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  1. Re:It was bound to happen on Graphics Coming to Google Ads · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The site will only look cheap and cluttered as long as it takes me to AdBlock all the banners.

    Up until now I've refrained from using any kind of blocking mechanism on google's ads because they are always restrained and discreet, and I suspect I'm not the only one who's formed their banner-blocking behavior in this way.

  2. Re:12 % of Nature authors consult Wikipedia weekly on Wikipedia's Accuracy Compared to Britannica · · Score: 1

    That probably depends on what percentage of Nature authors own a set of Britannica. I'm pretty sure all of them have a computer with internet access.

  3. Re:I hope it doesn't get widely deployed on Driving Away Teens With High Frequency Noise · · Score: 1

    Calling the police for something like loitering is going to have exactly zero result. The police can't do anything much more than shoo the offending youth away, and will get rapidly annoyed at being called out repeatedly to the same location.

    Not to mention whatever might happen in retaliation for your calling the police on the kids.

  4. Re:Starbucks is good coffee on Drink Decaf and Die · · Score: 2, Informative
  5. Re:Freedom can only be complete on Mom Makes Website, Gets Sued for $2 Million · · Score: 1

    I dunno what would be worse to the bystander, if you can actually sing like Hansi or if you can't but try.

    Personally, if I had the vocals down I'd be looking for a guitarist and drummer...

  6. Re:Repeated updates on Firefox 1.5 RC2 Available · · Score: 2, Informative

    No clue. I havent had any update download notices since RC2 hit just about five minutes ago.

  7. Re:next step? on Leaked Pictures of Socket F · · Score: 1

    With computer hardware of this day and age wouldn't that create really unmanageable heat density? Don't get me wrong, I love the idea, cause that would mean you could get something about the W x H dimensions of an LCD monitor just not as big on the large face (if I'm envisioning what you meant correctly) --just thinking of how to dissipate the heat from a Radeon 9800 and an Opteron if they're literally on the same board

  8. Re:You'd think they could afford a special panther on Yahoo Map Engineers Prank Google · · Score: 1

    You'd think they could afford a special panther...

    I'm glad Im not drinking coffee this morning. Call me easily amused but that madem e giggle like a small child

  9. Re:Why do people drink this crap? on Nestle Patents Coffee Beer · · Score: 1

    I've taken pseudoephedrine in a mix with another medication for years as a decongestant. I'm sure the dosage was small, but every time the doc re wrote my prescription he voiced some concern (or else my mom did) about the ephed "wiring me up"...I never noticed one single side effect other than nosebleeds when our house was heated in the winter and the hot dry air + the decongestant made my nasal whatsit very suseptable to cracking.

    I never really got much effect from plain caffeine either for that mater, but the cocktail in redbull and the like does a great job at making me "un sleepy", great for road trips

  10. Re:Why do people drink this crap? on Nestle Patents Coffee Beer · · Score: 1

    To mantain body mass at that level of activity you're really going to need more like 2.5k or higher calories. Any lower and you'll probably (varies from person to person of course) get very thin very quickly.

  11. Re:The "Moon" is a ridiculous liberal myth. on View the Moon in 3D on Your Desktop · · Score: 1

    Assuming you're serious:

    Click on the little clear bubble image to the right of the person's name and you can alter your relationship with them (Friend/Neutral/Foe)

  12. Re:help me out here... on Novell to Release 20% of Their Employees? · · Score: 1

    My university uses Novel for the non-engineering and non-compsci portion of the student body user accounts. Not sure why, except htat perhaps it is easier/cheaper to use Novel with them, since they don't need access to the suite of tools that the engr/csci people do (Pro-E, Matlab, Mathcad, all that kinda jazz)

  13. Re:As usual, Lovecraft foresaw this on Pluto's 3 Moons and a Probe to Study Them · · Score: 1

    That novelette is freakin awesome. Reads almost like a Delta Green campaign from Chaosium.

