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  1. Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those! on A $25 PC On a USB Stick · · Score: 1

    Its beowulf clusters all the way down.

  2. Re:14k buys a lot of film. on How To Get 39 Megapixels From a 53-Year-Old Camera · · Score: 1

    Short term digital is much better. All you need is a new hard drive to store tens of thousands of photos. Though, when you are talking long term (80 to 100+ years) film is the clear winner. All you need to do with film to keep it safe for a couple hundred years is stick it in a box. Digital requires constant attention as storage mediums change, or else you end up with tens of thousands of pictures trapped in a forgotten format.

    Once you are gone, is anyone going to give a shit about your photos to bother with the trouble of preserving them digitally?

  3. Re:Ignorance abounds indeed on Google Street View Logs Wi-Fi Networks, MAC Addresses · · Score: 1

    Of course you can. You just need their permission to use the photo for commercial purposes, like an advertisement.

  4. Re:finally... on Science Attempts To Explain Heaven · · Score: 1

    It explains why people thought up the idea of heaven. It doesn't explain heaven because religion has nothing to do with science.

  5. Re:Kdawson FUD on Criminals Hide Payment-Card Skimmers In Gas Pumps · · Score: 1

    In the states you don't have to sign at some stores. Like gas stations and fast food places. You don't normally spend bank account emptying amounts at these places.

  6. Re:Another useless set of judges on Google Italy Execs Convicted Over YouTube Bullying Video · · Score: 1

    Yup. Alot of people don't get that those uses are not commercial uses. A commercial use would be to use a picture of you in an advertisement for a shoe company who's shoes you happened to be wearing in the picture.

  7. Re:Drive By Wire not really the problem on Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics · · Score: 1

    I know right? We shouldn't have such a simple safety feature so some people can act like immature idiots with their several thousand pound machine. Fuck all those people who just want to get to work and shop for groceries.

  8. Re:Evolutionary Theory on 50 Years of Domesticating Foxes For Science · · Score: 1

    What species something is a completely made up human invention. Polar bears can breed with grizzly bears because they are both bears. People breed different 'species' of snakes to make interesting looking pets too. That doesn't mean there is anything wrong with evolutionary theory, just that it is very difficult to name and categorize all living things.

  9. Re:Most publishers... on Nintendo Upset Over Nokia Game Emulation Video · · Score: 1

    The copyright holder (nintendo) didn't give them permission to use the game for commercial use. Commercial use in copyright means used in some way (usualy an ad or tv commercial) to promote another product.

  10. Re:They need... on EVE Online's Fight Against Currency Farmers · · Score: 1

    But the insurance payout is created out of thin air.

    The person you bought the ship from still has the money you paid for it. Plus now the insurance payout puts NEW money into the system. So destroying ships actually adds to inflation.

  11. Re:lol.. on Google Sued Over Privacy Invasion On Street View · · Score: 1

    You can do reverse phone lookups without google. I've done it several times. Strange number on my cellphone, look it up. Shows you the name and address.

  12. Re:Opt out? on Google Sued Over Privacy Invasion On Street View · · Score: 1

    All they had to do was email google and ask them to take it down and they would have. No courts needed, no unwanted publicity.

  13. Re: Evol vs. evol-ution on New Science Standards Approved in Florida · · Score: 1

    Evolution does NOT cover the origin of life. Look up abiogenesis.

  14. Re:how, exactly on Texas Science Director Forced To Resign Over ID Statements · · Score: 1

    A theory isn't a fact, true. But that doesn't mean evolution isn't a fact. Does the theory of gravity mean gravity might not be real? No. You are misunderstanding what a scientific theory is. A scientific theory attempts to explain how or why something happens, not if it happens at all. Just as the theory of gravity attempts to explain the cause of gravity, the theory of evolution attempts to explain the cause of evolution.

  15. Re:Nintendo's new motto: on Wii 'Popularity Bubble' to Burst? · · Score: 1

    The metroid prime gameplay formula is very similar to the 3d zelda gameplay. Its almost zelda in space.

  16. Re:Why not? on Intel Purchases Havok · · Score: 2, Informative

    AMD licenses the MMX and SSE crap from intel.

  17. Re:how many of those users approve of steam? on Steam Reaches 13 Million Users · · Score: 1

    I've seen many people mention having multiple accounts. What is the purpose of having more than one account?

  18. Re:Not the first... on The Destiny of Lord of the Rings Online · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that NPC stuff can be bought by players and refined into raw materials to make other stuff with. Those NPC items have a set price. If mineral prices get high enough it can be cheaper to buy the NPC items and refine them for materials than mining. This sets a maximum price on everything. Tech 2 is only different because there is a limited number of tech 2 blueprints, only the devs decide when there should be more. Thats hardly player controlled.

  19. Re:I have to disagree on 360 vs. PS3 vs. Wii - The Designer's Perspective · · Score: 1

    I guess old games without save states were useless too. Besides, a PS2 without a PS2 controller would be just as useless as a Wii without a wiimote, but they both come with one.

  20. Re:I have to disagree on 360 vs. PS3 vs. Wii - The Designer's Perspective · · Score: 1

    Does it really matter in a 'console war' if one side is 'winning' because it also happens to be an ipod? Its about the games.

  21. Re:Evil Plan on Saga of Ryzom, Free and Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    From what I've read about this, it isn't up to them. A 3rd party is in charge of doing whatever it takes to get as much money back to the investors.

  22. Re:It's only going to get worse on Nintendo Profits Up 72%, Sony's Down 94% · · Score: 1

    Yeah that first one was when the first wifi game came out. Used a previously unused area of the firmware to store the wifi settings.

  23. Re:What did he expect? on FBI Raids Security Researcher's Home · · Score: 1

    North Korea is not a US citizen. Your other analogy sucks too. It would fit if he had actualy attempted to USE one of his phony boarding passes to bypass security, even if he never did anything "bad" if he succeeded. Yelling "fire" is the crime, not simply having enough knowledge of the english language to say it. Just as exceeding the speedlimit is illegal, but owning or building a car that has the capability to exceed it is not.

    All they have to do is scan the pass before you get through security, instead of just before you board. Which seems like something the "experts" should have known about from the beginning. Hell, while I'm waiting in line at Costco people come up to me and scan my card and pull up my account information, and let me know if I can save money by upgrading my account. Surely the US freaking Government can handle that.

  24. Re:Simple solution..... on Sony's Win a Major Blow for Importers · · Score: 1

    Its really more about the new leadership Nintendo has now.

  25. Re:Power Consumption on How the Wii Was Born · · Score: 1

    No, the sensor bar works in the opposite way tv remotes work. The transmitter is in the bar, and the sensor is in the wiimote.