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  1. contractor or Direct on Intelligence Density and the Creative Class · · Score: 1

    this really depends more on if you are a contractor or direct emplyee.

    Contractors go where the money is.
    they tend to be nomads.

  2. wardriving on Google Describes Wi-Fi Sniffing In Pending Patent · · Score: 1

    i realize that it may not be their intent to patent wardriving, but wouldn't that be covered by this?

  3. Re:The Wrong Way on Wine 1.2 Release Candidate Announced · · Score: 1

    i had Oblivion running great around 1.1.25, but somewhere after that it wouldn't run it.
    i've read a couple posts where people are blaming the ATI drivers.

    has this been fixed?

  4. Re:wiff! on Government Approves First US Offshore Wind Farm · · Score: 1

    my guess is it's logistics/transmission.

    most US/land windfarms are west or midwest.

    for the east coast they have to be out on the water to get a good steady wind.

  5. Re:wiff! on Government Approves First US Offshore Wind Farm · · Score: 1

    we have lots of land based wind farms, but these are the first offshore.

  6. logistics on Don't Talk To Aliens, Warns Stephen Hawking · · Score: 1

    i understand his arguement, but i would think it would come down to logistics.
    they would have to use up all the resources not only on their home world, but their stellar system as well.

    even then, they would be more likely to use an uninhabited planet like mars than have to deal with rogue aborigines(us)

  7. tags on Child Receives Trachea Grown From Own Stem Cells · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    we need a AFJ tag

  8. what a riot on Internet Explorer 9 Will Not Support Windows XP · · Score: 1

    not sure what is more funny, Vista/Win 7-style hardware acceleration, or that everyone else will continuing to support XP

  9. There is no spoon on Health Care Reform · · Score: 1

    and there has been no reform to the health care system.

    just a legal requirement to be part of a broken insurance system.

    fix it and people will be drawn to it.

  10. Oblivion has been out for a while on Making Sense of CPU and GPU Model Numbers? · · Score: 1

    Oblivion has been out for a while. my game box is build out of friends left overs. the graphics card is a ati hd 3870. not a sloucher, but rather out dated. btw, i have two but oblivion doesn't benefit from crossfire.

    anyway most new cards will crunch it just fine.

  11. Re:non Linux based routers on Chuck Norris Attacks Linux-Based Routers, Modems · · Score: 1

    I have to agree with the lighten up part.
    if this is the best they can do, then bring it on.

    besides, i'm more of a Jackie Chan fan myself

  12. other side of the coin on TSA Plays Joke On Traveller At Screening · · Score: 1

    and how would the TSA take it if someone played a prank on them at a security check point.

    the prankster would be in jail.

    the guy got off easy.

  13. phone home on Bach Launches Updated MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    and to make this work does the mp3 phone home or does it require a new player that phones home.

  14. interesting but on NASA Prepping Plans For Flexible Path To Mars · · Score: 1

    interesting but, this sounds vague enough to be part of an election campaign.

  15. just me on What Clown On a Unicycle? · · Score: 1

    personally, i would have used a gorilla suit

  16. debian on The New Sarcasm Punctuation Mark · · Score: 1

    looks like the debian logo to me.

  17. Re:Terraforming? on Mars Images Reveal Evidence of Ancient Lakes · · Score: 2, Informative

    any effort to seed the martian atmosphere would at best be a temporary(ok, a few million years) improvement. Mars lacks the gravity to hold the atmosphere. what's more, the warmer the atmostphere the faster it will disipate off into space.

    in the 3 billion years since the lakes existed, mars has reached an equilbrium.

  18. sounds familiar on Novelist Blames Piracy On Open Source Culture · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Sounds Familiar, just like when people complain that the publishing industry has become like the movie industry, controlled by a select few.
    like when people complain that books cost too much. sound familiar,,,,.
    too many writers are having to turn to self publishing because the publishing industry is trying to play OPEC/MPAA.

    when my favorite writers put out a book i buy it. they just don't as often as i'd like and the new writers that are getting fronted i'm not impressed by.

  19. what did they say? on DRM and the Destruction of the Book · · Score: 1

    for the most part i agree with him, but what did they say?

  20. fortran on How To Teach a 12-Year-Old To Program? · · Score: 1

    Start him off with fortran.

  21. part of me on Nuclear Reactors As Art · · Score: 0

    the Engineer side of me Ooooooooooh that's cool, the another part of my brain is wondering if it's such a great idea to make this stuff so accessible in this day and age.

  22. Re:Vatican Law - Jurisdiction on Holy See Declares a "Unique Copyright" On the Pope · · Score: 1

    are they part of the EU?

    if so will they have to follow the new 3 strikes rule?

  23. not only on Call To "Open Source" AIG Investigation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    not only is it a great idea, it should have been a requirement before the bailout.

  24. Re:Hmmm... I read this in a different fashion... on Microsoft Promises Not To Sue Moonlight 2.0 Users · · Score: 1

    what i read is that they will not sue users of 2.0

    what about after that when the tech becomes entrenched

  25. Re:When to go Visit on Super-Earths Discovered Orbiting Nearby, Sun-Like Star · · Score: 1

    but if you build it with the ability to engineer and modify/fabricate faster/newer engines as they go based on the real time data obtained in flight, then even without the resources of earth they should be able to increase their own speed. maybe not at the full 1%, but still.