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  1. Re:No improvements forecasted on SCO posts Q2 Loss, Gets $11k from Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Next they'll be claiming UNICS was a SCO derivative...

  2. Re:Killed by the society he saved. on Marking 50 Years Since Alan Turing's Death · · Score: 1

    Actually, I thought guys had all the machinery for boobs, just not the estrogen, and if given sufficent doses of estrogen, would grow boobs capable of producing milk.

  3. Re:How the hell does he (or anyone) know? on Drexler Clarifies Grey Goo Scenario · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yet another reason why we desperately need to get going building a permanent manned moon base with a colony of people.

    We then need to work on putting colonies on Mars.

    I don't like the idea that one meteor, virus, genesis type weapon could end the human race.

  4. Re:One has wonder on RFID License Plates in the UK · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Actually here in the US and in the UK, there have been studies done on traffic cameras and they've been shown to increase the number of accidents.

    The basic problem is Sheeple. These are the knuckleheads who are driving along at 70mph when the speed limit is 65mph. See the camera (not having the sense to realize that if they can see the camera, it's long sense seen them...) and slam on their brakes in the passing lane. Ensuing 20+ car fiery crash results...

  5. Re:That's why on Is the Linux Desktop Getting Heavier and Slower? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Tragically, you still have those scars on your arms where you had to drain a pint of your blood into a small window carved from the hip bone of a midget suspended over a copper bowl and chant a bunch of phrases that you didn't understand before you could get it to work.

    Granted, you still have todo all that stuff for linux, but instead of a window it's a small ivory penguin...

  6. Re:what are those mini-Vegas' for? on Native American Wireless ISP Launched · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think their talking about thy dynamic in a single tribe.

    Promises that were made that profit derived from the casions would be used to improve the tribe haven't been kept.

  7. There is a solution to this... on Text Messages in the Courts · · Score: 1

    Time to bust out the strong encryption!

  8. Re:Nothing New. on One-Time Pads To Protect Electronic Bank Access · · Score: 1

    As an American, I can tell you I'm infuriated that my bank only requires two static tokens of authentication.

    The dirty ugly truth is that if Americans had to go through the same rigerous proof of identity process that most Europeans went through to get a credit card, let alone access their personal information, identity theft would go way down, but credit card companies don't want that.

    This is because if they setup any sort of rigerous standards 99% of their clientele would be disqualified...

    Considering their are instances of small children getting onto lists and being sent credit card applications, they want to throw the net as wide as possible.

  9. I know! on FTC to Examine Patent Application Process · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think I should quickly patent patenting!

  10. Re:We need to fix the ones we have somehow. on Using Math To Design Cities And Supercomputers · · Score: 1

    I agree (living 20 miles outside of Boston) Boston also has some very nice walking streets as well.

    What I don't understand is why we don't start building downwards.

    I would be perfectly cool with living in hive like structure underground that could have some natural light piped in, etc.

    Just sink a 150ft deep central galley and then run spokes off in 4 or 8 directions. At the end of each of these spokes would be a smaller shaft that went back to the surface. Off of each of these spokes build underground condo type structures. You'd alternate the orientation of the spokes so that level ones north spoke would be at 0 degrees, level twos spoke would be at 20 degrees, etc.

    Firstly, in a place like Massachusetts that gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter this would offer a temperature stable environment. The ammount of cooling and heating would be substantially less than an above ground building.

    I know some people would have hangups about living underground. *shrugs* There's only so much space and a never ending supply of people.

  11. Re:Isn't someone... on Night Vision Goggles vs Pirates · · Score: 1

    There is a much easier solution to this whole problem instead of night goggles. Just put a sign up that says "If you report someone using a video camera in our theaters and we catch them, we'll give you X free movie tickets"

    Use fellow movie goers greed against them...

    1. X number of movie tickets is going to be hellalot cheaper then the night vision goggles.

    2. I'd be more worried about the theft of my NVG equipment.

  12. Re:Wrong crowd... on Playing Games While Not Ruining Your Relationship? · · Score: 1

    I have this distinct feeling that you and my wife would get along very nicely.

    Pretty much any computer game that gets bought in our house gets bought in sets of two.

    For the PS2, we've had good luck with:
    Dark Alliance / Champions of Norrath / Gauntlet, we might pickup or trade for Dark Alliance 2, but I've heard it's lack luster compared to Champions of Norrath.

