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  1. All your *iums.... on China Considering Cuts In Rare-Earth Metal Exports · · Score: 1

    Are belongs to us!

  2. Gattaca much? on Chinese Clinic Uses DNA Tests To Predict Kids' Talents · · Score: 1

    This reminds me so much of Gattaca. If you send your children to this camp and one does well and another does poorly, you can't help but feel differently about the children. This is evil

  3. Re:Tax Exempt? on US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I question the idea that funding of military is good for the economy. Military spending is often on manufacturing of non-renewable items. Items, like bullets and missiles, that need storage when not used and can only be used once(often to destroy objects of value).

    As opposed to producing things that have utility value, like fishing nets, rakes, pots/pans, etc.

    Yes, intelligence satellites became used for GPS and stuff, but what if money was used for civilian benefitting tasks to begin with? Would it have yielded better economic results

  4. Re:A $1,000 PC is not OEM on Apple Dominates "Premium PC" Market · · Score: 1

    I agree! OEM's put very high premiums on any changes to standard config. So, if you want a better vid card or a mem upgrade (two easy ways to bring a PC over 1000$) It's cheaper to buy the components than to get it from the Dells or HPs pre-installed

  5. Re:Microalgae? on Alaskan Blob Is an Algae Bloom · · Score: 1

    yeah thinking the same thing.
    They say that it's square miles in area, so, let's say 2. As this is microalgae. algae would be 2x10^6 sq miles in surface area. Earth is 197x10^6 sq mile in size.
    so, a hecto-algae would cover the entire earth!

  6. Re:This is good and Jerry Avenaim doesn't get it on Why the Photos On Wikipedia Are So Bad · · Score: 1

    totally agree! they (artist/publicist) should either buy a pro photo or schedule a session where they get all the privileges. Then, they can donate it to open source. It shouldn't be that expensive, maybe a couple of hundred dollars, for the millions that can see their clients is a small price to pay

  7. To answer the headline... on Is China Creating the World's Largest Botnet Army? · · Score: 1

    No, they're just creating skynet.

  8. It's the decepticons!! on Could a Meteor Have Brought Down Air France 447? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Proof is in the video, ~36s mark

  9. Re:Most bang for the buck. on Can "Page's Law" Be Broken? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When companies go into feature race, they forget that it quickly becomes diminishing returns. As the features you enable are less and less likely for your client base to be interested in.

    However, if you improve the performance of your core functions (thru UI or speed), your entire customer base gets improvement and have a real reason to upgrade

  10. Re:Um.... on Harsh Words From Google On Linux Development · · Score: 0, Troll

    I agree that there should definitely be consolidation
    Personally, I like Java because there is a set of useful libraries (threads, tcp/ip, etc) that you can rely on being there
    As opposed to C/C++, where even POSIX compliant libraries for each are not necessarily compatible. Wasting developer / designer time on evaluating utility library instead of business logic

  11. Am I the only one that read... on Craigslist Shielded From Prosecution In SC · · Score: 1

    the title as:
    "Craigslist Shielded from Prostitution in SC"?

  12. In tomorrow's news on Intel Receives Record Fine By the EU · · Score: 1

    1. Intel raises chip prices 20% across the board, citing increased operating costs

    2. In 3 months, Intel record revenue. Though lower margins to pay fine

    3. In 6 months, Intel record record margins as prices are not lowered

    4. In 12 months, Intel fined again.

    5. goto 1

  13. Re:That's "dilithium" on Ultra-Dense Deuterium Produced · · Score: 1

    I think that the poster meant that vitamin PILLs don't grow on tree, which is technically correct. Ironically it misses that tree born fruits/fungi provide vitamins

  14. I patent the idea of effective meeting moderator on IBM "Invents" 40-Minute Meetings · · Score: 1

    At the end of the day. Having a meeting moderator that establishes a clear meeting agenda, prepare the necessary meeting fora, moves the meeting along and keep it on track is the key of the effective meeting. Otherwise, 40min meetings would just stretch into 1hr plus meetings that don't accomplish anything, just like regular 1 hr meetings

  15. Re:What about MySQL? on Oracle Buys Sun · · Score: 1

    Yah, last time when I did that, Linus said the same thing and I said "April Fools! wouldn't it be funny if you actually ran that! haha! I would never produce crappy code...right... that's the ticket ... haha!"

  16. Been going on for a long time... on Narcissistic College Graduates In the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    This has been going on since the dot com days. Kids walk in asking (closer to expecting) about bonuses, cell phones, travel, and perks in general. There is never thought that such things have to be earned, more that they're owed that for showing up.

    That aside, it is not true of every one I've interviewed. Still lots of well grounded kids out there. But there is always distance between school and reality. Like why everyone is not on latest version of every software package. Why your work PC is weaker than the one you got for yourself 2 years ago. Why the product you worked on thinking is the greatest thing since sliced bread hasn't taken over the world, etc

    Although, has there ever been days when kids graduated with an we're not worthy attitude?

  17. FDA testing this? That can only mean... on FDA Testing Artificial Liver · · Score: 1

    It's people!!!!!

  18. error 26: 15 !=25 on More Than Coding Errors Behind Bad Software · · Score: 3, Funny

    The article link says top 25 errors....

  19. Is Rick Astin with Warner? on Warner Music Pulls Videos Off YouTube · · Score: 1

    I hope not, or it would be end of Rick-Rolling ;-;

  20. Re:I might go mad... on World of Warcraft, the Restaurant · · Score: 3, Funny

    I only have two words for you:
    LEROY JEKINNNNNNNNS!!!!

  21. Where's the cosplay? on World of Warcraft, the Restaurant · · Score: 1

    When they mentioned theme, I was hoping that all the staff would cosplay as a WOW character or that the devoted fan would go in character. It was rather disappointing that neither was the case.

  22. Re:He's not really a rogue. on How a Rogue Geologist Discovered Diamonds · · Score: 5, Funny

    Back in grade 9, half of the guys in my class had a crush on her.

    And as we all know, if you crush her hard enough, she'll turn into a diamond

  23. Re:DO NOT on Best Introduction To Programming For Bright 11-14-Year-Olds? · · Score: 1

    I rather disagree. Kids at that age, even bright ones, tend to have short attention span. VB allows programmers to achieve lots of visual output more easily than most other languages. As kids grew up with visual paradigm, it is far more relateable than command line oriented languages like C, pascal, and assember.

    I would prefer Java over VB, to teach idea of cross platform performance, while still having a few GUI APIs available from the standard Java SDK to enable them free visual expression.

  24. Re:Perspective swapping, not mind swapping. on Scientists Achieve Mental Body-Swapping · · Score: 1

    Well, if both parties change perspectives and are able to control the other body's action, wouldn't it be effectively the same as mind swapping? So, we have half the equation, we just need remote control now.

  25. Why not a CAT scan? on Replacing Metal Detectors With Brain Scans · · Score: 1

    With economies of scale, this will make CAT scan cheaper. So, instead of paying $1000 for a scan you can spend much less for a round trip ticket and get the scan from DHS!