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  1. Re:They can only make thin rods at this point. on DoE Develops Flexible Glass Stronger Than Steel · · Score: 1

    Considering the paragraph before the one you quoted specifies they are working currently with one millimeter diameter and six millimeter, I think it'll be quite a while before they can create anything larger, especially sheets.

    The initial samples of the new metallic glass were microalloys of palladium with phosphorous, silicon and germanium that yielded glass rods approximately one millimeter in diameter. Adding silver to the mix enabled the Cal Tech researchers to expand the thickness of the glass rods to six millimeters. The size of the metallic glass is limited by the need to rapidly cool or “quench” the liquid metals for the final amorphous structure.

    HEX

  2. Re:robotcowboy on iPad + Macintosh Plus = Crazy Visualizer Helmet · · Score: 1

    Since you were actually generating the music via suit and your movements, I'd give you 1000000 times the Internets I'd give the other guy. His was a "hack" while yours is a TRUE HACKER.

    HEX

  3. All you can eat on FCC Will Tackle Cell Phone 'Bill Shock' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I was forced to switch from one of Sprint's discontinued "Family Plans" to an everything plan in order to get a modern phone a few years ago, and now that I've got an even nicer phone that sucks down more data, I wouldn't be surprised if they discontinue this plan too. Maybe the FCC can keep things semi reasonable, instead of letting things get even worse.

    HEX

  4. Dear FBI on Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am currently seeking an IT position, and have over 35 years experience in Wintel servers, clients, and especially automated rollouts, OS, and application customization. Full resume upon request.

    HEX

    Muslim Bomb Cell Biological Illuminati President Obama Genius Terrorist Ground Future Star 911 Zero Alien Black Helicopter Tracking Bazinga

  5. Re:No consequences on DMCA Takedown Notice Leveled Against Ohio Congressional Race Ad · · Score: 1

    Of course it's illegal, but since when has that stopped illegal measures being used in "information warfare"? DDOS attacks are illegal, however they are used all the time. It seems to me the DMCA is ripe for abuse by this method, I don't like what you say so I file a forged DMCA takedown request, which at the least forces you to go through the hassle of getting your content re-instated. Can someone point me at a news article regarding this happening already?

    HEX

  6. Re:No consequences on DMCA Takedown Notice Leveled Against Ohio Congressional Race Ad · · Score: 1

    Should be easy in theory to file a DMCA takedown request using false information, maybe by impersonating a real company. That way the trail leads back to a dead end. I'm actually surprised we haven't heard of this type of "information warfare" yet.

    HEX

  7. Re:But if he doesn't patent it... on Why Geim Never Patented Graphene · · Score: 1

    This makes me very angry, very angry indeed.

  8. Re:But if he doesn't patent it... on Why Geim Never Patented Graphene · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!

  9. Re:a visionary on Negroponte On OLPC's New Path, Plans For XO 3 · · Score: 1
  10. I just want to know... on Two-Photon Walk a Giant Leap For Quantum Computing · · Score: 0

    when can I have one on my desktop, and will it make completely immersive games possible. Sure search algorithms are great and all, and so are other scientific wonders that can come about from quantum computing, but unless I can have fun with it at home it does fuck all for me.

    HEX

  11. Re:Vent conference calls? on Lo-Fi Phones and the Future · · Score: 1

    The hell with Ventrillo, we switched to Mumble 6 months ago and would never go back

    http://mumble.sourceforge.net/

    Jonah HEX

  12. Re:When can WE play with PULP? on Neal Stephenson Unveils His Digital Novel Platform · · Score: 1

    Tried ONscripter and Ren'Py, as well as BladeEngine; that's what I meant by severely lacking in ease of use and functionality. There has to be something better along those lines.

    HEX

  13. When can WE play with PULP? on Neal Stephenson Unveils His Digital Novel Platform · · Score: 1

    Most eBook/eZine/eManga software is severely lacking in ease of use and functionality, and I am unable to find anything on when they are going to release this system to the public. Anyone know when the general public will be able to try our hands at creating media rich novels?

    HEX

  14. Re:American Guns!! Yay NRA!! on Narco-Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I was linking to a summary of the Treaty more for the military aspects, that is not my own take on it which I freely admit my understanding of the whole does not approach that of someone who has intimately studied it. I am familiar with the tactic you mention and am unsurprised at it's use.

  15. Re:American Guns!! Yay NRA!! on Narco-Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout · · Score: 1

    They actually, as Internettoughguy mentions, eased restrictions on gun ownership as well as created more guns. Of course they put more restrictions on Jews, these are the fucking Nazis were talking about, but if you consider the original "dictators disarm their citizens" argument I would never suggest the Jews were Nazi citizens.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics

    Gun ownership as a means of resisting tyranny

    Advocates for gun rights often point to previous totalitarian regimes that passed gun control legislation, which was later followed by confiscation. Totalitarian governments such as Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as some communist states such are cited as examples of this,[75][76][77] Gun control opponents often cite the example of the Nazi regime. In their view, once the Nazis had taken and consolidated their power, they proceeded to implement gun control laws to disarm the population and wipe out the opposition, and genocide of disarmed Jews, gypsies, and other undesirables followed.[78][79][80] Historians have pointed out that already the democratic Weimar Republic had restrictive gun laws, which were actually liberalised by the Nazis. According to the Weimar Republic 1928 Law on Firearms & Ammunition, firearms acquisition or carrying permits were “only to be granted to persons of undoubted reliability, and — in the case of a firearms carry permit — only if a demonstration of need is set forth.” The Nazis replaced this law with the Weapons Law of March 18, 1938, which was very similar in structure and wording, but relaxed gun control requirements for the general populace. The relaxation included, for example, the exemption from regulation of all weapons and ammunition except handguns, the extension of the range of persons exempt from the permit requirement, and the lowering of the age for acquisition of firearms from 20 to 18. It did, however, prohibit manufacturing of firearms and ammunition by Jews.[81] Shortly thereafter, in the additional Regulations Against Jew’s Possession of Weapons of November 11, 1938, Jews were forbidden from possession of any weapons at all.[80][81]

