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  1. So what happens if... on High-Temperature Metal Superconductor Beckons · · Score: 1

    You replace the CuO2 in most conventional superconductors with MgB2?

  2. Re:I expect it will make no difference at all. on Quake on IPv6 · · Score: 1
    laws of Einstein

    It's a friggin' THEORY.

    And you're completely, absolutely, 100% correct, an inefficient protocol will have absolutely NO effect on lag. None at all. Zip, zero, nada. Protocol design makes no friggin' difference whatsoever.

  3. Re:Microsoft != bad software on Live Streaming Video? · · Score: 2
    Not using a piece of software just because it is from Microsoft just shows ignorance

    Accusing someone of ignorance without understanding their motivation may be a mistake. Have you considered that there may be very good reasons why a person might want to avoid products created by a company that have nothing whatsoever to do with the quality of the product itself?

  4. Re:bush (vs. gore) on tech issues on Bush And The Tech Nation · · Score: 1

    Investing "$400 million to create and maintain more than 2,000 community technology centers every year" (georgewbush.com, 9/23) Excuse me, but "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Wonderful technology centers they will be. $200,000 a year: A couple of people in a room somewhere with peeling paint, some desks, a 7 book library and 3 or 4 cheesy computers (quake not allowed) and a notice board. The people running the place will be going "Why doesn't anyone use our technology center, boo hoo"

  5. Re:Microsoft are pretty-well spot on on Microsoft Critiques Australian IT Policies · · Score: 1
    I find it ironic that Microsoft, of all companies, is complaining about "insufficient competition".

    It's not ironic at all when you consider that they want more competition so that:

    1. they won't have to pay as much for broadband themselves
    2. If it's cheaper, they can sell MSN to more people
    3. They can sell more "upgrades" so people have the best "online experience"
    They don't like people competing with them, but they do like people competing to supply them.
  6. Re:PayPal's not convenient enough on Scott McCloud on Comics and The Internet · · Score: 1
    One simple click to transfer money every time the user views new content

    Yeah, and get sued by Amazon for patent infringement.

  7. Mmm, magnificent machine on Million Dollar Reviews: Sun E10K/4500/450 Servers · · Score: 1

    I'd love to have a machine full of the most expensive parts, 12 foot cooling fans and a tendency to kernel panic. Mmm, yummy!

  8. So what's the other one? on Slashback: HAMnation, Books, Criticism · · Score: 1
    (On the other hand, Mandrake remains one of only two distributions I would recommend to parents and siblings at present.)

  9. Re: What law of Conservation of Energy on The Reactionless Space Drive? · · Score: 1
    I don't see how this would be useful for interstellar travel to the Alderon system since the vast void inbetween will a weak magnetic field if any.

    Apparently interstellar magnetic fields are quite significant, here's a reference. There is a more recent article (that I can't find) that suggests that intergalactic magnetic fields may be more powerful than previously believed.

  10. Re:Wondering.. on Another New (Minor) Planet In Solar System · · Score: 1

    A rough estimate of the force exerted by Pluto on a 10kg satellite is approximately enough to accelerate it by about 2.6 nanometers every second. Somehow I doubt that NASA (or anyone else) cares much.