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  1. Re:What scientists... on New Mexico Bill To Protect Anti-Science Education · · Score: 1

    This isn't evolution specific, of course. K-12 physics is usually Newtonian, which isn't just overly simplistic; but known to be false.
     

    you are using the incorrect word there.

    Perhaps you should rephrase it as "less then 100% accurate"

    And even then , its only less then 100% at high relativistic speeds and at extremely small distances ( quantum ). Plenty good enough to figure out how much damage that car will do when it hits the wall.

    Newton was good enough to get us to the moon. Einstein was needed to make the gps network actually function.

  2. Teen mom vs jersey shore on Viacom Closes MTV Games · · Score: 1

    Too bad they never developed a mortal kombat style game.

    I likely would have bought %subj% just to watch snookies spine get ripped out.

  3. Re:100 TB is impressive how? on Behind-The-Scenes Superbowl Tech · · Score: 1

    Ok .. makes sense about the lack of respect for a Saturn .. My point of reference being a crown vic , which folks got out of the way for. Likely thinking I was a cop or something.

    Also .. not really trying to argue .. but driving hard enough to make someone loose there lunch would likely violate most states catch all "reckless driving" laws.

  4. Re:100 TB is impressive how? on Behind-The-Scenes Superbowl Tech · · Score: 1

    Say the cobra does 0-60 in 5 seconds .. and the camry does it in 15 .. thats 10 seconds that you are traveling faster .. then you are moving the same speed.

    60 mph == 1 mile per min. 10 seconds == 1/6 of a mile ..

    even if this was instant .. you would gain 1/6th of a mile at the start .. and thats it.

    Perhaps some at the end where the stang can outbreak the camry .. Or perhaps around the off ramp where it will handle better.

    There would be no advantage in traffic , as your speed is controlled by the car in front of you .. all the camary has to do is acc as fast as the car in front of them. And the stang cant acc any faster then the car in front.

    I have owned many cars in my liffe , including a 02 cobra ( only kept it for 6 months .. bought it from a widow after her husband became a hood ornament during a bike crash and she had no idea what it was .. oh that was a fun six months .. and profitable also :-D ) and the only time I have experienced the phenomena you describe is when I drove a Crown Vic .. This is in the NYC metro area .. where are you that folks are scared of a mustang ??

  5. Re:Why does this guys thoughts matter ? on Netgear CEO Says Jobs's Ego Will Bite Apple · · Score: 1

    No .. I think the numbers mean exactly what I think they mean.

    Market cap = price per share * number of shares outstanding
    P/E = price of stock / total earnings
    EPS = Earnings per share

    mr jobs does / did things right to get those numbers ..

    mr netgear talks bullshit about a company that posts numbers that would make him cream his pants. /me looks at the histroy ..

    1k in netgear 5 years ago .. == about the same today ..
    1k in apple 5 years ago == over 3k today ..

  6. Why does this guys thoughts matter ? on Netgear CEO Says Jobs's Ego Will Bite Apple · · Score: 2

    Lets take a look

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAPL

    Market Cap: 309.64B
    P/E (ttm): 18.75
    EPS (ttm): 17.92

    vs

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=NTGR

    Market Cap: 1.22B
    P/E (ttm): 26.91
    EPS (ttm): 1.27

    Mr jobs is obviously doing "SOMETHING" right ..

    And by the looks of the numbers , mr netgear should worry about his own house , before he starts looking into others.

  7. Re:Big traffic cop is watching on Ford Building Cars That Talk To Other Cars · · Score: 1

    Seriously dude .. What the hell are you smoking ?? Perhaps not now .. but during stats class .. or something.

    statistically certain to be unique ??

    How the hell can you even use those two words in the same sentence.

  8. Re:Big traffic cop is watching on Ford Building Cars That Talk To Other Cars · · Score: 1

    He said busy city. And you bring up a city with the nickname of "The big easy" /me sighs

    In a REAL city .. ( read as New York / Tokyo / London / HK .. Ya know .. a REAL city .. ) Using a car to get around is just inconvenient. Heck , I know folks in NYC ( Adults .. with kids .. ) that have never even gotten there drivers license .. Just no need for it.)

  9. Re:Luckily... on Ford Building Cars That Talk To Other Cars · · Score: 1

    TCAS is not the same thing.BIG difference between figuring out if a mode c transponder signal is "Constant Bearing Decreasing Range" then trying to figure out if the guy in front of you stops short.

    But really .. the simple question is.
    How long before some kids think it is funny to sit on a bridge ( Or the side of the road ) sending out signals and watching cars slam on the brakes?
    Or how long before china creates one in mini form ( for 10 bucks a gross ) which can be inserted into a foam ball or something.
    OH THE PRANKS YOU COULD PULL.

     

  10. Re:Not a chance.... on OLPC Halves Power Consumption For XO 1.75 · · Score: 1

    :-D .. Cute ..

    Thats kinda the point ..

