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  1. Re:Soon on Inducement To Piracy, Adobe Style · · Score: 1

    Will they? Maybe, but probably not. Happily? No way in hell.

  2. Re:Excuse my ignorance on Pioneer Anomaly Solved By 1970s Computer Graphics · · Score: 1

    Radiated heat exerts a force also. It is related to radiation pressure, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_pressure, but kind of in reverse in a Newton's Third Law kind of way.

  3. Re:finally on Getting Closer To Using Graphene For Electronics · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is that the one in Atlanta Atlanta?

  4. Useful Info from InfoWorld on Compared and Contrasted: OpenOffice V. LibreOffice · · Score: 0

    (The "libre" in the suite's name is derived from a Latinate root meaning "liberty.")

    Wow, I was wondering about that. Thanks InfoWorld!

  5. Re:It got Samsungs name on Slashdot on Samsung Rains Paper Airplanes From Space · · Score: 1

    And no news is bad news.

    I think you meant to say "Any publicity is good publicity." There is certainly a lot of bad news running about.

  6. Re:Price and glasses, most likely on Huge Shocker — 3D TVs Not Selling · · Score: 1

    He says that less than one set of 3D glasses are sold per set in Europe, so people aren't even using the 3D feature. I can't believe that if you buy one of these expensive ass TVs that they don't already come with at least one pair in the box.

  7. Re:Only one word to describe it on Canadian Cannabis Car · · Score: 1

    Chong is, in fact, Canadian, so there you go.

  8. Re:Is the Android Java *complete*? on Oracle Sues Google For Infringing Java Patents · · Score: 1

    No, it isn't. I know right off the top of my head that AWT and Swing were left out intentionally.

  9. Re:Won't be too long... on Doubled Yield For Bio-Fuel From Waste · · Score: 2, Informative

    You must mean a Mr. Fusion.

  10. Technology Review from MIT... on Son of CueCat? Purdue Professor Embeds Hyperlinks · · Score: 1

    has been doing this with QR codes in the magazine for a while now: http://streetstylz.blogspot.com/2009/08/technology-review-selects-neoreader.html

  11. Re:Why? on High-Tech Burglars May Get Longer Sentences In Louisiana · · Score: 1, Troll

    In Louisiana, they use the term "Resume." Nobody in this country knows what a "CV" is.

  12. Re:Brilliant. Go Steve! on Inventor Demonstrates Infinitely Variable Transmission · · Score: 1

    I'm just glad that Pete Rose found a hobby.

  13. Re:netflix vs gamefly on One Year Later, USPS Looks Into Gamefly Complaint · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily better. If the cardboard is of a thickness that doesn't travel well through a given machine, it could increase the breakage or jam the machine.

  14. Re:Ray of Science on Microbe Mat the Size of Greece Discovered In the Sea · · Score: 0

    Reminds me of the old joke: Q: What do you call 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A: A good start. Just kidding! ;)

  15. Re:Sex on Wisconsin DA Threatens Arrests Over Sex Ed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Two words: Bristol Palin.

  16. Re:That's fine but... on The World's First Commercially Available Jetpack · · Score: 1

    Wind and weather are going to be huge problems.

  17. Re:Engine failure is the problem on The World's First Commercially Available Jetpack · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wind and weather in general are going to be huge problems.

  18. Re:Plane landings? on New Most Precise Clock Based On Aluminum Ion · · Score: 1

    But then you would have to have the height above sea level (or some other reference) of a lot of spots on the runway for every runway that you may try to land on with the same accuracy. Could be done, but seems like a lot of trouble for something that can be accomplished easier by other means.

  19. Re:Coma, not in a hollywood way. on "Vegetative State" Patients Can Communicate · · Score: 1

    There was a "researcher" at Syracuse University in the early 90s who claimed to be able to communicate with autistic students with this "facilitated communication." They could only do it when a parent was holding their arm with a pencil. They would basically draw whatever the parent was hoping they would draw. It boggles my mind that anyone fell for this.

  20. Re:Space, the final frontier on Space Station Astronauts Gain Internet Access · · Score: 1

    I wonder which websites are blocked? Most likely the same as any government agency, I suppose.

  21. Re:Effected? on 2010 Bug Plagues Germany · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is what I came here to say. Should be "affected."

  22. Re:oh c'mon on Personalized Search From Google Now Opt-Out · · Score: 1

    I value a search engine for the variety of stuff it presents me with that I wouldn't necessarily have thought of. This will limit that variety, presenting me with mostly stuff I already know about.

  23. Re:They're sure it was an accident? on Civilian Accidentally Ejects From Air Force Plane · · Score: 1

    I'm sure he had a HUGE accident. In his pants. Probably cushioned his landing.

  24. Re:The technology isn't important on Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells On the Horizon · · Score: 1

    One important application where efficiency (and durability and lifetime, but that's another story) trumps cost-effectiveness by a wide margin is powering satellites and spacecraft, though. So there is room for more than one technology in the mix, depending on the application.

  25. Re:Here's another one... on Dirty Coding Tricks To Make a Deadline · · Score: 1

    Bah! I want to see the script for the simulation out in the desert/soundstage.