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  1. Splorgasma on MIT Physicists Create New Form of Matter · · Score: 1

    It has a much nicer ring.

  2. Re:many more ... on MIT Physicists Create New Form of Matter · · Score: 2, Funny

    My favorite: Degenerate matter, though I thought it was mostly found in hot-sheet motels.

  3. Short synopsis for the lazy on MIT Physicists Create New Form of Matter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lots of weird shit happens when you approach absolute zero.

  4. Re:Linksys on Home Networking Simplified · · Score: 1

    If Cisco is able to convice EE majors of this, then I'd say the University has a whole lot more to be accountable for than Cisco, because theiur students are idiots.

    Also, you realize that you can route faster in hw than sw, right?

  5. Re:Old, artificial arm joke on `Bionic' Arm Brings Back Sense of Touch · · Score: 1

    Nice. Funny too.

  6. Re:Old, artificial arm joke on `Bionic' Arm Brings Back Sense of Touch · · Score: 1

    No, the arm jerks his penis off. Off his body.

    Sheesh.

  7. Old, artificial arm joke on `Bionic' Arm Brings Back Sense of Touch · · Score: 5, Funny

    This reminds me of the old joke about the voice-actuated artificial arm.

    They finally attach one to an armless human patient and it goes like this.

    The guy says, "Arm, scratch my nose". And the arm does it.

    "Amazing!", says the guy.

    "Arm, sign my name." The arm does it.

    This continues for quite a while. Finally when the guy's alone.
    He says, "Arm, take off my pants." The arm complies.

    He looks at the arm, and then at his penis and says, "OK arm, jerk it off!"

  8. Bring back the draft on Pentagon Creating A Database Of Students · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Make 2 yrs of government service mandatory and offer non-military options (Peace Corps, etc...) as well.

    I think we will see a draft return sometime in the next few years if the military continues to fail to meet recruiting goals.

  9. Re:WARNING: The WP Will Sue Over Copyright... on Pentagon Creating A Database Of Students · · Score: 1

    Typically, you will receive a takedown order first and then legal action will be initiated if you choose to not comply.

  10. Oh right. Opera is much more popular on Opera: Firefox User Figures 'Inflated' · · Score: 1

    Analyzing the ststs from networkmirror.com foe Jun, I see:

    Mozilla 77%
    IE 18%
    Opera 0.78% (sum of all versions identifying themseleves as such)

    Opera is a mere blip.

  11. 81, not 91. on Integrated Circuit Inventor Jack Kilby Dead at 81 · · Score: 4, Informative

    From http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=1& u=/ap/20050622/ap_on_hi_te/obit_kilby

    "Jack St. Clair Kilby was born in 1923 in Great Bend, Kan. His father was the owner of a small electric company, and Kilby became interested in radio tubes while listening to big band radio in the 1940s."

    May he rest in peace.

  12. Re:Presumably... on First Controllable Solar Sail Launched Today · · Score: 1

    NO, I think what it means is it hit the ground with a resounding THUNK!

    There's a good chance that Russian/US military know exactly where the damn thing fell but aren't telling anyone lest they give away previously unconfirmed capabilities or somesuch.

  13. If you are going to use it for your profession, on Rugged Mini-DV Camcorder for the Road? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    might I recommend a professional model? It is much more likely to hold up to the wear & tear + duty cycle you are looking at subjecting it to.

  14. Cut to the chase - $3.4 million on How to Become A Real-World Superhero · · Score: 5, Informative

    ans several years of your life for training.

    The Bottom Line
    Final Cost: $3,365,449

    The Training: $30,000
    The Suit: $1,585
    The Belt: $290
    The Car: $2,000,000
    The Cave: $24,000
    The Alter Ego: $1,109,574
    The Butler: $200,000

  15. Marketing changes the perception on Under a Big Blue Shadow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and obviously, IBM's marketeers are doing a good job. HP's still reeling from the fiasco of the Carly years and probably will for at least another year or two.

  16. If they're that rich... on Court Rules GIS Data Can't Be Kept Secret · · Score: 2

    ...why don't they just cover their entire property with cammo netting? :)

  17. Re:They should have ridden it out... on LA Times Pulls Wikitorial, Blames Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I hear ya. I cruse at 1 and am considering bumping it up. I think the AC concept has outlived its usefulness.

  18. Re:They should have ridden it out... on LA Times Pulls Wikitorial, Blames Slashdot · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I believe that trolls that age have more free time on their hands now that school is out.

  19. They should have ridden it out... on LA Times Pulls Wikitorial, Blames Slashdot · · Score: 5, Interesting

    After the novelty wears off, the juveniles move on to the next place. Here in CA, school just got out for the summer. Coincidence?

  20. Re:Why is everyone so happy about personal project on Google vs. Yahoo: On a Collision Course · · Score: 1

    Engineers come up with great ideas. Managers get great ideas funded. Each has their usefulness.

  21. Re:Very cool & mirror on Building the WallTop · · Score: 1

    Also very cool. How did it work? Did people just upload pics and it displayed them?

  22. Very cool & mirror on Building the WallTop · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is cool. The author is unclear as to whether or not the CPU fan is left in
    place (from the pictures, it appears to be left in place). If it is, then how is the walltop "dead quiet"? If not, how does he keep it cool?

    Mirror is located here.

  23. Re:Meeting VCs on Do Stealth Startups Suck? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorry, replied in the wrong spot.

    Take a look at http://www.sequoiacap.com/ and http://www.usvp.com/ for two examples. If you can't figure out how to contact a VC from there, you have larger problems to deal with. I don't see any references on either site to "ethnics only, no whites".

  24. Meeting VCs on Do Stealth Startups Suck? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    On another topic, this talk of investors has me curious. How does one connect with a VC or angel investment firm? Most of the more public ones don't seem to want to do business with you unless you're something other than a caucasian male. It seems that it can pay off to be considered ethnic

    Call or write them and ask for a meeting. Chances are you'll get 5-15 minutes of their time. If they're interested, you'll get more. VCs have a lot of money sitting on the sidelines right now, so they're eager to hear ideas.

    Oh, if you want them to sign an NDA, forget it. Almost never happens.

  25. It's the value of the data, not the hw on Tech Support Businesses on the Rise · · Score: 1

    In most cases, the cost of the hardware is trivial in comparison to the value of the data.