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  1. Chicken Run on A Robot Learns To Fly · · Score: 2

    That reminded me a quote from "Chicken Run":

    Rocky: You see, flying takes three things: Hard work, perseverance and... hard work.
    Fowler: You said "hard work" twice!
    Rocky: That's because it takes twice as much work as perseverance.

  2. Hmm on A Robot Learns To Fly · · Score: 2, Funny

    "However, the robot could not actually fly because it was too heavy for its electrical motor."

    One small step for robot, one giant leap for robotkind

  3. You forgot to add on First Man To Mars? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Before sending Gates you must be 100% sure that he'll got one-way only ticket

  4. I always knew on MIT vs. Las Vegas · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Those MIT kids just a bunch of Rain Men...

  5. Typos on Linux Continues March On China · · Score: 1

    Mama told me not to spellcheck :)

  6. Don't download it on Lessig @ OSCON · · Score: 1

    I think it will be a slightly difficult for you to watch Flash presentation with Lynx

  7. Time for new linux slogan on Linux Continues March On China · · Score: 5, Funny

    Choise Linux - a billion Chinese can't be wrong

  8. Re:What I don't understand on New Problem Could Ground Space Shuttle Fleet · · Score: 1

    What I don't understand is how they **JUST** Found these cracks?

    No no no...
    They've found the crack, not cracks...FBI delayed launch to search shuttle all over again

  9. An Idea on OEone HomeBase Desktop · · Score: 3, Funny

    "HomeBase is a complete operating environment that runs on top of Mozilla, with the base operating system being RedHat Linux 7.1 or 7.2"

    Oki Oki, how about Running it Under Wine in Internet Explorer window, which will be running VMWare plugin, inside which there will be RedHat Linux 7.2 running Mozilla and HomeBase on top of it... That will be really cool :)

  10. Nasty asians again on Gone Fission · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First we've got CODERED worm from China, and now those nuclear worms from Vietnam...Damn, stop it!

  11. How can they rate ?! on Customers Rate PC Vendors' Tech Support · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple IS NOT PC :)

  12. Re:An idea: UL/DL ratios on Closed Gnutella System to Prevent Bandwidth Hogs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, my idea is slightly different..
    You don't have to upload files manually - all you have to do is to share specified amount of traffic before you can download more from other users.

    Example: you want to download 600Mb file from other users. Admin server will check your account and verify amount of traffic you allowed to download If you don't have enough traffic stats you have to wait until somebody will download something from you. .

    Good example is Edonkey protocol: then downloading big file you HAVE to share parts of it in order to finish download.

  13. An idea: UL/DL ratios on Closed Gnutella System to Prevent Bandwidth Hogs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How about enforcing UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD ratios to all users?
    So users won't be able to download without contributing to other user...

  14. Re:This is a good thing... on Transatlantic Model Airplane Flight to Begin Shortly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Smaller planes is less polution!

    So did you meant sexual pollutions or environmental?
    In any case, it was told so many time,
    SIZE DOES NOT MATTER!!! :)

  15. Re:Hmm on The Last Place · · Score: 2

    Thank you for very intelligent reply and very strong points.

    American culture (mostly the entertainment area) is like cocaine - once you've tried it you can't live without it...It is tailored for the people and sharpened to penetrate instantly into average men's mind.

    It is just like business competition of different cultures.. If your own culture can offer you better or to least same way to live (read entertain) than American's, then it can survive. Otherwise, it is doomed. So don't blame us, you have to offer something better or survive.

    No one really wants to live in a traditional culture without movies, TVs and internet.

  16. Re:Will this make possible... on Apple Releases Free, OS-Independent, FireWire SDK · · Score: 1

    Think they will just 'turn off' the firewire port on the digital TV set, not on DVR

  17. Oh yeah.. on Apple Releases Free, OS-Independent, FireWire SDK · · Score: 3, Funny

    (singing on Doors music)
    Come one Apple, light my wire...

  18. Re:Sensationalist headlines on Apple Releases Free, OS-Independent, FireWire SDK · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Read carefully :)
    OS-Independent == NOT OS-dependent

  19. Re:Hmm on The Last Place · · Score: 1

    Well, i don't like WWF, but what is wrong with McDonalds and The Simpsons?!
    There are some kinds of fast-food restaurants in every country and McDonalds is not SO bad.
    The Simpsons is just plain damn funny for everyone who has similar cultural background!
    Yes, if you was born in Islamic country then i'm sure you wont find it funny...but you HAVE the choice, if you don't like, don't watch it, don't eat at McDonalds, don't read USA news sites - nobody forces you..

  20. Hmm on The Last Place · · Score: 1, Troll

    What is so "wrong" with American culture? Why everybody hates it?! If our culture can so easily break your own traditions from usual TV broadcasts then you should blame only yourself, not Americans. And if you don't like American Rationalism then welcome back to medieval age...

  21. No go on Trident Back From the Dead · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The company is claiming 80% the performance of the GeForce 4 TI 4600 at a price tag of less than $100 USD including DX 9 support.

    Let me guess, the other 20% will be critical bugs in their drivers. Nice try Trident :)

  22. Statistics on FAA Using Webcams to Aid Alaskan Pilots · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alaska averages an aviation accident a day and a fatal crash every 10 days.

    So how many Alaska pilots * still * alive?

  23. BAD BAD BAD on Adam Bresson Demonstrates Fair Use at DefCon · · Score: 1

    nigelc writes: "From the article, it sounds like Bresson simply used a video conversion box to defeat MacroVision -- something my notorious criminal father has been doing for years"

    Jesus, nigelc, it was SO f#!@ing stupid!!
    Now * I * hope that you or your father have got a lawyer and that they talked to somebody...

  24. In not so distant future on Fallout from the Internet Debacle · · Score: 4, Funny

    This article off of Janis Ian's site lashes out at the RIAA for "wanting to control everything that the consumer will purchase"

    RIAA pre-crime cop:
    - We've got a signal that you was downloading banned so-called P2P software. You're under arrest for future illegal download. Your're supposed to download unlicensed Britney Spears song in less than four hours. The fact that we prevented it from happening doesn't change the fact that it was going to happen.

  25. In other news on USA Today says "Linux waddles from obscurity" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Same story, two years later:

    The Germany-based bank sought a less-costly way to calculate risks associated with its portfolio of investments. So it replaced 40 Pentium II computer servers, based on the Linux operating systems, at an average cost of $50 each, with 50 Windows.Net servers based on Intel Xeon VI processors, at $50,000 each.
    The Linux servers took 11 minutes to calculate how much cash the bank needed in reserve to offset its investment risk. The Windows.Net servers made the same calculation only in 3 minutes (not including several reboots time)
    With a better and more frequent handle on its finances, the bank could shift tens of millions of dollars from its reserve account to active investments of MSFT