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  1. It was cool and all... on Manga Explains NASA Mission · · Score: 5, Funny

    but the tentacle scene was a bit gratuitous.

  2. Re:Stability? on New Material Harder Than Diamond · · Score: 1

    Diamonds burn in pure oxygen at about 1320 degrees Fahrenheit. In air (which is about 20% oxygen), the temperature raises to around 1560 degrees Fahrenheit.

    Also, when a diamond burns in O2, it converts completely to CO2. No ash is produced.

    I don't know about regular lighters, but crack lighters can get well above 2000F.

    Diamonds are a hell of a drug.

  3. Re:Stability? on New Material Harder Than Diamond · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, diamonds are only metastable at standard temperature and pressure.

    Eventually, they convert to graphite.

    Granted, this will take a (long) while, but it's really more accurate to say graphite is forever.

    I don't know about the structure of the ADNR, but it might be even more prone to conversion or sublimation than diamond.

  4. Please sit here to confirm your identity. on Hashing Out the Next Step in Biometric Security · · Score: 4, Funny

    The goal is to continue to reduce the risk of a back-end data exposure. Surely you didn't think that photocopying your ass wouldn't get patented, did you.

  5. Now I can search my drive for images? on WinFS Beta 1 Released Early · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    C:\
    dir /s *.jpg


    What will Microsoft think of next?

  6. Re:Show for n00bs on Leo Laporte Returns to G4TV · · Score: 1

    Attack of the Show is more like a cross between Slashdot and Fark, but clean enough for television.

    That's because Slashdot and Fark are where they get 90% of their material.

  7. If you can't say anything nice... on Star Wreck 6 Finally Complete · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ummm...

    Hmmmm...

    It's got some really hot Finnish chicks in it.

  8. Whoops, the lower bars didn't open. on Super Door of the Future · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pwned by a door.

    Yeah, I see this really taking off.

  9. Does this mean? on Nanotubes Start to Show their Promise · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can soon have a solar powered bulletproof jacket that enhances my strength, protects me from cell phone emissions, and displays DVDs?

  10. Re:What I want to know is... on Idaho Companies Tout New Wireless Record · · Score: 1

    Not sure, but I do believe they ran the tests on Spud Servers.

  11. I just encrypt disks full of white noise nowadays on Modern History of Cryptography Techniques · · Score: 2, Funny

    At some point, decryption techniques will evolve to translate it to something cool.

  12. Why does it seem appropriate... on Space Meat Coming to your Kitchen · · Score: 1

    that a site called Gizmag would be telling me about the coming of man-made meat?

  13. Re:You Insensitive Clod!... on Space Meat Coming to your Kitchen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You might say this in jest, but I'd be interested in hearing what ethical vegetarians think about eating cruelty-free meat.

  14. Question Authority on Anti-Phishers Pose as Phishers to Make Point · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's an order son.

  15. I always thought gamers drove performance. on Intel and BlueArc Set New Mail Server Record · · Score: 5, Funny

    Turns out it's really spammers.

  16. This isn't exactly breaking news. on A New Look at Linux vs. Windows TCO · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ms DiDio's report has been here since November 2004.

  17. Re:This research... on Crocodile's Immune System Kills HIV · · Score: 4, Funny

    HIV and tractors?

    One helps you plow and the other can be the result after getting plowed?

  18. Bifurcated computers? on Branched Nanotubes Offer Smaller Transistors · · Score: 1

    Would it look like a tree?

    Would it make a great way to interface with tree-like neural structures?

  19. iPwned on Microsoft Leveraging iPod Patent? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The iPod was launched in November 2001 but Apple waited until July 2002 to file for a patent; Microsoft snuck in to license some of the technology the previous May.

    Doesn't previous art count for anything anymore?

  20. Oh boohoo on Real Worried About Apple Lawsuits · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone remember Streambox?

    I don't think Real was whining about the DMCA then.

  21. Crossing my fingers... on Intel Plans to Overhaul Chip Architecture · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope their new logo isn't as easily confused with a feminine hygine product.

  22. I read the entire patent application. on Microsoft's Bold Patent Move · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am now dumber for the effort.

  23. Registration form privacy information at eEye on Exploits Circulating for Latest Windows Holes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Our website's registration forms require users to provide contact information (names and email addresses) and financial information (account or credit card numbers). Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services purchased and is only used internally by eEye. Contact information is used to confirm and ship orders, to contact the user when necessary, and to notify users when new products and services are available. Users may choose not to receive future mailings from eEye; see the Choice/Opt-Out section below. eEye Digital Security may occasionally share visitor contact information with official product resellers that adhere to a comparable privacy policy; visitor contact information is NEVER given to other third-party vendors that are not affiliated with eEye.

    Why do they insist on my personal information if they aren't going to use it?

    They have the ability to let me opt out of of mailing, why don't they provide an opt out for my information in the first place?

  24. Impressive on Discussing Logitech's New Gaming Mice · · Score: 4, Funny

    They support screaming fast 20g moves up to 45 inches / second...and even higher, depending upon the surface.

    Will they support 20G impacts when I throw the damn thing against the wall after I am fragged by a LAN hacker for the n-th time?

  25. So that's six bugs per kilobyte? on The Hidden Boot Code of the Xbox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that over or under Microsoft's par?