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  1. Olde English 64's on Tempratech Self-Cooling Can · · Score: 1

    64 oz x 7.5% alc/vol = 4.8 oz of pure alcohol per serving (which is warm by the time you're done with it).

    The US wins.

  2. Still no luck on Still No Contact from Beagle 2 · · Score: -1, Funny

    I've been crossing my eyes at Nasa's Mars photos for half an hour and I still can't see a beagle!

  3. Re:lot of spinning on Mini-iPod Mystery Drive Unveiled? · · Score: 1

    i dont want hear noises of the hard drive spinning in the background when I am listening to Bob Seger
    At a billion bits per sq inch, the future of small-device storage will probably look like something along the lines of IBM Millipedes. Like you said, with moving parts you're bound to get noise, not to mention a higher chance of breakage.

  4. I wonder.... on Mini-iPod Mystery Drive Unveiled? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    how the hard drive data density trend compares with Moore's Law.

  5. Local Resources on Tech Scholarships for College/University? · · Score: 5, Informative

    In addition to the many national and regional organizations out there, you might find that there are local financial charities in your area that have a surprisingly rich portfolio of grants and scholarships. Here in northern California we have the Humboldt Area Foundation which provides scholarships on behalf of members in the community who have setup over 100 memorial endowments totalling more than $50 million. When looking for financial aid, be sure to not to overlook your local resources.

  6. $56 billion... on The Open Source Dilemma for Governments · · Score: 0, Troll

    for retrofitting of local governments to standards based applications

    Big deal. That only amounts to a couple dozen B-2 bombers.

  7. Re:Possible alternative on Swedish Flight Simulator Adds G Forces · · Score: 1

    That thing looks nuts. You'd need a G suit around your neck just to hold down your lunch!

  8. 1,900-kw Motor on Swedish Flight Simulator Adds G Forces · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the use of a smaller drive motor. Wyle chose a 1,900-kw. Westinghouse DC motor originally designed for steel mill applications, connected directly to the centrifuge-arm drive system. It delivers about 7 megawatts of peak power in approximately 100 millisec

    If that's smaller, what was the bigger one??

  9. Correlation does not equal causation on Pew Study Says RIAA Tactics Are Working · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1. 2003 has seen the biggest emergence of legitimate pay-per-song services to date.
    2. The 4 p2p application listed in Pew's report (KaZaa, WinMX, BearShare and Grokster) will naturally lose marketshare due to the availablity of newer, more sophisticated applications.

  10. I just don't get it on First Stereograms of Mars from Spirit · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been crossing my eyes for half an hour and I still can't see any damn beagle!

  11. The word "Niggardly" on What You Can't Say · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Self Censorship is a problem with nerds? on What You Can't Say · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Dressing oddly gets you laughed at. Violating moral fashions can get you fired, ostracized, imprisoned, or even killed.

    All relative notions of course. The office slut is ostracized by the prude secretary, but embraced by the CEO with a hard-on. "Candyass" expidites her corperate success while "violating moral fashions".

  13. Humboldt KSR on Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race · · Score: 1

    If you wanna a real trip, check out the Kinetic Sculpture Race in Humboldt California. Some of the wierdest stuff I've ever seen. It dates back to '69 I think.

  14. The Brannock Device.... on Technologies that Have Exceeded Their Expectations? · · Score: 1

    75 years of foot-measuring-market domination. And talk about indestructible!

  15. Symetric/Public Key Equivalence on Factoring Breakthrough? · · Score: 1
    Copied from a Snakeoil Doc:

    Symmetric and Public-Key Lengths With
    Similar Resistance to Brute-Force Attacks

    Symmetric Key Length Public-key Key Length
    56 bits - 384 bits
    64 bits - 512 bits
    80 bits - 768 bits
    112 bits - 1792 bits
    128 bits - 2304 bits
  16. Media Box on The Borg Box and Convergence Fantasies · · Score: 1
  17. SGI Origin 2000 vs. SUN Enterprise 10000 Systems on Million Dollar Reviews: Sun E10K/4500/450 Servers · · Score: 2

    Here's a comparison:
    Sun vs SGI

  18. Dat's Nuttin on Million Dollar Reviews: Sun E10K/4500/450 Servers · · Score: 1

    Don't stop at a S/390 Tim. Go Origin 3800! You want a seperate OS on each CPU don't you?

  19. Re:Ivans not home. on DaemonNews Goes Print · · Score: 1

    offtopic: A script to parse posts and delete contiguous newlines is in order.