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  1. Re:Footprint? on What's the Carbon Footprint of Bicycling? · · Score: 1

    The ground?

  2. Footprint? on What's the Carbon Footprint of Bicycling? · · Score: 1

    Bicycles don't have feet.

  3. Re:Frustrations with Google "smart" search fail on Bing More Effective Than Google? · · Score: 1

    prefix a + or put the know rare word in quotes.

  4. Re:Stupid on KDE Plans To Support Wayland In 2012 · · Score: 1

    Also, keeping X is just part of a widespread movement to . . . keep X.

  5. Re:Stupid on KDE Plans To Support Wayland In 2012 · · Score: 1

    Here's what X can do today that we will lose: Run applications on one virtual or physical machine and display on another. This is not the same as VNC or terminal services.

    You know that OS X 10.7 does that now for native non-X applications.

    I'm pretty sure people are just saying that for 90+ percent of users X is displayed locally. I'm pretty sure that there's a good way to create X's features on top of Wayland. But I have to agree that improving local display is a good priority. Then those of us who need GUI application display over the network can work on that– I'm pretty sure it's not impossible.

  6. Re:What countries? on Why Some People Don't Have Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Mozambique if you apply for temporary or permanent residency.

  7. Re:if everyone is using off peak hours on Smart Power Grid Could Wreak Havoc On Itself · · Score: 1
    Pretty sure that'd be a dumb meter.

    We solved problems like this ages ago, just negotiate allocations before automatically flipping the switch. The grid should know what each meter's plan is or at least it should only inform meters of available cheap energy as it is available and then just don't broadcast to more meters.

    It's not like the grid will say "HEY CHEAP POWER!!!!1111" to every automated system all at once.

  8. Re:Real Avatars on Microsoft Launches Avatar Kinect · · Score: 1

    Now it's just missing realtime geometry and texture acquisition and mapping.

  9. Re:Bah, humbug, tech writers need help on Intel Details Handling Anti-Aliasing On CPUs · · Score: 1

    I think you mean sources remain "embarrassingly unclear"

  10. Re:This is why trying to save people is a bad idea on Earth's Population To Hit 7 Billion This Year · · Score: 1

    If there is an entire nation that has no resources to trade and they are not capable of growing their own food, then the population will starve

    Speaking as a volunteer at a children's center in Northern Mozambique even people in destitute poverty may have many children, especially in a culture where transient sexual relationships are often encouraged. I don't mean to sound too much like I'm not a robot, but watching babies, children, teenagers and adults starve until the population reaches equilibrium because of some imaginary lines in the sand is a pretty insane plan. I think there is potential to be more creative. Other than that, you're pretty much right.

  11. Re:Why wouldn't you? on 35 Million Google Profiles Collected · · Score: 1

    or you're a thief.

  12. Facebook on 35 Million Google Profiles Collected · · Score: 1

    How much is Facebook paying for slashdot stories? News flash: Public Profiles are . . . Public! Welcome to teh webz.

  13. Re:Whoops on Skype Crashes and Burns In Worldwide Outage · · Score: 1

    Probably just an issue at the top of the peermid.

  14. Re:Question on Georgia Tech's ShaperProbe Detects ISP Traffic Manipulation · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pretty sure the internet is made of tubes, not pipes.

  15. Re:Deja Vu on Apple Proposes Smaller SIM Card Design · · Score: 1

    Have you seen the size of the iPhone 4's circuit board? It's tiny and border to border filled efficiently with few components. The sim slot uses a huge percentage of space. http://news.cnet.com/i/tim//2010/06/22/apple-iphone-4-logic-board.jpg

  16. Re:Easy... on Apple Support Forums Suggest Malware Explosion · · Score: 1

    App Store? Repository.

  17. Re:Hopefully this accelerates its adoption on iMac Gets Thunderbolt I/O, Quad-core · · Score: 1

    Well speed and power. The Firewire port made a much better iPod charger than a USB port.

  18. Re:Welcome to 2010 Apple on iMac Gets Thunderbolt I/O, Quad-core · · Score: 1

    Amen. Especially on notebooks.

  19. Re:So much for a fair trial. on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 1

    Resisted arrest, died in a firefight.

  20. Re:So... on NSA Advises Upgrade To Windows 7 · · Score: 0

    Finally Microsoft is caring about security . . . National Security

  21. Re:Easy to fake on Nikon's Image Authentication Insecure · · Score: 1

    Or you need a not-flat wall.

  22. Re:guilty eh? on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 1

    As soon as IPv6 isn't adopted

  23. Re:The obvious response... on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 1

    Average Speed != Max(instantaneous speed)

  24. Re:Ronald Reagan on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Well I'm can't agree that they're doing a great job saving "future money" but yeah increasing revenue (taxes) is a valid way to reduce the deficit. I'm just not sure I trust these guys to raise taxes without pre-spending the new monies seven ways till Sunday.

  25. Re:Ronald Reagan on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 2

    Conventional wisdom is that when your debt is as high as your GDP and you're budget deficit is still 20% of GDP that you have problems. There may be "bad things" happening in banks but frankly I'm a little more afraid of the bad things happening in government. $120,000 in debt for each taxpayer (rich and poor) is not something we should just ignore in the name of preserving fantasy spending land.