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  1. Re:Only idiots rely on a wireless device... on Nanotube Paint Blocks Cell Phones on Demand · · Score: 1

    "Does your phone alert you when it goes into "no service"? No?"

    Actually mine does. It beeps, and it beeps again when I get service.

    But most of what you said is true. This guy must be rich from all the lawsuits he's had against contractors. I've been in plenty of buildings where I'll loose service.

  2. Re:First Post on Laptops Required for Freshmen · · Score: 1

    True!

    Then they'll all need to get replaced due to water damage from all the kids crying on them during Calc 2.

  3. Re:I'm getting Vista Home Basic on Microsoft Confirms 6 Versions of Vista · · Score: 1

    You just reminded me that I've got QuickBASIC 4.5 at home somewhere.

    I should bust out some BASIC code for some old time memories.

  4. Re:Audiophile? on iTunes Music Store hits Billionth Download · · Score: 1

    This guy is an audiophile: http://www.royaldevice.com/custom.htm

    Not some kid who bought a song on iTunes.

  5. Re:Yay, math! on iTunes Music Store hits Billionth Download · · Score: 1

    "In my experience, buying an iPod is reasonable exactly because it costs so little compared to the retail value of the music it holds."

    I told the same thing to my woman when I tried to convince her to let me buy a Ferrari... How could she not value my life that much?

    BTW, you MUST take me for a ride in your school bus. Consider the (cost of contents)/(price of container) ratio on that bad boy!

  6. Re:My First Love: Legend of Zelda on Legend of Zelda Celebrates 20 Years · · Score: 1

    Agreed. It didn't seem like a Zelda game at all...

  7. Re:I've heard that one before... on Moore's Law Staying Strong Through 30nm · · Score: 1

    Quite true. I am very dumb today, for that I apologize.

    And the Equivalent Transistor Count is what I had intended to write yet somehow my brain garbled my thoughts.

    That makes the score: Me=0 Intarwebs=2 for today.

  8. Re:Off topic on Moore's Law Staying Strong Through 30nm · · Score: 1

    Damn... I'm 0 for 2 today. I hereby decree that I am dumb for today.

    5MB a pic doesn't sound too unreasonable then for very high quality images at large resolutions like a lot of cameras take today.

  9. Re:Off topic on Moore's Law Staying Strong Through 30nm · · Score: 1

    What?!? That's only like 512MB per photo!

    You make it sound like everybody doesn't take snapshots with their Hubble.

  10. Re:I've heard that one before... on Moore's Law Staying Strong Through 30nm · · Score: 0

    First off, doubling is not an exponential increase.

    Secondly, I think that before they get to any insane material limits, they'll be referring to the Equivalent Transistor Speed or future processors, by which Moore's Law might still hold.

  11. Re:Err.. on Segway Inventor Turns To Environment · · Score: 1

    I thought it was patenting the idea of a car that may or may not already exist and then waiting until it becomes hugely popular then suing them for stealing your intellectual property?

    I guess I could be wrong.

  12. Re:Depends... on Does Company-Wide Language "Standardization" Work? · · Score: 1

    They want variety until the point their boss says they have to vary.

  13. Re:Spyware? on U.S. Gov To Spider Internet · · Score: 1

    and of course it can be traced back to you.

    All data on the internet can be traced, it just depends on how much effort they decide to put into it.

  14. Re:Sensitive Information on Got a Question for Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales? · · Score: 1

    It's funny that you mention the PM article expressing hatred for conspiracy theorists, while the wtc7.net article express hatred at those who would "debunk" the conspiracies.

    If you indeed need to search for the truth yourself, I'd recommend obtaining, if you haven't already, lots of theoretical knowledge and experience with the different aspects involved. Such as physics, chemistry and all those other sciences needed to analyse the data. Then go about getting your hands on the evidence and running whatever experiments you need. If you don't trust the experts opinions then you must become an expert yourself to answer the questions.

    I'll settle for the experts opinions because I haven't the time, energy or drive to focus my life around that one event.

  15. Re:Sensitive Information on Got a Question for Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales? · · Score: 1

    Popular Mechanics ran an article discussing the top myths surrounding the 9/11 disaster using science and everything: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/12 27842.html

    It seems to answer the questions that you've been asking. These have all been answered before, but apparently not well enough.

  16. Re:no on Lockheed Martin Plans Unmanned Aircraft · · Score: 1

    "The problem wasn't behind the design, it was with the simple fact that nobody suspected a collision of that type was even possible."

    You reiterate well.

  17. Re:Sensitive Information on Got a Question for Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales? · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what they did when the information about the secret CIA camps came out and the NSA's wiretapping program.

  18. Re:red herring on Lockheed Martin Plans Unmanned Aircraft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The point of the titanic story isn't that you can't build an unsinkable ship.

    The point is that excellent design ideas often have hidden, unexpected flaws that are easily exploitable.

    It just happens that the titanics' flaw was just the thing it was designed against.

  19. Re:big balloon at war on Lockheed Martin Plans Unmanned Aircraft · · Score: 1

    What a TITANIC idea!

    I'm going to design a ship that works on that principle!

    This way a tear in the hull would only fill one section and not sink the entire ship!

    BRILLIANT!

  20. Re:Sad. on Solar Energy Becoming More Pervasive · · Score: 1

    The hybrid car market isn't for you yet.

    Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed your visit.

  21. Even better on Kama Sutra Worm Could Make For A Bad Friday · · Score: 4, Funny

    CasualSax's Rusty Trombone pounds the US in the IS.

  22. Re:In Soviet Russia.... on New Honda Accord Drives Itself · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia... YOU drive Car!

  23. Re:Slashdot investigate Microsoft game strategy on Microsoft to Enter Handheld Market? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think in this case its:

    1) Profit!
    2) ????
    3) Make Game Console!

  24. Re:Not surprised on Britons Unconvinced on Evolution · · Score: 1, Funny

    RAMEN!

  25. Re:Et tu, Britannia? on Britons Unconvinced on Evolution · · Score: 1

    Please submit one photo so that the appropriate monument may be constructed.