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  1. NEWSFLASH: /. EDITORS *READ* ARTICLE!!! on TiVo Has to Fund Your Local Stadium · · Score: 2, Funny

    "This one is actually really worth a read to see just how bizarrely corrupt this all is. Enjoy."

    thought only to be possible "once in a blue moon", by actually really reading the article cmdrtaco has proved us....well, right.

    once in a blue moon, indeed.

  2. you kids amaze me... on Creative Pressures id Software With Patents · · Score: 2, Insightful

    every manufacturer under the sun is the devil incarnate for not including drivers and support for linux (nevermind whether an economic proposition exists for supporting their products in linux),

    but when it comes to patents, our beloved carmack should take a stand based on principle and

    NOT SUPPORT HARDWARE?!?

    heh. so no support for linux is heinous, but no support for everything is alright?

  3. top 10??!! no way on Google Announces Nasdaq Float · · Score: 2, Interesting

    top 10? with only 40b?

    that's doubtful

    microsoft
    cisco
    ibm
    hp
    dell
    intel
    oracle
    ebay
    sap
    nokia

    all above 40b, i'm sure.

  4. sausage, eh........ on Do Music and Language Obey the Same Rules? · · Score: 1

    so the original poster needed to choose a random, unrelated word to illustrate his point......

    and promptly settled on

    "sausage"...

    i see, so that's how it works......;)

  5. 1.6 km != 1 mile......???!!%@#$#$?%!!! on Our Friend, The Meter · · Score: 1

    my world has just shattered around me.

    but at least 2.54 is exact...

  6. i have no faith on Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real Dollars · · Score: 1

    in any MMO game developer whose own web server is susceptible to the /. effect...

  7. Re:Actually a little less than half... on SCO and Baystar Strike a Deal · · Score: 1

    heh. yeah, cos managing your money most definitely generates more than $25mil in fees.

    don't flatter yourself

  8. don't diss deutsche on The Home Parallel Universe Test · · Score: 1

    from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-entangle/:

    "David Deutsch first showed how to exploit quantum entanglement to perform a computational task that is impossible for a classical computer."

  9. Re:I can't on Suicide Caught on Surveillance Tape Appears Online · · Score: 1

    then again, you can't spell either.

    ordinarily, i'd find that hilarious and call you trailer trash. but it happens so often on /. that i'm desensitized..

  10. one word: on Leave a Safe IT Job for Music Tour? · · Score: 2, Funny

    GROUPIES.

  11. so? chicago = murder capital. on Chicago Police Force Wins CIO Magazine Award · · Score: 3, Insightful
  12. human shaped? ridiculous on Army Looks at Robotic Dogs · · Score: 1

    all this talk of human/dog/elephant/your favorite beast-shaped robots just over the horizon is confusing.

    what's the advantage of being human/dog/elephant shaped (but 10 times heavier than a real one?) weight distribution and center of gravity issues could pose real problems to mobility.

    can dogs carry more burden than trucks? tracked vehicles? or do these robotic dogs have dog-smell (spidey-sense-style) too? ...just cut off their robotic noses and throw them into our tanks.

    there's no benefit in restricting technology by forcing them to play by the rules and constraints of living, organic creatures.

    in other words, robotic tanks have real function and purpose. robotic human-sized androids with superhuman strength wielding a 155mm howitzer fired via a finger trigger over one big crazy shoulder and aimed with a little scope on top => utterly senseless waste of money.

  13. Re:Amazon? Are you nuts? on Likely Success of Internet-Related Business Models? · · Score: 1

    But what about cash flow?

  14. Re:Business Models and Reality on Likely Success of Internet-Related Business Models? · · Score: 1

    Of course you can blame the business model.

    SCOX: litigation to intimidate and extort (versus...winning) = bad business model.

  15. Re:Look to the past for examples of future success on Likely Success of Internet-Related Business Models? · · Score: 1

    Uhm. How did Asia of ancient times eat noodles without chopsticks...?

    Forks are an Italian invention - Marco Polo brought noodles back so they could develop spaghetti, but forgot the necessary eating utensils....

  16. Re:The old business rules still apply, more than e on Likely Success of Internet-Related Business Models? · · Score: 1

    I'd hesitate before drawing on Ford as an example of a successful business model.

    Capital-intensive, non-existent margins, and bleeding money all come to mind with any Detroit manufacturer...

    In fact, the only division that is profitable in Ford is the car loan financing division. They don't make money from cars...

  17. Everyone is guilty... on UK Approves of 5.8GHz For Rural Broadband · · Score: 1

    ...of speeding in rural areas, anyway...

    "Previously there had been resistance to freeing up 5.8GHz because it is in an area of the RF spectrum used by C-band radars."

  18. Re:what I did on Weird Presents Anyone? · · Score: 1

    influential youngster?

    you mean impressionable...right?

  19. get a full manual on Best 35mm SLR Camera for Beginners? · · Score: 1

    so you won't get spoiled by autofocus and actually learn the camera.

    fm10 has a good starter set.

  20. Re:I find it interesting on First Reproducing Artificial Virus Created · · Score: 1

    This is a faulty comparison.

    Each base pair can encapsulate a huge amount of information by virtue of its chemical properties. In other words, the virus DNA is only half of the picture; you have to look at the information encoded in whatever else it interacts with.

    Take it to the extreme, and the email virus equivalent of this would be to wrap it's entire code into a system API call...which our virus simply calls.

    So again, not a fair comparison.

  21. Tallest or not, this ROCKS! on Taipei 101 Now World's Tallest Building · · Score: 1

    1) there will be a 800 ton spherical mass damping system to minimize sway. between a restaurant level and an observation deck near the top, exposed for our viewing pleasure. i will most def. be there to see it..

    2) fastest elevators in the world. upwards 60km/hr, downwards at 48km/hr. (any idea why down has a lower limit? safety?)

    3) double deck elevators. i'd like to see neo break out of this one. a first too.

    4) and by the way, 448m roof is > 447m roof of the sears tower. this is most definitely taller.

    5) finally, i see the sears tower everyday. it's kinda ugly...pretty refreshing to see this bamboo-inspired design.

  22. yen/dollar bullshit. on Nintendo Announces Net Loss, New Prices · · Score: 1

    as if nintendo is the only company based in japan.

    what the fuck is sony then?

  23. How is the probability calculated? on Armageddon... in 2014. Almost. · · Score: 1

    Is it just from margin of error in measurements?

    Or are there variables that will affect the trajectory of the asteroid?

    What I mean to ask is, are orbits static, or do they change based on, say the solar weather of the moment?

  24. OSAMA!! on Armageddon... in 2014. Almost. · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fuck!!! Osama and his asteroid worshipping camel-sacrificers!

  25. Once Upon A Time...Any IDeas? on Reviving A Dead Hard Drive The Hard Way · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I had a physically dead drive...you know, the dreaded click of death.

    Being pissed as I was, I opened up the damn thing and got ready to wreak havoc on the platters.

    But I chickened out, (what kinda chemicals might that thing spew out?) and put the drive back together.

    To my surprise, the drive worked again!

    My room is was a nasty, dusty place too...so I bought a new drive, mirrored the old, and never used the fixed drive again.

    I still have it in my house...an old Quantum 6 Gig drive.

    Any ideas what was wrong, and how opening the sealed platter compartment might fix anything?