Recent content by Rafael Dera

You know, i see this a lot. But I don't think it's particularly good because it fails to emphasize how addition and subtraction as well as multiplication and division are really the same operation and so get the same priority. If you really follow PEMDAS, your result will be inaccurate: 10-3+2...

On the linux topic: have you tried them recently? In the past, it was pretty much a "nerd's OS" (some distro's still are) but most of them (Ubuntu, Mint, Sabayon,...) offer a very compelling user interface, highly customisable (if you're into that, you don't have to (anymore)) and very...

Simple solution: legalise guns. Have bullets cost 10000$ each. No harm having people walk around wielding what are in essense metal clubs. Government gets the taxes, obviously :-)

not everything is possible. For example, water cannot be made to boil at -20°C at atmospheric pressure. Regardless of how large space is (or how many monkeys you have). \thread.

That's the guardian for you. British press, out to slander europe some more. I went and pulled the Directive 2009/48/EC explanatory guidance document which states, in all its magnificence (and i quote): "According to article 18 of the TSD a Risk/Hazard assessment shall be carried out to...

Well, they actually disabled parts the virus so it could no longer mind-control the caterpillar (to prove it was those parts that did it). The mind-control zombification virus is, in fact, all natural and science is not to blame. There's also a parasite that infects mice and makes them...

I once did a mathematics exam with Iggy pop's "lust for life" stuck in my head. Especially the drum bit.

Get pathfinder (by Paizo). Easy to learn, fun, better then D&D4.0 (unless you want a tabletop mmorpg, that is. In that case: 4th all the way) Pathfinder uses its ruleset to make the mechanics more atmospheric. The core rulebook (goes for arouund 50? around here, for a 575p hardcover) has...

(Where in the world is) Carmen Sandiego

I think that it is fair to say that you seem to need to brush up on some things first before you go crying wolf on other people. Also, it is fair that if one idea is taught in the classroom, then another idea must be taught as well. People need to see all of the choices, and then decide for...

Red alert 2 and heroes of might and magic 3. They're still really fun and their graphics are a part of their charm; but they're really starting to feel dated.

They should have also tested using the various ad-blocking plugins available (firefox - chrome); curious to see how that would compare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcY3UF6_IaM (kyuss, whitewater) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKItaymndLE (dEUS, pocket revolution) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVNYm9Qncyc (mogwai, san pedro) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRVEx5ERa8w (hooverphonic, sad song)...

Ahh medical experimentation. Is there any problem it cannot solve? These drugs exist, by the way. Mainly to protect society from sexual deviants (rapists, pedophiles, in the past also homosexuals). Look up Cyproterone or medroxyprogesterone. For the record, I would discourage you from using...

Supreme commander II. simply by comparison with its predecessor. Reasons to be angry at SupCom II: Characters were token, mechanics paltry, what probably got to me most: simplification for so-called accessability. As if anyone who didn't know the original would pick up the expansion! That was...