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  1. Re:People dont care for privacy. Really! on Maine Rejects Federally Mandated ID Cards · · Score: 1

    People put down their real contact information on the applications for grocery buyer cards? Dumbasses.

  2. Re:National Security Exempt on Online Budget Database Planned by White House · · Score: 1

    I imagine there'll be an upswing in the number of $24,999 contracts.

  3. Re:Yes on Do MMORPG's Cause People to Buy Fewer Games at Retail? · · Score: 1

    The above-mentioned trinkets drop from the Neverseen Dragon in Molten Core but they're BOP and the drop rate is really low so you're looking at about 5 days of farming.

  4. Re:I guess I'm confused a on Screenshot Accounts 'Delisted' on Flickr · · Score: 1

    The way it works is: if I post screenshots and get flagged, then site searches won't find ANY of my uploads, regardless of whether they're screenshots or photos.

  5. Re:How to program in the 21st century on How to be a Programmer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    3. cry when indian/russian/chinese programmer ignores "US Copyright Law" and develops and markets product for themselves.

  6. I hated it on The Left Hand of Darkness · · Score: 1

    I read the LHoD about 5-10 years ago and really found it quite boring. Maybe it was too short for anything to really happen.

  7. Re:Does this allow... on Quantum Holography · · Score: 2, Funny

    So can they shrink the technology so it fits in a pair of "x-ray" goggles?

  8. Re:What about the reverse? on Convert Movies From R to PG13 to PG On The Fly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think what we're really looking for is something that could take Harry Potter and turn it into Hairy Poke Her.

  9. Re:An improved user interface is only 5 years away on Surfing the Web Haptically · · Score: 1

    The CS department at UNC Chapel Hill has a neat research project where they use haptic feedback in conjunction with a "nanomanipulator". Basically you can feel atoms. It's pretty slick. They have a number of other haptic research projects too in regards to VR and such.

  10. Dude, why isn't my Micro$oft stock skyrocketing? on Bush Administration Stops Microsoft Breakup · · Score: 2, Interesting

    eh?

  11. Coulda used this on OJ... on Fighting Fire From the Sky · · Score: 1

    Next time we need to chase a white Ford Bronco, I'll bet this is the thing used by all the news stations...

  12. Life prolongment science on Earth's Population Predicted To Peak In 2070 · · Score: 1

    I also don't think they take into account the rising life expectancies (in most countries). What if we develop age treatments and everyone starts living to 200 instead of 82? If people aren't dying, the population would take a LOT longer to stagnate, and be at a much higher level.

  13. Holographic storage? on Disk Storage Limits Loom 3-5 Years From Now · · Score: 1

    Articles posted here earlier in the year said holographic terabyte storage would be available to the masses in a couple of years. Plus, there's always the good old RAID method. I don't see any problems.

  14. doggiecam on Using Webcams as Remote Security? · · Score: 1

    I set up a webcam just this past weekend with freeware I found on download.com. Now I can monitor my house to make sure my pets aren't getting into trouble, or noone is breaking in. My router has a dynamic IP from my cable modem service provider which changes rarely, and when it does, I have another freeware program that posts the new IP to dyndns.org.

  15. household cyborgs on Testing The First Cyborgs · · Score: 2

    Well, none of these new cyborg technologies would be of any use for me; if I had a rat-brain-powered vacuum, my dog or cat would eat it immediately.

  16. 2001 on FPGA Supercomputers · · Score: 2

    They're calling it HAL. Mommy.