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  1. Re:Next up... on Aussie Kids Foil Finger Scanner With Gummi Bears · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't worry about the average person. It's the above average and people with an imagination that really work the system.

  2. Re:Great Forum for Input Devices on Ergonomic Mechanical-Switch Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    To save money use a broom handle some string and a weight. I never even thought to look for a "Wrist & Forearm Blaster". Also, to get other bits of your arms working, make a towel wet and ring all the water out of it.

  3. Re:The one they always overlook on The Time Travel Paradoxes of Back To the Future · · Score: 1

    In the future, they've worked out time travel. They've just not worked out how to jump huge amounts of distance in a blink of an eye. The longer it takes them, the farther away they become, making it even harder. Or stuff like that.

    Is there a model for how far the earth travels in a given time. Im sure there are rather a lot of things to factor in.

  4. did you all forget... on The Time Travel Paradoxes of Back To the Future · · Score: 1

    Austin: Wait a tick. Basil, if I travel back to 1969 and I was frozen in 1967, presumeably, I could go back and visit my frozen self. But, if I'm still frozen in 1967, how could I have been unthawed in the '90s and traveled back to... [goes cross-eyed]
    Austin: Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed.
    Basil: I suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself. [to camera]
    Basil: That goes for you all, too.
    Austin: Yes.

  5. Re:Back in the days on Where Are the Original PC Programmers Now? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    penises, scrape and money all on the same line. How on earth did this get passed the web filters?

    I want to rewrite it and put - scrape into your mouth - But I just don't wanna.

  6. Re:Disappointing Video on Building a Telegraph Using Only Stone Age Materials · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Soon people will stop bringing you food..
    Apple and MS seem to have worked out how to hit people and get them to keep bringing food. That's the smart money/food right there.

  7. Re:Achievement System on Blizzard Suing Creators of StarCraft II Hacks · · Score: 1

    I would still like to opt out of any achievement being posted on-line. I do not want any company tracking anything I do. If anything, it only shows just how much time I waste.
    They won the cheating on line aspect, which people feel is fair. They'll get their single player lock out wish. I worry about what is next. It goes to show that every inch of "Freedom" needs to be fought for and held on to. They'll want to take that mile soon.

  8. Re:That's great but... on Ubuntu 10.10 Multitouch Support Demo · · Score: 1

    I think Google bought BumpTop for that very reason.

  9. Re:Best looking dead OS I've seen on Ubuntu 10.10 Multitouch Support Demo · · Score: 1

    That's a bit harsh. I mean when will windows be finished!?!

    Ba-dum chi.

  10. Re:They did a space jump in Star Trek (2009) on Baumgartner's Daredevil Parachute Jump From Space Put On Hold · · Score: 1

    Just be glad they try to distract you with boobs and not add vampires to Star Trek. That would be a sad day.

  11. Re:They did a space jump in Star Trek (2009) on Baumgartner's Daredevil Parachute Jump From Space Put On Hold · · Score: 1

    I'm not that much of a fanboy, unless it has 7of9 or T'Pol in the episode. Then I love it.

  12. They did a space jump in Star Trek (2009) on Baumgartner's Daredevil Parachute Jump From Space Put On Hold · · Score: 1

    Prior art for the masses.

  13. Re:Tired old argument is tired and old on NSF Wants To Know How Much Software Really Costs · · Score: 1

    That would be the bit of the argument may not work for games software sales.

  14. Re:Tired old argument is tired and old on NSF Wants To Know How Much Software Really Costs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Learning on unauthorised copies enables companies to hire a person with the needed skills. The company then buys the software that the sole person could not afford. So unauthorised copies increase sales at the corporate level.

    /The argument may not work for games software sales.

  15. Re:Hate to say this... [off topic] on UK Scientists Leave Labs To Protest Expected Cuts · · Score: 1

    I get angry when it starts with " I'm ". Grrrrrr

  16. Re:You may not know this but... on NASA Plans Mission To Study Martian Atmosphere · · Score: 1

    See, I knew it would be easier to get the core spinning again!!!

  17. Re:First post! on Against Apple, Ballmer Floats Microsoft Merger With Adobe · · Score: 1

    put some money in to GIMP and get that ready for show time.

  18. Re:You may not know this but... on NASA Plans Mission To Study Martian Atmosphere · · Score: 1

    I agree, I think making a magnetosphere to protect any atmosphere you manufacture might also be classed as “a bit fucking hard”. :) But it is a good question. How to you get a planets core moving again?

  19. Re:They have a headstart on The Encryption Pioneer Who Was Written Out of History · · Score: 1

    I was surprised to learn about just how much influence Scotland had on the American Declaration of Independence. http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/enlightenment_and_empire/us_declares_independence/ If you can’t see the link in your area, I guess you can read up on John Witherspoon the Presbyterian preacher from Paisley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon

  20. Re:Public transport on Why Are We Losing Vertical Pixels? · · Score: 1

    So you work from home then?

  21. Re:weaksauce on Facebook Patents Location Social Networking · · Score: 1

    You want to claim prior art? How old are you?

  22. teach them how to make DRM work on Best Education Path To Learn Video Game Programming? · · Score: 1

    by not using it!
    / sulking cos Batman Arkham city will use Games for windows live. Another one I want, yet can't/wont buy. :(
    Get them some contact in the industry. Half the time is who you know.

  23. Re:The problem with safety systems like that on Jaguar's Hybrid Jet-Powered Concept Car · · Score: 1

    I didn't think about the new dangers when cutting people out of a wreck. This gets a +1 interesting from me.

  24. Re:Why not a jet pack? on Jaguar's Hybrid Jet-Powered Concept Car · · Score: 1

    Erm. I'm not too sure what your fantasy budget limit is; but mine kind of covers a house and a jet pack.

  25. Re:Barrelfish on Linux May Need a Rewrite Beyond 48 Cores · · Score: 1

    The more I see photos like that, the more I think computers make you go bald.