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  1. Re:They should make me the editor on MIT Wirelessly Powers a Lightbulb · · Score: 1

    It's not just the lazy that benefit from using lite instead of light. It takes more ink to print gh than it does to print e. The simplified spelling also make the word more accessible to our visitors for whom English is not a first language.

    So lite is faster and easier to type, saving energy! It requires fewer resources to print, saving the environment! It facilitates cross-cultural communication, maybe even saving lives!

    What's not to like? Bring it on, I say!

  2. Re:Beta on Mistrust of Today's Technology · · Score: 1
    By the time Gmail is out of beta [...] your grandchildren will be retired.
    Really? I wasn't planning on having any kids, but if that's what it's going to take, then I guess I'll just have to do my part.

    Hey Kate, if you're reading this, take off your pants and meet me in the bedroom. Google needs us!
  3. Re:Clever on Day of the Robotic Tentacle · · Score: 2, Funny
    because there's no evolution-designed window washer to compare it to


    There are evolution-designed window washers.

    http://www.jamster.com/jcw/goto/graphics/screensav er/cat-1509434/subcat-2768672

    I think I'd prefer a human-designed robot...
  4. Re:Just curious on Second Coming of the DS Lite · · Score: 1

    Melbourne, Australia: mostly $70 (AUD), with some big name, non-Nintendo titles being about $80. The cheap ones tend to be around $50.

  5. Re:No it wouldn't.... on 10 Best S/F Films That Never Existed · · Score: 3, Informative
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=OMT FG


    Now *that's* a god I could believe in.

    Why wasn't this mentioned in Sunday school?!
  6. Re:Fear of girls?! on Fear of Girls, a D&D Documentary · · Score: 3, Funny

    I haven't seen many [...] level 10 pizza deliverymen.

    That's because we are a rare breed. It took me nearly sixteen years to reach level ten. Most give up before they reach level three...

  7. If only cinematic cutscenes... on Cinematics Are Killing Gameplay? · · Score: 1

    ...had a home cinematic interface - Play, Pause, Rewind, Next, etc... Everybody wins.

  8. Re:Tubes on Diamond Nanotubes Created · · Score: 5, Funny
    with modern technology that could be solved, either by altering the rotation of the Earth or the orbit of the Moon


    I am intrigued by your notions of "modern technology" and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
  9. Re:Sure I could build my own on Fujitsu's HOAP-3, Programmable Linux robot · · Score: 1
    ... expression LED ...
    Hey, my computer's got one of those! Unfortunately, it can only express:
    • I am turned on
    • I am turned off
    I get so confused...
  10. Re:WIndows only? on Postmortem of IGF's Web GOTY · · Score: 1

    I had a play with the demo, and while I wouldn't pay what they're asking for a Windows version, I'd happily pay *more* than that for a Nintendo DS version...

  11. Re:all i want to know on Games We've Never Seen Before · · Score: 1
  12. Re:To be followed by: on Family Guy Video Game in the Works · · Score: 1

    Family Guy: Lois Does Quahog, a hentai dating sim.
    I may be the only one who'll admit it, but I can't believe I'm the only one who wants this...

  13. Re:Just ONE request... on Grand Challenges For The Next 20 Years · · Score: 1

    I suppose the reason I can't figure out why this was modded "funny", is that this is exactly the laptop I want, too...

  14. Re:How is this possible techincally? on France to Allow Cell Phone Jamming · · Score: 1

    Maybe install a low-power cell base-station thingy in the area you want to block. With it being low power, it shouldn't affect usage outside the blocked area, but it should still be able to provide a strong enough signal for most phones to prefer it over a real one that's outside the blocked area. Then simply configure the blocking cell thingy to only allow pass through outgoing emergency calls to the "real" network. And since the phone's not registered at a real cell, it won't receive incoming calls.

  15. Re:There WAS a movie made about Gerald Bull on DIY Cruise Missile Designer Turns Freelance · · Score: 1

    Yep, it was called Doomsday Gun, and the guy you want is Frank Langella.

  16. Re:LifeLine on On Integrating Voice Commands Into Videogames · · Score: 4, Informative
  17. Re:I Agree With This Post on Linux and the Smile.D Virus keeps us Smiling · · Score: 1

    Try this: left-click and drag to select text in Konquerer, then middle-click in the URL field in Opera.

    Note: I don't have Opera, so I can't say for sure that it will work, but it works for me everywhere I've tried it.

  18. Re:Any mirrors still active? on NaN Closes Shop, The End of Blender? · · Score: 1

    2.25 was the most recent non-free version (Blender Publisher). 2.23 was the most recent free version (Blender Creator).

    If you're looking at using this with Linux, you'll want to grab a copy of 2.22 as well. The Linux version of 2.23 has an bug that prevents you from importing things from other .blend files.

    A reply further up the page mentioned something about a mirror site...

  19. Re:Great, but some problems on Uplink · · Score: 1
    It's really exhilerating to crack a government system...


    That's exhilarating? Try the feeling you get when you transfer over 900,000 of someone else's money into your account! This is perfectly possible in the demo.

    Now I just have to figure out how to get away with it...
  20. Re:Support your Aussie gamer! on Grand Theft Auto Still Banned Down Under · · Score: 1

    Most, if not all, new TVs in .au these days can handle NTSC.

  21. Re:Huh? on LucasFilm Auctioning Star Wars Memorabilia · · Score: 1

    Well, the lightsaber needs a whole load of special effects to look authentic - the helmet doesn't :)

  22. Re:This could revolutionize the 3D modeling indust on New "Power Glove" for the PC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There's another potential problem with this: sculptors are unlikely to use just their hands to shape the clay. To bypass the scanning step, the glove tracking details would have to be combined with detailed information about every tool used. For example, was the tool that was dragged across the surface of the clay scraping with a flat or curved edge, or was it gouging a thin or wide groove?

    An interesting idea, but I don't think the scanning process will be retired any time soon.

  23. Re:This is what lojban is for. on Consonants Not Required · · Score: 1

    .u'e

  24. Re:Color me shocked. on New ICANN TLDs Are Live · · Score: 1
    I say we just get rid of all the TLDs. They're useless. And get rid of that "www" while we're at it.

    Fortunately, someone's already done this, and it's available right now!
  25. Re:Rights? What are you talking about. on Slashback: Flesh, Porn, Smells · · Score: 1

    I swear it's stuff like this that makes me sure that there's a grand international conspiracy involving the world's largest companies trying their hardest to discredit me!

    How's this: to the best of my knowledge, Coca-Cola Amatil, The Coca-Cola Company's authorised Australian bottlers, while having done so in the past, do not currently explicitly list "phosphoric acid" as an ingredient on any Coca-Cola branded packaging.

    I shall have to send a letter of complaint, bemoaning the lack of world-wide labelling standards...