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  1. Re:I've never understood this sort of thing on Microsoft Plans VR Simulation of Everything? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe. For people with arachnophobia, researchers were able to help them by having them virtually approach a large spider and eventually "touch" it. link

    Another example I can think of is shopping for curtains or rugs. It would be nice to be able to jump into a virtual room with whatever curtains you are thinking of to see how it would look.

  2. Re:Mouse??? WTF on The Mouse Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    Using KLM-GOMS analysis, you are incorrect. Applications with really good shortcuts would be faster with a keyboard. Try browsing CNN keyboard only vs. a mouse and let me know how you do.

    And your post may have been tongue-in-cheek, but it wouldn't be slashdot if I didn't reply.

  3. Re:Congrats on The Mouse Turns 40 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And if you're a mac user, the other huge change over the past 40 years is more bu^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H new plastic body.

  4. One sentence summary of the article on Why the Widening Gender Gap In Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    Girls don't enter Computer Science for the same reasons boys don't enter into the exciting and rewarding field of Nursing. Peer pressure and societal expectations.

    (Okay, so three sentences including this one.)

  5. Re:Why use that? on The Shady Business Practices of Classmates.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because they don't care about you. They are looking for the 10 year old alumni from psychology browsing some employment site for the 3000th time that gets a big ad in her face talking about classmates. She hopes to reunite with her undergrad sweetheart hoping he's made something of his life and will take her out of her life of futility.

    Well, no, bitch. I'm through with you. Mark might have been better looking and knew how to talk and stuff being a communications major, but who's laughing now? Me! Hah! hahahaha...

  6. Quite a show on Oklahoma Ambulances Debut Sirens That You Can Feel · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just imagine a bunch of cars all parked tightly on a nice street. Now imagine half of them chiming in with their own sirens when their shock sensors get set off.

  7. Re:Help change Wikipedia for the better (seriously on Wikipedia's New Definition of Truth · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please strike a blow AGAINST deletionism.

    I prefer to think of it as Intelligent Editing.

  8. Lies on Robotic Suit For Rent In Japan · · Score: 4, Informative

    It isn't really reading brain signals. From the own company's website, they say the system detects signals on the surface of the skin (of what is intended to be moved). That is why they demonstrate it with partially paralyzed people. If the spinal column cannot relay any signal at all to the legs, then the system cannot work.

  9. Re:One of these things is not like the other. on Alarm Raised For "Clickjacking" Browser Exploit · · Score: 1

    At least nothing obvious. I suppose I could have been rootkitted.

    I tried it, too, but didn't notic

    hahah... im a n00b

    wtf? what's going on with my ke

    penis

  10. Re:Moral of the story? on Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents · · Score: 3, Funny

    Light does not penetrate solid objects!

    My, my. You even used an exclamation point because you were so sure. What about glass? Plastic? Sheets of colored paper for effect? Cardboard (maybe lump with paper)? Shining a bright light under your hand or in your mouth?

  11. Re:Accountability on New Bill To Rein In DHS Laptop Seizures · · Score: 1

    You're new the US, right?

    Real reason: He is a dark haired male between the age of 16 and 65 and has a funny name.

    Reason on paper: Classified.

  12. Re:Where do I apply? on Air Force To Re-Open Pursuit of Cyber Command · · Score: 1

    And if the job is not available, then what? As they say in baghdad: ahlan wa sahlan, mother fucker.

  13. Re:Real Web App Limitation on "Netbooks" Move Up In Notebook Rankings · · Score: 2, Informative

    I am a web developer and also own a EEE PC. Websites with fixed height are declining. People are designing with the idea of "above the fold" and don't really care about the vertical scrolling.

    Moreover, with my EEE PC I browse in full screen mode (F11), have a plugin to replace the menu-bar with a button next to the address bar, and also have a tiny-button theme which is even smaller than the default firefox "small buttons" option. I don't really care enough to do an actual comparison, but I think it's pretty damn close to a regular 1024 x 768 with menu bar + big buttons + windows taskbar.

  14. Re:More ready? on Python 2.6 to Smooth the Way for 3.0, Coming Next Month · · Score: 4, Funny

    But which one is correcter?

  15. What assets? on Michael Robertson Sued Over Missing Linspire Cash · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linux isn't profitable...

  16. Re:Easy on How Do I Talk To 4th Graders About IT? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not far off. Here is a script you can use:

    You: Do you kids know how Mommy and Daddy put Elmo on YouTube when it's time to "clean the master bedroom?"

    Them: Yes.

    You: I make sure Elmo keeps playing until the room is clean.

  17. Re:The human aspect on 16th World Computer Chess Championship In Progress · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When you realize the search space involved, and computer chess does break down to a search problem, then even small algorithm tweaks can have a large effect. A naive algorithm on a 40-core box will lose to better algorithm on a PDA. So in other words, it's not the the number of cycles you have, but how you use them.

  18. Re:Horror on No Space Porn (For Now) · · Score: 1

    Heh... I actually thought it was "porn in no space" as in that negative matter or whatever that was in Ultraviolet. Or just maybe in an airplane bathroom.

  19. Re:Not for everyone. on Cheaper Car Insurance For Gamers · · Score: 2, Funny

    But we all know that space fighter video game experience translates well into the real world

  20. Re:Skynet on Towards a Wiki For Formally Verified Mathematics · · Score: 1

    Skynet approves of this machine readable knowledge store.

    I, for one, welcome our... oh shit

  21. How many people hit the cap? on The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 1

    But seriously, who would ever use enough bandwidth in a month to have their connec