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  1. I have another perspective on these findings on Scientists Study Getting an Unwanted Tune Out of Your Head · · Score: 1

    It means that if a kid at school, or a white collar worker claims to have a song stuck in their head; it means that they are slacking off at school/work.

  2. Re:Have done this for 3 years in the US. on How a Programmer Gets By On $16K/Yr: He Moves to Malaysia · · Score: 1

    How did you get the building, electrical, and plumbing inspectors to approve connecting that thing to the municipal systems?

  3. Re:30 hours per week? on How a Programmer Gets By On $16K/Yr: He Moves to Malaysia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You should quit buying into the propaganda put into place by popular media that every place in the world that isn't the United States is some sort of shit hole that is full of disease and famine. You'll find that the rest of the world is quite nice.

  4. Re:Not a bad idea on A Moon Base Made From Lunar Dust · · Score: 2

    I believe this is one reason why the new suits are entered through the back and directly attach and detach from the ship. When the Apollo astronauts went to the moon, they brought their suit in with them and would get moon dust all over them. Now do this with a long duration stay, or on Mars where we know even less about the soil, and we have a real problem. The Z1 Suit solves a lot of cross contamination issues. Granted, this solves almost no problems in the arena of making a base out of local materials.

  5. Looks like he matured and quit playing video games on Where Have All the Gadgets Gone? · · Score: 0

    and got rid of a bunch of random cell phones.

  6. Re:Big plans on NASA Wants New Space Net To Sustain Big Data Dumps; Moon and Mars Trips · · Score: 1

    I know that it's an unpopular sentiment to say anything pro-nasa/pro-us about the space race, but the United States is the only country developing a super heavy lift vehicle (SLS). Many label it as a jobs program, but that is simply not the case.

  7. Terrible move by a dying entity on Best Buy Follows Yahoo in Banning Remote Work · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is a terrible move by a dying entity that is showing its irrelevance by going back further into the dark ages.

  8. Automatic Hyperlinking on Typing These 8 Characters Will Crash Almost Any App On Your Mountain Lion Mac · · Score: 1

    It appears that this has something to do with URL validation for automatic hyperlinking in text fields. I am assuming that it does some sort of procedure that causes File:///[no carrier]

  9. Re:Is minecraft the only software they can find? on Swedish School Makes Minecraft Lessons Compulsory · · Score: 0

    I have a problem with schools promoting a proprietary non free system within the educational system. If they do anything, it should be Free Software built with public funds.

  10. Re:SLS? on Want To Buy a Used Spaceport? · · Score: 2

    They don't need all of them, and don't plan to use the entire VAB. As far as I know, the Vehicle Assembly Building was designed to prepare several Saturn V's at once, as NASA once had a vision of launching many Saturn V vehicles in a short amount of time. SLS is only scheduled to fly once per year.

  11. Re:2010 was the end on Does 2012 Mark the End of the Netbook? · · Score: 2

    I'm not trying to say that data centers aren't a large industry in and of themselves, but using a consumer level netbook in one doesn't necessarily make usage of netbooks by system admins a large chunk of their sales.

  12. Re:2010 was the end on Does 2012 Mark the End of the Netbook? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, but you have to realize that sysadmins don't represent a large segment of the market.

  13. Re:2010 was the end on Does 2012 Mark the End of the Netbook? · · Score: 2

    I agree. The netbook was nothing but a quick bait and switch by manufacturers that wanted to make a quick buck off of the recession. The image of a business person using a netbook is just that. Users of netbooks were people with little money looking for a new toy, and nothing more.

  14. Re:Router and HDD on Ask Slashdot: Easiest Way To Consolidate Household Media? · · Score: 1

    It really bothers me that everyone here is propping up all these new proprietary system for something like a backup solution whenever there are so many open alternatives.

    Almost anything is better than buying some black box solution that will sure to be outdated and out of the users control in a year.

  15. March of this ... on In Japan, PlayStation 2 Ends a 12-Year Run · · Score: 2

    March of this year has already passed. I believe that they mean March 2013, which would be March of next year.

  16. Maybe they are realizing on Samsung Drops European Injunction Requests Against Apple · · Score: 1

    Maybe Apple and Samsung are realizing that nobody but the lawyers win when they put so much effort into suing each other. While Steve Jobs was mad at Google for producing Android behind his back while key members of Google sat on their board, maybe Apple is starting to realize that just like the Microsoft situation where almost the same thing happened with their Operating Systems that in order for Apple to win Google and others don't have to lose. It's should be about having the best product and nothing else. I hope that Apple will follow Samaung and drop their suits.

  17. Re:Compare and contrast on Video Tour of the International Space Station · · Score: 2

    Mission to Mir Part 1/3
    Mission to Mir Part 2/3
    Mission to Mir Part 3/3

    I love how the Soyuz hasn't changed much at all since it's inception.

  18. Microsoft never ceases to amaze me on Steve Jobs Was Wrong About Touchscreen Laptops · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft never ceases to amaze me at their skill in manipulating the press, reviewers of tech, and a certain group of power users into pushing all of this crap down our throats. I take the word of the Independent Software Vendors that have chastised Windows 8 time and time again better than a bunch of pundits working for a bunch of sell-out bloggers and news agencies. Microsoft is a dying empire, with Windows 2000/Office 2000 being it's peak. Ever since then it's been down hill with the occasional plateau. I'm just waiting for someone else to come in and do better. Right now if you're looking to build a whitebox machine and load it up with the latest and greatest, you're going to be full of disappointment.

  19. Re:Air Water Machine on Water Bottle Fills Itself From the Air · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is a difference between solving a problem with physics and chemistry with materials technologies, and solving one with electrical and mechanical engineering. It's like dissing the transistor because we have relays...

  20. Next step on Water Bottle Fills Itself From the Air · · Score: 1

    Genetically engineer this process straight into the body.

    Or maybe market it. I'm not good at prioritizing steps.

  21. This is going to be very unpopular to say on Form1 3D Printer and Kickstarter Get Sued For Patent Infringment · · Score: 1

    But this company is definitely not a patent troll, and it looks like they make great products:

    http://www.3dsystems.com/personal-3d-printers

    I think that they should try and settle with the startup and allow them to pay them a license fee for each printer sold. $50/printer and everyone is happy. They get to use the patent and everyone goes home happy. The guy heading the startup should just call the big company and see what they can work out.

    Anything can be negotiated.

    This is definitely not legal advice, it could make things way worse, and I am not a lawyer.

  22. Article brings random wonder... on Artificial Muscles Pack a Mean Punch · · Score: 2

    I wonder if such a technology could be used in artificially enhancing the muscles of a person to make a super-human, or super-soldier. The chemistry can't be that complex, so I'm sure it's possible through bio-chemical engineering. I'd bet $100 that the US and others have done it before.

  23. Old time idea on Honda's "Micro Commuter" Features Swappable Bodies · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't know if anybody here remembers the Volkswagen Thing. Modular body for different purposes. The vehicle is probably older than most here..

  24. This reminds of one of my favorite lawyer movies on Apple Pays Only 2% Corporate Tax Outside US · · Score: 1

    The Firm (1993). Tom Cruise was about to take the bar and his superior at the firm says, "Here's a multiple choice. The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is: A) Whatever the IRS says. B) A smart lawyer. C) Ten years in prison. D) All of the above"

  25. Re:I just have to wonder... on Tesla Model S Named 'Car of the Year' · · Score: 2

    2010 called, it wants my knee-jerk reaction back. Looks like it is mass produced..