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  1. Re:Found buried? on 4th BC Century Defensive Wall Unearthed · · Score: 1

    What do you mean? They were NEVER conquered by the mole people. Not once.

  2. Hey! on Mobile Processor Showdown · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't push your fancy thermodynamics on us!

  3. Re:Rockets don't work in a vacuum on Should We Land on the Moon's Poles or Equator? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if Maureen Dowd wrote that editorial. Back in the 1920's she would have only been about 45.

  4. Rockets don't work in a vacuum on Should We Land on the Moon's Poles or Equator? · · Score: 4, Funny
    Rockets don't work in a vacuum because they don't have any air to push against. Therefore, you can't go to the moon. We have proof in the form of this venomous editoral from the New York Times:

    http://it.is.rice.edu/~rickr/goddard.editorial.htm l

  5. You should know on Mathematics Skills More in Demand Than Ever · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It doesn't matter. 93.7% of all statistics are made up.

  6. Re:nortan anti-virus on Google Unveils The Google Pack · · Score: 1

    We used to use AVG here, but it didn't find stuff that Clam AV did so we switched. Does anyone else find more stuff with ClamAV/ClamWin?

  7. IMAO did it! on Explosion on Moon Spreads Moondust · · Score: 1
    The "realistic plan for world peace" has begun.

    http://www.imao.us/docs/NukeTheMoon.htm

  8. Re:...and here come the sceptics on Polar Bears Drowning As Globe Warms · · Score: 1

    OK. What are you doing to stop global warming?

  9. Re:Free wi-fi is important on New Orleans to Deploy Free Wi-Fi City Wide · · Score: 1

    Doesn't South Korea have much better internet access because it's deregulated? Everything has elasticity of demand in relation to price. Occasional price gouging is a small price to pay for freedom, relatively speaking.

  10. Re:Jimmy Carter !?! on Introverts Have More Brain Activity? · · Score: 1
    "He's history's greatest monster !!!"

    According to Jimmy, it was the rabbit! And who would say he's introvered?? He's buddies with Hugo Chavez, Fidel, and pretty much anybody that swears to destroy America.

  11. Re:Rumors on Xbox 360 Very Unstable · · Score: 1

    What if we set up a firewall that blocks the evil-bit?

  12. Re:MPEG-2? on Sony Completes First Full-Length Blu-ray Disc · · Score: 1

    Is MPEG2 a lot easier on the CPU, too? Probably worth considering in hi-def.

  13. Poor Tax Payers on Is the Earth in a Vortex of Space-Time? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    So...NASA is spending zillions of dollars on this experiment which has two possible results:
    1. The experiment agrees with GR and NASA says that GR is right about frame dragging.
    2. The experiment doesn't agree with GR and NASA says that it messed up and they'll ask the tax payers for a do over.

    This experiment is not legitimate. If they get the result they expect, they'll accept the result. If they don't get the result they expect, they'll just say (rightly) that it was a flawed experiment. We won't get any more validation of GR than we already have. If they really want to validate frame dragging, they need to look for weirdness associated with very large spinning objects, like black holes. If you could study black holes enough to find some behavior along the axis that contradicts classical physics, that would give you some meat to back the concept of frame dragging.

  14. Re:ReadOnly OS on Image Handling Flaw Puts Windows At Risk · · Score: 1

    Guys, you can both win. Knoppix. Read-only with updates!

  15. Re:In democratic america... on Sony DRM Installs a Rootkit? · · Score: 1
    "They both suck. They're both political-economic structures based around the few maintaining control over the masses without accountability."

    Capitalism is about the the individuals. Even the biggest companies bend to the will of consumers. Look at rebates offered by Ford and GM. Do you think they want to discount their vehicles?

    Democracy is just a means to an end. It's the only way to protect individual liberty. Pairing a 'communal structure' with a democratic political structure is a certain path to tyranny. The majority will democratically steer more resources to itself. The minority will be demonized to justify its deprivation.

    It's pretty callous to say that Soviet style Communism is a type of freedom because individuals are not compelled to act against thier will by threats of deprivation! Starving to death is not a threat of deprivation???? Did you just forget that five million people were starved to death for political reasons? Get a history book!

  16. Interesting Introductions on Fighting FUD with Humor · · Score: 2, Funny
    Ever met someone with an IQ of 100.

    How many times do you meet someone and get an IQ score with the introduction?? Or other pertinent metrics? For example: "Hi, Bob, this is Bobbi Jo. She has an IQ of 117 and a 36C chest..." Just curious.

  17. E-mail turns 34 on Email Turns 34 · · Score: 1

    OK, OK, I'll read it soon! I've been busy.

  18. $5000 V10K on Transparent Aluminum a Reality · · Score: 1

    Your link says the Rado V10K is $5000.

  19. Right != Ability on Campaign Financing Cyber Loophole · · Score: 1

    Nuff said.

  20. MOD PARENT UP! on Campaign Financing Cyber Loophole · · Score: 1
    If you get Rush Limbaugh to agree with the ACLU on an issue, its probably cut and dry. Who is pushing for campaign finance reform? The big newspapers. They're exempt, so they can print page after page of support for their candidates, while you're going to be audited by the FEC and the IRS if you buy a 1.5 x 1.5 in ad buried in the back of the sports section.

    BTW, there is no law that requires you to vote for the person that spent the most in their campaign.

  21. Analog hole on TCP/IP Speakers · · Score: 1
    "...you could tap the wires on the speaker and convert that back to line level."

    Unless the amplifier circuitry can detect a change of impedence and hose the output. I'm scared.

  22. Ford Nanotech on Ford, Boeing and NU Form Nanotech Alliance · · Score: 1

    Ford wants nanotech to track profits and build new micromanagers for the dealers and suppliers.

  23. Map Software on Creating Live Linux Distributions For Disasters · · Score: 1

    Roadmap (http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/) uses TIGER derived maps. It will show you your position on a map as you drive and interfaces through gpsd which can talk to NMEA GPS's.

  24. Re:What was the comparable cost for openoffice? on Tim Bray on Implications of OpenDocument Format · · Score: 2, Interesting
    And what will the costs be to the people outside of the government who need to download the documents produced with OpenOffice, and to the government in response to people having problems opening OpenOffice formats?

    Yea! Especially that damn PDF export! Seriously, the cost to download OpenOffice is zero. If I have to buy MS Office, it's going to cost me hundreds. Why is it an unbearable burden to download a free program and not a burden to have to buy MS Office?

  25. Public Key Authentication on Too Many Passwords · · Score: 1

    The networks should standardize on a public key authentication system so that only ONE password and ONE I.D. is needed. Then the various networks, servers, and companies just add the authorized user to their authorized user list while a public key server maintains the users and keys. The client machine generates a login request with the private key, and the server authenticates the login request against the public key server.