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  1. Re:Newsflash. on Can Time Slow Down? · · Score: 1

    They probably shouldn't be trying to test this using tests that employ higher level brain functions, like reading numbers. It should probably instead use simple imagery.

  2. Re:I see differences on Science In Islamic Countries · · Score: 1

    Or rather 6 days.

  3. Re:Well, almost good enough on Headband Gives Wearer "Sixth-Sense" · · Score: 1

    Ok, that was hilarious.

  4. Re:A usefull vote for a change on Smarter Teens Have Less Sex · · Score: 1

    ... with another, unrelated, living person, for free

  5. Re:Lucky Canadians on Warner Brothers Pulls Canadian Previews · · Score: 3, Funny

    I solved this problem by using rear projection right through the clear ice wall. This way the bulb is outside, and doesn't melt the igloo. Sucks when it's snowing outside though, as that makes it look like it's snowing in the movie. That's why I only watch Christmas specials, all year long.

  6. Re:All too true on Daylight Savings Time Puts Kid in Jail for 12 Days · · Score: 1

    It's because crime is a natural outgrowth of poverty. When you display signs of being poor, then you're statistically more likely to be a criminal. Of course there are millions of honest working poor...

  7. Re:Can ARC4 be used properly at all? on WEP Broken Even Worse · · Score: 1

    We've had 10Mb/s wired for several decades now, which will arguably only be bested by 802.11n wireless within a year. True, 802.11a/g were better on paper, but with interference, not really. And even with 802.11n, the vast majority of users won't notice a difference for day-to-day audio or video streaming, or Internet usage.

    So yes, it's better to have conduits, but you can probably get several decades of pretty good usage out of just laying the best copper wiring you can get.

    Unfortunately, not a single place that I've seen built in the past few years has either...

  8. Re:Good job everyone! on Steve Jobs Announces (some) DRM-free iTunes · · Score: 1

    It's a double-win for them. First, it provides incentives for people to buy newer larger iPods. Second, it keeps the lower capacity cellphone mp3 players from competing, since they'll now need twice the capacity to be as usefull as they were yesterday.

  9. Re:Fragile base class on Source Control For Bills In Congress? · · Score: 1

    If every law was parsed down into symbolic logic, and every reference to a logical entity was made into some object, then existing static analysis programs could work out these problems.

    Plus, you could have an outputter that could translate the laws into more human readable forms, for laypeople.

  10. Re:alternatively... on Source Control For Bills In Congress? · · Score: 1

    With proper change management, last minute changes would be less of a problem, since they'd only have to read the deltas.

  11. Re:I just wanted to say. on Mice Cured of Autism · · Score: 1

    What amazes me is that people who claim to have AS sound completely "normal" on message boards

    Perhaps it's just easier to write an idea down than to communicate it live?

  12. Re:Jim Sinclair on Mice Cured of Autism · · Score: 1

    That's not an argument about the ethics of genetic manipulation, but rather about the communication of the option of participating in genetic manipulation.

  13. Re:When I first heard about the Java OS on Where Are Operating Systems Headed? · · Score: 1

    So, a system where each module is coded to the lowest common denominator interfaces of the other modules, thus forestalling any real progress.

    How would a feature like Spotlight be done, that requires coordination from the filesystem, user applications, and the UI framework?

  14. Re:It's not bad, really. on Adult Film Industry Moving To HD DVD · · Score: 1

    Some might actually prefer to see the jiggly sloppy dirty bits all the better. And slap them so they jiggle all the more. And tell her she's sloppy and dirty.

    \But those people disgust me.

  15. Re:HD-DVD will win over "Blu-Ray" because of names on Adult Film Industry Moving To HD DVD · · Score: 1

    Yes, complete with 5 channels of moaning surround sound. Personally, I was backing Blue-Ray, because it supports 7 channels of moaning until you're blue in the face surround sound.

  16. Re:Competing with XGL on Apple's Illuminous (Aqua v2) to Compete with Aero · · Score: 1

    Well, that's for you to worry about, not me. But, I were in your shoes, I'd think back, if it started happenning right out of the box, or if it started after I'd installed specific software. But mostly, I'd probably not waste my time posting 20+ times to a thread bitching about one or two minor issues that simply don't matter. Granted, I am anal enough to post about it, just not so obsessively.

  17. Re:Competing with XGL on Apple's Illuminous (Aqua v2) to Compete with Aero · · Score: 1

    To be fair, I've used/setup 4 Macs that don't have iSight cameras, and this has not come up on any of them. Perhaps there's a bug that's triggered by some specifics of your system, and this is not indicative of a general problem.

  18. Re:It's not going to stop with child porn. on The Great Firewall of Canada · · Score: 1

    I hate all these damned slippery slopes situations. It's annoying to have to explain to people why we can't fight child porn with every tool because those tools will then be (mis)used for other purposes.

    How about this: Instead of freakin blocking the child porn sites, we should just go to where the actual servers are, and use a bit of C-4 on them.

  19. Re:Star Wars Virgin? on Star Wars Virgin Takes the Plunge · · Score: 1

    Actually, I was a virgin until I watched Star Wars I-III. Then George Lucas raped my childhood memories, and I finally had gotten some.

    /Not really
    //I just hate when people bitch about that

  20. Re:It doesn't matter on The Information Factories Are Here · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised that boot times illicits an Insightful moderation.

  21. Re:Not photos - radar images! on Venus's Surface May Be 1 Billion Years Old · · Score: 1

    Ahh, I see you're arguing with my Greek translation using physics definitions.

    Photography derives from: photo + graphos = light + drawing. I assume that by light they mean the visible light spectrum. But of course photographs aren't "drawn", so perhaps my literalist interpretation is too narrow.

  22. Re:Not photos - radar images! on Venus's Surface May Be 1 Billion Years Old · · Score: 1

    Photo ... photography ... photons ... That's a specific type of EMR, different than microwaves.

  23. Re:Why I didn't on $100 PC Pledges Fail To Meet Minimum · · Score: 1

    Wow. If some government doesn't do something, why should we? Hello, because most effective developments in the the third world are grass-roots. And why would your government have to do your charity for you anyway?

    And why does everyone insist on endlessly repeating that poor people need water and food and schools first? No shit... Now what about the places that do have that, but don't have computers... If there are billions of poor people, then can we accept the idea of trying to help several million?

  24. Re:Confused on Hacker Finds Multiple PDF Backdoors · · Score: 4, Informative

    Basically, the PDF standard allows for a lot of ways to access data on your local machine, in databases, and through your web browser. It also has mechanisms for running JavaScript, and even executing arbitrary local programs. Some of these things require a user to click on a link in a PDF, and some require just openning the PDF or visiting a specific page in the PDF.

    Many of these features are quite helpful for corporate clients, but maybe shouldn't be allowed by default.

    In retrospect, some of the other free 3rd part PDF viewers, that don't support those fancy features, might be better for people to use:

    http://www.icesoft.com/products/icepdf.html

  25. Re: $2000 laptop that isn't 6 months old = no go on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Playback Under XP · · Score: 1

    Who says they want you playing your disks on your computer anyway. They're probably more interested in selling you a standalone BlueRay or HD-DVD drive to hookup to your TV. Not only for the hardware sales, but most likely the license fees paid to the consorteums are probably higher for hardware players than software players.