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  1. Re:Try Express PCB on Circuit Board Design For a Small Startup? · · Score: 1

    Instead I just post the idea to slashdot so the world will have it for free; prior art.

    Shampoo?

  2. Re:[citation needed] on Apollo 14 Moonwalker Claims Aliens Exist · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mitchell#Other_interests

    Citing Wikipedia as a source? Tsk tsk.

    The article lists the following interview as the reference for the claim that Mitchell performed ESP experiments: http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/5/esp.php

  3. Re:When I was young... on Guide to DIY Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there is technology that can make it easier than that, these days. I have a tone generator/amplifier probe kit for testing and locating cables. You connect the tone generator to the cable you want to test, then move the hand-held probe over the cable. If everything is working properly, the probe will pick up the tone and let you hear it on the built-in speaker.

    As an experiment, I tried using the probe by itself on my phone box while a friend was using my phone. I could hear the conversation perfectly through the probe. Mind you, I didn't open the box, I just held the probe near it. With a set of headphones, this thing would be a very quick, convenient, and easy-to-use phone tap. Hypothetically, of course.
  4. Re:The secret ingredient... on Google Opens Up (Some) Search Algorithms · · Score: 1

    Actually, Google doesn't return more than 1,000 results for any search query. Try it: http://www.google.com/search?q=the&start=991

  5. The secret ingredient... on Google Opens Up (Some) Search Algorithms · · Score: 5, Funny

    // Disclosed code snippet from
    // Google search algorithm

    for (int i=0; i <= numResults; i++)
    {
        if (results[i].good)
        {
            show(results[i]);
        }
    }

    // ...

  6. Re:C.S. Lewis came to this conclusion years ago. on Vatican Says Alien Life Plausible · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Let's think about this a little more. Are the animals of Earth descendants of Adam? Can animals be saved by Jesus' blood? Do animals have another "way to salvation"?

    Why assume that extra-terrestrial creatures would be any different than Earth animals in this regard? Even if an alien race existed that was "special" in the same way you believe humans to be special, that would not necessarily mean that the aliens would have their own original sin.

  7. Re:2GB of RAM??? on A Peek at AT&T's New Browser, Pogo · · Score: 1

    32-bit versions of Windows can only utilize up to 3 GB of RAM, since the OS reserves about 1 GB of address space for other stuff. 64-bit versions can support much more. Even so, that doesn't mean that all three gigabytes of memory on a 32-bit system are going to be used simultaneously.

  8. Re:Microsoft did this. on Toyota Unveils Violin-Playing Robot · · Score: 1

    It's not the same thing, but you reminded me of this website.

  9. Re:the secret on Explaining the Special Effects Behind Transformers · · Score: 1

    Strictly speaking, "special effects" usually refers to mechanical devices designed for a scene. An explosion or vehicle collision are both examples of special effects (as long as they actually happen, and are caught on film).

    Visual effects, on the other hand, are added during the editing process (most commonly with computers, nowadays), and include things like lightsabers, talking animals, and vehicles that morph into giant alien robots.

  10. Re:Light is particles... on Matter Discovered Traveling at Near Light Speed · · Score: 1

    yes, light is particles, called photons. ... and they always move at the speed of light too. Light always moves at the speed of light in the same way that my car always moves at the speed of my car. However fast my car is going, that's its speed. A common misconception is that light always travels at a particular speed: the constant c (roughly 300,000,000 m/s). The truth is that the speed of light varies depending upon the medium through which it is traveling. c is the constant for the speed of light in a vacuum. Light can be slowed down, stopped, or maybe even sped up (in light of recent experiments [no pun intended]) by sending it through different media.
  11. What luck! on Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer · · Score: 1

    00000000000000000000000000000001

    Now all I have to do is catch some rich guy pointing at someone, then sue him for distributing my copyrighted number.