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  1. Re:Next step?? on Wireless Internet Access Uses Visible Light, Not Radio Waves · · Score: 1

    No more annoying than, say, a TV, or a 'dimmed' LED. All three work on the principle that the human eye can't see very fast.

  2. Re:In all seriousness on The Evolution of Python 3 · · Score: 1

    Well, if you want the long options, you can use :set autoindent smartindent

  3. Re:WINE on Wine Goes 64-Bit With Wine64 · · Score: 1

    What's misleading? After all, it's not an emulator. It just intercepts system and library calls (see the above discussion on PPC).

  4. Re:bittorrent URLs need to work with browsers ... on BitTorrent For Enterprise File Distribution? · · Score: 1

    You mean like Opera already does?

  5. Re:Sneakernet on BitTorrent For Enterprise File Distribution? · · Score: 1

    Then step two must be "Call insurance agency"?

  6. Re:No Sparc/Solaris port? Bah on Opera 10 Alpha 1 Released, Aces Acid 3 Test · · Score: 1

    More to the point, where's the 64-bit love for linux?

  7. Re:Stats are misleading. on Too Good To Ignore — 6 Alternative Browsers · · Score: 1

    Of the half-dozen or so people I know who run Opera, exactly ONE HUNDRED PERCENT have their browser identifying itself to web sites as IE7.

    Really? Opera is my main browser and I've only set it to identify as IE once, ever, and that was when I purposefully went to a site that I was told checked for IE, to see if anyone actually still did that. Maybe I'm just not browsing the right (wrong?) kind of site.

  8. Re:How is this random? on Fewer Shuffles Suffice · · Score: 1

    You know, this is Wikipedia we're talking about, which means you don't have to just bitch about it, you can actually go out and fix it! Imagine that!

  9. Re:"While Creating Energy" on Plasma Plants Vaporize Trash While Creating Energy · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, wikipedia, what a reputable source. I'm not giving up on my Perpetual Motion Machine until there's proof!

    What was that about a zero point drive though? It sounds intriguing... Perhaps it may have application in my own design...

  10. Re:Uh ... on Towards a Wiki For Formally Verified Mathematics · · Score: 1

    I got all the way through it, I just didn't understand half the stuff that was in it. If I had taken the time to come to terms with each idea as it was presented, I would certainly still be working on it. It's been a couple years, but IIRC, I got about halfway through before everything started going completely over my head.

  11. Psychohistory? on The 23 Toughest Math Questions · · Score: 1

    The Dynamics of Networks: Develop the high-dimensional mathematics needed to accurately model and predict behavior in large-scale distributed networks that evolve over time occurring in communication, biology and the social sciences.

    Am I reading this wrong, or do they actually want mathematicians to invent Asimov's Psychohistory?

  12. Re:Ignorance vs. the Unknown on LHC Success! · · Score: 1

    Here in Wisconsin, at least, the mosquitoes are bigger than most freight trains.

  13. Re:What would really be neat... on 45th Known Mersenne Prime Found? · · Score: 1

    ...whose length in number of digits...

    Actually, the length in digits does indeed rely on the base of the system used to represent the number. For example, the number 157, a prime, has a number of digits (3) which is also prime, so it would be on the list. However, if we represent it in binary (10011101) it is now 8 digits long, which is clearly not a prime.

  14. Re:What a waste of energy on Intel Claims an Advance In Wireless Power · · Score: 1

    Tesla fanatic, you say?

    Check out Tesla from Kate Beaton's amazing History Comics even if you're not a fanatic!

  15. Re:WTF? on College Board Kills AP Computer Science AB · · Score: 1

    $84? It's $100 for those of us whose schools don't cover part of the fee.

  16. Re:Looks cool... on Gravity Lamp Grabs Green Prize · · Score: 1

    One of the most brilliant ideas I've ever seen on /. This would be amazing.

  17. Re:Different market on Opera 9.5 Beats Firefox and IE7 As Fastest Browser · · Score: 1

    That would be amazingly cool.

  18. Re:What if I make an SLA (stereolithography)? on Möbius Strip Riddle Solved · · Score: 1

    I'll settle this! Or, rather, Ryan North/T-Rex will settle this!

    http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000693.html
  19. Re:"Vista's" on Only 244 Genuine Windows Vista's Sold in China · · Score: 1

    No, I'm pretty sure it's "Vistoj".