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  1. Nuke the world. on Chinese Internet Censorship Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    If China really want to censor the world, it will have to nuke it first. Of course, that would never happen. But, they can try... Muahahhah.

  2. Re:What is Communist about China? on Chinese Internet Censorship Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    Four of my roommates and I in my last appartment couldn't even get communism to work. That's FIVE people not helping out with chores and always passing the buck on who-pays-what-bills. And your going to tell me that communism will work for country?

    PLEASE...SPARE ME!!!! *rolls eyes*

  3. Images of the inside of Spirit on What's Inside the Mars Rovers · · Score: 1

    Go easy now on the server. But here is your tax dollars at work. No wonder these robots are so robust. The simplicity in enegineering is astounding. Link below.

    http://www.roombacommunity.com/robosweep/roboswe ep .html

  4. Not going to happen on NVIDIA Drivers for 2.6 Kernel · · Score: 1

    It's not going to happen. Forget it! nVidia has too much time and "innovation" tied up in the development of the drivers to risk competition benefiting from them being open sourced. I'm sure ATI feels the same way about their drivers too. Hence, ATI also will not release its source code.

  5. Re:Asian computer viri? on What's The Actual Cost of A Virus? · · Score: 1

    socially written = socially engineered.

    Don't be a dumbass. But, I guess that's to be expected from an AC.

  6. Re:Ummmm....bad idea economically on Growing Your Own Gold · · Score: 1

    So let's say in the future any form of matter can be synthesized. Would that mean energy and human labor be highly prized rather then say..gold?

  7. Asian computer viri? on What's The Actual Cost of A Virus? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm supprised that an Asian version of these viruses haven't made the rounds yet. I'm curious if businesses in S. Korea would be just as effected if this virus was socially written for that part of the world.

  8. It will NOT be random on World of Warcraft Beta To Begin · · Score: 1

    I'm sure of it. They are just saying that it won't be random to keep their servers from being overloaded by the onslaught of WoW goons just waiting to play this game as though it's better then crack/sex. And...it might be better in that regard too.

    As for being random... I'm sure that cropping the first few on the list will be random enough for them. Then, they can ignore the rest of the applicants and save on bandwidth and stuff.

  9. Albatross around your neck on A Linux Machine For Your Collar · · Score: 1

    I've always thought of computers and cell phones being an "Albatross" around my neck, sort of speak. But soon, it looks like it might *be* one for real. Damn, sometimes I just want to get away from technology for a moment. Maybe I'm being anti-geek in saying this. But damn, I'm only Human and need my natural space too from time to time.

  10. Re:IBM on IBM Patents Method For Paying Open Source Workers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've been told that you get to make a big tax write-off if you get a patent. So in the end, the whole patent scheme in corporate America is nothing more then tax legal evasion.

    And as my sig says....

  11. Oil in Mars on Microwave Steelmaking · · Score: 1

    If Mars once had life...and for long periods of time. Then there might be oil to be found as well. But even if so, the quality of and quantity of such hydrocarbons may not be worth the effort for energy use.

  12. Re:He cant be just "Knigtef" on Bill Gates to be Knighted · · Score: 1

    So let's say he accepts the title of knighthood. Could he still run for a political position pertaining to government at a later time? Or would he have to renounce the title first.

  13. Re:15? on Mice In Space · · Score: 1

    15 going into space. Countless additions comming back. It would be interesting to see how they have sex in space. Hmmm...

  14. Re:Bitmapped horizon on Explaining the Mars Photo Colorization · · Score: 1

    I think all of the images NASA takes are in TIFF format for archival quality. I'm sure if you look on the website, you should be able to download the 50+MB files. But for the general public, JPG format will suffice for web browsing use.

  15. Re:DIskless Workstations or X terminals on Tom's Reviews Expensive, Noiseless Case · · Score: 1

    That's a very good idea. But, I only have one PC up and running. I had to strip parts from my old one durring an upgrade. Also, I do play quite a few games online. Most of which require the CDs to be in the drives. And even if I had a multi-CD caddy drive, WinXP doesn't support 3D acceleration through a dumb terminal interface.

    Perhaps in the future, these issues will be addressed. But for now, it's just not an option for my computing needs.

  16. Solid state hard drives on Tom's Reviews Expensive, Noiseless Case · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you want a truely silent PC, then you will need one of these flash drives. It will cost you a shit-load of money, but it's a solution non the less. Check them out here http://www.m-sys.com/

  17. Re:But this is the Government on Senator Plans P2P Summit · · Score: 1

    I've got karma to burn...so I'll voice out.

