Comments by Mal3

1. Brain That Changes Itself: into the abyss

Comment #220683 by Mal3 on July 28, 2008 at 9:44 pm

Gems:

One way it could work is reorienting her senses to work through her eyes again. She's combining the sensory input through the tongue apparatus with the visual data, in effect training her eyes to affect her balance without the bit of her brain that was damaged.

She was balancing with her eyes alone, I think.

2. Huge hidden biomass lives deep beneath the oceans

Comment #184397 by Mal3 on May 25, 2008 at 1:45 am

Could it be the old one? Cthulhu fhtagn.

Glad I'm not the only seeing a correlation here.

But if there are no predators, the pressure to reproduce decreases and you can spend more energy on repairing your damaged molecules."

That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die

3. Anti-evolution bill clears another hurdle

Comment #157375 by Mal3 on April 9, 2008 at 2:27 am

They certainly had nicer uniforms :) Too bad they didn't have better generals.

Actually, they DID have better generals. Most of the Union generals kept getting their asses kicked until Grant came along, and even he was reticent to actually go out and attack anybody.

Lincoln wrote a letter to Grant at one point asking "If you aren't going to use the army, may I borrow it?"

Anyways, I agree with Fighting Falcon.

Though New Mexico wasn't even a state back then, we were a free territory, so I suppose we're Yankees too!

We just have to put up with the Texans. ;)

4. Scientists reshape Y chromosome haplogroup tree gaining new insights into human ancestry

Comment #154335 by Mal3 on April 3, 2008 at 5:47 am

rod-the-farmer

I am definitely planning on having this done, and also trying to talk my mother into doing it as well, so we can trace both lines of our (my) descent.

And I would be more than happy to share my results.

5. Scientists reshape Y chromosome haplogroup tree gaining new insights into human ancestry

Comment #154256 by Mal3 on April 3, 2008 at 2:02 am

What do Christians think the Y-chromosome of Jesus was like?

Jesus had a YHWH chromosome.

6. Scientists reshape Y chromosome haplogroup tree gaining new insights into human ancestry

Comment #154178 by Mal3 on April 2, 2008 at 7:55 pm

So, I can have these guys trace my genetic heritage back to the dawn of civilisation?

Where do I sign up?

7. CEAI Action Alert for Science Teachers

Comment #154121 by Mal3 on April 2, 2008 at 5:49 pm

Well, if they could actually come up with an alternative theory as to explain the complexity of life that isn't "God did it!", then I say more power to them, criticize Darwin all you want.

However, I don't believe that to be the case in this particular instance.

8. Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments vs. 'Seven Aphorisms'

Comment #153763 by Mal3 on April 2, 2008 at 2:24 am

Reckon we could get the Pentabarf (upside down, of course) displayed next to the ten commandments as well?

I suppose we'd have to have a smaller version carved right side up in the name of religious tolerance.

Hail Eris.

9. In His Name We Pray, Ramen

Comment #152227 by Mal3 on March 30, 2008 at 1:31 pm

Note that this is comment #152195, which contains two 5's (Law of Fives). It was also posted in 2008(2008 - 8 = 2000, 2000 / 1000 = 2), and on March 30 (30 / 10 = 3) thus giving 23!!!

It is truly comforting to find Our Lady's hand guiding us in our every day lives.

10. In His Name We Pray, Ramen

Comment #152177 by Mal3 on March 30, 2008 at 11:05 am

Bah! Pastafarianism is an upstart, baby religion. We Discordians have been singing praise to Her Wot Done It All since the 70's.

Hows -that- for credibility?

Hail Eris.

11. Beware the Believers

Comment #151585 by Mal3 on March 29, 2008 at 2:51 am

I got a good chuckle out of Hitchen's headband.

12. Iowa county board gives initial OK for ghost hunters to investigate asylum

Comment #151582 by Mal3 on March 29, 2008 at 2:43 am

These guys have a hard enough time getting any kind of evidence from "haunted" sites, so why are they going to one that isn't haunted in the first place?

At any rate, it always boils down to a bunch of grown men and women running around and scaring each other in the dark which, while fun, should be kept to mental institutions that aren't still housing crazy people.

Just a thought.

13. A Tyrannical Romance

Comment #126516 by Mal3 on February 13, 2008 at 11:50 am

Oh, sparrow us the bad puns. Lets not make a parrot-y of this interesting scientific article, as that would be most fowl indeed.

14. Battle of the Chambersburg billboards

Comment #124574 by Mal3 on February 9, 2008 at 9:24 pm

rod-the-farmer

Not only is raising the money an issue (never mind the original billboard company advertising their beliefs for free), but finding a company willing to put up an anti-religious board would be next to impossible, methinks. At least it would be now, after this debacle.

15. Inventor Doesn't Dare Say 'Perpetual Motion Machine'

Comment #124053 by Mal3 on February 8, 2008 at 8:37 am

Steve Zara~

Now, I may only have a laymans understanding of physics, but isn't it the Second Law of Thermodynamics that is directly responsible for the eventual END of the universe?

I reckon if this guy is just breaking fundamental laws of nature willy nilly, we might use it to SAVE the universe from the evil clutches of inevitability and science.

16. Scientists discover way to reverse loss of memory

Comment #118635 by Mal3 on January 30, 2008 at 7:55 pm

This is wonderful.

As someone whose memory functions more like a sieve than a bucket, the implications of this are astounding.

If I had one, I'd sell my soul for one of these "pacemakers".

As it is, though, I may have to settle for selling my kidney, as I have a spare.

17. MySpace: No place for Atheists?

Comment #118095 by Mal3 on January 30, 2008 at 10:28 am

Well, thats a bit unsettling.

I've always found it funny how violently people react to atheism, as if its some sort of personal attack. Might as well as been a "You suck, and your god does too" myspace group.

...actually, that doesn't sound too bad. I think I might start one.

18. King Me!

Comment #113521 by Mal3 on January 19, 2008 at 10:14 pm

This reminds me of another chess related joke regarding debates with creationists I read once...

"Arguing evolution with a creationist is like playing chess with a pigeon. They knock over all the pieces, crap on the board, and then fly back to their flock, loudly proclaiming victory.