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  1. Re:This is a very interesting experiment on Winged Robots Hint At the Origins of Flight · · Score: 2

    It also has the side benefit that it can potentially help us make better robots.

  2. Already been done on A Game of Thrones RTS Game Released, RPG On the Way · · Score: 3, Funny

    The other one looks better.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftnySHVnF0

  3. Re:Methodology counts in all amounts on Top 1% of iOS Game Developers Make a Third of All Revenue · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... maybe the top 1% of game developers will pony it up money for a better study.

  4. Re:Why is there still microwave oven interference? on Wi-Fi Cards Can Now Detect Microwave Ovens · · Score: 2

    I don't have much experience with this kind of thing but from what I can extrapolate from this wikihow article it's just that some microwaves are poorly designed or are old.

  5. Re:When Mitt Romney asks, "Why punish success?"... on Feds Call Full-Tilt Poker a 'Global Ponzi Scheme' · · Score: 1

    Ok then the people inheriting it, winning it or stealing it will go to some other country problem solved.

  6. Re:So what does this actually do? on Google Wallet Launches With $10 Credit · · Score: 1

    About all it seems to do is enable Google to watch what I purchase. Sorry, I'm going to need something of benefit to me first.

    Yeah but the average Joe doesn't know that and if he did he probably wouldn't care. Soon enough Google will get enough ignorant or apathetic Joes so that most Cashiers will want to support it and bam it'll be convenient for you. Then the only other downside will be its hard to buy hookers with Google Wallet.

  7. Re:Got my vote on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 0

    It's like being glad that your shit sandwich now has a different kind of bread.

    You should have saved that metaphor for comparing Obama and Bush.

  8. Re:It's no long-term problem. on The Rise of Robotic Labor · · Score: 1

    Hmm... you really think that food the energy humans run on plus living quarters for humans will be cheaper than oil and cheap energy? What surprises me is that /. of all places is putting a negative spin on this story. If we could make our economy run mostly on robots then we could do away with our current slightly flawed systems of economic distribution (Capitalism, Socialism, ext).

  9. Re:4K? on HD Transfer of Star Trek: TNG To Arrive This Year · · Score: 0

    hmm...If I had a 2K monitor...then I could place two documents next to each other and see all the content side by side

    You can already examine 2 documents side by side well on a 1080p screen hence the new feature Windows 7 that lets you maximize to half the screen. With a 2k monitor you should be able to easily see 4 documents side by side given that you have enough screen real estate.

    ...and 4K is 4096 wide, so you are not getting 16 HD images...just 4.

    4k is considered 4000 vertical pixels not horizontal pixels so you could get a "4k" image with 4 projectors or monitors but not with an overall 16:9 aspect ratio.

  10. Re:4K? on HD Transfer of Star Trek: TNG To Arrive This Year · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    First of all 4k is HD it's just higher than 1080p. Second of all were not at the end of the "HD(1080p) era". Have you ever really looked into buying a 4k setup the cheapest way to do it is to buy 16 1080p projectors. Then you're going to need to to buy a hell of a computer with at least 4 (more likely 8) extremely high end graphics cards and dual i7s. After all that the only real media that will effectively use that resolution are games (and I'm not even sure about games). 4K (or 2k really) is no where near mainstream yet nor is it needed until we start covering the walls of our homes with screens.

  11. Re:short answer: you don't, go for slow, silent fa on Ask Slashdot: Passively Cooled Hardware For Game Emulation? · · Score: 1

    Both of your solutions are a bit overkill you could have just adjusted the Speed Step/Cool'n'Quiet settings in the Windows power management menu. You loose a bit of performance by doing this but the Mid-2011 Mac Mini should still be able to use dolphin even after lowering it quite a bit (though you may have to lower your settings some).

