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  1. Re:Not quite a myth. on The Myth of the Isolated Kernel Hacker · · Score: 1

    No, the largest single group would be the "Linux Kernel hackers" group at 99.98% of all source contributed.

  2. Re:So.... on Flickr Yanks Image of Obama As Joker · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yep, good thing no innocents have died in Iraq or Afghanistan in the past 8 months.

  3. Re:I already do on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: 1

    It was suppose to be obviously absurd. It's even scarier that it is not.

  4. Re:Classes? Who needs em! on The Challenges of Class Balance In MMOGs · · Score: 1

    raw dps is one thing, combat then can be based on opportunity. this is why most melee dps is instant cast and most range dps has cast time. Melee is required to get in close so loses opportunity there, while ranged can stay back. But with randomly spaced AOE or interrupts then ranged loses opportunity for dps where melee may not.

  5. Re:Gutless? on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: 1

    funny store concering clutching easier.

    I learned to drive in an 1982 Ford Superduty diesel 4 speed. I was probably 10 years old and could barely reach the peddles. I popped the clutch and of course it just started going. I stepped on the gas and the torq yanked me back which pulled my foot off the gas. The compression of the engine then slowed the truck down as if I had slammed on the breaks sliding me forward onto the gas peddle again, only to repeat the previous acceleration problem.

    Seeing my parts sitting next to me being thrown forward and back suddenly got me laughing and unable to control this jerk/stop motion for what was far too long.

    Luckily of course this was back in an offroad 4x4 trail and not even a country back road. Still makes me giggle inside, 25 years later, thinking about my parents getting slammed around like that.

  6. Re:Gutless? on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: 1

    They way it's calculated. You'd have to look it up, but the ratings are pretty close to equivelent within about .5.

  7. Re:Gutless? on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: 1

    How is throttle response on that 6.4L? My 6.0 has a shit ton of power, but takes a good 2-3 seconds after mashing the accelerator for the turbo to spin up and to actually feel the acceleration.

  8. Re:I already do on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: 1

    If you feel you're getting scammed then you are an idiot for doing it. It's called a free market. You can pay cash for a slightly used car. You can negotiate the price to something you are willing to pay. You can keep the Chevy and say screw Porshe. You can sell the Chevy on the secondary market and use the cash. You can go buy a used car off Craig's list for much less.

    The only time you can ever get scammed is when you find out afterwards. If you are going into a deal knowing that the deal is not in your favor then you're just stupid, or you are agreeing to the terms.

  9. Re:No, it's the not-a-startup-iest "startup". on Is the Federal Government the Most Interesting Tech Startup For 2009? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yea it's like calling Microsoft the most recent Video Game Console start-up.

  10. Re:Good thing... on Amazon Confirms EC2/S3 Not PCI Level 1 Compliant · · Score: 1

    It turns out this cloud computing stuff is just vaporware.

  11. Re:Cheap? on NASA Developing Nuclear Reactor For Moon and Mars · · Score: 1

    But they calculate that as ($total cost / weight) so it's not like adding 1 more pound ads $25k to the cost of the launch.

  12. strange on Up To 90 Percent of US Money Has Traces of Cocaine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You'd think with Bush out of office that DC would test lower than it did 2 years ago.

  13. Re:Enter the Private Industry... on NASA's Cashflow Problem Puts Moon Trip In Doubt · · Score: 1

    Damn preview
    No, what they have pointed to is either
    a) research that just happened to be done by NASA with little (if any) connection to manned space exploration,
    b) technology developed elsewhere that NASA uses and claims, or
    c) The above is outright handwaving and propaganda.

  14. Re:FWIW on Arizona Judge Tells Sheriff "Reveal Password Or Face Contempt" · · Score: 1

    that's why there are people trying to do away with it.

  15. Re:Coverup on Arizona Judge Tells Sheriff "Reveal Password Or Face Contempt" · · Score: 1

    ...The guy's got corruption all over the place, so he's still in office.

    FTFY

  16. Re:That's why the US isn't a democracy on Arizona Judge Tells Sheriff "Reveal Password Or Face Contempt" · · Score: 1

    All suspects are guilty. Period. Or they wouldn't be suspects now would they?

    ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bocmVZXXY8w

    Funny and scary. That was actually shot on the CA/AZ border. RotJ was also shot in Arizona. Many parts of Arizona look exactly like the desert scenes in ANH, although they were shot in Tunisia I think???

  17. Re:Cash flow problem... on NASA's Cashflow Problem Puts Moon Trip In Doubt · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's more funding they need. An ability to fire bad teachers? Perhaps blowing away school boards? Better yet school vouchers to do away with the entire craphole that public education is.

  18. Re:How do you define evil? on Team Aims To Create Pure Evil AI · · Score: 1

    Evil = looking out for your self without regard for others
    Good = looking out for your self with total regard for others

    Selflessness = looking out for others without regard for your self
    of which is broken down into two extremes with points between:
    Stupid = good intentions on helping others with poor outcome
    Heroic = good intentions of helping others with good outcome

  19. Re:Whole product... on Danish FreeBSD Dev. Sues Lenovo Over "Microsoft Tax" · · Score: 1

    sounds like lawyers getting together and writing law to require the most lawyers.

    You could have 1 court case if you let the customer sue company A directly, but instead the customer has to sue company B and Company B then sues company A. In the end the lawyers win.

  20. Re:Don't blame the universities on US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal · · Score: 1

    yes, but why?

    hint: jerry mandering

  21. Re:It's Already Legally Governed, Drop It on Making the Case That Virtual Property Is a Bad Idea · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "Obama will EAT your BABIES ! It's true, because it was on FOX !"

    Carrying on more Bush policies I see.

  22. Re:Common Sense on Open Textbooks Win Over Publishers In CA · · Score: 1

    It's almost like a kid that refuses not to believe in Santa Clause. Even if the parents show receipts, they're going to come up with something.

  23. Re:Punishment doesn't fit the Crime on Illinois Bans Social Network Use By Sex Offenders · · Score: 1

    Yep, sure glad the police can't look up my DMV record.

  24. Re:People definitely neglect science... on Parents Baffled By Science Questions · · Score: 1

    I can understand masturbation about neighbors or even politicians, but about Singers and Actors?

  25. Re:Don't blame the universities on US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal · · Score: 1

    Yea, because my vote does count. How does a congress that had a 13% approval rating have an 80% reelection rate?