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  1. they know on Small Webcasters Offered a Rate Break, Reject It · · Score: 3, Insightful

    they know it is really bad for internet radio and this is nothing more than a smoke screen- to convince some people that they are actually trying to be fair which is absolute nonsense. if they wanted to be fair they wouldnt have done this to internet radio or started this garbage against "radio" radio either. now lets hope that they actually destroy themselves in the attempt.

  2. Re:really? on MS-Funded Study Attacks GPL3 Draft Process · · Score: 1

    So by making developers believe that Microsoft is "against" GPLv3, it is in fact promoting it...
    so if they dont say anything the GPL keeps its momentum and if they say something we ignore them and go to GPL anyway? microsoft is getting worried and they think FUD will postpone the inevitable collapse of anything windows.
  3. really? on MS-Funded Study Attacks GPL3 Draft Process · · Score: 2, Interesting

    you would think that if microsoft really did think the GPL hindered opensource they'd do well to keep quiet about it to hinder the competition it would have brought- instead they make empty threats and use a flawed study to support their assertion

  4. almost on Piracy Economics · · Score: 1

    One bit of feedback that MS gets is that many people find the standard sticker price far too high.
    that's part of why people light like Linux- cant get better than free. The reason piracy happens however, doesnt seem to have anything to do with a reasonable price- it has more to do with getting whatever it is easier not cheaper. if people had the money not to care about price and it was easier to do so they would do it that way.
  5. nice on 4.7GHz IBM Power6 Spotted · · Score: 1

    an IBM p570 server showed an average response time of .625 seconds when handling requests from 2,100 users. That compares to a p570 with 2.2GHz Power5+ chips that handled .983 requests per second for 2,000 users.
    not bad, they were about due for a speed increase from those standard 3Ghz CPUs.
  6. linux on Microsoft Cracking Down On Indian Retailers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    MS needs to tread carefully... aw screw it.. ironically if they make the argument that pirating is wrong it opens the door to linux. 2 billion people * even a small percentage = ALOT.

  7. wtf on BitTorrent Pirate Loses His Last Appeal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the punishment seems a bit extreme for one movie but where do they draw the line? what do you do when people simply dont intend to pay for something that took alot of cash to make to begin with- especially when every protection scheme fails horribly? make better movies? how exactly does that solve the problem of people in effect stealing movies? [if thats the case why are pirates getting the crappiest movies?]

  8. why on Simple Chemical Trick To Boost Battery Efficiency · · Score: 2, Insightful

    TFA talks about a zing aluminum alloy with the aluminum acting as a sacrificial electrode to prevent an oxide layer from forming on the zinc but aluminum forms a very hard oxide layer too so how exactly does it solve anything if it's an alloy? it will just form the oxide layer anyway and impede current flow. now if it were a seperate electrode you would have a problem where the current mainly originates from the aluminum electrode not the zinc so in that case why have the zinc there? for that matter why are we still using these alkaline battery formulas? they end up with this problem when an acidic formula probably wouldnt from the oxide layer in the first place.

  9. defined on Judge Doesn't Know What a Web Site is · · Score: 4, Funny

    website: noun: a doorway to a series of tubes

  10. in other news on A Side Effect of Testosterone Poisoning · · Score: 2

    individuals with high levels of testosterone find an angry face rewarding. In their experiments, this was true even if the angry image was perceived subliminally so that the subjects didn't register it consciously."
    some people induce that same response without the extra testosterone.
  11. hmmm on Will Dell Be Bad For Ubuntu? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    it probably wouldnt hurt ubuntu to put it on the dell pcs- look what it did for windows

  12. Re:ya on The Clueless Newbie Rides Again · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So ease of install is UBER-important because Joe 6-pack will have to do it himself.
    joe sixpack doesnt bother to change his IE homepage let alone his OS. no matter how easy the install would be he's still gonna think windows is "good enough" pay close attention to history- where there is a lack of knowledge- there is no choice
  13. ya on The Clueless Newbie Rides Again · · Score: -1, Troll

