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  1. space travel here we come on How the Internet Makes the Improbable Into the New Normal · · Score: 1

    We need more of these videos! And whales.
    http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Infinite_Improbability_Drive

  2. Re:Already got it. on Microsoft Patents Tech That Would Silence Your Phone For You · · Score: 0

    And regardless, isn't it a genial, brilliant idea? Of the kind that even your dog might think while taking a crap. The obviousness of these patents is so clear that it stopped being funny long ago, now it is only outraging.

  3. Re:Polemic? on New Humble Bundle Is Windows Only, DRM Games · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, that would be Polemish.

  4. Re:Apartheid on Saudi Arabia Implements Electronic Tracking System For Women · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Sure. The problem is that religion in general, and Islam in particular, defend those retrograde practices today.

    Citation needed? Well, try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OZ3s0BcSxs

    And while the immense majority of the sheeple defend that their religion is peaceful, they don't realize that they make the base for switching to a totalitarian theocracy, and after that there is no peaceful turning around. Only after the abuse of power in this new regimen they would realize that they were actually being ruled by men, not god(s). They bent too much, and now they feel the mighty cock of god's proxies up their arses.

  5. Re:Apartheid on Saudi Arabia Implements Electronic Tracking System For Women · · Score: 2, Interesting

    10 years old is the lower bound of the beginning of puberty in girls, in other words, definitely not ready for sex/reproduction. But it seems Aisha was somehow praised for being a true virgin, that is, when Muhammad first raped her she didn't have had her first period yet.

    The upper bound of the end of puberty in girls is 17 and, as Chef from South Park correctly said, that is the right time for sex (laws and social conventions aside).

  6. Re:Apartheid on Saudi Arabia Implements Electronic Tracking System For Women · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yep, and the prophet Muhammad is the perfect man, whose acts are a model for all to follow, for all eternity.

    So go ahead and marry a 6 years old girl, wait for her to be 9 or 10, and then you can have sex with her (his dear Aisha).

    Ahh, but she is a girl! That's where the Catholic priests got it wrong! To rape a 10 year old boy is wrong, but if it's a girl it's ok! Allahu akbar!

    Too bad hell is a fictitious place, these people really deserve it.

  7. Re:4D? on Fetuses Caught Yawning In 4D · · Score: 4, Informative

    It is supposed to mean it has height, width, depth and time.

  8. Re:Obvious --- craftsmen have always done this on Form1 3D Printer and Kickstarter Get Sued For Patent Infringment · · Score: 1

    Wow! Who could have possibly think that? Genius (U+2e2e, damn /., allow unicode already!)

    I'll start teaching classes for kindergarten, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to steal dozens of patentable ideas!

  9. Re:So Sad on Young Students Hiding Academic Talent To Avoid Bullying · · Score: 1

    Sure, because of this highly praised competitive society. If instead of competing to see who's best they would collaborate to achieve something, people who's able to contribute more would probably be seen in a more positive way.

  10. good news on Kinected Browser Lets You Flick Through Websites · · Score: 0

    The bad news is that you are going to die, no matter what. The good news is that if you survive (no chance) you can have as much cake as you want!

  11. Re:This is the beginning of the end on Foxconn Begins To Assemble Its Robot Army · · Score: 1

    Soon the people whose jobs were taken by robots will start crying for food and basic necessities... these entitled bastards! Can you even imagine them asking for education? What snobs!

  12. Re:Amazing on Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky Leaves Microsoft · · Score: 2

    After Reiser and McAfee, I would not be surprised if his body would later be found with a chair-based concussion.

  13. Re:If there was a Bad at Math Map... on Secession Petitions Flood White House Website · · Score: 1

    I'm curious what that would mean for the military... how would they deal with the bases, people, information, etc... Any idea?

  14. Re:Well.... really? on Patent System Not Broken, Argues IBM's Chief Patent Counsel · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It benefits IBM to keep the status quo.

    It benefits all of the big ones by keeping the small and fast innovators out of the game. They are quite happy (excuse the anthropomorphism) litigating one another. For them it is just part of the business, and we pay for all the costs anyway.

    It would be awesome (and therefore will never happen) if patent protection would not apply for free/libre/open & not-for-profit endeavors. Anybody willing to implement or improve on something patent protected could do so freely, as long as the whole public could benefit from it.

  15. Re:Not sure I understand... on AMD Closes OSRC, Lays Off Several Linux Kernel Developers · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, they see the obvious: Windows 8 will dominate the supercomputer OS market [Unicode: U+2E2E]

  16. Re:Another win on Skype Hands Teenager's Information To Private Firm · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sure, if you design it to be impossible, impossible it will be. Or you could try to understand how p2p networks work. Hints: look for 'gnutella', 'gnunet', and 'secushare'.

  17. Re:Another win on Skype Hands Teenager's Information To Private Firm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You are right, this is actually a win to centralized protocols. We need a standard encrypted p2p communication (im / voip / file sharing / etc) to be widely adopted asap. And then protest / revolt when they try to outlaw it.

  18. Re:MS killed the Nokia star on Microsoft Reportedly Working On Its Own Smartphone · · Score: 1

    It will be really funny if they bring back Nokia's CEO to manage this new failure^Wsmartphone product.

  19. Re:Didn't Do The Research on Apple Loses Trademark Claim Against iFone in Mexico · · Score: 1

    Wow. Some more and you may file a class action lawsuit. Unless her EULA explicitly dropped your rights for it.
    Now for the serious part: yeah, girls like that may drive us crazy. I had a similar experience, and it was really hard to put an end to it.

  20. Re:GIF on Camera Technique Captures New View of Space & Time · · Score: 1

    It is strange how terminology is formed... now 'image' is synonymous to 'static visual image' in computational contexts. In neurosciences it may refer to other modalities, such as 'sound images', or 'tactile images'.
    But that's the beauty of language, it is alive.

  21. Re:On the one hand... on Showdown Set On Bid To Give UN Control of Internet · · Score: 1

    Sure, but the point is if a significant part of your customers (those forming the mesh network) is using it you have no alternative other than to allow it. Obviously that would only work if those responsible for the nodes affected would drop they contracts in favor of another supplier. And that's what governments and corporations have in their favor, the social inertia is usually hard to manage/overcome.

  22. Re:On the one hand... on Showdown Set On Bid To Give UN Control of Internet · · Score: 1

    +1 (I'm out of mod points atm).

    Lots of wireless accesspoints using whatever internet connections available from the usual providers, turning them into dumb pipes. If one decides to do something stupid, it is easy to disconnect it.

    This comes with the necessity of a strong crypto layer, to avoid inspecting by all the intermediate parties. We probably already have all the technology required for such a system. The only thing missing is the social initiative (which includes the initial funding).

  23. Re:Reversal Relief on Microsoft Reverses 'Mature' Game Ban On Windows 8 · · Score: 0

    Good, two people is a good start in case you need to start a class action lawsuit... ah, wait, with the new EULA you only have the right to bend over.

  24. Re:Gotta keep moving on Algal Biofuels Not Ready For Scale-Up · · Score: 1

    As it is different from the hemp used for textiles. You're missing the point though, which is the stigma associated with it.

  25. Re:Gotta keep moving on Algal Biofuels Not Ready For Scale-Up · · Score: 1

    Oops, I meant to say 'as policy'. It is arguable that police takes advantage through corruption, but the real motherfuckers are those who make the laws.