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  1. Sounds like they invented PacMan smell. (30+ years later)

  2. Meeting 1000's of Specs on First Fully Digital Radio Transmitter Built Purely From Microprocessor Tech · · Score: 1

    It's very easy to make a digital transmitter. It's very hard to meet the thousands of compliance specs (spectral emission mask, spectral flatness, adjacent channel interference, etc).
    One day this will happen, but I'm not convinced it's today.

  3. Galaxy Far Far Away... on Arecibo Radio Telescope Confirms Extra-galactic Fast Radio Pulses · · Score: 1

    Given the speed of light. It sounds to me like this was something that happened Long Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far Far Away...

    This seems to ring a bell, but I can't place it.

  4. Temporary Foreign Workers on No Shortage In Tech Workers, Advocacy Groups Say · · Score: 2

    I live in Canada, and we're going through something similar with a 'temporary foreign workers program'. Workers are brought in from other countries because people aren't willing to work for the salaries that the employers deem affordable... that's not how a free market works... is it?
    The Canadian government has been put on the spot to the point, that they actually have to act on behalf of Canadian WORKERS, rather than employers.

    Keeping fighting to keep this issue current and in the news. It's terrible for the workers, it's terrible for your country, and in the long run it's terrible for the employers.

    At the risk of sounding like a HR/CEO cliche, the most valuable asset for a tech company is its people. Also, quantity does not equal quality.
    Cliches are sometimes based in truth.

  5. Re:What if we overcorrect? on Climate Scientist: Climate Engineering Might Be the Answer To Warming · · Score: 0

    As a design engineer, I always like to have a couple of prototypes before I commit to a design because '1.0' doesn't usually work.

  6. Dolphinese Will Now Be Understood on Automatic Translation Without Dictionaries · · Score: 4, Funny

    With this technology we should be able to understand Dolphin-talk.
    It should also allow us to detect future ape rebellions before they happen.

  7. Re:So just wondering... on Huge Canyon Discovered Under Greenland Ice · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It won't be noticeable to humans...
    They won't exist by the time it get's that warm.

  8. Re:Get back to work! on New Keyboard Accessory Shocks Users When They Try To Go On Facebook · · Score: 1

    How much time was wasted on the designing the keyboard?

  9. Re:Where will this end? (Confused Canadian) on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 2

    I'm a Canadian and I'm confused.
    As I see it, Americans take pride in individualism. If the U.S. government does too much, or gets too big, it's 'Socialism', or even worse 'Communism'.
    The constitution, defends the right to bear arms, so don't even think about limiting rights to guns. The constitution is sacred...

    If the government wants to monitor every thought in the country, even through it's unconstitutional, and it's secret...
    go ahead...
    I'm sure you have a good reason...
    WHAT????

    I DON'T GET IT.
    Where's the individualism, where's the fight for the constitution, isn't the government too big....
    What am I missing?

  10. Could Cigarettes Modulate the Effects of Soda? on Soda Makes Five-Year-Olds Break Your Stuff, Science Finds · · Score: 1

    The problem with this type of science is that it only examines one variable at a time.
    I strongly suspect that those children that are smoking cigarettes with their soda will be mellowed out, but sadly the study failed to even consider this, which leads to unnecessary alarmist reactions.

  11. Lights Also Transmit Signals on Some Smart Meters Broadcast Readings in the Clear · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can also tell if someone is home through unencrypted lightbulb signals through windows.

  12. Re:Please reconsider on Software (and Appropriate Input Device) For a Toddler? · · Score: 1

    Kids love to play with empty beer cans and whiskey bottles.
    I have them all over my floors and it's like a playground for my kids.

  13. I infected a computer with a virus on Scientist Infects Self With Computer Virus · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we're looking for firsts....
    I once had a cold and sneezed on my keyboard.
    Does that make me the first human to infect a computer???

  14. Re:brutality on The Telcos' Secret Anti-Net Neutrality Strategy · · Score: 1

    Net Neutrality == Commie Reality
    Governments involved in the internet is the triumph of socialists over free market.
    I wrote the above crap, and I'll admit it's stupid.

  15. Re:I don't want to say it's not serious on Photos of Chinese Sweatshop Used By Microsoft · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've toured several Asian factories and this is the reality of Asian work life. People live in factory dormatories, work 6 VERY long days a week, and sleep at their desks when they get tired. We can pretend that we're shocked, but we all know that goods from Asia are dirt cheap and yet we never seem to ask "WHY"? Is this willful blindness? Until we start imposing tariffs based on unequal labour standards, this will never change.

  16. Makes Me Think About Pirating on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think that artists should be rewarded for their efforts and as such I buy all of my music; however, I now realize that this means I am ALSO supporting these thugs? Maybe i should reconsider my activities, because I DO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT THESE GUYS. What should I do?

  17. Re:How about the obvious... on After Learning Java Syntax, What Next? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Practical applications are the best way to learn. I'd suggest automating your job. A webcam and a computer controlled Taser would be a great platform for making your life easier.

  18. Re:As long as you are assured that your privacy on Fingerprint Requirement For a Work-Study Job? · · Score: 1

    Governments illegally read email and tap telephone calls. So don't worry about being assured that your privacy is protected.... it isn't.

  19. Re:"independently funded"? on Studies Find Harm From Cellular and Wi-Fi Signals · · Score: 1

    If the effects of the photons emitted from the cellphone transmitter are negligible, then how can a radio receiver pick them up? Changes don't have to be chemical to have an effect.

  20. Security? on The DIY $10 Prepaid Cellphone Remote Car Starter · · Score: 1

    What happen's if someone finds out your phone number? Can they steal your car?

  21. Ironic Question on Your Opinion Counts At CNN — But Should It? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This question on a site like this seems incredibly ironic.

  22. Re:What does this do, chemically? on Low-Energy Laser Etching May Replace Fruit Labels · · Score: 1

    I'm less concerned about chemicals than the aesthetics... I use fruit not only for eating, but also for presentation. It looks good in a fruit bowl, or on top of a dessert. Now it will have the mark of the beast on it and will look like garbage. Fruit is art, leave it alone. ps. Those stickers suck too. Peeling them off damages the fruit skin.