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  1. Re:What does decimate mean? on Ellison: Linux Will Soon Decimate MS Windows · · Score: 1

    Actually, the best definition of how it is used today. is to reduce catastrophically.

  2. Re:My girlfriend uses OpenOffice... on Ellison: Linux Will Soon Decimate MS Windows · · Score: 1

    That's nothing, My mother uses TeX.

  3. Re:Technophobia is not a phobia on Can Your PC Become Neurotic? · · Score: 1

    Well, changing your own oil, costs $10-13US + 1-2 hours of my time + disposal Vs $12-20US +15 minutes of reading a book.

  4. Re:Not good journalism on Photographer Fired For Digitally Altering Photo · · Score: 1

    Or, even better

    "Politicians are ... always ... your friends."

  5. Re:What I have always been wondering.. on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    According to the article, it is powered by smoke and mirrors. Oh yeah something about Polonium

  6. Re:Bzzt! on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    IF the Iraqi soldiers were as supportive of Saddam Hussein as the Japanese were in WW2 or even as supportive as the general US population is of Bush, we would be encountering just such traps. Thus we can logically, but not with absolute certainty deduce that the loyalty of the Iraqi populace to their leader is not certain, sure or even particularly noticable.

  7. Re:Another half-baked Army project on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the M-16 doesn't kill the guy carrying it if he drops it hard.

  8. Re:Advantages? on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1
    since now the bad guys will actually HIT someone when they shoot.
    How do you figure? In Star wars, the storm troopers couldn't hit a stationary target.
  9. Re:Sniping on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    How does effective range 1500m= 3 times current effective sniper range?

  10. Re:interesting numbers on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    M16 Recoil is not even noticable. I wasn't able to find statistics either, but 90 lbs of recoil would basically put a 200 lb adult flat on his back from a standing position.

  11. Re:yeah, right on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    Well, according to the article, the laser when firing produces a jet of gas producing ~90 Pounds of recoil.

  12. Re:Lethal? on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1
    Yup, and according to this.
    Additionally, residual Po-210 thermal energy must dissipated while the weapon is in a storage mode-in essence the system produces 104 kW of heat energy which if harnessed through a RTG generator, could be used to provide significant electrical energy.
    Sounds like it will burn your hands off too. Guess we could mount it on a predator or perhaps only go to war in Antarctica.
  13. Re:Effectiveness issues.. on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    OH, fear not, you can now give someone a rash at close range using a laser the size of a jeep.

  14. Re:One Problem on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    Actually with a moderately low power(lethal) laser, it would kill by burning in, but it wouldn't burn through because it would disperse and since you would be firing in "bursts" that would disperse on "impact" or at around 2-5000m.

  15. Re:What I have always been wondering.. on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    Others include dealing with the constant output of the current energy source, and the 90 Pounds of recoil per shot.

  16. Lethal? on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    I've read about these things, and unless there is some breakthrough that wasn't mentioned above, the worst this rifle will do is cause a bad rash. The smallest potentially lethal power source and mirro set would fit(barely) into a full size Railroad car. Star wars isn't coming soon without a breakthrough in safe portable high output power and mass production of industrial mirrors. Perhaps they are using Meta-mirrors.

  17. Re:What about the hobbit? on Peter Jackson remaking King Kong · · Score: 1

    Also the Fan video was very convincing until I read contradictory evidence. Hobbit trailer By Steve

  18. What about the hobbit? on Peter Jackson remaking King Kong · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I thought Peter Jackson had signed on to do the Hobbit next. I know Ian Mckellan will be involved.

  19. Re:It's an excellent strategy. on Windows 2003 Going Gold · · Score: 1
    It will still be a single user OS underneath all the hype and the pretty user interface.
    What color is the sky in your world. Using NT 5.x and its proprietary file system provides a complete multi-user solution complete with file permissions at user/group/supergroup level.
  20. Re:You're under arrest for impersonating a lawyer. on Dell Takes the Low Road Regarding Ink Cartridges · · Score: 1

    Well,except for the fact that Hess and Exxon are still doing business, as are Ford and Chevy.

  21. Re:Soon on Plasmon Exhibits Working Blue Laser DVD Drive · · Score: 1

    Yoda used a Green laser. Therefore Green must be coolest.

  22. Re:be advised on Microsoft Refuses To Fix NT 4.0 Exploit · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'm replying to my own post. Here is another IBM Product. Which oddly enough will run on the one referenced previously.

  23. Re:be advised on Microsoft Refuses To Fix NT 4.0 Exploit · · Score: 1

    If you are running a system more than 10 years old, you either do not need support/upgrades(because the system works as is for all you need to do and your only connection to the world is 33.6) or you need support like IBM Provides. PS/2 Model 30(8086)

  24. Re:Not when you see the price on Plasmon Exhibits Working Blue Laser DVD Drive · · Score: 1

    Well, if you weren't an AC, Perhaps I would. Ah well. Your chance has passed. No further requests will be honoured.

  25. Re:Not when you see the price on Plasmon Exhibits Working Blue Laser DVD Drive · · Score: 1

    When presenting poetry it is generally key to correctly spell safety Indeed your rhyming will be perfect frequently