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  1. Re:Say what?!? on Nokia Urges Linux Developers To Be Cool With DRM · · Score: 1

    People don't like doing low level, thankless, GUI stuff. They like making interfaces, not improving the speed of existing widgets. It would be difficult to get a sufficient number of people to work on the project reliably, IMHO.
    OTOH, people like me love optimization and "improving the speed" of anything sounds fun.
  2. Re:Mozilla Weave on Google Browser Sync To Be Discontinued · · Score: 1

    respect individual privacy (e.g. client-side encryption by default with the ability to delegate access rights) and does it better.
  3. Re:I want my own on Google Browser Sync To Be Discontinued · · Score: 2, Funny

    ftp puts the 's' in secure

  4. Re:Sync and Sort? on Google Browser Sync To Be Discontinued · · Score: 1

    The extension does everything I need, and it works like a charm; the only problem is that is not (currently) FF3 compatible. And runs over cleartext FTP...great for wireless networks.
  5. Re:Can we on NASA Plans Probe to the Sun · · Score: 1

    "Hey, guy, come over and plug these wires in for me."

  6. Re:Okay? on NASA Plans Probe to the Sun · · Score: 2, Funny

    Redirection is a much better idea! Reflecting will increase the temperature of the sun at a given point (our angle of arrival) and who knows what effect that will have?!

  7. Re:Geez, on Full Body Scanners Installed In 10 US Airports · · Score: 1

    "the person viewing the pictures is located in a separate room" = images are transmitted electronically....I wonder what the buzz will be like the first time one of these machines get cracked and the images are all over the web. I certainly wouldn't want to be the TSA boss

  8. Re:$3000 for a laptop?? on US State Dept. Loses Anti-Terrorist Program Laptops · · Score: 1

    Taxes should only be used for things that are better done by a government than a business (like defense, legislation, judicial, etc.). Government is not optimal for all areas of life.

    If taxes are considered stealing, such "big" government has failed to prove accountability and voters should vote.

    btw, here's a sorted list of "stealing" levels just fyi: http://www.oecdobserver.org/images//1313.photo.jpg

  9. Re:Air conditioning and the UK on Tech's Top 10 Workspaces · · Score: 1

    score one for nanny states

  10. Re:Not an especially unique theory. on Earth May Once Have Had Multiple Moons · · Score: 1

    the sun?

  11. NoScript on Ajax Performance Analysis · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All websites should have an option to run without fancy Javascript (and still be fully functional!). It makes no sense that a web site should bog down my 400Mhz PDA.

  12. We Need to Stop Calling them the RIAA on NewYorkCountryLawyer Debates RIAA VP · · Score: 1

    We should soil the names of the RIAA sponsers:
    EMI
    Sony BMG Music Entertainment
    Universal Music Group
    Warner Music Group
    ...

  13. Lawyers Are Good on NewYorkCountryLawyer Debates RIAA VP · · Score: 1

    Look at the panel and audience for examples.

    it's just the 99% that give the rest a bad name!

  14. Need more heroes like Iron Man on Iron Man Released · · Score: 1

    Iron Man has always been one of my favorites because he's self-made. We have too many heroes that become heroes through some dues ex machina-style event. Tony Stark worked hard and accomplished much.

    (No I didn't forget Batman. Just that Iron Man's armor is much cooler than the bat-suit, imho.)

  15. Always a fan of MIT's Open Courseware project on Competition In the Free Textbook Market · · Score: 1

    MIT has an Open Courseware project that "shares free lecture notes, exams, and other resources from more than 1800 courses spanning MIT's entire curriculum." : http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

  16. Re:Prices in the 60's on Competition In the Free Textbook Market · · Score: 1

    This was about 4x the miniumum wage. It has ~500 pages, weighs 2.2 lbs (1 kg), and no color. If anyone is curious: http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/chart.htm

    $7.50 was 6x minimum wage in 1965, equivalent to $43.50 today.

    Modern college Physics books are good for 2 or 3 semesters, so they should cost $87 to $130.50. Looks about on track (and they have color!): http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=physics+for+engineers&x=0&y=0
  17. Re:I'm impressed on Soyuz Ballistic Re-entry 300 Miles Off Course · · Score: 1

    American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN! - Lev Andropov

  18. Re:I wonder though on US Army Furthers Development of Robotic Suits · · Score: 1

    The squishy bit inside helps us fight the run-amok robots: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_the_robots

  19. Cylons on Software to Randomize Police Operations at LAX · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't the Cylon guards already do random searches like this? The guards were too predictable the few times they've been on foot.

  20. Radiation similar to that at any Australian city on Nuked Coral Reef Bounces Back · · Score: 1

    How bad is the radiation in Australian cities?

  21. Re:Whats the point? on Sony Thinks Blu-ray Will Sell Like DVDs by Year End · · Score: 1

    They were recorded on 35mm or 70mm film. The grain size is finer than a High definition CCD's pixel. but the makeup and props weren't designed for HD. I prefer to watch movies the way they were planned. So what if I can see a few extra pixels if I can also see the strings holding up the "spaceship." Just my preference.
  22. Re:I'm an idiot on Intel Confirms It Will Ship 160GB Flash Drives · · Score: 4, Informative

    160 = 10 x 2^4. So, probably 10 x 16GB chips

  23. Re:What a troll. on Democrats Propose Commission To Investigate Spying · · Score: 1

    Just a thought, in my experience heavily populated areas tend to think similar and overlook rural problems: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_think and that is reason for concern when it comes to voting, but, putting anecdotal evidence aside, remember the President of the United States is directly elected by the states and indirectly elected by the people. (I guess that would be called President of the People of the United States, POTPOTUS?) The people directly elect their representatives. I'm not arguing for or against it, but that is the way it is.