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  1. Re:Cellulosic processing is the way to go. on $1/Gallon "Green Gasoline" In Sight · · Score: 1

    Yeah see, thing is, all that useless vegetable matter is kinda supposed to be compost...

  2. Re:What about Canada? on Extreme Linux Server Available to North America · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What about Canada? You're just as guilty of centricism. What about Mexico, Panama, Honduras...

  3. WTF is a quantal vowel? on Computers Emulate Neanderthal Speech · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The majority of google hits for the phrase are in reference to this paper.
    Of the remaining hundred or so, most use the term in quotes without actually
    iving a definition... All I've been able to determine is that y is qunatal &
    e is not. Spectacular!

  4. Poor word choice on Computers Emulate Neanderthal Speech · · Score: 1

    They produced a model to analyze *vocalization* not speech.
    Saying that a gorilla, dog, or Neanderthal speaks implies connotes certain things.

  5. Re:Use Tax on End of the Internet's Tax-Free Ride? · · Score: 1

    That depends on where you live, sales tax and use tax are different things and nobody has'em.

  6. Wi-fi vs. cell phone distinction on FCC, FAA Still Don't Want Cell Phones on Planes · · Score: 1

    I'm curious about the logic of the pro wi-fi anti-cell folks here.
    Several have hinted at this stance, but I've not seen much justification.
    If you only have wi-fi, aren't the tweens just going to use skype
    or some other internet telephony? Or will the wi-fi be throttled
    to say 56k, and only be adequate for web-surfing?

  7. Re:Lucrative on Flickr Adds Video Capabilities to Service · · Score: 1

    Based on the context, stats given, I think the submitter meant prevalent.

  8. Re:Fist fights at 30,000 feet. on Cell Phones To Be Allowed On UK Planes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    *Some* people like to talk, *some* people like to be heard, and *some* people like to listen.
    These people should recognize that not everyone fits into all of these categories. Nor do they
    apply all of the time. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch/

    There are plenty of public spaces where there is a reasonable expectation of little noise
    (libraries, movie theaters, plays, public meetings, most kinds of stores) and this expectation
    has always been implicit for airplanes (the alternative was not an option). It's not unreasonable
    to expect that the status quo to persist, particularly when one is thrown in with a random mix
    of strangers for an extended period of time. Talk all you fucking want on a 40 minute commuter
    shuttle (though I feel sorry for your inability to be with yourself that long), but by gum you
    better respect the varying activities of others (and the incumbent conditions) on a 6 hour flight.

  9. Re:More expensive? Why? on Cell Phones To Be Allowed On UK Planes · · Score: 1

    Libraries? Plays? Speeches? City council meetings? Supermarkets? Book stores?
    We should expect to have our ear drums rattled by the constant din of vapid
    drivel simply because we don't want to sit at home? Bullshit.

  10. Re:Done with planes on Cell Phones To Be Allowed On UK Planes · · Score: 1

    You need to think non-conventionally, the Titanic was stupid. Hydrofoils and catamarans are the way to go.
    And don't forget to incorporate wind-assist technologies to shave even more time off when possible. Although
    some people might not like the fuzzy itenerary this would create, you could reap the benefits and keep a
    consistent schedule by simply using the wind to reduce energy, and therefore cost, to maintain constant speed.

  11. Re:Crying Wolf? on Cell Phones To Be Allowed On UK Planes · · Score: 1

    Different phone systems use different frequencies, and some have been shown to most definitely have an adverse
    impact on equipment. Really though, this is a case where an American agency is applying the precautionary
    priniciple (in the face of the expense and infeasibility of testing) and a European agency is throwing caution
    to the wind. Of course it's usually the other way around.

  12. Re:Every MMORPG suffers the same problem.. on Blizzard Sues Creator of WoW Bot · · Score: 1

    +1 Informative

  13. Re:They should be using... on What Happens To Bounced @Donotreply.com E-Mails · · Score: 1

    Or they could do what everybody else on the planet does: noreply@${localdomain}

  14. Re:It's worse, it makes it (sound) xenophobic on Japan's Unique Cow/Whale Hybrid Experiments · · Score: 1

    Engineered transgenic animals where a select gene is purposefully inserted for the benefits of its expression
    IS NOT THE SAME THING as cross-breeding random beasts. All of your "crazy" examples for point three are legitmate.
    I mean hell, you forget insulin production by yeast. Or would you rather we go back to slaughtering sheep for that?

  15. 5 apropos words: on The Geometry of Music · · Score: 1

    Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land

  16. Re:uhh, wait a sec... on Very Large Array Gets Expanded Capability · · Score: 1
  17. Re:uhh, wait a sec... on Very Large Array Gets Expanded Capability · · Score: 1

    I suspect smebody at SciAm crunched their numbers wrong, here are some real stats: http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/evla/

  18. Re:Creative Destruction at Work on Obsolete Technical Skills · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction

    a) Greenspan is just parroting prior thinkers
    b) it's not really about capitali$m

  19. Tags on Supreme Court Won't Hear ACLU Wiretap Case · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why can't we see all tags for articles? I want to see how many other people were tempted to label this "stophittingyourself"

  20. Business methods should not be patentable on Lawmakers Debate Patent Immunity For Banks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And that includes 1-click, etc. BofA has a patent on "Keep the Change," an admittedly clever idea,
    and so Wachovia has to opt for the less user-friendly: take a dollar on every transaction. (Actually,
    they could presumably go for the "X% of the transaction value")

  21. Lossage on Patent Troll Attacks Cable, Digital TV Standards · · Score: 1

    I suspect that this is something they'd be likely to lose in court. Afterall, the court took Xerox's patent on
    photocopying away, even though there was more effort in development and no trolling nor as obvious wide-ranging
    impacts, just the monopolization intended by the system.

  22. Unnecessary on California Lawmaker Seeks Climate Change as part of Public Education · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is silly. Besides, the problems inherent every random schlub mandating their pet topic be covered in the school
    curriculum, we already have much broader legislation addressing this: NEEA of 1990

  23. Re:Sovereignty is overrated. on US Group Calls Canada a Top Copyright Violator · · Score: 1

    Passing on the right is also illegal here.
    And in case you haven't noticed, we'll be having to answer to "papers please" soon enough as it is :-P

  24. Re:Wrong on X Power Tools · · Score: 1

    You get a GUI with a window for the application you launched. If that happens to be a terminal,
    you can even launch more programs. All the wm does it let you select which window in the stack
    you wish to play with.

  25. Hein? on X Power Tools · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There is no linux version of X. Do you mean XFree86?