    On the PC:
    Diablo 2 / Balders Gate are both great cooperative games.

  13. Re:Diesels are making a comeback... on Brew Your Own Auto Fuel For 41 Cents A Gallon · · Score: 1
    Here's a question... Why hasn't someone taken a hybrid and put a diesel engine in it?

    also check out this link: These people make kits to convert a diesel into a vegtable oil / diesel

    greasecar

  14. Oh, and it gets better.... on CNN Notices that WiFi is Insecure · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yesterday while watching TV over a buddies house I saw a commerical that Verizon is going to be giving away (after you mail in the rebate) a wireless hub with all their new DSL subscribers.

    This just frightens me.

    I'm just imaging the sheeple who will order DSL, get this wireless router, follow the nice glossy fold out instructions and set the thing up, with no understanding of wireless security whatsoever.

  15. Good... on "Buffalo Spammer" Gets 3.5 to 7 Years · · Score: 1

    We got two birds with one stone. A spammer whose also an identity thief.

    Now we can only hope that for every spam he sent his teeth will sink just a bit deeper into the pillow...

  16. Re:(sigh) better go make sure the lawn is mowed. on Camera Vans To Photograph 50 Million Buildings · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that by the fact that your driving around the place, people see you and and go "I've never seen that person around here before"

    Getting a 3D view of the whole place means you can know the lay of the land without every having to be on the land.

  17. Re:Neat... on The Future of Cars According to Toyota · · Score: 1

    Great, now the taxi drivers don't even have to come to this country to drive like shit, just a sat link and a solar panel and they're "off to the races"...

  18. Re:Alien Landing Authority on First-Ever Private Spaceport Nears Final Approval · · Score: 1

    Yeah that was until she got declarian worms. I heard her last customer upon returning to his vessel, exploded. The worms then took over his vessel and have since started a wave of infestation across the galaxy!

  19. Re:Is it me, or was that an utterly worthless arti on 13 Energy Drinks In 3 Sessions · · Score: 1

    Seriously, I was hoping the guy was going to get blood drawn 15 minutes after each drink to see what the ammount of caffeine per pint of blood was.

  20. Re:Excuse me on Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions? · · Score: 1

    Your telling me that AC who told me bleeding is an acceptable treatment for the FLU was lying???

  21. Re:120,000 out of how many? on What's Your Terrorism Quotient? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, actually some of the terrorists who were involved with 9/11 ended up being flagged as terrorists by the system.

    Now, I know they were working on this system befor 9/11 but I've got to wonder if they didn't do a little marketbenching and alter it so the names of the terrorists would end up on the list so they could goto the government and say "See, see, the system works!"

  22. Re:Oil on AgroWaste Oil Plant Starts Production · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree.

    Firstly it's not called Thermal Conversion Process. The actual process is called "Thermal Depolymerization".

    Secondly, I see it as a two step process.
    Firsly, since you can feed anything you want into these plants, I think that if you built a couple plants in each state (it would depend on the number of people) you could send..
    a) all agro waste (corn cobs, etc)
    b) human waste (poop, etc)
    c) all non metal trash.

    Plus these machines have proven themselves capable of digesting Antrax and pretty much every other biological and chemical weapon into inert substances.

    What we need is for our (US) government to put Apollo type money into this project.

    Right now we (Americans) are being held hostage by OPEC and our dependance of foreign oil.

    Now, once we have lots of these plants operational, we move into Step 2. This would consist of taking the oil that these plants produce and cracking the hydrogen out of it.

    I do understand that this second process would create C02, that aspect would have to be addressed.

  23. Re:Lord of the Rings on Can Star Wars Episode III Be Saved? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also, aside from the really good audio rendition of LOTR, it was the first film version of LOTR was wasn't like watching children being thrown into a chipper shredder.

  24. Queue abligatory abortion jokes... on Star Wars Episode III : Birth Of The Empire · · Score: 1

    Pretty much at this point I'm not sure that Lucas can fuckup Star Wars anymore. It's like thowing shit on a manure pile.

    He could replace Natalie Portman with Britney Spears. Maybe replace R2D2 with a muppet or something, but those would probably be improvements.

  25. Re:quick - kill it! kill it! on Eight Years Of Apache · · Score: 1

    And why would you need to be serving a couple dozen 200meg videos anyway... oh I can only imagine why.

    Oh wait, I don't need to imagine, mplayer is explaining succinctly.