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  1. Re:The new "rationality" test. I support this test on "Pre-Crime" Comes To the HR Dept. · · Score: 1

    You spelled favor wrong!
     
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  2. Is it just me? on E-Books Are Only 6% of Printed Book Sales · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Am I the only one who prefers reading real books?

    I stare at a computer screen enough.
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    Ebooks are great for quick fact checking, but if Im reading 100+ pages I'd prefer a paper book. Its just easier on the eyes.
     
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  3. Re:Forward thinkers on When the Senate Tried To Ban Dial Telephones · · Score: 1

    I've noticed if I buy something light it wont register when I put it on the scale. Dropping it on the scale with a little force seems to work.
     
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  4. Re:Forward thinkers on When the Senate Tried To Ban Dial Telephones · · Score: 1

    At my local checkout you can shut the sound off (prevents machine from saying "Please weigh your bananas"), enter the item as bananas (the cheapest item by weight), and pay .69 cents a pound for whatever you want. I've only know people to do this with other fruits and vegetables but I suppose it would work with anything. The one person watching 5-6 checkouts rarely pays attention to anything.
     
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  5. Re:Demo didn't work for me on Introducing the Invulnerable Evercookie · · Score: 1

    Im having problems too

    I uploaded the example code, you can try it out here

    For me it stores data using only 2 methods in FF though "Clear Recent History" fails to remove both.

    In IE8 the script fails to work for me:

    Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
    Line: 263
    Char: 3
    Code: 0
    URI: http://fiestafan.com/ec/evercookie.js

  6. Re:Not hard to beat at first glance. on Introducing the Invulnerable Evercookie · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I uploaded the example code, you can try it out here

    For me it stores data using only 2 methods in FF though "Clear Recent History" fails to remove both.

    In IE8 the script fails to work for me:

    Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
    Line: 263
    Char: 3
    Code: 0
    URI: http://fiestafan.com/ec/evercookie.js

    Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
    Line: 263
    Char: 3
    Code: 0
    URI: http://fiestafan.com/ec/evercookie.js

    Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
    Line: 263
    Char: 3
    Code: 0
    URI: http://fiestafan.com/ec/evercookie.js

    Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
    Line: 263
    Char: 3
    Code: 0
    URI: http://fiestafan.com/ec/evercookie.js

  7. Re:This doesn't make sense at all. on Google Publishes Censorship Map · · Score: 1

    The map also includes information like Iran blocking Youtube.
     
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  8. Re:Immature and Gun Happy on Hunters Shot Down Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    You cannot kill your way out of them, since as you kill people, you make more insurgents.

    Unless you kill all the people...
     
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  9. Re:Well, is this a good thing? on Emulation Arrives On the PS3 · · Score: 1

    It was underground in the sense that most homebrew projects (like xbox media center) didnt distribute compiled code, just the source. You had to obtain the xbox development software yourself and compile the code or find a torrent if someone was nice enough to make one.

    Very inconvenient.

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  10. Re:The wall, and the end of the world. on Is SSD Density About To Hit a Wall? · · Score: 1

    But isn't smaller cheaper to produce?
     
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  11. Re:The wall, and the end of the world. on Is SSD Density About To Hit a Wall? · · Score: 1

    When that 2Tb SSD can fall 4 stories (while in use) and carry on without even noticing, then I start getting tingles...

    SSDs can already do that...
     
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  12. Re:Print More on Pentagon Aims To Buy Up Book · · Score: 1

    Read the full article?? Cmon does anyone really do that???
     
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  13. Print More on Pentagon Aims To Buy Up Book · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why dont they take the money and print another 10,000?
     
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  14. But.. on New Calculations May Lead To a Test For String Theory · · Score: 3, Insightful

    However, given the second most common complaint, I can't help but wonder: which string theory?
     
    Exactly, if this turns out to be false it won't disprove all string theory.
     
