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  1. Re:Do not tell me about this wave thing... on Google Wave Now Open To All · · Score: 1

    Google Talk is compatible as far as I know. Would be surprised if they use sg different on the server side.

  2. Re:Eve a very deep game. on What Game Devs Should Learn From EVE · · Score: 1

    What are the money sinks in EVE? What prevents hyperinflation and everyone having the best gear?

  3. Re:Those who do not understand Lisp - on Programming Clojure · · Score: 1

    Try Prolog :) . It's like Lisp with syntax.* (Seriously; however, as backtracking is built into the language, it can sometimes become annoying.) There's no really good Java implementation, but they all have Java bindings (the SWI Java interface is especially simple). As both Prolog and Java are garbage collected, there's much less boilerplate code than in a C interface.

  4. Re:Hope they don't lose the key to the door on Europeans Bury "Digital DNA" Inside a Mountain · · Score: 1

    Were making these for the aliens.

  5. Re:Does this include the DRM keys? on Europeans Bury "Digital DNA" Inside a Mountain · · Score: 1

    Let's hope that there are enough pirated CDs and DVDs :)

  6. Re:I'm not sure how I feel about this on The Pirate Bay Sinks And Swims · · Score: 1

    Having one of the Pirate parties directly associated in this way already reinforces perceived connections between the Pirate parties and outright software piracy to an extent that really isn't helpful.

    Naming theimselves as "Pirate Party" doesn't help either.

  7. I'm not really worried on EFF Says Forget Cookies, Your Browser Has Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    When I want to be anonymous I switch to incognito mode in Chrome (ctrl+shift+n). This won't show my cookies, and doesn't save browsing history. As I don't use any plugin besides Flash in Chrome, this doesn't reveal too much about myself. I don't use any other fonts than what are installed in WinXP by default. (However I don't see, how can a webserver know what fonts are installed.)

  8. Re:Doctors don't like informed patients on Doctors Seeing a Rise In "Google-itis" · · Score: 1

    There may be a lot of information of questionable quality on the Net, but overall I have not a shred of doubt that the empowerment the Net has brought to the individual in this regard has been a boon to public health.

    I agree. If you want to double-check you can always go to the library, but at least you have some pointers. On the other hand: do patients get any kind of "proof" that the diagnosis they got from the doctor is correct? You know the, [citation needed] way. I don't see anything wrong with making doctors more accountable towards patients.

  9. Re:Google saved my sight on Doctors Seeing a Rise In "Google-itis" · · Score: 1

    . I wonder how often the opposite is true and people use Google and find that it suggests it is nothing to worry about and they don't go to the doctor? My guess is that is rather rare compared with the hypochondriacs who have nothing wrong with them.

    Eczema. I actually went to the doctor, but didn't hurry. (Waited a few weeks. Simple moisterizing didn't solve the problem.)

  10. Re:Get rid of textbooks already on California Moves To Block Texas' Textbook Changes · · Score: 1

    There's so much noise that gets thrown around the web that most adults have trouble identifying what is and isn't real

    However, that's a very important skill. That's why you should learn it as early as possible.
    In the Internet it's easy to look for both side of the coin (that's what you call noise), I don't see how that's dangerous.

  11. Re:"white-supremacist father and son" on In UK, First "Anarchist's Cookbook" Downloaders' Convictions · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but you're the brainwashed*. I come from Hungary, which you would call post-communist (we had a one-party state, the ruling party was communist, however never tried to implement communism, only socialism; communism what something they struggled to build).

    According to Marxist-Leninist ideology after communist parties seize power socialism must implemented, which is a stepping stone to communism. The difference between the two are the follwing:

    1, socialism: people get paid in money; not necceserily the same amount, but only small differences are allowed (in Hungary an engineer earned 20% more than an unskilled worker).
    2, communism: no money

    Both are implemented in a one-party state where means of production are owned by the workers (practically by the state).

