User: Big_Monkey_Bird

Re:Is that really their job?

On: Reinventing Xerox PARC As a Money Maker

Maybe they should research business models

Re:As a synthetic microbiologist

On: Computer-Controlled Cyborg Yeast

there is nothing cyborg about this. and, i hope that the original scientists did not sell the work this way.

Yeah. I hope the authors are more...

(takes off sunglasses)

...candid.

Re:Same as other networks

On: Does Syfy Really Love Sci-Fi?

At least The Women's Network changed it name to W... since it now stands for Wedding Network. Or maybe they should call it "Failure to Launch" as it's the movie that always seems to be on when I'm flipping channels.

Re:dotcom bubble

On: Has the Second Dotcom Bubble Started?

When was the "Clinton-era downward tumble"? When was this bear market?

Re:Critics suck the life out of movies

On: The Matrix Re-Reloaded

All those times the King stammered? Those were glitches in the Matrix.

Matrix --- with less Planet Zeist

On: The Matrix Re-Reloaded

I envision this is going to be like Highlander. Start with mediocre film with some clever ideas and generate crappy sequels which ignored each other.

Re:Horrible name

On: OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

It's partially due to political rhetoric. That, and American tourists find the French patronizing.

Re:Horrible name

On: OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

Sheesh. It WAS in jest.

Re:Horrible name

On: OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

Step down, man. I'm French Canadian. However, I am not naive enough to underestimate American whimsy.

Horrible name

On: OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

Nothing is going to slow down adoption in the US than an unpronounceable Frenchy name.

Maybe they won't talk about the antenna problem.

On: Apple To Hold iPhone 4 Press Conference

Heh. Maybe they're just going to announce availability in Canada

Re:Socrates, not Aristotle

On: Science Historian Deciphers Plato's Code

Well, Socrates was executed for being a radical.

Boo!

On: At Google, You're Old and Gray At 40

So, at 40... maybe I should start that IT career I've always wanted?

Re:Sounds like a win win

On: Oil Leak Could Be Stopped With a Nuke

Just add a little roux, and baby you got a stew goin'!

Re:If Hollywood has taught us anything...

On: Oil Leak Could Be Stopped With a Nuke

Can we send Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to do it?

I know what's art!

On: Roger Ebert On Why Video Games Can Never Be Art

"Those aliens are gonna pay for messing up my ride!"

That's art. Screw you, Ebert! You magnificent bastard,

Re:Was it just me?

On: Speed-Assembling Servers

That's what *I* thought it said!

So, no Power Point presentation?

On: Edward Tufte Appointed To Help Track and Explain Stimulus Funds

So, no Power Point presentation?

Oh the irony

On: Hitler Responds To the iPad

I wish I could watch this on my iPad :(

Re:Better Then CGI

On: 1977 Star Wars Computer Graphics

Funny about Space 1999. the scariest thing I ever saw on TV as a kid was the monster in Dragon's Den. I used to have nightmares. Seeing it years later, it was just a flashlight and foam rubber.

Not that precise

On: Stopping Spam Before It Hits the Mail Server

Big whoop. All it does is block email with IP addresses from France, Belgium, Russia, Italy, and Argentina.

Re:How do we KNOW that..

On: New DVDs For 1,000-Year Digital Storage

Hopefully they'll have stopped talking about Michael Jackson and Sarah Palin 1000 years from now.

Re:dictionary

On: New Binary Diffing Algorithm Announced By Google

zoo-kee-nee

Re:Great news everyone!

On: OLPC Fork Sugar On a Stick Goes 1.0

I'd mod you up if I had the points.

Debianium?

On: Periodic Table Gets a New, Unnamed Element

Debianium