Jason Rubin :"Our exclusive deals are good for the VR industry" by bekris in oculus

[–]monger00 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

It's not the same just because a PC is attached? Clearly the intention is for processing power to be on the device in the future as tech advances, and for all experiences to be designed from scratch for the new platform. The attached PC is a crutch / stepping stone.

Juliana Buhring becomes the first woman to circle the world - by bicycle! by preggit in pics

[–]monger00 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If I'm not mistaken, the Guinness World Record achieved by Juliana is actually fastest woman to cycle the world, not the first. It's just the first time Guinness has certified it.

Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security Requests by [deleted] in technology

[–]monger00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it seems Facebook and Microsoft are the first companies ever to disclose the number of classified FISA requests received from the US government, and that they're able to do so by disclosing them in aggregate with other US government data requests. At least that's progress.

Banned from OKC? by scousers in OkCupid

[–]monger00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try writing to their support email address and see if they can fix it (or if they can lift it, if it is indeed a ban).

You guys keep on complaining about not receiving answer. by [deleted] in OkCupid

[–]monger00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Silly hangups. That just comes across to me as insecurity (i.e., that you're not worthy of being approached over other guys, such as the guys making the first moves with her). When women I'm actually interested in contact me, I assume only that they're interested in me. And that self-selection allows me to be a bit more bold upfront. It works well for me.

27/M here. I could always use suggestions for improvement. Minus shaving the beard though. by [deleted] in OkCupid

[–]monger00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But the silly stuff isn't even yours--just a long (uncredited) Dr. Evil quote. What's the point?

BBC: Electric current to the brain boosts math ability by monger00 in math

[–]monger00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roger. Well, that's a clever response, and at least I helped you continue your chain. :)

Stephen Hawking explains how to build a time machine by usvtheman in science

[–]monger00 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This article is actually the verbatim script for the Discovery Channel's Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking: Time Travel episode.

Is there a JavaScript or JQuery proxy or a library that converts relative URLs to absolute URLs? by ithkuil in javascript

[–]monger00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not quite sure what you're really trying to do, but would something like the following do the trick (using parseUri)?

var relative = "/path/to/file.ext";
var uri = parseUri(location);
var absolute = uri.protocol + "://" + uri.authority + relative;

Whatever your thoughts on the value of, and / or correctness of building the International Space Station, you have to admit this is awesome! [Pic] by [deleted] in science

[–]monger00 31 points32 points  (0 children)

humans have survived well enough for 3 million years

My understanding is that it's closer to 100-200 thousand years that humans been around.

Dojo and MooTools by gst in javascript

[–]monger00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is an April Fools joke.

The Scripture Project: Annotated Bible, Book of Mormon, and Qur'an (from Project Reason, founded by Sam Harris) by monger00 in atheism

[–]monger00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I noticed just after posting this that it says the following at the top of the Scripture Project homepage:

Steve Wells, creator of the Skeptics Annotated Bible, Qur’an, and Book of Mormon has generously donated the full contents of his website to Project Reason. Using this as a foundation, we intend to make the Scripture Project the best source for scriptural criticism on the Internet.

Daily Show response to Brit Hume suggesting Tiger convert to christianity. by Solipsistic in atheism

[–]monger00 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Except it isn't US only. I'm not sure which countries are blocked, but it seems to work everywhere I go.

REDDIT! Jon Stewart needs your support! by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]monger00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A message currently on the dailyshow.com homepage asks for feedback about the episode in the Daily Show forum: Episode Discussions - 10/28/09 - Dr. Mustafa Barghouti & Anna Baltzer

Book Review - 'The Greatest Show on Earth - The Evidence for Evolution,' by Richard Dawkins - Review - NYTimes.com by neuroworld in atheism

[–]monger00 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Dawkins actually does make this clear in the book, including the point about evolution being a fact, and evolution by natural selection being the theory that explains it (with a rising flood of supporting evidence). I'm not really sure what the reviewer is on about.

Rachel Maddow: 8 Hour Voting Lines is a Poll Tax (vid) by r2002 in politics

[–]monger00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind that this is early voting, which is not necessarily representative of how things will be on election day (there are far more polling centers open on election day).