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  1. Re:Obviously on High School Sophomores Discover Asteroid · · Score: 1

    No kidding. People have been laughing at Uranus for years. It's no wonder that astronomers worldwide don't want to repeat that mistake.
    That's why scientists changed the name to Urectum.
  2. Re:From the summary: on First Look At the ACID3 Browser Test · · Score: 1

    We're now approaching our final destination, Itchy and Scratchy Land: the amusement park of the future where nothing can possi- blye go wrong.

  3. Uh,,,, Both on Publishers Thank Google for Book Sales · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "Do you think that Google's 'sneak peak' search access increases sales or violates copyrights on intellectual property?"
    Can't the answer be "both"?
  4. Re:Study cryptography! on U. Washington Crypto Course Now Online for Free · · Score: 1

    So how should it be done, assuming the user wants passwords to be remembered?

    One way hash.
  5. Re:but children will become adults on Chimpanzees Beat out Children in Reasoning Test · · Score: 1

    That's what you get for not hailing to the chimp.

  6. Let's Get Picky on Mastering Ajax Websites · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Ajax, which consists of HTML, JavaScript technology, DHTML, and DOM, is an approach that helps you transform clunky Web interfaces into interactive Ajax applications."

    DHTML is nothing more than javascript and html. And how the heck are you supposed to use javascript without using the DOM, aka Document Object Model? Talk about buzzword compliant...
  7. They should have used... on Mobile Top Level Domain Gets ICANN Nod · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should have went with .stupid instead.

  8. Re:Thanks Opera! on Opera: Firefox User Figures 'Inflated' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The whole reason that Opera is identifying itself as IE is because many pages send different html based upon what browser is requesting it. If Opera identified itself as anything besides IE, Opera users would get alot of degradaded pages, even though it can render the page just fine.

  9. are you sure the message wasn't... on Morse Code Faster Than SMS · · Score: 2, Funny

    Be sure to drink your Ovaltine?

  10. Re:Weblication? on Building Richly Interactive Web Apps with Ajax · · Score: 1

    Weblication is a perfectly cromulent word.

  11. Re:Excellent! on MS Employee Calls for No More Passwords · · Score: 1

    Did anyone see Trekkies 2?

    There's this great scene where a woman tells us what her tombstone will read:

    She's Dead, Jim.

  12. Re:Sensor error... on If The Problem Persists, Reboot The Car · · Score: 1

    No, they blow up in TV shows and movies because producers and probably the audience think it looks cool. As far as I know, real cars typically don't explode.

    swing and a miss.

  13. Re: dynamic IPs on Lycos Declares War on Spam Servers · · Score: 1

    ...This causes his mail server to be unable to handle emails destined for AOL, because they know his IP is in a dynamic range for Charter

    I think you just need a pointer record for your mail server. That's probably the most likely thing to cause a mail server to reject your mail, and one of the clues they look at to determine if you have a "real" mail server, and aren't in fact an owned computer in an user address pool.

  14. Re:Jon Stewart to a foreigner / Explaining Crossfi on Jon Stewart on CNN's Crossfire · · Score: 1

    It was Chris Matthew's that he made the duel remark to, not Tim Russert. It wasn't exactly a word for word challenge, but something along the lines of "I wish we still lived in an age where men could challenge other men to a duel."

  15. Re:Specialized devices tend to work better on Olympus Preps MP3 Player With Cam & Color Display · · Score: 1

    Imagine if you had to haul along your laptop, camera, and electric toothbrush if all you wanted to do was listen to some music.

    That's the innovation game for ya, though. Devices get better, smaller, etc with each version. Check out the camera phone picture at the bottom of this article: Camera phone Someday these things will be awesome.

  16. Re:Personally... on Geeks and Poker? · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you want to leave Vegas with a small fortune, start with a large fortune.

  17. bundle a firewall the w/ cable or dsl modem on Should ISPs Be The Little Man's Firewall? · · Score: 1

    home computers shouldn't be directly connected to the internet anyway...

  18. Weezer and Line6 on New Developments in Music Technology · · Score: 3, Informative

    Weezer used line6 equipment on their last tour. Both guitars and bass used Pod Pros. (One of their rack mounted units). They didn't use any amps. They said they a/b'ed the pods against amps and couldn't really tell the difference. In fact, they liked the pods better in some cases.

    One of the main reasons for using the pods is that they got a much "cleaner" stage sound -loud amps are hard to control in the mix. This was essential for them because it was during their wacky tour where they played weird locations like bowling alleys and 7-11's -all small, uncoventional venues.

    Personally, nothing has yet been able to replace a real amp for me...