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  1. Re:I smell... oh, never mind. on 10,000 Cows Can Power 1,000 Servers · · Score: 1

    Probably about the same it would take to mo(o)ve tonnes of coal.

  2. Prepaid phone = recycled phone numbers on The DIY $10 Prepaid Cellphone Remote Car Starter · · Score: 1

    You should be able to set a custom ring/vibrate for numbers in your address book, eliminating the false starts from everyone calling the last person who had your phone's number.

  3. Re:Cool... on IBM Takes a (Feline) Step Toward Thinking Machines · · Score: 1

    No, it has only pussy on its mind.

  4. 100 years later.. on Sony Prototype Sends Electricity Through the Air · · Score: 2, Informative
  5. Re:And.... on Americans Don't Want Targeted Ads · · Score: 1

    What percentage of Americans want ads at all?

  6. It's true, on Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid · · Score: 1

    Ignorance is bliss.

  7. Conditional? on Genetic Mutation Enables Less Sleep · · Score: 1

    Maybe they simply live well-rounded lives and don't toss and turn all night worrying about the next day. Do they run themselves down every day? How are their dreams?

    Point being, two genes in two people is an easy coincidence weighed against the vast sea of conditional variables that effect us all. For myself, if I spend a day doing relatively nothing I wake up somewhat naturally the next morning on 6 hours. If I go all day non-stop, then I can sleep for 12 hours.

    If sleep is when our bodies recover, then do people with the mutation recover faster?

  8. Re:Not a video camera, so why? on GPL Firmware For Canon 5D Mk II Adds Features For Filmmakers · · Score: 1

    If you want the best sound when shooting in consumer/prosumer land, run your own recorder and stripe* timecode. While balanced inputs would be nice, you still would be stuck with cheap A/D converters and 16 Bit recording. On-camera sound is a convenience: it's second place to price/ video quality with most manufacturers.

    Unless you can drop 50 grand on a multicamera Genlock setup, drift will always be potential issue with multicamera shoots. In my experience even the cheapest usable cameras may only drift a few frames an hour, which can easily be fixed in post by slating at the beginning and end of long shoots.

    *Stripe meaning record a track of audio timecode on each camera and recorder for sync in your post-production software.

  9. Re:From the standpoint of a soldier. on America's Army 3 Has Rough Launch, Development Team Canned · · Score: 1

    It would only take one person on the team or an organized handful of technically inclined pacifists with moral objections to making war a game to take down the auth servers. Not to mention America's wars are not exactly popular right now, and many execs would have no problems pocketing the funding for reasons so well described in the parent post.

  10. Re:it is not the "largest evel launched into space on Herschel Space Telescope Opens For the First Time · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately competition has been the primary funding motive for space programs world wide.

  11. Build a christmas tree out of them on What To Do With 78 USB Drives Next Christmas? · · Score: 1

    Make a nice tree-looking sculpture out of the drives, usb cables and glue, then put one wave file on each drive. Each wave file should be one note of the holiday song of your choice. Then write a script to play each note in sequence so the flashdrive leds blink as each note is accessed. Put the video on youtube and proceed to think of anything other than giving someone a low-capacity flashdrive as a gift containing something you could just as easily have emailed.

    Or make them all get together to hear the "secret message" (ultimate weapon?), sending one person a pile of usb hubs and cable and the script.

  12. Re:Last.fm Terms of Use on Last.fm User Data Was Sent To RIAA By CBS · · Score: 3, Informative
  13. Last.fm Terms of Use on Last.fm User Data Was Sent To RIAA By CBS · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you read the Terms of Use when uploading, you basically give Last.fm the right to do ANYTHING:

    "When you upload Your Upload Information via the Website, you irrevocably grant to Last.fm, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and partners, without any credit or compensation to you, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, unrestricted, irrevocable, royalty-free and fully transferable, assignable and sub-licensable right and licence to use, reuse, modify, adapt, alter, display, archive, publish, sub-license, perform, copy, reproduce, disclose, transmit, communicate to the public, post, sell, translate, create derivative works of, distribute, make and export Your Upload Information (in whole or in part), or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now known or developed in the future, for any purposes whatsoever including, without limitation, for advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional purposes, such as developing, manufacturing and marketing products and targeted advertisements using such Uploaded Information. You hereby waive any moral rights (or any similar rights in any jurisdiction) you may have in and to any of Your Upload Information, even if such material is altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you."

  14. be the change on How To Help a Friend With an MMO Addiction? · · Score: 1

    It is very cool of you to care for a friend's well being, take the 90% of these "fend for yourself" posts with a grain of salt.

