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  1. Re:Yeah... on Cockroaches Daubed With Yeast As WMD Sensors? · · Score: 1

    Croaches aint gonna detect nothing benneath the insecticide factory.

  2. Re:Rocketing away from economic stagnation on China Sends First Taikonaut To Space · · Score: 1

    They planned to open the first chinese restaurant in orbit to cater astronauts from other countries.

  3. Re:As if it matters either way... on China Sends First Taikonaut To Space · · Score: 1

    The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is surprisingly inactive this morning.

  4. Re:Not that easy on The Smart Sensor Web · · Score: 1
    Reliabilty is an issue. Otherwise false alarm might sound every minute. And it can be a source of abuse.

    The alarm of a local ATM machine rang several times in the past weeks, sometimes rang off in the middle of the night annoying the neighborhood. The dumb serviceman finally switched the damn things off. Then one day early 5am in the morning. Some guys drove a truck by and hauled the ATM machine away.

    Now imagine thousands of these sensors giving false alarm.

  5. Re:butterfly? on The Smart Sensor Web · · Score: 2, Insightful

    By the time you waved your hand and killed the butterfly your created two hurricanes. One in the east coast the other in the west.

  6. Re:Translation: macs don't have much software on Apple's Dual 2GHz By The Numbers · · Score: 1

    "Windows XP Tutor" that runs on MAC?? Good point.

  7. Re:and for OSS software? on Lawsuit Against Microsoft Over Insecure Software · · Score: 1

    If you think there is anything important in your machine, try hiring someone who is competent in operating your machine securely and smoothly. Suing MS would not improve the situation much.

  8. Re:and for OSS software? on Lawsuit Against Microsoft Over Insecure Software · · Score: 1

    The restaurant you went has always been poisoned. You have heard it from your friends, the newspaper, the internet etc etc. There are still poisoned food here and there. So if people still want to dine there its their choice.

  9. Re:Following their lead on Lawsuit Against Microsoft Over Insecure Software · · Score: 1

    There was enough time for the people above the blast to parachute to the ground safely. But who would anticipate such mishap?

  10. Re:Just what we need... more logistics! on Separate Cargo and Personnel Missions for NASA? · · Score: 1

    With Shuttle the crew to cargo ratio is fixed. By sepearting cargo and crew, a year long supply of oxygen or whatever could be sent ahead of time to the orbit.

  11. Re:I think this is very dangerous. on One Worldwide Power Grid · · Score: 1

    The worst part is of course not the voltage, which could be step up or down by a transformer. There is a phase angle difference between the 50Hz and the 60Hz where the right state of mind would not mix the two grids together.

  12. Re:I think this is very dangerous. on One Worldwide Power Grid · · Score: 1

    Putting a 110V 60Hz with a 220V 50Hz together, anybody?

  13. Re:They should market these towards geeks on The Diamond Age · · Score: 1

    Man made saphire comming soon.

  14. Re:And what's good, too, is that... on The Diamond Age · · Score: 1
    I can hardly think this is a sucessful company. Say who has the machine for making the diamond, they are. They are the only one who know how to make it. So why would you sell it cheap. Since the quality of the diamond is better than natural diamond, it should be sold at a price higher than the natural diamond. No one knows it cost only $5/carat.

    For making fast CPUs, there are many elements in the periodic table to explore. If I run this company, I would sell these crystal carbon at the current street price and fund the research on faster CPU materials.

  15. Re:Dragon CPU on China to Be Laptop Leader · · Score: 1

    M$ programs does not run on Dragon, you guess?

  16. Re:Our technology + R&D, their labor. on China to Be Laptop Leader · · Score: 1

    Ask the consumers if they would pay twice the price if all parts and labour are local.

  17. Re:hmmm on China to Be Laptop Leader · · Score: 1

    You must be alien to the US auto manufacturer's car park.

  18. Re:Cruise Missiles are cheap! on 11-Pound Model Plane Vs. The Atlantic, Again · · Score: 1

    For $3000 a shot, it won't take you from Columbia to Florida.

  19. Re:Census of India 2001 is an eye opener on Networking Technology At Work In Rural India · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since there are 2.4 million places of worship and 1.5 million schools. So there is a stronge demand of Cybertemples of course.

  20. Re:Titania in the war against terrorism on Titania Nanotubes for Hydrogen Sensors? · · Score: 1
    Close all your doors and windows, go to your kitchen, turn on the gas without igniting. Wait 15 minutes and then light a match. U see, every house has a handy explosive.

    As for the hygrogen detection system, you can easily find some hydrogen releasing chemicals to spray for the near by 30 square miles to set off the detectors.

  21. Re:DARPA on Romancing The Rosetta Stone · · Score: 1

    If pr0n is your motive, millions of dollars in research is probably wasted. Most people simply focus on the graphics.

  22. Re:2 Things that make me worry on Bamboo Bike A Reality · · Score: 1

    When wooden floor tiles soaked with water, it would swell and buckle. So people find replacement of wooden tiles that wont expand under moisture, it happens that tiles made out of bamboo has such property.

  23. Re:strength of bamboo on Bamboo Bike A Reality · · Score: 1

    Bamboo ladders up to 12 feet tall are common in southern China. Some of them had been in service for over ten years. Bamboo scaffolding has been
    in use over decades. Actually there are formal studies here:

    http://www.oshc.org.hk/b5/paper/Safety%20and%20R el iability%20of%20Bamboo%20Scaffolding_eng%20only.PD F

    The strength per weight of bamboo matches that of steel suggest its potential in bicycle frame.

  24. Re:Fire is cheaper on Picking Up the Pieces · · Score: 1

    You mean you worked in ENRON???

  25. Re:It won't affect me on SARS Contained · · Score: 1

    Most young patients survived. Cough .. Cough ... but your parents, cough ..... girl friend(s) , cough ... might ........... cough ......... not.