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  1. Re:Best Photos on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    But one German tank could shoot down ten Russian ones. So the count alone is not the point.
    Besides, Hitler's advantage was the Blitzkrieg. He was too fast. That was all.
    And in the end, that killed him too, because the army was spread to much, and they could not hold the areas behind the fronts anymore.
    If he had just stopped at one point, where he could still hold it, he might have had a chance.
    Then wait a generation, for people to get used to it. And expand again. Like breathing.

    Of course, being evil to everyone but a small group was not doing him any good anyway. I would have done it like the Chinese did, up to the 13th century.
    They came with a *huge* army. Like 10 times what the others had. And much more advanced. But they did come not with kills, but with gifts. So much, that nearly everybody gave in, and joined their empire. It was nearly a win-win.
    They nearly came to Europe with this tactic. But some retard thought that now China had to capsule itself off from everyone. So they stopped and shrunk.

    I wonder how it would have ended, if they continued that method until now. Eurasia as one Chinese country, without communism, but with a democracy instead. America found by Columbus, the Spanish-Chinese. became independent too, but in a much bigger war, which could have been called World War I.
    Or would the have been fallen into pieces, like any giant Empire ever (Egyptians, Romans, Chinese, Nazis, UDSSR, USA?, Arabic Union?)

  2. Re:Bah, another crappy science article in NG on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    What's a "raadr"?

  3. Re:It's not really homeopathic on FDA Says Homeopathic Cure Can Cause Loss of Smell · · Score: 1

    Illusion/hallucination. Plain and simple.

    Don't look so shocked. (Don't ask me how I know this. ;)

    It's a natural effect of your brain. People can get lumps because they *imagine* that a bee stung them. They can go blind by thinking they are. They can be completely sure they saw something, that never happened, and that they thought they had never seen, two weeks ago, just because of psychological influence.
    You mouth also waters, when you imagine biting into a juicy ripe sour lemon. (Even my mouth did, while I wrote this.)

    If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. The lump is a reaction, controlled by signals from the brain.
    And your brain is basically a set of connections between triggers, where the connection strengths and trigger levels change with the signals flowing trough them.
    Let the signals flow trough the right pathways, and you can re-wire you brain, so that the eye signals get muted down completely.
    Or you can plant something in there, just by changing the state of the relevant area, with the same method.
    This is very powerful stuff.

    Learn how it influences your daily life. And how you can influence and manipulate it, to make your life better, and you will gain a strong ability.
    I recommend starting with the self-fulfilling prophecy:
    Say that something is like that. Period.
    Then start acting like it, even if you don't believe a word of what you say.
    Soon you will start to expert it to be that way, and will work to make it happen, so your reality does not break.
    And then, some day, it will just be that way. Period. :)

    (But beware of delusional confidence, by not making your inner reality model too rigid and glued together.)

  4. Re:It's not really homeopathic on FDA Says Homeopathic Cure Can Cause Loss of Smell · · Score: 1

    Well, the dosage makes the poison. Arsenic could very well be a good argument for homeopathic drugs. It is never used, because it is toxic in normal uses. But what if you tune it down until it is not toxic anymore? It's powerful stuff, so what possibly positive effects will it have then?

    Of course, it's bullshit if there actually is nothing in there that does anything. But if it does, it is just a drug with a dosage that makes sense. Just like any other drug.

  5. Re:Why worry? on Predicting SCO's Actions Post Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    Not if you look at their business charts. By them, they will cease to exist in 5-7 years.

    I'll just sit here, wait, meditate, and smile. :)

  6. Re:Won't work.. on Predicting SCO's Actions Post Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    No. Don't nuke them! That will only heat them, so the pieces can flow together, create puddles, and before your know, it rises again.

    (Try to keep up the metaphor here!)
    Melt them in a liquid piece of something that is dead, but just like them.
    Then send that compound straight into a black hole.

    That's the only way to be sure.
    Nukes. Bah. Noobs! ;)

  7. Well, depends... on Predicting SCO's Actions Post Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    ...on how long they still find some total retard, who is willing to throw money in a defunct company with a clear course towards making it even worse.

    Wait for Cramer to advertise them on his show. :P

  8. Not worth it... on BenQ's GP1 LED Projector — Small Package, Good Thing · · Score: 1

    I have a 1024x768 1700 ANSI lumen (that's 17 times and bright, and 1.6 times as big) beamer, with a price tag of only $200 more. Sure it is bigger, but the last thing that I care about is the size. Why would I move it anyway? I mean I have positioned it all carefully for the best home cinema experience.

