User: p3d0

Re:I got caught two ways

On: A Look Back At Ten Dot-Com Flops

That, and in many areas you can now rent for less than the cost of a mortgage. (If you don't see that as a problem, and you are investing in real-estate, then there *IS* a big problem...)

Uh... I don't see the problem. Renting is always cheaper than a mortgage, as long as I have been aware, or else why would anyone rent? Especially when mortgages don't need downpayments anymore.

Re:Real Estate Bubble

On: A Look Back At Ten Dot-Com Flops

Land supply is not increasing with the population. More population means more demand. When demand rises and supply remains the same, prices will move.

Why are housing prices rising faster than the population growth?

Re:Oh boy, here we go

On: Discovery Prepares for Return

Someone had better tell Newton that his third law of motion is wrong.

Also, energy is not conserved. Mass-energy is conserved, as per e=mc^2.

Re:Oh boy, here we go

On: Discovery Prepares for Return

You know, it occurs to me that the ISS is not in a stable orbit, and needs periodic boosting. I wonder if they could just stop boosting the garbage?

Re:Oh boy, here we go

On: Discovery Prepares for Return

I'll let others address the technical problems with your proposal, but...

It'd certainly be cheaper than sending a shuttle mission every time.

That's a strawman argument. The Shuttle was there anyway. They don't spend a billion bucks just to haul garbage back from the space station.

Oh boy, here we go

On: Discovery Prepares for Return

Prepare for the flood of "why don't they just drop the garbage into the atmosphere and let it burn up" questions.

Re:Doesn't Pluto have a small moon?

On: Slashback: Randomness, Donations, Ramp

How many asteroids have their own moons?

Uh, lots. What's your point?

I say, keep Pluto as a planet, and just add new planets to the solar system as they pop up. It's good for the memory: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Sedna, Persephone

The trouble is that the last three bear no resemblance whatsoever to the first eight.

Re:Is this news?

On: Cosmic Rays Could Kill Astronauts Visiting Mars

And ancient proto-fish aren't that well-suited to life on land. We should all have stayed in the oceans.

Fun with captions

On: NASA's Shuttle Plans

Try this link.

Fun with captions

On: NASA's Shuttle Plans

Try this link.

Re:Sysinternals Microsoft

On: Running Windows With No Services

Hmm, sounds like /proc.

Re:I wonder ...

On: Google Offers Hybrid Satellite and Map View

No gag. I just used the Don Mills Center to get close to where I live. The actual streets in that area line up astonishingly well. However, when I slid over to Scarborough, the streets are off by about a dozen metres. You can't see it unless you zoom in. ("Link to this page" doesn't preserve the zoom level.)

Re:I wonder ...

On: Google Offers Hybrid Satellite and Map View

It's not so great in some parts of Toronto.

Re:Some minor prize in CS? WTF?

On: HP Fires Father of OOP

Woah big fella. Take a deep breath and go find yourself a sense of irony.

Re:Have they learned nothing?

On: Space Shuttle Discovery to Launch July 26

Right, it's just like 80% of all cars ever produced have since failed.

Armchair engineer

On: Space Shuttle Discovery to Launch July 26

How's that La-Z-Boy treating you? Can I get you another cold one?

Re:Cue the jokes...

On: Star Trek's Scotty Dies at 85

Nobody said it was.

Re:nice publicity

On: ESRB Revokes San Andreas Rating

You're not a software developer are you?

Re:Trek nomonclature

On: Star Trek's Scotty Dies at 85

"Trekkie" is the name for Trek dorks who object to the term "Trekkie".

I was such a fool

On: How Episode IV Should Have Ended

I read this site for about six months before I registered.

Re:Stupid headline

On: Tatooine-like Planet Discovered

I don't understand what your comment has to do with mine.

Stupid headline

On: Tatooine-like Planet Discovered

Name one thing that this planet has in common with Tatooine.

1. Tatooine has two suns. This planet has three.
2. Tatooine is habitable terrestrial planet. This planet is very likely a gas giant. If it's made of rock and metal, then it has at least 7 times Earth's gravity (3 times Jupiter's) which would make life very difficult for Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru.
3. Both of tatooine's suns have the same apparent size. All three of this planet's suns have different apparent sizes.

Re:I can't imagine...

On: Optimus Keyboard With OLED Display Keys

I'm with you. I'll always drop $500 for good action.

Re:Redundant system

On: NASA Scrubs Launch Due to Faulty Fuel-Tank Sensor

Ha ha! "Suckers". I get it.

Stupid graphics!

On: Check Boxes and Radio Buttons Conquered by DHTML

Graphics can be used to show pictures of a gentleman spreading his anus to an unnatural size. Ban all images on web sites!