1. Atheists launch bus ad campaign

Comment #314605 by DamnDirtyApe on January 7, 2009 at 11:00 am

513. Comment #314590 by chivosaurio on January 7, 2009 at 10:48 am

Sounds Worrying. Anything else you can tell us?

2. Science can't explain the big bang - there is still scope for a creator

Comment #314568 by DamnDirtyApe on January 7, 2009 at 10:30 am

Science certainly did a good job of explaining Black holes recently.

3. Atheists launch bus ad campaign

Comment #314448 by DamnDirtyApe on January 7, 2009 at 7:18 am

Trolls, Trooooooolls in the dungeon...

4. Atheists launch bus ad campaign

Comment #314365 by DamnDirtyApe on January 7, 2009 at 4:36 am

If Carlsberg did ideologies...

5. Atheists launch bus ad campaign

Comment #314304 by DamnDirtyApe on January 7, 2009 at 2:44 am

Just skipped to this page - oh dear, arguing with Robertson again folks? I can think on only one way to describe it.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zqx2Bt5bnKE&feature=related

6. Atheists launch bus ad campaign

Comment #313625 by DamnDirtyApe on January 6, 2009 at 12:09 pm

*Pictures vicars shaking fists 'damn you, sexy atheists!'

7. Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man

Comment #312887 by DamnDirtyApe on January 5, 2009 at 4:38 pm

Beautiful.

8. What Will Change Everything?

Comment #312815 by DamnDirtyApe on January 5, 2009 at 3:27 pm

Ok, one more before I go.

Space Elevator, powered by - Jerks.

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/05/230211

I love you slashdot. I mean, Jerks? Stuff solar sats, it'll NEVER run out of power!

9. What Will Change Everything?

Comment #312661 by DamnDirtyApe on January 5, 2009 at 9:56 am

Great ideas, but the cynic in me now expects the daily mail or somebody to run with something unpleasant in relation to the Prof's words.

Back on topic.... Another idea that'll change everything - Geosynchronous solar mirror power generation (sorry, had to make it sound as pretentious and over the top as possible, it is one of those ideas).

The premise uses no technology we've not already developed, but its still pretty complex. Essentially, you start by getting an enormous number of small mirror satellites (I mean tiny, a few centimeters across but a vast number of these little fellows so the system is pretty fault tolerant) to a point relative to the earth that's always in the sunlight. Then mirror the light to thermal towers back on earth. Its the exact principle of solar thermal power plants on the ground, only these things will be capable of working 24/7, anywhere on the planet.

Energy crisis solved. Permanently.

...And Obama's technology guys are pondering it.

...But I should also mention that it's got solar death ray potential. On the flip side, anyone who's played the video game Sim City, don't be so worried about the beam frying buildings - the thermal plants will be built in the middle of nowhere, and the fact that the individual mirrors are tiny means that a few misalignments are probably going to be the right size to create the kind of glint that cats will chase.

Ok, that's my crazy sci-fi idea fix for the day met! :)

*well, I say all existing techology - we've made parabolic mirrors on the ground, but i don't think they've been built in space... ah.

10. Ancient African Exodus Mostly Involved Men, Geneticists Find

Comment #312644 by DamnDirtyApe on January 5, 2009 at 8:58 am

30. Comment #312507 by notsobad on January 5, 2009 at 3:48 am

Perhaps there is indeed something of a 'Gengis Khan' effect to that, if you know what I mean.

11. Ancient African Exodus Mostly Involved Men, Geneticists Find

Comment #312461 by DamnDirtyApe on January 5, 2009 at 12:24 am

Its a perfect explanation for our male dominated society. Mostly men anyway.

12. What do atheists do at Christmas?

Comment #311565 by DamnDirtyApe on January 3, 2009 at 4:17 pm

241. Comment #308339 by Diacanu on December 29, 2008 at 8:44 pm

Brilliant. In addition:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo

13. Teen trained to be suicide bomber feels tricked

Comment #311335 by DamnDirtyApe on January 3, 2009 at 5:40 am

The middle east will continue to be a male dominated theocratic anti-intellectual racist homophobic place for a very long time. A lot of people will have to spend that time working very hard to change that.

It took decades, centuries perhaps for us to diminish those qualities. And they're still around in various capacities.


22. Comment #311293 by ridelo on January 3, 2009 at 3:33 am

... Penny for the guy?

14. What Will Change Everything?

Comment #310784 by DamnDirtyApe on January 2, 2009 at 2:14 am

41. Comment #310780 by Dr Doctor on January 2, 2009 at 1:43 am

Toothnanites! booyah!

15. What Will Change Everything?

Comment #310762 by DamnDirtyApe on January 2, 2009 at 12:50 am

Has to be biotechnology. Cybernetics, genetic manipulation, neurochemistry, neural interfaces... There's nothing that makes any of those impossible imho.

