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  1. Re:Good to hear. on LaserMotive Finds Success In Space Elevator Competition · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A longevity vaccine would prevent longevity, there's no need to develop that one, you could use a gun against your head for that purpose, you mean an Aging vaccine.

  2. Always there on Should Computer Games Adapt To the Way You Play? · · Score: 0

    There's always been a form of adaptation to the user, call it difficulty levels, increasingly difficult stages or bosses, etc, it also depends on the game and it's structure, but it's implicit that you will get better as you play, so I guess the question is how to do it efficiently so you could keep balance to not dissuade the user with a too difficult game or bore him to death with a too easy one

  3. Re:Summary is wrong on Published Google Docs To Appear In Search Engines · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Posted by kdawson on Tuesday September 22, @03:20PM

  4. Really? good? on Intel's Braidwood Could Crush SSD Market · · Score: 0

    'Intel has got a very good [SSD] product

    Yeah right

  5. Re:Wow on How the Pirate Bay Will Be Legalized · · Score: 0

    http://www.o|+>.com

    I know, I know they ain't valid characters

  6. RTFA! on Windows 7 vs. Windows XP On a Netbook · · Score: 0

    In almost every benchmark shown in the article XP performs Better than 7, How is this an upgrade?

  7. Wow !!! on Microsoft Readies a Rival To Spotify · · Score: 0

    That's a huge advance, Just Genius,free music just for some advertising who would have thought of that... Oh wait...

  8. Let me google that for you on Wikipedia Debates Rorschach Censorship · · Score: 0

    Do a google search.
    It seems that the stupid blots are already all over the internet so whether this association wants it or not, it has leaked, there's nothing they can do.
    I see a Streisand effect coming though...

  9. For Fuck's sake!!! on YouTube Phasing Out Support For IE6 · · Score: 0
    Die already IE6!

    Not that MS's newer browsers are much better in standards compliance but definitely IE6 = Developers Hell.

    But the real problem is that many developers ignorant of the importance of standards as well as ignorant users (and of course MS itself) did a lot of damage creating and supporting IE (6) only sites, and many years later we are still facing the consequences of such poorly designed products, that's a heads up for future browser development this has to stop

    Interoperability is a must!

  10. Meaning Vs Presentation on HTML Tags For Academic Printing? · · Score: 0

    The trend (and not an unjustified one) is to separate structure from presentation in HTML so THE WEB can be browsed and searched in a a more meaningful way so CSS is used for display and tags are used to markup structure
    Since what you are suggesting is a mix of structure and display needs, it doesn't make a lot of sense to introduce it all in HTML, it would be like going back to the 90's, nevertheless it can already be achieved by separating the components you suggest in structural and display and surely you will find solutions for what you intend using a combination of existing HTML - CSS techniques.
    Also HTML was not created and is not primarily oriented for printed documents, it's native purpose is for on-screen display so it's not surprising that these features are not naturally supported in the core of the language.

  11. Re:Yeah... on Emulated PC Enables Linux Desktop In Your Browser · · Score: 5, Funny

    Site probably not down maybe they're just refreshing the tab where they have their webserver running.

  12. FIrst on Moblin V2.0 Beta For Netbooks and Nettops · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    First!

  13. Re:Horray on PHP 5.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Well... it was modded funny, so it should be.

  14. Re:Kangaroos are aliens? on Stoned Wallabies Make Crop Circles · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome our new marsupial overlords

  15. Re:Whose standard would that be? on "Definitive Evidence" For Ancient Lake On Mars · · Score: 1

    Yes, Scientists outside Myanmar, Liberia, and the United States. Which are the only countries that do not state the metric system as their official system of measurement.

  16. Re:And the evidence is compelling... on Thomas' Testimony and the RIAA's Near-Fatal Error · · Score: 1

    She's 32 (born in 77) so 16 years of traditional use put her online at 16 which is by no means a VERY VERY young age, although 1993 is certanly early in the internet timeline

  17. Re:What used games market? on Publishers Want a Slice of Used Game Market · · Score: 1

    Not only Steam, it's just natural because of the very substance of their product and of course their users, that the whole game industry (and movies and music for that matter) just move their bussiness model altogether to digital distribution, so this is a market that was born dead, no matter ho many of these gamespot is selling right now.

  18. Pointless on Palm Pre "iTunes Hack" Detailed By DVD Jon · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone want to use iTunes for any device including an iPod or a PRE, how about a Hack so you DON't have to use Itunes for iPod's or any other device.

  19. Boils down to... on Buying a Domain From a Cybersquatter · · Score: 1

    Well everybody here is discussing about cybersquatters and suing but it all boils down to the point that if you want the domain you'll have to purchase it from the dude who got it first!

    Unless they want $500.000 and you have copyright it's stupid to start litigation so just spend the $100 to $500 which is actually what you would pay for a physical sign for a physical businnes

    They will try to charge you more, but believe me, you can negotiate, don't tell them what you will use it for, just tell them it's your grandma's maiden name and you want it for her birthday present. They'll know you're full of crap just as you know they are when they tell you similar things to charge you more.

    Just be sure to get a reputable escrow firm so you don't get scammed.

  20. Come on!!! on An Argument For Leaving DNS Control In US Hands · · Score: 1
    This article is totally chauvinist.

    From the article:

    Political questions like "Who is the rightful government of Pakistan, and therefore the rightful owner of the .pk domain?" are settled by the U.S. Department of State.

    Yeah! a departament of state of one nation is the authority to decide who is the righful government of another nation.
    Contrary to what's stated in the summary, the article is a great reference to actually push the internationalization of the internet.
    Just for starters, remember America is a continent, not a country.

  21. Re:Uhhhh on Microsoft To Disable Autorun · · Score: 1

    I don't see the problem so many people are having.

    The problem is that in spite of your logic, computers with said OSs DO get infected by means of this "feature".

  22. Re:Full Recovery? on Hawking Expecting To Make Full Recovery · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Life is the leading cause of death, ya know.

    It's not really the cause but it's indeed a requirement.

  23. Re:Read through his posts... on Lose Your Amazon Account and Your Kindle Dies · · Score: 0

    Yeah, there's people who abuse return policies but What if his returns were all legitimate?
    What if it happens to you?... you keep receiving defective items, return them, and then get banned.
    I guess the point here is that there's no warning or policy that states the ratio of purchases toward returns or the frecuency to avoid getting banned (or the fact taht you could actually get banned)
    Also there's no rating scheme to verify the "rightness" of your returns, you could be really unlucky, also the quality of the goods sold at amazon isn't always "prime".

  24. I see opportunity on AT&T Has Begun Issuing RIAA Takedown Notices · · Score: 0

    It maybe legal to do this but they can't force ISPs to comply.
    It could be a nice business opportunity, to start an ISP bussiness, not colaborative with RIAA crap and ADVERTISE it, privacy protection could be a feature people would value and motivate them to switch ISP
    Wish I had a couple of million to start a bussiness like that

  25. Re:You know what I hate? on CCC Create a Rogue CA Certificate · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude this has got to be the most offtopic comment ever