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  1. Re:ha ha ha on NASA Banned From Working With China · · Score: 1

    You are a fool. Hell THAILANDS currency collapsed and almost took the world down with it. What would happen if the US dollar collapsed? Simply put, global economic Armageddon.

  2. Re:Too late for that... on NASA Banned From Working With China · · Score: 1

    The copious amount of Chinese espionage would seem to contradict your assertion.

  3. Chinese not allowed to view on NASA Satellite Snaps First Image of Target Asteroid · · Score: 2

    Dear Chinese Friends,

    You are prohibited from viewing this image.

    Thank you,

    NASA

  4. Being Jewish makes you a wierdo? on Do Geeks Make Better Adults? · · Score: 1

    Alrighty then!

  5. Re:Use this thread on Facebook Caught Exposing Millions of Credentials · · Score: 1

    I don't use Facebook. However I know several people who use it who are seriously hot (the fact that most of these people are stupid is out of scope to the point I was making).

  6. Oops, I meant Evans, not theop on Why the New Guy Can't Code · · Score: 1

    Hey, I'M not the one claiming to be a super genius! ;-)

  7. OK theodp, link YOUR portfolio on Why the New Guy Can't Code · · Score: 2

    I, for one, would like to take a look.

  8. Narrow minded author on Why the New Guy Can't Code · · Score: 1

    Some of us are embedded developers, you insensitive clod!

    Gee, let me publish my jet engine fuel flow monitoring application on Android Market. Not.

  9. Time to cancel your Skype account. on Facebook Wants To Buy Skype · · Score: 1

    Not too sure what to replace it with. Google, perhaps. Ugh.

  10. Re:FBI Too Focused On Child Porn on Department of Justice: FBI Too Focused On Child Porn · · Score: 0

    How clever, and trite.

  11. As a father on Department of Justice: FBI Too Focused On Child Porn · · Score: 1

    I honestly don't mind this focus.

    However I will admit that additional resources are needed for other areas.

    Full disclosure: I worked on the FBI Innocent Images program. It is easy to minimize this problem if you have never seen how horrible child pornography is.

  12. Switching would be a great stimulus project on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Puts all manner of people to work, aligns us with rest of world, would force some old factories to retool.

    Makes too much sense - it will never happen.

  13. Ahh, this explains it on Worlds With Two Suns May Sport Black Plants · · Score: 1

    >> I've grown cannabis under pure blue light...

    Now I understand your bizarre post.

  14. Re:You only want certain wavelengths, not all of t on Worlds With Two Suns May Sport Black Plants · · Score: 1

    Oh and PS - the majority of green wavelength light is being reflected, not absorbed, by the leaf - hence the leaf looks green. No doubt some of that green light is being absorbed, but most is not.

  15. Re:You only want certain wavelengths, not all of t on Worlds With Two Suns May Sport Black Plants · · Score: 1

    Allow me to restate - the ~520nm wavelength light coming from the sun has the greatest amplitude (i.e. is brightest) - which is what I meant by "more powerful."

  16. Re:What do you expect on IPv6 Traffic Remains Minuscule · · Score: 1

    Or even over a decade, as it has turned out.

  17. Re:what is... on IPv6 Traffic Remains Minuscule · · Score: 1

    IPv5 was experimental (and was never named "IPv5" officially).

  18. You only want certain wavelengths, not all of them on Worlds With Two Suns May Sport Black Plants · · Score: 1

    Hence leaves on earth plants are mostly green. The green yellow wavelengths from our sun are the most powerful, earthy chlorophyll wants infra-red so the leaf bounces the green (and yellow) away.

    Incidentally this dovetails quite nicely with the question: why are there no green stars (answer - there are, but to us they look white).

  19. Would Siemens even know they were "helping"? on Iran Says Siemens Helped US, Israel Build Stuxnet · · Score: 1

    Easy enough for NSA or Mossad to get a couple of bright developers hired at Siemens. Or simply take their training courses.

    Why would they go through Siemens management for this? That would be silly.

  20. Excellent news on Local Currencies To Replace Dollar For 5 Countries' Dealings · · Score: 1

    US has has been trying for years to get the rest of the world to stop using our currency.

  21. Re:Great, another bad movie plot... on All Languages Linked To Common Source · · Score: 1

    You had me at "hot chick."

  22. Re:Non-issue really on New Houses Killing Wi-Fi · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Most interior walls are insulated just not with the wrap.

    If this stuff is RF reflective you can get all kinds of weird multipath issues, signal bouncing round.

    However one good thing is that it would help keep your signal IN your house, which is great for security.

    Double edged sword.

    Who browses the web in their garden? I go out there to unplug!

  23. Where is it deployed? on DARPA's New Hi-Tech Telescope · · Score: 1

    Maui Space Surveillance Site (AMOS) would be my guess.

  24. Idiot on Facebook To Be 'Biggest Bank' By 2015 · · Score: 1

    This is they kind of guy who would pay $10,000 for a nice lakeside cabin in Second Life.

  25. If GH's work and code is in the wild... on Fellow Hackers Blast Geohot For Sony Settlement · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...then the whole settlement is moot.