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  1. Re:Why Seattle? on Paul Allen Plans Sci-Fi Shrine in Seattle · · Score: 1

    I'd say put it on Klingon. Klingon's where it's at. I think they have more earthquakes though. Sorry, klingonquakes.

  2. Re:Not really on Parallel Universes Are Real · · Score: 1

    Well if there isn't a soul, there's no free will. If there's no free will, then perhaps you were supposed to say that to throw everyone off. Go away universal conspiracy sympathizer.

  3. Beinng a dork on Intel Demonstrates 220Mbps Variant of UWB · · Score: 1

    approved standard for a high-speed, short distance communications standard We now have a standard for a standard? When did that standard pass?

  4. hmm on 30 Years of Cell Phone Calls · · Score: 1

    30 years ago, 3rd April 2073 Dr Martin Cooper placed the first cellular phone call, to a rival scientist... ironically they were both driving SUV's and crashed into eachother... and it was good...

  5. Oh shit on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 3, Funny

    If this is at all like the movies, we wont be able to hit ANYONE with them. And they'll travel slower than bullets. And be about a half a foot wide and red. And they'll make a noise when going through the air. And they'll cause explosions and sparks whenever they hit anything. And we'll wear big clunky white armor which doesn't even defend against rocks let alone lasers which restrict our movement and cause us to act all stupid and that will be the end of us as they will fly a suicide bomber into the heart of our deathstar and blow us up and it will suck but make a killing at the box office.

  6. Re:This is important on Are Programmers Engineers? · · Score: 1

    Yes I actually said that... if you bothered to read after that, "It is to our advantage that most of these systems are programmed by computer engineers (that's me!). "

  7. This is important on Are Programmers Engineers? · · Score: 1

    This is important because it says whether or not programming can be regulated, in that, is the programmer competent? As my Software Engineering professor pointed out, programming is the only life-or-death profession which is unregulated. How do you feel about your antilock breaks? Or any of the other millions of embedded systems which you rely on not blowing you up everyday. It is to our advantage that most of these systems are programmed by computer engineers (that's me!). I certainly feel that Software Engineering should be regulated in the same fasion, however obviously for many companies, incompetent programmers are fine, such as for a desktop OS.

  8. Re:Interesting? on Another Breakthrough in Prime Number Theory · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't make fun of this. This is vitally important. Finally we'll know.. wait what are we doing again? Prime number theory? Fuck it gimmie a beer

  9. Re:Probably not a good idea on Increasing Fuel Mileage With Hydrogen? · · Score: 1

    Well if we get a 30% efficient hydrogen based engine, we beat everything we've got now. Our current heat engines just can't be at all efficient unless under laboratory conditions. I forgot the formula, but the max efficiency for any engine which relies on heat is something like (1 - (maximum heat / minimum heat)) (*100%).

  10. Re:Lookit that gigantic bezel on Chi Mei Announces 20" Active Matrix OLED Display · · Score: 1

    It's not needed. I've taken apart my Dell Inspiron 8000. All that really exists around the screen is ~.5 cm band. It would be pretty sweet if desktop systems had screens like that with bendable locking systems to make a 2x1, or even 2x2 or 3x2, tilted at angles depending on the situation

  11. Re:Army's stuff on U.S. May Reduce Non-Military GPS Accuracy · · Score: 1

    uh no, people spend their taxes, and a certain group of people (we'll call them R) allocate the money to military, more and more each year. Ironically this same group also wants to lower those taxes.

  12. Re:You'd be doing your students a disservice on A College Without Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    > If they are learning project management, design, testing, formal specifications... That's software engineering.

  13. Re:Political Effects on A Hydrogen-Based Economy · · Score: 1

    ... you mean they'll have to form real economies. It would be quite stupid for the US to not admin any guilt in making their economies single minded; in this case pulling the plug would be best in the long run for them, but bad off for the conservative agenda in the US. What are they trying to conserve anyway? Certainly not the environment or the future.. (Sorry, random rant)

  14. Very easy solution on MonsterHut Jammed for Spam · · Score: 0, Interesting

    To end all spamming once and for all, do this simple tactic: For every piece of spam mail you get, email the provider which sent it, ten times. Now any providers that are left after an hour will realize they need to crack down. So who wants to set a target date? :)

  15. Re:New skills sets? on Detailed Preview of Masters of Orion 3 · · Score: 1

    Research itself is done a little differently. No creative option from Moo2. At the beginning, the engine decides what techs it is possible for your race to research, then allows you to get _all_ of them. I have heard that you can research multiple techs at once, and some techs take multiple prerequisits. We'll know more later.

  16. Re:Not really a review. on Detailed Preview of Masters of Orion 3 · · Score: 1

    This is part one of six.

    It just happens to have six pages that were accidentally titled part 1 to 6 at the bottom.

    The other 5 parts aren't up yet.

  17. Beat this on What's Your Earliest Memory? · · Score: 1

    I was 2. My father was holding me over the edge of London Bridge making stupid baby noises. I am now 19, I mentioned this to my mother when I was fifteen or so, and she remembered it. No pictures were taken. Beat that.

  18. Where the money goes... on International Space Station: Canada to the Rescue? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We screw up about 90% of the money we spend on land, and only about 50% of the money we send to space. Come on it doesn't take a statistics major to realize we might as well blow it on something worth the odds :) We've grown too lazy to actually directly care where our money goes. It goes to interest groups who we assume will put it where it's needed, which is, granted, mainly attacking small 3rd world countries.