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  1. A cheap analogy would be.... cheaper on NIH Spends $400K To Figure Out Why Men Don't Like Condoms · · Score: 1

    Rain-slicker in a massage parlor. ( $100,000 )
    "I thought you would have one" ( $50,000 )
    Barrier to entry ( $200,000 )
    "but there are two of you" ( $50,000 )
    Short sheeted. ( $100,000 )

    ( hooker expenses needed to derive these results: $23,500 ).

  2. Re:The only problem now is quantum and distributio on Swine Flu Vaccine In Production · · Score: 1

    Although your probably both saying the same thing. Sadly.

  3. Re:what do you think? on Scientists Wonder What Fingerprints Are For · · Score: 1

    Just one more thing science can't answer. Of course the answer is obvious but no scientist would ever consider [i]that[/i].

    Obviously its so God can sort you out later.

  4. Just like every other server on Web Servers Getting Naked, For Weight Savings · · Score: 2, Funny

    Except these are designed to arrive with the hoods "pre-lost", saving us the trouble.

  5. View point on Should Enterprise IT Give Back To Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Open Source would work great if it weren't for those damned users.

  6. Sharks with lasers. ur doin it wrong. on A Widescreen Laser Projector In Your Pocket · · Score: 3, Funny

    I see this as the perfect solution. Now all I need is the problem to solve.
    Perhaps if I coupled this with an iPod and beer the problems would present themselves.

  7. Pointless on Phony TCP Retransmissions Can Hide Secret Messages · · Score: 1

    Not only do they seemingly not understand cryptography, stenography, or data tracking, they do not understand how much of Asia's network will not let this pass even as it stands now. There is a lot of Asia that runs through SAT links and they use true TCP acceleration which proxies the TCP segments. The retransmission will be pointless here at best. At worst they will screw up the far side connection resulting in a RST.

    Also it would be like a little red flag saying "Look at me!" every time it was used. With data tracking equipment that stores terabytes of data for post analysis, it is almost assured to raise some questions. I can only assume that's not the effect they are looking for.

    They set out to find a weakness in TCP and only found weakness in themselves. I recommend they pool their resources and buy a cheap book on stenography. Or use encryption.

     

  8. Re:"They were not marks of social class" on The Bling of the Ancients · · Score: 1

    It takes two to do this, the ersatz Dentist and the willing patient.

    There is evidence to suggest they may have been unwilling patients. This is mostly based on observing the color schemes, and the %99+ mortality rate.

  9. The obvious next step on White House Joins Facebook, MySpace, Twitter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Towards the end of his tenure he will end up on FML.

  10. Re:Nothing gets fixed until it breaks on ARIN Letter Says Two More Years of IPv4 · · Score: 1

    What about when companies merge, or otherwise have to connect networks? Two companies using 10.x could have overlapping IPs.

    Double nat with local DNS fixes manages the problem. Its how I isolate testbeds that require the same address ranges. I see no reason it could not be scaled to 10.x.

  11. Re:Canada on Cablevision To Offer 101 Mbps Down, No Caps · · Score: 1

    I just don't know what the hell "UP TO" means.

    It means they will TERMINATE you if you break the speed limit.

  12. Re:sure it is on College Police Think Using Linux Is Suspicious Behavior · · Score: 1

    It seems to me you would have to assume ( or prove ) that being gay is slanderous. Or something.

  13. Re:Same behavior in humans too on Chimpanzees Exchange Meat For Sex · · Score: 1

    and there is really only one reason to take a girl out on a date....

    To bribe them to set you up with another girl?

    Bragging rights. He is secretly monosexual.

  14. Re:If only on Google Bans Tethering App From Android Market · · Score: 1

    Whe you say "selling a product nobody understands" and "I repeat nobody understands what bandwidth is. Not Joe. Not you. Not me." I can't help but think you don't understand what bandwidth is.

    Do you work for a telco?

  15. Re:Why is this funny? on Hints of a Link Between Autism and Vinyl Flooring · · Score: 3, Funny

    After studying young adults, it has been noted that keggers cause jumps to conclusions later in the study.

  16. Re:European Model... on iPhone 3G Finally Available In US Contract-Free · · Score: 1

    I love how marketers in North America continue to push the idea of "European". We've all seen the infomercials where they state "This is a best selling product in Europe..." or "In Europe this retails for $60 but..."

    The way that it really works in Europe is that you pay for your phone over the course of your contract. For example, if you want a phone that is $600 and you are on a 3 year agreement, you pay $16.67 as a line item on your monthly bill to pay for the cost of the phone. That's much better than the hidden subsidy cost that most (if not all) North American carriers provide.

    So the same as everywhere else then.

  17. I am thinking of a different word on Dell's Adamo Goes After MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    After having just watched a Colbert Report talking about meat grown in a pitri dish, and after hearing people comparing this to the MBA, the word that comes to mind is "shmaptop".

    --dant

  18. Doubt this will be effective at all on Video Game Teaches Kenyan Youth HIV-Safety · · Score: 1

    VOA News reports on how the video game medium is being used to educate Kenyan youths about risky behaviors that lead to HIV infection

    I mean, are they even going to be able to relate to Fable II?

  19. Re:Hibernation? on Quick Boot Linux Hopes To Win Over Windows Users · · Score: 1

    I like my HP because its a power-house. Its certainly lighter than a desktop. Whats the issue? I also like my X60T but it does come close to the power I can put out with my HP DV9000. So, I 'tough out' and carry my anchor around. More sissies.

    We're sissies because you choose to be a dumbass? I think the arguement may be flawed and I cite the case of Cause Vs. Effect.
    Look it up, its famous.

    Sincerely,

          --Pyro

  20. This does not impress me. on 1,234,567,890 Seconds Since Unix Time Began · · Score: 1

    I am only amused that the world did not end again. I mean, based on past experience.

  21. Cant wait on The Herschel Telescope Close To Blast Off · · Score: 5, Funny

    till they first post the images from this baby.

  22. Its not throttling. on Cox Communications and "Congestion Management" · · Score: 1

    ...web pages, voice calls, streaming videos and gaming â" moves without delay. Less time-sensitive traffic, such as file uploads, peer-to-peer and Usenet newsgroups, may be delayed momentarily...' Sounds like throttling to me."

    Sounds more like prioritization to me. This can effect latency and jitter more than effective bandwidth. Of course latency can effect practical bandwidth of shorter TCP segments, and of course in the end, they will drop traffic. But thats not what they are talking about in the description.

    I know most of you guys who comment on this hate the idea of playing favorites with traffic, but I would suggest that you actually want this. It does in fact, make for a "smoother" network.

  23. Re:Not surprising on The Unmanned Air Force · · Score: 1

    Considering this is what both the test platforms I've done work on are using as links, I think your concerns are irrelevant.

    Dish TV links get jammed? I thought it was just the Playboy channel.

  24. Re:Not surprising on The Unmanned Air Force · · Score: 2, Funny

    Call the round trip 600ms since you have to make the distance four times to do it.

    Still, its lower latency than Clint Eastwood thinking in Russian.

  25. Sensory acuteness on 3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations · · Score: 1

    Maybe they just became more acutely aware of the researchers out to get them.