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  1. Cloned Himself on Science Project Quadruples Surfing Speed - Reportedly · · Score: 2

    Is he part of the Raelians?

    Perhaps he's cloned himself to be able to write so much groundbreaking code so quickly.

  2. Re:what? on Help Wire Remote Laos Villages · · Score: 2

    Yes, there no effort to wipe anyone out. It is still kind of amazing that more bombs were dropped on Laos than the U.S. dropped in all of WW II. I suppose carpet bombing really just means 'softer bombing'.

  3. Imagine... on High Tech Shopping Carts Offer Discounts, Ads · · Score: 2

    walking down a supermarket aisle and hearing a chime as you pass the peanut butter letting you know it's on salewalking down a supermarket aisle and hearing a chime as you pass the peanut butter letting you know it's on sale

    Just imagine. What a wonderful world it would be! This is much better than that John Lennon song.

  4. Illicit Interest on Fact and Fiction Behind Bond's Gadgets · · Score: 2

    Of all the gadgets I've seen in all the Bond movies, the only one that really grabbed me and made me say "I want THAT!" was the soviet tank he drove through the streets of Moscow. All the rest was tripe or too unbelieveable to even illicit interest.

    I think Illicit Interest would be a good name for a bond film

  5. Re:Whose brain? on IBM Working on Brain-Rivaling Computer · · Score: 2

    Yes we do.

    Imagine playing pong on Jerry Fallwell.

  6. Try: on Visiting the World, as a Geek? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Engineers without borders

    http://www.ewb-isf.org/

    Here's an internship for a hardware/software project leader in Uganda:

    http://www.ewb-isf.org/content/internships/f02/u ga nda.shtml

  7. You don't lose control when you patent it. on What Would You Do With a New Form of Encryption? · · Score: 5, Informative

    IF you patent the idea, you retain all rights to give it away freely, sell it or whatever, to whomever. If you don't you lose your rights over the invention.

    I say patent it and then decide based on what offers you get. Once you patent it you can shop around for people to license it to. You can define the terms of the license (3 years and then you can offer it as GPL or NOT)

    Don't be a fool, its your blood and sweat, you deserve to own it.

  8. Most vociferous? on Microsoft's Vision Of Future Workplaces · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the event of a colloquy, it picks the most vociferous participants.

    Imagine what that would do to slashdot. Getting moderating up for larger and larger fonts?

  9. Getting played on Microsoft foils Xbox hackers with new Config · · Score: 2

    Maybe Microsoft is just playing with the hackers. How else would microsoft generate interest with the penguin-heads? If they pretend that they get really offended when someone hacks their little black box, more anti-Microsoft hackers will buy one to get in on it. What other company can convince people that they are getting screwing when people purchase their product?

  10. Why not appoint... on Politicizing Science · · Score: 2

    Stephen Wolfram? He has already shown his disdain for the peer review system and is just as dogmatic about his own ideas as Bush's fundamentalist yahoos are about their's.

  11. why don't I.. on Online Auctions Patented, eBay Sued · · Score: 5, Funny

    patent method of acquiring money solely from exploiting patent institutions. In this way I can sue everyone who tries to sue anyone for patent infringement. I can even sue anyone who tries to sue me.

  12. Guru? on Gadget Guru Builds High-Tech Haven · · Score: 2


    Main Entry: guru
    Pronunciation: 'gur-(")ü also g&-'rü
    Function: noun
    Inflected Form(s): plural gurus
    Etymology: Hindi guru, from Sanskrit guru, from guru, adjective, heavy, venerable -- more at GRIEVE
    Date: 1613
    1 : a personal religious teacher and spiritual guide in Hinduism
    2 a : a teacher and especially intellectual guide in matters of fundamental concern b : one who is an acknowledged leader or chief proponent c : a person with knowledge or expertise : EXPERT

    Hmm

  13. A thousand visions and revisions... on Slashback: Galeon, Forgent, Platformation · · Score: 2

    Your search - cache:miW9o7Rra4gJ:www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,4 84704,00.asp "There is a backlash against Red Hat - did not match any documents.

  14. Re:Could we use this to better estimate.... on Virtual Genetic Evolution · · Score: 2

    I was going to post a long and well argued reply, but instead I think this will suffice:

    So to get a series of 416 properly chiral amino acids

    I think 416 is the area code of toronto, canada.

  15. Why harp on the limitations on Speech For The Deaf · · Score: 2

    Everyone seems to be focussing on the limitations of this thing and saying it will only be useful in a limited set of circumstances. Heck, EVERYTHING is only useful in a limited set of circumstances.

    However, this will be VERY useful in a large number of circumstances. Think about how many people you interact with in your day to day business, and how often you use speech to do this, I'm sure only about 1%, if that, of people can understand the ASL for "cream and sugar please" or whatnot. This glove will allow deaf people to make themselves heard to those around them, possibly not accurately, certainly not poetically, but heard nonetheless.

    Its a better idea than esperanto and vanilla coke.

  16. Too bad its not the caribbean on American Movie Execs Could Face Aussie Jails For Hacking · · Score: 1

    I think it would really screw these people if we could just get Bermuda, Barbados and the Cayman Islands to enact some kind of similar law targetting entertainment execs. The country that contains their assets could then cease them, and I'm sure cayman jails are pretty nasty.

  17. Re:Another Upgrade? on Nielsen to measure TiVo usage · · Score: 1

    just like I'd like to get a more efficient fridge or bigger TV while I'm sleeping.

    Mod parent up, just for that!

  18. maybe offtopic but.. on Nielsen to measure TiVo usage · · Score: 1

    I just checked out:
    http://tv.yahoo.com/nielsen/

    And 3 of the top ten shows are part of the law and order syndicate. That's pretty amazing if you ask me.

  19. Try here on What (And Where) Are The Classic Free Games? · · Score: 4, Informative

    This place has thousands of mac games. Some are shareware, but most are abandon ware.

    Mac Gamer .

  20. Code Name Game on Gates Tries to Explain .Net · · Score: 1, Funny

    Greenwich?
    Yukon?
    Longhorn?

    If you make an acronym out of MS' code names and order them based on release dat you get GYL

    or

    Gates
    You
    Lost

    Coincidence....?

  21. Re:AI through simulation? on Ask Dr. Richard Wallace, Artificial Intelligence Researcher · · Score: 2

    Its not how fast but how.

  22. Why? on Ask Dr. Richard Wallace, Artificial Intelligence Researcher · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Dr. Richard Wallace:

    Why are fat people called fat when fat people have more skin than skinny peoply do?

  23. Isn't this similar to.... on Unauditable Voting Machines · · Score: 2

    Isn't this a similar circumstance to making microsoft divulge their source code to a third party. This third party would have to sign a non-disclosure agreement, but what's the damage there.

    I guess htey cannot guarantee there machines secure if someone knows how they work as then that person could find the backdoor. But still is this really security?

  24. Sweaty on PDA and Subnotebook Killer? · · Score: 2

    Man if you put this 1 gigahertz in your pocket you'll really get some sweaty balls. My laptop, with a fan cooks my desk and its maybe 5 times larger. I saw no ventilation on the case. Forget sweaty this thing will be just damn dangerous.

  25. Re:Pipelining on Clockless Computing · · Score: 1

    Thanks, nice thesis. Your about the author is a little strange though