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  1. Meteor or Meteorite? on Meteorite Strikes Indian Village · · Score: 1

    A meteor becomes a meteorite once it hits the ground, so for one to strike an Indian village someone would have to break into the Smithosonian, steal one, and drop it from a plane.

  2. Re:Honestly.... on Are We Not Ready For 64-Bit? · · Score: 1
    99.9% of the population do not use the currently level of computing power available.
    Yeah but 82.12% of statistics are wrong.
  3. Re:unfortunately... on P2P Services Speak Out Against Gnutella2 · · Score: 1

    Very nice, I apologize for making the fatal error of assuming the world was devoid of assholes.

  4. Re:unfortunately... on P2P Services Speak Out Against Gnutella2 · · Score: 1

    There is a p2p app where you can find only good music. J5 will turn up more files than Nsync. However, it's a small community and we'd like to keep it that way. I'll just say if you care enough it's not impossible to find a music message board that will tell you what it is. I'd appreciate if no one posted it here.

  5. Re:Good idea, bad timing on Buy a Segway... Please · · Score: 1

    I don't doubt that, but I've read each segway has the equivalent of 4 average PC's worth of processing hardware to handle all the gyroscope data and balancing software. A segway released in 2008 that was $500, weighed 15 lbs, and ran on an ultra efficient stirling instead of an electric motor would be a viable product. The one right now is totally unmarketable.

  6. Good idea, bad timing on Buy a Segway... Please · · Score: 1

    For a smart guy Kamen really dropped the ball on this one. He should have waited for his miniature Stirling engine to be ready for production, and for the computer hardware required to balance the thing to be much, much cheaper. Exactly what target market was he aiming for with an 80lb. $5000 scooter?

  7. What I don't get... on Rand Expert Says To Keep Mum About Killer Asteroids · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If they were dead certain that extinction was inevitable what difference would it make whether we knew about it or not. Frankly, I'd rather go out in a riotous orgy of sex and violence than dragging my ass out of bed at 6 like it was a regular day. Those snooty eggheads want to cheat all of us out of our "what if you had one day to live" fantasies.

  8. Not all it's cracked up to be on Open Content Music Database Launched · · Score: 2, Informative

    I did a quick query for the artist Tosca (aka Richard Dorfmeister of Kruder and Dorfmeister) who is big in the downtempo music scene and it only turned up one of his full albums, one remix disc, and a compilation he has a track on. AllMusicGuide has nine discs by him in their db, most with well-written (albeit characteristically glowing) reviews, and an in-depth artist bio. CDDB had them all too.

  9. No offense to China on China Forges Ahead With 'Dragon' CPU · · Score: 1

    ...but let's hope their chip yields are more compeitive than their rocket launch success rate.

  10. Gulf War Syndrome on Saddam's Inbox Hacked · · Score: 1
    We don't know what caused Gulf War Syndrome, or if the US government is responsible. The only evidence of a coverup is the evidence that the symptoms are so vague that no one even thought to look at it as a separate illness until sometime after the war.

    Food for thought
  11. Re:But which point of view? on Napster: The Movie · · Score: 2, Insightful
    It would be great if MTV could find a middle ground, explain the situation, and let the viewer decide who is right or wrong, hero or enemy.
    CNN doesn't even do that.
  12. Re:Actually, it does on Theory-Affirming Evidence About the Universe · · Score: 1
    If you assume that a "day" really means "day" in the Bible for the first 7 days (and why wouldn't you?)
    Because then 150 million years of Dinosaurs ruling the earth goes unaccounted for. At least thats what I was told in hebrew school.
  13. Re:Precisely on Chip Makers Selling Fewer High-End CPUs · · Score: 1
    Why in the world would anyone want to spend the money on a top of the line processor when they can buy an entire computer based on a value processor for $299 at Walmart.com?
    Actually the XBOX is only $199 now. :)
  14. Do you know what this means! on Attack of the Really Big Clones · · Score: 1

    Bad acting on a scale never before imagined.

  15. "It's the economy, stupid" on Will CGI Collapse the Hollywood Economy? · · Score: 1

    If CG makes movie making exceptionally inexpensive, but box office, DVD, and spin off revenue remains constant (or more likely grows) the profit margin will go through the roof, and Hollywood will be in better shape than ever.

  16. Re:Something I actually know about on Electronic Music 101? · · Score: 1

    Yeah I'm sure. Why don't you get some taste or at least expand your musical palette and get back to me. allmusicguide

  17. Something I actually know about on Electronic Music 101? · · Score: 1

    I don't post much because I'll just get laughed at, but this is one topic I know a thing or three about.
    These artists represent some of the best in electronic music including Acid Jazz, Ambient, Trip Hop, Drum 'n' Bass, and House.
    Air, Amon Tobin, Bill Laswell, Björk, Bobby Hughes Experience, Brian Eno, Boozoo Bajou, Cibo Matto, Coldcut, DJ Mark Farina, DJ Spooky, Dusted, dZihan & Kamien, Femi Kuti, Fila Brazillia, Howie B, Kid Loco, Kruder & Dorfmeister, L.S.G, LTJ Bukem, Massive Attack, Nightmares on Wax, Prefuse 73, Roni Size, Smith & Mighty, Syrup, Talvin Singh, Terra Nova Thievery Corporation, Underworld
    On the web check out betalounge, groovetech, epitonic, and thedownbeat