    The leaders of these countries never stated they have implemented comminism, however the leading party (the only allowed one) was called communist party, and the leaders called themselves communist (actually, everyone was suppposed to be one, hence they called each other comrade).

    Sweden is not a socialist state, but a social-democratic one. Big difference.

    * Actually the whole American media uses these words wrong, I guess it goes back to the propaganda of McCarthy.

  12. Re:Depth-of-field method? on Penumbra: Overture Goes Open Source · · Score: 1

    Check this vid, it's explained here:

  13. Re:why not nuclear? on Obama Sends Nuclear Experts To Tackle BP Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    I'd prefer to try MOAB before nukes. The hole is pretty small, do we *need* that much power that a nuke is necessary*?

    *if the math says nuke to collapse the tube, then so be it, I'm just wondering if it really requires that much.

    MOAB would require oxygen. Nuke wouldn't.

  14. Re:"white-supremacist father and son" on In UK, First "Anarchist's Cookbook" Downloaders' Convictions · · Score: 1

    Actually from what my foreign friends have told me America's one of the few countries where these kinds of groups aren't strongly discouraged by some means other than public attitude.

    Well, actually East-European countries doesn't have Holocaust denial laws. Given their socialist past they're more aware how that can go wrong.

  15. Re:Sharing on In UK, First "Anarchist's Cookbook" Downloaders' Convictions · · Score: 1

    And this, children, is why we don't share our reading lists and other personal information on sites like Facebook. It's also why we should be wary of other people keeping track of everything we read, whether it's over the web or on devices like Kindle.

    I never will lend anything from a library again.

  16. Re:Ok, but on Too Many College Graduates? · · Score: 1

    It works similarly in Hungary (not a coincidence). However legally nothing prevents someone from a vocational training to go to university.

  17. Re:The coolest thing about the Robo-Roach on "Cyber-Roach" Forces Rethink On Animal Movement · · Score: 1

    +1 for the Kafka tie-in

  18. Re:Why not high school? on Too Many College Graduates? · · Score: 1

    An economics degree is useful in virtually all businesses, if only to balance the sheets.

    They could do that with a one year training ...

  19. Re:Need some Libertarian clarification on Gulf Gusher Worst Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    2. Individuals being held criminally accountable for corporate behavoir

    You mean the laissez-faire policy were lynching?

  20. Re:This would be a great time for Microsoft on US Air Force To Suffer From PS3 Update · · Score: 1

    Well, the same is true for PS3.

  21. Re:Obvious outcome on US Air Force To Suffer From PS3 Update · · Score: 1

    Well, PS3s were marketed with Other Os feature. And they offered the same computing power cheaper than PCs. When PS3 came out you could barely buy dual-core processors PCs for the same price. (The PS3 has 7 cores running on 3.2 GHz.)

  22. VHDL on 13 Open Source Hardware Companies Make $1+ Million · · Score: 1

    Most hardver is specified using Verilog or VHDL, so there isn't such big difference between hardware and software.

  23. Re:Ruining the purpose of reading? ABSOLUTELY! on Do Children's E-Books Ruin Reading? · · Score: 1

    I'm all for picturebooks, popupbooks, e-readers, but in the particular Alice book it's really annoying that things move in the background even if I don't want them to. It's a cheap gimmick without function. (However the artwork is really nice.)

  24. Re:Most complainers don't know the bookstore/libra on Do Children's E-Books Ruin Reading? · · Score: 1

    I saw the demo of the Alice book for iPad, and I think it's very annoying that things move/start to vibrate/fall off when you hold it in a slightly different angle. If I wanted to read it, I surely would turn off the interactive features. Of course it doesn't mean that all interactivity is necessarily bad.

  25. Re:hmmm on Ancient Comet Fragments Found In Antarctic Snow · · Score: 1

    It's not a paradox, but doesn't answer the question we're actually interested in: how does life come into existence.