  16. Re:American Guns!! Yay NRA!! on Narco-Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout · · Score: 1, Informative

    GP falls prey to the usual trap of those "not acquainted with real history", projecting what they think a dictator would do onto real people and events. P is correct: and if I recall correctly the German Army was practicing maneuvers with shovels instead of guns, and their Air Force was a few unpowered gliders after WWI. Let's take a look at...

    Terms of the Treaty of Versailles

    There were a total of 440 clauses in the final treaty. The first 26 clauses dealt with the establishment of the League of Nations. The remaining 414 clauses spelled out Germany's punishment.

      General Clauses
    The establishment of the League of Nations
    War Guilt clause - Germany to accept blame for starting the war.

    Financial Clauses
    Reparations - Germany was to pay for the damage caused by the war. The figure of £6,600 million was set some time after the signing of the treaty.

    Military Clauses
    Army - was to be reduced to 100,000 men and no tanks were allowed
    Navy - Germany was only allowed 6 ships and no submarines
    Airforce - Germany was not allowed an airforce
    Rhineland - The Rhineland area was to be kept free of German military personnel and weapons

    Territorial Clauses
    Anschluss - Germany was not allowed to unite with Austria.
    Land - Germany lost land to a number of other countries. Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France, Eupen and Malmedy were given to Belgium, North Schleswig was given to Denmark. Land was also taken from Germany and given to Czechoslovakia and Poland. The League of Nations took control of Germany's colonies

    The Germans rearmed after Hitler and crew took power, and put idle and failing factories back to work after the Depression. There were more guns than had ever been in Germany before.

  17. Re:American Guns!! Yay NRA!! on Narco-Blogger Beats Mexico Drug War News Blackout · · Score: 1

    If they legalized marijuana I would only buy from American farmers, and grow my own. I know right now most of the marijuana coming in to Michigan is from Canada, funny I don't hear about drug cartels fighting in the streets up there.

  18. Why bother with seperate widgets? on Xfire Purchased, Team Leaving · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am so sick of all these different game widgets, why not just make Pidgin plugin support for game servers? Even better, I'll just stick to using Mumble and Pidgin and unchecking "Install proprietary crap widget" when I install my games.

  19. Re:I Don't Know What You're Talking About on Is the Line-in Jack On the Verge of Extinction? · · Score: 1

    Thx for taking the time to respond, I could replace with both heavier cord (harder to chew/damage) and larger plug. However I was mostly bitching about the cables themselves and the fact that they are nearly impossible for a do it yourself person to repair. The tiny wires inside make for messy splice jobs, and trying to perform directly soldered cord replacements inside the headphones are a bitch too.

  20. Re:I Don't Know What You're Talking About on Is the Line-in Jack On the Verge of Extinction? · · Score: 1

    From a do-it-yourself with a little solder and electrical tape point of view: RCA is easy to do yourself, from creating new cables to fixing broken ones. Trying to cut/splice/etc most cables used with 3.5mm is an exercise in frustration, and your better off buying a new set of headphones (or whatever) and explaining to your wife why the cat was "allowed" to chew on the cable of your semi-expensive present. (yes I know RCA plugs and heavy gauge cables would suck for headphones, but at least they could make them have 3.5mm plugs on both ends so you'd just have to replace the damn cable) As it is now it's a great way to keep the consumer buying a whole new item each time the cable gets nicked, or pulled, or even chewed.

  21. Funny Names I have Used on Passive-Aggressive Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    My favorite is "PirateHacker", which I hope scares the shit out of someone. I've also used "Unknown" and "ImWatchingYou"

    HEX

  22. Re:Things I look for on Things To Look For In a Web Hosting Company? · · Score: 1

    I second nearlyfreespeech.net - they are reasonable and reliable. And yes I run a site on their service.

  23. I nominate... on Schools To Get Their Own DARPA · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hope they allocate some money for existing projects, personal favorites are LTSP and FOG Project; both of which are used in schools and my own personal computer lab for fun.

    I'd hate to see the money dumped into new projects that cost way too much, and don't do half of what already exists out there.

    Feel free to add your own, I can always use more bookmarks.

    Jonah HEX

  24. Re:Potential on MIT Offers Picture-Centric Programming To the Masses With Sikuli · · Score: 1

    Watching the YouTube demo, I immediately thought of how basic this is compared to AutoIT's functions, and even the quick record function is faster to "program" with than this screenshot function.

    It says it can tolerate some changes, but what if there is a completely different visual theme installed? What if a drop down is not on the same item it was when you made the script? AutoIT can take care of this by reading the underlying GUI code to allow for these kind of things. As someone who has been automating OS/Software installs since before Windows, I know you can not expect things to work the same way every time when doing so.

    Jonah HEX

  25. Re:Hold on on Charities Upset Over Chase Facebook Contest · · Score: 1

    After many years of trying, Michigan finally legalized Marijuana for Medical use. So have many other states. This takes a majority of public support to pass such a bill.