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  1. Re:Why isn't GM, with its billions of cars sold... on Tesla Roadster Runs For 241 Miles In E-Rally · · Score: 1

    Which I can turn around and get better out of Honda for 14k...

    The specs for the Fit verse anything GM makes under 25k is scary.

  2. Coming from a man with a pink portable hard drive. on How Do I Make My Netbook More Manly? · · Score: 1

    Not much... although I put Star Wars stickers on mine to try to go for something other than the obvious first thought.

  3. Re:Jack? Is that you? on German Police Union Chief Wants Violent Game Ban After Shooting · · Score: 1

    Did you read the rest of his post?

  4. Re:Sony PSP... on Best Wi-Fi Portable Browsing Device? · · Score: 1

    Mine does't like AES, it will only do TKIP. I know that when I had my router set to WPA2 my PSP sees it but grays it out under the pretense that it is not compatible.

  5. Sony PSP... on Best Wi-Fi Portable Browsing Device? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Surprisingly its my PSP that I usually break out in situations where I need to browse the web but can't be at the computer. Yes its a game system but the wifi\browser are fairly decent if you can live without WPA2. I'm not too sure what else is out there, but a PSP can be purchased in the $150 to $200 range.

  6. Re:What about on The Tech Behind Preventing Airplane Bird Strikes · · Score: 1

    Well I'm coming from New York so Seattle's current temperature is a nice change of pace. I'll take rainy and 48 degrees over 15 degrees and snowing.

    Then again we are having a warm spell this week...

  7. Re:What about on The Tech Behind Preventing Airplane Bird Strikes · · Score: 1

    So at high speeds instead of getting one big bird you get thousands of tiny pieces of bird... I'm not entirely sure thats better.

    Interesting timing on this article for me since I actually have to fly to Seattle\Tacoma airport next week...

  8. Corruption? on Senate Approves 4-Month Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 1

    Not trolling but honestly, why was this article flagged as corruption? Who really gains by pushing this out longer other than the people who are either 1. oblivious or 2. lazy?

    I agree with the posters who say just do it. Personally I use Optimum so mine is covered on their end but it could be a nice little jolt to the economy having a bunch of people running out to buy HD tvs, cable packages or converter boxes.

  9. Re:hallelujah on Single Neuron Wired To Muscle Un-Paralyzes Monkeys · · Score: 1

    You find it terrible because you know what your leg is supposed to feel like. The point your parent poster was making is that there are people who do not know what their leg feels like in normal conditions. This of course being due to the fact that their leg doesn't work in normal conditions.

    The fact that you even relate the two is asinine.

  10. Re:Older drivers the hell? on Keeping Older Drivers Behind the Wheel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That is anecdotal... just like the below.

    Every accident I've been involved in over the past 10 years involved a driver over 70 years old. One passed a turning vehicle to hit another turning vehicle without even slowing. The other decided that making a right hand turn into an oncoming vehicle was a good idea. And we're not talking cutting someone off here... we're talking about broadsiding them.

    The only ones who know just how safe elderly drivers are as a whole is probably the insurance agencies.

  11. Re:Long Term evolution... on Blizzard Introduces One-Time Password Devices For WoW · · Score: 1

    The problem is not people selling their own accounts.

    The problem is other people selling your account which has become a problem due to trojans in mods, forums, etc.

  12. Re:OK, fine... on gNewSense Distro Frees Ubuntu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Besides all that, you'd be surprised at just how much works without needing any proprietary bits in your operating system at all. Before sticking in a gNewSense CD, the idea that I could run a totally, completely free operating system and still do what I need to do was just all theory to me.

    Doesn't Debian already do this?

    The claim that it is too easy to install proprietary stuff on Debian is insane. The same goes for all truly functional OS.

  13. Re:New laws on USAF Considers Creation of Military Botnet · · Score: 1

    All of which was done 20 years ago without touching a freaking computer. All of which can still be done without touching a freaking computer.

  14. Re:Air? on Growing Plants on the Moon May Be Feasible · · Score: 1

    I believe they just need CO2 from the air but some botanist is going to tell me why I'm wrong.

  15. Huh? on Growing Plants on the Moon May Be Feasible · · Score: 3, Funny

    sister satellite

    I don't think that means what the article writer intended it to mean...

