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  1. Re:Mars? on Charles Darwin's Best-Kept Secret · · Score: 1

    We can't even terraform Earth right. What makes anyone believe that an oxygen-less place like Mars is going to just suddenly sprout weeds? Unless you can turn rust into Miracle-Gro, you're pretty borked.

    Oxygen-less? Last time I checked the atmosphere of mars Was primarily composed of CO2. In fact it says it on this wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Mars#Carbon_dioxide.

  2. Re:They did what? on Microsoft Unveils New Xbox 360 Wireless Controller · · Score: 1

    I thinks that it's a ploy to force people to buy more controllers I mean most developers work around the crappiness of the D-Pad. I haven't ever played a game that uses the D-Pad in such a way that you need all that accurate controls with it. Now Microsoft will probably start trying to make developers use the D-Pad more and you'll have to buy this controller is you want the best experience. Oh Yeah and WTF Gray buttons?

  3. Re:Oh no, they never saw the film! on Resort Attracts Men With Virtual Girlfriends · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I knew I should have shown them electroganeria the noisy killer.

  4. Re:THEN THIS IS GOOD NEWS !! on Kepler Spacecraft Finds System With Multiple Planets Transiting the Star · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But How Can I Profit From It?

    That's an easy one
    1. Find a Solar system with multiple planets transiting the star.
    2. ???
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

  5. Re:Good Example: GTA4 on Tensions Rise Between Gamers and Game Companies Over DRM · · Score: 1

    the XBOX and XBOX360 are already basically x86 PCs running Windows 2000

    The original Xbox was an x86 box however the 360 has gone the way of more traditional consoles with a PPC architecture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon_(processor)

  6. Re:a couple grand? on Google Patches 10 Chrome Bugs, Pays Out $10K · · Score: 1

    Yes but I would still hold my point that Google has a lot of leeway when it comes to raising the bounty before that becomes an issue.

  7. Re:a couple grand? on Google Patches 10 Chrome Bugs, Pays Out $10K · · Score: 1

    I don't think that would be to much of a problem at Google. I mean I doubt many Google employees (certainly not coders) make less than 6 figures and probably with an amazing retirement plan as well. I wouldn't risk a job at Google for anything less than 7 figures.

  8. Re:Sounds Easy on Portal On the Booklist At Wabash College · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The cake is a lie!!!

  9. Seriously... on Military Personnel Weigh In On Being Taliban In Medal of Honor · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why do these people continue to try to make controversy around games. They're just going to make the game more popular. I remember the first time I heard about GTA was on the news about the controversy surrounding it and I remember thinking wow that game sounds really cool. If they don't like the game and don't want people to buy/play the game they should shut their mouth. Doing things in games that you can't do in reality is just part of what makes them fun.

  10. Re:Flawed conclusion on Stats Show iPhone Owners Get More Sex · · Score: 1

    So you're saying that Women say they have a lot of sexual partners because they're concerned with their image?

  11. Re:That would be amazing... I mean really... on Skype Files For IPO · · Score: 1

    I guess I should have done a little research before posting.

  12. Re:Why? on Skype Files For IPO · · Score: 1

    They could come out with a Skype cell phone that would make calls over 3G Edge ect. eliminating the need to buy a phone line for your phone and potentially saving you money. Don't get me wrong I don't think they will/could do this (or if they did I don't see it being too successful) but this is the only way I see any possibility of growth.

  13. Re:Renaming towns on TorrentReactor Reportedly Buys, Renames a Russian Town · · Score: 1

    Why not rename Bum Fucking Egypt... well I guess it can stay the same too.

  14. Re:There is also a correlation on Tracking the Harm Games Do · · Score: 1

    I think that you're looking at that backwards illegal immigration, global warming and the number of natural disasters are causing our society to create and play video games. People video games are not the answer to your problems why don't you try something more constructive like drugs or alcohol.

  15. Re:Putting things in perspective on Verizon Changing Users Router Passwords · · Score: 1

    What's worse is that he knew what a port is (and what it did). Therefore he's at least somewhat knowledgeable about these things and yet he still chose to leave his password insecure. In spite of this criticism I feel odd not answering his actual question so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers ctrl+F then type 4567

  16. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on Thermoelectrics Could Let You Feel the Heat In Games · · Score: 1

    I don't see what the big deal is the 360 has had this feature since it was released.

  17. Re:yes, please. on Al Franken's Warning On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why people always look at politics as if either the republicans are right or the democrats are right when more often than not they're both are wrong. Here's your solution start an organization to boycott ISPs that don't support net neutrality. Yes I understand that some areas only have one ISP, that doesn't matter as long as you can get enough people in other areas to leverage them into being neutral for all. problem solved, next question.

  18. Re:Handbrake on Encoding Video For Mobile Devices? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not If you use 0.9.3 it supports xvid as well. At any rate Gordian Knot is a bit better than handbrake though slightly more complicated to use. http://sourceforge.net/projects/gordianknot/

  19. 9:25 on Spore-Inspired Action RPG Darkspore Announced · · Score: 0

    The live Demo starts at 9:25 not 8:25. Needs to be fixed.

  20. Re:Before and after work on Twitter Says Americans Are Happier In the Morning · · Score: 0

    Work? Most Americans are unemployed, more like still asleep. Now give his grant money to me!!!

  21. Re:Thank God. on 3M Says Its Multi-Touch System Means Almost No Lag · · Score: 0

    I think that there could be some use for 20 finger multi-touch. When I read it it made me think of the R.U.S.E trailer. Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohNzHWL7FI.

  22. Re:Me fail logic? That's purple! on The Chicken May Have Come Before the Egg · · Score: 0

    Obviously this proves that we (the religious nuts) have been correct the hole time. God made the chicken so that it could make the protein ovocledidin-17 which acts as a molecular machine binding the calcite which forms the egg. We've been saying exactly that for centuries if you'd just listened to reason you'd know that,

  23. End of an Era? on Willow Garage Robot Fetches Beer, Engineers Rejoice · · Score: 0

    If this continues both bums and fake IDs will Become Obsolete.

  24. Re:Is Grove running for office? on Intel Co-Founder Calls For Tax On Offshored Labor · · Score: 0

    But come to think of it fine was a poor word choice on my part it's more like a license in this case.

  25. Re:Is Grove running for office? on Intel Co-Founder Calls For Tax On Offshored Labor · · Score: 0

    The difference is that fines aren't added to our tax code.