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  1. Re:Offtopic, but funny journalism. on Mars Rover Investigates Possibility of Ancient Microbial Life · · Score: 1

    Of course that was a lie but sometimes you just have to lie to get things done

    I'm making a note here, huge success.
  2. Easy workaround on Anti-Missile Defenses For Commercial Jets · · Score: 1

    What's to stop people from using nickel plated, chromed, or otherwise mirror finished missiles?

  3. His name is Xpl017Elz? on Wired Reports On Korea's First Hacker Con · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did he get confused when someone explained to him what a secure password is and you shouldn't use your name?

  4. 2nd life on VR Cures Amputees' Phantom Limb Pain · · Score: 2, Funny
    The graphics used by the computer look very crude, almost comically so...

    Wow, it really is like second life.
  5. yup on The Great Digital Hype · · Score: 1

    This is exactly why I'm trying not to get too excited about Spore. It's still a year away.

  6. Next Generation on Five That Fell · · Score: 1

    Link is to page 1 of 7?

    "Next Generation" is a good name for the site anyway.

  7. censorship on Growing Censorship Concerns at Digg · · Score: 1

    Slashdot and Digg are not capable of censorship. The first ammendment states "Congress shall make no law....". Slashdot is not Congress, Digg is not Congress.

    If you don't like what happens on a website, don't go there, start your own. That's the real democracy of the internet.

  8. In my experience on Games Lead To Violence and Drugs? · · Score: 1

    It's the use of alcohol and marijuana that leads to the use of violent video games.

  9. Re:I hate ABS...sometimes on High-tech Cars Replacing Driver Skill? · · Score: 1

    >This is simply not true. Dynamic friction (skidding) is lower than static friction.

    Makes sense, but, if your tire is 'locked' to the road then your brake pads are 'skidding' on your rotor.

    The question is, does a skidding tire on dry asphalt give more friction that a skidding brake pad on a rotor?

  10. Sounds promising on Service Robots in Service by 2010 · · Score: 1

    From the robotics trends link...

    In a manner similar to humans, the 77 pound as yet unnamed robot has artificial lips which can alter their position subtly....

  11. Why bother. on US Military Builds MMO Earth Simulator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why spend all that money?

    We already know the answer is 42.

  12. Re:Darl McBride is Toad from X Men on Gartner Recommends Holding Onto The SCO Money · · Score: 1

    How about Titanium man and the Crimson Dynamo?

  13. Re:Forgotten Element in Commercial and Open Source on Cringley on Microsoft and Linux · · Score: 1

    Okay,

    So, I'm not a 'programmer' but I love Linux and maybe I can contribute to the effort by learning more about structured testing and doing it in my spare time. My little contribution.

    Is there a 'bible' of software testing?

  14. Doom on Computer Expectations of Today, and a Decade Hence? · · Score: 1

    I don't know, I think it's pretty cool to be able to do this at smooth frame rates.

    Compared to what you were doing on your 486.

    The porn is much better now too.

  15. Must be running windows on In-Flight Reboot? · · Score: 5, Funny

    [_] Take off
    [*] Land
    [ok](cancel)

    You must reboot your computer for the new settings to take effect...

  16. Re:Netflix on Mailing Disks is Faster than Uploading Data · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Good point, I subscribe to HollywebDVD in Canada. But, I think it's more of a licensing problem.

    Hopefully the Apple Itunes store evolves into a video rental outlet of some sort.

  17. good news on TiVo Basic · · Score: 1

    This is what they're doing to get all the people that have been complaining about being forced to pay a monthly fee for what amounts to TV listings. This is all I would need, I'm sure the other features are cool but I don't care. I watch very little TV, less than 10 hours per month, mostly F1 lately. I just want to pick out a few shows and tell it to record. The free service is all I need.

    The only thing holding me back is the fact that they still don't offer service to Canadians.

  18. Obviously not terrorists on Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas · · Score: 1

    The SR 71 Blackbird flies at a maximum altitude of about 80,000 ft with a top speed of about 2000 MPH. Countries with real military resources have been trying to shoot these things down for decades with no success.

    The shuttle was at 200,000 ft going 12,000 MPH

    It wasn't terrorists.

  19. I'd love to buy one. on TiVo to support HDTV by "Year-End" · · Score: 1

    But Tivo doesn't offer service to Canadians. I don't understand it. The Tivo could even call the same 800 number for program guides.

    And they won't even sell one to a canadian to use as a manual dvr.

    Why don't they want our money?

  20. Re:Silly on Google Responds to SearchKing's Lawsuit · · Score: 3, Informative
    This was very much a move taken directly against SearchKing and only SearchKing.


    Are you sure only SearchKing? I'm sure there must be other link farms and even geocities and other sources of noise that are penalized by google's formula.

    That's the service they provide, seperating the wheat from the chaff.
  21. Re:From the article... on Digeo To Ship Full-Featured Linux-based PVR · · Score: 1

    The nice thing about having it available through your local cable company is that you presumably won't have to pay an additional fee to download the channel listings.

  22. Re:Rogers Cable on The Return Of The Live Human Being · · Score: 1

    It doesn't suprise me that Rogers would do this.

    These are the same people that created a shitstorm in Canada with their 'negative option billing'. All of a sudden you would get an extra bunch of chanels and if you didn't phone them to cancel they would start charging you for them.

  23. too bad on How The Postman Almost Owned E-Mail · · Score: 1

    maybe they would have done a better job than worldcomm

  24. A couple of Lycoris links on Lycoris - Linux for the Masses? · · Score: 3, Informative
  25. Who cleans them? on ULTra Robo-Taxi · · Score: 1

    What happens when you hail one of these things after it has just dropped off a bunch of college freshmen at 3am on a Saturday morning?