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  1. Re:Apparent issues on How NASA Will Bomb the Moon To Find Water · · Score: 1
    AFAIK Red Mars with that particular plot line is written by Kim Stanley Robinson...

    http://www.amazon.com/Red-Mars-Kim-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0553560735

  2. Re:Amazing on Satellite Internet Providers · · Score: 1

    UDP, which is what VOIP traffic (or at least VOIP traffic I am aware of) uses does not need ACKs...

  3. Why not a Good Radio Station? on Appropriate Music for Callers 'On Hold'? · · Score: 1

    If you can hook up a CD player, surely you could hook up a radio or even a PC with a streaming radio station?

  4. Re:386to486.exe on Turning A FX5900 Into A FX5950 Ultra, Tool-Free · · Score: 1

    As far as I remember Win2K Proffesional (and even NT4 WS) can only do Software RAID 0 (ie a stripe set) which does not offer redundancy. For redundancy you had to use the server product. I am not sure about Win XP Proffessional but I would assume the same to be true (and I am also assuming that XP Home would not allow any RAID...).

  5. Re:that's two in a few days on Closest Asteroid Yet Flies Past Earth · · Score: 1, Funny

    Proved? On TV?!? Wow! Must be like those weapons of mass destruction in Iraq...

  6. Re:State never kills spam on How to Kill Spam Without the State · · Score: 1

    hmmm... do you think the same may just apply to anti-virus software? What about firewall products? I don't know... the logic is maybe a bit flawed...

  7. Oh dear... RTA errors abound... on Chic Gear to Suit Net Generation · · Score: 1
    She actuall said

    Certainly within the next 10 years we could 20% of garments with electronic components in them. [and that is a direct quote from the BBC article - errors and all...]

    so I would say she is not quite as optimistic as it sounded...

  8. Re:The most important thing article doesnt mention on Fuel Cells To Appear In Laptops In 2004 · · Score: 1

    This may not be such a hot thing for people living in places where a quality power-grid exists (although I would certainly look at this as a "want to have" when purchasing a laptop). But I can see where it may be a way of powering equipment when there IS no power outlet nearby. Of course at the moment solar panels or generators serve that purpose but they aren't really as portable are they... Field research in Africa anyone?

  9. Re:I can't imagine on Fossil/Palm PDA Watch Reviewed · · Score: 1
    Is this not aimed at the same people that bought the Casio calculator watches? [I always wondered whether the owner had to cut his/her fingernails in a certain (pointy) way???] How many of those were sold over the years - probably enough to make a profit for Casio.

    Besides, ask any woman, what do you buy a man who has everything? Why, the latest useless gadget of course...

  10. Re:The Russians are making a MOCKERY of ISS. on Space Blog · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps sending millionaires up has nothing to do with science - but if the funding cannot be found elsewhere (like the Russian taxpayer) why not let those self same millionaires foot at least part of the bill?

  11. Re:You know... on High Speed Travelator · · Score: 1

    I would imagine that it would be at a similar similar speed to the terminal velocity reached by skydivers. Does anyone have an idea what that is? 180km/h or something?

  12. Read the article and it says... on Collapsible LCD Screens · · Score: 2, Insightful
    ... Attractively designed for home users and gamers on the go, ...

    Of course whether these target groups will purchase it is another question...

  13. Re:Why are we so surprized? on Incas Used Binary? · · Score: 1
    Seven things per brain (at the same time) driving to work:

    Female: Hair-do; Driving; Cell phone; Makeup; Car Radio; Lighting Cigarette; Screaming at Kids

    Male: driving; sex; driving; sex; sex; driving; sex

  14. Don't bother... on Senator Orrin Hatch a Pirate? · · Score: 2, Informative

    This must have been a hack - it's gone now...

  15. Re:My experience on Do Online Schools Provide A Quality Education? · · Score: 1
    I am currently completing a masters degree online and it suites my style of learning. I see it as a correspondence course with extras - not as a online "attend class" type course. Overall the experience has (so far) been positive. However as far as group work is concerned (both real and online), I would like to make two points:

    1) In my experience of group work while studying I did not see them "teaching" us to work in a group - they were "testing" us to see if we could work in a group.

    2) When I work on a group project at my place of work I do have a choice of whom I want to work with. If there are personality clashes or I plain don't like someone I can do something about it (the most drastic action being to resign). But in a class where my grades depend on work done and I paid good money to get good grades, I do not feel that my grades should be dependant on others... (or at least I want to be the one responsible for my failures). I want nothing to do with people I cannot work with in that situation... although I agree with you that groups do (sometimes) allow for a great learning experience.

  16. Don't forget Mars gravity is less than 1g on Mars Flier Prototype · · Score: 1

    While I agree about the need for a successful mission, don't forget that while the atmosphere is thinner gravity is also not as high...

  17. Just like the Astronauts, yeah? on Live Worms Found in Columbia Wreckage · · Score: 1

    Of course! It now makes sense! Because the shuttle becomes hot the worms have to be tolerant to high temperatures... because the shuttle becomes hot the astronauts have to be X-Men... I wonder what else they are tolerant to?

  18. Try www.beaucoup.com follow link for Kids on Interesting and Educational Web Pages for Children? · · Score: 1

    While I cannot say that I have had much occasion to follow those particular links (rug rats and all things connected are not my favourite past-time - ahh... well... maybe with one exception...), whenever I have looked at any other category on Beaucuop it has been worthwhile.

  19. 87.5193217562% of all statistics... on Open Code Has Fewer Bugs · · Score: 1

    ...are made up on the spot.

  20. Microsoft requiring 3D in next gen Windows? on The Fastest Video Card You Can Buy · · Score: 1
    I heard somewhere that one of the next generation Windows versions will have a 3D card as requirement? Can anyone point to a link (and yes - I did the Google thing first...)?

    Hmmm... knowing their penchant for bloatware will Windows one day start competing with Doom in pushing Video technology?

  21. Danger to Airplanes? on GPS Jamming for $50 · · Score: 2, Insightful
    How long will it be before someone takes/sends it onto an airplane?

    Unacompanied baggage comes to mind as being the thing to do unless the dude is a candidate for a Darwin Award...

  22. Gas giants in the wrong orbits... on Habitable Planets May Be Common · · Score: 2, Informative
    As I understood the article, the gravitational pull of the gas giants that can be seen from earth can "pull" smaller (sofar invisible earth-sized) bodies out of this region if they are in the "wrong" area.

    Depending how you look at it (glass half full/empty) it turns out that the giants are in the wrong spot three out of four times...

  23. Scandinavian Coast? on The Plastic Fractal Magnet · · Score: 1

    There is nothing in the article that I could see but I wonder what the coastline of a scandinavian country like Norway would be compared to Great Britain? All those Fjords...

  24. Re:Less than one dimension is problematic... on The Plastic Fractal Magnet · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Elsewhere in the article it states:

    "A fractal is an object whose volume is not a simple product of its dimensions," Epstein told NewsFactor. Where "the volume of a rectangular box is its length times its width times its height, the volume of a snowflake is a fractal," Epstein explained. Fractal dimensions are fractional -- instead of 3-D or 2-D, they might be 1/2-D or 0.8-D.

    I guess Fractals are freaky... they look kinda cool though... :)

  25. Could it be... on Radiation Detection Wrist Watch · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... the green, glow in the dark watch-hands causing the +/-25%?