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  1. Re:What... the... hell on Teens and Steroids · · Score: 2, Informative

    Their parents or coaches pay (an academic scholarship will pay off the investment in short order). Also, it's much cheaper than that these days. You can get a year's supply at $1000 if you aren't going to be tested or $4000 if you are.

  2. Re:How many human brains is that? on $208 Million Petascale Computer Gets Green Light · · Score: 2, Interesting

    2020 seems unlikely. A reasonably accurate real-time synaptic simulation can run maybe 100 neurons on a high end pc today, probably less. A human brain has about 100 billion neurons, so we're 1 billion times short in computation. Last time I checked, GPUs had not yet been used in neuron simulation, so I'll even give you that we may be 1000 times better off. That's still 1 million X improvement needed to match the brain, or roughly 20 more generations of computer hardware, at a generous 18 months, that leaves us at 30 years, 2038.

    I will be seriously surprised if an even vaguely accurate simulation of the human brain is running before 2050.

  3. Re:Cray blood on Coating a Motherboard In Thermal Resin? · · Score: 1

    Interestingly, I referred you to 'cray cooling fluid' but 'cray blood' google image search actually does return the right thing, and on the first page of results no less.

  4. Re:Cray blood on Coating a Motherboard In Thermal Resin? · · Score: 2, Informative
  5. Re:Incognito mode actually isn't really so... on Google Chrome, Day 2 · · Score: 1

    You don't think google has the hash of every site in their index? Reverse lookups aren't hard in that condition.

  6. Re:Non-Tech Percent of Web Traffic from Chrome on Google Chrome, Day 2 · · Score: 1

    And what was with the super hero costumes? They didn't make the women look sexy at all, and the guys looked like they had never worked out a day in their lives.

  7. Re:The lawyers are not completely to blame. on Unsolicited Offer For My Personal Domain Name? · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the 'overrated' mod. Guess you didn't get it.

  8. Re:The lawyers are not completely to blame. on Unsolicited Offer For My Personal Domain Name? · · Score: 1

    Oh your joke is killing me!

  9. Re:Uh, Popular Mechanics? Unpublished Work? on MIT Secretly Built Mega-Efficient Nano Batteries · · Score: 1

    They are programmed mechanical devices with computer processors in control, what else defines robot such that it differentiates roomba from them?

  10. Re:What about a Comparison Matrix on The State of Scripting Languages · · Score: 1
  11. Re:What about a Comparison Matrix on The State of Scripting Languages · · Score: 5, Funny

    Language | Turing Complete?
    PHP | yes
    Perl | yes
    Tcl | yes
    Python | yes
    Ruby | yes
    Javascript | yes

  12. Re:brilliant on McCain Picks Gov. Palin As Running Mate · · Score: 1

    Do you have a number for the expected lifespan after first diagnosis of skin cancer?

    He's also suffering (as I mentioned) fro the long term health effects of torture. His odds of making it to the life expectancy are NOT as good as average.

  13. Re:Good choice on McCain Picks Gov. Palin As Running Mate · · Score: 3, Informative

    She's running as the VP of a 72 year old candidate who has had a deadly form of cancer, and suffers from lifelong health problems related to his extensive torture. His odds of surviving the next 4 years are vanishingly small. The odds that she is both the republican VP and presidential candidate is very high.

  14. Re:Sure shes pretty and all but.... on McCain Picks Gov. Palin As Running Mate · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The problem with your claim is that you are confusing oral history with evidence. Science makes a distinction between the two.

  15. Re:Hahahah on McCain Picks Gov. Palin As Running Mate · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You don't remember that?? Because, at least in my neck of the woods, there are still many who wish it had gone the other way. Many who would rather give the woman thing a go first...

    Because they've outgrown misogyny but not racism?

  16. brilliant on McCain Picks Gov. Palin As Running Mate · · Score: 1, Interesting

    He's just handed the feminists who wanted Clinton a guarantee that they can have a female president within 4 years (with McCain's failing health, history of cancer and torture, his odds of surviving 4 years are quite small). Even if he managed to make it through 4 years of the presidency, getting rid of her in the 2nd term to prevent her becoming president would make it impossible to get reelected (and there is basically zero chance of McCain living another 8 years, even with the best medical care available).

  17. Re:Make product on MIT Secretly Built Mega-Efficient Nano Batteries · · Score: 1

    For an angel investor, you put together a business plan and shop it to the investment market. An angel investor is just an investor willing to take more than the usual level of risk.

    If you're not the one lucky enough to have those family members, then you, you better go with the angel investor route.

  18. Re:Bit error rate? on IBM Flash Memory Breaks 1 Million IOPS Barrier · · Score: 3, Informative
  19. Re:Bit error rate? on IBM Flash Memory Breaks 1 Million IOPS Barrier · · Score: 4, Informative

    It has a limit to the number of writes, the number of reads is pretty unlimited. The expected average lifetime is similar to a hard drive, and in some cases better.

  20. Re:Uh, Popular Mechanics? Unpublished Work? on MIT Secretly Built Mega-Efficient Nano Batteries · · Score: 1

    I'm reading slashdot on my floaty chair in my pool with existing battery technology, while a robot is cleaning my pool and vacuuming my floor. Another robot washes and dries my laundry. With one more to cook my meals, and one to fold my laundry, I'll pretty much have all my common household tasks handled by robots.

  21. Re:Make product on MIT Secretly Built Mega-Efficient Nano Batteries · · Score: 1

    You propose your plan to the angel investors like everyone else?

    Lots of people have sufficiently rich family to create a material science startup. You only need maybe ~50million for that, there are at least a couple hundred thousand people with family that rich.

  22. Re:For the last fucking time... on MIT Secretly Built Mega-Efficient Nano Batteries · · Score: 1

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virii

    Guess what, English is not a dead language. If you want a dead language, you have plenty to choose from.

  23. Re:there is no question on Making Statements With Video Games · · Score: 1

    Just to help, here's the relevant merriam-webster definition of art:

    4 a: the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects; also : works so produced b

  24. Re:Migrating flock on Has Google Lost Its Mojo? · · Score: 1

    I don't dispute that at all. The parent implied it was just for 10% raises. If the only reason you're leaving your job is for a 10% raise, you should learn how to ask for a raise at your existing job.

  25. Re:there is no question on Making Statements With Video Games · · Score: 1

    Art and fun are not orthogonal. In many cases they are in fact tightly joined.

    In any case, I said no one of consequence.