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  1. Re:I wonder if the hackers would stop.. on Sony Compromised, Again · · Score: 1

    Did you read your links? Sony didn't make it past the round of 16 in the worst company in America contest. BP and Bank of America were the two worst,

  2. Re:So, how long before... on Will Netflix Destroy the Internet? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The FRESH AIR service is over rated. It's polluted by too much reality programming.

  3. Re:what? on Chinese News Reports the Taliban Are Training Monkey Soldiers · · Score: 1

    The Taliban have a long history of working with Primates. As early as 2001 they were well documented as working with one Johnny Chimpo (aka Johannes Chimpo) who would run around with his butler doing naughty things. Luckily for them his butler was there to persuade him to not let the great Satan tempt him with western culture and that he must remain true to his Taliban warlords. You can find out more about this and the Taliban's Primate related connection with the American drug trade from the documentary described here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247745/

  4. Re:6 Atom transistor on Researchers Create 4nm Transistor With Seven Atoms · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would someone tell me how this happened? We were the fucking vanguard of quantum transistors in this country. The University of New South Wales' Centre for Quantum Computer Technology (CQCT) Mach7 was the quantum transistor to own. Then the other guy came out with a seven-atom transistor. Were we scared? Hell, no. Because we hit back with a little thing called the Mach7Turbo. That's seven atoms and an aloe strip. For moisture. But you know what happened next? Shut up, I'm telling you what happened--the bastards went to six atoms. Now we're standing around with our cocks in our hands, selling seven atoms and a strip. Moisture or no, suddenly we're the chumps. Well, fuck it. We're doing 5 atoms!

  5. Re:Timeline on What Is Time? One Researcher Shares His Exploration · · Score: 1

    Horton Hears a Who? Come on. These theories are crap. The answer was given many years ago by a very wise fellow. I quote: "Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based life forms to monitor their ongoing decay" -Thundercleese.

  6. Re:Conveniently forgetting the details on Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop · · Score: 1

    Actually they do. There were numerous times in Iraq that we would shoot at mortar rounds or artillery rounds until they blew up, usually using 7.62 from the inside of a tank several hundred meters away. Of course it may have had something to do with the tracer rounds and may not apply to normal ammunition, we never really bothered to thoroughly test.

  7. Re:magic and time travel on The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and the Chicago Cubs · · Score: 1

    I'm with you. Time is a measurement of movement, not a dimension that can be moved back and forth within. As the great Thundercleese once said, "Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based life forms to monitor their ongoing decay!"

  8. Re:What about... on Expedition To Explore an Alaska-Sized Plastic "Island" · · Score: 1

    I don't think you're looking at this in the right light. For one, you're going to end up polluting the air by burning all that plastic in the volcano. Two, who is going to pay for it? It's not economically viable. I have a much better solution. That big boat forms blocks with round protruding bits on top. The smaller boats then position them next to each other in the sea. The helicopter then places certain blocks on top of each other. The end product looks like this! It is then leased out to pirates as a hideout.

  9. Re:Learn a UNIX on Getting Beyond the Helldesk · · Score: 1

    Since when do RedHat exams have answers? They are all practical tests now (and have been for a long time I think). The "questions" are:
    1) boot this computer, doesn't work? Fix it. Still doesn't work? Fix some other stuff.
    2) create some users and give them access to this and that
    3) install and configure this program and that program
    4) now install this infrastructure resource and make it work
    5) hurry up and finish, you're almost out of time!

    FWIW Microsoft has even added some practical content, but they are nowhere near as good as the RedHat exams.

  10. Re:not exactly a good record on Dodd's Filibuster Threat Stalls Wiretap Bill · · Score: 1

    Criminals should be punished commensurate with the harm their actions cause. The fact that you can imagine the same act causing less harm if some other victim were substituted isn't a defense. It's like defending yourself at a murder trial by saying "sure, I shot that guy in the face; but I shouldn't be punished for it because if the victim had been a midget, instead, the bullet would have passed harmlessly overhead. It's his fault for being so tall."

    It doesn't make any sense. There's no provision in criminal law that I'm aware of for "affirmative defense by substitution of hypothetical victim who would have been harmed less by the same action."


    You're right it doesn't make any sense, because thats not what I'm advocating. The crime of burning a cross on someones yard should be punished the same regardless of race, religion, sexuality, ect. If it can be proven that the crime terrorized the community then separate terrorism charges should be leveled against the offender, in addition to the original charges. The original offense of burning the cross should be treated the same regardless of race though. To treat it in any other way is racism in itself and is just plain wrong in my mind.

  11. Re:not exactly a good record on Dodd's Filibuster Threat Stalls Wiretap Bill · · Score: 1

    Motivation should not be part of the sentencing for a crime though. Intention yes, "Did he intend to run over the pedestrian?" Not "He intended to run over the pedestrian BECAUSE the pedestrian was a different race". Yes, if you ran someone over by accident you should get a different sentence than if you ran someone over on purpose. Your sentence should be even worse if it was premeditated, planned and schemed as opposed to an act of momentary emotion, a crime of passion. That is where motivation should come in. I should get the same sentence for planning and killing someone my significant other is cheating with as you would get for planning and killing someone because of their race. One reason is not better than another to explain why the crime was committed, so one should not get off easier than the other.