    The only point of such a beamer would be a mobile phone. But then it would have to be at least 3000 ANSI lumen, to be of an actual use.

    So it is still a long way to go. :)
    Which does not mean that I think there is anything bad in the concept of LED beamers. :)

  9. I think they missed the point: on Dutch Gov. Wants To Tax Online Media To Fund Print · · Score: 1

    There is no valuable thing in those "news" anymore. Nobody wants them. They are by definition worth nothing to us. Only propaganda, stuff about Britney Spears showing her pussy, and other distractions from what is really going on. That is why the industry dies in the first place. For once, the free market works, and they want to stop it?

    Well. I guess they still have enough friends and employees in government. But this will change soon too.

  10. One thing is missing though: on Switching To Solar Power, One Year Later · · Score: 1

    What type of cells are these? Are they already these new super-cheap printable ones, including the lenses on top of them, and the higher efficiency types?

    I will switch my car and house energy to 100% solar, in the next 10 years. No doubt about that. So I hope I will get these new cells. I mean think of a price of $3800 instead of $38000, and double the efficiency. Anyone not buying them would be stupid, because it would be the cheapest energy you could get.

    I just hope they will print those cells on the cars too. In case you are far away from home, your batteries are empty, and maybe there isn't even a solar-powered power outlet in the area...

  11. Re:An extention of the Sharks with Lasers Idea... on Could We Beam Broadband Internet Into Iran? · · Score: 1

    Well, there are donkeys with satellite Internet: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Virtudyne_0x3a__The_Digital_Donkey.aspx
    (Don't miss out on the other parts of the series. It's a great read. And I can assure you that I checked it, and it is true.)

  12. Re:As long as we're targeting nukes... on US Plans To Bulldoze 50 Shrinking Cities · · Score: 1

    You mean it will end like this: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end

  13. Re:3D acceleration is just the new 2D acceleration on The Commodore 64 vs. the iPhone 3G S · · Score: 0, Troll

    One should compare it to Flash. But both using the same (low-res and low-color) screen and the same CPU. :P

    Seriously. Flash has way too many inner platforms in-between it and the hardware. The only thing missing in there, is a virtual CPU, emulated in Emacs. ^^

  14. Re:Unfair comparison -- didn't include FREEDOM on The Commodore 64 vs. the iPhone 3G S · · Score: 1

    So you continued to do it tomorrow. Or buy a C64 yourself.

  15. Re:What happens? on Verified Identity Pass Shuts Down "Clear" Operations · · Score: 1

    What? Moo?

  16. Yeah. Sure... on DHS To Kill Domestic Satellite Spying Program · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This was just the moment when they stopped to exist *officially*. ^^

    See if can spot a satellite, spying on your country. I bet you can, and will still be able to in a decade.

  17. Re:Seems to be a general problem. on Attack On a Significant Flaw In Apache Released · · Score: 1

    Well, then reinstall!

    And if that does not help, buy a new computer!

    It's the Windows philosophy! It can't be wrong! :P

  18. Could be any liquid. on "Definitive Evidence" For Ancient Lake On Mars · · Score: 1

    You know, like methane, or anything that is liquid at those temperatures.

    But is *absolutely MUST be water*!!!!1!!11one, mustn't it?

  19. Re:That's fine.. on Watch TV On Your Satnav · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Lets pull the warning labels off of everything, and let the problem solve itself. :)
    (No idea who said this first. So if you know it, pipe up.)

  20. Re:Looks promising on A Wiki For Cable and Connector Pin-Outs · · Score: 1

    ...which will block all relevant pages for everyone but the admins, because of "vandalism" (meaning someone disagrees with the admins' world view.)

  21. Re:RIAA on ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings · · Score: 1

    Wait, this video is of that bird is even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFy8QkNWWs&feature=related

  22. Re:Behold, the power of Net on US Open Government Initiative Enters Phase Three · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, some people *are* better than others.

    Let me guess. You are not one of those that scores high in anything?

    Funny that.

  23. Re:RIAA on ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And that one here is the head of their pirate bay, and king of all pirates, across all species: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuFyqzerHS8 :D

  24. Re:RIAA on ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings · · Score: 1

    Ha. Then they bring out cardinal richelieu: "If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged."

    You do have six lines of text on your phone, do you?

  25. How you can detect that such a software works well on US Open Government Initiative Enters Phase Three · · Score: 1

    Simple. If you can remove the politicians. Completely. And it still works, or works even better. :)

    I know it will happen. I just wonder when. :)