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  1. Support Good News Sites on Explaining the Lack of Quality Journalism In the Internet Age (gawker.com) · · Score: 1

    Support Good News Sites

    http://www.democracynow.org/

  2. Simple - you don't redefine time on Did Benjamin Franklin Invent Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    Any programmer knows that you don't redefine time itself - wrong answer.

  3. Don't ReDefine Time on Daylight Savings Time Increases Energy Use In Indiana · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Down with DST!

    1) Any good developer knows you don't redefine time. If a business wants to start work early, just say start at 7AM.

    2) What about all the wasted time spent dealing with the change?

  4. What can _I_ do about it? on FBI Wants Authority To Filter Net Backbone · · Score: 1

    What can _I_ do about it?

    Fund those addressing it legally:
      - Support www.aclu.org
      - Support www.eff.org

    Talk with my local congress or senate representative.

    Talk with my friends and coworkers about this, so they understand what it really means.

    Ideas?

  5. Test Data on Connecticut Governor Seeks to Protect Personal Data Online · · Score: 1

    Add a unique test entry to the opt-out list, so that the databases could be checked for it's existence. This could be both 1) when someone uses a service and has opted out (to check the system is right) and 2) to check people aren't pulling from the opt-out list. There might be legal basis of a violation in some circumstances. just an idea

  6. Other TA Versions on Total Annihilation Sequel Preview · · Score: 1

    While you wait, checkout these other ports:

    http://taspring.clan-sy.com/screenshots.php
    • TA in 3d using a custom graphics engine
    • has all the original units
    • checkout the movies
    http://ua.tauniverse.com/
    • TA in 3d using an unreal graphics engine
    • has all the original units
    • checkout the pictures.
    The TA community is live with an active single and multiplayer action. I would say the best overall quality that TA has is that it scales. You can play on a tiny map where you control the actions of each unit. Or you can play 10 players each with 5000 units in huge epic battles.

    Def
  7. Why not use JBOSS? on IBM buys Gluecode · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If you are wanting a free J2EE application server, why not use http://www.jboss.org/?

    What am I missing here?

    Def

  8. Great for LANs on Due Next Year: Dell's 19-inch Laptop · · Score: 1

    Better than a shuttle for portability at LAN parties. The crucial issues are cost and obsolescence (harder to upgrade). I would be very interested. Def

  9. Re:Fractions of Infinity on Escape from the Universe · · Score: 1

    Yikes, please excuse me for not proofreading! I meant that the set of Whole Numbers is the same size as the set of Even Numbers even though the Even Numbers lack the _Odd_Numbers_. And many other errors..

  10. Re:Fractions of Infinity on Escape from the Universe · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm missing something, but if you cut infinity in half you still have infinity. There is no reduction in the size even though it may not have some of the items you cut out. For example a list of all even numbers and a list of all numbers are both equally infinite and the same size even though the list of even numbers doesn't have some of the elements - the negative numbers. So, I don't think your example is correct.

    However, I agree with what you are getting at.. that different sized infinities imply that there isn't necessarily infinite wormholes per universe. There are different sized infinities.. not by dividing or subtracting however.

    Notes

    1) Using a digitalization argument you can show that the number of whole numbers is "countably infinite" while the number of real numbers (fractional numbers) is "uncountably infinite". And thus the infinite set of real numbers is larger than the infinite set of whole numbers. There are other examples and this might relate to the "size" of the universe and/or the number of universes.

    1) See http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/CantorsDiagonal Argument.html

  11. Re:Something to think about... on Escape from the Universe · · Score: 3, Informative

    An interesting observation..

    Keep in mind that there are there are different "sizes" of infinity ("proof" below). If you accept this, you can accept that having an infinite number of universes and an infinite number of universe bridging wormholes, does not imply an infinite number of wormholes in each universe.

    Notes

    1) Using a digitalization argument you can show that the number of whole numbers is "countably infinite" while the number of real numbers (fractional numbers) is "uncountably infinite". And thus the infinite set of real numbers is larger than the infinite set of whole numbers.

    2) Note 1/2 of infinity (e.g. even numbers) is still equal in size to infinity (e.g. all whole numbers). We're talking cardinality here.

    3) See http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/CantorsDiagonal Argument.html

  12. Re:Okay since heat is IR... on Breakthrough Efficient, Paintable Solar Cells · · Score: 2, Informative

    IR != heat IR is radiation as a result of heat. Your CPU is primarily cooled by conduction (having a large heat sink absorb the heat, distribute it, then itself radiate the heat. You could surround your CPU with the stuff and get back some of the energy that was radiated through inefficiency (heat), but that wouldn't be too significant.

  13. Re:Jad... on Decompiling Java · · Score: 1

    JAD is easy. 1) Download it at http://kpdus.tripod.com/jad.html#download 2) unzip your jar files you want to decompile 3) jad -o -r -sjava -dsrc 'tree/**/*.class' Done! Defiant

  14. Re:Mod'ing games, eh? on Online Consoles Marginalizing PC Gaming? · · Score: 1

    Making maps Mods. A mod can be a completely new game, such as Desert Combat is a free total conversion of Battlefield 1942. Derek

  15. Re:whats worse (Software Solution) on Inappropriate Spam Reaching Children? · · Score: 1

    Software to Preview Mail before Kids Read, if you wait for the preview pane you are way too late. http://www.deerfield.com used to provide a desktop firewall/mailserver which would sandbox your kids mail until you approve it then it would forward into their LAN account. Pre-Approved addresses pass without visual inspection. This product was discontinued. The discontinued beta is floating out there, but may not be reliable. Anyone know of software to meet this need? Defiant!

  16. Re:Well ... on How Yoda Became an Action Star · · Score: 1


    Yoda did win. Dooku had to retreat. Certainly if Dooku was stronger, he would have destroyed Yoda.

  17. Re:Did Katz even watch this movie? (maybe spoilers on Review: Panic Room · · Score: 1

    The Forest Whitaker character could have just as easily assured that the net connection was disabled. This is hardly a flaw.