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  1. Re:Reward vs risk? on GM Working On Interactive Windshields · · Score: 0, Troll

    -They're- is a contraction of -they are- -Their- is the 3rd person plural possessive -There- refers to a position. Why is this so hard? And why do we let people vote that don't know the difference? Or even go out in public?

  2. almost had it on Good Language Choice For School Programming Test? · · Score: 1

    I put together a really great algorithm to weigh the available choices and their tradeoffs, but I ran out of cpu cycles before mom sent me to bed.

  3. Re:maned space travel = not just now on Former Astronauts Call Obama NASA Plans "Catastrophic" · · Score: 1

    Maned space travel - it sounds like the wild, wild west

  4. Re:Why so expensive? on Former Astronauts Call Obama NASA Plans "Catastrophic" · · Score: 1

    Well, you might think so. However people's expectations for the detail and quality of such has been driven so high by video games and movies that the actual cost not only trends up, but each sequel needs more and more effects to retain interest. Besides, trying to imagine how the monolith will actually work is beyond most screenwriters.

  5. Re:Good on Zeus Botnet Dealt a Blow As ISPs Troyak, Group 3 Knocked Out · · Score: 1

    Why are you asking me? I just got home.

  6. Re:So that's where he went! on Herschel Space Observatory Finds Precursors of Life In Orion · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. He actually moved there to him. Less work than figuring out how to make a starship.

  7. Re:Why blame Microsoft? on Microsoft VP Suggests 'Net Tax To Clean Computers · · Score: 1

    That's just dumb, and irrelevant

  8. Re:Why blame Microsoft? on Microsoft VP Suggests 'Net Tax To Clean Computers · · Score: 1

    If someone steals something from my car, locked or not, I blame the thief. Cars have locks, but no one thinks they are sufficient to deter any serious thief. Nor do car manufacturers get abuse when someone smashes a window and steals the radio.

  9. Why blame Microsoft? on Microsoft VP Suggests 'Net Tax To Clean Computers · · Score: 1

    Why don't we focus on the bad guys. None of the Microsoft, or Adobe, or any other, software imperfections are a criminal problem until some ass tries to steal something using it. It's like blaming a car maker for a hit & run accident. Blame the criminals!

  10. It is time to get serious on Microsoft VP Suggests 'Net Tax To Clean Computers · · Score: 1

    Spend whatever it takes to find those that are behind the problem. Then kill them. Then start on the scammers that target the elderly.

  11. Re:Worst. Name. Ever. on LG's Windows Phone 7 Series Early Prototype · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let us consider: Microsoft is normally ridiculed for inferior products, yet frequently has dominant market share. So how is Microsoft marketing a failure?

  12. Hard to fathom on NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't understand why people can't just be allowed to love one another regardless of gender without all the yelling and fingerpointing...What? Oh, sorry. Must get new glasses...

  13. Re:"Self-powering" on Creating Electric Power From Light Using Gold Nanoparticles · · Score: 1

    mmmm, you can't get power that isn't there, even at 100% efficiency... So unless you are on Mercury, 11.7 megawatts for a sheet of plywood isn't happening

  14. Re:Magic on Fuel Cell Marvel "Bloom Box" Gaining Momentum · · Score: 1

    In which case I retract my retraction and reiterate whatever part of what I said before is actually true, or at least defensible in this forum.

  15. Re:Magic on Fuel Cell Marvel "Bloom Box" Gaining Momentum · · Score: 1

    Ah, my bad perhaps. No suggestion really that much of the energy is going into heat, just that the components were at a high temp. Re smog issues listed below: Also a function of pressure. Not sure how that fits into a turbine.

  16. Retro on Fuel Cell Marvel "Bloom Box" Gaining Momentum · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll be in line when it can fit on my shoulder, and I can dance in my plaid bellbottoms and funky shades

  17. Re:Magic on Fuel Cell Marvel "Bloom Box" Gaining Momentum · · Score: 1

    Well, at least it is operating at a high temp, much higher than internal combustion. That may be the main source of increased efficiency. Back in the day when Chrysler and others were working on turbines for cars, high temp operation was a main goal - and stumbling block.

  18. Back to school on Health Insurance When Leaving the Corporate World? · · Score: 1

    1) In Massachusetts, my wife & I have adequate, if not great, insurance through the state clearinghouse for $850/mo 2) Most colleges/community colleges require insurance for enrolled students >>and if you don't have it elsewhere, have group plans that are ok, and real cheap. Last time my wife took some courses it was ~$3k/year for both of us. Even adding in the cost of a course...of course.

  19. Re:Might want to rethink this. on NASA Astronauts To Open New Space Station Windows · · Score: 1

    Hopefully they have screens to keep out the space bugs

  20. Quick, before the trading deadline! on Subversive Groups Must Now Register In South Carolina · · Score: 1

    Can we trade them even up for Haiti?

  21. Re:Just wondering out loud... on New Theory of Gravity Decouples Space & Time · · Score: 1

    Singularities have to do with dividing by zero, black hole event horizons do not. Do not attribute erroneous thoughts to others. Embrace them yourself.

  22. Re:yes and no on Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apple - So Easy Even A Smoker Can Do It

  23. Re:A modest proposal ... on Multi-Button OpenOfficeMouse At OOoCon 2009 · · Score: 1

    Can we connect two together?

  24. Re:Amazon and B&N readers give it good reviews on The Gathering Storm Discussion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are they available from CliffNotes?

  25. Re:Bandwidth on New Kind of Orbit Could Ease Mars Communications · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wireless is always less bandwidth than wired/fiber solutions. A direct, multistrand cable is called for.