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  1. One step closer... on Paralyzed Woman Uses Mind-Controlled Robot Arm · · Score: 1

    We all know what this research means... we are one step closer to creating Inspector Gadget.

  2. Re:The trouble is... on Australian ISP Wins Case Against Movie Studios · · Score: 1

    You just offended cow pats everywhere.

  3. It's actually because... on Ellison Doesn't Know If Java Is Free · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's actually because Larry couldn't understand the word "free" in the context of an Oracle product.

  4. Re:Hook on Opiates on Indian Man Charged With Blasphemy For Exposing "Miracle" · · Score: 1

    If the creators are omnipotent, technically you could have a circular creation, where a creator creates their own creator at a previous point in time with the impetus to create the other creator.

  5. Not one mention... on The Fall of Data Haven Sealand · · Score: 1

    And no one has mentioned Cryptonomicon yet, how disappointing.

  6. Re:WAKEUP! on Murdoch Faces Allegations of Sabotage · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Unfortunately no one has invented a vaccine for being an ass-hat. Until someone does, these things will continue.

  7. Re:This isn't nearly as bad as the division bug on AMD Confirms CPU Bug Found By DragonFly BSD's Matt Dillon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Either are equally bad from the perspective of a software developer who spends a month trying to work out just exactly what is wrong with their code, especially if something like this occurs on a test machine but not on a development machine.

  8. Not going to end well... on Obayashi To Build Space Elevator By 2050 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's bad enough sharing a lift with 5 or 6 people for 30 seconds, let alone sharing one with 30 people for a week.

  9. Re:Despicable on School Sends Child's Lunch Home After Determining it Unhealthy · · Score: 1

    Maybe, just maybe, it was the potato chips they thought were bad?

  10. Re:seriously, how hard is this? on Obama Orders Federal Agencies To Digitize All Records · · Score: 1

    The company I work for has successfully implemented many such systems based on the HP TRIM software (previously Tower software), which seems to do a pretty good job for both paper and electronic records keeping. It doesn't require any custom code to do most things an organisation wants out of the box, which seems to be a key point in its success.

  11. Re:Don't worry on The Myth of Renewable Energy · · Score: 1

    Brass myself? If I have to be covered in molten metals, at least let it be Gold like Viserys.

  12. Re:Why it is important to stop denying Aliens on Global Warming 'Confirmed' By Independent Study · · Score: 1

    Cocaine. Richard Simmons can be explained by cocaine.

  13. Re:Did it "confirm" it was caused by man? on Global Warming 'Confirmed' By Independent Study · · Score: 1

    Easter Island has a spoken history documenting that the fall of the civilization came from over-utilizing the islands resources (i.e. cutting down all the trees) and for the Romans there are many historically documented causes that aren't climate.

    If you want a good example of a civilization collapsing due to changes in climate, the Mayans and drought are a much better example.

  14. Re:Bitcoin on Value of Bitcoin "Crashes" · · Score: 1

    Most currencies are fairly stable locally, but are less stable internationally relative to other currencies. A shift of a few percentage points in a day isn't unheard of.

  15. Re:Bitcoin on Value of Bitcoin "Crashes" · · Score: 1

    Or you could have employee owned companies and get rid of shareholders all together. Give the control to people who have a stake in and add value to the company, instead of people looking for a short term speculative gain or simply turning money into more money.

  16. Re:Bitcoin on Value of Bitcoin "Crashes" · · Score: 1

    Or you could cut out shareholders all together and have employee owned companies. Then you have employees with an incentive to both produce a profit and to take care of/not fire the employees.

  17. Re:A real hologram ? on Real 3D Display; 3 Years Out? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but the hologram can appear anywhere in space between you and the surface of the rectangle. So you can make things appear off the table as long as you expect the viewer to have line of sight through the object to the table.

  18. Re:More 3D on Real 3D Display; 3 Years Out? · · Score: 1

    You would probably need 2 tables, one facing upward, one facing downward (as a table below can't produce light coming from above), but with 2 tables, it should be possible.

  19. Re:According to the DSM and ICD... on Correlating Psychopathy With Speech Patterns · · Score: 1

    Psychopathy as a "disease" corresponds to Antisocial Personality Disorder in the DSM. It is a bit more specific in defining actual negative behaviours that not all psychopaths might exhibit, but it is the typical of the kind of psychopath coming into the mental health system. There is also some overlap with Narcissistic Personality Disorder and others.

  20. Re:What the fuck is AIR? on Adobe Releases Flash 11 and AIR 3 · · Score: 2

    It essentially allows you to write an application in flash, but not have it anchored in the web browser.

  21. Re:Very broken system on Gang Used 3D Printers To Make ATM Skimmers · · Score: 1

    In Australia the bank is actually liable if your ATM card is skimmed, as it is their security that has been compromised.

  22. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    Corporate taxes are on profit, raising your prices to offset them is completely nonsensical as any sensible company has already tried to set its prices for maximum profit. They're not going to try and earn less profit and if they can earn more that suggests their prices aren't set for maximum profit. What you're spouting is one of two lies about corporate profit, the other being that it costs jobs in the company (again, because to offset your tax by cutting jobs means your company was not earning maximum profits in the first place with those jobs).

    Taxes on sales or on gross income are on customers. Corporate profit taxes are on companies and shareholders.

  23. Re:Well, duh. on Microsoft: No Windows 8 ARM Support For x86 Apps · · Score: 2

    The C# and VB.NET versions actually compile to .NET bytecode. The C++ native and Javascript versions obviously don't.

  24. Re:what we need to ask on Has Cleverbot Passed the Turing Test? · · Score: 1

    Just for fun I did this... the answer may surprise you.

    Me: What would you do if you came across a turtle on its back?
    Cleverbot: I would go back in time to see if Jesus was a real person.

  25. Re:Definitely not on Has Cleverbot Passed the Turing Test? · · Score: 1

    It's an interdisciplinary field, but it is most definitely also a science, with proper academic Computer Science adhering to the scientific method. It is in fact the scientific study of information and computational processes. It is largely not a natural science, although it can be, because there are natural information processes (for example DNA). Most people trained in Computer Science go on to practice Software Engineering, not Computer Science (which is not unusual, many people trained in a science go on to work in applying the science as technology, not doing scientific research).

    If you've ever worked in academic Computer Science you'll know that there is:
    - A vast amount of empirically collected data based on experiments.
    - That if you wish to publish, your work has to be reproducible, so other people can verify your data.
    - Papers come with a falsifiable hypothesis.