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  1. Maybe in Australia on Will Game Cartridges Make a Comeback? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like cartridges would be a good thing in AU, if this article is any indication of where property rights are going with respect to software.

  2. Re:Wouldn't it be cool... on Cassini's Elaborate Orbital Mechanics · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take a look at the graphic linked in the summary. I'm pretty sure their "software and user interface" is John Madden locked in a room with a whiteboard and dry erase marker.

  3. Re:Hey, Me Too! on GoDaddy Follows Google's Lead; No More Registrations In China · · Score: 1

    Domain registrations are mostly break-even for GoDaddy; they make most of their money by pushing hosted services on registrants. Given that the process mandated by the Chinese government would make registration more expensive, it's probably not worth it for GoDaddy to continue operation in China.

  4. Re:Go go Nanny State... on Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking · · Score: 1

    So you're saying that salt facilitates the uptake and retention of dangerous chemicals like dihydrogen monoxide in the body? Something must be done!

  5. Re:Who will write the software for the bird? on Real-Time, Movie-Quality CGI For Games · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At what point will the hardware capabilities exceed the software we can write?

    Never. More hardware means programmers can get away with writing less efficient code.

  6. Re:Chop Chop on Cellulosic Biofuel Finally Ready For the Road · · Score: 1

    Also if they don't use industrial fertilizers, which rely upon fossil fuels for nitrogen fixation. Our most efficient method of doing that is the Haber-Bosch process, and the most economically viable form of it happens to use a shitload of natural gas. Until we move away from that crutch we're still burning fossil fuels, albeit disguised by a few more layers of transformation.

  7. Re:Where do I submit my CV? on Robots To Clear the Baltic Seafloor of WW-II Mines · · Score: 4, Funny

    Eh, it's not as cool as you might think. I've found a screenshot of their software interface, looks pretty boring.

  8. Re:Oh My God, THE Roland Emmerich?! on Emmerich Plans Foundation As a 3D Epic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's not be hasty here. Emmerich has done a lot of movies, some of them have to be good.

    *takes a quick stroll over to IMDB*

    Well, shit. Guess we're boned, eh?

  9. Re:Cow is the host, man is the parasite on DARPA Aims for Synthetic Life With a Kill Switch · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What does that mean for vegetarians?

    The analogue for vegetarians would be maize, arguably the most successful species in the history of human civilization. To bring this conversation fork back on topic, it's interesting to note that modern corn is the result of several mutations that make the plant much less viable in the wild, and dependent upon humans for survival. Even with an engineered "kill switch" there's no guarantee that these artificial organisms won't encounter some other microorganism that finds it beneficial to keep 'em around and figures out some way to do so.

  10. Re:Privacy on Bill Gates Knows What You Did Last Summer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The fact that someone would do all those things is in itself more data about that person's habits. The real trick is to selectively limit your audit trail so that you still appear in the middle of the distribution curve. Like schooling fish and flocking birds, the best form of anonymity is to surround yourself with a few million things just like yourself.

    Sadly, the end result of this sort of behavior is that Netflix recommends I watch Transformers 2. A high price to pay, but such are the wages of freedom.

  11. Re:Not much of a debate... on The Lancet Recants Study Linking Autism To Vaccine · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Fucking retards holding back progress.

    Herd immunity issues aside, I'm all for the stupid reducing their evolutionary fitness. Natural selection and all that.

  12. Re:Baby Free Zone? on Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone · · Score: 1

    Get noise-canceling headphones, skip deodorant and don't shower for a few weeks. Instant personal zone.

    I can only assume that's what the guy sitting next to me on my last cross-country flight was thinking.

  13. Re:So what's the difference? on Google's Nexus One Phone Launches · · Score: 1

    3.5mm headphone adapter (first HTC android phone to move away from mini-usb only design)

    The HTC Hero (Sprint version, I don't know about the European model) has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

  14. Re:Obvious (?) question on Super Strength Substance Approaching Human Trials · · Score: 5, Informative

    No need to guess, from TFA:

    "The National Children's Hospital interest in myostatin is not to create super strong children, but to help those children whose muscles have already atrophied. Muscular Dystrophy (MD) affects thousands of children in the US who slowly lose muscle and rarely survive into adulthood. Follistatin gene therapy could serve as a method to extend their lives or perhaps even reverse the symptoms of their conditions. Likewise, the eldery are susceptible to several diseases that lead to a loss of muscle strength and coordination. By blocking myostatin, we may all be able to live with the strength of our youth even as we age into our 80s."

