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  1. Re:It is the launch costs that kills you on UT Student-Built Spacecraft Separate and Communicate · · Score: 1

    I imagine there were also no costs used to pay salaries since they're students and not professional engineers. (No I don't count the professors' salaries.)

  2. Re:The other side of the coin on Why Eric Schmidt Left As CEO of Google? · · Score: 1

    And the granddaddy of them all, the British East India Company.

    (I think there might be some other older ones, but man they took over an entire subcontinent!!!)

  3. Very childish on Democrats Crowdsourcing To Vote Palin In Primaries · · Score: 1

    I personally hope someone runs and beats Obama in the primaries, but, assuming Obama wins that or is unchallenged, who the hell would vote for that hick dim bulb of a crackpot over him? The problem isn't he did a bad job, the problems are a) he turned out to be milquetoast when it came to arguing for his points b) he is (a terrible negotiator | complicit with the corporations | an idiot) and his supporters saw right through him. He can take the high ground. He can easily win on his principles alone (assuming he has and believes in them) and doesn't have to resort to this kind of immature Limbaugh-style attempt at vote manipulation.

  4. An example of a strawman argument? on Is Net Neutrality Really Needed? · · Score: 2

    FTA:

    "The losers are likely to be consumers who will see innovation and investment chilled by regulations that treat the Internet like a public utility."

    How will the consumers be losers? We're treating the companies that maintain the conduits of the Internet like a public utility and we should keep it that way. Do we have the water and power utilities telling us how to use our water and power? Should the water company prevent us from buying bottled water or buy it only from them? What if there are new start-ups with good ideas - I doubt these regulations will "stifle" these newcomers.

    Of course we don't want bad regulations. But to say we shouldn't have any regulations is a bad idea (see Wall Street as a guide).

  5. Re:Not Just Hateb by the Left on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 1

    It's an amazing accomplishment when the GOP can make Robin Hood look bad.

  6. It's obvious what it means... on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1

    "All your base are belong to us..."

  7. Re:There's great stuff there!!! Go see it! on NSA and the National Cryptologic Museum · · Score: 1
  8. Of course he'd say that on Michael Dell Says Windows 7 Will Make You Love PCs · · Score: 1

    "Dell made plain several times that he sees the installed base of technology as very old..."

    Ummmm... There are people who still run mainframes. I imagine alot of them are relatively old but they just work. Why would any organization want to spend money, introduce risk and give them unneeded headaches to put in something new and shinyshiny?

    Sorry, Michael. Sometimes other people's bottom lines don't mesh with yours.

  9. Re:How about earth? on Using Light's Handedness To Find Alien Life · · Score: 1

    This is the basis for creating artificial sweeteners. Sucralose contains mostly dextrose, which is a mirror image of glucose. They have the same chemical formula, but since it's of the opposite chirality of all the other structures in your body it's unable to be metabolized.

  10. Obligatory reference on Small Asteroid Making 400,000 Mile Pass By Earth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "That's no moon..."

  11. Re:Conversly, where are the space critics? on Where Are The Space Advocates? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally, I would love nothing better than the abolish NASA and move this whole thing over to the private sector. Does anyone know how I can buy shares in Weyland-Yutani?
  12. Discovery won't like this on PETA Offers X-Prize for Artificial Meat · · Score: 1

    What will Mike Rowe do on Dirty Jobs if someone figures this out???

  13. I can't wait... on Congress Creates Copyright Cops · · Score: 1

    I'm eager to see these Congresspeople's kids go off to college and start downloading stuff and then get snagged. Even if that happened I'd think they're to numb to realize their kids' predicament were caused by their being bought by the ??AA's money.

  14. Re:But... Yankees Suck!! on Mathematician Predicts Yankees To Dominate · · Score: 1

    I find your lack of faith disturbing...

      - Citizen of the Evil Empire

  15. 300 million... on U.S. Population Hits 300 Million · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...And still not a girlfriend in sight. ;)

  16. I misread the subject line briefly... on Download Torrents With Your PC Turned Off · · Score: 1

    I thought it read "Download Tourette's." I knew your computer could get viruses but neurological disorders too?!?!?!

  17. Re:Remember the good old days? on Japan Plans a Moonbase by 2030 · · Score: 1
    Just because a handful of prominent individuals don't seem to understand science doesn't mean that the country has rejected it.

    And yet for some reason that handful of individuals and their followers were able to get one of their own elected as President. I tend to think having a friend in such a high place can exert alot of pull when getting others to favor their agenda.

  18. Re:Snake oil on Shake Hands with the Zero Tension Mouse · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have found on occasion that I have had to rest my mouse hand because I couldn't keep it on the mouse anymore; it would be too uncomfortable. I even tried to use the mouse on a near-vertical plane because I found out (along with some other people apparently) that the vertical position is more comfortable; obviously a vertical plane is not a viable solution. Although the price point is too high for me for this product, I can totally see how this can help people. I don't think it's snake oil.

  19. It's corded? on Shake Hands with the Zero Tension Mouse · · Score: 1

    Make it RF or BT and I'll consider it.

  20. In debt up to our eyeballs... on Lenovo Under U.S. Probe for Spying · · Score: 1
    From the Washington Post:

    "...The U.S. could fear concerns that as China possesses U.S. debt, that could give China the ability to influence the U.S. financial situation."

    So not only is the US being buried in debt, it's becoming more reliant on money on a potential strategic competitor. The problems of having Lenovo put in stuff to spy on the innards of the US govt is nothing compared to what could happen if they really wanted to screw us over.

  21. Re:The French were there first. on A Real Transformer? · · Score: 1

    Looks like Voltron's gonna get served again!

  22. HIRA Loader on Start of Life Gene Discovered · · Score: 1

    Stage 2...

    Booting Human Organism (2.6.13) in 5...4...3...2...1...

  23. Ajax-related boards on The Current State of Ajax · · Score: 1

    Could someone perhaps point me towards a good Ajax-related user forum akin to Javaranch or House of Fusion? Thanks.

  24. I can see it now... on Video Tombstones · · Score: 1

    The grounds maintenance crews have to mow and trim the grass, hedge the bushes, collect the wilted flowers, and press the reset button for all the headstones that have blue-screened during the course of the week.

  25. Re:"Might" on Google Might Disappear in Five Years · · Score: 0

    "Bill Gates might turn into a dog."



    And computers might not need more than 640k of memory.