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  1. Re:Before? on Hotel Chain Offers Human Bed Warmers · · Score: 1

    That would be a "cuddle" buddy. Totally different thing conceptually and legally.

  2. Re:Wait on Brain Drain, Admin Failures Threaten the FCC's Role · · Score: 1

    How about regulating the communication industry? Can't out source that and claim any form of objectivity.

  3. Re:Wait on Brain Drain, Admin Failures Threaten the FCC's Role · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What? What don't they need economists for? The impacts that frequency block control on the economy is huge! You can't go willy nilly assigning chunks of spectrum out without considering the economic impact it will generate.

  4. It has begun on Body Heat Energy Generation · · Score: 1

    Morpheus: What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into this. [holds up a Duracell battery]

    But in all seriousness. There were previous articles about physical implants into the body that run on body heat. The idea isn't so new, this is just less invasive.

  5. Re:armed commercial fishing vessels on Air Cannon Ties Pirates In Knots · · Score: 1

    I'd rather fall fighting on my feet than go down on my knees.

  6. The Bad thing about the Internet on Your Opinion Counts At CNN — But Should It? · · Score: 1

    People with opinions that should never be heard are now public.

    Imagine if the world ends and the only thing left to represent life in this century was the server that held all of youtube's comments.....

  7. Overlooking the fact on Murderer With "Aggression Genes" Gets Reduced Sentence · · Score: 1

    That he got only 9 years for murder? That will rehabilitate him? People have gotten longer sentences for stealing cars. I suggest when the guy is released from prison, he be given residence next to the judges house.

  8. Massive Failure in Porting in Mature Games on Is There a Future For Mature Games On Wii? · · Score: 1

    There's also a lot of badly ported "mature" games for the Wii. Games that are obviously made for the xbox360/ps3 and were stripped, dumbed down for the Wii. Prime example is Call of Duty 5: World at War. They literally removed 20% of the content (available maps, vehicles, player modes) and toned down the graphics to make it fit on the Wii. The result is very choppy and the Wii sounds like it's going ballistic processing the game. This is what developers have turned to now to publish more mature games on the wii.

  9. Re:Heard about this... on Chessboxing Storming the Athletic World · · Score: 1

    Karate, tae kwon do and other traditional martial arts won't work in chessboxing. The idea of chess boxing, is you get emotional from a full contact fight and immediately go into a game where you dominate with logic and reason. You won't feel that with point sparring like in most traditional martial arts, especially one that does not allow head blows. I've done point sparring and I've done kick boxing. They are on two completely different levels when it comes to physical conditioning, strategy, control and coping with your emotions. The difference is you WILL get hurt in a boxing/mma match and every move has the risk of being countered with a knockout blow. Most traditional martial arts schools water that down to light contact, no head blows, and spar for points, which takes away all the risk involved with fighting. People who actually fight (boxing, mma, etc) for a living have to be mentally and physically tough, but it's not uncommon to see fighters cry after a match.

  10. Re:Heard about this... on Chessboxing Storming the Athletic World · · Score: 2, Informative

    Concussions are your body's natural reaction to abnormal stresses to your brain. Heavy padding IE. Football, Boxing causes the hits to be just light enough for you not to get a concussion, but still enough to cause brain damage. This is why MMA has fewer deaths/brain cases (Hollyfield) than boxing or football. In MMA, if you suffer a strike to your head with force, you get a concussion and the competition is over. In a boxing match, because of the heavy gloves you remain conscious and continue to fight leading to literally hundreds of head blows in a single match. Same thing happens to football. How many times did Troy Aikman receive a concussion from a sack and then be out and playing in 3 minutes? Count the number of times linemen get full force tackles. That force gets transferred to the head, but because of all the padding and helmets, they remain conscious and still play.

    Fact of the matter is MMA is one of the most safest full contact sports.

  11. Re:But Why? on Using Aluminum Oxide Paint To Secure Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    I am already enjoying dialup speeds with my awesome 50kbps average upload speed from my high speed cable from Comcast. Good luck getting your 30 gig cap with that.

  12. Re:Does not resonate with me on Using Aluminum Oxide Paint To Secure Wi-Fi · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you went inside a Faraday Cage with an unprotected ethernet cable and managed to get cell phone reception. I on the other hand, can't get cell phone reception if I stand too close to my filing cabinet. I either need to switch to your provider or you need to come do your WiFi experiments next to my filing cabinet.

