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  1. Re:I.T. curse on Adopt the Cloud, Kill Your IT Career · · Score: 1

    Deja vu... I read the same exact comment before!!

  2. Re:moron on Indian Court Orders Google To Remove Content · · Score: 1

    Rumors?!? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godhra_train_burning Don't equate organized riots to terrorism.

  3. Re:Dunno... on Filmmakers Reviving Sci-fi By Going Old School · · Score: 1

    I disagree; unless you're shooting a cartoon, everything should be as realistic and beleivable as possible. And everything in the movie should strive to be a work of art in itself.

    Are we still talking about SciFi??

  4. Re:Easy there Lamarck on DNA May Carry a Memory of Your Living Conditions From Childhood · · Score: 1

    Changes in gene expression can be inherited. What the summary is speculating is if the particular changes in gene expression that were identified in the study are. Lamarck indeed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_regulation

  5. Defying gravity on J.J. Abrams Promises 'Fringe' Will Die Fighting · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that thinks the cancelled abc's Defying Gravity was much better than Fringe?

  6. Thus spake the master programmer on Smithsonian Celebrates 50 Years of COBOL · · Score: 4, Funny

    In The Tao of Programming: The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler. The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages. Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao. But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.

  7. Desensitizing..!! on The Hell Known As Internet Screening Services · · Score: 1

    I have not seen much rotten stuff. One video I watched in my teens made me feel nauseated and I almost puked. Since then, I watched some disgusting videos but the reaction was more subdued than the previous ones. I am now desensitized to most vile stuff and would love to get back my naivety.

  8. Re:Understand the question. Think Evolution! on The Chicken May Have Come Before the Egg · · Score: 1

    If the question implies "Chicken eggs", it all depends on what you mean by "chicken egg", is a chicken egg "an egg that was laid by a chicken" or "a egg that a chicken hatches from".

    If it is the former, then the big answer is "The chicken", if it is the latter, the answer is "the egg".

    The counterpart: What is meant by the 'Chicken"? Does it mean a thing that hatches out of a "Chicken egg" or the thing that lays a "Chicken egg".

  9. Re:Software on Boeing, BAE Systems Show Off New Unmanned Planes · · Score: 1

    Hmm.. I was not aware that passenger aircrafts land without pilot intervention. It was about an year back that I was researching for exactly such autonomy in aircrafts - are you positive on this?
    What I meant by classical AI is AI approaches of 80s - expert systems, neural nets, decision models, etc - current autonomous robots rely little on these types and more on control systems to actually control the transducers. BTW, I am not referring to the path planning code used in these drones which indeed is what I would call classical AI, but am referring to code which moves the flaps, etc.

  10. Software on Boeing, BAE Systems Show Off New Unmanned Planes · · Score: 1

    All this improvement in range, capacity, flight time, avionics and control systems is not matched by similar improvements in 'autonomous' AI abilities. The 'AI' used in these systems is not true AI but simply is a very sophisticated control system. No 'autonomous' plane built so far can land on its own. No 'search and rescue autonomous plane' built so far can automatically spot for wreckage. The wisdom in autonomous robotics these days seem to be heavily favoring control system based solutions as opposed to classical AI, something which HAS to happen for Skynet to grow sentient.

  11. In case of a housing market slump on Growing A House From Meat · · Score: 1

    you at least have something to eat.

  12. Perforated covers! on AI Predicts Manhole Explosions In New York City · · Score: 1

    Why not make the manhole covers perforated so that the pressure never builds up?!?

  13. Where might they take it next? on Apple Implements the CalDAV Standard For MobileMe · · Score: 1

    iDONTKNOW. In any case this is incompatible with my lunar calendar.

  14. Re:Analogue vs Digital on Pixel Inventor Goes Back To the Drawing Board · · Score: 1

    Throw more resolution at it or you could use slightly more complicated but finitely definable set of curves or shapes other than simple squares to better fit the analog signal.

  15. Re:Huh? on Pixel Inventor Goes Back To the Drawing Board · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Pixel was probably loosely used in the article. The link talks about image formats and how they use square pixels; not the physical pixels on display devices - which are rectangular generally.

  16. Re:So we let the trolls win? on Online Poll-Based Party Seeks Election Win · · Score: 1

    Yes, because trolls can ONLY be won by ignoring them. That is basic net wisdom - you cannot win over trolls. Even if you allow businesses to not display racism, that is not the same as changing other social aspects of racism. The business owner would still be teaching the same racist values he had to his kids. Trying to affect social change through legislation while do-able is tough. There can be other solutions that the Govt can do and does often - and that is propaganda. Propaganda has been used to be divisive in some nations, but also has been used effectively to bring about 'positive' social change in others.

  17. Pile of pig shit is what I see. on Blizzard vs. Glider Battle Resumes Next Week · · Score: 1

    I rented out my pig sty with the TOC that no one can take a dump in it. The guy who rented purchased pigs. The pig seller while inducing the buyer to get bacon was also inducing him to violate my TOC. Therefore, I want to sue the pig seller.

  18. "I just patented New England" on US District Judge Rules Gene Patents Invalid · · Score: 1

    That is what homesteading & property rights over natural resources including land does - patents over land - right?!?