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  1. Re:Privacy Policy on Tracking Your Taxes · · Score: 1

    Too much legalese for me.

  2. Re:Real Beer has no rice on Budweiser Vetos Genetically Modified Rice · · Score: 1
    Correct. That's why the US has things almost, but not entirely unlike "beer", "chocolate", "bread" and "freedom".

  3. Re:What are the true risks? on New Linux Distros Insecure by Default? · · Score: 1
    I'm guessing most of us have done something similar. Once.

    We know damn well why not to run as root.

  4. Re:Nice website on Google Hacking for Penetration Testers · · Score: 1

    Ohhhhhh. Good one. NATO restricted access does not require a security clearence, but the "International Programs Security Handbook" says "NATO RESTRICTED documents may be stored in locking filing cabinets, book cases, desks, or other similar locked containers that will deter unauthorized access." so someone did indeed screw up.

  5. Re:Accessibility? on Xbox 2 To Be Unveiled on MTV May 12 · · Score: 1
    I havn't had a tv in 15+ years, and I have several friends without tv's who are gamers.

    If the next generation of consoles delivers signifigantly better gaming than PC's (as looks sure to happen), we'll buy them.

  6. Re:Global perception... on China PM Wants to Rule Global Tech With India · · Score: 1

    Ummm...Exchange rates mean nothing. It takes 108 Yen to buy one US dollar, does that somehow mean the US standard of living is 108 times that of Japan? I think not.

  7. Re:Bastards. on The Gathering 2005 · · Score: 1

    Judging from the pictures, they have no women.

  8. Re:Americans love punishment on Our Ratings, Ourselves · · Score: 4, Funny

    But it's so much more rewarding to mod them down.....

  9. Re:OS included? on Free Software on a Cheap Computer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I call BS on all three of you. Apple is a magical place, staffed by gnomes, that sells hardware, software, and drugs to children.

  10. Re:Clarification on Precision Gene Editing · · Score: 1
    For many diseases, you wouldn't need to get every cell in the body, only a propotion of the cells of a specific organ, like a bunch of bone marrow cells, for example.

    The method used can vary by treatment, but in many cases, a virus is used.

  11. Re:day pass? on Precision Gene Editing · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Give it up, Taco.

  12. Re:I don't care what they say.. on Precision Gene Editing · · Score: 1
    Devil's Advocate; There must be a point at which it no longer makes sense to spend resources and risk opening Pandora's Box just to save sick people. People die.

    GE is the technological revolution to shame them all, and will have massive impact on our society.

    That said, I'm all for it, and will be first in line for gills.

  13. Re:Submitter mischaracterises the change. on GPL 3.0 to Penalize Google, Amazon? · · Score: 1
    If you would go back and reread the OP, you will see that (s)he is making a distinction between two different types of 'redistribution' that can currently occur. No body is arguing that the examples you give are 'loopholes' that should be closed. The community definatly needs to discuss the second one, though, as it will be very common.

    IMO, if the person/company profiting from the modifications are also hosting the CPU cycles said code runs on, they should not have to open the code, but should notify the end user that some or all of the code is GPL.

  14. Re:if i dont distribute the stuff i make with auto on GPL 3.0 to Penalize Google, Amazon? · · Score: -1, Troll
    Ya know, usually, when harshly insulting people you're replying to, it helps if you know wtf you are talking about.

    Asshole.

  15. Re:Force? on First Week PSP Sales Results · · Score: 1
    It's www.psp-linux.org. IMHO these people are either scam artists or well intentioned idiots.

    Developers have to 'sign up' and "Only a small majourity[sic] is qualified for the project." The message boards have no technical content at all, and the admins running it have made some statements that indicate a deep lack of knowledge. (no knowledge of MagicGate, equating psp to generic MIPS) Critical questions get removed from the boards. Other posts are of the "d00d th1s rox0r!" variety. Donations are welcome and plugged for.

    The shitty thing is, this is stopping real work on geting linux on the psp.

  16. Re:Hacks gone Mainstream? on PSP Hacks and the Mainstream · · Score: 1
    But I know you. You got purty lips.

  17. Re:Swat it? on The Wasp Micro Air Vehicle · · Score: 1
    I'm too lazy to find a link, but I remember reading somewhere that this scale is the optimum for airfoil (fixed wing) based flight. So, until we make little flapping wings (and much smaller gps/cpus etc.), this is what we got. Still, pretty cool, and it is a scale in which consumer hardware is available.

    War games have shown time and time again that many/cheap/small beats few/expensive/big. One limit on this is that small has also meant limited. ie; a torpedo boat that can't cross an ocean, a missile w/crappy targeting. But now, cheap cpu cycles and smart software, combined with an explosion of the consumer hardware market, are enableing small and cheap to be much more capable.10,000 litle flying anti-personel mines pose a big threat to any army.

  18. Re:A rose by any other genetic code... on World's First True Blue Rose, Thanks to Biotech · · Score: 1
    From another article

    "It is now clear that the conventional hybridization could not have produced a blue rose, because roses are genetically incapable of producing delphinidin."

  19. AI on The Baby Bootstrap? · · Score: 1
    The reason you hear less about such things is because the AI research comunity finally got their heads out of the clouds. In the 50's and 60's, true AI was always 'just around the corner', helped by sci-fi and popular press stories. We now realize that these problems are hard, and are tackling smaller pieces of it.

  20. Re:I was unclear about YARV. Let me clarify on Ruby On Rails Showdown with Java Spring/Hibernate · · Score: 0, Troll
    Language is a living thing. Witness Chaucer, and his multiple spellings of one word in the same work. The 'right' way to say or spell something is largly the invention of 1800's school teachers and acedemics who thought they were better than the vulgar man on the street.

    IMO, focusing on such aspects of a persons comunication is a sign of intellectual hubris. "Well,I know several phrases in Latin." means nothing.

  21. Re:Obligatory on Modified Prius gets up to 180 Miles Per Gallon · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Looks good. on Info On Upcoming XBox MMOFPS · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I thought the statements made were pretty indicative of an awesome gaming experience. 5000 person battles in a persistant universe? Cool! The Unreal 3 demo vids show the seamless loading of gargantuan maps (vid #4), check that out, and then imagine 5000 players in that map.

  23. Re:Let's separate fact from trolls... on Scientists Weigh Smallest Mass Ever · · Score: 1
    A lot of people here are saying that "omg it's (insert something here)", implying that said thing is, in fact, smaller than the measured object. This draws on humour that we all learnt in elementry school, and is therefore appreciated by all.

  24. Re:fp on **No Title** · · Score: 1
    How is this offtopic!? What was I supposed to say?

  25. fp on **No Title** · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    frist post.