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  1. Re:MOOC = massive open online course on No Film At 11: the Case For the Less-Video-Is-More MOOC · · Score: -1, Troll

    Could you please spread this knowledge along the whole coma rehabilitation facility?

  2. Re:Ugly Solution on Japan To Build 250-Mile-Long, Four Storey-High Wall To Stop Tsunamis · · Score: 1

    build man made lakes at a higher altitude that can dump into the ocean in under 20 minutes and time the water dump to coincide with the tsunami.

    I bet wave theory isn't your strongest point. https://youtu.be/wEbYELtGZwI

  3. Re:Glassholes weren't geeky looking enough... on Sony To Release Google Glass Competitor · · Score: 1

    Where do you think the battery is?

  4. Re:Positive pressure? on Why ATM Bombs May Be Coming Soon To the United States · · Score: 2

    Preventing the gas from filling the volume seems to be easier than trying to make the box explosion-proof. Just install a one-way valve into the money slot which will let the bills out but vent the gas outside. Alternatively, make a two-hatch, airlock-like slot. The probable reason something similar isn't done yet is that banks look for some dirt cheap solution; it may actually be cheaper to lose money while this kind of attack is infrequent.

  5. AVS on Ask Slashdot: the State of Free Video Editing Tools? · · Score: 1

    AVS Video Editor. It's not free (although $39 is pretty close to that) and may not be suitable for your needs you didn't give much details about, but as I was looking for a free video editing tool a couple of years ago, I couldn't find anything which would a) support AVCHD; b) play Full HD without dropping frames; c) not crash every five minutes;

  6. Safety suit? on Watch UK Inventor Colin Furze Survive a Fireworks Blast In a Metal Suit · · Score: 1

    Looks more like a brazen bull to me.

  7. Exploiting semantic gap on Research Unveils Improved Method To Let Computers Know You Are Human · · Score: 1

    to solve a reverse Turing test. Totally new idea.

  8. Would you like lemon on Transparent Fish Lead to Stem Cell Research Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    with your fish?

  9. Absolutely on The Quiet Before the Next IT Revolution · · Score: 1

    In the recent decades we've been eyewitnesses to the revolutionary breakthroughs in such fields as energy, transportation, healthcare, and space industry, to name a few. The technologies emerged are nowadays pretty much ubiquitous and impossible to go without in day to day life. Yet the hardware IT industry is stuck with Moore's law and silicon, and there's even an embarrassing retreat to functional programming in the software branch.

  10. Re:Microchip on 1958 Integrated Circuit Prototypes From Jack Kilby's TI Lab Up For Sale · · Score: 1

    1. Because brand name generalization is so uncommon.

  11. We're not ready for Mars yet on Robots Will Pave the Way To Mars · · Score: 2

    We've to build robots (space dock, new type of engine, new rad hardening, etc) first - these myths have long been debunked by Robert Zubrin. It's the never-ending process of getting ready that the space industry earns the Benjamins from, not the flight itself.

  12. Re:No thanks on Google Unveils Self-Driving Car With No Steering Wheel · · Score: 1

    You shouldn't want to override anything in this car. Its logic in undeniable.

  13. ...amnesia, Alzheimer's and dementia on Virtual Reality: Purpose Beyond Gaming · · Score: 1

    as well as déjà vu.

  14. Speed reading on Online Skim Reading Is Taking Over the Human Brain · · Score: 1

    I had been learning it about 20 years ago; developing ability to cherry-pick key words and to absorb the _rough_ meaning of the whole page in a couple of seconds was one of the keystones of the technique. They promised it won't hurt when reading fiction, but it actually turned into inability to enjoy the reading itself. On the other hand, it did help to digest tons of technical books, so I'm not complaining.

  15. Welcome to LesterCorp. on Why US Gov't Retirement Involves a Hole in the Ground Near Pittsburgh · · Score: 1

    How may we meet your filing needs?

  16. An identical technology on Eye Tracking Coming To Video Games · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Erase all button on Researchers Use Electroconvulsive Therapy To Disrupt Recall of Nasty Events · · Score: 1

    You can't cure major depression with the right food and exercises. In severe cases the patient either undergoes some irreversible brain surgery like cingulotomy or commits suicide.

  18. Re:Misleading summary on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    So the solution isn't that simple.

    Maybe it is: Brake Assist, that works like you've described: analyzing rates pedal are being operated with, current vehicle speed, etc. I just wonder if BAS cuts off gas line in case of emergency braking.

  19. Re:Birth Control on Gates Foundation Plans To Invest $10B Into Vaccines · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Why are commies such prudes? on The Chinese Route To a Web Free of Porn · · Score: 1

    "There were even organizations such as the Junior Anti-Sex League, which advocated complete celibacy for both sexes. All children were to be begotten by artificial insemination (artsem, it was called in Newspeak) and brought up in public institutions. The Party was trying to kill the sex instinct, or, if it could not be killed, then to distort it and dirty it. He did not know why this was so, but it seemed natural that it should be so." George Orwell, 1984

  21. Nice solution! on The Chinese Route To a Web Free of Porn · · Score: 1

    To further lower fertility rate, I'd suggest redirecting every porn request to "2 girls 1 cup" video.

  22. Re:Apple... on Nokia Offers Glimpse of Symbian Facelift · · Score: 1

    He was replying to my earlier post mentioning all classes of devices, even specifically mentioning 20 Euro Nokia phones.

    He also alluded to a, well, peculiarity of the UI which is typical for all kinds of Symbian phones regardless of their price. It doesn't really matter in case of a 100-dollar-phone, but for smartphones it ruins the functionality.

    And it's no wonder your wife has difficulty using a phone that doesn't exist...I'd say it's almost a miracle she manages to make calls.

    Or was it N82? I've tried to memorize Nokia nomenclature, but stuck on 6120.

  23. Re:Apple... on Nokia Offers Glimpse of Symbian Facelift · · Score: 1

    'We will reduce the clutter and improve the input methods including multi-touch and single tap,' Kallasvuo told delegates. 'It should be just two taps to get to your favorite music or videos, rather than eight. We'll improve browser experience so that it's a quicker, flash improved, media experience with pinch-to-zoom and so on.'

    Are you sure he was talking about

    TRUE low-end

    or

    nearing $100 mark without contract

    devices? My wife's N87, though being 3G-phone equipped with GPS, is practically unusable for anything but basic calls, and the UI is the primary reason. Trying to push Symbian into smartphone market, instead of keeping it right where it belongs - as an OS for low-end cheap phones, is just a weird way to waste money.

  24. Looks like snows of yesteryear on Man Controls Cybernetic Hand With Thoughts · · Score: 1

    after Dean Kamen's "Luke Arm" project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0_mLumx-6Y

  25. Re:Geek funeral? on A Geek Funeral · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder how far these cryonic suspension companies have advanced in regards to the development of cryoprotectants

    Why not use Brawndo? It's got electrolytes!