  12. Re: optical drive on Building 2011's Sub-$200 Computer · · Score: 1

    It's because they want to distribute software to you with an optical drive. It's not that big a deal in the Desktop space (its just so they can rip you off an extra $50). The real problem with it is in the laptop market you could fit an extra 2-hours+ of battery life in the space or a descent discrete graphics card or even a more robust cooling system that could add years of life to your laptop. It's ridiculous that you can't even find a 14-inch or larger laptop without a optical drive.

  13. In Coming... on Mario Gets a Portal Gun In New Indie Game · · Score: 1

    Cease and Desist Letter in 3... 2... 1...

  14. Re:There will be a time... on Can Google Save Us From Slow Internet · · Score: 1

    I don't currently use a VPN. But if you wanted privacy and the only place you could get fast internet was Google you could VPN to a web-server that doesn't use Google internet the location of the web-server doesn't matter. This is assuming that Google doesn't take measures to stop you from using a VPN.

  15. Re:There will be a time... on Can Google Save Us From Slow Internet · · Score: 2

    If they gave me fast affordable internet speeds then I could hopefully get my own privacy with a nice affordable VPN.

  16. Re:It will be... on Estimated Transfer Time Is No More In Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    No it will be about 10 seconds.

  17. Re:Talk about a good reason for biodiversity on Origins of Lager Found In Argentina · · Score: 2

    As a Beer drinker myself I resent the fact that you think we don't appreciate biodiversity. Beer has been helping people increase the biodiversity of their offspring for centuries. It's come close to helping me increase mine at least a couple times.

  18. Re:God Particle on No Higgs Just Yet · · Score: 1

    Okay now we're just debating semantics. When you say faith you mean "religious belief system" religions can change too (usually not as easily). I'm merely pointing out the silliness of people who think they're so much better because their answer requires less faith. You still believe what people tell you to believe.

  19. Re:God Particle on No Higgs Just Yet · · Score: 1

    What kind of "faith" exposes itself to falsification through experimentation? What kind of "faith" in an entity has all of its greatest practitioners carving out all the places where we can be sure it doesn't exist, and prepared to face the potential truth that it simply doesn't at all? What kind of "faith" is based on making educated guesses at first, but ultimately wanting to know one way or another, of demanding evidence?

    One that has no problem changing its beliefs? If you take someone else's word for something its faith so unless you understand why they are saying this is not the Boson they're looking for and how they got the evidence to come to that conclusion its faith for you.

  20. Re:Why? on Anonymous Breaches Another US Defense Contractor · · Score: 1

    I've been trying to get this point across for a while on now /. so let me take another crack at it. People need to understand that just because their beliefs aren't founded religion doesn't inherently make their beliefs better/worse or even more/less crazy than those founded in religion. Look at Nazism it was founded in some of the best science of the time. Personally I'm an atheist but that doesn't mean I don't need to completely understand then carefully consider what I believe in. The truth is it's much easier to believe in what someone tells you to believe in rather than to figure out this world for yourself. This is what allows religion (Republicans) and Democrats to get away with everything they get away with. It's also what makes seemingly intelligent people do crazy things.

  21. Re:2 analog sticks on PS Vita Specs Announced · · Score: 1

    This is the article I found it might be for the games but I'm pretty sure it's the new memory.

  22. Re:2 analog sticks on PS Vita Specs Announced · · Score: 1

    The most important spec for me is that they dropped Pro Duo support in favor of a new proprietary format. Which is bullshit it's the same memory with a slightly different plastic molding (and probably slightly different pinning). Maybe they'll come out with one of these in PSVita sooner rather than later.

  23. Re:But will it be fun... on PS Vita Specs Announced · · Score: 1

    I've had both a PSP and a DS since they came out I've played every major game since their release. The PSP's library is much better than the DS's though still not that impressive. Hopefully the Vita will be better.

  24. Re:c is the limit on Car Makers Explore EEG Headrests · · Score: 0

    That's just some bureaucratic bullshit they made up.

  25. Re:Oh good, let's have a debate on Wikipedia May Censor Images · · Score: 1

    It's okay I bet the Hovering Chinese Guys are already working on fixing any fake information.