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  1. you are an idiot on The First Smiley :-) · · Score: 1

    sorry, but you are.

    aside from the childish '$', you might have noticed that this was a personal page, as opposed to one of the many research projects at research.microsoft.com, meaning that it was of personal interest.

  2. Re:Remeber your physics... on Vint Cerf Talks About The "Interplanetary Internet" · · Score: 1

    what if you make it so that you make sure you are spinning all the 1s one way and all the 0s the other way, but don't know which way they will spin? if the spin depended upon a single "inverter" which decided which direction means a 0 and which direction means a 1. then the client could read the data and then the inverter.

    of course the direction of the 1s and 0s would have to be somehow dependent upon the inverter, but there is still uncertainty

    the inverter could be created in the same way as any entanglement situation is created

    within the next century, our current beliefs on superposition will most likely be disproven anyways

  3. If you're going to get an xbox on XBox Linux HOWTOs · · Score: 1

    Now might be the best time possible to get one. The initial release of the xbox might be the only one capable of running linux.

    Microsoft is doing things like finding more efficient/cheaper(/secure) components and is planning on combining the xbox with directv (not to mention the recent change in the security keys.)

    Wait, and you might have to get the original version on some overpriced ebay auction

  4. Re:Stop picking on the engineers on MS Exec: 'Our products just aren't engineered for security' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Exactly; any executive at microsoft knows that selling more features is much easier than selling less bugs.

  5. Re:This will revolutionalize transportation on Solar Car To Retrace Cross-Australian Route · · Score: 3, Informative

    not yet. These cars are actually nothing like the cars we drive yet. There are several obstacles to overcome before they become in widespread use

    1) These cars can only hold one person, and they can barely hold one person. It is really uncomfortable, barely tolerable. Weight is a huge factor; carrying many people is a big problem

    2) These things are expensive! (Mainly the solar panels)

    3) The maximum speed of most cars (which is actually rapidly improving) is barely high enough for the highway.

    4) You can only drive so far in the night. The batteries arent that strong

    5) The super-sleek designs cannot be used if these cars are going to cary more people/things. (they need more power to overcome the resistance of the air)

    for more info, here is the website of arguably the best north american team. it's full of info

  6. Damn on MIT Steals Comic Book Character · · Score: 1

    MIT described its future solders as "seemingly invincible warriors protected by armor and endowed with superhuman capabilities such as the ability to leap over 20-foot walls." MIT also claimed its soldier could become invisible.

    You can get 50 million from the gov. just by making claims straight out of sci-fi?!

  7. Why doesnt transgaming on Running Windows Games with WineX · · Score: 1

    make a site for developers of windows games in which they ask that certain functions or routines arent used?

    for the most part, the developers shouldnt mind

    That would allow more new games to be developed that winex supports

  8. Re:Switched, and then switched back on Mac OS X Switcher Stories · · Score: 1

    they also declared the OS X version would be 2x as expensive :/

  9. Re:This is a bit silly on "Fastest Browser On Earth" Cuts Crud · · Score: 1

    i do!

    my ipaq which is hooked up to a wireless lan connected to a dsl connection. in cases like this, the broser is the bottleneck.

    not that i think anyone would try to load mozilla on a pda (there is a special version of IE for CE devices which is lightweight and fast)

  10. I knew it! on Algebra As A Gateway Subject · · Score: 1

    algebra is just a fad

  11. Re:Google offers interesting desktop usage stats on Where's GNU/Linux Usage Headed? · · Score: 2

    hmmm...everything seems right, but Dell as to search in Japan? hmmm...

  12. well on NASA Plan to Read Brainwaves at Airports · · Score: 1

    at least it wasnt slashdot who blew it this time

  13. I heard this was coming... on Beginnings Of The Metaverse For The Gaming World · · Score: 2, Insightful

    about 3 years ago...and 5 years ago...and every night when i was 5 years old before i went to bed

  14. Giving Microsoft money or not on Carmack Expounds on Doom III · · Score: 1

    I'm getting an X-Box, but only if Linux and doom III work. my other option is a new computer.

  15. Re:Am I the only one? on User Friendly 1.0 · · Score: 1

    I have never heard of one person who dislikes Dilbert and understands it (until now?).

  16. Re:Emachines on Lindows.com Hypes An Upcoming $199 PC · · Score: 1

    just get a laptop and set up a wireless lan; you can lock it to prevent other people from using it and it doesnt fall apart and waste $200

  17. Re:XBOX on Lindows.com Hypes An Upcoming $199 PC · · Score: 1

    i thought it was $150....is it or is it soon to be 150?

  18. Re:Nepitism? on Slashback: Activism, VOIP, Ivies · · Score: 1

    we should all know better than to mess with texan yaliens by now!

  19. Re:Is this a suprise? on Microsoft Invests in the University of Waterloo · · Score: 1

    well if the students only learn c# instead of learning the basics (which im sure uw teaches) that student might as well go to community college

  20. Re:So? on Microsoft Invests in the University of Waterloo · · Score: 1

    blame it on the person, not the course

  21. technical link on Speaking in Tongues · · Score: 4, Informative

    if you arent satisfied with the pc magazine summary, you can read this

  22. Re:All OSS no better than all CSS on Mega-Geek March? · · Score: 1

    why hasn't open source replaced propietary software for these relatively remedial tasks in government and industry?

    Besides possible political reasons, there seems to be a general attitude that linux is not mature enough. (not unix, linux) but freebsd is used a lot

    if anyone wants to make this thread any longer, feel free to reply

  23. Re:All OSS no better than all CSS on Mega-Geek March? · · Score: 1

    thank you! i'm glad someone else sees how hypocritical this proposal is

  24. Re:Interesting... on Rat Mind Control · · Score: 1

    yeah, but that was nowhere near as complex; they just sent a constant jolt at one place on the head and the patient had to be next to a power source

  25. Re:hmmm.. on Dell No Longer Selling Systems w/o Microsoft OS · · Score: 1

    oh yeah...

    5) Why the hell would a system administrator have a hotmail account?