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  1. Re:Fetal Stem Cells Need Not Apply on Neurons Created Directly From Skin Cells · · Score: 1

    Unit 731 Which was Japan, apparently conducted the starvation experiments. Apparently Germany and Japan were equally doing terrible experiments during the war.

  2. Re:Phone cost on The DIY $10 Prepaid Cellphone Remote Car Starter · · Score: 1

    You won't need remote start all year anyways. Only in the cold winter months.

  3. Re:This DOES NOT COMPUTE on Astrium Hopes To Test Grabbing Solar Energy From Orbit · · Score: 1

    Assuming we require rocket fuel...? Perhaps the next rockets that go up would require electrical energy that is provided by the already sent up unlimited/free energy devices we sent out initially?

    Electricity isn't "expensive" but can be costly in other ways. Besides, this provides potential for unlimited energy, imagine what projects could be done where energy was not a design concern?

  4. Re:Barbarians!!! on Moscow Police Watch Pre-Recorded Scenes On Surveillance Cams · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, you watch CCTV cams.

  5. Vaporware? on Making a Liquid Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 1

    So when does this turn into vaporware...?

  6. Popeye? on Ohio Eatery Offers Discount For Sandwich Tattoos · · Score: 1
    FTFA

    The restaurant has hooked up for the promotion with a tattoo shop, which is offering its own discount on grilled cheese designs. John Forgus of Voodoo Monkey Tattoo says he's been getting creative, giving one person a tattoo of Popeye holding a grilled cheese sandwich instead of a spinach can.

    Nothing says an ass kickin' like popeye and a sandwhich.

  7. Re:Tbh, these definitions need to be dropped. on Revisiting the "Holy Trinity" of MMORPG Classes · · Score: 1

    no flexibility. you HAVE to have a tank, a healer, a controller and a damage dealer. the same old shit everywhere, every game. no variation. no room for an all melee warband or all archer bandit squad. you need to rinse and repeat the same ancient, derelict format in every game. no room for error too - you have to increase tank's defenses, resistances so that it will hold the insanely stupid archdemons, you have to get cc spells for your mage so that it will be able to negate 8 out of 10 enemies you are presented for 'challenge'.

    The main problem: everyone wants to kill the best boss (for the best loot) the fastest, so they follow cookie cutted guidelines because they can't think for themselves or enjoy a challenge (this is a majority, some players do enjoy a challenge - mage only/range only etc. groups). This leads most people to hate on the tried and true method that they themselves can EASILY deviate from (grab a full party of tanks, so what, it will be slower and you will complain about that? WHAT DID YOU EXPECT)

  8. Re:Like evolution of the navy, but much further? on PhD Candidate Talks About the Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    Mostly only active countermeasures are effective, unless you can exploit the environment somehow or are good at camouflage

    In space? Paint it black.

  9. Re:Ooo... now contracts must not matter to EFF on Modded Xbox Bans Prompt EFF Warning About Terms of Service · · Score: 1

    The entire point of contract law is to avoid lawsuits, specifically because there is so little wiggle room if both parties agree to the contract.

    The TOS is a constantly changing contract however, and the "little wiggle room" only applies to the person who is using the service. While the person changing the TOS has a near infinite amount of wiggle room. Oh, and whenever it changes, they don't even need to notify you.

    A TOS should not even be considered a contract.

  10. Re:It Hurts on The Voynich Manuscript May Have Been Decoded · · Score: 1

    except they'll get the last laugh because we'll never understand what message they were trying to get to us. And some of us might go mad spending hours and hours and hours trying to figure this out with no luck.

    Depends on how meaningful the message was... Me trying to communicate to someone else, how my day was today in encryption. Then having you pick it up trying to decipher it wouldn't mean I'm laughing about it, it means it wasn't intended for you.

  11. Re:The Vengeful crazies on Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US · · Score: 1

    As to why Asperger's suffering has to do with it. Ever tried to live as one? It ain't easy; particularly the tendency to focus on one thing trait means that it is very easy to not realise what is going on around you. And also the trait to accept as truth the first information on something and to reject new information on that subject (the trait of not liking/being unable to stand change) - even if the new information is correct.

    I don't give a shit what your medical condition is, if you did something wrong, face the penalties like everyone else. Treat him equal.

  12. Re:I'm sure glad on Italian Prosecutors Seek Prison Sentences For Google Execs · · Score: 1

    Lest we forget Adam and Eve so soon?

  13. Re:Fucking moronic on New York State Testing Emergency Alerts Over Gaming Networks · · Score: 1

    You know someone will hack this system and send out a warning "You are about to get pwned" as the guy kills you in game. I think it will be called a DoG attack (denial of gaming)

  14. Re:What about Data Transfer on Nvidia's RealityServer to Offer Ubiquitous 3D Images · · Score: 2, Insightful
    RTFS

    which purports to make photorealistic 3D images available to anyone on any computing platform, even things like smartphones. The idea is that all the rendering happens 'in the cloud,' which allows for a much wider distribution of high-quality images. RealityServer isn't released until November 30, but it looks like it could be interesting. The article has photos

    Notice there is no emphasis on video or animation. This is for 3d images only. Or were you seriously hoping to play 3d realistic games on your phone?

