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  1. Re:hmm on Google Two Years Into Overhaul of the Google File System · · Score: 5, Funny

    Plus like you say the Google interface was a breath of fresh air.

    Sometimes I wonder if Yahoo hadn't made their default page http://search.yahoo.com/ early on, if they wouldn't have done somewhat better for themselves.

  2. Re:Rust Belt on Will Silicon Valley Run Out of Data Center Space? · · Score: 1

    While i would personally love to see a place like WY, or the rust belt get a bunch of data centers, there are some issues that would need to be addressed that realistically leave the northeast and west coast the only major viable locations for most data centers. Firstly, the issue of infrastructure rears its head in much of the midwest, WY, MT and the like, are likely lacking sufficient power supply and readily available bandwidth to realistically facilitate large amounts of data centers.

    I hate to say it but, Idaho. Access to plenty of hydro, a ton of potential wind in the east part of the state. Micron and HP are here which in turn means there is at least a certain amount of pipe to the area. Not only that but the Google and MS data centers out in the Columbia River Gorge aren't that far away. The INL isn't far off, so in atleast some regards it's not as yokel as some might think... Regardless of our sometimes questionable choices in elected officials. Ahem...

  3. Re:I say DIG on Will Silicon Valley Run Out of Data Center Space? · · Score: 1

    Canada does not, in fact have Cheap Beer

  4. Good luck! on Speaking With the Designer of an Indie MMO Project · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sounds like the first Communist MMO! But more power to him, I just don't see how one guy is going to put out a game changer, these games tend to be "mecentric" for a reason. People want to see that last boss, kill that god, but not everyone is willing to put in 40 hours a week.

  5. Re:Did it not occur to PALM that this is BAD? on Palm Pre Reports Your Location and Usage To Palm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wonder what kind of backlash there will be about this

    Answer: Not Enough

  6. Re:how dumb on Man Jailed After Using LimeWire For ID Theft · · Score: 1, Troll

    The thing is so bloated and slow...

    Behold the power of Java!

  7. Sugar, water, purple... it's drink! on Gardeners Told to Give Exhausted Bees an Energy Drink · · Score: 1

    Sounds like hummingbird drink to me, hardly groundbreaking....

  8. Rimshot on How Should a Constitution Protect Digital Rights? · · Score: 1

    How about if you can't explain in one sentence what your company actually produces. You will not be protected by patent, copyright or trademark law!

  9. Re:Pleo? Ugobe? on Ugobe, Maker of Pleo, Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    I have never seen the words "Pleo" or "Ugobe"

    Dude who made the Furbie was aiming for another hit, they ran an article in Wired a few years ago. He also happens to live in Boise, Idaho. Which along with ailing Micron and HP centers constitutes the majority of Idaho's tech industry, lol.

  10. Re:Curran not made entirely from carrots (yet) on Race Car Made With Veggies And Powered By Chocolate · · Score: 4, Funny

    The inventors are working to increase the percentage of carrot based material

    That's fine and all but I still think a meat based race car would prove to be far more impressive.

  11. Re:Duh! on Digital Schwarzenegger Set For New 'Terminator' · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Digitized versions still make real money. I wonder what Arnold stands to gain from his participation in the film? Even tho personally I feel his presence in the film will be far more distracting than anything else.

  12. Re:Children's toys can be training tools. on Toys You Control With Your Brain · · Score: 0

    I would say that depends on the level of effort required for necessary interaction with this type of interface. If it requires thinking in new or even slightly different ways, then yes I'm sure children will develop and reinforce those skills from early on. Then again, with refinement, it might make use of already commonly used structures in the brain.

  13. Re:pirate repellents on Mariners Develop High Tech Pirate Repellents · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes lets debate between lethal and non lethal firearms instead of addressing the actual causes of the problem. Like an ineffective government and global inequality. Personally I am rooting for the pirates maybe they can drive up the cost of the goods being transported making more local or regional options viable in areas of commerce and energy supply.

  14. Re:YOU weren't posting, ken dawson was on Researchers Show How To Take Control of Windows 7 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Having physical access to the box kind of takes away all the fun...

  15. Re:Convert? on Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation · · Score: 1

    This is a very interesting idea. Logistically how would that work? How do you ensure that a for-profit organization will not act in the direction of how TWC acts?

    You can reign in a for profit company in this case by putting them under the charge of a public utilities commission.

  16. Re:Convert? on Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Personally I don't see how private interests are anything but harmful when it comes to running of important public infrastructures.

  17. Re:He'll Be Back on Supreme Court Declines Jack Thompson Appeal · · Score: 1

    I think you seriously over estimate the man.

  18. Re:So I got a new sink..... on Should Network Cables Be Replaced? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes get the best monstercable.com has to offer. In fact get two I've heard that will double your data quality!

  19. Re:vrml on Google Brings 3D To Web With Open Source Plugin · · Score: 1

    data visualisation in 3d eh? helped design the super computer from Hackers I take it?

  20. Re:vrml on Google Brings 3D To Web With Open Source Plugin · · Score: 1

    competitor to flash? mayhaps... but im more libel to think an overt stab at dx, cue DirectX for The Web(TM)!

  21. Re:Hooray! on Pirate Bay Court Loss Won't Stop the Flow of Files · · Score: 1

    Because not following real free market practices they are anti-american.

    Like most utility companies right? Local monopolies in the reddest of states and no one bats an eyelash...

  22. Re:is that all? on Discovery Launch a No-Go, Again · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or just recalibrate the phasers and fire them for a 5 min burst upon the dilithium crystals. Should work!

  23. Re:If it can't be fixed with duct-tape on Discovery Launch a No-Go, Again · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hence the need for a damn space elevator... We have to let go of our fixation on all things combustion. Let's just take that 800b and put it towards applied sciences and a golden age ye shall have!

  24. Re:the message: on The First Phone Call Was 133 Years Ago · · Score: 2, Funny

    Alexander Graham Bell:
    Well, we did it Watson. What an afternoon. We finally perfected the first telephone.

    Thomas Watson:
    Yeah, uh, hey listen, somebody called me today. Uh, whoever it was, said some very sexual things, very angry, sexual things.

    Alexander Graham Bell:
    Oh, really? Probably just some teenagers somewhere... damn them.

    Thomas Watson:
    Well, well that's, that's the thing. I mean, there's, there's only two phones, in the, well, in the world and one of them is in my office and the other one is in your office and those two didn't even exist until a few hours ago.

    Alexander Graham Bell:
    Yikes, I could use a distraction right now.

  25. Re:Translation on Chimp Found Plotting Against Zoo Guests · · Score: 2, Informative

    Intelligent? Maybe. Good aim? Definitely not. He didn't even seriously injure anyone. This is news why?

    The morning radio show mentioned this today. Said he broke a couple arms, gave a few concussions and one guy is still "knocked out"...