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  1. Re:Does a bigger brain really mean higher IQ? on Scientists Postulate Extinct Hominid With 150 IQ · · Score: 1

    from what I remember in highschool science class, it isn't the direct size of the brain but the ratio of the brain to the rest of the body. Whether that was just a curious coloration or has always held true I don't know for sure.

  2. Re:I like uniforms on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 1

    Just because 13 year old mentality is profitable I don't see your point.

  3. Re:I like uniforms on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 1

    Saturdays and sundays clothes have an 'I' and a 'heart' on them.

  4. Re:I like uniforms on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 1

    Most people with a 13 year old mentality want to be different just like everyone else.

  5. Re:Tell it to the plastic clown on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 1

    And why do those two groups wear uniforms?

    Because they are two groups of people that may be in parts of the building that wouldn't normally be occupied by someone you may not know. Being uniformed and badged will help you identify them. Helpdesk that provides on site (at cube) support may also do well to have an easily identifiable "uniform"

  6. Re:I like uniforms on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Oh, and the reason I prefer not to wear a uniform is so I can express myself."

    What are you, 13?

  7. Re:Flash works fine... on A Mixed Review For Google Chrome On Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm lactose intolerant you insensitive clod

  8. Re:He is correct. on Graphic Novelist Calls For Better Game Violence · · Score: 1

    those all sound like the boring quests in WoW.

  9. Re:Can't smoke in Illinois jails on No Smoking Prison Sparks Drop In Crime · · Score: 1

    the problem wasn't W it was the people running against him. W was bad but look at the competition and the horror what we have now!!

  10. Re:Food for drugs on Priest Tells Poor To Shoplift · · Score: 1

    especially when most medication is purchaseable for between $8 and $12 dollars for a 30 day supply from evil companies like Walmart.

  11. Re:Can't smoke in Illinois jails on No Smoking Prison Sparks Drop In Crime · · Score: 1

    Yet interestingly enough after the 2000 ban crime rates have dropped across the board in Illinois

    http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/ilcrime.htm

  12. Re:Does your company lose 10% to IT failure? on One Expert Pegs Yearly Cost of IT Failure At $6.2 Trillion · · Score: 1

    Does your company lose 10% to IT failure?

    It's very possible in the 10% range, but I'd also have to say that it makes 50+% due to IT success.

  13. Re:Presumably... on Anti-Technology Themes in James Cameron's Avatar · · Score: 1

    Of course they can. It just requires large amounts of unobtainium only found on Pandora.

  14. Re:Uhh....lithium ion? on "Home Batteries" Power Houses For a Week · · Score: 1

    obviously if everyone was using them then "off-peak" would no longer exist as power draw would be nearly constant 24x7

  15. Re:Another contributor to productivity invisibilit on Why Coder Pay Isn't Proportional To Productivity · · Score: 1

    I blame you specifically for the fact that my computer, which is literally thousands of times more powerfull than the one I had 20 years ago still feels about the same, and in many ways even slower.

  16. Re:Ha on Demo For NASA MMO Coming In January · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's going to use the new duke nukem engine.

  17. Re:Yeah... on Typing With Your Brain · · Score: 1

    if you used your brain to type on a key board I would think they'd all get sticky.

    ewww, brain goo on the keyboard

  18. Re:Thinking about letters? on Typing With Your Brain · · Score: 1

    I s n apostrophe t space t h a t space h o w space e v e r y o n e space t h i n k s questionmark

  19. Re:Typical proprietary bullshit on Google About Openness · · Score: 1

    I call mechanic: "How much will it cost to fix my car?"
    mechanic: "Bring it in and we'll have a look, find out what's wrong and write up a quote for you."
    Me: "You can't just tell me over the phone?"
    mechanic: "Well, what kind of car is it?"
    Me: "I don't know, look i just want to know how much it will be to fix."

  20. Re:Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but on Typing With Your Brain · · Score: 1

    stupid filter, C:-enter

  21. Re:Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but on Typing With Your Brain · · Score: 1

    I tried

    C:

    but got dos'ed.

  22. Re:Typical proprietary bullshit on Google About Openness · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would, but I can't see the code to audit it and make an informed suggestion on it.

  23. Re:Hadoop? on Google About Openness · · Score: 1

    it is to an extent hdfs hadoop and mapreduce are implemented as part of a paper put out by google based on their googlefs and mapreduce ideas.

  24. Re:New from Google... on Google About Openness · · Score: 1

    At some point a flood of everyone's private info will drown it into privacy again. Right now if your private info is leaked it's like a small town and everyone knows it. Once it is all out there then it becomes as anonymous as someone living in a large city.

  25. Re:Typical proprietary bullshit on Google About Openness · · Score: 0, Troll

    "...opening up the code would not contribute to these goals and would actually hurt users. The search and advertising markets are already highly competitive with very low switching costs, so users and advertisers already have plenty of choice and are not locked in. Not to mention the fact that opening up these systems would allow people to "game" our algorithms to manipulate search and ads quality rankings, reducing our quality for everyone."

    Or it may help you improve your code to fight against people trying to game the system and create better searching for all.

    This just reeks of the standard, "We have to be closed for security reasons." crap argument put out by proprietary whores all the time.