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  1. Re:which brings us back to "for now" on VP8 and H.264 Codecs Compared In Detail · · Score: 1

    All the big camcorder manufacturers are H.264 licensees and license holders.

    For now.

  2. Re:That he is... on Knuth Plans 'Earthshaking Announcement' Wednesday · · Score: 1

    That he is a computer simulation fooling all of us for over 50 years...

    I think you mean that we're all a computer simulation he has been running for over 50 years...

    I think you mean that we're all a computer simulation he has been running for almost 10 million years...

  3. Re:The universe would suffer thermal death on FBI Failed To Break Encryption of Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    I went and found your article. (BTW, is reading articles that are not TFA ok here, or is every article a taboo?)

    Can't you always make more of them, or put more energy into one? What's our best estimate for the total energy of the universe?

  4. Re:Subtle distinction on Creative Commons Responds To ASCAP Letter · · Score: 1

    Not really. Most popular music becomes popular because a big media company makes a big fuss about some hot girl singing a bad song, and then radio stations (and now MTV et al) play it.

  5. Re:DONATE on Creative Commons Responds To ASCAP Letter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Music collection societies are the seediest groups

    I have never thought of torrent seeders as "music collection societies", but I suppose the term is quite fitting.

  6. Re:Not a telescope on IceCube Telescope Takes Shape Below Antarctic Ice · · Score: 1

    They're planning to change their name to ETTimes.

  7. Re:Doesn't matter on IE9 Preview Touts Cross Browser Compatibility · · Score: 1

    Microsoft would have to bundle IE6 with all versions of windows

    Oh the horror!

  8. Re:Wrong expectations on Better Development Through Competition? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Good call. They should hire four programmers!

    Why not up it to eleven?

  9. Re:I have only one question... on IBM's Question-Answering System "Watson" Revisited · · Score: 1

    what is 41+1?

    It's "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?", RTFB.

  10. Since nobody asked yet... on Cloud Gaming Service OnLive Set For Launch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will it run on Linux?

  11. Re:Fighters and G-force on Inertial Mass Separate From Gravitational Mass? · · Score: 1

    The force is neither inertial nor gravitational, it's simply the force of plane trying to accelerate the pilot. It's mainly the result of Pauli's principle.

  12. Re:I would submit.... on Inertial Mass Separate From Gravitational Mass? · · Score: 1

    Just wait until they find the inverse-tachyon mass.

  13. Re:Windows Live Photo Gallery on A File-Centric Photo Manager? · · Score: 4, Funny

    can't seem to find car-version

  14. Re:Funny Off-Topic-But-Related Note on Porn Sites More Infected Than Thought · · Score: 2, Funny

    Must be a genious. When I talk I'm having real trouble separating bold from italics, and she combines them without even trying :)

  15. Re:huh? on Will Steve Ballmer Speak At WWDC Keynote? · · Score: 1

    KDevelop 4 has been released recently, did you try it?

  16. Re:Oil Spill?? on BP Prepares Complex "Top Kill" Bid To Plug Well · · Score: 0

    You're probably joking, but Slashdot is really the only source where I've heard of the spill.

  17. Re:Electric Cars on IBM's Patent-Pending Traffic Lights Stop Car Engines · · Score: 1

    Think of it this way: This would be an inconvenience for non-electric car owners, especially because the mindset that would last buy electric cars will probably be most annoyed by it.

    So it's a promotion for electric/hybric cars. Who knows, maybe IBM plans to make one. If any corporation thinks 20+ years ahead, it's them.

  18. Re:Let the fire burn on IBM's Patent-Pending Traffic Lights Stop Car Engines · · Score: 1

    Even if it can't through the line, it probably can the whole USA. So there's really no problem.

  19. Re:Great Idea, But... on IBM's Patent-Pending Traffic Lights Stop Car Engines · · Score: 1

    We have some of those here in Slovenia, and I find them very useful. We used to have green lights blink for the last three or so seconds, but someday it was decided that it promotes speeding at the last second, so they stopped. Instead, many traffic lights got counters, mostly the ones for pedestrians and some on the main streets in cities.

    Then again, no red light here is long enough to justify shutting down the engine, so there's no saving in it. It's just for convenience.

  20. Re:Windows XP? on Most Useful OS For High-School Science Education? · · Score: 1

    I work in the Oil exploration industry, and more or less the entire industry is moving to Windows 7 (64 bit) as we speak.

    So that's why there's a leakage in the Gulf!

  21. Re:Voyager 2 source code... on NASA Finds Cause of Voyager 2 Glitch · · Score: 1

    #define TRUE 0x00
    #define FALSE 0x01

    Of course, you forgot to

    #define FILE_NOT_FOUND

  22. Re:Nuke the F-ING thing. on Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Below the Gulf's Surface · · Score: 1

    Way to ruin my happiness that for once we were doing something bad to America?

  23. Re:Absolutely on Math Skills For Programmers — Necessary Or Not? · · Score: 1

    Math nerd, programming geek, marries? Really?

  24. Re:silly on Gamers Pay To Play With Girls · · Score: 1

    This is silly, all girls will game if given the proper introduction.

    That may be true, but do you want to spend the rest of your life playing FarmVille?

  25. Re:Sweet on Jobcentre Apologizes For Anti-Jedi Discrimination · · Score: 1

    Star Wars and Blade Runner religions in the same thread, I suspect Harrison Ford is up to something.