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  1. Re:Still not sure of the problem... on Texas School District Drops Embattled RFID Student IDs; Opts For Cameras · · Score: 1

    That was supposed to say Imagine. I also hate Monday mornings.

  2. Re:Still not sure of the problem... on Texas School District Drops Embattled RFID Student IDs; Opts For Cameras · · Score: 1

    Image. Parents would want to put their children in the poorest schools because the dollars per child is higher because most of the kids don't show up.

  3. Re:Ec*freeze*lip*freeze*se works on Visual Studio vs. Eclipse: a Programmer's Comparison · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think I will stick with Intellij. It and its family are easily the best IDEs I have ever used.

  4. Re:QA is not the problem on Upside-Down Sensors Caused Proton-M Rocket Crash · · Score: 1

    The ones that are showing that the rocket is moving upward. If the rocket is actually moving downward, you have bigger problems than a poorly installed sensor.

  5. Re:QA is not the problem on Upside-Down Sensors Caused Proton-M Rocket Crash · · Score: 1

    I guess they could program the computer to automatically flip the sensor data if after half a second into launch they are getting impossible readings?

  6. Re:only available in China on Neuroscientist: First-Ever Human Head Transplant Is Now Possible · · Score: 1

    Brain dead people. Of course, you would have to deny the mutiple people waiting for those organs.

  7. Re:Body Rejuvenation? on Neuroscientist: First-Ever Human Head Transplant Is Now Possible · · Score: 1

    Twenty five year old equivalent body with a three hundred year old head?

  8. Re:So much for... on Teenage League of Legends Player Jailed For Months For Facebook Joke · · Score: 1

    What state are you in? In Illinois, 16 year olds have to take a driving course about the rules of the road, drive with an instructor at least half a dozen times, and put in 50 hours of driving under the supervision of a 21 or older adult before they are allowed to drive alone.

  9. Re:Wouldn't light have to travel longer distance? on 'Corkscrew' Light Could Turbocharge Internet · · Score: 1

    From the article:

    The work published today used clockwise and anticlockwise versions of twisted light with a specific curliness, but Ramachandran says that the team has since done other research that suggests that about ten different beam shapes can be used to convey information.

    That is exciting because each shape could potentially act as an entirely new level of traffic on the information superhighway. On each level, streams of data could be further divided into narrow lanes of colour, maximizing flow. "We showed a new degree of freedom in which we could transmit information," says Ramachandran.

    It sounds like you are getting ten times the information. Even if latency doubled, it might be worth the tradeoff with applications such as file transfer and music/video streaming.

  10. Re:So much for... on Teenage League of Legends Player Jailed For Months For Facebook Joke · · Score: 1

    I partially agree. 25 is too old for legal adulthood and driving in our culture. I think either the drinking age should be moved to 18 or legal adulthood should be moved to 21.

  11. Grumpy Old Men on Google Patents Image-Capturing Walking Sticks · · Score: 2

    Now grumpy old men can enjoy technology while they chase kids off their lawns!

  12. Re:My goodness on U.S. District Judge: Forced Decryption of Hard Drives Violates Fifth Amendment · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that be the Fourth Ammendment not the Fifth Ammendment? I understand and agree with the Fifth Ammendment preventing forced password disclosure and the Fourth Ammendment preventing the cops from taking/decrypting the drives without a warrant but I am confused how they are breaking the Fifth by decrypting the drives after they had recieved a warrant.

  13. Re:Start here on White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care · · Score: 1

    Seeing how most areas have only a handful of unique speed limits. You will not have to bother calculating anything after about the first week. You will simply remember your previous calculations. That is assuming you don't have a dual speedometer.

  14. Blood Trade on Transfusions Reverse Aging Effects On Hearts In Mice · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Since the basis for the treatment is ordinary sharing of blood between an older ill, and younger healthy patient, we can probably expect someone to start offering the transfusion treatment somewhere in the world, soon, to those with the means to find a young and healthy volunteer.

    Volunteer? People give blood because they want to help someone who they usually envision as having a horrible illeness not because they want some rich, old guy to live longer than the norm.

    I think there will more likely be a blood trade where the young (or criminal organ harvesters) sell blood to the old. Either that or some sort of blood Ponzi scheme similar to Social Security where you pay blood in when you are young that is immediately used by the old and recieve blood from the young when you are old. Of course, everything breaks down when the previous generation becomes smaller than they current one. Although, I would not be surprised if by that time there would be synthetic blood that would serve the same purpose.

  15. Re:Orbital pickup truck on Helium Depleted, Herschel Space Telescope Mission Ends · · Score: 0

    When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!

    -- Cave Johnson

  16. Re:Interesting comparissons on Cracked Game Released To Get Back At Pirates · · Score: 1

    I don't understand how that is brag worthy.

  17. Re:Seed the Torrents! on Ubuntu Releases 13.04, Sticks To 6-Month Release Rhythm · · Score: 1

    Even if you don't use Ubuntu, seed the torrents for a few hours. It is one way we can all contribute to Open Source - no dev skills, documentation skills, etc. required!

    So, you are telling me to waste my bandwidth, downloading something I don't want, just to help others out? Socialist.

    It would only be Socialism if the government forced you to do it. Otherwise, it is called charity.

  18. Re:And it begins on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    Employers decide who will work of those that want to work for the compensation that the employer is willing to pay. They do not decide who will not work of those that do not want to work.

  19. Re:And it begins on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How would you decide who gets a pass on having to work?

  20. Re:Already done on USB SuperSpeed Power Spec To Leap From 10W To 100W · · Score: 1

    What about bandwidth?

  21. Re:we've had a few on USB SuperSpeed Power Spec To Leap From 10W To 100W · · Score: 1

    What about making a cord that has two "wires". One would be fiber optic to enable the fastest possible data transfers with the lowest interference. The other would be a traditional copper wire that powers the device.

  22. Re:But We Are Open - We are Google - We are Good on ACLU Asks FTC To Force Carriers To 'Patch Or Replace' Android Devices · · Score: 1

    You would also need enough hardware specifications to create/update drivers.

  23. Re:Better answer on Microsoft Creative Director 'Doesn't Get' Always-On DRM Concerns · · Score: 1

    (1) A vacuum cleaner is almost a necessity, a console is a luxury.

    You don't have kids, do you?

    Who do you think does the vacuuming! ;)

  24. Re:Better answer on Microsoft Creative Director 'Doesn't Get' Always-On DRM Concerns · · Score: 1

    (5) Electricity is an innate requirement to use a traditional vacuum cleaner. For single-player video games, a always-on internet requirement is a artificial restriction that adds no value to the experience.

  25. Re:Our Machine Overlords on Automated System Developed To Grade Student Essays · · Score: 1

    Can you have a Jersey Shore if obesity is the new norm?