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  1. Re:Why not earlier? on Duke Demands Proof of Infringement From RIAA · · Score: 1

    "...Note the geographic locations of the majority of the list..."

    Because, brah, out here on the coast, stealing music is so totally heinous.

  2. Re:More details? on Northrop Grumman Markets Weaponized Laser System · · Score: 1

    "...anybody "in the know" wanna chime in?"

    Each 'weapon' emits 15kw in one 'spot'. Put eight 'spots' on target and you get "a proper 100Kw". The 'synchronization' comes from being able to 'steer and fire' the weapons simultaneously. Oh, and don't forget the weight -1.5 tonnes ('nes' indicates metric)- and the efficiency -~20%- and total power requirements -~500Kw input power for ~100Kw out- means that this thing won't be mounted on a Humvee any time soon.

  3. By Default... on US Has More IPv6 Eyeballs Than Asia, Because of Apple · · Score: 3, Informative

    IPv6 is enabled on all OS X installs as the default. Few, if any, users -either at home or in a corporate setting- turn it off. At my site, IPv6 is not enabled on the network so all Macs have it disabled in all system images.

  4. Choose, wisely... on Job and Internship Salary Comparisons? · · Score: 1

    As an intern, you cannot expect to be paid going market wage. Expect to be abused for your limited, real-world, skill set. Choose something that you are interested in and that excites your intellect and challenges your knowledge, otherwise you will be hating your time there. Since you are still in school, look at what you get in monetary compensation during your two month stint as beer money for the Fall semester.

  5. Re:Amazing on Hubble's Exoplanet Pics Outshined by Keck's · · Score: 1

    "Our solar system is not unique!!"

    Actually, from current observations, it is -especially when it comes to punctuation.

  6. Well maybe... on Phoenix Mars Lander Declared Dead · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...The US space agency says it will continue to try to contact..."

    They should get John Edward to help out.

  7. With Apologies... on Ballmer "Interested" In Open Source Browser Engine · · Score: 1, Interesting

    to H. G. Wells...
    The browser war between Open and Closed, which is now in its three hundredth and twenty-sixth year has at last come to an end. There are no standards compliant websites left to view and few standards compliant browsers left to view with. The Internet has become so polluted with deadly viruses and proprietary code that it can no longer be viewed. There is no place on the Internet that is immune. The last surviving programmers for the manufacture of standards compliant code have been destroyed. Codebase improvements are rapidly diminishing and when they are gone, we must die...

  8. Re:Change in administration on US Army To Push X-Files Tech Development · · Score: 2, Informative

    "...using 'January' in that context as a metonym."

    I was going for the synecdochal aspect myself.

  9. Re:Change in administration on US Army To Push X-Files Tech Development · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Be interesting to see what happens after January."

    It's called February.

  10. Dewd! on Study Shows Social Networking At Work Is Good · · Score: 1

    So true!

  11. America faces another difficult choice on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy · · Score: 1

    Between voting for John Jackson or Jack Johnson. I, for one, will be voting for Robot Nixon.

  12. On a personal note... on Researcher Warns of "Digital Dark Age" · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you wish for your grandchildren and great-grandchildren to have some shred of knowledge of your existence, you should make certain that you have black-and-white photographs taken and printed on the highest quality, assured permanence, stock that you can find. Those prints should be stored in a fashion that protects them from decay so that your grandchildren and great-grandchildren at least may see what their ancestors looked like. From personal experience, I would not have known what my parents and grandparents looked like when they were children had it not been for the relative permanence of the black-and-white printing process.

  13. What needs to happen... on Judge Tells RIAA To Stop 'Bankrupting' Litigants · · Score: 1

    to end all of this, is for one, just one, defendant to either win their case or to get it dismissed, and win on appeal, so that other defendants in these actions can apply the affirmative defense of collateral estoppel. NewYorkCountryLawyer may be able to affirm or enlighten us as to the viability of this as a defense.

    Oh, and once again, "Damn their oily hides!"

  14. Keep it up Ray... on Canadian Court Rules "Hyperlink" Is Not Defamation · · Score: 1

    and you're going to give lawyers a good name.

  15. And what did they find? on Gov't Computers Used to Find Info on "Joe the Plumber" · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nothin' but crack, baby. Nothin' but crack.

  16. Impossible to tell good from bad. on Greenspan Tells Congress Bad Data Hurt Wall Street · · Score: 3, Informative

    As Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, when you are presented with two mortgages for purchase, it is impossible for you to tell if one is good and the other is bad, when the bad one contains totally phony information about the person the mortgage was given to. So you bundle the good mortgages (good data) with the -unbeknownst to you- bad ones (bad data) and you get AIG to insure the lot and rate them as AAA investment grade securities, then sell them off to the Wall Street thieves who 'derivativize' them and start trading them like shares of stock. Then the bad ones (bad data) go 'tits-up' and it spoils the whole 'package' and you're left with a worthless steaming turd. The rest of the story you know.

  17. That's no planetarium... on Inside the World's Most Advanced Planetarium · · Score: 1

    Now this is a real planetarium!
    I know, because I have worked in many of the world's best known planetariums.

  18. Well... on Researchers Developing Cancer-Fighting Beer · · Score: 0

    "Thank you science! Now we just need cigarettes that cure baldness."

    That says it all!

  19. Torque... on Where to Find Axles, Gears For Kinetic Sculpture? · · Score: 2, Informative

    550 ft/lbs is one helluva lot of torque. Try your local car recycler.

  20. New Design? on A Look At Google's Newest Data Center · · Score: 1

    "...an open, lighted area resembling a parking deck..."

    The open, lighted area, could also just be a loading dock, a covered storage area, a parking garage, building utilities area (above-ground 'basement') or any number of 'non-sinister' things. Remember, Google is a 'do no evil' company.

  21. Re:4 of these failing on me right now .... on An In-Depth Look At Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda · · Score: 1

    "Thoughts anyone?"

    How big a set of tits does it take to crush a four-drive JBOD array?

  22. Clothes drying on Computers Causing 2nd Hump In Peak Power Demand · · Score: 1

    Several years back I came across an article -I can't remember where- that indicated that the greatest power usage, in Southern California, occurred between 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM and it was for -of all things- the drying of clothing.

  23. Excellent! on Scientists To Post Individuals' DNA Sequences To Web · · Score: 1

    Now I can clone my own Esther Dyson and make out with her.

  24. Corrosion is inevitable. on Recovering Moldy Electronics? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even though there was no power applied to these devices, the dissolved minerals in the water are enough to facilitate electrolysis between dis-similar metals and destroy the devices. You will be better off replacing the lot.

  25. Just because they caught the 'humans'... on Spam Flood Unabated After Bust · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "...the automated, 35,000-strong botnet..."

    Doesn't mean that the 'machines' will stop doing what they have been 'told' to do.
    FCOL, 99% of the spam is rejected because of bad addresses, rules, and so forth.
    It's just possible that these bots will continue to spam until they are physically shutoff by their owners.