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  1. Re:Web site broken on Stix Scientific Fonts Reach Beta Release · · Score: 1

    No, they don't. I am an AJAX developer, and I always have JS turned on. The links are actually popup menu containers, and they apparently only work on the download page. Same results in IE and FF.

  2. Web site broken on Stix Scientific Fonts Reach Beta Release · · Score: 1

    I love how none of the links on their web site's menu work.

  3. Re:App for LEAP authentication? on Steve Jobs Announces iPhone SDK · · Score: 1

    Looking back...this should not have been marked offtopic. This was a perfectly valid question given the context: whether an official iPhone SDK will have hardware programming support.

  4. Re:Ironic curiosity on '55 Science Paper Retracted to Thwart Creationists · · Score: 1

    You make a point, and that is something to consider.

    But what evidence is there to warrant a belief in god? Prophecies? I too can make several vague prophecies which will indubitably turn out to be true. Many of Nostradamus' prophecies have come true as well. What else? God 'pricking' one's heart? Subjective, unverifiable, and unreliable experiences? Biblical history? Just because places in the Bible may exist and some of the events recorded are verifiable does not mean the god of the Bible also exists or that the things it records are accurate.

  5. Re:Ironic curiosity on '55 Science Paper Retracted to Thwart Creationists · · Score: 1

    Actually, faith does not require belief without proof.
    That is not what your Bible says.

    "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."
    --John 20:29
  6. I was wondering... on Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update · · Score: 1

    ...how this piece of shit showed up on the school computers.

  7. Re:For those who are too lazy to do some digging.. on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 1

    My boss told me that, and I heard it from someone else once, too. We make a non-open source CMS, so maybe there are some legal ramifications with that.

  8. Re:For those who are too lazy to do some digging.. on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 1

    Isn't it illegal now for companies to record IP addresses of their visitors?

  9. App for LEAP authentication? on Steve Jobs Announces iPhone SDK · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please someone answer if you know...

    Would this likely pave the road for a program to be written which could handle LEAP authentication (I believe LEAP is higher-level than the driver level)?

  10. Less reliance on ISP's? on Corporate Encouragement For Sharing Your WiFi · · Score: 1

    If internet connectivity were meshed out like this in a widespread manner, could much of the reliance on ISP's be done away with?

  11. Independence from sensory input on Spontaneous Brain Activity and Human Behavior · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Spontaneous, yet organized brain activity has been observed without stimulation and even in humans under anesthesia.

    they argue for a greater acceptance of the view that our brain may have some intrinsic activity that's somewhat independent of sensory input.

    What did they expect to happen in their experimeents? Did they expect people to simply have no brain activity?

    If a brain gets new sensory input, it's going to take some time to process that information, no? When you learn something new, it often takes a lot of time to think things through, and you can continue making new connections for quite some time without any new external inputs. This happens when we're sleeping, too, so maybe this happens under anesthesia as well.

    I'm not quite sure what the hell they're thinking here. Are they trying to allude to a soul?

  12. Well to Hell on 2.5 Mile Deep Hole Drilled Into San Andreas Fault · · Score: 1

    Ooh...maybe a bat-like apparition will fly out again...

    Quick! Someone spread a rumor and see if it shows up on TBN!

  13. Re:Humor? on Scientists Develop Cyborg Interface Algorithm · · Score: 1

    one more thing... Suppose the components of a person's brain were slowly replaced with artificial ones, and eventually the whole brain became an artificial machine. Would this still be the same same person (i.e. would they in their experience have died and there now be something else in their place now?)? Not sure, but I would probably say yes. What if, then, bit by bit this artificial brain became dependent on a non-physical software representation of this brain? That's where I puzzle...I wonder if there would come a point where the person in their experience would die (even if not detectable).

  14. Re:Humor? on Scientists Develop Cyborg Interface Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Hope I did not sound arrogant -- not my intention.

    One thing that makes me question is that if two copies existed at the same time, (I think) clearly both could not be the exact same conscious person (i.e. I think they would likely have separate experiences).

  15. Re:Humor? on Scientists Develop Cyborg Interface Algorithm · · Score: 1

    When I saw this episode, it was a bit of a shock to consider those kinds of situations where the natural self-control we take for granted could potentially no longer be in place, if we were to start to rely on technology to take the place of our physical bodies...

    I doubt that a person's consciousness could be transferred to machine (at that point the consciousness becoming entirely non-physical). Maybe all the neurons and other components in the brain could be replaced with artificial versions, but consciousness would still be physical in nature. And maybe a copy of the person's consciousness could be uploaded to and active on some machine, but could the original person's consciousness be moved to a machine and the person still be the same person?

  16. Re:Extreme optimism on New Zealand Police Act Wiki Lets You Write the Law · · Score: 1

    (I have seen MySpace...I meant that I saw what you were getting at).

  17. Re:Extreme optimism on New Zealand Police Act Wiki Lets You Write the Law · · Score: 1

    True, but I think having a revision system in place definitely helps. Wikipedia seems to be working fairly well.

  18. Excellent on New Zealand Police Act Wiki Lets You Write the Law · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think having the community develop laws together is a rather superb way of handling society. The more people, (generally) the better (IMO). The more people that have their hand in this, the less likely something will be left out. Also, since everyone in that society will have to live with those laws, I think it's best that the majority has the opportunity to shape those laws (granted, not everyone will likely use this wiki, but I think the concept is good).

    Doing it this way, the way I see it, has the potential to mend gaps between people groups in a society by allowing them to discuss their ideas and explain and collaborate their ideas carefully.

    I wish more governments could be run this way -- moreso by the people.

    And having this online provides an excellent communication medium.

  19. Germs on Germs Taken Into Space May Come Back Deadlier · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I first read that, I thought it said, "Germans Taken Into Space May Come Back Deadlier."

  20. Re:still overpriced on Crazy Stevie's iPhone Prices are Insaaane! · · Score: 1

    I got one with the price drop, and since think I can see why they charge at least $299. It's a VERY nice and well-designed device. The speakers are good quality, the screen and graphics are very nice, the software and UI top-notch... Apply did a lot of research (or at least hired pros who knew their stuff). They obviously put a lot of time into the testing/feedback/improvement process, too. Customer support also goes in there, too.

    The phone plans ARE overpriced though...(but I'm using T-Mobile).

  21. Re:uh ohhhhh on Crazy Stevie's iPhone Prices are Insaaane! · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So hack it and use T-Mobile pay-as-you-go...

  22. LEAP/PEAP for wifi on What Do You Want In iPhone 2.0? · · Score: 2, Informative

    That would be nice. Many organizations (including my school) use LEAP for network authentication.

    Would it be possible for this to be implemented via software updates or a third-party app on the current-gen iPhone?

  23. Re:wha? on SwarmOS Demonstrated at Idea Festival · · Score: 1

    Nothing. Just like PC's, which have no practical application.

  24. Is this REALLY such a problem? on Time Running Out for Public Key Encryption · · Score: 1

    Could this not be prevented on web sites if, say, an IP address was prevented from logging in after 3 attempts, or by using a captcha? A quantum computer would not even be able to communicate a (non-quantum) web server the countless times it would take to crack a password in a practical amount of time... This may affect quantum web servers, but if checks like I mentioned were implemented, how is this a problem?

  25. Not necessarily on land on Help Find Steve Fossett · · Score: 1

    His plane could have gone down in water.