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  1. Re:Gives me a cool idea... on Video Showing Half a Million Asteroid Discoveries · · Score: 1

    How about " 'roid rage"?

    With a ship captain named Preparation H

  2. SETI signature on Buckyballs Detected In Space · · Score: 1

    Maybe ET thinks it's better to send messages through chemical patterns rather than electro-magnetic patterns.

  3. Re:So... on Google Updates Chrome Frame, Makes IE Better · · Score: 1

    On a more serious note, why embed one browser into another? Why not just install the other browser?

    Because probably the majority of people that are using IE are doing so because they are afraid to install something different, and they think that the Microsoft product must be the best. They also don't really understand what a plugin is, and if prompted to install it, they will just click OK and won't know what they did.

  4. The trick is knowing when to leave the party on Econophysicists Develop and Test "Bubble Index" · · Score: 1

    Bubbles are not unknown to anyone that is even casually paying attention. Everyone knew the dot-com bubble and the real estate bubble were going to pop at some point. The big question is when. Unfortunately, most armchair investors get to the party late and stay too long.

    Get to the party early, and when you see the alcohol getting low, get out before everyone else realizes it, or you'll be left to help clean up.

  5. syphilis cycles on Facebook Leads To Increase In STDs in Britain · · Score: 2, Interesting
    There is also the theory of syphilis cycles, that have little to do with a change in sexual behaviors by the masses:

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6935-syphilis-cycles-not-driven-by-risky-sex.html

  6. Re:They're still lawbreakers. on The Death of the US-Mexico Virtual Fence · · Score: 1

    Sorry, it was a typo on my part. I meant to say there is no legal process that will allow them to become an American citizen.

    I completely agree with what you say, and am well aware of it. Thank you for spelling it out for everyone because I think things need to change and most people don't understand the problem.

  7. Re:Avatar pains on The Movie Studios' Big 3D Scam · · Score: 1

    I got headaches only with the Imax version because of the linear polarization which meant if my head was tilted even slightly to the side, there would be ghosting.

    It's meant to keep you awake during boring movies by keeping your head up.

  8. Re:Bigger scam for 1-eyed viewers on The Movie Studios' Big 3D Scam · · Score: 1

    actually, there have been plenty of recent 3D kid's movies done with old school red/green and red/blue glasses.

    Probably because they want them to work for home viewing where the kid's movies are very popular, and the polarized glasses don't work with TVs.

  9. Re:$1.4 Billion on The Death of the US-Mexico Virtual Fence · · Score: 1

    As a legal immigrant I can tell you that the hassle to be legal is so high that sometimes I wonder if I should just stop bothering and become illegal

    I was recently legally living in Spain and had the same problem. Being legal was a major pain in the ass, and everyone I knew that was not a native was illegal and it was completely painless and easy. The immigration office finally told me I had to leave, even though I had proven to them that I was transferring 3X the average wage into the country (and spending it legally!) every year and was not taking any Spanish job. And at a time when the unemployment rate in Spain is the highest in Europe. They were afraid I might go out and take a job even though I didn't need one.

  10. Re:They're still lawbreakers. on The Death of the US-Mexico Virtual Fence · · Score: 1

    There is a legal process for becoming an American citizen. These Mexicans know this, too. They just choose to put their own interests first, and in doing so they willing violate American law.

    For the vast majority of them, there is legal process that will allow them to become an American citizen.

    And as for these laws you speak so highly of - they aren't the 10 commandments handed down by some supreme being. Have you ever considered the possibility that maybe they should be changed?

  11. Re:How does he know it's unique? on Yale Law Student Wants Government To Have Everybody's DNA · · Score: 1

    How does your case get to the jury without following applicable law for proper procedure with respect to probable cause determination for allowing the use of the DNS fingerprint in the first place?

    A grand jury decides it. Same problem, but requires much less evidence and no determination of guilt.

  12. Re:Why not all electronic? No really, why not? on Deposit Checks To Your Bank By Taking a Photo · · Score: 1

    If Europeans have all but eliminated the option of using a check, then it's they who are backwards in my opinion.

    They haven't eliminated the option of using a check, they've eliminated the necessity of using a check.

  13. Re:Why not all electronic? No really, why not? on Deposit Checks To Your Bank By Taking a Photo · · Score: 1

    Yes. We still have the freedom to own a firearm, choose where to live, express religious and political opinions without being jailed, choose our own doctors, choose whether to buy health insurance, and choose where to go to college-- this week anyway. Next week? Who knows.

    What the hell are you talking about? Do you know anything about Europe? Do you really think these things don't exist there?