  15. Re:Oh yeah? on Multi-Button OpenOfficeMouse At OOoCon 2009 · · Score: 1

    Agreed, summary is speaking of ignorance. I have a 8 button mouse (only 5 work in a game/are comfortable), and I still wish I had more buttons on it.

    Additional info for fps layout:
    1st button for primary fire
    2nd for secondary fire
    3rd for "help" in game command (yelling for medic, etc.)
    4rd for favorite weapon autoswitch
    5th for voice chat (I hate voice activation for myself and when others have it on)

    There are still many other actions I could use: flashlight, "use" key, jump/crouch, other in game commands, spray logo, throw grenade, lean... that's just off the top of my head, and don't say a keyboard is easier, because it can be harder to do multiple things on a flat surfaced keyboard.

  16. Re:Wow. just. wow. on What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity? · · Score: 1

    Then if you look for "where can"

    It pulls up, where can I watch free movies, where I can download free music, etc. in variations.

  17. Re:Biased against gamers! on Computer Activities for Those With Speech and Language Difficulties? · · Score: 1

    Thus: Keybinds were invented (way before voice chat was added to their games).

    Pressing a key (or mouse button if you have more than 3 whole buttons) will send an obvious team chat to designate you need help.

    Don't get me wrong however, sometimes speech can be good in certain games where you need on the fly strategy. Just wasn't a good example however :P

  18. Re:Speak simply on Speech-to-Speech Translator Developed For iPhone · · Score: 3, Funny

    (I am a native French speaker.)

    Well, in that case you may not entirely understand English. Perhaps you really are not chocolate, have you checked lately?

  19. Re:Makes sense on Clean Smells Promote Ethical Behavior · · Score: 1

    Yes, but realize it can be hard to recognize your own scent if you use it enough times. You probably don't know what you smell like all day until you put on your deodorant/body wash/soap, but after 5-10 minutes you forget it and how strong it is.

    Do the person a favor (if it's a friend, or a person with no friends), and politely comment about the strength of the smell. I've seen some of them change after a comment, and it is better for the both of you (they no longer repel people and invite hostility, you no longer have to be in discomfort). Why hide honesty?

  20. Re:100? on Tilera To Release 100-Core Processor · · Score: 1

    Yea well, they tried renaming Sci-Fi to syfy and failed. Until they find a better name for it, it will still be kilobyte.

  21. Re:ipod users... on 1/3 of People Can't Tell 48Kbps Audio From 160Kbps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    People that come over and hear it...are often amazed how good it sounds....they often exclaim they hear new things and nuances in familiar songs they'd never heard before.

    Same is true when I turn up the treble, or turn up the bass. I can hear different "parts" of a song. My headphones sound differently than my speakers, both have unique sounds that I hear the song differently. Which version is better is entirely subjective and opinionated to a certain point. Sure, hearing clipping will be a dead giveaway on poor quality, but not when (in effect) the equalizer settings are different from each system.

    My brother loves songs with no bass, and higher treble. I prefer songs with middle to lots of bass and middle to no treble. He can hear a song on my speakers and hate it, but take it to his system and love it. Song enjoyment based on people's preferences is not scientific.

  22. Re:Some players like it that way on Should Computer Games Adapt To the Way You Play? · · Score: 1

    When the designers of the system (OS, runtime libs, compilers, data designers, whatever) trick you and the machine interprets your code differently than you expected, the people responsible for the system code get points (and possibly a good position building the next release of the system ;-). A good programmer is one who can win at this game against the system designers.

    Disagree, if the OS tricks you out of common sense, then it's a terrible OS, not clever.

    If you like a challenge, code in an obsolete language that nobody likes, then try calling the designers clever and really smart. When your functions are not supported, with no real logical way to get around it (or any way to get around the issue). I have coded in one, I had to submit bug reports and change requests quite a few times, even then the language still never worked as THEY had expected, and required me to tell them how THEIR code worked.

    And NO I am not a system programmer.

  23. Re:Qubit does not double power in traditional sens on A "Photon Machine Gun" For Quantum Computers · · Score: 1

    Infinity qubits would be needed if you one time pad your information (essentially doubling the disk space required to encrypt of course).

  24. Re:No thanks, nanny bank on Cyber Gangs Raise Profile of Commercial Online Bank Security · · Score: 1

    Sorry but wrong: the worse the bank's security is, the less paying clients they have. Sure you have more people logging in (for a short time), but they are sending funds out of the bank. Banks love holding money, because they can use it to make more. They don't want people logging in and sending money away into thieves accounts. This will drive away paying customers as well.

  25. Re:36 FACTORIAL ACTUALLY on Cyber Gangs Raise Profile of Commercial Online Bank Security · · Score: 1

    you select 2 letters from a second password via drop down boxes

    2 bytes ranging from 0-36 (37 possibilities, since we count 0-10 being 11 numbers and a-z being 26). 2 bytes that can be a combo of *any* 37 characters: 37 * 37. Feel free to write down all the possibilities.