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  1. Don't Look! on DIY Iris Scanning? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When I first tried to read this article and got "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

  2. Re:Info on Richard Phillips Feynman on Different Ways to Conceptualize Math? · · Score: 1
  3. Not decimating on Globalization Decimating US I.T. Jobs · · Score: 0
    644,000 jobs, or 17.4 per cent of its work force.
    That's not decimating. 90% is decimating. If 17.4% was decimation, we'd be speaking Latin as proud members of the Global Roman Empire.
  4. Beware of complimentary clothing on British Man Trades Frequent Flyer Miles for Space Shot · · Score: 1

    Don't accept any red shirt offered before the trip.

  5. How about using the system? on Online Gambling Not Banned Yet · · Score: 1

    How about introducing a bill which is only about online gambling and having people vote on it? Complaining about not being allowed to create a garbage bill doesn't seem kosher.

  6. Correlation on Does File-Sharing Really Hurt the Music Biz? · · Score: 1
    "a link between owning a computer and decreased CD purchases"

    Because people are too busy browsing the web to buy CDs?

  7. Re:Upstream on Satellite Internet for Gaming? · · Score: 1

    He might be better off with a service which uses dialup for upstream data.
    In games which send little data but you have to receive a lot more data, sending data up through dialup would get it into the game faster, while the larger bursts from the game might arrive faster through the satellite. It depends upon how much data has to be downloaded in each update and how often an update takes place.
    There would still be more lag than with a faster uplink, but an issue is how much better than a simple dialup can be achieved.

  8. Re:exact whereabouts? on Alleged GPL Violation Spurs Accusations, Lawsuit · · Score: 1
    Rabinovitch is dismissing most of the claims leveled against him, he has apparently left his native Israel for Canada and declines to give his exact whereabouts.
    That doesn't sound like playing chess.
    Well, maybe the blinded chess variant which I've tried...each player has a board with only their own pieces on it. A referee (and the audience) ensures that players only make legal moves (not moving through another piece), and announcing "Check!".
  9. Re:More Statistics & What I Expect on Who (Really) Writes Wikipedia · · Score: 1
    We present the weak shear mass reconstruction problem and the methods which have been proposed to reconstruct the mass map.
    ... on a stick.
  10. One step at a time on NASA Still Wants Space Elevator · · Score: 3, Funny
    though, progress is slow, so slow.
    Yup, but just keep stacking the mud bricks, and it will eventually reach up there, even if it is many cubits high.
  11. Re:Real? on Net Neutrality Is Just "Mumbo Jumbo" · · Score: 5, Informative
    This honestly seems too stupid to actually be real. Anyone know for sure?
    The article says the NCTA did it. Their NCTA Net Neutrality page includes a link to their "Mumbo Jumbo" ad. Stupidity left as an exercise for the reader. Oh, and it's in Macromedia Flash format so it is not Real.
  12. Ever since 2001... on It's 2006 and Backups For Home User Still Tricky? · · Score: 1

    ... my flying car takes care of backing up my data.

  13. Re:Aha ! on Data Mining Used to Create New Materials · · Score: 1

    Transparent aluminum flying car anyone?

  14. Re:Well, translation. on The Struggle of an African-language Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Great idea. Got a translator's dictionary for the language "African"?

  15. Re:Gotta love English... on Slashback: Moon Footage, KillerNic, ZFS Leopard · · Score: 1

    Obviously they're referring to the Moon footage where Neil placed his foot on the surface.
    Maybe someone with a broom tidied up Tranquility Base.

  16. Re:You can tell something about these people on Irish Company Claims Free Energy · · Score: 1

    But to extract energy from Earth's magnetic field you either have to move a wire across the planetary field or tap the changes in the field. Moving through the Earth's planetary field requires energy (in the case of a satellite it might be the energy needed to stay in orbit). The most regular change in the Earth's magnetic field is the daily cycle due to the equatorial fountain in the ionosphere, and it will be interesting if someone taps that slow alteration of a few degrees of compass direction.

  17. Re:Science and Nature on A Website with Real Science News? · · Score: 4, Funny
    Of course, I would still give a kidney to publish in Science or Nature, so perhaps y'all should file my comment under "sour grapes".
    Examination of the fair exchange value of redundant circulatory organs in specialised information exchange markets with constraints and contexts related to specific agricultural products with a low exchange value. Science. (Submitted)
  18. Obsolete fear on New Super-sized Customer Database for Amazon? · · Score: 1

    The concern about Amazon being about to collect such data is obsolete. Surely Amazon has already been collecting such data, and now is merely trying to patent such activity. They do not need to get a patent before using the technology (although companies often avoid making their technology public until protected by patent).

  19. World Domination! on Researchers Make Mount Etna Sing · · Score: 1

    Mad Scientist: "Now, repeat after me..."

  20. Re:Electron bombardment on Eureka! Archimedes Revealed · · Score: 1

    It took me no time at all to figure out that it's Greek to me.

  21. Electron bombardment on Eureka! Archimedes Revealed · · Score: 4, Funny
    It takes 12 hours to scan one page, then the information is posted online.
    Then the information is bombarded with /. access requests.
  22. Scotty's ashes delayed... on Slashback: AMD/ATI, Tokamak Fusion, Laptop Privacy · · Score: 2, Funny
    the flight was delayed as tests were carried out on the rocket.
    I hope they don't need more power!
  23. Re:They do. on TiVo to Measure Ad-Skipping · · Score: 1

    Next they'll sell the news shows how many people are skipping through their weather or cute kitten stories. The hard part is identifying what is on the air at any given moment, although that can be pushed off on the customer by detecting times when many people are skipping (or repeating) and just reporting the time periods (leaving it to the TV staff to figure out what they were showing).

  24. Just what I needed! on Hydrogen Powered Toy Car · · Score: 1

    I needed a mobile launch platform for my hydrogen-fueled rockets.

  25. I didn't expect... on Could That Be The Wireless Police Knocking? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Nobody expects the Wireless Police!"