  16. Re:misleading summary on Former Crypto-Analyst Analyzes the Danger of Nuclear Weapon Stockpiles · · Score: 1

    A couple points...

    During the cold war the US did not have 300 million citizens so that figure is very exaggerated.

    There isn't and never was enough nukes on the planet to kill everything and physically destroy it. Theres an interesting website out there that talks about what it would take to physically destroy the planet. The conclusion was that we can't do it with our current technology.

    As for killing everything on it... the numbers don't add up. If theres 6 billion people, we're talking 99.99999999... would have to be killed just to get down to two people. The odds of every single person dying is slim. Throw in "everything killed" and it is even more unlikely since there is plenty of living organisms that handle the extra radiation dosage or live in remote areas that would be unaffected.

    Otherwise your post is good.

  17. Re:Half bear Half pig on Japan's Unique Cow/Whale Hybrid Experiments · · Score: 1

    WHOOSH. The 5 assed monkey was from the same show...

  18. Re:News For Nerds on Fidel Castro Resigns · · Score: 3, Funny

    *whipmer*

    That costs extra...

  19. Link to real article on Chinese Professor Sues Google, Yahoo Over Search Exclusion · · Score: 5, Informative

    Heres a link to the real article so that you don't have to visit TechDirt's crappy blog.
    Times Online

  20. I know how to make one... on Could We Find a Door To A Parallel Universe? · · Score: 1

    It involves heating the object up and spinning it extremely fast. It only seems to work on small foot shaped items though...

  21. Re:And other things.. on Y2K38 Watch Starts Saturday · · Score: 1

    As it probably should...

    People care more about what is happening around them than they do 6000 miles away. Its kind of a survival trait...

  22. Re:DUI? on ID Tech May Mean an End to Anonymous Drinking · · Score: 1

    Thats a silly list... in NY you can buy alcohol in all of those places but movie theaters and its 5%+ at all hours of the day/night. And here... you don't have to know where to get it. You just go to Walmart which is 24/7 and has a large beer (domestic and imported) section. You just had the unfortunate luck of living near the middle of the country. Additionally, how can something be proudly sold if you have to know where to get it? Thats a bit of a contradiction.

    Otherwise I agree with you points.

  23. Re:So many gifts..! on Solar System Date of Birth Determined · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honestly I think the problem is in the way it was expressed. The margin of error looks better if they had stated:
    "...to 4,568 million years ago, within a range of about 2 million years"
    or
    "...to 4,568,000,000 years ago, within a range of about 2,080,000 years"

    Its easier to quickly compare the numbers against each other that way.

  24. Re:good golly on Attack of the Evil Monkeys From Hell · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, I would recommend that you learn English before you start hanging out on "western countries" web sites.

    It just might make someone care about what you have to say. What you just wrote? Not English. Just because your country isn't developed doesn't mean you have the right to bitch about people who live in a country that is. I don't expect you to understand this... but the US alone has 300 million people with 300 million different agendas. Not all Americas work for a megacorp... in fact very few do.

  25. Re:of course on Failing Our Geniuses · · Score: 1

    My school district in NY did that.

    Starting in 4th grade english class was broken into 6 classes. Class 1 was the highest students going all the way down to class 6.

    In 6th grade they broke science and math down like this.

    In 7th grade they continued the previous ones then took the top 30 or so students and placed them in a special "Social Studies" class.

    In 8th grade the top math class started learning high school math and were being prepared for calculus (AP) in high school.

    In high school students would routinely be broken into AP and reagents classes. The best of the best took the AP class which encompassed the normal curriculum and then the extra college material. This happened with Chemistry, Math, English and Social Studies.

    While not as many AP classes were offered at this school the path was set in elementary school. They would do it based on the standardized test and teach recommendation. In 4th we had the LEAP program which was something around an hour a week for "gifted" students to play puzzle games. In 7th we had certain students selected to take a John Hopkins study which basically was comprised of giving 7th graders the real SATs.

    Sometimes they made mistakes... I had my english class changed 3 times in a year. I started in class 4... within a month was put in class 2 and when the next school year started was in class 1.

    It may of been unfair... but its better than no child left behind.