  12. Re:not exactly a good record on Dodd's Filibuster Threat Stalls Wiretap Bill · · Score: 1

    You're comparing apples to oranges. Burning a giant cross and burning garbage are two separate things. Your argument falls to pieces when proper comparisons are made. Is burning a cross on a black families lawn nastier than burning a cross on an Asian families lawn? Is burning garbage behind an Asian families house worse than burning garbage behind a white families house?

    So yes, burning a cross on someones lawn should hold different penalties than burning trash in someone else's back yard, but regardless of the race involved. In instances like this, "thought", should not be involved, just the act. Penalties should be the same for white on white, white on black, black on white, etc.

  13. Re:Almost on Analyzing 20,000 MySpace Passwords · · Score: 1

    I have two friends that used fuckyou as a password for everything. For places requiring 8-12 characters the choice was almost always fuckyoubitch or fuckyouass. They came up with these ingenious passwords independently. Why these? I think it's just easy for them to remember as they are the most popular words in their vocabularies.

  14. Re:One more possibility on Snakes on The Net Fail to Put Butts in the Seats · · Score: 1

    I thought it was great myself. My only complaint was that Samuel L Jackson didn't say "Motha-Fuckin" enough. If you went in expecting it to be anything other than funny and campy then you went in with the wrong expectations. It had everything that people who like that kind of movie enjoy, such as humor, surprise jump out of your seat moments, and titties! The characters were well developed, the effects were for the most part believable (better than "A Phantom Menace" anyways), and the story, while ridiculous, was entertaining. It was much better than I expected. I also don't think it was gross horror. I don't think it was horror at all really. Everyone has their own tastes though.

  15. Re:Hmm on The Face of One AOL Searcher Exposed · · Score: 1

    While browsing a search for porn I found this:

    24824393 free porn 2006-05-29 19:41:35
    19539506 free porn 2006-04-09 10:56:40
    19254818 6-12 kiddie porn 2006-05-22 00:24:52 http://business.newsforge.com/
    21595924 family guy porn 2006-04-19 23:05:46 http://www.midon.com/
    21595924 naruto porn 2006-04-19 19:58:44 http://www.freenarutohentai.com/

    Is there something the editors of Newsforge need to tell us?

  16. Re:Lots of info left out of the summary... on Microsoft Releases AntiSpyware Program · · Score: 1

    How would this extend their monopoly? They know they have a problem and are trying to fix it. It's a good thing, be happy...

  17. Re:Fun with Hydrogen Jets on The Physics of the Hydrogen Economy · · Score: 1

    It's colorless AND heatless fire!

  18. Re:No closer on U.S. Cancels Fusion Program · · Score: 1

    Well geeze, that is even worse. With all the dumb birds not breeding because they died in tragic windmill accidents, the inadvertant selective breeding of these birds will make them smarter and smarter until they rise up and overthow us humans! Wind power will be the death of us all!!!

  19. Re:Let's make a deal on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1

    I live an hour away from my workplace (53 Miles), my townhouse cost $103K. New townhouses recently went up next to my workplace, they started at "Low 500's". Apperently they are now up around $600k. To get an older townhouse in this area I would still be looking at around $400k.

  20. Re:Heres a company - up to 80% efficiency. on Where are the 70% Efficient Solar Cells? · · Score: 4, Informative

    This company actually seems to be developing the very technology, or very similar, in the patent posted in the story. At This page on the Lumeloid website, they list the technology coming from Alvin Marks, the same person listed in the patent.

  21. Re:EQ isn't too good on EverQuest: What You Really Get From an Online Game · · Score: 1

    Actually when it comes to the first graphical online RPG, "The Shadow of Yserbius" on Sierra Online was around long before Meridian 59. In fact it was just closing it's doors around the time Meridian was coming out of Beta. Yserbius was officially released in 1992, Meridian in 1996.

  22. Re:Buried in the site on Incredible Images of the Sun · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For distances of 100 miles that may be true. However we really do need enhanced imaging on the battlefield. As the gunner of an M1A1 Abrams main battle tank, I can kill a target at 3500 meters, but I can't tell what it is. For all I know it could be a friendly vehicle. At 3500 meters it's very difficult to tell the difference between an allied Canadian Leopard 2 and an Iraqi T-72. Recent upgrades to the M1A2's include higher power lenses (up to 50x), which help for identification, but remove your view of most of the battlefield. A very sharp image would have a huge benefit in preventing fratricide. Certainly we do not need the extreme image enhancing done in this article, but something scaled down would be great.

  23. Re:Face It on Transmeta Needs Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that be KCN? CN is the symbol for Cyanide....

  24. Re:dry ice on Fun with Fog Generators · · Score: 1

    From the looks of it, you should be the last one to point out someone else's mistakes. C02 would be 2 carbons and no oxygen, or oxeygen as you call it. Now if it were C0O2, you would be correct, but as you so nicely articulated, it was written See-Zero-Two. Try previewing your post, or at least thinking about what you are typing next time.

  25. Triumph the what? on Secrets Of BIOS Tweaking · · Score: 1

    Do you mean Triumph the Insult Comic Dog? Come on, if you're going to quote such a legendary comedic figure, get his name right....