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  1. Re:Nice to get this from slashdot on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Ah, I see. I missed the reference. Thanks for that. I still think that "almost entirely unlike X" makes more sense, because "almost" and "entirely" are both necessary here, but "almost" and "not quite" are redundant. However, now that I know it's a reference to Hitchhikers, that point is moot :-P

  2. Re:Nice to get this from slashdot on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Doesn't "almost" imply "not entirely"? Just sayin... :-P

  3. Re:Not only graphics on How the PC Is Making Consoles Look Out of Date · · Score: 1

    Spend on the video card and the box will perform well throughout a typical consoles lifetime (this generation is odd as seen in TFA).

    Maybe, but you'll end up paying a lot more for a high end video card than you will for an entire game console (or two).

  4. Re:Not only graphics on How the PC Is Making Consoles Look Out of Date · · Score: 1

    For the common layman like me, a midrange quad core with a midrange video card is all I need.

    Maybe so, but how much you wanna bet your "midrange quad core" and "midrange video card" cost more than my XBOX 360 Elite?

  5. Re:Prove your statement on Can For-Profit Tech Colleges Be Trusted? · · Score: 1

    Albert Einstein was a man. He was smarter than most of the women I have met. Therefore, women are seldom as smart as men?

  6. Re:Useless on Frictionless Superfluid Found In Neutron Star Core · · Score: 1

    It is possible though for a gram (a unit of measure for mass) to weigh a few million pounds, if the "pounds" you are talking about is "pound force", not "pound mass" (an ambiguity in the Imperial system). All you would need to do is get the 1 gram mass to a place with extreme enough gravity (about 1.33e10 m/s^2.

  7. Re:Grammar fail :( on Chess Games Translated To Music · · Score: 1
  8. Re:How about this.. on Chess Games Translated To Music · · Score: 1

    I highly doubt you would find anything that worked. Here's just a few things that would narrow down the list quite dramatically: First, there would have to be an even number of notes in the song, which wouldn't be that hard to find, but it eliminates about half of all songs. Second, the entire song would have to be played without any sharps/flats (black keys) except B flat/A sharp (though that could probably be obtained from many songs by transposing). Third, there could be exactly one "rest" (no note played) and it would have to appear at the very end of the song. Fourth, the song would have to consist entirely of 16th, 8th, quarter, and half notes. Fifth, the song would have to be entirely in a single octave, with the exception that notes in the next highest octave would be permitted if preceded by an identical note in the lower octave.

    And these don't even incorporate the rules of chess... every two notes would have to correspond to a valid chess move.

  9. Re:Ham sandwich??? on Erdos' Combinatorial Geometry Problem Solved · · Score: 1

    Actually "Nothing is better than eternal happiness" is a way of saying "Eternal happiness is at least as good as anything else". It doesn't have to be better.

    BUSTED! IN YOUR FACE!

  10. Re:Let me know on Researchers Create Computer That Fits On a Pen Tip · · Score: 1

    I could [...] see clearly under water and through moderately unfocused binoculars.

    I'm fairly certain that that has nothing to do with the quality of your vision, and I suspect that you are either lying or have memories of better sight than you actually had. If you could see a focused picture through "moderately unfocused binoculars", then the binocular's weren't unfocused in the first place. The eyes don't magically focus unfocused light that enters them. The light that enters them has to have some focus to it in the first place.

  11. Re:Hey, I've got an idea. on Sonar Keyboard Logs You Out To Protect Your Data · · Score: 1

    Or, even better, use a script on startup that checks every x minutes to see if a folder exists on the desktop, and if not, create it. That way they can keep deleting the folder, but it will keep coming back. AutoHotKey can even be used to simulate your "Optional" step. I have an AutoHotKey script that moves my mouse a single pixel every minute to keep my (password protected) screensaver from coming on whenever I'm at my computer but not actively using it.

  12. Re:What's the use on Apple To Unveil Light Peak, New MacBook Pros This Week? · · Score: 3, Informative

    DisplayPort

    Bandwidth - 1.62, 2.7, or 5.4 Gbit/s data rate per lane; 1, 2, or 4 lanes; (effective total 5.184, 8.64, or 17.28 Gbit/s for 4-lane link); 1 Mbit/s or 720 Mbit/s for the auxiliary channel.

    Light Peak

    Bandwidth - 10 Gbit/s (demonstrated), 100 Gbit/s (claimed by 2020)

  13. Multiple Logins on Chrome May Drop the URL Bar · · Score: 2

    Allowing multiple logins on different tabs is kinda useless now that they already have this.

  14. Re:Minimum price? on Apple eBook Rules Changing For Sellers · · Score: 1

    No it isn't! 0 is 312% of 0, so how could it be 30%?

  15. Re:it's still Toyota's problem on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 1

    Automobiles cause deaths significantly more often than tricycles (this is the case, right?), it doesn't matter what the cause is - it's a design fault. Period.

  16. Re:it's still Toyota's problem on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 1

    Automobiles cause significantly more deaths than children's tricycles... is THAT a design fault?

  17. Re:Everything old is new again on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 1

    the car came to a stop before any damage was done

    He's not calling you an idiot, moron, or a douchebag. You were able to control your vehicle, unlike many others.

  18. Re:Arbor Networks on Firewalls Make DDoS Attacks Worse · · Score: 1

    or Mark... I just saw the Social Network :)

  19. Re:Of course tools die... on Do Tools Ever 'Die?' · · Score: 1

    I think the fact that they were eating (with or without a fork) when they stepped on your torch is irrelevant. Unless they were eating something heavy enough to make a significant difference in the impact their foot made on said torch...

  20. Re:Here is how cheating is discovered on Xbox Live Labels Autistic Boy "Cheater" · · Score: 1

    And labeling people as "autistic" at all is as insensitive as calling someone who is mentally retarded a "retard". They are not "autistic," they just "have autism."

  21. Re:Get the toy then get permission to fly it? on Honeywell To Sell Miami-Dade Police a Surveillance Drone · · Score: 1

    I "finalized a deal" on my house when it was sold to me a year ago, but I still wasn't 100% guaranteed that I'd pay for it or move in... they had to finish building it first.

  22. Re:time for this to figure in CSI:M?? on Honeywell To Sell Miami-Dade Police a Surveillance Drone · · Score: 1

    (offer void in any jurisdiction using US Dollars as currency or funds convertible to same)

    So you accept Monopoly money?

  23. Re:Get the toy then get permission to fly it? on Honeywell To Sell Miami-Dade Police a Surveillance Drone · · Score: 1

    Honeywell To Sell Miami-Dade Police a Surveillance Drone, i.e., they haven't sold it yet.

  24. Re:40 minutes on Honeywell To Sell Miami-Dade Police a Surveillance Drone · · Score: 1

    ...in a vacuum

  25. Re:Sure, just remember the gorilla arm on Will Touch Screens Kill the Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    As far as the game example goes, you wouldn't have to KEEP looking away... you would eventually remember where the buttons are. But it would help with LEARNING a new game. You wouldn't have to memorize a list of keyboard commands. The keyboard would have what each key does actually displayed on the keys.