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  1. Re:atmospheric stresses on A Space Cannon That Might Actually Work · · Score: 1

    Now shooting a tank out of a cannon, THAT would be preposterous.

  2. On SNL Humor on Hundreds of New TLDs Coming — Question Is When · · Score: 1

    Finally clownpenis.fart can be real.

  3. Re:Sounds like california on Radar Beats GPS In Court — Or Does It? · · Score: 1

    If you're traveling at or under the speed limit in Chicago, the police will follow you until you do something wrong. Their logic is, "He's going the speed limit, so he's being careful, so he's got something to hide." It's standard practice to do speed limit + 5 here.

    (I'm not saying the logic makes sense, just that it's used.)

  4. Re:Giving flies bad memories? on Scientists Write Memories Directly Into Fly Brains · · Score: 2, Funny

    Headline: Slashdot scientists report first successful conversion of FLY into WALK.

  5. On the conservation of money... on Who Will Fix the Internet? No One, Apparently · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There's no incentive for the ISPs to fix the problem?

    I think if there's a way to increase profits by reducing equipment costs, then there is an incentive. One of the original authors of the TCP/IP protocol just designed a stream router (as opposed to a packet based one) that will route orders of magnitude more data for roughly the same cost as a conventional switch or hub. [citation needed] If ISPs adopt the thing, they spend less money on upgrading infrastructure to meet need and make more money. Money is a good incentive. You can make just about anyone do anything for the right amount of money.

  6. Re:Supplementary Brain? on "Terminator Vision" Is Here For the iPhone · · Score: 1

    At the advent of the printing press, academic minds were concerned that people would become dumber. They thought people would fill their minds with useless knowledge instead of trying to understand the material.

    At the advent of the internet, people were concerned generations of people becoming morons with no memory or knowledge at all.

    People will continue to get smarter and more connected. Reliance on technology does have drawbacks, but to see only the problems provided by this technology and not the benefit is silliness, too.

  7. Re:remember the hubble on Large Hadron Collider Struggling · · Score: 1

    A Large Hubble Collider would be awesome.

  8. Re:Misunderstanding this, most likely on Making Cesium Atoms Do a Quantum Walk · · Score: 1

    If we had a quantum pirate ship we could make people walk the Planck.

  9. Re:I'll repeat what I've said before: Use sentence on Strong Passwords Not As Good As You Think · · Score: 1

    English has remarkably little entropy. A letter in a sentence like this one has an average of 1.3 bits of entropy. To improve the secrecy and randomness of passwords, I recommend substitutions. Take, for example, 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.' This can be mixed into, '@B1rdInTh3H4nd1$W0rth2InDaBush!'. Perhaps not as easy to remember, but after you've made a few passwords like this, it becomes second nature. In my experience, it also becomes easier to mentally 'chunk' passwords, so something like 'B3hold0bli1v1on1$@Hand' is fairly simple to recall.

    Of course, this brings us to a rather interesting junction. The second sentence has more entropy, making it more resistant to cryptographic analysis. The first sentence has more letters, making it harder to brute force. (Though it has no numbers or symbols, but lets set that aside.) Which is better? Depends on your purpose, I think.

  10. The next step... on China Delays "Green Dam" Internet Filter · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Green Dam is the alleged predecessor to a larger and more invasive firewall nicknamed, 'God Damn.'"

  11. Research Addendum on Researchers Discover That Sand Behaves Like Water · · Score: 1

    The same group noted that despite the similarities in behavior, the thirst quenching capabilities of sand lag far behind that of water..

  12. Wireless power... on Intel Demos Wireless "Resonant" Recharging · · Score: 1

    Sometimes referred to as lightening.

  13. Re:Mein Herr! on A Black Day For Internet Freedom In Germany · · Score: 1

    Does Germany allow write-in ballots?

  14. Re:it is not the "largest evel launched into space on Herschel Space Telescope Opens For the First Time · · Score: 1

    "Same with light-based scopes."

    Not to be pedantic, but all electromagnetic radiation is light, just not the way we're use to hearing it used.

    Infra-red light is still light. 802.11 radiation is still electromagnetic radiation. Whether it's an AM radio in an old car, a $400 cell phone, or a telescope in the sky, it's all the same medium.

  15. Re:Massless advance in memory and storage on "Colossal Magnetic Effect" Could Lead To Another Breakthrough In Storage Tech · · Score: 1

    Ah, still using FAT32?

  16. Re:Just another day at the office for me... on Rotten Office Fridge Cleanup Sends 7 To Hospital · · Score: 1

    Then once the winter comes we're left with a bunch of angry radioactive gorillas covered in grease and trying to get out of the cold.

  17. Re:Zero minute meeting on IBM "Invents" 40-Minute Meetings · · Score: 1

    I generally prefer lunch meats. They make me more alert and productive as the day goes on.

  18. Re:this is so sad! on Duke Nukem For Never · · Score: 1

    At least funerals have coffee and cookies. This is just... :(

  19. Re:Sorry but... on OpenOffice 3.1 Released · · Score: 1

    I used OpenOrifice once -- I accidentally opted in to the Open Sores license and have thus far been unable to opt out or uninstall the software.

  20. Re:Meth? on Cosmetic Neurology · · Score: 1

    Marketing.

    Marketing and quality control.

  21. Re:For years... on Cosmetic Neurology · · Score: 1

    "Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit breathing..." -- Lloyd Bridges, March 10th, 1998.

  22. On the Marine's creed: on Cybersquatting and Social Media · · Score: 1

    This is my PGP key.
    There are many like it, but this one is mine.
    My key is my best friend.
    It is my who I am.
    I must remember it as I remember my life.
    My key, without me, is useless.
    Without my key, I am anonymous.
    I must post my message signed.
    I must post better than any enemy who is trying to impersonate me.
    I must reg him before he regs me. I will....

    Before CmdrTaco I swear this creed.
    My key and myself are the defenders of my IP.
    We are the masters of our enemy.
    We are the saviors of my Second Life.
    So be it, until victory is /.'s and there is no enemy, but Peace.

    http://www.omgitswebsite.com/JosephCatrambone.asc

  23. Re:Seems like the Swedish know what to do. on The Circus Widens In Aftermath of Pirate Bay Verdict · · Score: 1

    Goddamnit, I'll watch the news as soon as my Daily Show torrent finishes.

  24. Re:is Microsoft 23 years old? on Microsoft Suffers Leaks, Lagging Sales Numbers As They Look Forward To Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Looks like *someone* is doing their math with an old Pentium.

  25. Re:New OS naming trend? on Microsoft Suffers Leaks, Lagging Sales Numbers As They Look Forward To Windows 8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft will continue to increment version numbers with the ongoing years until it rolls over to Windows -32768. Then the sun will explode.