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  1. Nifty.. on Wireless Video Transfers 100X Faster Than WiFi · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is not going to replace WiFi, nor it is probably supposed to. However for applications such as wireless monitors/sound systems and anything else which is going to be in close vicinity to the transmitter, but requires high bandwidth, it might be useful. Do we see a super resolution wireless gaming mouse coming out soon??

  2. Re:It can be, if you want any small business on Governator Kills Data Protection Law · · Score: 1

    Smaller business tend to be more focused on what they do, rather than large businesses which spread their tentacles in anything that makes money, and then do it badly. Plus, probably the majority of the business world is made up of small businesses.

  3. Re:Tired of this goddamn label on SAS CEO Blasts Old-School Schooling · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That is because most really don't care about how it works as long as it does what it is supposed to do.

  4. Does it have to be a full on computer? on Trans-Atlantic Robots · · Score: 1

    Why not some sort of embedded platform? Custom built and programmed. You can do that for the sensor and control equippment. You might find that power consumption is a lot less, and you'll have a lot more control over what you do, and might get better reliability.

  5. Re:I Feel Ill. on Why Is US Grad School Mainly Non-US Students? · · Score: 1

    USD10k / year sounds terrible. If I convert that to AUD, that would be maybe about 15k (very roughly). I dont know what the costs of living in the US are, but here that would barely pay for the rent (depending where you live of course). If that was a full time job, that would probably be illegal here..

  6. Re:Didn't we on New Nuclear-powered Spaceship Design Revealed · · Score: 1

    Hmm well, maybe someone ought to take a leaf out of Professor Farnsworth's book and design a ship which doesn't move, the universe moves around it. Now, that is headline news!

  7. Didn't we on New Nuclear-powered Spaceship Design Revealed · · Score: 5, Funny

    recently have an article about trip to mars in a week? So.. this is really.. an inferior mode of transport for all those Mars holidayers...

  8. Re:I don't mind the cameras so much... on 10,000 Cameras Ineffective At Deterring Crime · · Score: 1

    Yes, it would help catch, but not deter. One who has decided to get into a car and drive home while clearly intoxicated will hardly care about the cameras. That same lack of thinking is what made that person get in the car and drive in the first place.

  9. Re:Need to accrue Novell payment? on Half of SCO's Accountants Quit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is something wrong with masturbating to Britney Spears' crotch shots? Or do you prefer.. K. Fed's crotch shots...?

    *Moving my backside closer to the wall*

  10. Re:There may be issues with Ubuntu on Walt Mossberg Reviews Ubuntu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah they do, its called eMule - didn't you know?

  11. Re:Hmmm... on Has RIAA Abandoned the 'Making Available' Defense? · · Score: 1

    /. does not seem to agree though.

  12. Hmmm... on Has RIAA Abandoned the 'Making Available' Defense? · · Score: 0, Troll

    All these stories about RIAA doing this and that.. why doesn't it just get branded a terrorist organisation that is it, and the US government can actually go after something that actually exists? The army can go and blow shit up and shoot not so innocent individuals, and everyone will be happy?

  13. Re:a blessing on readers of Wheel of time on Fantasy Author Robert Jordan Passes Away · · Score: 1

    Seemingly you can't handle him knowing who criticized him?

  14. Re:Neither can compete with the cost of Ubuntu! on Is Apple Doing All It Can to Beat Vista? · · Score: 1

    I tried both Wine and Transgaming, and I find that games that do run tend to run a bit sluggish. In the end, its easier to dual boot. :/

  15. Re:So, hypothetically... on Internal Emails of An RIAA Attack Dog Leaked · · Score: 2, Funny

    Set up an internet account in their name and start downloading music and movies?.. From.. FreakTorrent?

  16. Re:acceleration? on Photonic Laser Thruster Promises Earth to Mars in a Week · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That was funny, I'll give you that one. I am an idiot.

  17. Re:He has already lost. on Microsoft Sued by a Beijing Student Over 'Privacy Violation' · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe its time EULAs have to change, and we don't have to blindly agree to companies stealing our private information. I know you have the option of not installing it if you don't accept the EULA, but certain things should be illegal.

  18. Re:acceleration? on Photonic Laser Thruster Promises Earth to Mars in a Week · · Score: 1

    Does this mean a constant One-G acceleration until you get half way and then decelerate? That might be a tad uncomforable?

  19. Re:acceleration? on Photonic Laser Thruster Promises Earth to Mars in a Week · · Score: 5, Funny

    They didn't say you would get there alive. They just said you would get there in a week.

  20. Re:Odd on Cassini's Iapetus Flyby · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they reckon that the safing event was caused by "a solid state power switch that was tripped due to a galactic cosmic ray hit," but really, it was most likely an alien which tripped and fell on the switch. (After downloading fake data through a floppy disk)

  21. Re:What a LOAD of shit. on Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 1

    Maybe today's high altitude bombers would be able to attack ships, but even then, they would be detected and have fighter jets on their ass pretty quickly. Today's warfare is becoming more and more fighting from a distance. Want to destroy a ship? Fire off a missile and wait.

  22. Re:News? on DOS 5 Upgrade Video · · Score: 1

    May not be news, but certainly funny. And thats a long video. Was this ever broadcast?

  23. Re:Are we late to the party? on Storm Worm Evolves To Use Tor · · Score: 1

    SkyNet is alive??

  24. Re:ihpones on Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T · · Score: 1

    Damn, so potentially if I leave my iPod ON, i could get a huge bill from AT&T even though I'm in Aus? Shit. Thats scary. I bet ya it does it through iTunes!

  25. Re: HP's Inkjet Technology Used to Administer Drug on HP's Inkjet Technology Used to Administer Drugs · · Score: 1

    Thats ok, just shake it around, put it back in and ignore that "Your ink is about to run out" message. When your arm starts getting faded, you replace it (the cartridge).