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  1. Do you mean literal "literally," or metaphorical "literally?"

  2. Re:Not a great use of AI on A Robot Has Figured Out How To Use Tools (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 0

    But if we teach it to use the slide rule, we'll have an analog AI.

  3. Chapeau bas!

  4. Re:Wow. So Hillary is the entire DoD??? on Wikileaks Co-founder Julian Assange Arrested in London (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    It's cute that you think these procedures matter.

  5. Re: Rick And Morty on A=A on Man Caught Wearing Earbuds With a Dead Phone Found Guilty of Distracted Driving (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 0

    Fun fact: being deaf isn't distracting, being fed arbitrary noise, is.

  6. That's some wicked definition of "free"! on New App Gives Free Movie Tickets To People Who Watch 15 Minutes of Ads (indiewire.com) · · Score: 0

    15 minutes watching ads actually costs me more than buying a ticket...

  7. Re:Thing is... on Why Bigger Planes Mean Cramped Quarters (popsci.com) · · Score: 0

    actual costs of operating an airline just keep rising

    Or maybe the value of money is decreasing? Also, let's abandon this security theater with TSA and whatnot, which is money wasted (no effectiveness WHATSOEVER).

  8. Re:Time for a special project on NASA Again Delays Launch of Troubled Webb Telescope (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Yeah, yeah, let's all rather finance the export of democracy to some new country.

  9. Your avatar would be free to move.

  10. Re:Makes no sense on Your Love of Your Old Smartphone Is a Problem for Apple and Samsung (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    Death to the 1-X robots!

    z-Z-z-Z-z-Z-z-Z-z-Z!

    I love those magnificent 1-X robots!

  11. Oblig. on French Government IT Directorate Supports ODF, Rejects OOXML · · Score: 0
  12. Changing Markets on China's Stock Crash: $3.5 Trillion Wiped Out, $2.6 Trillion Frozen · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile the Chinese are switching back to BTC, leading the bull run in that market.

  13. Re:lettice under LED grow lights? on Philips Is Revolutionizing Urban Farming With New GrowWise Indoor Farm · · Score: 0

    This is why you should never, EVER rely upon Wikipedia, people.

    [...] in STRONG WHITE light [...]

    This is why you should read more carefully.

  14. Re:Sigh.. on New Paper Claims Neutrino Is Likely a Faster-Than-Light Particle · · Score: 2, Interesting

    it can't break the speed limit of light

    I would say that you misread Einstein, Dr. Powell. May I call you Mark? You see Mark, what Einstein actually said was that nothing can accelerate to the speed of light because its mass would become infinite. Einstein said nothing about entities already traveling at the speed of light or faster.

  15. Re:Red Dwarf question on How Astronomers Will Take the "Image of the Century": a Black Hole · · Score: -1

    Hell, even the sun is black!

  16. Re:They WILL FIght Back on Rooftop Solar Could Reach Price Parity In the US By 2016 · · Score: 0

    Land use is only one aspect of environmental impact.

    A good example: the Dutch claiming new land after removing water from it with... WIND POWER.

  17. Re:They WILL FIght Back on Rooftop Solar Could Reach Price Parity In the US By 2016 · · Score: 0

    I'll repeat: Wind power is a joke.

    OK, be a five year old and go on repeating it. You may especially want to repeat it to the XV century Dutch people!

  18. Re:They WILL FIght Back on Rooftop Solar Could Reach Price Parity In the US By 2016 · · Score: -1

    they were stirring up that much dust and dirt

    <morbo>Windmills don't work that way!</morbo>

    YOU are a joke

  19. Re:Effects on Martian atmosphere on Orbiters Study Effect of Giant Comet-Caused Meteor Shower On Mars · · Score: 0

    If you start manipulating the comet's orbit early enough (say around the orbit of Saturn), it's more cost-effective. You can add some slingshot (braking) maneouvers far enough from Earth and with an Olympus Mons of luck you could land an ocean on Mars.

  20. Re:Nothing? on Mathematical Proof That the Universe Could Come From Nothing · · Score: 0
  21. Re:There's a clue shortage on The Great IT Hiring He-Said / She-Said · · Score: 0

    But companies hiring based on this metric want to hear that you were administering 200+, 500+, whatever number of servers on a daily basis.

    Is having an eye on 13.5 thousand machines OK? I manage that many*, but I made some tools for that.

    * Several bitcoin mints.

  22. Re:makes snese to me (sic) on The Great IT Hiring He-Said / She-Said · · Score: 0

    It's actually additive manufacturing, not polishing.

  23. I've raised above ranks of people that were much better technically than I was, but were afraid to stand up and give even a small presentation in front of a group of 10 people, or even their peers.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...

  24. Re:Unless the plant is surrounded in a glass dome. on France Investigating Mysterious Drone Activity Over 7 Nuclear Power Plant Sites · · Score: 0

    There are norms that dictate required redundancy for a given purpose. Where I live, the norms require 6-fold redundancy where human health or life is at stake (e.g. lifts). I'm convinced there is no "just long|strong enough" anywhere in construction.

  25. Re:Nonsense. Again. on Black Swan Author: Genetically Modified Organisms Risk Global Ruin · · Score: 0

    There's nothing wrong with thalidomide as long as it's properly used/avoided. The directions and counterindications are clearly listed. Now, GMO food... is a horse of a different colour.