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  1. 361 Adv. Civs on Number of ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy Is 37,964 · · Score: 1

    His calculations say that the rare-life hypothesis predicts only 361 advanced civilizations in the Milky Way now.

    I'm thinking we should concentrate on making the one civ we know about "advanced" and then start working on finding out about the others. Then again what criteria are being used to determine advancedness?

  2. Re:They got the idea from Deep Thought on CERN Releases Analysis of LHC Incident · · Score: 1

    I read the subject as "They got the idea from Deep Throat" and saw that your post was modded +5 funny and given the size and shape of the device, a giant rupture & spilling of fluid, I'd prepared myself accordingly.

    I start reading and am mightily confused as I can't for the life of me remember how electrical connections or pan-dimensional beings have anything to with the topic in my mind until I realize my mistake. I had to stop, put on my Joo Janta 2000 Super-Chromatic Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses and re-read the whole post. Now I'm good.

  3. Re:OLD, FAKE on Gamer Plays Over 30 Warcraft Characters · · Score: 1

    But they are taking keyboard input from a human and replicating through to multiple accounts rather than computer generating the inputs to the game aka glider. As long as there's a human controlling the main keyboard and they don't start automating things I personally don't see this as a big deal. Pretty neat if you want to invest time to do it. I suppose if this sort of thing begins to negatively impact the game world Blizzard can take some steps mitigate it.

  4. Re:Why stop at 36? on Gamer Plays Over 30 Warcraft Characters · · Score: 1

    Once all this is set up, he probably doesn't play all that much more, if at all than than a lot of people that single box.

  5. Re:PvE Arenas on Blizzcon 2008 Wrap-Up · · Score: 1

    Thanks.
    I'll have to read those after work, content filter is blocking.

  6. Re:How about on Now Even Photo CAPTCHAs Have Been Cracked · · Score: 1

    It's like an entrance exam. If you can't pass this simple test you can't play here, go home.

  7. Re:Turn down the volume on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $50-100 on better earphones is better money spent than on one or two of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_aid

  8. Re:Well... on New Contestants On the Turing Test · · Score: 1

    Are you really thinking or are you just performing tricks your parents programmed you to make you seem like you're thinking.

  9. Re:Storage? on UK's Loughborough Uni Demos Hydrogen Motorcycle · · Score: 1

    Granted, you don't want the tank to leak, but you you don't want the 5 gallon's of gasoline to spray up onto you and burst into flames either.

  10. Costly overhead on Artists Strive To Wrest Rights From Music Industry · · Score: 1

    The question is not "Are they costly overhead?" the question is "Are they JUST costly overhead?"

  11. Re:Herring was arrested... on Gov't Database Errors Leading To Unconstitutional Searches? · · Score: 1

    I suspect he's referring to a hunting rifle in a visible gun rack in the rear window.
    He is referring to Alabama after all.

  12. Re:The problem isn't plugging them in on Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says · · Score: 1

    Well there's this one http://www.teslamotors.com/, but its a tad pricey. It's all electric not a hybrid, but has a range of 220 miles on a single charge, and great performance, though pushing the pedal to the floor would reduce your range a tad.

  13. Re:Head on collision on Fossett's Plane Found · · Score: 1

    Eject,no, not unless you're in a jet fighter.
    Parachuting possibly, depending on the plane style, etc, but you'd have to realize you were in trouble and proceed to jump out. Perhaps he had a heart attack, stroke or otherwise wasn't in control of the plane when it collided. Perhaps he didn't have time to get out once he realized his situation, or he stayed at the helm trying to correct it the whole way it. That there was a lack of communications from him leads me to believe that it is likely that he had a an infarction of some sort and lost consciousness and died in the impact. They'll likely find some remains in the next new days but if they don't it it wouldn't surprise me a whole lot either.

  14. Head on collision on Fossett's Plane Found · · Score: 5, Informative

    They're saying that the damage looks like he flew straight into the side of the mountain and that it was extremely unlikely that it was a survivable impact.
    http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/steve.fossett.search/index.html

  15. Re:Whiskey? on Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine · · Score: 1

    That's what I thought.
    All the sites I can get to from work take about aging in oak barrels, because the various compounds in the charred wood in the barrel are absorbed over time.
    This process would stop once the product was bottled.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_whisky

  16. Buddy from college... on Scientists Closer To Creating Artificial Noses · · Score: 1

    married a girl with a severely diminished sense of smell. Perfect girl for him, as his diet was horrendous and he produced fumes that, a!@%$^(*!@

    I'm stroking out just thinking about 'em, you get the idea..

  17. Fosset's Plane confirmed found on Hikers May Have Found Fossett Items · · Score: 1

    From CNN:
    Authorities found the plane Steve Fossett was flying when he disappeared last year, but they have not found the remains of the millionaire adventurer, the Madera County, California, sheriff said Thursday.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/steve.fossett.search/index.html

  18. Re:Being special on Do We Live In a Giant Cosmic Bubble? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man you ain't kidding. Take a look at the Capitol Hill region of space. That is one ultra dense region of hot air, that isn't just warping space-time this is a region of space where the wildest of idea's are warped into reality.

  19. Re:Interesting but how useful, really? on Reducing Boot Time On a General Linux Distro · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just call in a contractor as the project requires, eh?

  20. Re:NAT? on China To Run Out of IPv4 Addresses In 830 Days · · Score: 1

    Maybe they can nest their NAT's.

  21. Dark Energy? on "Dark Flow" Outside Observable Universe · · Score: 1

    Would this be a partial explanation for the "Dark Energy" Phenomenon?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy

  22. Evenly distributed? on Saturn's Rings May Be Very Old · · Score: 1

    Why would they think they would necessarily be smooth. With the moons circling, comets flying by, Jupiter swinging around every so often. I'm surprised they're as evenly distributed as they are.

  23. I bet we'll see files like named like this on Nevada Businesses Must Start Encrypting E-Mail By Oct. 1st · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Use_Fred1234_For_Passwd_to_unzip.zip

  24. Re:I hope they're removed, on Barr Sues Over McCain's, Obama's Presence on Texas Ballot · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure they do, but one only has to have a D to "Pass". Plus how many drop out and don't graduate.

    When I was in high school, my Gov. teacher made us rewrite the constitution paraphrasing it. The whole thing. She read each one of 'em. At the time I thought, man this sucks. 23 years later though, I've still A much better than average grasp of how the government works and is supposed to work. I also take the time to make myself aware of what's going on governmentally speaking, because, dammit, this sh!t is important.

  25. Re:35! on Stanford To Offer Free CS and Robotics Courses · · Score: 1

    Actually you have to be over 35 to hold the office of President, not to run for the office. Anyone can file the paper work and run for office.

    The Statement of Candidacy is a very simple form with a minimal amount of information on it:
    http://www.fec.gov/pdf/forms/fecfrm2.pdf
    The directions provided the guidance you'd expect for such a simple form:
    http://www.fec.gov/pdf/forms/fecfrm2i.pdf

    There doesn't seem to be anything about not meeting the requirements of actually preventing you from running for office, at least for the House, Senate & for President. The form doesn't ask for age, or even if you're a citizen, just that the information as provided is correct.

    Main FEC page with links to all the forms:
    http://www.fec.gov/info/forms.shtml

    Its a bigger hurdle to get your name printed on the ballot in the state or states, otherwise you're a write-in candidate.

    I might have missed something but this seems pretty straight forward, anyone can run, not anyone can actually hold office.