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  1. Re:Dragging their feet on RIAA Short on Funds? Fails to Pay Attorney Fees · · Score: 1

    If only they would auction off the rights to each song they accused Foster of stealing...

  2. Into and out of on Scientists Offer 'Overwhelming' Evidence Terran Life Began in Space · · Score: 1

    So a comet brought us into existence, and it could take us out of existence. Seems fair to me.

  3. Re:A genius! on A CIO's View of Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Computer science (faculty and grad students) in academia is mostly Linux and OS X here.

  4. Re:Why do people even install anything? on Does Comcast Hate Firefox? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And if you have a Mac you get to call and explain that Active X doesn't run so they set it up on their end.

  5. Re:Motorola SLVR is what you need on Where In the US Can You Get Just a Cell Phone? · · Score: 1

    It is also $150, and tons of features more than "just" a phone -- including a camera and mp3 player functions.

  6. Re:Interesting problem on IPhones Flooding Wireless LAN At Duke · · Score: 1

    The first people I can think of that would be on campus: professors, grad students, summer classes, visiting students, administrative staff, and summer camps & programs. I'm sure there are more, but the point is that a University of that size never completely shuts down.

  7. Re:Matrox never went away on Matrox's Extio Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I always though one of these would be nice.

  8. Re:Nonsense on FastTCP Commercialized Into An FTP Appliance · · Score: 1

    Could you imagine an employer _not_ realizing it?

  9. Grad Students on FBI Seeks To Restrict University Student Freedoms · · Score: 1

    Your average grad student exhibits almost all of those signs.

  10. Re:News That Doesn't Matter on Blockbuster Chooses Blu-ray · · Score: 2, Informative

    And remember that DVD had the fastest penetration of any consumer format in history, mainly because it did offer something much better than VHS.

  11. Re:Big enough for Mum to use? on How Big Will the iPhone Become? · · Score: 1

    What Sprint plan is that? It sounds great but I don't see it listed anywhere.

  12. Re:Really hard to make a good case for lobbying. on Congress Members Who Took RIAA Cash · · Score: 1

    And only the privately wealthy can afford to run.

  13. Re:Use case: Grad school on Blizzard Announces StarCraft 2 · · Score: 1

    I played in high school (graduated 2001) and am now in grad school, so it is pretty easy to get hit by two StarCrafts.

  14. Re:Hmmm.... on Is Speech Recognition Finally 'Good Enough'? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There is a lot of work on word prediction and language modeling in natural language programming and computational linguistics research. 95% accuracy is considered very good though. There are ways to help, but some of the most effective ways require a constriction of the language recognized. n-gram based language models provide a good statistical framework, but are very data hungry. You need lots and lots of relevant (this is the hard part) text. The model needs to be based on the language the user uses in order to be effective.

  15. Re:I blame global warming on New Theory Links Biodiversity to the Stars · · Score: 1

    Sorry, way different part of the country with a prof that isn't all that liberal. For one, unlike most transit people, he things cars are a good thing and doesn't want to banish them. The point is that new cars have much higher emmision standards than even a few years ago. You could clean the air more by removing old cars than changing to E85 fuel, but it would be political suicide to make all the poor people give up their cars because they tend to drive the oldest and dirtiest ones on the road.

  16. Re:And a few suggestions of my own... on Price Optimization Software Big in Retail Business · · Score: 1

    Hey, as an adult I bought Corn Pops yesterday while shopping. They were on sale and I realized I hadn't had them in years. Being an adult means you can eat like a kid once in a while.

  17. Re:wtf? on Blizzard Confirms New Product, May Be Starcraft 2 · · Score: 1

    Because it seems that even when they make a sequel or modification to an existing franchise they produce a fantastic game. I wouldn't mind a new game, but I would also love a new version of StarCraft updated to something even better.

  18. Re:I blame global warming on New Theory Links Biodiversity to the Stars · · Score: 1

    Chances are your 10 year old car produces more emissions than a Hummer. Pollution distribution by car age follows the 90-10 rule. 90% of emissions are produced by the oldest 10% of cars (It may have been closer to 95-5, but I don't have time to look for my course notes right now).

  19. Re:FIVE?! on Michael Dell Using Ubuntu Linux At Home · · Score: 2, Informative

    Given that he runs one of the largest PC companies in the world he may just enjoy them and working with them.

  20. Re:C# compatibility? duh... on Java Generics and Collections · · Score: 1

    Some IBM mainframes such as the zSeries still run System 360 code unmodified. That is 4 decades right there.

  21. Re:In unrelated news... on 48% of Americans Reject Evolution · · Score: 1

    Actually, Wikipedia has a decent article with lots of good references. Also, check out the external links section and there are a number of good tutorials. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm

  22. Re:What's Microsoft got to do with it? on Vista Failing "Blackboard" College Courses · · Score: 1

    This is a web app, so anyone using it from their personal computer at home (the purpose of the web app) can't use Vista. I doubt the universities have upgraded yet.

  23. Re:What's Microsoft got to do with it? on Vista Failing "Blackboard" College Courses · · Score: 1

    Blackboard is a Web App -- it doesn't rely on the OS. MS screwed around with IE7 so much that it broke. It still works fine in Firefox.

  24. Re:zombie castro said what? on Dept. of Energy Rejects Corn Fuel Future · · Score: 1

    high FRUCTOSE corn syrup - It isn't cane sugar, but it is sugar. It is a simple sugar. Sucrose is your cane sugar, which is composed of a fructose and glucose molecule bonded together.

    Fructose is one of the sweet sugars, which means you can use less, therefore saving money. It comes from corn, which we (in the USA) have a lot of, so it is cheaper. Thats why HFCS is so common, but have no doubt that it is sugar. The problem is that so many things contain so much of it. We wouldn't be any better off if it were cane sugar, we would be better off if people ate less sugar of any kind.

  25. Re:All about the money on RIAA Receives Stern Letter, Folds · · Score: 1

    A lot of universities provide free legal services (up to a point) anyway.