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  1. move that hand, move it! on UW Researchers Demonstrate First Direct Communication Between Human Brains · · Score: 2

    Subject 1 imagines moving their hand, and Subject 2's hand moved.

    I think I saw this premise in an adult movie once

  2. when the science is biology - human anatomy on Just Thinking About Science Triggers Moral Behavior · · Score: 1

    my thoughts certainly aren't moral ;-)

  3. I have heard of ABBYY, I have not heard of Nuance on OmniPage Maker Nuance Loses Patent Trial Over OCR Tech · · Score: 1

    So that says something. Not to say that you know every technology's owner because so many are invisible (or until you infringe on tthem), but when someone says one product everyone knows about infringes on a product no one knows about, the product no one knows about must not be all that hot afterall.

  4. such as Flickr on Yahoo! Sports Redesign Sparks Controversy, Disdain From Users · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No matter how the media says the product has lost favor, the millions using it -- who did NOT ask for a facelift to make it less computer-friendly and look more like a tablet -- beg to differ.

  5. this is not news to Flickr users on Yahoo! Sports Redesign Sparks Controversy, Disdain From Users · · Score: 2

    who have been subjected to some reallllly bad UI by Yahoo in the last few months.

  6. first useless reply! on Feature Phone Hack Can Block Calls, Texts On Some Networks · · Score: 1

    I'd love to be able to block texting around me.

  7. Wasn't that how Microsoft got started? on Wall Street Traders Charged With Copying Code To Start Their Own Company · · Score: 0

    Bill Gates borrowing some code from a small computer company, then starting his own business to sell the OS?

  8. Tacoma WA is the "#1 most wired city" on Only One US City Makes "Top Ten Internet Cities Worldwide" List · · Score: 1

    ...which is no longer such an awesome claim to make, especially since now Spokane (2nd largest city nowadays) is bragging about its 100 square block public hotspot.

  9. but at Burning Man, where do you put your cell on The Big Hangup At Burning Man Is Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    when all you're wearing is a feather boa?

  10. all I needed to know was Jeff Stryker on Wikipedia Can Predict Box Office Flops · · Score: 1

    Sorry, that film is about Windows Vista.

  11. a sense of humor - they has one on Internet.org's Slave and Helicopter-Powered Internet · · Score: 1

    And so should everyone else. It's historical parody, and probably not that far from the truth when it comes to the Egyptian system of a few millenia ago -- surely Tutankhamen was the kid everyone in the neighborhood called for support. :)

  12. "the unexpected results" on Bradley Manning Sentenced To 35 Years · · Score: 0

    are that the truth about the government spying on its own people comes out, and for once the public listens rather than looking at Manning as though he's wearing a tinfoil hat.

  13. can't tell where I am on How Much Detail Is Too Much For Games? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I used to play this adventure game by Scott Adams on a VIC=20. All text, no detail, and I could never tell if I was making progress either.

  14. "there can't be good guys without the bad guys" on Internet Crime Focus of Black Hat Europe · · Score: 1

    But sometimes it's the corporation behind the server being hacked into that is the bad guy, so that part of the equasion already exists.

  15. deep blue something on eBay Beats Tiffany In Net Trademark Case · · Score: 4, Funny

    I said 'What about eBaying Tiffany?'
    And she said 'I think I've sold some before
    And as I recall, I think we both made a profit'
    So I said 'Well, that's one court case we've won.'

  16. Re:Abutt? on Antarctica Once Abutted Death Valley · · Score: 1

    You're thinking of "aboot".

  17. left no forwarding address on Antarctica Once Abutted Death Valley · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damned landmasses, moving around all the time.

    Plate techtonics are breaking up that old neighborhood of mine.

  18. Re:Language May Devolve Earlier Than Supposed on Language May Have Evolved Earlier Than Supposed · · Score: 3, Funny

    o rly? omg!

  19. similarly... on How to Fight Name Scraping Scammers? · · Score: 1

    Today I mistyped a domain name and wound up on a parking page, and the obvious keyword used in the link farm was "lease". And then I see a dialog balloon pop up in the left corner, where the heading is "Crush Report (2 emails)", and the text says someone named Ryan in Bellevue WA has a crush on me. Uh... I'm straight. Mythical Ryan Person, if you want to make a gay proposition, why not do it on a service I am a member of, not a park page?
    (my first reaction: whispering to the screen, "I told you not to email me here!")

  20. Re:Common Names are like that too... on How to Fight Name Scraping Scammers? · · Score: 1

    I am listed in the phone book by my first initial and last name. Bill collectors looking for someone with a different first name but same first initial call all the time. Usually takes two or three calls for them to get the hint that there's no Benjamin here, and never has been.

    Your credit record should not reflect any of that since they go by Social Security number. It's those damned collection agencies that go by name and random guessing. :)

  21. thhhpt! on Boiling Down Books, Algorithmically · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Whoever modded this to 'troll' never took the English classes I had. Yo.

  22. rectify when screwed up?? on AVG Backs Down From Flooding the Internet · · Score: 1

    > AVG shown that at least they do listen to their users, and are likely to rectify when they screw up.

    Ahem, such as when you'd Google for a solution to how many users can't get the Auto Update function to work, and the link to an article in Grisoft's FAQ gives a 404 because they deleted that article? That's not listening or rectifying.

  23. Re:Good Stuff! on AVG Backs Down From Flooding the Internet · · Score: 1

    That's not why I sought an alternative to AVG. The reason was because AVG 8 would not automatically update (can manually do so) and more importantly it wouldn't scan when I told it to. Pressing the Scan button didn't do anything. 7.5 worked just fine on all fronts so they broke a good thing.

  24. It already happened on Boiling Down Books, Algorithmically · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...considering the quantity of "classic" tripe that I had to read in high school and college. Who needs an algorithm when you have English teachers who follow flawed formulae?

  25. illegal acts to find illegal acts? on FBI Illegally Tapped Phone Phreaks In 1969 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did anyone expect otherwise from the Nixon Administration? :)

    Funny... "illegal wiretapping" of an illegal activity on the phone wires. There's an irony in here somewhere.