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  1. Re:not quite. on How Star Trek Artists Imagined the iPad... 23 Years Later · · Score: 1

    There are tons of times where engineers can be seen working on PADDs for programming, creating reports, and reading -- not just passing over data on a clipboard. They were most certainly connected to the ship's computer, and therefore all of the systems on the ship. This isn't much unlike an iPad taking advantage of a cloud computing service.

  2. What can I do on Onion Story Gets Blown Out of Proportion · · Score: 1

    to prepare for the day when something like this turns into a stand alone complex?

  3. Wrap it up on Science Historian Deciphers Plato's Code · · Score: 1

    I read the conclusions in the paper, but am still at a loss for exactly what information we have decoded. All I see are comments about a common syntax or structure between books. What is the new information that is derived from this structure? I suppose I should read the rest of the paper.

  4. Vocabulary on Sen. Bond Disses Internet 'Kill Switch' Bill · · Score: 1

    "Disses"? Really?

  5. Re:Proves nothing on Scientist Infects Self With Computer Virus · · Score: 1

    Perhaps those confused (are there any?) could understand this better by the converse. This man would claim that if you have a cold, sneeze on a computer keyboard, and someone else gets a cold by using the keyboard that you have infected the computer with a human virus.

  6. What? on Scientist Infects Self With Computer Virus · · Score: 1

    I'll download a database of computer virii and store it on a usb thumbdrive. Eat it. Plug it back in after I find it again. It'd be about as useful as this study. Actually more useful, because we'd find out if a usb thumbdrive can survive stomach acids.

  7. Re:-1 Offtopic on Are Googlers Too Smart For Their Own Good? · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, it'll just take away from porn time at work hopefully.

  8. Re:Counter-countermeasure on Mobile 'Remote Wipe' Thwarts Secret Service · · Score: 1

    Stark industries. Make it yourself.

  9. Counter-countermeasure on Mobile 'Remote Wipe' Thwarts Secret Service · · Score: 1

    I would set my phone to wipe-on-battery-pull. Most phones have a latch you have to pull before the battery actually comes out. That could be the trigger. Or, wipe-on-out-of-range-from-me, which would require another piece of hardware, possibly implanted. Then when they turn it on in the lab, it wipes because I'm not there.

  10. Re:Somebody call the whaaaambulance on No HTML5 Hulu Anytime Soon · · Score: 1

    :) I wish I could mod up your response.

  11. Somebody call the whaaaambulance on No HTML5 Hulu Anytime Soon · · Score: 1

    "It's a lot of work, and we don't want to do it unless we have to." would have been more honest.

  12. Such a low view on Pope Rails Against the Internet and Transparency · · Score: 1

    For someone who believes us to be made in God's image, and to have free will, he clearly has little faith in the ability of humans to handle themselves.

  13. Re:419 Scammers? No, it's really employers. on Facebook Retroactively Makes More User Data Public · · Score: 1

    I'm actually not offended by this idea. If the government really cares about my political ideals and takes the time to mine it from facebook, maybe they will change their policies to reflect my preferences. (Right.)

  14. Re:I'm glad.. on Facebook Retroactively Makes More User Data Public · · Score: 1

    Not to rain on your privacy parade, but I don't really consider my age, sex, and previous occupations to be information that I care to hide from other people. Actually, it's all on my resume as well in hopes that people do read that information. You volunteer the information they have, no one is forcing you to disclose anything if you don't want to.

  15. Re:Failure Ahead? on Ubuntu Linux Claims 12,000 Cloud Deployments · · Score: 1

    They had almost no revenue stream before. Recent changes clearly focus on more revenue, but still clearly depend on a solid product and loyal customer base. Revenue is required to expand and continue to make a better product. I would say a balance between revenue and the customer must be found. It is my opinion that they are still a long way from being all about profits.

  16. Ubuntu and usability on Ubuntu LTS Experiences X.org Memory Leak · · Score: 1

    Most people here are unimpressed with Ubuntu's usability. I am pretty impressed, as I see regular highschool/college kids installing it on their desktops and laptops and being able to do everything they want to. Not just Linux nerds, just people (including girls) who don't have a particular interest in computers, but don't want to use Windows or OSX. That's something I've never seen with any other Linux distribution. Using one of the other distros means you know how to use a terminal, and probably have been using linux since the time when you had to compile most programs on your box.

  17. Re:Is there anything they won't mock? on Extremists Warn South Park Creators Over Muhammad In a Bear Suit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To be specific, they did not mock Muhammad. Muhammad didn't do anything controversial in the episode. They were mocking people's fear over showing the image and the reaction by some to that image.

  18. Things I've seen and want to do on Where To Start In DIY Electronics? · · Score: 1

    KipKay has a lot of tutorials for projects on youtube. The Arduino project is a great way to get a lot of more complicated electronics projects started quickly. Again, google, youtube. Both of these things are more about application and less about theory, but they can be more fun that way.

  19. Re:Really need open source CAM on 5-Axis Robot Carves Metal Like Butter · · Score: 1

    This is a difficult problem indeed. Knowing that they had to manually choose the toolpath plan makes this video much less impressive. A software that could automatically determine the most (or pretty good) efficient toolpath and also detect impossible structures to machine with the hardware provided would be impressive. This way a 3D modeler could simply press the "print" button, see if there are impossible details to machine, fix them, and then go get lunch while it works.

  20. Pointing fingers on Google Gives the US Government Access To Gmail · · Score: 1

    This probably has been said in more words already, but it needs to be repeated. If you have a problem with Google sharing data to the US government because they are required to by US law, you have a problem with US law, not Google. All other companies that provide the same services in the US must comply with US law as well. (Assuming they are companies that want to remain legal.)

  21. Re:Beware the key term there: on Memory Management Technique Speeds Apps By 20% · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You might consider mentally replacing it with the sad reality that it might be between 0 and x faster AND it could also be infinitely slower.

  22. Re:Duh on Young Men Who Smoke Have Lower IQs · · Score: 0

    I'm not certain you can make the cultural causation claim for the south. I've lived in the south for 24 years and would not even think to assert that everyone smokes here, or nessicarily more tha.

  23. In other news... on Valuable Objects Stimulate Brain More Than Junk · · Score: 0

    "Is grant money being thrown around?" Tonight at 11.

  24. Re:Lack of demos. on Game Developer Asks To Hear From Pirates · · Score: 0

    That game wasn't very good, imo.

  25. Or maybe, on Making Mobile Presentations Without a Laptop? · · Score: 0

    Just make a presentation without slides that are just a waste of time? I guess we are too far from that concept now.