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  1. Too bad... on Los Alamos National Labs Has Working Hub-and-Spoke Quantum Network · · Score: 1

    ...it's not transfer of info over QT. Such an invention would create a truely decentralised internet; peers connected directly without corporates and gvt as go-betweens.

  2. Re:Maybe it woul be... on Supernova Left Its Mark In Ancient Bacteria · · Score: 1

    I only have 2 questions regarding this: when did this happen? And how far away from the blast where we?

  3. Re:Directional antennae... on Scottish Scientists Create World's Smallest Smart Antenna · · Score: 1

    Not invented, just inserted a "crazy piece of wire antenna". And it works - I've not had signal problems ever since and my battery's power doesn't fade as fast as it used to.

  4. Directional antennae... on Scottish Scientists Create World's Smallest Smart Antenna · · Score: 1

    will never beat the copper wire I've been using. 100% signal strength 24/7.

  5. Re:Always the frontrunner? on 35 Years Later, Voyager 1 Is Heading For the Stars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We won't be able to overtake but a space probe could in the immediate future (50 yrs). Plasma/ion propulsion and solar sail technologies are being developed with deep space exploration in mind.

  6. Re:WTF. on Torvalds Takes Issue With De Icaza's Linux Desktop Claims · · Score: 0

    "I kind of wish there were two paths to get Linux on the desktop. A cutting edge path, tailored to the distro, and a Standard Desktop for Linux (SDL) that was included with most distros (voluntarily) that was designed for minimal change over the years (bug fixes and minor improvements, but otherwise stay the same). During the install, you could just select the desktop environment you wanted. "

    It's called Debian and you can make it as big or as small as you like.

  7. Mirrors? on British Ban Spikes Pirate Bay Traffic · · Score: 0

    Are users in the U.K. able to access TPB mirrors?

  8. Putting trash to good use on Apple's North Carolina Data Center Will Feature Biogas Generators · · Score: 0

    I'm surprised it has taken this long for some corporates to utilise an abundant and seemingly inexhaustive energy source. Eco points to Apple, Microsoft and others doing this.

  9. H.I.V. on Oxford University Tests Universal Flu Vaccine · · Score: 0

    Can the same method be used to generate a vaccine for the H.I.V?

  10. Déjà vu on Verizon To Throttle High-Bandwidth Users · · Score: 0

    This is already being done by ISPs in Australia. I'm a 10GB per day user on a 12GB monthly plan. It sucks.

  11. MRAM on 'Universal' Memory Aims To Replace Flash/DRAM · · Score: 0

    I'm still waiting for it.

  12. Quantum Teleportation on Rushkoff Proposes We Fork the Internet · · Score: 0

    As soon as transfer of information via QT becomes possible, peer-2-peer networking will become a serious competitor to the internet. Right now, everything is on the internet - freenet, i2p, etc.. Governments and corporates own the pipes and therefore have great control over what goes through those pipes.

  13. Re:They still mail CDs ?? on Is AOL Finally Crashing and Burning? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, they fit perfectly in the cupholder on my machine.

    So your disc drive is your cup holder.

  14. Re:I don't like network connectors on HDBaseT Supporters Hope To Kiss HDMI Goodbye · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It depends on the quality of the connector. I had similar problems a few years back and used a folded piece of paper to act as the pin so that the contacts would touch. After discovering that it was a quality issue, I switched manufacturers and the last time I bought new cables was when CAT6 was introduced - and they are still good.

  15. Re:Open Source on 13 Open Source Hardware Companies Make $1+ Million · · Score: 1

    Think of it as the linux 1% barrier; it may not be much but at least its progress.

  16. More Cores on Intel To Ship 48-Core Test Systems To Researchers · · Score: 1

    I hope this is not a marketing ploy. I am more interested in thread management and so can't wait for the benchmark reports; if they are made public.

  17. Re:Correlation/causation on Opera Sees "Dramatic" Rise From Microsoft's Ballot · · Score: 1

    However, still nice to see people trying something different.

    Or maybe these "new" Opera users had only been exposed to a non-MS browser (Opera) on their phones and they are only discovering its availability on windows.

  18. Re:Good programmers aren't easily ruined on The Value of BASIC As a First Programming Language · · Score: 1

    I miss GOTO. I used it (abused it) quite a lot when I was 11.

  19. Why not swith to open standands? on 2010 — the Year AACS and HDMI Kill Off HD Component Video · · Score: 1

    Connect devices through wifi or usb.

  20. Re:Nostalgia! on Using Windows 7 RC? Pay Up Or Auto Shutdown Warned · · Score: 1

    Is Windows a virus?