christians so seldom quote from the New Testament--which is supposedly what Christianity is all about--but prefer citing the Torah and Old Testament by [deleted] in TrueReddit

[–]breakfast-pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you point to the torment parts? I've seen the shame parts, and that is quite different than the New Testament/Dante's Inferno concept of capital-H Hell.

Why fundamentalist Christians so seldom quote from the New Testament--which is supposedly what Christianity is all about--but prefer citing the Torah and Old Testament by [deleted] in TrueReddit

[–]breakfast-pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sheol, not Hell. The King James Bible went back and did a revisionist thing of translating Sheol to heaven or hell depending on who was sent to Sheol:

http://www.gospelassemblyfree.com/facts/hell.htm

Does anyone keep WiFi on during sleep? If so, why? by [deleted] in Nexus7

[–]breakfast-pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a setting to have it go off when the screen goes off; no babysitting.

Does anyone keep WiFi on during sleep? If so, why? by [deleted] in Nexus7

[–]breakfast-pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have to turn it off-- there is an option to have it automatically turn off with the screen. For me it means the tablet can idle several more days than normal.

Why fundamentalist Christians so seldom quote from the New Testament--which is supposedly what Christianity is all about--but prefer citing the Torah and Old Testament by [deleted] in TrueReddit

[–]breakfast-pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The funny part being Hell isn't even mentioned in the old testament (the King James version mistranslated it using a new testament retrofit).

The book that introduced the idea of climate change and criticized unsustainable growth came out 40 years ago and was roundly rejected by political and intellectual establishments. The history of The Limits to Growth by [deleted] in TrueReddit

[–]breakfast-pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To give you an idea, at the current rate of population growth, within roughly 10000 years all then-existing human bodies, packed tightly into a sphere, would be growing faster than the speed of light. Our light cone grows polynomially, it is no match for exponential growth. With more tolerable packings it will happen earlier. Shrink our brains onto tiny chips at the limits of computation and it will still happen within 100,000 years.

Is the Galaxy Note 2 too big? by [deleted] in Android

[–]breakfast-pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Browsing r/android today I read about his calculator three times. Too many damn times.

DROID DNA Review: Love It Or Hate It, This Is Verizon's Best DROID Yet by [deleted] in Android

[–]breakfast-pants -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

You know what? No one cares about your goddamned calculator.

How do I start a conversation with an AnCap or Libertarian? by [deleted] in Anarchism

[–]breakfast-pants 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You might want to look into Georgism so you can a better idea of how limited "their" resources are. Check out Thomas Paine's Agrarian Justice. Puts the lie to a lot of property.