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  1. Re:I know on How Do You Greet an Extraterrestrial? · · Score: 1

    Seems like if they were hostile you might end up in worse trouble if they "like what they see" after you send them Goatse...

  2. Re:deja vu on Open Government Brainstorm Defies Wisdom of Crowds · · Score: 1

    Pretty common expression, in reference to:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_Berra#Quotes

    Bullet #6

    So... yes. Er no?

  3. Re:But What If ... on Microsoft Rebrands Live Search As "Bing" · · Score: 1

    -1 No Hurley photos.

  4. Re:Why should we care? on Voyager Clue Points To Origin of the Axis of Evil · · Score: 1

    Hmm, two days, and as many snarky replies to comments which made perfect sense after context clarification. I either need to pay more attention to the thread or back away from the keyboard mid afternoon...

  5. Re:Why should we care? on Voyager Clue Points To Origin of the Axis of Evil · · Score: 1

    ...what? Distance has nothing to do with Red Shift, not directly, only relative speed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Shift]

    The reason things "farther away" on the bubble theory shift more is that by definition, the farther away things on a bubble are from you, the faster they move away from you. Imagine this:

    We'll use an expanding Earth as a metaphor: If the observer is in Hawaii, as the sphere expands, the object in the Sahara Desert appears to be moving away at a rate nearly exactly the rate of the diameter increasing. The object in Alaska is only moving away at a rate proportional to that, based on some function of the surface area.

  6. Re:Much more than you think leaves Word & Co. on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    +1 accurate use of the word "detritus."

  7. Re:Low on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    Why would a Computer Science curriculum teach students how to install IIS? Sounds like SysAdmin/IT work to me. My CS curriculum included no such thing either. We learned how to write good software/algorithms not install bad. (University of Michigan, if you're curious.)

    Sounds like your batch file was sufficiently advanced for your needs ;). Also sounds like Cinci's CompSci program could use some instruction on filesystem interaction.

    What's your point?

  8. Re:Awesome on The Pirate Bay Seeks Interesting Route To "Pay" Fine · · Score: 1

    If I build a house just like yours down the street, you're not allowed to sue me. Same if I paint a replica of your grandmother's art. Even if I sell it.

    The book... the binding, cover and pages doesn't become public property, but the cleverness and ideas that went into writing it (which were created in an environment of others' cleverness and ideas, so why should you get to "own" them?) does. Or should.

  9. Re:depends on Your Commuting Costs By Car Vs. Train? · · Score: 1

    Awesome work, congrats! And way to stick with it when it was tough at first.

  10. Re:depends on Your Commuting Costs By Car Vs. Train? · · Score: 1

    I shower immediately before biking in, and wear either a DriFit or Underarmor which I remove to change into the dressshirt I've packed in my satchel. Carry a stick of deodorant and don't ride all-out on the way in. Never gotten any complaints on being stinky.

    Plastic rain pants keep my pants 99% dry on rainy days, and changing shirts means it doesn't matter that it got wet. (My satchel is from ChromeBags, and is pretty damn waterproof, to keep the work shirts dry) Leave the dress shoes at work, and get a separate pair of bikeshoes for the ride. Stuff them with newspaper immediately after you reach your destination if they've gotten wet, and they'll be dry enough to get you home, or completely dry by morning.

    My helmet makes my hair look *awesome*... (YMMV on this one, obv.) I only wish that changing shirts didn't mess it up :)

    Riding in traffic after dark is a bit harrowing at times, but certainly doable, with the right setup of lights, especially within city limits/'burbs where there are some traffic lights.

    I've been bike-commuting nearly every day for 6 years now (spanning 3 different jobs and 2 houses), and I'm always glad to help more people figure out a biking plan that works for them. Msg me for ideas/suggestions.

  11. Re:First swine flu, now loose-roaming black holes? on Hundreds of Black Holes Roam Loose In Milky Way · · Score: 4, Funny

    such a major treat.

