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  1. Re:Desperate Twinkies on Hans Reiser and the "Geek Defense" Strategy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    they don't need to prove his guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt. The standard is "beyond a reasonable doubt."

  2. Re:Backups don't need to be tricky these days on It's 2006 and Backups For Home User Still Tricky? · · Score: 1

    RAID-5 would probably work well, though the equipment can get costly.

  3. Well.. on Storage System for Thousands of CDs and DVDs? · · Score: 1

    How does Netflix manage their inventory?

  4. Re:Really cool, but surprising? on Molecules Spontaneously Form Honycomb · · Score: 1

    It's not particularly surprising, either. The lone pairs on each oxygen will repel those on adjacent oxygen atoms, causing the interlocking pattern. Similarly, these same electrons will be attracted to the metal surface (copper); since they are on opposing edges of the molecule they will hold it flat against the surface.

    Neat? Sure. I fail to see how this is a new process, however.

    --Matthew

  5. Re:One explanation on Deja Vu Recreated in a Lab Setting · · Score: 1

    I never accused you of lying; I asked a simple question because I was curious & you'd spoken so assuradly of his case that I thought you must know. So.. how did he?

  6. Re:One explanation on Deja Vu Recreated in a Lab Setting · · Score: 1

    How did he remember to write in the diary?

  7. Re:LaunchBar should have made the list. on The Ten Most Beautiful OS X Apps · · Score: 1

    Forget LaunchBar, check out Quicksilver.

  8. Re:"Scientific American" Reports on New Antibiotic on Possible Antibiotic for MRSA Superbug · · Score: 1

    Well, if not for your ending comment I wouldn't have used google to get the joke. Now I'll have to check the book out.

  9. Re:"Scientific American" Reports on New Antibiotic on Possible Antibiotic for MRSA Superbug · · Score: 1

    Well, if you're immune.. when is this immunization coming to market? Clearly it works.

  10. Re:YouTube: Running a company like it's 1999. on YouTube Founders Interviewed · · Score: 1

    They could charge corporate users for posting videos with added on-page content.

  11. Re:Works at the supermarket too on Best Buy Invaded By Blue Shirt Improv Artists · · Score: 1

    I work as an EMT in Massachusetts, and our summertime uniform shirt is a green polo shirt. If I stop at a Shaw's after work I am berated with questions from customers who mistake me for a store employee -- despite the huge Star of Life on my back.

  12. Re:Can you host a LAN party with ONE 802.11n route on First 802.11n Products Breaking Out · · Score: 1

    Don't forget horseshoes and a yolk.

  13. Re:Commercial Offering for Dual Boot on Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'? · · Score: 1

    Would you settle for Apple shipping OS X with WINE nicely confugured?

  14. Re:No on Share Your Most Dangerous Idea · · Score: 1

    Admittedly interesting, but: Won't the rapid heating of a trapped mass work pretty much the same as an intertial confinement reactor? Same method is used in thermonuclear weapons. So are you proposing controlled detonation?

  15. Re:grumble on Microsoft, Google, Lee Settle Hiring Dispute · · Score: 1

    I propose that contracts to prohibit disclosure of trade secrets ought to be legal, but not non-competition agreements. Trade secret information, whether developed by the company and told to the new hire, or developed late by the new hire during their employment is property of the company; non-disclosure agreements keep this information under control. However, the hired employee (or contracted) is renting out their abilities and knowledge; restriction ought to be illegal.

    --Matthew

  16. Actually, on Big ID Thefts Not To Be Feared · · Score: 1

    So size does matter, just opposite normal convention.

  17. Re:Reverse Engineering / Removal on Researchers Want Right to Bypass Protected Spyware · · Score: 1

    Not serial, consecutive.

  18. Re:Juries can judge the law on First RIAA Lawsuit to Head to Trial · · Score: 1

    The evidence during trial can be overwhelming.. videotaped brutal murder.. and the jury can find the defendant Not Guilty. That's the jury's right, and it is effectively beyond reproach. It is given to the jury by the nature of the judicial process, not through specific legislation.

    And I know your comment was a joke ;)

  19. Re:How can we persue the owner, not just the store on Consumer Strikes Back at Crooked Online Retailer · · Score: 1

    And mail fraud is a federal offense, 18 U.S.C. sect; 1341, carrying a potential 5 year prison term.

  20. Re:They admit to schemes! on Consumer Strikes Back at Crooked Online Retailer · · Score: 1

    Took me a moment to get that one; scheme isn't a dirty word in every English-speaking country.

  21. Re:well... on What Makes a Good IM Client? · · Score: 1

    I've had trouble with Adium eating memory. All it takes is re-launching the app, and it seems to have become a much less frequent issue since 0.86 came out.

  22. Re:Analyze this! on 1 Million Windows to Mac Converts So Far in 2005 · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that if you use an OS X laptop you can get some X11 action goin' with that linux box.

  23. Re:Stock Price on Google Desktop 2 Live · · Score: 1

    Or a very good sense of humor.

  24. Re:OK people on Fire Destroys Southampton Fibre-Optics Center · · Score: 1

    Or, ACTUALLY.. Halon systems release compounds containing the halogens Chlorine and Bromine. At high temp they are released from their compounds, and begin to catalyze the endothermic breakdown of combustion intermediates. They interfere with combustion at the chemical level, inside the fire itself. The result is that the fire goes out very quickly, and you can still breathe. Halon systems do not remove breathable oxygen.

  25. Re:Plague and religion on Gene Found In Black Death Survivors Stops HIV · · Score: 1

    Steel? Did they know about smelting?