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  1. Re:No such thing as 'autism' on Rewiring the Autistic Brain · · Score: 1
    And your medical qualifications are... what, exactly? I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark at "non-existent."

    'Autism' is simply

    Wow, three words in and you've already got it wrong ;)

  2. Re:Is Steam itself required? on Black Mesa Released · · Score: 1

    I know steam is scary and confusing but I believe in you!

    :D Just trying to minimise my drive usage, is all.

  3. I'd have gone for 149,896,229,000m on Astronomers Fix the Astronomical Unit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I know it's a bit out, but I'd go for 149,896,229,000m - exactly 500 light-seconds.

  4. Re:The new AU ... on Astronomers Fix the Astronomical Unit · · Score: 3, Funny

    But they won't be able to shut the door unless the bar is moving at relativistic speeds.

  5. Re:But... on Cameras To Watch Cameras In Maryland · · Score: 0

    Or - and I know this will be controversial - how about not speeding in the first place?

  6. Is Steam itself required? on Black Mesa Released · · Score: 1

    and only requires players to install the Source SDK (included with all Source games, or a free download)

    I followed the link for the free download only to find a link to steam://run/211. Can I install the SDK without also installing Steam?

  7. Re:Apparently... on Dutch Court Rules Hyperlinks Can Constitute Infringement · · Score: 1

    I'm really not (apart from the sophisticated part *straightens bow tie*). What is the difference between using a login page on a website versus uses a preformed secret URL to establish your permissions to access data?

  8. Re:Apparently... on Dutch Court Rules Hyperlinks Can Constitute Infringement · · Score: 1

    You use the word "undiscoverable" as if there is such a thing. Everything is "discoverable".

    My point is that a convoluted, randomly generated URL is of the same class of discoverability as username/password combo.

    If I take down the number sign next to my door it does not make my apartment "undiscoverable".

    No it doesn't, but then your analogy isn't a valid one. A house sign is not an address or a set of directions, and an apartment is visible by anyone nearby, rather than only those with the directions.

  9. Re:Apparently... on Dutch Court Rules Hyperlinks Can Constitute Infringement · · Score: 1

    A URL's stated purpose is the exact opposite - to grant access, i.e. make a document, file, or application accessible.

    But it can be used in exactly the same way as a password. If I programmed my webserver to respond only to a specific, randomly-generated URL which was not determinable by means other than brute force, how is that not equivalent to a password?

  10. Re:Dream big on Ancient Egyptian Tech May Be Key To Printing 3D Ceramics · · Score: 0

    Nice graph, but the pedant in me won't let me go without pointing out that those are absolute prices of different liquids, not relative prices.

  11. Re:Apparently... on Dutch Court Rules Hyperlinks Can Constitute Infringement · · Score: 1

    Given the undiscoverable nature of the data, the URL in this case could be considered to be a password. A normal login procedure is just a correct sequence of bytes, same as a URL to fetch a specific piece of data. Those who know it can get the data (and should be the only ones authorised to do so by the owner), those who don't, can't. Discovering a URL can be just as hard as discovering a username and password.

  12. Re:Maldenesque on Dutch Court Rules Hyperlinks Can Constitute Infringement · · Score: 1

    I'm sick of tired of people mocking others for their physical appearance!

    Besides, she's clearly the love child of Owen Wilson.

  13. Re:THGTTG, hurray! on BBC Radiophonic Workshop Revived Online · · Score: 0

    [citation needed]

  14. Re:Ah, Ye Olden Times. on Curiosity Gearing Up for Drive to Next Study Location · · Score: 4, Funny

    When are American's going to grow up?

    When you stop abusing the apostrophe.

  15. Re:Does this make anyone angry? on World's First Color Moving Pictures Discovered · · Score: 1

    2. transfer it to 35 " film first before digitizing it.

    angry reason: interneg loses detail.

    Maybe, just maybe, these people know a little more about film restoration than you do.

    More importantly though, where did you get this information from? It's not in the linked article, and it's not mentioned in the video. They only say they did it "digitally."

    Know what makes me angry? People who don't capitalise the first word of a sentence, and fail to use apostrophes in words like "you're."

  16. Re:Surprising xkcd link on Scientists Themselves Play Large Role In Bad Reporting · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surprising xkcd link

    Is that "surprising" in the sense of "not an"?

  17. Re:Incredible on World's First Color Moving Pictures Discovered · · Score: 1

    through rotating red/green/blue filters

    Or cyan/magenta/yellow.

  18. Re:Incredible on World's First Color Moving Pictures Discovered · · Score: 2

    Wikipedia says hand colored films began in 1895 with Thomas Edison. This isn't hand painted though. Anyone with photography knowledge have an explanation?

    Explanation for what? None of those things contradict the other.

    It looks to me (having not listened to the audio track) like it was shot through rotating red/green/blue filters, which results in some slightly psychadelic colour trails on moving objects but some remarkably clear full colour on still objects.

  19. Re:Why are you surprised? on World's First Color Moving Pictures Discovered · · Score: 1

    They might have also fixed the transition and jerkiness.

    They haven't. It's possibly slightly (though barely noticeably) smoother than the sort of pictures we're used to from that era, but I don't think it was worth commenting on if that happens to be the case.

  20. In other news on QR Codes As Anti-Forgery On Currency Could Infect Banks · · Score: 1

    Also, paedophiles use money. Now, I'm not saying that QR codes can turn people into paedophiles, but you can't buy candy without money, sheeple!

  21. Re:Just disable autorun... on QR Codes As Anti-Forgery On Currency Could Infect Banks · · Score: 1

    Well played!

  22. Re:It's about time on MP Seeking To Outlaw Written Accounts of Child Abuse · · Score: 5, Funny

    May be the teenager is from one of states, and her parent gave the vampire their consent?

    No, no - you have to give permission for a vampire to enter your house, not your daughter.

  23. Re:Fool of an MP on MP Seeking To Outlaw Written Accounts of Child Abuse · · Score: 0

    Three reasons possession of child porn must be re-legalized in the coming decade by Rickard Falkvinge.

    If he'd written "should, in my reasoned opinion," instead of "must" I'd be slightly more inclined to listen.

  24. Re:Pedantry FTW on Synthetic Materials Set New World Record For Greatest Amount of Surface Area · · Score: 1

    However, try making three-dimensional porous structure out of it!

    'k. brb.

  25. Re:Pedantry FTW on Synthetic Materials Set New World Record For Greatest Amount of Surface Area · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure I'm wrapping my head around this properly. How would this area compare, say, to a hypothetical single layer of graphite?