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  1. Unsearchable news on Judge Thinks Linking To Copyrighted Material Should Be Illegal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The obvious effect of no linking to newspaper sites (or other original material) is that Google page ranking will fall through the floor for such sites. The news web sites might allow Googlebot to search the site and index the material, but there won't be other sites linking to the newspaper sites and Google won't be able to use the amount of linking to judge the importance of the sites. Any sites which grant permission for everyone to link to them will soar in page ranking. Many blogs are likely to have higher link-based rankings than newspaper sites. Yes, Google will rank through other means as well, but restrictive sites will lose the indexing ability of the rest of web authors.

  2. Vote buying on Canada Considering Online Voting In Elections · · Score: 1

    Boss, do you have a minute? I'm ready to vote and can use the extra cash.

  3. If only... on AT&T's Bad Math Strikes MythBusters' Savage · · Score: 1

    If only there was someone who investigated whether what people believe is true or not. Someone should look into these kinds of odd events and see if they're possible or not. Incidentally, how big are those Canadian dollars?

  4. Re:Disconnected? on Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much? · · Score: 1

    For that matter, I'd like to introduce you to Slashdot. It keeps asking if I want to disable advertising...actually I want to disable disabling advertising.

  5. Disconnected? on Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much? · · Score: 1

    The result is that developers function far too much in isolation from their user base.

    I'd like to introduce you to Word 7, Vista, and Alien Arena. (Incompatible files, WTF, and no Help)

  6. Help missing on Open Source FPS Game Alien Arena 2009 Released · · Score: 1

    Someone forgot to include instructions. There's no listing of keys/commands. At least they remembered to classify it as a game. (I saw an object at WalMart recently whose box didn't give any hint what it was used for...)

  7. It's a problem on A Mathematician's Lament — an Indictment of US Math Education · · Score: 1

    K-12 'education'

    Solve for education.

  8. Re:Back to step 1. on G.M. Opens Its Own Battery Research Laboratory · · Score: 1

    It's hard to tell in what way this government will redistribute your money. Congress is trying to give you $4500 to get a more fuel efficient car... and the famed hybrid cars are foreign cars, in competition with Government Motors.

  9. Did they bring Tiki lamps? on Lucky Thirteen On the ISS · · Score: 1

    As it's going to be crowded inside, it's a good thing they're building a deck outside.

  10. Re:Back to step 1. on G.M. Opens Its Own Battery Research Laboratory · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So instead of losing money on the EV1, they built other money losing cars.

  11. Re:I never thought... on G.M. Opens Its Own Battery Research Laboratory · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you didn't expect the battery inquisition?

  12. DIY? Nah.. on DIY 18-ft.-High Robotic Exoskeleton · · Score: 1

    Rather than the DIY route, I much prefer to buy my mechas from the dealer's inventory.

  13. Re:Knome on Direct-To-Consumer Genetics Testing Makes a Splash In Boston · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but I use Gnome. Its genetic sequencing has an awful user interface.

  14. Re:Casting on Futurama Rumored To Return On Comedy Central · · Score: 1

    If you don't like some of the characters just watch for the ad in Variety and tell your favorite cartoon characters to go to the casting call.

  15. Character's thoughts on Heavy Rain Gameplay Explained · · Score: 1

    "I think I can, I think I can..."

  16. Us! on ICANN and NIST Announce Plans To Sign the DNS Root · · Score: 2, Funny

    All your root are belong to us.

  17. Malware Tax Credit? on Download Taxes As a Weapon Against File-Sharing · · Score: 1

    If I download malware, with a negative value, do I get money from the state?

  18. Re:Won't this fail for simple biological reasons? on Aussie Government Offers $40M To Build a Bionic Eye · · Score: 1

    Just because you can tell whether a door is open by the smell doesn't mean it isn't useful to be able to see how wide the doorway is. If we can feed the brain a signal similar to what the eye produces, the brain probably has structures which can deal with the video signal better than if we send a random signal or connect the video signal to the olfactory receptors.

  19. Re:I wonder if my great^8 grandkids on Research Vehicle Reaches the Bottom of the Ocean · · Score: 1

    Can they try it with aluminum? We know they won't be remembered for their creation, but it would be nice to have.

  20. Re:Won't this fail for simple biological reasons? on Aussie Government Offers $40M To Build a Bionic Eye · · Score: 2, Informative

    The fact that someone was able to decode a cat's optic nerve shows that the signaling on the nerve is somewhat understood. So maybe we need a suitable encoder in order to feed video to an optic nerve. There might be other problems, such as whether an optic nerve remains functional after the eye fails.

  21. Re:we don't need a "bionic eye" on Aussie Government Offers $40M To Build a Bionic Eye · · Score: 1

    There already are a few people with implanted electrodes from previous experiments. They'd appreciate getting an upgrade and a new eye.

  22. Re:Cell phone on Making a Child Locating System · · Score: 1

    I ended up having more trouble with a stupid teacher taking away my laptop because she thought that Packet Tracer [cisco.com] was a game.

    It isn't?

  23. Too late. Bye bye. on Laser Blast Makes Regular Light Bulbs Super-Efficient · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Too late. Incandescent light bulbs are illegal soon. Who needs technology when we have laws?

  24. Re:Fluorescent monkeys? Bah on Fluorescent Monkeys Cast Light On Human Disease · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's the 21st Century. Where are my phosphorescent flying monkeys?

  25. Re:Not interested on Pulsar Signals Could Provide Galactic GPS · · Score: 1

    Surely there is an app for that.