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  1. Re:132 seconds to display simple HTML page? on VIA Nano Bests Intel Atom In Netbook Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    With the word 'pages' in there, I'm inclined to think they have a set of a pages they throw at it, probably picked to test a bunch of different types of elements to render or control for some other variable. The time is likely the aggregate time it takes to render all of the pages in total.

  2. Re:I wonder on Flash Mob Steals $9 Million From ATMs · · Score: 1

    I hope they don't make me redundant.

    Hopefully they don't tell you by just removing your NIC card.

  3. Re:Screw bytes per dollar on Stanford's Quantum Hologram Sets Storage Record · · Score: 2, Funny

    6.02e23 ought to be enough for anybody.

  4. Don't forget... on New Law Will Require Camera Phones To "Click" · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to include a bright flashy light so deaf people are also aware when their picture is being taken. Of course this means that cameras should also be unable to take pictures of anyone that can't see the camera. I fear for the future of my upskirtcomapatient.com porn site...

  5. Re:Not good enough. on 6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves · · Score: 1

    statistically the average age that people lose their virginity is 14

    [citation needed]

    According to this, 17 is the average.
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051500826.html

    I showed you mine, now you show me yours.

  6. We keep calling... on Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President of the US · · Score: 1

    but some guy named Werner Faymann keeps telling us we have the wrong number.

    Sincerely,
    Your Average Uneducated American

  7. Re:This is going to raise a lot of legal questions on 6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No he did not have that right. My wife is a teacher, and if they feel a need to search the contents of a students bag, they either get parental permission, or if they think something criminal may be occurring (i.e. drugs) then they'll call police to do the search. But he did look through the phone. Once that happened, it all snowballed from there. Note that I am not trying to defend this person. I'm just trying to make the point that this isn't Big Evil Administrator ruining the lives of Poor Innocent Children. It's considerably more complex than that--a culture of fear around anything linking children and sex. People become irrational and will gladly throw everyone else into the fire to save themselves as the consequences are so often so out of proportion with the offense.

  8. Re:This is going to raise a lot of legal questions on 6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves · · Score: 1

    At the same time, the mere accusation of impropriety can so destroy the career and life of an educator that he must have felt obligated to turn it over to the police as soon as he saw the picture. The motivation to keep everything very public and and very open would be very strong. I don't know what will happen with these kids now, but I would hope it will stop short of a trial and certainly short of a conviction. However, if this administrator had done the right thing and sat down with the students who were involved and their parents an over-reactive parent may have seen fit to take him down for looking at naked pictures of their teenage daughter. It would have been nice if he was stronger and went this route and dealt with any problems that arose, rather than taking the easy way out. But at the same time, I can see where the motivation may have come from. It may not be maliciousness or self-righteousness.

  9. Re:Care Bears? on Presidential Inauguration Hardware and Other Challenges · · Score: 1

    That's not Care Bears, just the sprites they use for the pedophile monitoring system. Any "Care Bear Stare" animations indicate an offense in progress.

  10. Re:WTF? on Google Challenging Proposition 8 · · Score: 1

    Actually, this brings up an interesting thought. What if Google is more concerned about retention of current employees than attraction of new ones? CA has a reputation for being one of the more gay-friendly states, with the Bay area in particular being very accommodating. The passage of Prop 8 is one of the biggest steps in the opposite direction to happen in CA in recent history. I could very easily see this causing a sufficient level of anger and frustration that many gays and gay-rights supporters would choose to leave to some other state with greener pastures (like MA or NH). Even if these other states don't necessarily have more rights for gays now, their future prospects may seem brighter. If enough of Google's employees are fed up enough to jump ship, it could be a concern for them.

  11. Re:Seriously... on iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info · · Score: 1

    If it has less space than a Nomad, though, it'll be useless.

  12. Obligatory, Part Deux on Researchers One Step Closer To Creating Life · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I see your Obligatory with my Obligatory xkcd reference:

    http://xkcd.com/387/

  13. Re:You cant teach tact. on Class Teaches Nerds Social Skills · · Score: 1

    "Looks aren't important" may be an overstatement, but they are less important than you think. The thing that getting in shape does for you--besides improving your looks--is boosting your confidence, and that is one aphrodisiac that works on every human.

  14. Re:10 years too late... on Class Teaches Nerds Social Skills · · Score: 1

    You sound like you may be an exceptional case. Have you considered therapy? This may be a way to get access to someone who can teach you how to interact with others.

  15. Re:By Storm, I think you mean... on State Dept E-mail Crash After "Reply-All" Storm · · Score: 1

    I could give you some good advice, but it just wouldn't take.

  16. Thanks a lot... on Ants Used For Mind-Controlled Robotic Limbs · · Score: 1

    Actually, I wasn't, until you said it. Now I can't get the image out of my brain. Damn you!

  17. Re:Maybe I'm alone on this on Job and Internship Salary Comparisons? · · Score: 1

    $30-$40/hr is really good. I've never seen an internship in the US pay that well. Many don't pay at all. I'd say $10-$15/hr is typical.

  18. Maybe I'm alone on this on Job and Internship Salary Comparisons? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    But I would worry less about what you'll get paid as an intern and more about what kind of experience you'll be getting and networking/employment opportunities after the internship is over. Whatever you would make as an intern would be a pittance anyway, so don't pass over long-term prospects just to make a couple hundred dollars extra.

  19. Re:Population Density on Magnetic Levitating Trains Get Go-Ahead In Japan · · Score: 1

    This was my experience in LA as well. People there overwhelmingly support adding more mass transit. The mass transit they have is notoriously underused and inefficient. A big piece of this is that everybody wants everybody _else_ to use the mass transit so they can get around in their cars easier.

  20. Re:uh on CO2 To Fuel, Closing the "Carbon Loop" · · Score: 1

    No No No No No NOOOO! Proprietary Process! Ignore the man behind the curtain!

  21. Wait... on University Tries "One iPhone Per Student" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So every student on campus will have an easy to steal and easy to sell item in their possession at all times? Where can I submit an application? Seems to be a lucrative business opportunity. /paranoia

  22. Re:Unattractive on How US Schools' Culture Stifles Math Achievement · · Score: 4, Funny

    Agreed. I propose, as a first step, that we rename the Riemann-Zeta function to the Riemann-Zeta-Jones function.

  23. Re:Interesting concept... on XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again · · Score: 5, Funny

    Correction accepted. But, I'm more inclined to believe that it's actually an American actress (from Iowa or something) doing her imitation of what she thinks an English accent is--a grotesque hybrid of Received Pronunciation and Cockney.

  24. Re:Interesting concept... on XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Correction. The people who need this feature are likely to use it to get the computer to say naughty things to them. Especially if there is an option to have the voice be the woman with a British accent used on some GPS systems.

  25. Re:Sounds like bullshit to me... on Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not sure I agree. After all, I was using my cell phone while driving last week (I like to read the news on my way to work), and experienced a sudden crash. The only explanation is wireless interference.