  13. But Why? on Using Aluminum Oxide Paint To Secure Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Lock your WiFi? I prefer to unlock my WiFi. Stick it to the cable companies!

  14. Re:Translation on $338M Patent Ruling Against Microsoft Overturned · · Score: 1

    Uniloc needs to bring this to a higher appeals court and have the higher judge rule that the US District Judge William S is a dumbass and Uniloc wins again.

  15. Re:Kid won't know what to do when an adult on Children's Watch Allows Parents To Track Their Kid · · Score: 1

    BJJ is a good fighting style, but the problem is it's on the ground. You do not want to fight on the ground in the "streets". It's almost never 1 vs 1 if you get attacked. An accomplice can come from behind and kick you in the head while you're pulling guard. However, BJJ is still more legitimate than most karate programs since sparring is a key part of belt promotion.

    99% of kids karate programs are just after school day care. They keep your kids occupied and exercising. In fact 99% of adult karate programs are like this as well. There's too many dojos popping up and trying to cash in on the post-Bruce Lee martial arts hysteria that it completely overwhelms legitimate dojos.

  16. Re:Controversial? on Chinese Schools Ax Green Dam Censorship Software · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ok, the Australian article does state that, but if you read the article linked through the slashdot submission we are currently discussing.

    Chinaâ(TM)s industry and information technology minister Li Yizhong said manufacturers, internet users and organisations opposed to the plans had received the wrong message from his department and that installation was never planned to be compulsory.

    He said Green Dam would be installed in public places and schools, but would be âoevoluntaryâ for other users who can choose whether to install a software disk that they will receive when buying a new computer.

  17. Re:Controversial? on Chinese Schools Ax Green Dam Censorship Software · · Score: 1

    TFA says the Green Dam software was to be installed on all PUBLIC access computers in China. The United States filters public access computers already. Although there is not a national law that I am aware of, but pretty much every public library I've been to has an internet filter. Ever tried to look at porn on a public library computer?

  18. Re:Engrish or bad translation on Chinese Schools Ax Green Dam Censorship Software · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's nothing wrong with the translation. I think it's more about your understanding of the word "influence". Influencing their normal work just means it affects their normal work. It doesn't mean a good influence or a bad influence. Is the sentence by itself ambiguous? Yes. But it's in the right context to suggest a bad influence, so there shouldn't be a misunderstanding.

  19. Re:Lie to me! on "Wiretapping" Charges May Be Oddest Ever Recorded · · Score: 1

    Did you have to pay or did you contest and have it voided? That's an issue with an incompetent system, not something wrong with the idea.

  20. Diverging information to a judge on Facebook Ordered To Turn Over Source Code · · Score: 1

    "citations to more than 100 screenshots, making it illustrative." That's the key. I can imagine some 80 year old judge in East Texas who thinks Facebook is like a high school year book presiding over this. Leader Tech had to dumb down all of this so the judge can understand. Therefore, they make a lot of screenshots and make use of a lot of pointing/hand waving. (See this button here that says "find friends"? This button infringes on our patented button on our webpage that says "find relatives") Meanwhile the judge is thinking "Oh, that button is like the other button on that picture and they WERE granted a patent for this button so obviously Facebook stole it!"

  21. Overshadowing the fact on Trapped Girls Call For Help On Facebook · · Score: 1

    What were they doing in a storm water drain....?

  22. Just one word... on Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD · · Score: 0, Troll

    lollerskates

  23. Re:51576? on Copyright Troubles For Sony · · Score: 1, Funny

    You forgot the $1,000,000 fine for each word of BS spewed out of Sony's corporate lawyers in issuing an official reply. Which leads to a grand total of ONE BAJILLION PESOS!!! or one hundred dollars.

  24. Port H1 maps specifically to the windpipe region on How Many Bits Does It Take To Kill You? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like we need a firewall.

  25. Misleading Title? on Military Helmet Design Contributes To Brain Damage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm not following the title. An explosion near the head causes brain damage. Wearing a helmet mitigates the effects of the explosion. A military helmet is not maximally effective in mitigating the effects. How did we arrive at a military helmet causes brain damage?