    Sure the no name PC builder can make you think your getting a deal .. But when you look closer they give you a 100mbit network card ( not gigabit with offloading ) .. Shared memory .. a graphics card from 4 years ago .. and so on ..

    But a system from a reputable dealer vs apple comes out very close.

  11. Re:Not a chance.... on OLPC Halves Power Consumption For XO 1.75 · · Score: 1

    Ok .. ill feed the troll ..

    Next you are going to try and claim a one button mouse ..

    An apple tax is a fallacy.

    Seriously , go do click around on apple.com and dell.com and see for yourself ...

    A 12 core system from dell .. and a 12 core system from apple .. both come out to 5k .. ( with the apple having a better video card and faster memory ) ..

  12. Re:IPv7 on After IPv4, How Will the Internet Function? · · Score: -1

    In the real world ( read as 'unix world' ) odd numbers are always "experimental" .. There is a 5 .. but it was never meant for mass consumption

  13. Re:5.25" floppies: instant 2x space on AMD Radeon HD 6950 Can Be Unlocked To HD 6970 · · Score: 1

    The comment of "flipped disks wouldnt work" is misleading ..

    When you would read data from the rive , you would specify the "side" .. Yes , you could not read the second side from the drive directly by specifying the second side.

    But you could still flip it like everyone else.

  14. Re:Obligatory on Microsoft Puts the Kibosh On Kinect Sex Game Plans · · Score: 1

    ........ They get a small advantage against small scale copying because commercially available DVD blanks have the CSS blocks burned out during manufacturing. .........

    [Citation Needed]

  15. Re:Obscene on 'YouCut' Targets National Science Foundation Budget · · Score: 2

    Prior to DARPA the prevailing theory was that circuit-switched networks were the way to go. The entire phone system was built on circuit-switched networks. There is no reason to think a packet-switched network would have suddenly become popular without a little prodding by the government.

    I agree with the general point of your comment .. but seriously .. think about it for just a moment .. How else could the phone system have been built if not circuit switched ? The tech of the day in would not have allowed anything else.

    And even if it had .. the nature of a phone call "screams" circuit switched. There is nothing wrong with circuit switching a voice network.

  16. Re:Seriously? on Protect Your Pre-1997 IP Address · · Score: 1

    and it is an ODD number...

    Only EVEN in production !!!!!

  17. Re:M.A.D. on WikiLeaks Defenders Threaten Amazon · · Score: 1

    in your analogy .. wikileaks would be a bunch of levels above that ..

    Wiki leaks leaks the names .. which gets someone caught .. who is then put in front of someone that pulls the trigger ..just by following your own logic .. the fault is of the person who pulled the trigger ... Not the one that published something on a web site.

    if you want to blame wiki leaks , then it would be the same as blaming the guy that invented the gun!

  18. Re:Pffft *dismissive hand wave* on Netflix Signs Deal With Disney-ABC · · Score: 1

    I sure do hope that is the case. I also hope that someone from netflix will respond to the fears. from the look of the official announcement thread , there os more then one comment about possible addition of ad's ..

  19. Re:Pffft *dismissive hand wave* on Netflix Signs Deal With Disney-ABC · · Score: 1

    Correct , it may not be a great leap to 'asume' .. But as I asked .. Where is the comment from anyone @ netflix about it being ad free ??

    Perhaps it is just the netflix point of view , and ad free can be safely assumed ( I hope ).. But this is disney.

    Have you watched any Disney dvds lately ??

  20. Re:Pffft *dismissive hand wave* on Netflix Signs Deal With Disney-ABC · · Score: 1

    The point is that with everyone else throwing in ad's. I would think that "ad free" would be right in BOLD and blinking ... if it were indeed true.

    This is disney remember, the ones that have so many ads on dvds that they needed to give you a "quick play" button on discs so that you only have to watch half of the ad's ..

  21. Re:Closed captioning on Netflix Signs Deal With Disney-ABC · · Score: 1

    The discless wii player ( netflix 'channel' ) also supports subtitles ..

    What I am wondering .. if this will cause netflix to become a 'broadcaster' and subject to the fcc regulations regarding subtitles ..

  22. Re:Pffft *dismissive hand wave* on Netflix Signs Deal With Disney-ABC · · Score: 1

    Where are you getting this information ?? There is NOTHING in the article that states it will be ad free.

  23. Re:Android's privacy questionable on Gentlemen Prefer Androids, Ladies iOS · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hey .. shit for brains ..

    Show me where I can download and compile my own version of htc sense ?? Or the 2.1 package that sprint just pushed ... Or any of the manufacturers specialized versions.

    Come on .. please .. show me , I would love to see it. Unless you can do that , your comment about the OS being open source so you can check it , is just stupid.

  24. Re:Well naturally... on Jailtime For Jailbreaking · · Score: 1

    nor is it the Defense Contract Management Agency

    http://www.dcma.mil/ :-D

  25. Re:Well naturally... on Jailtime For Jailbreaking · · Score: 1

    Can you give any examples of software without IP attached to it ??