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  1. Re:Que? on First Quantum Byte Created · · Score: 1

    Is there someplace with more info? Because, nowhere in the article does it state that a qubit is 4 state. Just says that a qubit is quantum bit, and wikipedia seems to think that a qubit is 2 state.

  2. Que? on First Quantum Byte Created · · Score: 4, Interesting
    A qubyte with eight ions provides a computing matrix of 65536 mostly independent elements.


    Wouldn't a qubyte just provide an indeteminate number of somewhere between 0 and 255 zombie cats?

    Seriously, how do they get a 16 bit number out of an 8 bit qubyte?
  3. You forgot Poland! on KDE 3.5 Released · · Score: 1

    You forgot Poland! ...er...GNUStep.
    Sure it may not have all the apps, but, for developers, it's the closest thing to writing for a mac with out acutally writing for a mac.

    http://www.gnustep.org

    Also you forgot, CDE, XFCE, and Enlightenment.

  4. DON'T DELETE THAT STUFF! on Ubuntu Certified for IBM DB2 · · Score: 1

    move it from the plug ins folder to the optional folder. That way acrobat only loads up what it needs when it needs it.

    or was is optional to plug_ins? either way, just move the stuff, don't delete.

  5. Fertilizer? on Breakthrough in Biodiesel Production · · Score: 1
    The *real question* is, how much energy from fertilizer does it take to make this biodiesel? I'd understood that to be the big expense (along with the water,) and not the processing, but I could be mistaken.

    I guess we'll have to mulch all of our garbage and sewage to be able to grow all the fuel we need. As long as it goes to growing fuel, instead of food, there shouldn't be as big a risk for disease. Plus, it'll help deal with our trash instead of just burying it for future archeologists to uncover.
  6. Re:...or by not using Internet Explorer on Zero-Day IE Exploit Takes Control of PCs · · Score: 1

    I'll keep this in mind when I finally get this "wife" thing installed. Man, all these dependencies are making building this thing from source way too hard. Is there an .rpm or .deb package for this?

  7. Er... on Copyright and Webcomics - A New Trend? · · Score: 1

    "Comics" are bad drawings with punchlines. "Comic Books" are the ones with the spandex.

  8. Re:Something's not right on Microsoft to Require 64-bit Processors · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking:

    Windows is a 64-bit patch to a 32-bit blah blah blah...

  9. Allrighty then. on Water Vapor Causing Climate Warming · · Score: 1

    This is something else to put on the scorecard then.

  10. My god! on The Ultimate Star Trek Collection · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's full of Star Treks!

    I swear, I hear angels singing right now. And is it possible for divine light to shine on a webpage?

  11. Right on on Bill Gates Donates $258 Million to Fight Malaria · · Score: 1

    Ok, so Bill Gates isn't evil. And his donations to charity are pretty cool. I guess I'm going to have mellow my opinion of him. But his software still sucks.

  12. I just realized something on Women's Institute Consulted on Nuclear Waste · · Score: 1

    If state politicians were actually concerned about energy usage, then they could just change the building codes. Even if existing houses are grandfathered in it would still help, if you live in an area with a ton of new construction going on.

  13. Are you seriously suggesting on Microsoft's Vigilante Investigation of Zombies · · Score: 1

    that we go out an start shooting spammers? Why that's just...just...

    I'll go get my gun. YEEHAW!

  14. There he is. The biggest douch in the universe! on Jack Thompson Calls Cops on Penny-Arcade · · Score: 1

    I think we have a winner for this year's title of biggest douche in the universe. And it's not Ursula, the giant douche from the Horsehead Nebula, Station J-12.


    Here he is, the Biggest Douche of the Universe!
    In all the galaxies, there's no bigger douche than you!
    You've reached the top, the pinnacle of douchedom!
    Good going, douche.
    Your dreams have come true!

  15. Re:Surveillance? on Rural Oregon Leads the Way for Large-Scale WiFi · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Time to take OFF the tin-foil hat. Think security gaurds watching the video feeds from remote sites.

  16. Did someone mention the Fantastic Four? on Vim 6.4 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because, I thought that I distinctly heard the words "Flame On".

    Like priming an enclosed area with flammable fumes. Someone is going to mention Emacs and this place is going to explode.

  17. Re:Did you say you could supply me with...... on Toyota Develops New Plant Species · · Score: 1

    Well...there was a path down the middle. I don't know about that other stuff.

  18. Where would you put one? on Toyota Develops New Plant Species · · Score: 1

    Where would you put a hemi on a plant? I know, we could shove it up its ass.

  19. Sorry to see you go. on Toyota Develops New Plant Species · · Score: 1

    You were one of the most prolific users on this site, Anonymous Coward. It will really be a different place without you. Best of luck.

  20. I remember the first time I saw that picture on Toyota Develops New Plant Species · · Score: 1

    I was surfing the net at a place that had no firewall and out manager didn't care.
    So there were lke 7 of us surfing some site, (steakandcheese.com i think) and we're all going through the funny pics and videos. Then the guy next to goes "OH GOD!" and he closes his window and clears his cache. We all looked at him and were like "WTF?". He's like, "that was a the WORST thing I've ever seen". He doesn't remember the name of the picture, and he cleared his history also, so we can't look at hi list of visited links.

    Then I hit it, and i'm like "OH MY GOD!" and i freak out and clear my temp files too. Over the next half hour, there were 5 other screams of "OH MY GOD!"

    We all felt violated. Until someone pointed out that he's wearing a wedding ring. And he's not the one holding the camera. Then we all felt violated again.

  21. I predict on TiVo Buries the VCR · · Score: 1

    ...a TiVo model with Video iPod synching in the near future.

  22. Ramen, brother! on Four Millennia Old Noodles Found In China · · Score: 1

    May the flying Spaghetti monster have mercy on our sauces.

  23. Re:No news here on Doubts About Future GPS Reliability · · Score: 1

    The first practical jet engine was invented by an English dude in 1930. And Heri Coanda had something vaguely jet like in 1910, but he's Romanian. Why were the Swiss so far behind?

    talk to the wiki

  24. Imagine... on Autonomous RoboFish at the London Aquarium · · Score: 1

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of robot fish overlords IN SOVIET RUSSIA, with frickin' laser beams on their heads.

    Petrified hot grits, that would be bad ass!

  25. Re:Laser beams? on Autonomous RoboFish at the London Aquarium · · Score: 1

    These are more like illtempered bass.