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  1. Re:Oh come on, what's the big deal? on Homeland Security Running NBC-Owned PSAs · · Score: 1

    Public Service Announcement

  2. Re:scared of invisible bits on Could the US Phase Out Nuclear Power? · · Score: 1

    If there is anything SimCity taught me, it's to turn off disasters!

  3. Re:Accomplishments? on Vatican To Digitize Prohibited Archives · · Score: 1

    That's a good idea!

  4. Re:Wrong power on DIY Laser Pistol Shoot 1MW Blasts · · Score: 1

    You were right on until the end. 1 MW continuous output dumps the same energy as a 1 MW pulsed output over a second. However, a pulse laser will have a much higher power during the bursts. A 1 MW laser pulsing at 10 Hz, for 100 us bursts has an output of 1 GW during the pulses (and 0 otherwise). The instantaneous power can do much more damage than a steady lower power.

  5. Re:Easy in Thunderbird to fix on Stopping the Horror of 'Reply All' · · Score: 1

    I think the problem occurs when your muscle memory kicks in and automatically chooses one option or the other. If you never use reply all, then errors would be proximity based one. But if you do use reply all frequently, then the errors are due to conditioning which will not be solved by where your buttons are.

  6. Re:Slashvertisement on Stopping the Horror of 'Reply All' · · Score: 1

    Did the latest email storm have a recipe for banana bread in it? If so, we work for the same company!

  7. Re:Summary wrong, not so bleak on Teachers Back Away From Evolution In Class · · Score: 1
    The Catholic Church's official teaching is along the lines of:

    1. Adam and Eve were real people that all of humanity is descended from (otherwise, their original sin would not have affected everyone)

    2. Adam and Eve were not the product of accidental probabilities (God had intention of them being created)

    3. Adam and Eve (and all humans since) have rational, immortal souls created by God (i.e.: the human soul did not evolve)

    Catholics are free to believe in any concept of how God created mankind as long as it does not violate the above conditions. Generally, the popes and magisterium of late are open to evolution (of a limited kind compatible with the above statements), but as it is not a teaching about faith or morals, they allow science and reason to work it out.

  8. Re:Ah, Wardialing on Anonymous Now Attacking Corporate Fax Machines · · Score: 1

    Many VoIP gateways have the ability to detect Fax signals and decode them to send the binary data over the compressed vocoder link. This is specified by ITU standard T.38. Here is a brief description from a company that I helped implement this for: http://gaoresearch.com/products/faxsoftware/other/t38pkg.php

  9. Re:A baffling non sequitor on Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 Kill Switch · · Score: 4, Informative
    What he's saying is that if MS tests the apps well enough to prevent bad apps from making it into the marketplace, then they won't need to use the kill switch.

    So they are focusing on their primary line of defense being the acceptance testing.

  10. Re:English only ? on Codec2 — an Open Source, Low-Bandwidth Voice Codec · · Score: 1

    Having worked with G.X series vocoders, I can tell you that the language can matter. Certain languages (Mandarin) are much more tonal than others, and sometimes high compression vocoders don't do as well with them as with English. Also, vocal tract based vocoders tend to perform poorly when compressing music or other non-verbal audio.

  11. Re:It's ugly but it's the future of space explorat on Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo · · Score: 2, Funny
    By vocal frequency offset.

    I'd like 1 kHz worth please.

  12. Re:Dinochrome Brigade on US Air Force Confirms New Stealth Aircraft · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome my little paratrooper man to come back to me so that he can be shot again.

  13. Re:Why are people getting so worked up on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 1

    Long term decreased precipitation sounds like the definition of climate change to me.

  14. Re:BS: "tip of the iceberg" on Ryan Gordon Ends FatELF Universal Binary Effort · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not to mention that swapping or using an external harddrive between one platform Mac to another works perfectly.
    Also useful in copying applications between Application folders on Macs with different platforms.

  15. Re:firefly on Stargate Universe · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I meant that the CGI space shots in firefly had zoom, lack of focus, and wobble to match the rest of the shows doc style which Joss had never seen done before, but Star Wars released with the similar feel in their space shots.

  16. Re:Money on FBI Investigates Liberator of Court Records · · Score: 1

    Making the first request?

  17. Re:firefly on Stargate Universe · · Score: 1

    According to the commentary on the Firefly DVD of episode 2, "The Train Job", Joss did indeed want the show to be in documentary style. (I just happened to have watched it on Wednesday) He said they had to give the camera crews a lot of encouragement to actually get some wobble and lack of perfect focus. He also comments that he thought they would be the first to do it but then saw it in Star Wars after they had shot, but before they had aired. So Star Wars independently beat them to it and neither copied or inspired the other.

  18. Re:I have free will on Entanglement Could Be a Deterministic Phenomenon · · Score: 1

    Not if the person has been predetermined to change their mind after the attempt. It's not like they have a choice to be changed.

  19. Re:Humans Can't Multitask on Habitual Multitaskers Do It Badly · · Score: 1

    I have a multicore brain! It's contention for memory access that's the issue.

  20. Re:Stereotypes usually have some kernal of truth on Does Dell Know What Women Want In a Laptop? · · Score: 1
    Absolutely true.

    I dislike shopping, but I will always go clothes shopping with her. By telling her the truth, we only buy clothes that she's going to feel good in and actually wear, so we save lots of money buying clothes that are going to sit on the shelf and make her feel bad.

    By telling her the truth, she dresses in sizes that flatter her, not smaller ones because she wants to fit into size X. Half the time I can tell on her face whether she loves it or not. If she isn't sold, we don't buy it. If something doesn't fit, I just say that it doesn't flatter her, or it doesn't emphasize what she likes to have emphasized. In the end, she knows I think she looks great in everything she's wearing, and it builds a level of trust. Some of her friends would just say that something looks good because the don't want to say otherwise.

  21. Re:Doesn't matter on Debian Switching From Glibc To Eglibc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When your embedded system has 8-16 MB of Flash and SD RAM, it matters.

  22. Re:Flashing Green on UPS Using Software To Eliminate Left Turns · · Score: 1

    While that may be true in some cases, generally, flashing greens are automtic and part of the light sequence. It is just an advance left turn where the through traffic in your direction can also proceed.

  23. Re:Hardy Heron on Ubuntu Hardy Heron Announced · · Score: 1

    Alas, royalties are going to Jordan.

  24. Re:Because the author is retarded? on Open Source Community's Double Standard · · Score: 1

    I think it's supposed to go like this:

    Three men each paid $10 to get a $30 room. The manager realizes it was only supposed to cost $25 and so sends the bellboy with the $5. The bellboy gives each man $1 and pockets the remaining $2.

    Now each man, receiving $1 back has paid $9 instead of $10. So if each man paid $9, and the bellboy has $2, the total is 3 * $9 + $2 = $27 + $2 = $29.

    I leave it to the reader to find out where the other $1 went...

  25. Re:That will be the day ... on Pay-For-Visit Advertising · · Score: 1
    I peel the stickers off stuff too. They always look hideous and distracting.

    Heck I even take the consumer only tags off pillows and matresses.

    To me, that is one of the reasons MacBooks look so much nicer compared to PC laptops. They aren't covered in Intel Inside stickers, Made for Windows XP stickers, cheap manufacturer stickers, warning stickers on the back, warrenty void stickers, etc...