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  15. Re: Because law isn't based on who you trust? on GPS Tracking Without a Warrant Declared Legal · · Score: 1

    You know your government has tanks, missiles, stealth bombers and is on its way to warships with laser cannons right?

    And all that did so well against the Iraqis, Afghans, and Vietnamese. Those countries are smaller population and area wise and its a lot easier to drop bombs on foreigners than your own people.

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  16. Re:Sauce for the goose on GPS Tracking Without a Warrant Declared Legal · · Score: 1

    I've thought about this also.

    I bet cops (and military units for that matter) have a distinct EM signature.

    Radios, Laptops, Same Engines, and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting.

    How hard would it be to detect all those frequencies simultaneously and triangulate the emission source? (hard I would imagine)

    How far away could you pick things up from?

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  17. Re:Subscription service on Apple In Talks To Bring $0.99 TV Rentals To iTunes · · Score: 1

    The problem is just cause 4 million people watched something on TV doesnt mean you could get them to each pay $1.

    Even then credit card companies charge $.20+ a transaction and the distributor is going to take a healthy cut too.

    Distribution is a huge barrier. Especially once (if?) pay per episode downloadi catches on. Right now there is a limited number of TV channels, when anyone with a camera can make and sell episodes for $1 audiences are going to fracture.

    Whos going to win, $4 million dollar scripted TV shows, or $10,000 reality TV shows?
     
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  18. Re:Article Doesnt Say on Low Energy Supercomputing · · Score: 2, Informative

    See, this is why some people are sticklers for grammar, spelling, and capitalization rules. Of course they're using atoms. But are they using Atoms? Your error is needlessly confusing and detracts from your point.

    If I had capitalized Atom do you think anyone would have thought I meant the car?
    Or the Christian martyr?
    Or the unit of medieval time?
    Or the 1983 educational game for the TRS-80?
    Or the comic book?
    Or the alias of German musician Uwe Schmidt?
    Or the album by Carbon/Silicon?
    Or the Acorn Atom, an early 1980s home computer?
    Or the card game?
    Or the sports teams of Annandale High School?
    Or the XML-based Web syndication format?

    It could mean ANYTHING! Oh how will anyone deduce the meaning of my convoluted sentence??!

  19. Article Doesnt Say on Low Energy Supercomputing · · Score: 1

    But who thinks theyll be using atoms? I remember reading that Microsoft, and others were looking into clustering them. The current atoms are more powerful than a P4 and use only 13 watts, 18 at 100% cpu.

    At 18 watts each and 26 amps at 110 watts thats about 158 atoms.

    158 x $100 each = $15800

    2.86 kw x 24 x 30 = 2059 kwh

    $0.20 (the outrageous price I pay for electricity) x 2059 = $411 a month to run this thing

    $0.04 (the price I wish I payed for electricity) x 2059 = $82 (Now thats reasonable!)

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  20. Not New on Video Adverts On the Printed Page · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Bout time... on EA Says Game Development Budgets Have Peaked · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Have u seen farmville?
     
    "Gamers" arent the only ones who play games.
     
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  22. so... on Trojan-Infected Computer Linked To 2008 Spanair Crash · · Score: 1

    Does this mean the trojan writer can be tried for murder?
     
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  23. Re:The answer is already here. on The Story of Dealing With 33 Attorneys General · · Score: 1

    As for other brilliant ideas, like New York State wanting me to collect taxes from my ebay buyers and file a tax return, they can rot in hell. I owe zero allegiance to that government, nor do I have any voice speaking for me in its legislature.

    Well its only a matter of time before your state does the same thing. Maybe all the states will get together and do it all at once.
     
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  24. Re:So maybe it wasn't just a coincidence on What Happens To a Football Player's Neurons? · · Score: 1
  25. Re:feh on What Happens To a Football Player's Neurons? · · Score: 1

    What about Lou Gehrig? How many times could he have gotten hit in the head playing baseball? I would be not that many...

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