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  1. Re:How is it racism? on Stimulus Could Kickstart US Battery Industry · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Perhaps you need to adjust for the fact the Free Trade is in fact benefiting a few million people out there, who just don't happen to live in the US?

  2. Re:Two questions on Twisted Radio Beams Could Untangle the Airwaves · · Score: 1

    You can't disprove the paranormal. You can merely point out that there is no evidence for it with our current knowledge.

    It is for those who claim the paranormal exists to come up with suitable experimental proof. Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence.

  3. Re:So what are they saying? on IBM Files Patent For Bullet-Dodging Bionic Armor · · Score: 1

    Everytime you dodge a bullet, you pay IBM a license fee, or they sent agents^Wlawyers after you.

  4. Re:This doesn't jive on US Nuclear Weapons Lab Loses 67 Computers · · Score: 1

    Or he lost three in a single instance?

  5. Re:Only thing more annoying... on You Are Not a Lawyer · · Score: 1

    Technical code is usually gnarly for non-technical reasons. Legalese is too verbose.

  6. Optimising on Norfolk Town's Schools First To Be Heated By Burning Cattle · · Score: 1

    We need a god of evolution to make cows which burn better. Someone contact Ponder Stibbons.

  7. Re:Enough with the FUD! on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    When that 300$ is a significant portion of your annual savings, then the 15$ additional vs the low risk of being caught is a bad deal.

  8. Re:In other news... on Offline Gmail Launched · · Score: 1

    They call it Google's Really Easy Pointer, or grep for short.

  9. Re:insanity defense .. on Confessed Botnet Master Is a Security Professional · · Score: 1

    Would anyone ever suspect a security "professional" at work of administering a botnet from there? I would call it an extremely efficient disguise.

  10. Re:What about the Firefox I get with Ubuntu? on EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows · · Score: 1

    Convicted monopolist.

  11. Re:This isn't surprising... on GAO Reports Bailout and Tech Firms Love Tax Havens · · Score: 1

    Read the book 'Corporation', or see the movie. It's a good writeup on why any company not doing this will have to deal with investor lawsuits.

  12. Re:Just visit Manhattan on How the City Hurts Your Brain · · Score: 1

    In any efficient city, you don't waste time waiting. You don't deal with too much traffic (except in the idiotic cities designed around cars and without working mass transit).

    If one restaurant is too busy, the next one is available. I live in a large urban environment which has working transit, and I have lived in a city without it, and I can tell you that living in the city without transit was stressful. From what I have heard, most US cities are like the second one, while NYC is like the first. NYC will be less stressful than San Francisco.

  13. Re:sigh on UK Police To Step Up Hacking of Home PCs · · Score: 1

    Have you ever known a government project to finish on time and within budget?

  14. Re:Mediocre Blog Rubbish on How Do You Stay Upbeat Amidst the Idiocy? · · Score: 1

    As long as you have versioning, and a good set of models, you can do fine. The problem comes when you choose not to put in the infrastructure.

  15. Re:Thank you for admiting it on How Do You Stay Upbeat Amidst the Idiocy? · · Score: 1

    Brain the size of a planet, and I am stuck making comments on Slashdot.

  16. Re:Thou shall not make up random interpretations on India Sleepwalks Into a Surveillance Society · · Score: 1

    Nah. The previous law on porn restricted selling/giving away. This is just an extension of the same law to the Internet. This extension was required to get people who indulged in making porn movies locally, but sold them via a US based company to avoid prosecution.

  17. Re:Uncomfortable truth on IE Market Share Drops Below 70% · · Score: 1

    OS preloaded, and known to work with hardware is a killer feature for a lot of people.

    If the netbook manufacturers would start offering Linux preloaded boxes and actually make them available in stores with the same hardqware config and lower price than XP boxes, you would see a major spike in Linux adoption too.

  18. Re:How small can computers get? on How Small Can Computers Get? Computing in a Molecule · · Score: 1

    Electronic blowjobs! Who needs viagra when you can directly control the brain?

  19. Re:Whatever. on Thieves Take the Cake · · Score: 1

    That's not fruit cake. That's dwarf bread.

  20. Re:Digital traps in an analog world on Using Speed Cameras To Send Tickets To Your Enemies · · Score: 1

    Airport security is to protect the planes, not the passengers. We can get rid of it without major loss.

  21. Re:SNOW! on Scientist Patents New Method To Fight Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Global warming is essentially the addition of more energy to the atmosphere and hydrosphere.

    The addition of more energy results in higher amplitudes rather than an increase in the base temperature (which happens much more slowly). Hence, you will see more extreme weather patterns, like hotter summers and colder winters. The cold period will be shorter, leading to an increase in the average temperature which we calculate.

  22. Does it know the winning move though? on Mechanical AI Made In LittleBigPlanet · · Score: 1

    And will the next version play a nice game of chess?

  23. Re:Things like this... on Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's warp-eleven.

  24. Re:...as many Chinese citizens seem to like it tha on With Olympics Over, China Re-Censors Internet · · Score: 1
  25. Re:And who wants cheap prices anyway? on Network Neutrality Defenders Quietly Backing Off? · · Score: 1

    That's only true as long as competition exists. Then you get a monopoly and high ticket prices.