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  1. But China has 5 hours of science for very minute on One Minute of Science Per Five Hours of Cable News · · Score: 1

    of tabloids & China is all we need.

  2. Still waiting for Mumbai on Intel Details Nehalem CPU and Larrabee GPU · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's time for Intel to use Indian names, considering they're all designed in India.

  3. So why aren't U buying? on The Joy of the Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    Obviously consumers aren't doing their duty since Micron is still a house of pain.

  4. The $100,000,000,000 cable plan on Comcast Kicks Tires On 100-Gig Optical Links · · Score: 1

    Going to take serious subprime bailouts to pay for these cable plans.

  5. First UHF antenna in 25 years on Hobbyists Create GPLed DIY Super TV Antenna · · Score: 1

    Haven't used a UHF antenna in 25 years, so the fact that anyone made one is a miracle in itself. U can make antennas more directional + high gain or less directional + lower gain, but anyone who can actually make antennas better deserves a BluRay player.

  6. What about molecule octrees? on Carmack Speaks On Ray Tracing, Future id Engines · · Score: 1

    Interesting he can still spit out some modern sounding 3D jargon despite focusing on Armadillo Aerospace.

    Years ago, it definitely looked like everything was moving towards a raytraced particle system. When particle systems got big, suddenly every movie had snowflakes, flower pedals, & shattering glass climaxes. Naturally the particle system effects should merge with the polygon rendering & everything should be based on particles.

    He can say voxel octrees are the way to store the data, but he can't seem to explain why octrees are faster to raytrace than triangles.

  7. Guess the FCC will get the $1,000,000 rate hike on FCC Considers Taking Action Against Comcast · · Score: 1

    Guess Comca$t will just put the FCC on the $1,000,000 cable plan.

  8. US and credit on Endeavour Crew to Assemble Giant Robot, in Space · · Score: 1

    Canadia may have wrote the book on robotic arms, but US wrote the book on the credit card. U don't need to build anything when you've got free credit.

  9. Never been photographed on Earth on Endeavour Crew to Assemble Giant Robot, in Space · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's even more intriguing since it has never been photographed on Earth. The first photos of the robot will be taken in space, hopefully.

  10. But can Europe & Russia afford it after 2015? on European Space Agency Launches New Orbital Supply Ship · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There may B 2 servicing methods, but when NASA is still set to run out of space station money in 2015, they're still set to deorbit it.

    Also, NASA still doesn't seem to have a plan for replacing space shuttle capacity before 2015 besides throwing peanuts at a bunch of startups & hoping for the best, one of which took the money & ran.

  11. Biomorphic robots on A Modular Snake Robot · · Score: 1

    Any robot that moves around like a biological entity is cool & a lot more productive than a javascript popup menu. Too bad they're not the current big thing.

  12. It probably costs $1 billion a day. on Feds Have a High-Speed Backdoor Into Wireless Carrier · · Score: 1

    That plan is probably $1 billion a day, not including supplimental spending packages.

  13. Obviously written by an American on Will Mars be a One-way Trip? · · Score: 1

    China will quite easily have all these problems solved.

  14. Interest in Web 2.0 vs Web 1.0 on CS Degrees Low in 2007 But Bouncing Back · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The prospect of a career migrating web scripts between Python, Ruby, & J2EE definitely doesn't have the appeal that 1st generation dot coms offered. It's not the student interest as much as the fact that Web 2.0 isn't the completely new territory that Web 1.0 was.

    There might be new interest from the latest surge of robotics, but that's mainly done in Europe & once Dubya is gone, there won't be any more military robots h.e.r.e...

    Silicon Valley is slow & stodgy about new territory. It's going to be Web scripts for a long time.

  15. Millions of 2lb pieces of space debris on DARPA Fractionated Spacecraft Program Starts · · Score: 1

    Millions of 2lb satellites launched from fixed wing aircraft R probably the way it's going to be done. The satellites could unite to form 1 huge spaceship or become space debris.

  16. $600 is cheap. May not be fully "neural" on OCZ Prepares Neural Impulse Actuator for Shipping · · Score: 1

    When U realize $600 has the buying power of $150 8 years ago, it's a pretty low price. If it really works, it could be quite valuable. Have a feeling it has a few gyros & accelerometers in addition to the "neural" sensors.

  17. Why not just support proxies? on Mozilla Hitting 'Brick Walls' Getting Firefox on Phones · · Score: 1

    Has always been peculiar that conspiracy theorists criticize lack of support for 3rd party applications when in at least T-Mobile, they only need to support proxy servers to get around the network firewall. Why proxy servers have never been supported in 3rd party browsers may be the biggest conspiracy.

  18. Focusing on the crust instead of the meat on NASA to Demonstrate Moon Rover · · Score: 1

    It seems to be a NASA ritual to get ordered to do one thing & focus on the crust instead. So they're putting all this effort into hypothetical lunar science experiments & drawing pictures of manned habitats while ignoring the minor expensive detail of the rocket to get there. Haven't seen any progress on Ares V for years since they got ordered to put a number of basic science missions back on the budget.

  19. What about making Flash actually work on Adobe To Port AIR To Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They could also make Flash actually work before moving on to traditional development tools. Supporting the half dozen Alsa derivatives & video scaling R the main issues. However, moving to development tools instead of focusing on Flash makes sense since Linux is mainly a development platform.

  20. This is Utah, not Earth on Utah Wants To Give ISPs That Filter a "G-Rating" · · Score: 1

    For the privacy rights fans, this is Utah not Earth. What sounds like totalitarianism is really normal in Utah.

  21. AMD no. Underdog companies yes. on Is AMD Dead Yet? · · Score: 1

    AMD may not be dead, but interest in underdog companies certainly seems to be. For investors & fanboys, this is the age of the one big company. People like the one company with all the answers & the one CEO who is wealthier than all other life forms.

  22. 175 miles on Japan Launches "Super-Speed" Internet Satellite · · Score: 4, Informative

    175 miles is the separation altitude for the rocket. Satellites usually boost themselves to geostationary orbit. The Delta IV heavy can blast all the way to geostationary orbit but no-one can afford it.

  23. No maintenance, no software on Netscape Finally Put Down · · Score: 1

    The sad truth about modern software is with operating system derivatives constantly changing, unless a piece of software is constantly updated & rereleased, it won't work anymore.

  24. $400 million isn't much on Sony Paid Warner Bros. $400 Million to Go Blu-Ray? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only 4 Euros.

  25. broadband vs. green tech on Increased US Broadband Adoption Could Create 2.4 Million Jobs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For all the trillions of dollars pouring into alternative fuels, hybrid cars, & transportation taxes, all it would take to solve most of this problem is willingness to let workers telecommute.

    It's like living in a parallel universe where we sit in traffic 10 hours a week & spend half our income getting to work with all these unused internet cables sitting just a few feet away.