    None of the distros performed well enough for me to recommend them to a non-geek unless they were going to hire someone to install it
    apparently she's never installed windows from scratch before. the truth is that if windows were not installed on computers already people wouldnt bother with it. -no one wants to spend 5 hours installing it just to find garbageware.
  14. dont watch it then on US Military Launches YouTube Channel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    just because the military puts up its own youtube channel doesnt mean you HAVE TO watch it. the right to speak/broadcast doesnt mean anyone will listen. keep that in mind

  15. better link on Scientists Create Artificial Blood · · Score: 1

    Here's a link about the blood substitute in more detail
    http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2 075544,00.html

  16. Re:uhh, but now you are introducing typing again on Scientists Create Artificial Blood · · Score: 1

    every body protein has irregularities, and now you are going to invite the body to start attacking the fake blood.
    even type-o blood has proteins- they just are not attacked as readily as the antigen marker compounds are. what I am suggesting is to use some compound- any compound that has little if any known immunological reaction.
  17. true on Scientists Create Artificial Blood · · Score: 1

    But what about introducing plastic to the blood stream? Surely the body is going to flip out and attack it, which isn't exactly helpful in an emergency situation.
    the body does attack certain polymers proteins being an example of this as in incompatible blood types and a possible solution could be to coat the compound in a coating that the body doesn't attack- like its own proteins or something along those lines like an artificial blood cell.
  18. Re:wait a min on iPods and Pacemakers Don't Mix · · Score: 1

    my grandmother had a problem with her heart, she had A-fibs [heart beat very erratic, dangerous] it didn't take much to set it off, and when it did she would get disoriented, and couldn't walk or drive safely when it happened. by the number of people that have a similar problem it would be irresponsible to say it doesn't pose ANY risk. as a professor of Cardiovascular Medicine he should have known better.

  19. wait a min on iPods and Pacemakers Don't Mix · · Score: 1

    The interference usually just caused the equipment to misread the heart's pacing, but one case caused the pacemaker to stop working entirely. none of the symptoms are life-threatening, and the pacemakers returned to normal when the iPods were shut off.
    I wouldn't be so sure about that, what concerns me is that it can cause the pacemaker to misread the heart rhythm, the actual heart rhythm can be disrupted if the pacemaker doesn't work right- and if it happens during driving or something like that it xan be life threatening.
  20. Re:what on Remains of James Doohan Lost in New Mexico · · Score: 5, Informative

    If the rocket did what it was supposed to why would the remains and other crap have come back to earth?
    because it was never meant to leave Earth completely, it was SUPPOSED to come back down
  21. what on Remains of James Doohan Lost in New Mexico · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It sounds like this landing did what they wanted it to other than the fact they lost the thing- which makes me wonder why they didn't think of using a tracking beacon of some sort rather than calculating where the thing was. all they would need to do is go toward ths signal.

  22. ya.. on HBO Exec Proposes DRM Name Change · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Digital Consumer Enablement would more accurately describe technology that allows consumers "to use content in ways they haven't before," In other news HBO announced new functionality for DRMed CDs- as a fancy coaster. No longer will people be restricted to AOL disks to support their drinks.

  23. interesting on Dark Matter Stars in the Early Universe? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    TFA brings up a good point, all this dark matter had to have condensed into big star-like masses and should still be around but it wouldn't just be pure dark matter there would be hydrogen and helium too and on the other hand stars like our sun should have dark matter in them too so where is it? if this dark matter is indeed doiung what they say why the heck heven't we detected it in some way?

  24. already done on Bill To Outlaw Genetic Discrimination In US · · Score: 1

    If I remember correctly there is already a law banning such discrimination based on genetics- signed during Clinton's administration.

  25. oops again on English Premier Football League Sues YouTube · · Score: 2, Insightful

    youtube has in the past responded to take downs without doing any fact checking and in this case it seems that the material would have been taken off immediately had they had such a notice- instead as far as I can tell the company just sued youtube without such notice. now aside from that, what is youtube being expected to do to prevent any and all copyrighted works from being submitted illegally? are they still working on that unique identification system? if so it hardly seems like they're intentionally profiting from the whole thing