    Freudian typo? t{h}reat?

  12. Re:Thanks an effn lot on Ridley Scott's Forever War In 3D · · Score: 1

    While it's certainly the most common 3d effect right now, anachrome red-blue separation[1] (which causes the colored shadows you mention, as well as leads to your question about the color-blind) isn't really the best way of doing it, and probably wouldn't be the method du jour if Hollywood went all-3d all-the-time.

    I'd wager that theaters would be retrofit with projectors that achieved optical separation through polarization[1]. (There's a theater at DisneyWorld that already does this, iirc.)

    While whatever cinematic effects were developed that relied on stereo vision obviously wouldn't have the same impact for you, I doubt your movie-going experience wouldn't be littered with artifacts of the 3d effects.

    [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy#3D_glasses

  13. Re:Electric Cabs on NYC Wants Ideas For "Taxi Technology 2.0" · · Score: 1

    If only there were some way we could make the suggestion for the cabs in Manhattan...

  14. Re:Of course there's a Facebook group for it on Wife of Harried Pirate Bay Witness Gets Buried in Internet Love · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Really? on Google Privacy Counsel Facing Criminal Charges · · Score: 1

    If they come back drunk, they are arrested/ticketed/whathaveyou. At least in Michigan when they come back from Windsor.

  16. Re:Dumbass idea, man on Could Fake Phishing Emails Help Fight Spam? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The point isn't to eliminate spam TODAY, the point is to eliminate spam TOMORROW. If people who don't understand that it's a scam are taught that it is a scam, then there will be fewer of them. What better way to improve spam/scam education than to target it to those who need it most? The fewer suckers^Wtargets there are, spam becomes a lot less viable of a business model.

    I find your complaints (and, frankly, suggestions) myopic. You can teach ethics all you want, but the basics of human nature show time and time again that it's not guaranteed to stick.

  17. Re:Ouch on South Carolina Seeking To Outlaw Profanity · · Score: 1

    As a devout frisbeetarianist, let me be...

    I believe he was hoping to be the first to grant Joe Pesci's blessing of /.'s protests of this bill.

    Also, don't be so down; George is just up on the roof.

  18. Re:Multiple interpretations on The RIAA's Rocky Road Ahead · · Score: 1

    Whooosh.

  19. Re:no, your numbers are wrong on IPv6 Adoption Up 300 Percent Over 2 Years · · Score: 1

    I would have modded you funny if your formula had ended up spelling something crass.

  20. Re:Are they distributing the software? on Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL · · Score: 1

    I have to admit that I had to look nearly every part of it, but "Go roger a knothole" is probably my new favorite expression.

  21. Re:Define "Winning" on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the War · · Score: 1

    But in reality, it's a minority that's the problem...

    Always blaming it on minorities... sheesh. Which one is it this time?

    Jokes aside, what do these "layabouts" and "deadwood" do after they are let go? They're going to apply for jobs at your office, or get in line for unemployment.

  22. Re:Let the Confusion Begin on ICANN Releases Draft For New TLDs · · Score: 1

    Not funny. When I was a wee lad in the early days of the AOL-expanding internet, my dad (not computer or internet savvy, though was the gatekeeper to any internet-related activities in those days) was 100% convinced that .aol was a TLD (though he didn't know that acronym.) Imagine how frustrating it was trying to explain to him his confusion when he couldn't figure out what went between 'username@' and '.aol' in an email address... yeesh.

  23. Re:Probably will be great for him on Weird Al To Release Songs As He Records Them · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that "Don't Download this Song" was the first Weird Al original — *everything* previously was a parody of something/someone else.

  24. Re:Thanks from the reminder on How Close Were US Presidential Elections? · · Score: 1

    Maybe he would have kept our focus on Afghanistan to make sure things were wrapped up there.

  25. Re:How? on 7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell · · Score: 1

    Funner then what?