Since over 250 people have decided to read this thread in the half hour since you posted it and you are the only one who made a smart-ass remark, I guess you are in the minority.
Ususally people wait at least a week after signing up before instructing others on what is and what is not newsworthy.
But, then, I guess you are trying to get in as many lame one-liners as possible, since you won't be sticking around for too long.
Hmm. 250 people read it. Any idea how many people took a glance at it and thought, "lame" and bypassed it? Of course not. So considering the thousands of visitors that carouse these forums and the only 250 that actually read the post in that half hour, perhaps I am not in the minority...
As for the 'waiting a week before signing up', I've been doing the FREE REPUBLIC thing for many years now. Not my fault sensitive people like you read them and cry and try and get me blocked.
Then again, a sense of humor probably wouldn't appeal to such an 'intellectual' like you. He can post this stuff all he wants, I could care less. In fact, I urge more posts like this. Please post more stuff from newscientist.com and slashdot.org. Perhaps I'll start a post of my own on 'UNIX Firewalls' and 'Scientists isolating the genome responsible for lamers like you'. Get a life.