    We all have things in life that we want to spend all our time doing. What is most important is that we choose something healthy, something that benefits the world around us. At the very least and for the sake of mental health, our endeavors should benefit our future lives.

    The best you can do is be a positive influence. Talk about your life outside of home whenever you can. Talk about girls, projects you're involved in, parties, music.
    If you have any good lady friends tell them the situation, that you have a good friend in disconnection peril and want to help. It's a noble and selfless cause; women can be great company for such things. Try to get him to hang out when you're out with her and her friends. Sometimes just spending time with the opposite sex can get you off your ass and caring about your body/mind health again.

    A good girlfriend can be a great way to clear yourself of addiction. But the most important thing you can have and the thing that will eventually help maintain a healthy relationship is self confidence. A first step is exercise. Try to plan some outdoor things with mutual friends. Organize a kickball game, get out a frisbee; hell, anything to get the blood moving other than video game-induced adrenaline and Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

    In the end the best thing you can do is be his friend. Talk to him whenever possible, don't abandon him. If he's flunking out or missing work then drastic measures may be in order. Otherwise all you need to do is show him the path; leave it up to him to walk it.

  15. Re:Step back a bit... on Portables Without Cameras? · · Score: 1

    Or just take a sharp object and destroy the lens, maybe even pry it out.

    Seriously, if you never use it it's just bling.

  16. Re:Not surprising on Lithium In Water "Curbs Suicide" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And a universally delivered mood stabilizer makes for a conveniently complacent population.

    Get your propaganda goggles on for this one.

  17. Re:So... on Researchers Make Paper Speakers For LCD TVs · · Score: 1

    At least they say it's designed for MP3 players.
    If they're trying to push "HD" video as a standard than why not "HD" audio? Oh wait, they'll call it something like digital paper extreme HD 3D surround that makes you forget why you asked if it sounds good.

  18. call me an idealist, but on New Data Center Will Heat Homes In London · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I smell a new routing protocol that redirects traffic to the cold parts of the world

  19. Re:Not that it matters ... on Antarctic Ice Bridge Finally Breaks Off · · Score: 1

    Also from TFA: "Separate research shows that when ice shelves are removed, the glaciers and landed ice behind them start to move towards the ocean more rapidly. It is this ice which can raise sea levels, but by how much is a matter of ongoing scientific debate."

    There's also eustatic sea level rise due to the thermal expansion of sea water (less ice = warmer water)

  20. Re:Consumer psychology on Gmail Marks Five Years In Beta · · Score: 1

    Gmail is the ultimate captive audience for targeted advertisements, which I'm brings in significant revenue. Not to mention it hooks you in on the paid-for apps bundle.

  21. Re:Microsoft's Response on Huge German Donation Marks Wikipedia's Evolution · · Score: 1

    Next up: Microsoft donates Encarta to Wikipedia (sans the staff)

  22. Re:Corporate culture on Shell Ditches Wind, Solar, and Hydro · · Score: 1

    Basing a business model on profit (needs of the few) vs people benefit (needs of the many) is at the core of the current economic crisis.

    It not much different than the RIAA attacking it's customers, except here Shell is slowly killing us while still making obscene profits.

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  23. Poor creature on Did Bat Hitch a Ride To Space On Discovery? · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Last.fm Official Response on Last.fm Shoots Down Rumors Over U2 Album Leak · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As an independent artist I was considering joining your service until I read this (from the lastfm.com Terms of Use):

    When you upload Your Upload Information via the Website, you irrevocably grant to Last.fm, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and partners, without any credit or compensation to you, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, unrestricted, irrevocable, royalty-free and fully transferable, assignable and sub-licensable right and licence to use, reuse, modify, adapt, alter, display, archive, publish, sub-license, perform, copy, reproduce, disclose, transmit, communicate to the public, post, sell, translate, create derivative works of, distribute, make and export Your Upload Information (in whole or in part), or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now known or developed in the future, for any purposes whatsoever including, without limitation, for advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional purposes, such as developing, manufacturing and marketing products and targeted advertisements using such Uploaded Information. You hereby waive any moral rights (or any similar rights in any jurisdiction) you may have in and to any of Your Upload Information, even if such material is altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.

    It is a truly sad day when an artist forfeits the rights to their art with no compensation or guarantee of credit whatsoever. As your service relies on the creations of others, I recommend a Creative Commons license. Respect the artist and they will respect you.

  25. Re:Obligary Simpsons Quote. on PC's Waste Heat Could Add To Processing Power · · Score: 1

    It's precisely the users who run at full CPU heat that need the extra cpu power.