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  1. Re:Oh no... on Sheikh Carves His Name In Desert So It's Visible From Space · · Score: 1

    At least it wasn't Comic Sands...

    Clippy: Did you mean Cosmic Sands?

  2. I need all the enhanced visual attention I can get on Video Games Found To Enhance Visual Attention · · Score: 1

    since I am cramming everything that needs to be done thanks to video games. How I wish it can help keep myself awake in the office after playing till late nights though.

  3. Re:Maids... on A Video Guide To Akihabara · · Score: 1

    We need to check those numbers again, because many skeletons are still collecting pension from a closet

  4. Re:nothing new on AMD One-Ups Intel With Cheap Desktop Chips · · Score: 1

    Not talking about their price specifically, but does anyone actually recommend Opteron/Xeons for their grandmother?

  5. Re:nothing new on AMD One-Ups Intel With Cheap Desktop Chips · · Score: 1

    I call them not-for-me processors. When looking at price lists or benchmarks, I disregard Opteron and Xeon completely.

  6. Re:Programmable Number Plates on California Wants To Put E-Ads On License Plates · · Score: 1

    No, in that case, the ad will be displayed. Marketing genius!

  7. Re:Somebody fill me in here on Australian Gov't Seeks To Record Citizens' Web Histories · · Score: 1

    There is a huge influx of rebel kangaroos out to take out the government. They also have a huge stockpile of joey* pictures shared over p2p. * young kangaroo

  8. Re:Okay... on Australian Gov't Seeks To Record Citizens' Web Histories · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How long before the Australian government realize that they need to pass a bill to ban encryption?

  9. I'm more afraid of the government on Australian Gov't Seeks To Record Citizens' Web Histories · · Score: 5, Insightful

    than pedophiles and terrorists.

  10. I just hope that my mom on FBI Investigating iPad E-Mail Leaks · · Score: 1

    would not Google the hackers' group name

  11. Perfect circle on German Researchers Show Off a Gesture-Based Interface · · Score: 1

    I wonder if I can draw a perfect circle with this. Using a mouse, mine always looks like a cragged boulder.

  12. Transitioning from C to C++ on GCC Moving To Use C++ Instead of C · · Score: 1

    Although I am not a contributor (for now at least, maybe), I want to follow how the developers will transition from C to C++. I mostly use C at work but I want to learn C++ as well. However, most of the time, I'd rather code in C than in C++ because I am that uncomfortable with it. Maybe the last time I used it is back in college, and that translates to not knowing much of it at all.

  13. Haute Propriété Intellectuelle on The Fashion Industry As a Model For IP Reform · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wonder who will be the official members of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Propriété Intellectuelle

  14. Can't speak for the iPad on Your Computer Or iPad Could Be Disrupting Sleep · · Score: 1

    but on a laptop, I set the lid to do nothing when closed. This way, I don't have to wait for the dim, screen saver and power off to start for the room to be dark.

  15. Re:It's ADSL though on BT Gets Exclusive Rights To OnLive In the UK · · Score: 1

    Sensing vapor in the cloud?

  16. Competitive gaming and premium content on EA Introduces "Online Pass" To Get In On Used Games Market · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hope this doesn't end up like those "free-to-play" online games where players can buy "premium content" for in-game advantage

  17. Electronic voting machines on Researchers Demo Hardware Attacks Against India's E-Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    Today, May 10, the Philippines is holding the presidential, legislative and local elections. It is the first time electronic voting machines are being used. I am wondering if the machines used are similar models as the ones being discussed in this article.

  18. Re:How is this news? on StarCraft Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea · · Score: 1

    I guess so. Surprisingly, the word "cheating" only comes up twice in the Wikipedia article about Match fixing, and its localized to a single sub-article, which I assume is written by the same author.

  19. Re:How is this news? on StarCraft Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Koreans will react the same way if this was American Football and teams were fixing matches to screw over betting.

  20. Re:When money is involved on StarCraft Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe aside from that, old players will never match the speed of young players. I guess this is them leaving their mark before their retirement, albeit a bad one. And also, that is, if Starcraft 2 does become popular. While what I know is mostly about fighting games, successors of the series really need to prove themselves in term of game balance and depth. Otherwise, these pro gamers will stick with the old version and leave the new games collecting dust.

  21. Re:Huh? on Yoctonewton Detector Smashes Force Sensing Record · · Score: 1

    You could have blamed it on a Wikipedia troll to save your math some face.

  22. Re:What? on Gonorrhea As the Next Superbug · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Saying abstinence is 100% effective is like saying window shopping is a 100% discount. Sure you avoided STDs/spending money but its considerably less enjoyable.

  23. No mention of Starcraft? on The Unsung Heroes of PC Gaming History · · Score: 1

    For having transformed a country's generation with celebrity nerds with APM that even the trading firms would choose to hire, Starcraft should probably be in that list also.

  24. Argument vs open source being more vulnerable on Nominum Calls Open Source DNS "a Recipe For Problems" · · Score: 1

    is really getting old. If the code is really useful and has a huge following, vulnerabilities get patched up faster than one can probably find exploits. Not only that, more eyes means more to detect and fix vulnerabilities before having a stable release.

  25. Re:Shifting Standards on SGI Rolls Out "Personal Supercomputers" · · Score: 1

    And they'd still skimp on RAM like your average consumer non-super PC to keep grandma in pace