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  1. Re:NELL and the banan have something in common on Meet NELL, the Computer That Learns From the Net · · Score: 1

    I think 100 monkeys locked in a room with 100 computers could already pass such a test.

  2. Re:Yesterday's News. Stuff That Mattered. on Blockbuster Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nobody is talking about it today because it's already old news.

    Uhmm, we're talking about it?

  3. Re:I Won't on Blockbuster Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    I'm not a Luddite either. Technology has been paying my bills all of my working life. When the bricks and mortar options go away, I'm sure I'll embrace streaming and wonder why I waited so long. But for now...

  4. I'll miss them on Blockbuster Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Browsing in a browser just doesn't hold up to browsing the physical media. Guess I'm just a library kinda guy.

  5. Re:Oblig Network ref on Frustrated Reporter Quits After Slow News Day · · Score: 1

    Minus the extra 's' and according to Google, yes.

  6. Oblig Network ref on Frustrated Reporter Quits After Slow News Day · · Score: 1

    Jeg er så gal som helvete, og jeg har ikke tenkt til å ta dette lenger!

  7. OT: sig comment on How the Web Rallied To Review the P != NP Claim · · Score: 5, Funny

    People replying to my sig annoy me. That's why I change it all the time.

    Time to change again.

  8. Agriculture on Tractor Beams Come To Life · · Score: 1

    For some reason I thought of farm implements when I saw "tractor." Didn't make a whole lot of sense.

  9. Re:But what created the law of gravity? on Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang · · Score: 1

    I'd say that it takes faith to believe that it doesn't matter if you neither accept nor reject.

  10. Hitchcock video - offtopic? on Wikipedia Reveals Secret of 'The Mousetrap' · · Score: 1

    A number of years ago I decided to catch up on my Alfred Hitchcock movie viewing. I rented Rebecca, which I had never seen. The movie was preceded by several trailers from the video series. It included a short cut from Rebecca which showed a man saying "I killed her." Nooooo! They put a spoiler in the trailer preceding the movie I was about to watch. Man was I ticked off.

  11. Re:There's still better privacy on Hackers Eavesdrop On Quantum Crypto With Lasers · · Score: 1

    [curse you, comment parser! you won't let me post an empty reply!]

  12. Re:MalCon on A Conference For Malware Writers · · Score: 1

    Ouch!

  13. Re:Bad analogy is bad on A Conference For Malware Writers · · Score: 1

    Now you're just talkin' crazy talk.

  14. Re:So.... on Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Decent point. Key difference is that a bicycle rider is much more likely to be injured in a crash and so, supposedly, pays more attention to what's going on around them.

  15. I knew I should have patented my idea on Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ringtones for your hybrid car. Downloadable for 99 cents.

  16. HAV vs. HAVnot on The Second Age of Airships · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think the acronym for Hybrid Air Vehicle has a lot of potential.

  17. Re:Well on Global Warming 'Undeniable,' Report Says · · Score: 1

    That struck me as odd too. Why not say "including France" or "including Ghana" or somewhere else. Does Canada have a history of being relatively unforthcoming with this type of data? Or maybe Canadian scientists are the best of the bunch and adding them to the list is like having Thomas Jefferson endorse an amendment to the U.S. constitution?

  18. Re:If you live and work in NZ, great on Software Now Un-Patentable In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Yes. And this wouldn't help a NZ company if they sell outside NZ, correct?

  19. Re:Hmmm..... on NTP Sues Six Major Tech Companies Over Wireless Email Patents · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe it wasn't intentional, but penitence kind of works in this context.

  20. Progress on this front is good on Antibody Discovered To Boost HIV Vaccines · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But I have to wonder if the region that doesn't normally morph will start morphing if it starts being targetted. HIV is a tough little bugger. Very borg-like.

  21. Re:Wait a minute... on Crack the Code In US Cyber Command's Logo · · Score: 0

    Quick! We need some midgets and an active volcano!

    No we don't. Just need a few big eagles. Check out Lord of the Rings on How it Should have Ended. http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/videos

  22. FYI on 'Robin Sage' Social Hoax Duped Military, Security Pros · · Score: 0

    Linkedin profile is gone

  23. Prof had a sign over his fireplace on Tattoos For the Math and Science Geek? · · Score: 0

    I can't figure out how to do greek letters in a post. Replace 'omega' with the actual greek character. d'oh!

    "omega Sweet omega" which translates to "Ohm Sweet Ohm"

  24. Re:he did it because on Grigory Perelman Turns Down $1M Millennium Prize · · Score: 0

    According to TFA, he lives with his elderly mother. I wonder how she supports herself. You'd think $1 million would help her out a bit.

  25. Re:And in other news... on MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want · · Score: 0

    Works fine when you insert batteries long-wise (as shown in the picture). But if you drop the battery in end-wise (like in my camera), it's really hard to design a way to force proper battery orientation.