    Do NOT vote for Democrats or Repubs. They are one in the same. The only difference is how they get bought out. Maybe now would be a good time to keep the USA in check by voting for Libertarian candidate.

    Check out this website. Though Boortz is nothing more then a glorified "shock jock" on radio, he does raise some interesting points. http://boortz.com/

  18. Re:Windows XP SP2 ought to be dangerous.. on Rewrites Considered Harmful? · · Score: 1

    Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.

    Sounds like MS is on the right track for doing this. Sure, if might break some software. But, hopefully effected programs will have a patch due out soon to address the changes. And that shouldn't be much of a delay knowing that such software providers will be getting their hands on SP2 beta well before the general public gets the final release of the service pack.

  19. Re:US Gov sponsored DRM on USAF Wants To Find Steganographic Content · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "I'm glad people like you are rarely put in a position to make important decisions."

    Exactly, I'm much to intelligent (and moral) to be allowed into goverment. Only Morons get elected due to the vast number of sheep in this country such as your self Mr AC.

  20. Crime pays on Spammers Not Complying With CAN-SPAM · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It doesn't matter if the crime is though hacking, smuggeling, murder....whatever. The fact of the matter is this. If the crime you commit far exceeds the net total loss from being busted, then why would the suspect want to stop? It's not that hard to figure out.

    Sometimes, you have to fight fire with fire. So ladies and gents, let the SPAM hacking begin. Anyone feel like being evangelist for Joe Sixpack with an AOL account?

  21. Re:Being second sucks. on Spammers Not Complying With CAN-SPAM · · Score: 1

    What the hell is that? Some sort of buffer overflow exploit?

  22. US Gov sponsored DRM on USAF Wants To Find Steganographic Content · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Imagine if seganographic checking software was to be mandatory on all computers containing DRM. And, removing it would be a felon. Remember boys and girls, owning a computer is a privilege, not a "right".

    Think it can't happen? Think again, we have the Patriot Act as the front runner for this kinda shit. Seriously, I'm voting Libertarian this election. I'm tired of the same old Demo/Repub bull shit!! Arrtrrggghhhhhhaaaa

  23. Re:It's about proportion on Double Pulsar Discovered · · Score: 1

    Bla bla bla.. look, the theory about our universe is totally out in the open (pun intended) at this point. General relativity and Quantum Mechanics do NOT complement eachother!!! So what theory is correct? If both are correct, then what data is missing?

    Thank you, and have a swell ass spanking day.

  24. Problem with sound and video. on DOS Emulation Under Linux - a Simple Guide · · Score: 1

    Even if I were to create a DOS boot CD with Duke3D installed (uncompressed). My problem would be with my soundcard. I think Duke3Ds legacy code is too old to support PCI cards. In fact, I'm not sure there is even a native DOS driver for my SB Live!. Then, there also might be an issue with my video card. I'm not sure the new AGP cards are extended VESA complient. Now days, AGP cards hold just enough data in video-BIOS to reflect the specification and timing of GPU and RAM...and other low level stuff. All other functions of the video card are kicked in only when a proper driver is installed. For example, just try and run a newer ATI or nVidia card in standard VGA mode in Windows. You will find that an old PCI S3 card does SVGA natively much MUCH faster due to full VESA compliance.

  25. It's about proportion on Double Pulsar Discovered · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've got to thinking about this more tonight. I think this idea holds more water then I thought. Let me further explain. Because matter is the minority substance in space, it will be space that is trying to displace matter. Hence forth, gravity is a push and not a pull. But, what happens when you have two solid objects floating in space? Eventually, they will move toward each other because now the amount of space between the two objects is superseded by the increase in combined proportional mass relative to the two objects (however, the space on other side of both objects is now the majority). So the closer two objects in space are, an exponential increase in attraction (rather, being pushed together) will occur.

    But, what if the space between these two objects supersedes the over all proportional mass relative to each other? If this model is correct, they will now be pushed AWAY from each other. Maybe, this is why galaxies are moving farther away from each other. You see, the space between galaxies far supersedes the proportion of displacement of space due to the mass of the galaxies in relation to each other.

    I really don't have any better way to word this. I'm sure this is a very confusing to read at first, so you might have to read it a few time.