  15. Re:Does he have all the best gearr on Man "Beats" World of Warcraft · · Score: 2, Informative

    The "Feats of Strength" are much more telling. It looks like he made this character at 10-23-2008. He must of gotten a refer a friend because he jumped up to 80 within that month AND "technically" completed the game by the end of that year

    The achievement system went live on 10/23/08, so anything he had accomplished prior to that date would have registered as completed then. Note the multiple world event achievements from 2007 in that list as well as Atiesh, which would have been impossible to complete in such a short time frame.

  16. Re:Video demo on Fujitsu's Latest Mobile Phone Splits In Two · · Score: 1

    Ya, it really sucks that I have to buy special Apple brand BT headsets to work with their products.

    You mean like this sort of thing? Yes, I realize that isn't referring to a BT headset, but it is a case of Apple locking down peripherals.

    GP might have been a bit on the trollish side, but you're not exactly helping your own cause by responding in kind.

  17. Re:HDMI? on Apple's Mini DisplayPort Officially Adopted By VESA · · Score: 1

    What are your sources for this? I've got a 45' HDMI run going from a wall-mounted projector into my attic, spanning my living room, and dropping down into the opposite wall to my receiver. No problems whatsoever, even at 1080p/60.

    If you're seeing problems below 15', I'd consider the quality of your cables/output source rather than the HDMI standard.

  18. Re:NetBeans? Really? on Oracle Outlines Plans for Sun Products, Casts Doubt on NetBeans · · Score: 1

    Ease up on the throttle, buddy. GP was likely contrasting his current "real" projects with his "fake" school projects, not making a comment about other people's IDEs/projects.

  19. Re:How do they calculate the time needed on Researchers Neutralize Parkinson's Dopamine Killers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Probably has something to do with the length of time necessary to complete Clinical Trials for FDA (or equivalent regulatory agency) approval. Given that this process is still in the research phase and has not yet progressed to a testable drug state, 10 years sounds about right.

  20. Re:Sounds good on Wi-Fi Direct Overlaps Bluetooth Territory For Connecting Devices · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a good application for something like this. An always-on RF transponder would be an excellent case for the sort of steady power draw that nuclear batteries are good at providing.

  21. Re:Can we please stop quoting "Analysts"?? on Analyst Predicts Android Overtaking iPhone In 2012 · · Score: 1

    The dude who runs the "#1 site for free tarot and astrology?"

    In retrospect, he probably should have seen that reply coming.

  22. Re:If LotusLive iNotes is in any way based on on Can IBM Take On Google, Microsoft With iNotes? · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least it has rock-solid stability and a highly intuitive user interface going for it. For example, if I just tab over to Notes and hit Shift-CTRL-F9, it will automati

  23. Re:Extra protection? on Using Aluminum Oxide Paint To Secure Wi-Fi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah yes, the elusive Supperman. I was very unhappy when Marvel finally decided to have him killed off by his arch-nemesis Bulimiax.

    I still cherish my pristine copy of Supperman #103, in which he manages to incapacitate the entire Third Reich by making them fall asleep after a huge turkey dinner.

  24. Re:Another blow to the no life on Mars crowd on New Images Reveal Pure Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I see no evidence to convince me that any type of life exists on Mars, now, or ever.

    That's probably because the type of life you seem to have in mind is pretty specific - by the rest of your comment: intelligent, large enough to be visible, and both located near and willing to interact with things that we've dropped on the surface.

    There's a lot of living stuff right here at home that doesn't fit any of those categories, so there's no reason to automatically assume that there can't be any life at all on Mars.

  25. Re:One thing though.... on Google SideWiki Brings Comments To Everyone · · Score: 4, Funny

    You should also be able to comment on the comments. I propose a new "SideSideWiki" plugin to handle this problem.