Couple that with intelligent software and our world will start to resemble the Japanese animation Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. In fact there's one bit in the series where the sentient tanks are discussing Dawkins.

16. Wanted: More science and math teachers in the US

Comment #310418 by DamnDirtyApe on January 1, 2009 at 12:13 pm

14. Comment #309891 by Vecingetorix on December 31, 2008 at 6:05 pm

I like that idea. The problem is that would be too simple and too effective to ever be implemented by politicians.

This whole subject (pun very much intended) brings out the cynic in me.

17. My Christmas message? There's probably no God

Comment #310312 by DamnDirtyApe on January 1, 2009 at 8:23 am

43. Comment #307949 by AllanW on December 29, 2008 at 4:54 am

Not true!

A lot of us also like pie.

18. Religious Test

Comment #310144 by DamnDirtyApe on January 1, 2009 at 5:05 am

darn my feeble jetlagged brain...

19. For Good Self-Control, Try Getting Religious About It

Comment #310115 by DamnDirtyApe on January 1, 2009 at 3:41 am

I always wear a seatbelt. Their entire argument = fail.

20. Religious Test

Comment #309937 by DamnDirtyApe on December 31, 2008 at 7:31 pm

And don't forget, One nation under god wasn't stamped on currency until the 1950's.

21. Darwin's dangerous idea: Top 10 evolution articles

Comment #307971 by DamnDirtyApe on December 29, 2008 at 7:36 am

I freaking love that sea slug. It splices, it dices, its a million organisms in one!

22. Obama Chooses Divisive Inaugural Pastor

Comment #303939 by DamnDirtyApe on December 19, 2008 at 7:32 pm

I was worried that something like this might happen. Sigh. Pandering politics all over again.

23. Harun Yahya's Dark Arts

Comment #301057 by DamnDirtyApe on December 13, 2008 at 9:23 am

Heh. That's fair enough but personally, the thought of handing ANY money over to Yahya makes me shudder...

24. Harun Yahya's Dark Arts

Comment #301039 by DamnDirtyApe on December 13, 2008 at 8:25 am

35. Comment #301032 by ggab7768 on December 13, 2008 at 8:07 am

Grief, I hope you didn't part with any money for that.

...I'm just waiting for the 'minions' to show up. They're the craziest bunch I've seen this side of fstdt.com - I'm suprised one of them wasn't lurking waiting for the name Oktar to appear in the news column here, ready to pounce with a cut and paste mountain of ALL CAPS drivel.

25. Teachers 'beat and abuse' Muslim children in British Koran classes

Comment #299804 by DamnDirtyApe on December 10, 2008 at 12:40 pm

An infuriating backwards tribal culture.

Also for other examples I suggest the excellent 'Louis Theroux in Johannesberg' on iplayer. Rather than education, this time Louis' focus is on law enforcement!

26. If you want to know why our public schools are screwed up, here's one reason

Comment #298602 by DamnDirtyApe on December 8, 2008 at 7:18 am

Relevant side note, on the subject of 'destroying from within'.

Does anyone recall that absolutely wretched man, Robert Kilroy-Silk? I recall him stating in a press conference post his election to the European Parliament, that his objective was to 'wreck it'. Now whatever you views on the EU, that doesn't strike me as a win for democracy.

27. The Religion of Peace Strikes Again

Comment #296575 by DamnDirtyApe on December 3, 2008 at 11:32 pm

637. Comment #296570 by Bernstein on December 3, 2008 at 11:07 pm

Sounds to me like you're just saying 'its nothing to do with me'. Keep telling yourself that and watch what happens.

28. Atheists want God out of Ky. homeland security

Comment #296236 by DamnDirtyApe on December 3, 2008 at 9:44 am

This is the perfect time for me to mention this again - When I was questioned by the DHS guys the last time I flew into the states, they asked me If I had been baptised.

I mean, wtf?

I'm paranoid I've been put on some kind of crazy list for reasons I couldn't even venture a guess at.

29. Forced to Marry

Comment #295361 by DamnDirtyApe on December 2, 2008 at 5:40 am

Oh behave, you lot. :D

30. Forced to Marry

Comment #295174 by DamnDirtyApe on December 2, 2008 at 12:11 am

Great program. I'm so glad the consul is trying to do something. That's a matter of principle and a half.

31. Potentially Universal Mechanism Of Aging Identified

Comment #294343 by DamnDirtyApe on December 1, 2008 at 1:57 am

14. Comment #294339 by Enlightenme.. on December 1, 2008 at 1:45 am

Oh if only they knew :D

32. Potentially Universal Mechanism Of Aging Identified

Comment #294325 by DamnDirtyApe on December 1, 2008 at 1:12 am

Of course it will be tested on animals first.

