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  1. Re:Uh on Hobbit Film Underwhelms At 48 Frames Per Second · · Score: 1

    Also "resonance cascade".

  2. Re:Can people actually tell the difference? on Hobbit Film Underwhelms At 48 Frames Per Second · · Score: 1

    Dude, it's double blind. They are both blind, and all the lights are turned off.

  3. the true obfuscation on 20th IOCCC Source Code Released · · Score: 0

    The true obfuscation is that Chrome will not display .c files, but forces you to save it.

    Then, if you open it in Notepad, it will show it all as one line, so you can't see whats going on.

    Pure genius.

  4. Re:Why are the artists at war? on Elephants Dream Director Readies Blender-Animated Tube · · Score: 1

    The FS does not say this at all. It could be that

    Artist A -> Country 1
    Artist B -> Country 2 ...

    Country 1 is at war with country not even in the list.

  5. My chess engine goes to 5.13. on Rybka Solves the King's Gambit Chess Opening · · Score: 1

    My chess engine goes to 5.13.

  6. also, earth on Mystery Rising Within Mercury · · Score: 1

    It's not just Mercury that is growing. Earth is growing as well:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJfBSc6e7QQ

  7. Re:Doomed on New Programming Languages Come From Designers · · Score: 1

    "The base language reads like a cross between Macro'd ASM and algebra. This IS the perfect syntax."

    lol what a stupid thing to say.

    smalltalk reads like an... actual sentence. that is the perfect syntax.

  8. the moon is growing on Moon May Not Be As Dead As We Thought · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is obvious. The moon is growing.

  9. SID music chip on Looking Back At the Commodore 64 · · Score: 1
  10. colors on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    But why did they draw China and US in the same color? Why?

  11. Re:china copys us stuff and pass it off as there o on PROTECT IP Renamed To the E-PARASITE Act · · Score: 1

    "For example most microwaves are missing the ability to have constant output with variable power level."

    Yeah, dude, I was eating my milk with cereal today and I could totally feel that 'microwave with variable output' taste.

  12. Re:Obvious really on Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong · · Score: 0

    "Human interactions are, shockingly, more complex than a molecule bumping into another."

    But not by much.

  13. solid wals, as compared to what other walls? on Seeing Through Walls · · Score: 1

    "what's going on behind solid walls."

    Of course, what is going on behind liquid walls will remain a mystery.

    "signal loss from the wall is not even the main challenge. '[Signal] amplifiers are cheap,' he says. What has been difficult for through-wall radar systems is achieving the speed, resolution and range necessary to be useful in real time"

    Of course, the main problem in achieving the "speed, resolution and range" is that you lose 99% of the signal, twice.

    In other words, signal loss is not the main problem, except that it is.

    What idiot wrote that? Manipulative idiot, that's who.

  14. Re:What about the Tunnel? on FTL Neutrinos Explained... Maybe · · Score: 1

    So, what is this detector made of? How thick is it?

  15. Re:Oh, YOU DO NOT know the answer on Inspector General Investigated For Muzzling Inconvenient Science · · Score: 1

    7 of 9 is 100%.

  16. Re:Context is nice on Inspector General Investigated For Muzzling Inconvenient Science · · Score: 2

    So, Who's on first?

  17. Re:Von Neumann arch = Executable code in ram on First Von Neumann Architecture Quantum Computer · · Score: 1

    "Given that the total ram capacity seems to be 2 bits (though, in all fairness, the bits are qu), it seems implausible that a useful program could fit in it."

    How do you know? It's not like you went trough all possible programs and checked which are useful and which are not...

  18. Re:we need to dissolve DHS on DHS Creating Database of Secret Watchlists · · Score: 1

    "If anything, the odds of dying in a terrorist attack are so remote in a given year that things really haven't changed"

    tell that to the 250000 people that work in the DHS.

  19. Re:I don't get it (either) on PayPal Joins London Police Effort · · Score: 2, Funny

    "are deleting probably more files than they get uploads"

    So, not only are they deleting every single file somebody uploads, they also delete a random system file once in a while?

  20. Re:Not fear - disgust on Women Arrested For Refusing TSA Search of Children · · Score: 1

    "I'll never forget the time I had to do a pat-down of a one-legged man and found marijuana"

    What exactly are you guys trying to do, catch a "terrorist" or just anybody who breaks any stupid law.

    What's he going to do, hijack a plane with his weed?

  21. Re:BitCoins are simply a hobby, not a currency on Bitcoin Price Crashes · · Score: 1

    No, its 21 million. 21,000,000. (Actually a little bit less)

  22. Re:buh? on Bitcoin Price Crashes · · Score: 1

    because $1000 before was about 50 BTC, and after the price went to 0.01, i was about 100.000 BTC. So, they were able to cash out 100.000 BTC out of the exchange.

  23. Re:This is actually the state of most modern games on Ars Technica Review Slams Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 2

    The map on the left is actually a Doom level, from the shareware episode.

  24. Re:PayPal is a bank in Luxembourg on Could PayPal Be an In-Store Option? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Let me translate this FA for you:

    "daria42 writes" - obviously a fake name since there are no women on slashdot.

    uses ";" - he is a professional writer.

    "PayPal has long been one of the most-used payments option" - Paypal is paying for this piece of PR.

    " according to PayPal's global president Scott Thompson" - appeal to authority, another mark of PR writers.

    "PayPal's working on that right now" - PayPal is scared of emerging free alternatives, so they are increasing their PR spending.

  25. Re:roller coaster ride on Friday's Big Swings, Mostly Down, Illustrate Bitcoin Value Volatility · · Score: 1

    If everyone is hoarding bitcoins, there will be no volume on the exchanges. Right now, mtgox has about 100.000 bitcoins traded every day, which is about 1.5-2 million dollars.

    I don't think hoarding will every became problem for bitcoin, unlike gold, bitcoin is easily transferable.