  14. Re:How does he know it's unique? on Yale Law Student Wants Government To Have Everybody's DNA · · Score: 1

    You forget that guilt is decided by a jury. As soon as you tell them about the DNA match, the rest of the weak evidence suddenly becomes very strong evidence. There is no absolute measurement of the strength of evidence, and no formula to apply to determine guilt or not. If they think you're guilty, you're guilty. The DNA evidence is going to be very convincing. How are you going to know whether there was enough burden of proof without the DNA evidence? It's all subjective.

  15. Re:And 50% of Americans! on One Quarter of Germans Happy To Have Chip Implants · · Score: 1

    Better yet, how about a chip to constantly measure the levels of alcohol, THC, and narcotics [...]

    If the chip could actually deliver the alcohol, THC, and narcotics to the bloodstream... it would really be a hit.

  16. Re:what is a cubic micrometer on Heat Engines Shrunk By Seven Orders of Magnitude · · Score: 1

    Then a length in Libraries of Congress would logically be the length of shelf space required to hold the books, or roughly 29 million x 1 inch = 457.7 miles.

    So my car can travel approximately 1 Library of Congress on a full tank of gas.

  17. Re:I'm going to go out on a limb, and say.... on Most Expensive JavaScript Ever? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not that Opera doesn't have serious funding... but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this javascript would be more expensive, most of the time . .

    if (is.explorer) { window.location.href="config/error.htm"; }

    It would cut our UI development time by at least half!

    It typically comes down to developing the UI once for IE, and once for all others.

  18. Re:not surprising.. on Standalone GPS Receivers Going the Way of the Dodo · · Score: 1

    the only advantage the gps units had over smartphones is the fact they still worked on trips that take out them out of signal range.

    Now most smartphones include actual GPS so that disadvantage has gone away, as per the original poster's comment.

    Except that mobile phones at this point do not contain the maps on the phone (none that I know of anyway), so you still need internet connectivity for it to be useful. I have an iPhone from Spain, and I can't use the GPS functionality in the US unless I am connected via WiFi because there is no 3G sharing between AT&T and Movistar in Spain.

  19. Re:I fear that pretty soon... on Rhode Island Affiliates Banned From Amazon.com Sales · · Score: 1

    ..and of course, no sales tax.

    You mean "it's easy to not pay sales tax and get away with it".

    You are required to pay the sales tax to the local government where you live. The only reason that online retailers don't charge you is because they would need to know and keep up with the tax laws of hundreds or thousands of locations, and set up payments to them. It would be prohibitively complicated.

  20. Re:Making my point with humor on Nielsen Recommends Not Masking Passwords · · Score: 1

    I just recently saw a movie on TV where they essentially did that. The computer told the person which characters in the password were incorrect and displayed the correct characters. Of course the hacker geniuses figured it out in a matter of seconds. I got a good laugh out of it, but it wasn't a comedy.

    It makes me wonder if the writer is that stupid, or if they think the viewers are that stupid.

  21. Re:My office mate from India on Microsoft's Bing Refuses Search Term "Sex" In India · · Score: 1

    So then the question becomes why is it wrong to show affection towards someone you care about? If your best friend died would you feel sad? Would you go to his funeral? Would you hide your feelings from others at the funeral? Or are you comfortable letting others know that you care about your friends?

    I'm not criticizing you, they are just rhetorical questions. Clearly it would take a long time for someone to be comfortable with holding hands with their friends after being raised with the idea that it is only a prelude to sex.

    I live in Spain where it is quite common to see men holding hands, hugging, and kissing (on the cheek). In general, men don't hold hands unless they are gay, except for family members. It's very common to see fully adult men from the middle east holding hands with their elders. Kissing on the check as a greeting is done between nearly all women/women and women/men, and sometimes men/men, depending mostly on how close they are (never in a business situation).

    It's also very common to see high school boys with their arms around each other even while they are flirting with girls.

  22. Re:100km is excessive on Protecting the Apollo Landing Sites From Later Landings · · Score: 1

    Considering that the surface area of the moon is roughly 4 times the size of the United States, I think there are a lot of landing sites still available.

  23. Re:The infringement is from the keyword purchaser on Lawsuit Says Google's Sale of Keywords Is Illegal · · Score: 1

    I didn't mean to imply that Google is not also guilty for allowing, and in fact encouraging, the practice. Both parties are guilty for knowingly and explicitly targeting another company's trademark for their own gain. Both Google and their customer are profiting from the practice.

  24. The infringement is from the keyword purchaser on Lawsuit Says Google's Sale of Keywords Is Illegal · · Score: 1

    The companies buying the Google keywords are explicitly using competitors' trademarks to further their own business. They are the ones that should be sued, and rightfully so in my opinion.

  25. Stephen should change his name to Serenity on Colbert Wins Space Station Name Contest · · Score: 1

    NASA should agree to the name if Stephen Colbert changes his name to Serenity.