User: cosmocain

Re:great idea!

On: Wikipedia Founder Introduces Wiki Magazine Sites

while it would really be fun watching the evolutionary process of such an article in real-time, i do doubt that this will in any way work out.

a really excellent wikipedia-article normally evolves over a period of time, many sources mixing up until there is a "stable product", which contains all (nearly all, whatever) of the relevant information.

if this approach is projected onto a news article, it is outdated before all things relevant are said, cleared up, discussed, re-edited and rere-edited. yesterday's news...

Re:All you F'ing foreigners

On: The Pirate Bay, Featured in Vanity Fair

you really think that someone needs filesharing/piracy/copyright laws "to spit and crap all over the US, its policies, etc"?

gooooooooooood moooooooooooorning, vieeeeeeetnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.
err.
just to recite some hollywood-stuff.

umm...

Re:2^^20 neurons? That's wayyyy too many

On: Building a Silicon Brain

...to accurately model most American thought processes.

if this could only be a typical american problem, duh. stupidity is really world-wide. try locking it up in some nation-state, anyone?

Re:Ah, Er, Um: No, No, and No

On: MIT's Millimeter Turbine to be Ready This Year

So not to put too fine a point on it, but this looks like an unfinished, untested device, of unknown cost, unknown reliability, [...], unstated but probably very low efficiency, [...], with uncompetetive features.

you're reciting the new vista-slogan? ;-)

Re:Reliable forcasting method...

On: Statistical Accuracy of Internet Weather Forecasts

fact is:

a = forecasted weather
b = actual weather
c = variable, which determines the need for an accurate forecast of a nondescript person.

the larger "c" is, the more will "a" and "b" differ.

but wait...
... you really can rely on that, duh.

Re:That's the government's job

On: Cheap, Safe, Patentless Cancer Drug Discovered

There should be some sort of government program to support drugs like this that benefit everyone. hell, yeah! why didn't anybody mention THAT before! the "free medical drugs for everybody"-programme! i guess the funding for this should be safe, as soon as the "free oil for the industrial magnates" and the "free democracy for the folks with turbans"-campaigns are finished. uh, wait. how about a "free brains for the naive"-masterplan?

Re:Oh come on now!!!

On: German Police May Not Break Into a Suspect's PC

how come? as soon as the word "german" appears... ...some folks can't help themselves but mentioning "hitler". reminds me of some dogs, a bell and an old russian man.