User: Noodles

Re:Paper ballots

On: Voting Machine Used in Half of US Is Vulnerable to Attack, Report Finds (wsj.com)

RTFA - it's a paper ballot scanner

Re:food for thought

On: Senators Demand Voting Machine Vendor Explain Why It Dismisses Researchers Prodding Its Devices (bleepingcomputer.com)

What are you basing this statement on? The same testing authorities that certify gambling machines also certify voting machines.

Won't matter

On: Elon Musk's Boring Company To Build High-Speed Transit Tunnels in Chicago (chicagotribune.com)

Chicago will still be the shittiest city in the US.

Re:Paper trail

On: The Voting Machine Anyone Can Hack

Apples and Oranges. How many races on a UK or Canadian ballot? Two? Go ahead and hand count those. Americans typically have dozens of races.

Re:As painful as it is...

On: Ask Slashdot: Communication With Locked-in Syndrome Patient?

The question was about methods of communication, not "should she be allowed to live?"

Guitarist Jason Becker communicates very effectively using his eyes. Look up information about him.

Uh oh!

On: Stem Cells Curing Burn-Induced Blindness

Jesus is not going to be happy.

This treatment...

On: New Treatment Trains Immune System To Kill Cancer

kicks ass!

I wanted to watch Don't Copy That Floppy...

On: Don't Copy That Floppy! Gets a Sequel

but when the rapping started they lost me.

Best comment ever

On: Stem Cell Treatment To Cure the Most Common Cause of Blindness

Wish I had mod points.

Or you could read a book.

On: ZillionTV Offers On-Demand Streaming TV Box, But Only Via ISPs

Nothing good on TV anyway.

Re:And the point is

On: DIY 1980s "Non-Von" Supercomputer

And I could buy a chair from WalMart, but I get more satisfaction out of building one.

Publishers provide this information

On: Tools & Surprises For a Tech Book Author?

Check out the O'Reilly website:

http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch02.html#tools

From TFA

On: Compressed-Air Car Nears Trial

"Four other models, featuring speeds up to about 70 mph, are also on the drawing board."

Re:C#++?

On: Interview Update With Bjarne Stroustrup On C++0x

Because performance is important to some people.

Horrible article title. Loses --- Exposes

On: German Survey Company Loses 41,000 Survey Records

German Survey Company _Exposes_ 41,000 Survey Records would convey the real meaning of the article.

Re:Can we

On: NASA Plans Probe to the Sun

"So this the global warmination all those scientificists have been talkin' about"

Re:How about *nothing at all*?

On: What Shall We Do With the Moon Once We Get There?

$300 billion! Sweet. At that rate, we could pay for 3-4 bogus wars at a time.

Re:To be a fly on a hut wall

On: Previously Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Photographed

The missionaries are packing their bags as we speak.

Two Words

On: Virginia Top Court to Re-Hear Spammer's Conviction

Death Penalty

What about desktop presence?

On: Are C and C++ Losing Ground?

I develop desktop application software. Right now I wouldn't think about using anything else but C++.

Paint.NET

On: First Looks at The Gimp 2.5

Try Paint.NET on Windows. It is decent and free.

more average is more attractive

On: Women's Attractiveness Judged by Software

I saw an article in a science journal years ago that showed photos of women averaged together. The more photos in the average, the more attractive the final photo became. The conclusion was the more 'average' the woman looked, the more attractive she was. Makes sense to me.

Row?

On: UK Proposal To Restrict Internet Pornography Sparks Row

What the hell is a row?

Re:Obvious usage

On: The Modern Ease of 3D Printing

Perfect.

I bought 5 CDs last year, none from a major label

On: CD Music Sales Down 20% In Q1 2007

Sign some artists who know how to play their instruments and can write interesting music and I will buy stuff from you. Otherwise, quit your bitching.