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  1. And there's money involved... on Claimed Proof of Riemann Hypothesis · · Score: 1

    A $1,000,000 prize has been offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute for the first correct proof. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis

  2. Condolences on George Carlin Dead of Heart Failure · · Score: 1

    My condolences to his family. He was a funny man who was not afraid to say things as they are (we need more people like him). He shall be missed.

  3. Re:Will Apple have to raise salaries? on The Impact of Low Salaries At Apple · · Score: 1

    They should move to my town, Jackson, Wyoming. Where the average cost of a 3 bedroom house is $4 Million.

  4. Re:Will Apple have to raise salaries? on The Impact of Low Salaries At Apple · · Score: 2, Informative

    The iPhone HAS a removable SIM card and can be used on the GSM network. Have you ever bought an iPhone in Europe?

  5. Re:Going cheap may well be the sensible way... on The Truth About Last Year's Xbox 360 Recall · · Score: 1

    My bad

  6. Re:Ewwww... on Full Body Scanners Installed In 10 US Airports · · Score: 1

    Well, that shows how consistent they are regardless of all these stupid measures.

  7. Re:Going cheap may well be the sensible way... on The Truth About Last Year's Xbox 360 Recall · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about you guys maths (or Microsoft's for that matter) but typically when a company turns a profit it means it has covered all previous losses.

  8. Re:Pointless and stupid on 35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush · · Score: 1

    but to turn their guns on their own friends, family and countrymen? not gonna happen. Oh yes? It hasn't happened yet?
  9. Re:GIMMEH on HP Introduces First-Ever 30-bit, 1 Billion Color Display · · Score: 1

    All new generations cameras (since last year at least) take 14bit photos (12bit still possible through menu): Canon XTi, XSi, 40D, 5D MkII, etc I'm a semi-pro photographers and I'd love to get my hands on this monitor.

  10. Re:Too little too late... on 35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bullshit. If this country had more Kucinich it would be a much better place. Unfortunately idiots like you, and even the (what's left of) liberal press (Starting with Ed Schultz) denigrated him since the beginning preferring to spend time saying that he looks like a troll rather than what his views and accomplishments are. He never got a shot at presidency because people were too busy talking only about his looks. He would have made a great president, a honest and progressive one at least, trying to get the country out of the hole instead of burying it any further.

  11. Re:Too little too late... on 35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush · · Score: 1

    There's a difference between crime and misdemeanor.

  12. Re:Too little too late... on 35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush · · Score: 1

    I respectfully disagree. First, it's a matter of principle. Second (and most important) not impeaching would tell the future presidents that it's ok to behave like this. Third, and even more important, Bush pissed all over the Constitution that he swore to protect. Why everyone else in the society gets punished for crimes and he doesn't? I hope all the parents of those poor dead soldiers file a lawsuit against him after he gets out of office.

  13. Re:Trains, US? on Transportation Bill Sets Aside $45 Million For MagLev Train · · Score: 1

    I just got back from Japan, I bought a Rail Pass for $415 which gave me unlimited access to any train, including the Shinkansen network) for 14 days and it was awesome. Of course, having grown up in Europe (but living in the States), I'm used to trains but I was really missing train travel since in the US it's nearly inexistent (no trains within hundreds of miles range from my town).

  14. Re:Ewwww... on Full Body Scanners Installed In 10 US Airports · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how you got checked in without ID, but that was 2006 and this is 2008 and you won't get anywhere passed check-in desk without ID, much less past security. Try and come back and tell us. I fly nearly 40,000 actual miles every year.

  15. Re:Ewwww... on Full Body Scanners Installed In 10 US Airports · · Score: 1

    No you can't. Not in the United States.

  16. Re:Ewwww... on Full Body Scanners Installed In 10 US Airports · · Score: 1

    There is no such a thing as not showing ID. I'm a frequent flier with 260,000 miles in my account and my ID gets checked 3 times average: first time at check-in, 2nd time to enter security area, 3rd time to board the plane.

  17. Re:Young earth creationists on Bacteria Found Alive In Ice 120,000 Years Old · · Score: 1

    Wow! I can't believe I read it entirely, I usually skip these messages. I, too want to give another 3 million million dollars and double the sum. Please feel free to send me all your private information and as a sign of good faith I'll buy Slashdot new servers. To verify the authenticity of my claim, feel free to call my lawyer, his number is (900) 555-1234, that number will be activated right after your deposit.

  18. Paypal holding funds 21 days now? on Google Accidently Revealed As eBay Critic · · Score: 1

    This is traumatic. I'm already quite pi$$ed that every time I transfer money from my bank account to paypal it takes 3-5 business day for my founds to appear in my PP account even if the money is taken the very next day from my bank account (obviously they earn interest out of my money) and now they want to hold the sellers funds for 21 days? Outrageous! Why aren't there any decent laws in the US to protect consumers against greed corporations like this one? This stuff doesn't happen in the EU, I tell you that much. Follow the link for more info: http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa?threadID=1000710887&tstart=0&mod=1212270911461

  19. Re:Heh on Google Accidently Revealed As eBay Critic · · Score: 1

    I've been on ebay since 1997 as well. Yeah I remember those days. I used to sell a bit but I decided to be done with it after the whole bull$hit of the feedback (sellers cannot leave negative or neutral feedback to buyers, only positive, so what's the point? Buyers still can). Fees keep going up, PayPal claim of protection is never a protection toward the seller, they'll block your account for no reason... etc. For all I care ebay can go to hell.

  20. Everyone is mad at eBay on Google Accidently Revealed As eBay Critic · · Score: 1

    Big deal. I've been posting/reading regularly on the eBay forum and everyone is pi$$ed at eBay for Paypal, the feedback change, etc. So Google is pissed too... big deal, why shouldn't they be? Google has a goos payment system called Google Checkout that is more convenient than PayPal but eBay (owner of PayPal) won't allow its use. eBay (called GreedBay in the forums) is a monopoly and they're discussing even on stopping buyers from accepting money orders and checks making PayPal the only authorized funds handling system.

  21. Re:Extremophiles on Phoenix Mars Lander Deploys Robotic Arm, Possibly Finds Ice · · Score: 2, Funny
    "The scientists say that the handful of terrestrial halophiles"

    People who play too much on the Xbox?

  22. Re:Extremophiles on Phoenix Mars Lander Deploys Robotic Arm, Possibly Finds Ice · · Score: 1

    "Based on what we know about Earth" See, that's the problem. First of all we don't know everything about Earth, new species are found almost on a daily basis. Second, when did Earth become model for the universe? It would be more appropriate to say "we are looking for Earth-like life"

  23. Re:Extremophiles on Phoenix Mars Lander Deploys Robotic Arm, Possibly Finds Ice · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Exactly! When are we going to get rid of this narrow minded, human-mind driven beliefs that life has to look and act like what we know to consider it life? Just a few weeks ago scientist found another life form here on Earth living at more extremely high temperatures than ever before. Who knows what's out there...

  24. Re:Could be, could not be... on Phoenix Mars Lander Deploys Robotic Arm, Possibly Finds Ice · · Score: 5, Funny

    If that was oil the US would plan a manned mission for next year. They'd send the marines claiming that the Martians were hiding weapons of mass destruction.

  25. Re:How is this news? on Phoenix Mars Lander Deploys Robotic Arm, Possibly Finds Ice · · Score: 2, Funny

    Without counting the fact that the Rovers don't have all the sensors necessary to perform the analysis that the Phoenix is doing, and they can't dig either. For the They just... rove :) For the most part they are digital cameras with wheels.