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  1. Re:Curiosity runs ios 6 on Curiosity Rover Makes First Foursquare Check-In On Another Planet · · Score: 1

    Google Maps claimed there was a Starbucks near the rover.

    Hell, maybe there is

    It's highly likely. You cant walk a block without running into at least one Starbucks here on earth.

  2. Re:what about nuclear fusion? on Astronomers Search For Dyson Spheres of Alien Civilizations · · Score: 0

    where would you get enough matter

    Obviously harvested from the home planets of other civilizations they've destroyed. What a silly question.

    Here's a silly though but if you have interstellar travel... why not just pillage other planets for resources and maybe colonize planets that still have plenty of resources? Just a thought.

  3. Re:Flawed assumptions. on Astronomers Search For Dyson Spheres of Alien Civilizations · · Score: 1

    I recognize that humanity has overpopulated the earth

    What do you base that on? Humanity may have overpopulated Calcutta, or Sao Paulo. We haven't overpopulated Wyoming.

    And there's still the ocean... we could go all Kevin Costner.

  4. Re:Google should partner to make it driverless on Successful Engine Test in UK For Planned 1000 mph Car · · Score: 0

    What is there to make autonomous? Engine start/stop and throttle control? It's not like you should try steering at those speeds.

  5. Re:Its not a car on Successful Engine Test in UK For Planned 1000 mph Car · · Score: 0

    A rocket with wheels is still just a rocket, doesn't matter where its aimed.

    True, but most rockets aren't meant to make contact with the ground. SAMs are suppose to leave the surface to contact enemy fighters. NASA's rockets leave the surface and don't come back until they are done. This rocket is meant to stay earthbound. It a completely different kinda of rocket, all together.

  6. Re:Rocket? on Successful Engine Test in UK For Planned 1000 mph Car · · Score: 0

    No more so than a rocket boat or car that's gone airborne is a plane.

  7. Re:Unfunded mandate on UK 'Virtual ID Card' Scheme Set For Launch · · Score: 0

    Well the have something like that going in Georgia. If you homeless and jobless, they get you a place to live and teach you a skill so you'll be a productive member of society. Once you go out on job interviews the state gets you a mobile phone, because the state believes its a requirement in this day and age.

  8. Touch? on Microsoft Reveals More Windows 8 Details · · Score: 0

    "Every screen needs to be touch. A monitor without touch feels dead." Are they serious? I mean, touch screens are great in locations where you don't have to room or space to have a keyboard(Phones Tablets), but i don't want to have to put my hands all over the screen of my desktop and laptop monitors. Am i the only one who feels this way?

  9. Re:The Only Solution on WPA/WPA2 Cracking With CPUs, GPUs, and the Cloud · · Score: 0

    I'll assume you mean my sig and thank you.

  10. Re:The Only Solution on WPA/WPA2 Cracking With CPUs, GPUs, and the Cloud · · Score: 0

    You have to get a pass to get past the electric card reader at reception desk. From there you just open two doors and your in the server room. You could literally throw away your pass, open the IT office door, and then walk right into the server room. Don't get me wrong, the door is locked. but the latch is taped over so people can get in and out. I think its because all the fire alarm system is in there, as well as all the breakers for the building. I'd be more worried about if it wasn't a small office environment.

  11. Re:How would this boost tourism... on Star Wars Coins Issued By Pacific Island Nation · · Score: 0

    That would make sense. You don't boost tourism by opening 50 online stores.

  12. Re:WTF ... on Cisco, US DOJ Fire Another Salvo At Peter Adekeye · · Score: 0

    It clearly states that he exceeded what the username/password was given to him for. Like giving you a key to my house, so you can feed my dog. But then you use my computer while your there. I never gave you the key to my house so you could use my computer. So... 5 years in jail and $250k fine.

  13. Re:Way to save money Cisco! on Cisco, US DOJ Fire Another Salvo At Peter Adekeye · · Score: 0

    But someone's wallet has to get fat off the decline of businesses.

  14. Re:A system and method for preventing virus infect on Microsoft To Pay $200k Prize For New Security Tech · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wire hooked up from the USB port delivers a 5 volt shock when user clicks on a malware site.

    I've always preferred positive over negative reinforcement.

  15. They wont let us! on The Epidemic of Digital Distraction · · Score: 0

    I don't know what kinds of devices most people use, but i opted out of the model with robot arms, facial recognition software, and ruler to smack you with when you stop paying attention to it.

  16. Re:I could be wrong but... on IBM To Unveil Secure Open Wireless At Black Hat · · Score: 1

    Yea, every time i guess that im wrong, I'm usually right.

  17. Re:Original concept on The Epidemic of Digital Distraction · · Score: 1

    I was gonna say something about your post being "rather unoriginal"... but i got distracted.

  18. I could be wrong but... on IBM To Unveil Secure Open Wireless At Black Hat · · Score: 1

    Isn't a non broadcasting SSID technically secure? I mean devices will still see the network, but without the SSID of the router, accessing it becomes impossible right?

  19. Re:Did many Bothnians die... on Mysterious Object Found In Seabed · · Score: 0

    I've got a bad feeling about this...

  20. So... on Is Google+ a Cathedral Or a Bazaar? · · Score: 0

    Controlled and orderly anonymity. All while being unobserved. Makes perfect sense.

  21. Re:So if I pick one up at Best Buy on WiFi 802.22 Can Cover 12,000 Square Miles · · Score: 0

    I admit that my math was off... i somehow missed the "sq". Regardless, my statement still stands. It would be silly to put it in your house!

  22. Re:So if I pick one up at Best Buy on WiFi 802.22 Can Cover 12,000 Square Miles · · Score: 0

    As the post says, this will not be for residential use. That would be just silly. At a 12k mile radius, i imagine it will be used to provide internet for a continent or two.

  23. Re:That's all well and good, but... on War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS · · Score: 0

    was the rest of it made from what looked like brushed stainless steel? Than yes, that was it.

  24. Re:That's all well and good, but... on War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS · · Score: 1

    Caught an episode of modern marvels about toilets and they discussed the pay toilets of new york. They actually didn't seem that bad, but then again, i don't have a smell-o-vision.

  25. Re:quantity over quality? on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 0

    That might not be entirely true, while it is true that solid state amps may be more low noise than tube amps, They tend to inadvertently filter out more of the high and low range of audio. Where as tube amps, albeit a little noisy, perform better in all ranges of audio, hence "better" sound.