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  1. Re:Coins? on Hollow Spy Coins · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is the exchange rate USD to virgins?

  2. Re:are they even legal? on Hollow Spy Coins · · Score: 1

    I remember when I was in England back in the early 90's someone showed me that if you folded the £5 note just right it looked like the queen was performing fellatio.

  3. Re:Great.... on Hollow Spy Coins · · Score: 1

    I think a actual Faraday cage would need to be grounded. Correct me if I'm wrong.

  4. Re:Emi on EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs · · Score: 4, Informative

    College radio stations. I've listened to more new music since I started listening (5 years ago) to the local community college radio station than in the previous 43 years of my life. I mostly listen in my car but they do stream online as well at http://www.897theriver.com/

  5. Re:Wonderful news on Bill Gates No Longer World's Richest Man · · Score: 1

    Yep, one of my stocks (that of my employer) is up 341% in the last year. In hind site I wish I had put more than 5% of my holdings in it, ah well.

  6. Re:and ... on The Lost Film That Accompanied Empire Strikes Back · · Score: 1

    You know that feeling when your leaning back in a chair and almost fall but catch yourself at the last instant? I feel like that all the time.

  7. Re:bubbles = isolation on Code Bubbles — Rethinking the IDE's User Interface · · Score: 1

    Just looked at the beta signup and

    Code Bubbles is built on top of Eclipse so it can open/work with any existing Eclipse project. In addition, you can leave Eclipse running in the background so that if you need to use an Eclipse plugin you can simply flip back to Eclipse to perform a checkin, for example.

    I'm going to have to give it a try

  8. Re:bubbles = isolation on Code Bubbles — Rethinking the IDE's User Interface · · Score: 1

    Most of the development I do is on a dual screen (at work) or three screen (at home) workstation. I'd have no problems spreading that workspace out. I think it would be great for debugging like in the video, but I wouldn't want to write new code in that interface. Make this a plugin for eclipse that lets me open this as a view for debugging and I'd use it in a heartbeat.

  9. Re:bubbles = isolation on Code Bubbles — Rethinking the IDE's User Interface · · Score: 1

    +1 If I had mod points. This is exactly where this would be helpful, in my case following code written years before I worked here trying to track down some bug.

  10. Re:So what you're saying is... on Nokia Targets Mobile Kinetic Energy Charging · · Score: 1

    That is the funniest thing I've seen in awhile. If I still had mod points....

  11. Re:Go fuck yourself on Google Go Capturing Developer Interest · · Score: 1

    The point I was trying to make to the OP was that his attitude has been around probably since the second computer language was created.

    Ironically, I do program in Java with a modern IDE.

  12. Re:Go fuck yourself on Google Go Capturing Developer Interest · · Score: 4, Insightful

    30 years ago there were enough programming languages "already". What do you need that can't be handled by COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, Ada, ANSI C and assembly language?

  13. If you don't on Should I Take Toyota's Software Update? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you don't take the patch and later have the problem you will likely have lost the ability to sue if necessary. Also, if you live in a state with the concept of "contributory negligence" in it's laws you could be found partially or fully at fault for any accidents that would have been prevented by the patch. Eventually insurance companies are going to realize that they could deny claims in accidents if the driver's car is not fully patched. So yes, take the patch

  14. Re:Summary contradicts itself... on 2010 — the Year AACS and HDMI Kill Off HD Component Video · · Score: 2, Insightful

    After January 2, 2011 someone will have a way to rip a copy of the blu-ray disc that will also remove the Image Constraint Token in the process.

  15. Re:Current Science on Interstellar Hydrogen Prevents Light-Speed Travel? · · Score: 1

    Of course you would not fall off, gravity rays from the dome of the heavens are constantly pushing you down to the surface of the earth.

  16. Re:You only have to track two dimensions on Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos · · Score: 1

    My dad built a homemade bug light from a 10,000 volt transformer using a four foot long florescent light to attract bugs. We never had to clean up dead bugs and I would not want to touch the damn thing even though that transformer would have dropped the amperage down quite a bit.

  17. Re:Problem with that on New Material Transforms Car Bodies Into Batteries · · Score: 1

    Car batteries don't like being anthropomorphized.

    They hate it when you do that.

  18. Re:Get her pregnant on What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts? · · Score: 1

    My wife just had back surgery a couple weeks ago. For V-day she will still be getting Percocet and Valium. (Or maybe Vicodin and Flexeril just to change things up!)

  19. Re:There are actually several kinds of "law" on White House Claims Copyright On Flickr Photos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Title 17 chapter 1 Section 105 of the US code :

    105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works

    Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government, but the United States Government is not precluded from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise.

    If this is an independent photographer that has transferred the rights to the photos to the government then yes there could be copyright protection, if the photographer is an employee of the government then these pic should be public domain.

    I believe the White House photographer is in fact an employee of the government so there should be absolutely no copyright claim here.

  20. Re:Explanation on Robotic Audi To Brave Pikes Peak Without a Driver · · Score: 2

    While the algorithms that make it handle like a racecar seem interesting I'm more concerned about the algorithms for emotion, I mean the headline says this driver-less car will "brave" Pikes Peak. How exactly is the bravery implemented? What if next it decides to "brave" global domination?

  21. Re:This map is completely unreliable on "Tube Map" Created For the Milky Way · · Score: 3, Funny

    IIRC Hoth is in a "Galaxy far far away..." which would be outside the scope of this map. Please step down the concourse to the intergalactic departures desk for the assistance you need.

  22. Re:I don't get the kind of people, who call sun "s on "Tube Map" Created For the Milky Way · · Score: 1

    Think of a Martian looking at his "moons". You think he would call it The Moon 1 and The Moon 2? At least we gave them separate names.

    Naturally any self respecting Martian would refer to them as Thuria and Cluros.

  23. Re:Hundreds of millions on Microsoft Dodges Class Action In WGA Lawsuit · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you sue for the purpose of getting rich

    Seems like that happens a lot in America. Seriously, what's wrong with you people? Why do you have to sue so much?

    It's a liberalism thing. Liberal politicians have spent decades telling people that it is someone else's fault whatever the problem is. It's the rich bankers/oil companies/insurance companies etc. that are the cause of all your problems, you have no responsibility for your life.

    So naturally if my computer does something wrong it's Microsoft's fault and I should sue them...

  24. Re:In a related development... on Researchers Pooh-Pooh Algae-Based Biofuel · · Score: 1

    Re: torture He could be talking about the millions of children now left homeless

    citation please.

  25. Re:In a related development... on Researchers Pooh-Pooh Algae-Based Biofuel · · Score: 1

    Wish I could mod this +5 off-topic.