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  1. Re:I know this is an oft repeated point but on Upbeat on E-books · · Score: 1

    Yes, it appears everyime, because its correct.
    Of course, technology improves, so there will be a time it wont be relevant anymore.
    Something like 5-10 years, i guess, with current display technology improvements.

  2. Re:Who would play the role? on Harrison Ford Confirms Indiana Jones IV Production · · Score: 1

    There is a SLIGHT difference between jumping from an adult action hero to a teenager (like indy3->young indiana jones) and jumping from an soon-too-old action here to a new one in the 30s or so.

  3. Re:6 months is a fair amount? on Infineon Execs Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing · · Score: 1

    not to mention what "overpriced" actually means:
    At that time the cutthroat competition lead to sales below manufaturing cost, the fixed prices were just as high as the goods were worth...

  4. Re:ahhh on Is Some Software Meant to be Secret? · · Score: 1

    Even milestone 12 or 13 were lightyears ahead of the damn piece of shit that was netscape v4.7x
    I was actually HAPPY to be able to use IE5 at university after a year of that...
    And i guess that Mozilla would have been even better if they hadnt only scrapped the rendering engine, but everything else, too. konquerer with khmtl is a great example that rewriting something really broken isnt any faster or better then a completly clean start.

  5. Re:It's not OCR on Search Engines for Handwritten Documents · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Er.... Do i seriously miss something here or was only some mod fooled by a troll?

    Lets examine your definitions:
    Ocr: document->RGB(via light)->pixels->patern recognition
    PTC: Document->Pixels(via light)->RGB->patern recognition.
    Of course you forget that there are no rgb values here, because its black/white, so there is only a brightness value per pixel left. So what is the difference?

    Sounds really AWFULLY different...

    Maybe its just your description that is lacking...

  6. Re:Numbercruncher on Embedded Gentoo? · · Score: 1

    In old days, your kernal had WAY less codelines that in has now... (likely a factor of 10-50).

  7. Re:compiling on Embedded Gentoo? · · Score: 1

    Ok, you got 3 dedicated servers, and use them for distributed compiling.
    Fine for you, but do you REALLY think your case matters at all for normal users?

  8. Re:You must've lived in a crappy place. on IBM Puts PC Business Up for Sale · · Score: 1

    Well, i guess you had your amstrad to late.
    The 8086 ones came years after the old z80 ones (464,664,6128), which were definitvely NOT ibm compatible...

  9. Re:And I have no doubt... on Microsoft Launches Blogging Site · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Media player number 2?
    Forget it.
    Just about EVERYBODY i know who used a computer and isnt a nerd uses wmp, because thats with the computer when he/she gets it...
    Installing a 3rd party media player is allready an act of deeper understanding of computers...

  10. Re:Sound dampening on Fanless Media Center Box · · Score: 1

    Yes, its possible, but not really easy, because everything that absorbs sound doesnt really conduct heat well, and fan-openings are also sound-openings.

    So no total silence....

  11. Forgot one thing: on NASA's Deep Impact · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Look at the numbers:
    The impact power of the copper rod is 4+ tonnes of TNT. IF you wanted to double the blast, you would have to send more than 4 tonnes of explosives.
    at 30km/s+, the kinetic energy of the material is bigger than the chemical energy of explosives.
    The added energy just doesnt matter anymore because it would be difficult to time the blast, plus the softness of the explosives would reduce the impact penetration.

  12. Re:Sorry guys on Former Turkish DMOZ Editor Draws 10 Months In Jail · · Score: 1

    What is your point.
    He didnt support them. He just edited a DMOZ category where they were classified as TERROIST ORGANISATION.
    If your point are semantics like the other idiot (unixsomething as nick), what you also jail a enzyclopedist because the enzyclopedia shows a reference under pkk?

  13. Re:Expensive launch mass? on NASA's Deep Impact · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You want to analyse the comet, which you can do by looking at the emission lines of the cloud forming after the impact, ect.
    An explosive is normally composed of chemically very reactive components, that can react with each other and the material of the comet, making it very hard to discern what WAS there and what was created by the blast.

  14. Re:roll cages with covers on ZAP Smart Car Approved for Sale in the US · · Score: 1

    ok, now you are on the highway. As far a I know, the us has rather strict speed limits, so you have a deltav of perhaps 10 or 20 mph at most.
    You should see it.
    If not, you should be removed from the street, because if you cant see a 1.5*1,5m big silluette in front of you, you cant be helped.

  15. Re:90 MPH???? on ZAP Smart Car Approved for Sale in the US · · Score: 1

    Well, its 90MPH locked.
    If you unlock it and get a bit of chiptuning, you can get 105-115 with it.

  16. Re:roll cages with covers on ZAP Smart Car Approved for Sale in the US · · Score: 1

    If you dont see a smart, you wouldnt see a bicycle driver, or a mother with her little child either.
    And in that case, someone should remove you from the street.

  17. Re:I can (seriously) do 43rd root of 100 digit num on Math Whiz Breaks Calculation Record · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know what. Back, in my jedi-training, i was SOOOO strong in the force i could let the sun shine out of my ass!
    Dont believe me?
    I dont believe you either.
    So stop bullshitting.

  18. Re:Battery Life, etc. on Home-made Portable PlayStation 2 · · Score: 1

    Er. 1.9A is quite a lot for these small LiIon cells, so there should be a lot of additional power be lost due to internal resistance.
    I doubt you can get more than 2-3 Ah out of them at that current...

  19. Re:"Allure of naked women" on Porn Site Sues Google Over Linked Images · · Score: 1

    Look closely at the fine-print.
    There used to be a sentence that only "suitable" search requests are shown.

    I still remember when IRC altavista had the live-feature showing what other people just entered. Very strange stuff could be found there. And it was in the majority...

  20. Re:Nonstandard mischief? on Color Laser Printers Tracking Everything You Print · · Score: 1

    What if its part of the rasterization engine pasing the PS or PCL input?
    Use your soldering iron to disconnect a few thousand transistors on a asic?

  21. Newsflash for you! on Nintendo DS Review and Internal Pictures · · Score: 1

    Its a handheld gaming gadget. Not a smartphone. Not a PDA.
    Why dont you whine that it hasnt got a digital camera or tv-reciever either?

  22. Re:what about... on The Worst Jobs in Science: The Sequel · · Score: 1

    LOL.
    Thats just what i thought "ah, a dupe from the NYtimes EA story... wait, its something else"...

  23. Re:Environment Friendly Military?! on Environmentally Friendly Race Cars, Military Vehicles · · Score: 1

    @AC
    I prefer biological or chemical weapons.
    All those carbon dioxide from the burning buildings isnt good for the athmosphere. not to mention clorine compounds, nitrous exocites, ect. Plus those human fat burning gives such black smoke...

  24. Re:Speed record on Environmentally Friendly Race Cars, Military Vehicles · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, you realize that 300km/h needs 2.25 times the power than 200km/h, 315 even more but i dont want to pick up a calculator. Kinetic energy and wind drag go with v^2, or else it wouldnt be hard to reach high speeds at all...

  25. Re:Environment Friendly Military?! on Environmentally Friendly Race Cars, Military Vehicles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think different!
    More military->more wars->less humans-> better enviroment :)