(Probably C. Elegans, relax ethical consumers!)

33. The Religion of Peace Strikes Again

Comment #294065 by DamnDirtyApe on November 30, 2008 at 3:02 pm

Yes, the wording of this article makes me feel rather uncomfortable. We know what we're up against, but this just sounds more like a call to arms rather than a call to reason.

34. £35,000 of taxpayers' cash given to 'atheist bus' group

Comment #291876 by DamnDirtyApe on November 26, 2008 at 11:54 pm

Martin Beckford: hypocritical affairs correspondent.

35. It came from outer space: Fireball streaks across Canadian Prairie, crashes

Comment #289639 by DamnDirtyApe on November 24, 2008 at 2:26 am

Any solid info on the meteor? Size/Wherever it burned up/exploded/impacted?

I'm holding out for the day someone records a meteor impact and puts it on youtube. It could certainly happen. This is pretty darn close.

36. It came from outer space: Fireball streaks across Canadian Prairie, crashes

Comment #289323 by DamnDirtyApe on November 23, 2008 at 2:18 pm

Goodness gracious -fill in the blank-

37. 'Imagine No Religon' Billboard Only Lasts a Few Days in Rancho Cucamonga

Comment #289031 by DamnDirtyApe on November 23, 2008 at 5:09 am

In other music related stuff bluebird - I've walked down 'Penny Lane' in Liverpool and driven past 'Hotel Yorba' in Detroit.

They're both crappy.

38. 'Imagine No Religon' Billboard Only Lasts a Few Days in Rancho Cucamonga

Comment #289001 by DamnDirtyApe on November 23, 2008 at 3:08 am

They must have put that billboard up in one of those 'constitution free zones' a wacky fellow I know was telling me about.

39. Bush set to relax endangered species rules

Comment #288119 by DamnDirtyApe on November 21, 2008 at 7:22 am

117. Comment #288089 by irate_atheist on November

This isn't some kind of mass debating society.

40. Vast stores of water ice surround Martian equator

Comment #288117 by DamnDirtyApe on November 21, 2008 at 7:18 am

Might we find fossils there one day?

41. Single-Celled Giant Upends Early Evolution

Comment #287964 by DamnDirtyApe on November 21, 2008 at 3:52 am

Giant single celled organism... AARRGHH!!! THE BLOB!

42. Bush set to relax endangered species rules

Comment #287901 by DamnDirtyApe on November 20, 2008 at 11:41 pm

Absolutely dire.

43. Single-Celled Giant Upends Early Evolution

Comment #287900 by DamnDirtyApe on November 20, 2008 at 11:31 pm

A lot can happen in 550 million years.

44. Is Obama the Antichrist?

Comment #286765 by DamnDirtyApe on November 19, 2008 at 10:39 am

That's just not even worthy of any kind of intelligent rebuttle.

I'm not even sure If I've just spelt rebuttle right. And I'm so not caring about the opinions of these loons, I'm not even going to google it to spellcheck.

45. I am Darwin

Comment #286035 by DamnDirtyApe on November 18, 2008 at 1:42 am

curmudgeons

46. Atheism, a positive pillar

Comment #286007 by DamnDirtyApe on November 18, 2008 at 12:39 am

I'm a bit annoyed with the whole concept of positive atheism/negative atheism coined by some philosophers.

I think Atheism is a lot simpler than that. The dictionary definition is enough for me.

47. Church Preaches The Music Of Beethoven

Comment #284933 by DamnDirtyApe on November 16, 2008 at 8:58 am

'Who's bigger - Lemmy or God?'
'Trick question - Lemmy is god!'

48. Christian group halts book launch

Comment #283512 by DamnDirtyApe on November 13, 2008 at 2:39 pm

For shame, Waterstones. Very disappointing.

I really want to hear from Nicky Wire about this one! :D

49. Islamic radicals make mockery of hate laws

Comment #281513 by DamnDirtyApe on November 10, 2008 at 1:49 pm

I'm no fan of Jacqui '42 days' Smith, but these guys are bad, bad, baaaaaaaad...

When a woman in a burkha asked how he could justify this when Islam was supposed to be a religion of peace, the crowd mocked her. But it was Choudary who rose to put her in her place. "Islam is not a religion of peace," he said. "It is a religion of submission. We need to submit to the will of Allah."

50. Obama will move to veto Bush laws

Comment #281496 by DamnDirtyApe on November 10, 2008 at 1:07 pm

I think we can all agree that we need to reason our way out of the oil dependency. And I'm sufficiently confident Obama will do at least something to support it.

Heck even Bush tried to push for biofuels and a hydrogen economy. I'd hope Obama does something big to help out renewables. They can work, they just need some incentive.