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  1. What's his route? on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 3, Interesting

    He mentions that he lives in Cincinnati. Significant parts of the city are not particularly flat.

    I'd like to know more about his commute route.

  2. Teachable moments on Mars & The Teachable Moment · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...sensationalistic psuedo-science and the legion of money-grubbing opportunists...

    Well, as long as we are being fair and balanced about it.

  3. I'm glad we know this now on Calculating A Theoretical Boundary To Computation · · Score: 1

    And before this, we all thought an exponentially expanding process would be endless?

  4. Well worth it on Chernobyl Becomes Tourist Hot Spot · · Score: 1

    With this as a tour guide, I'd be happy to pay.

  5. Deja Vu on James Gosling On The Sun/Microsoft Settlement · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of the many times ESR defended VA Linux, on his way to becoming rich and then normal again.

  6. There's buzz in Cincinnati? on New Online Advertising Model Riles Journalists · · Score: 1

    Now that's news!

  7. An hour? on Microdrone Spy Planes · · Score: 1

    All the drones can fly for an hour...

    Their small size allows them to fly through windows and to provide images to military units behind it

    The author of this article needs to get back to writing human interest stories.

  8. Just remember... on iPod Mini Worldwide Rollout Delayed · · Score: 1

    It's still lame.

  9. More on the Maine model on Worlds Largest Scale Model Solar System? · · Score: 1

    It was covered in Smithsonian Magazine last year. There's quite a bit of interview with the creator, Kevin McCartney.

    I could swear that I read of another one out west(?) with the Sun represented as a planetarium dome.

  10. Also try... on Everything and More · · Score: 1

    A History of Pi. I found it very interesting.

  11. Re:Marvin on UFO Streaks Through Martian sky · · Score: 2, Funny

    OOOO. That makes me very angry!

  12. Change the logo to a duck on Imminent Mandrake Name Change? · · Score: 2, Funny

    That should fix the problem.

  13. More fodder for the mill on New Method of Spam Filtering · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Bayesian rule is just a mechanism for combining multiple independent estimates into an overall estimate.

    This is clearly an independent estimate, and a good mechanism to improve the overall detection probability.

    What we need is a "meta-Bayesian" process that appropriately weights and combines other spam prediction estimates, not just word counts.

  14. Algorithm? on New Method of Spam Filtering · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see more about the mechanism for coming up with the score.

    Also, others have mentioned the spoofing problem with To:, From: and CC:. It would be interesting to see how well it would work with the "social network" consisting of the mail servers sending the mail, or with a combination of IP address and To:-etc information.

  15. Re:Hey now.... on Netcraft Jokes About SCO's Virus Fears · · Score: 1

    there are good things to come out of Utah, such as ...

    and remember cold fusion.

  16. Re:C64 powered central heating on First Computers · · Score: 1

    central heating controlled by a Commodore 64 ... 10 zones ... channel on the tele ... without the C64 there was no heating

    and

    since then my parents have split up


    And therein lies the story.

  17. Re:Not Really on Critical Eye on SpamAssassin · · Score: 1

    I haven't tried the Bayesian filtering because it's apparently not well suited to a multi-user environment

    We've found Bayesian filtering to work very well in a multi-user environment. The "good" mail may vary more, but the spam is more homogeneous than with single user.

  18. Re:Does noone on /. have any imagination? on Epson Creates Tiny Flying Robot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Epson have not created this so they can test out battery technology, but to experiment with the problems of robots that operate in three dimensions

    One of the biggest problems in controlling a 10g flying robot with a tether, is the frigging tether.

  19. Re:Hierarchy on Map the Internet... In One Day? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Has anyone noticed that nearly all of the maps have a more or less tree-shaped structure?

    No matter where you are on the net, your view is going to look like a tree with you at the center. Traceroute-type mapping will not capture the redundancies.

  20. Be afraid on Map the Internet... In One Day? · · Score: 1

    The code for this is distributed, then anyone on the internet can scan the entire internet for some nuance on this purpose.

    (shiver)

    Perhaps a centralized open database would be a good idea.

  21. OK, so which is it? on OSDL Pays For Linus Torvalds' SCO Defense · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the OSDL, who are Torvalds' employer, will announce on Friday that the "OSDL has agreed...

    Referring to organizations as plural is stilted, unpopular, and, in this case, inconsistent.

    Get with the program. The OSDL is an organization that is responding to this situation.

  22. For those wondering about non sequitor comments on Mars Attacked, 65 Years Ago Today · · Score: 1

    Go rent Buckaroo Banzia. Highly recommended, but watch it with a group of people.

    And remember. Wherever you go ... there you are.

  23. That's almost enough information on Closest Asteroid Yet Flies Past Earth · · Score: 1

    Just throw in the diameter of the earth, and you can do a quick estimate of the relative closeness in your head.

    What does the earth look like from geosynchronous orbit?

  24. Re:But the big question is: on New Palm Lineup Reviewed: Tungsten T3 & E, Zire 21 · · Score: 1

    Do any of them have a console and the ability to run an onboard C (cross)compiler?

    Well, there is a FORTH (cross) compiler.

    Real men don't need C.

  25. Re:why? on More on BTX Motherboards · · Score: 2, Funny

    What are they going to run? They'll run small.