  14. Re:CRT technologies : my 0.02$ on LED-Based LCD Display Tested · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If the source was always on, would there be a potential for burn in or some kind of 'wearing out' of the individual phosphor?

  15. Re:This isn't the deterrent. Price is! on BitTorrent User Guilty Of Piracy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The only difference between a seeder and the other users is that the seeder has the completed copy. In both cases you're uploading something you don't have distribution rights for, so I'm curious how you're making the distinction.

  16. Re:Good... on BitTorrent User Guilty Of Piracy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Better to sue him than to sue legit Bittorrent users.

    All ten of you.

  17. Re:Complaints on Stopping Linux Desktop Adoption Sabotage · · Score: 1

    1) gaim - works for yahoo/msn/aim. Has smilies. my girlfriend loves it. :P

    But can it do the odd bits, like direct connect, file transfer and vid chat, as the original poster mentioned? That's why i stopped using Trillian. It was a major hassle to have to start up the actual IM client every time someone wanted to send me something

  18. Re:Dangerous animals???? on Microchips for Dangerous Animals? · · Score: 1

    Kills per species isn't really a fair comparison considering how many more dogs there are in the US than pythons. Fatalities/severe injuries vs. number of reported attacks might be an interesting metric, that would give you some idea of how deadly each is, assuming it attacks to begin with.

    Large pythons *are* dangerous. Take it from me, I own two that are approaching 6 feet and they're even lightweights for their length. Thankfully they won't get much bigger than that; any larger and interacting with them in any way besides feeding and cage cleaning would probably be out of the question.

    I don't know about this microchip thing but it wouldnt' hurt my feelings a bit if people were required to jump through some minor hoops before coming into posesion of any animal capable of being fatal to a human (yes i mean to include dogs here)--reducing impulse buys in that category would definitely be a good thing, regardless of the actual animal in question.

  19. Re:A student's thoughts on Blackboard and WebCT merge · · Score: 1

    Thanks for your comments. Being a lowly non-compsci student it's difficult for me to get in touch with anyone on campus in a position to give me a straight answer.

    The portal we use is labeled Sunguard SCT. ever had any experience with it?

  20. Re:It must just be me on The Art of Particle Physics · · Score: 1

    That's interesting, on my campus (the univ of north carolina at charlotte) its engineering and physics that are usually the night owls on campus. None of the arts students I know seem to put on late hours (and by late I mean post-midnight) unless its final paper/project week

  21. A student's thoughts on Blackboard and WebCT merge · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My university uses WebCT. It is a flaming piece of shit. I'm not sure if it's WebCT or just the entry/login portal, but I can't access webCT in anyhting other than IE because somehow cookies fail to set otherwise. It slows to a CRAWL under any kind of load. It's difficult to use, both for students and professors. The senior admin for my campus' network has basically admitted that the only reason we use it is because we're locked in for a time, and yes it does suck.

    Blackboard wasn't quite as bad (used it at a community colleg) The UI was sketchy but at least i can use it under firefox.

  22. Re:Not just for the navy... on Sonic Torpedo Defense · · Score: 1

    If by adverse effects you mean: Kills most/all aquatic invertebrates stone dead, you're absolutely right. I imagine that's exactly how it kept barnacles off.

    Cant remember what effect copper has on fish. I don't think its as pronounced, as many fish meds have copper as an agent to kill parasites.

  23. Annoyance on Why Do You Block Ads? · · Score: 1

    I block image ads becaues typically they are invasive, distracting, and irrelevant. I don't mind google ads becaues typically they have at least SOME relevance to what I'm looking at, and they are discreet

  24. Re:Possibly not vapor[hard]ware on Exoskeletons in IEEE Spectrum · · Score: 1

    Without bourbon what is there to live for?

    Single malt scotch =D

  25. Re:Possibly not vapor[hard]ware on Exoskeletons in IEEE Spectrum · · Score: 1

    It strikes me as extremely odd that an assisted living/nursing home would allow its residents (innmates?) access to alcohol.