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  1. Re:well of-course they are firing on Microsoft Exec Opens Up About Research Lab Closure, Layoffs · · Score: 2

    I saw this happen to Main Frames, then to Mini's; now for Micro's. I've seen so many dynasties come and go, I wager Apple will be next; it just doesn't know it. Quantum Computing, I can hardly wait. Is this a wonderful time in history or what?

  2. Re:Do Not Want on Ubuntu 14.10 Released With Ambitious Name, But Small Changes · · Score: 1

    What are your needs?

  3. Re:Not sure about this one on Austin Airport Tracks Cell Phones To Measure Security Line Wait · · Score: 0

    My thoughts were, "Wait times? Ya, right." This is how stupid the TSA, et.al. think we are.

  4. Re:biocompatibility on 3-D Printed "Iron Man" Prosthetic Hands Now Available For Kids · · Score: 1

    Then I withdraw my "comment" and respectfully submit a request for actuall evidence that supports your medical claims. I think any medical facts you bring to this discussion would be very useful.

  5. Re:biocompatibility on 3-D Printed "Iron Man" Prosthetic Hands Now Available For Kids · · Score: 1

    I really don't understand your questions, but I have one myself, "Are you the assistant to your local Village Idiot?"

  6. Re:biocompatibility on 3-D Printed "Iron Man" Prosthetic Hands Now Available For Kids · · Score: 1

    To coin a phrase by the character Dr. Alfred Lanning: "*That*, Detective, is the right question. Program terminated." My apologies to Mr.Asimov

  7. Re:biocompatibility on 3-D Printed "Iron Man" Prosthetic Hands Now Available For Kids · · Score: 1

    I think that the $40K price here is based on Demand, and Supply. 3D Printing definitly increases the supply, and the Craftsman ship is transfered to learning Blender3D. But how does one measure an appendage to start designing 3D Printed Hand with partial Arm assembly?

  8. Re:biocompatibility on 3-D Printed "Iron Man" Prosthetic Hands Now Available For Kids · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking of folks that just some kind of surgery where they cannot lift more than 5 pounds. Now I find myself sketching a 3D Printed attachment they can strap on to themselves so that they can at least be able to get a dinner plate without "hyper extending" themselves. What's really curious is how heavy something is when you attempt to pick it up.

    How do you measure weight of something by picking it up with your hand? Damn, pencil just got off-shored. Now I've gotta wait.

  9. Re:biocompatibility on 3-D Printed "Iron Man" Prosthetic Hands Now Available For Kids · · Score: 1

    Which brings up an interesting topic, "Of the Spolls of stuff one buys for 3D Printers, which stuff would NOT be a good idea for a child to put in their mouth?"

  10. PVC Based Robotics? on Researchers Scrambling To Build Ebola-Fighting Robots · · Score: 1

    A cute idea, that will take longer to create that the problem will exist. But lets look at some the requirements. With a 3 hour charge on some battery pack; change every 2 hours. The humanoid torque engineering is fairly stright forward. Self balancing. Record all movements, audio, and visual; straight forward. Be repairable, or parts replaceable. Use them initially as a type of drone.

  11. Re:I don't buy it on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 1

    I was actually referring to a stone found in Egypt

  12. Re:Read: IT wages in Europe rising on Microsoft, Facebook Declare European Kids Clueless About Coding, Too · · Score: 2

    I'm certain places like India, and China have more "favorable" children?

  13. Re:Of course! on Lockheed Claims Breakthrough On Fusion Energy Project · · Score: 1

    Not height, depth.

  14. Re:I don't buy it on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 0

    I think Rosetta could debate that on point.

  15. Re:I don't buy it on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 0

    Pen and paper methods worked for thousands of years?

  16. Re: I don't buy it on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 1

    coffee..on..keyboard,..damn,..cleaning..it..up..before..boss..gets..back

  17. Re:I don't buy it on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 2

    "...the trust is left to the open source community, and is that really so different than leaving it to a corporation with closed source?"

    Closed source works? They're the ones the bad guys make mega-bank on. Get real. So the holes are there, they get filled up in the FOSS world a lot faster than some other a== clown closed system, even factoring in that the close source community cares.

  18. Re:Mars one? on First Man To Walk In Space Reveals How Mission Nearly Ended In Disaster · · Score: 1

    The Wolves wouldn't be a problem. The Bears, that would be different. Though it would be interesting to see how long a Bear would take to open a CCCP'd space capsule.

  19. Re:And the name of the project is: on Linux Foundation Launches Open Source Dronecode Project · · Score: 1

    Maybe openDrone ?

  20. Re:Horse and Cart on Proposed Hab Module For Asteroid Redirect Mission Could Support a Lunar Return · · Score: 1

    Lets consider Show Offs, that would fun to watch.

  21. Re:Horse and Cart on Proposed Hab Module For Asteroid Redirect Mission Could Support a Lunar Return · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think "we" are the types of humans that said the same thing when a family member decided to look and see what was on the other side of the valley so many years ago.

  22. Re:Horse and Cart on Proposed Hab Module For Asteroid Redirect Mission Could Support a Lunar Return · · Score: 1

    Um, how many humans can survive on the moon, currently? Maybe putting the Hab on the moon would show something significant, like ones next breath?

  23. Re:Why send humans now on Proposed Hab Module For Asteroid Redirect Mission Could Support a Lunar Return · · Score: 1

    Maybe A/C's will not sound so uninformed in a couple of decades?

  24. Re:Outsourced then automated example on Outsourced Tech Jobs Are Increasingly Being Automated · · Score: 1

    Friends I have on my phone list with their names associated to their phone numbers. Other types of callers I place in my phone list with an appropriate name like, "Anne As'Clown" and a photo of a horse passing gas; I googled it. It actually becomes a pleasure to see who's calling me.

  25. Re:Second link on Outsourced Tech Jobs Are Increasingly Being Automated · · Score: 1

    It would seem that Tech.Journalism has more to fear than the rest of us?