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  1. Re:Too hard? on XML Co-Creator says XML Is Too Hard For Programmers · · Score: 2, Informative

    blah blah blah...right tool for the right task...blah blah blah.
    Seriously, don't knock VB until you need to code a quick dbaccess (or other simple) app in a couple of days for internal use. Easy languages have their places!

  2. Re:Don't forget on Cornucopia of Spam · · Score: 1

    I guess they're legally from Nigeria.

  3. Instead of all this, on Cornucopia of Spam · · Score: 4, Funny

    I recommend spammers be designated cyberterrorists. For spammers in uncooperative totalitarian countries, replies with randomly generated subversive messages should be mandated by law.

  4. What's the point? on Cornucopia of Spam · · Score: 4, Insightful

    After all, we know how law-abiding spammers are. And how effective the government is in combating computer criminals. I really don't think this will make a difference.

  5. Anything using optics on Using Visible Light for Data Transfer · · Score: 1

    (w/o fiber optic cables) will need some amazing error-correction code. There will be so much interference.

  6. Re:not grainy, but rather DIGITAL on The Physics of The Minuscule · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's not possible, by information theory. In order to simulate a chaotic system, one needs perfect information (butterfly effect). Any system large enough to store info on the entire universe must have all the matter in the universe.

  7. Heh- on Half Mast · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm lucky. I get annoyed because people kowtow to me because I'm smart. They make fun of me in the same breath, because I'm not athletic, but that's cool. I've got more than enough respect. It's interesting how mere chance can influence your school experience - high SAT scores at my school are worth as much as (or even more than) athletic honors.

  8. Not very inconvenient - on The Demise of Model Rocketry? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Build your own with instructions taken off the 'Net. Nobody will lock you up - problem solved.

  9. More GBA SP Impressions on Gameboy Advance SP Reviewed & Disassembled · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here (PGC)
    and some nice pics Here. Boy, this is late!

  10. I have a GAMECUBE on 65 CPUs From 100 MHz to 3066 MHz · · Score: 1

    you insensitive clod!

  11. Re:Q. Spherical expansion & Planet's Orbits on Cosmic Microwave Background Leans To Inflation Theory · · Score: 1

    You have three vectors - dispacement, velocity, and acceleration. They are not coplanar in general, but because of Newton's Law of Gravitation, they are in this case. That's what I showed, just with math (more rigorous). h becomes important in the proof of Kepler's other laws. BTW, the "definition" you cite follows from the law, so your reasoning is circular.

  12. Re:... right now they're removing phone service on In-flight Broadband Internet Access Trial's Success · · Score: 1

    $30 buys you talktime but upto 12hrs broadband internet usage. There's a pretty big difference in cost/benefit.

  13. Re:Q. Spherical expansion & Planet's Orbits on Cosmic Microwave Background Leans To Inflation Theory · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm not sure about relativistic orbits and stuff, but with Newtonian laws, you can prove orbits are planar (Kepler did this - orbit is an ellipse).

    Let r be the position vector of a planet, v=r' the velocity, and a=r'' be the acceleration.

    Now,
    a = GMr/|r|^3
    from Newton's Second Law and Newton's Law of Gravitation.

    So

    d(r X v/dt
    = r' X v + r X v'
    = r' X r' + r X a
    = 0 + r X GMr/|r|^3
    = 0
    ==> r X v = h, some vector constant ==> r and v are coplanar ==>The orbit of a planet is a plane curve

    Its fun and good practice to prove Kepler's Laws - my book outlines the proof. Try it.

  14. Dupe- on Cosmic Microwave Background Leans To Inflation Theory · · Score: 1

    Dupe

    This is a big step forward, but even with inflation theory, where's all the antimatter?

  15. Jesus, talk about tweaks - on Caltech Researchers Find Longevity-Linked Mutation · · Score: 1

    What's next, overclocking the brain?

  16. But on New Atomic Clock Pushes Boundaries of Accuracy · · Score: 1

    what about relativistic effects? At that level of accuracy, wouldn't small peturbations in the earth's rotation and disturbances affect the clock? Also, does anyone know the quantum limit of time measurement? Is it around 10^-24 s or what?

  17. Again- on Cybercafe At Mt. Everest · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This is cooler and much more improtant for people who live there.

  18. Re:Great! on Google buys Pyra Labs · · Score: 1

    1)Buy blog company
    2)Spend $101M/yr for 2 yrs.
    3)???
    4)Profit!

    How stupid do you think people are?

  19. Re:Not in a long time... on Rand Expert Says To Keep Mum About Killer Asteroids · · Score: 1

    Because now we can watch and try to avert disaster. Just because we were sleeping before doesn't mean we have to stay asleep now.

  20. Yes, current patent laws suck. on The Case Against Intellectual Property · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Everyone seems to be saying the same thing, but no major party seems to notice. You could just say they're in bed with business, or you could say that people aren't vocal enough about this issue.

  21. Well, on Building a Better Back Button · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know about you, but for me, the back button is a little thing on a toolbar, not a key.

  22. Re:tsk tsk... on Linux to Power Most Motorola Phones · · Score: 0

    Yeah, they've now got the /. market cornered and are leading the whole dork market. I want one!

  23. From the interface gods of Linux and Motorola - on Linux to Power Most Motorola Phones · · Score: 4, Funny

    The new, Linux-powered, easy-to-use SmartPhone! To make a call, just enter the IP address of each router!

  24. Someone explain to me (not a troll) on Linux to Power Most Motorola Phones · · Score: 5, Interesting

    why I need any OS on my lower-end phone. I just want to make some calls!

  25. Imagine this in (what was) Palladium - on Going Cyberpunk · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Error 404 - It looks like you were thinking if Windows Palladium security protocols are breakable."