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  1. Re:Finally! That's a great use for them on Pulsar Signals Could Provide Galactic GPS · · Score: 1

    Just make sure that you use at least 50% blinker fluid in your windshield washer reservoir when traveling at relativistic speeds. That will reduce wiper friction and reduce cosmic ray wear.

  2. Simmer gently... on Mars Robot May Destroy Life It Was Sent To Find · · Score: 1

    It heats its sample in water. So it heats the frog slowly?

  3. GPS and WiFi sniffing on Adeona Warns of Instability; OpenDHT Mothballed · · Score: 1

    But how often do you have a laptop running with a clear view of the sky?

    You only need it once. Hmm. I'd need to replace my USB-charged Bluetooth GPS with one with solar recharging, and I haven't seen one where the computer could control whether the GPS is running. A GPS unit takes more power than a solar panel can supply, so the computer would have to turn on GPS briefly (mapping software would, of course, keep it on). Another possibility is to also do WiFi sniffing, and report all detected devices in case one is in a WiFi location database. With a WiFi sniffing report, it also would be possible for a person to check their neighborhood for those WiFi units.

  4. Re:"Do any developers have ideas on where to put on Adeona Warns of Instability; OpenDHT Mothballed · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many Libraries of Congress are there in a scads?

  5. Re:What is wrong here? on Circuit City Returns Under Systemax · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a bad feeling about this: Smells like Same-pig-different-lipstick effect -- and it smells bad.

    Oh? Which part of "System ax" gives you unease?

  6. Re:Not _SPIES_, intel analysts on Internet Giving Rise To "Citizen Spies" · · Score: 2, Funny

    Still not a spy. The intelligence community has lots of members with different roles. Spies are the ones who go in and talk to the people. Unless you shake the hand of the enemy (or whatever their culture does), you're not a spy.

    Does it count if the enemy recoils in fear after feeling your metallic handshake?

  7. "Other"? on Students, the Other Unprotected Lab Animals · · Score: 1

    Wait. There are other lab animals than grad students?

  8. Re:What, wheels? on Google Tricycles To Map Footpaths For Street View · · Score: 1

    Apparently "StreetView" is the word that does not mean what you think it does.

  9. What, wheels? on Google Tricycles To Map Footpaths For Street View · · Score: 1

    This is the 21st Century. Where's my flying StreetView camera?

  10. Live USB Linux? on What OS and Software For a Mobile Documentary Crew? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For communication and writing, consider Linux on a USB drive. If a computer breaks it can be replaced. Include proper backup tools and procedures, preferably including occasional backups to a server when a fast data link is available, so if a USB drive is lost or destroyed you can create a new one and ship it to the location.

  11. Away, varlet! on Microsoft Trying To Patent a 'Magic Wand' · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is trying to pwn my Bluetooth trackball?

  12. Re:A Little Help? on Interview With UIzard Creator Ryu Sunt-tae · · Score: 1

    Maybe you can describe that page full of icons so we can understand what they are for. Linking to a display of all highway signs doesn't explain what they are for.

  13. Don't feel so good on IBM Patents Changing Color of E-Mail Text · · Score: 2, Funny

    This story makes me feel blue.

  14. Plan with Google on DIY Google Street View Project? · · Score: 4, Funny

    So all he has to do is choose his routes to go places where StreetView has gone, and post his GPS track. Problem solved.

  15. Re:A Little Help? on Interview With UIzard Creator Ryu Sunt-tae · · Score: 1

    Finally, a description we can understand.
    Thank you.

  16. Re:How hard can it be? on Draft Stem Cell Guidelines Threaten Research · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, the German company who wrote the stem cell ad that's at the top of the page did write in plain and understandable English. You'll just be restricted to using the finest German stem cells.

  17. Re:From the article, for the lazy on Interview With UIzard Creator Ryu Sunt-tae · · Score: 1

    That description also applies to a web scraper written with PHP objects. I doubt there's excitement over a web scraper tool, so further description is needed.

  18. Re:A Little Help? on Interview With UIzard Creator Ryu Sunt-tae · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter. Nobody knows what the thing does nor how to use it.

  19. Re:The global (computer) models of climate change on Ocean Circulation Doesn't Work As Expected · · Score: 1

    Yes. It's easier to calculate that 1+1=1, so just use that answer. Bender thinks he once saw a 2, but he was hallucinating.

  20. Re:Diabolical laughter on Study Shows Cocaine And Other Drugs In Spanish Air · · Score: 1

    Nobody expects the Spanish inhalation!

  21. Re:Google Squared- remember Teoma? on Google Unveils Search Options and Google Squared · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I remember around year 2000 there was am animated search engine that produced linked "bubbles" , with the diameter representing relevance. I guess it was Teoma (not sure). Anyone else remembers?

    That got replaced by the well-known LOLCAT technology.

  22. Re:That's "dilithium" on Ultra-Dense Deuterium Produced · · Score: 1

    Vitamins A,D,E and K only dissolve in fat, and as such, only come from animals.

    Just eat the rats, then.

  23. Backup in pr on Windows 7 RCs Shut Down To Force Updates · · Score: 1

    And if your backup can't complete in two hours, that's just too bad.

  24. Where's George? on Warrantless GPS Tracking Is Legal, Says WI Court · · Score: 1
    Indeed, paragraphs 21 and 22 of the decision state that it seems anyone can do this in Wisconsin, and they invite the legislature to consider the matter. Fortunately, legally and anonymously putting trackers on many cars would be rather expensive, particularly because the batteries on any wireless version would expire quickly. It would probably be illegal to steal the vehicle's electricity to permanently power trackers. So it's unlikely we'll see a long-lasting web site tracking random vehicles around Wisconsin.

    Adding weight to a vehicle will increase the use of gasoline. Is it legal to make someone else pay for your tracker's presence?

  25. Re:Or use non-food crops on More "Miles Per Acre" From Bioelectricity Than Ethanol · · Score: 1

    Yup, my steam-powered car uses fuel which grows on trees.