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  1. Re:Most food we eat is genetically modified on Judge Rejects Approval of Engineered Sugar Beets · · Score: 1

    Your post is emblematic of a certain level of knowledge about evolution. You should read up on Punctuated Equilibrium:
    Punctuated Equilibrium

  2. New Pejorative "Dutch Artifact" on Treasured "Moon Rock" Is Petrified Wood · · Score: 2, Funny
    This reminded me of the whole Anglo-Dutch Wars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Dutch_Wars debacle that spawned so many great pejoratives such as:
  3. Here is a collection of arguably better Java apps on Simple, Portable Physics Simulations · · Score: 0
  4. Re:Just what we need on Airborne Laser Successfully Tracks, Hits Missile · · Score: 0

    Changing the output frequency of a giant high energy chemical laser is extremely tricky. Frequency doubling demands a very pure coherence to get good efficiency, and even then "good" in this context means above 50% power converted to the new frequency. With a weapons laser, you're going to have a hell of a cooling problem in the converting medium. Then again, if reflective anti-laser coatings become common, it shouldn't be too difficult to add on a free electron laser system to burn off the mirror layer before the main beam strikes. A free electron laser can change operating frequencies trivially, just by adjusting its internal magnetic field.

    It's a chemical laser but in solid, not gaseous, form. Put simply, in deference to you, Kent, it's like lasing a stick of dynamite. As soon as we apply a field, we couple to a state, it is radiatively coupled to the ground state. I figure we can extract at least ten to the twenty-first photons per cubic centimeter which will give one kilojoule per cubic centimeter at 600 nanometers, or, one megajoule per liter.

  5. Software or Hardware? on RAID Trust Issues — Windows Or a Cheap Controller? · · Score: 0

    I'd trust a true hardware RAID controller from a reputable manufacturer. I would never trust a software RAID via Windows, OS X, ATTO, etc. More evidence, less anecdotes from techies that probably don't have real world experience. imo.

  6. The sky is falling! on Why RAID 5 Stops Working In 2009 · · Score: 0

    Nothing to see here. Move along.

  7. Re:I just ordered one!! on Run Mac OS X On Non-Apple Hardware, With a Dongle · · Score: 0

    Garageband is extremely simple software. Logic Pro and Express started out as Creator, which was a competitor to Cubase (and influenced by Pro-24) which has been on PC, Mac and Atari platforms. Pro Tools was influenced by Cubase and other protosequencers, seeing as Cubase was based upon Pro-24. Logic, Garageband, Reason, Digital Performer, etc. all are influenced by Cubase. Cubase was the first sequencer that got it right. In the audio industry, Logic is considered to be the most advanced of the bunch. YMMV. There is this air about Pro Tools also. It seems to be due to certain people's unfamiliarity with technology, IMO.

  8. Re:How is this news? on Dual Boot Not Trusted, Rejected By Vista SP1 · · Score: 0

    Mod this Insightful.

  9. Re:Apple on Negroponte Says Windows 'Runs Well' On XO Laptop · · Score: 0

    Very insightful. You hit the nail right on the head. Best observation in the thread.

  10. Re:Well played Mr. Gates, well played. on Bill Gates's Wish Is Homeland Security's Command · · Score: 0

    There will be no proof, that's how insidious it is. Or maybe it's not insidious at all? Maybe it is another facet of globalization?

  11. And then there were N..... on Microsoft Sets Three Week Deadline for Yahoo! In Public Letter · · Score: 0

    Two companies scrambling to maintain relevance, control and faltering business models in a world of open-source, choice and convergence...In my opinion, this proposed merger will not be good for the general public.

  12. Huh? on Possibility of Life On Mars Looking More Remote · · Score: 0

    Well, this sounds a bit ridiculous. Aren't there countless species in our oceans on the earth? *Searches Google* http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_creatures_live_in_the_ocean "Question: How many creatures live in the ocean? Answer: That question has no answer, they discover new species all the time in the ocean. We know more about space than we do about our oceans." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_biology "A large amount of all life on Earth exists in the oceans. Exactly how large the proportion is still unknown. While the oceans comprise about 71% of the Earth's surface, due to their depth they encompass about 300 times the habitable volume of the terrestrial habitats on Earth." It appears we know more about Outer Space than we do about the Oceans. This salinity sticking point sounds like BS to me. /2cents

  13. On Games? on Blade Runner's Influence on Videogames · · Score: 0

    Heck - Blade Runner's influence on Photoshop!

  14. Re:Crossbow: The Best Defense is a Good Offense on Boeing 12,000lb Chemical Laser Set to Fry Targets · · Score: 0

    Favorite movie of mine. I like all the Caltech references. Apparently there really was a guy like Lazlo at Caltech that lived in the tunnels. Who knew?? http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~erich/real_genius_refs.html http://eternal-mysteries.org/LegendOfLazlo.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XseSQeN3QuY

  15. Re:Just like last time... on Facebook Caves To Privacy Protests Over Beacon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mod this +5 Insightful.

  16. Hmm... on Microsoft Wants To Give You A Rorschach · · Score: 0

    "Get out of my mind!" I think that the association data is much more valuable, or at least informative, than the utility of the particular password scheme they are touting. I wonder to what extent they will implement this? One to watch, IMO.

  17. Re:PDF is nice, but Acrobat ain't on PDF Is Now ISO 32000 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now calm down everyone. Someone put a buffer between this guy and these companies before someone gets hurt!

  18. Britooine on British Village Requests Removal From GPS Maps · · Score: 2, Funny

    These aren't the roads you're looking for.

  19. Re:This was the 80s on The First 100 Dot Coms Ever Registered · · Score: 0

    I had a Delphi shell account in 1990. I was the first kid on my block actually. At that point, email between BBSs was sort of haphazard and the Shell account was über. I remember the good old days of GOPHER, WAIS, FTP access to MTV where Adam Curry would upload files himself and trying to see what was at the VAX at McMurdo in Antarctica. The Good Ole' Days. /sigh

  20. Re:You must be an officer of the law... on Facebook Beacon Privacy Issues Worse Than Previously Thought? · · Score: 0
  21. I thought it said... on Governments Prepare for Cyber Cold War · · Score: 0

    "In the McAfee report, Johannes Ullrich, chief technology officer for research organization the Sans Internet Porn Center, said that most countries ***k each other regardless of any supposed allegiances. Alan Paller, director of research at security training organization the Sans Institute, concurred. "All nations are doing it to each other. I don't know of any country not doing it," he said.
    for a sec, then I RTFA.
    -OR-
    There, fixed that for you. :)
  22. Re:Prior restraint and pamphleteering on NJ Blogger Fights for Anonymous Free Speech · · Score: 0

    Things may be different in china and stockholm.

    Let's hope that there is no ironic twist of fate and said, unnamed, anonymous blogger doesn't suddenly develop a syndrome and come to identify with their persecutors and their 'cause'. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
  23. Re:Money! on States Claim There is No Match for Microsoft · · Score: 0

    In terms of market penetration. I'm glad the states still think M$ needs monitoring. They do, IMO!
    What is your basis for that opinion? Observation.
  24. Re:Money! on States Claim There is No Match for Microsoft · · Score: 0

    In terms of market penetration. I'm glad the states still think M$ needs monitoring. They do, IMO!

  25. Obligatory Permutation.... on New Type of Fatigue Discovered in Silicon · · Score: -1, Troll

    In SOVIET Silicon, fatigue cracks YOU!