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  1. Re:OMFG...... on Getting A Laptop With The Low U.S. Dollar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean overseas corporations will start outsourcing to us?

  2. Re:My vote goes for a Camera with a flash going of on Modernizing the Save Icon? · · Score: 1

    Ah, but what happens when everyone is using their camera phones (Japan already has 4MP), and the camera itself is dead?

  3. Re:Already slashdotted on SpaceShipOne Back in Action · · Score: 1

    Just wanted to point out that they're getting more than 2 hours of unpowered flight. That's pretty cool.

  4. Re:What can I do? on The Saga Of Star Wars Galaxies Recounted · · Score: 1

    You could always go fishing. When I was playing, a fellow posted a regular journal about his attempts to be the penultimate SWG bum, drifting from planet to planet, occasionally playing to earn some cash, but usually hiking to the nearest river to fish. Quite a humerous read.

  5. Re:Am I the only one... on Sid Meier's Pirates! Remake Hoists Mainbrace · · Score: 3, Funny

    Indeed, like Bungie.

  6. Re:AI system from LoTR for mm games? on The State of AI In Games · · Score: 3, Funny

    The soldiers started out running away from battle? Sounds like they had to dumb it down for the final release. :P

  7. Printable, Transparent Houses on Concrete Casts New Light in Dull Rooms · · Score: 1
    Wow, when coupled with this technology, things could get really interesting!

    A robot for "printing" houses is to be trialled by the construction industry. It takes instructions directly from an architect's computerised drawings and then squirts successive layers of concrete on top of one other to build up vertical walls and domed roofs.

  8. Re:Agreed, except on one point on O'Keefe Under Fire for Hubble, ISS Decisions · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I forgot to mention that there are plenty of scientists that believe science supports creationism. Snippet from that link:

    Some other scientists who admit that the universe is created by a Creator and who are known by their cited attributes are:

    Robert Boyle (the father of modern chemistry)
    Iona William Petty (known for his studies on statistics and modern economy)
    Michael Faraday (one of the greatest physicists of all times)
    Gregory Mendel (the father of genetics; he invalidated Darwinism with his discoveries in the science of genetics)
    Louis Pasteur (the greatest name in bacteriology; he declared war on Darwinism)
    John Dalton (the father of atomic theory)
    Blaise Pascal (one of the most important mathematicians)
    John Ray (the most important name in British natural history)
    Nicolaus Steno (a famous stratiographer who investigated earth layers)
    Carolus Linnaeus (the father of biological classification)
    Georges Cuvier (the founder of comparative anatomy)
    Matthew Maury (the founder of oceanography)
    Thomas Anderson (one the pioneers in the field of organic chemistry)

  9. Re:Agreed, except on one point on O'Keefe Under Fire for Hubble, ISS Decisions · · Score: 1

    I have to disagree with you. There are plenty of religious people that feel science supports creationism, rather than disproves it.

  10. Re:Windows has driver support on What Differentiates Linux from Windows? · · Score: 1

    Not to mention: Why would you have your HS pay for commercial licenses when there are Educational Discounts?

  11. Re:When will it stop? on Pop Up Ads in Space · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Enron Field!

  12. Re:What do... on Real's Reality · · Score: 1

    Not to mention he should be using XML, not INI.

  13. Re:...when cracks can appear anywhere.. on Security Warrior · · Score: 1

    And here I thought Duct Tape would be the answer.

  14. Re:Other mappable relationship environments? on Guilty By Association · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Welcome to IRM. We use it, and it's rather effective. No screenshots, no copy/paste, no forwarding, deletes itself after a certain time period, etc. etc.

    Of course, a person could simply re-type the message... but that's no proof that the original sender said those words.

  15. Old news... on The Disposable Computer · · Score: 2, Informative

    I wonder if this guy will be remembered? He tried to do it in the US ten years ago.

  16. Re:32k is more than I dreamed of a few (25) years on The Disposable Computer · · Score: 1

    Big difference between voice recognition and text-to-speach. I strongly suspect you meant the latter. :)

  17. Re:I think they're going after the wrong people. on Infinium Labs Threatens HardOCP Again · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about that. On the other hand, I find it extremely funny that their cartoon-uploader has failed over the past week, and the same inflamitory cartoon has been stuck there much longer than originally planned.

  18. Re:First clue something went wrong... on Super Tuesday Not So Super For Electronic Voting · · Score: 1
  19. Re:You haven't seen THESE versions on Star Wars DVD Cover Art Leaked · · Score: 1

    Oh, don't you see? He'll be releasing the ORIGINAL Star Wars trilogy on DVD in ten years!

    Now that your original tapes have died, get the ORIGINAL, UNTOUCHED version of Star Wars in a special case, with a cell from the ORIGINAL trilogy, for only $250!!!

  20. Re:NOT on Favorite Hidden Google Features? · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't that be:
    (foo AND (bar or baz))?

  21. Re:Ms did this before on Microsoft Beta Includes Built-in Virus Scanner · · Score: 1

    Maybe it had something to do with Symantec's purchase of Central Point.

    Maybe the current work stems from this aquisition.

  22. Re:Huh? Aren't humans 100%? on Two Spam Filters 10 Times As Accurate As Humans · · Score: 1

    I can just imagine:

    "Please take a seat here.
    Thank you for volunteering for the 'Spam Deletion Turing Test'.
    We would like you to delete any spam that comes into this in-box...
    mail will be arriving at around 10-20 messages per minute."

    5 minutes pass

    10 minutes pass

    "Sir? Could you tell me how long this will take?"

    "Another 6 and 1/2 hours."

    o-O

  23. Re:Overt vs Covert on The World's Safest Operating System · · Score: 1

    If I were to write a tool that made everything you wanted available in a readable, queriable format, what information would it display?

  24. Re:I don't find the latest tech helpful either on William Gibson on his Tech Life and Latest Novel · · Score: 1

    What? I programmed on an abacus! They didn't even have room for spaces, so you couldn't move the beads! And we had no 1!

    Well, not really. But that should just about cover all the responses...

    There will always be an application that requires more resources, and right now gaming is one of them. Just wait for Duke Nukem Forever! I bet it'll require a 1.8THz processer...

  25. Re:The US is different on Search and Seizure at the Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    Sure glad for the Privacy Act of 1974.

    '(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any Federal, State or local
    government agency to deny to any individual any right, benefit, or
    privilege provided by law because of such individual's refusal to
    disclose his social security account number.