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  1. New Technology on HP & Staples Collude On $8,000/Gallon Ink? · · Score: 1

    When this thing comes out it will be a whole other ball game.

  2. Form an opinion and move on on Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From? · · Score: 2, Informative

    If it wasn't for the Discovery Institute trying to pass off Intelligent Design as a science, I would say that is what I believe. I believe God created the laws and made order out of chaos. Humans merely discovered and described these laws. Science and religion are not mutually exclusive. But this is a belief, not knowledge, and is in no way provable. If it was provable it wouldn't be religion. God is beyond the capacity of human knowledge by definition. That is why we (at least in the US) separate science from religion (in part) it sorts hard facts from the beliefs so one does not detract from the other. It leaves each individual with the opportunity to make up his or her own mind about the existence of a higher power. I encourage everyone to do so and move on. The scientific community is no place for such a discussion unless someone can make a provable hypothesis.

  3. More important question on New Vista Random Numbers to Include NSA Backdoor? · · Score: 1
    The posted Microsoft website states:

    The Dual Elliptical Curve (Dual EC) PRNG from SP 800-90 is also available for customers who prefer to use it. How does Joe User know if he is using it or not? Is it a setting in the control panel? Why would anybody want to use it?
  4. Re:Personal computing? on Faster Chips Are Leaving Programmers in Their Dust · · Score: 1

    Exactly what areas of "personal computing" are requiring this horsepower? Windows Vista! Sorry, if I didn't say it someone else would have.
  5. Why carry airbags? on Will The Next Generation of Spacecraft Land In the Water? · · Score: 1

    Why do they carry the airbags when they can just cover the Mojave Desert with 10,000 mattresses and land on those?

  6. Re:Good Idea on TV Industry Using Piracy As A Measure Of Success · · Score: 2, Funny

    The only thing worse than watching Bionic Woman is being sued for downloading it.

  7. They were distracted on Can Time Slow Down? · · Score: 1

    I think I'm going to do a study on the human perception of jumping into a net versus jumping into a net while trying to read a clock. In a follow up experiment I will study the human perception of jumping into a net versus being shot.

  8. I must be a Whiz Kid on The 5 Users You'd Meet in Hell · · Score: 1

    I run Portable Firefox instead of the PoS IE6 IT makes us use.

  9. Stop lights are better on UPS Using Software To Eliminate Left Turns · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I generally plan my routes to avoid left turns. I have since I first learned to drive. However, if I must make a left turn, I find making it at a stop light with a turn lane is much faster, safer and easier than making a left turn without a light on a busy street. Stop lights also save more time and energy than stop signs. Maybe UPS should consider that next.

  10. Jesse Sullivan on Toyota Unveils Violin-Playing Robot · · Score: 1

    The dexterity of those fingers are very impressive. Is each arm is purpose built? One arm built to hold the bow and one to press the strings. If each arm is identical I would like to see it applied to the field of cybernetics. Right now researchers can obtain enough signals to control most of the movements of an arm but don't have an arm capable of making those motions. Someone like Jesse Sullivan could benefit greatly, even if the arm was only used in a laboratory environment, because I suspect it's quite heavy.