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  1. Re:File management on Canonical Bringing an Instant-On Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Besides, I doubt they're gonna keep you from switching to a virtual terminal and looking at all the pretty files.

  2. Re:There's just so much about this... on HP's Moscow Offices Raided In Bribery Probe · · Score: 2, Funny
    I specially love this:

    HP states that in foreign nations 'it is common to engage in business practices that are prohibited by laws and regulations

    Thank god they specified foreign nations, cause in the US that'd be wrong

  3. Re:Act now and we'll throw in for free... on Wake Forest Researchers Swap Skin Grafts For Cell Spraying · · Score: 1

    Burn victims across the globe rejoice...
    And then cringe in pain

  4. Re:The baby on iPad Progress Report · · Score: 1

    There goes any possible fear of lithium batteries

  5. Re:Why do photos of guns cause stress? on Look At Sick People To Give Your Immune System a Boost · · Score: 4, Funny

    My guns are not a deterrent to anyone but cardboard targets.

    So, because carboard targets are deemed "acceptable targets", you're just gonna shoot them? 200 years ago, we might be having this conversation about black people.

  6. Re:Precision of calculations on Exotic "Electroweak" Star Predicted · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As always with cosmology, you have a pretty huge margin of error

    Fixed that for you.
    Seriously, that's just a few orders of magnitude off. Seen the error bars on intergalactic distances?

  7. Re:This is not a C64 at all on Commodore 64 Primed For a Comeback In June · · Score: 1

    You don't need a 64 bit processor in order to have 64 bit floats or integers

  8. Re:GPUs on Blazing Fast Password Recovery With New ATI Cards · · Score: 1

    OK so now the GPU is on the CPU die. The memory controller is there already, right? It should be a no-brainer to integrate small stuff like ethernet. Bluetooth/wifi may be a bit harder due to the necessary aerial. Now all that's left is to integrate the RAM on the die and we're there. A one-chip computer. No need for complex motherboards any more. At that moment the whole hardware issue is solved.

    We've had ICs like that for ages, mainly in portable devices which have everything and the kitchen sink in a single package. However, I'm not sure it would be ideal for a general-purpose PC to have everything in the CPU for a bunch of reasons, mainly how it would raise costs and give you less flexibility regarding peripherals. It seems more reasonable to have bluetooth, network, etc. in the motherboard or plug-in cards, so you don't have to replace your CPU when a newer version comes out (or when you use your cable tester on a still-plugged cable and destroy your network card)

  9. Re:So when was our environment methane? on China To Tap Combustible Ice As New Energy Source · · Score: 4, Informative
    From wp:

    Methane hydrates are believed to form by migration of gas from depth along geological faults, followed by precipitation, or crystallization, on contact of the rising gas stream with cold sea water

  10. Re:Religious Neanderthals on The Role of Human Culture In Natural Selection · · Score: 1

    the average IQ has continued to rise

    Huh? The number 100 has continued to rise? :P

  11. Re:Chuck Norris Doesn't Even Need to Attack Them on Chuck Norris Attacks Linux-Based Routers, Modems · · Score: 1

    Chuck Norris doesn't even need to attack them, they just submit because they know he could fry their CPU with a single packet!

    Actually, if they submit they're probably sending a couple of HTTP packets

  12. Re:True for the individual, not the office use cas on A Printer That Uses No Consumables · · Score: 1

    I believe it has to do with cutting down native forest (lots of biodiversity) and replacing it with plantations for making paper

  13. Re:He bought one? on Nexus One First Phone Linus Torvalds "Doesn't Hate" · · Score: 1

    attaching importance to what he has to say about this gadget is an example of an "Appeal to Misleading Authority."

    Citing fallacies is an example of failing at life

  14. Re:right... on Plasma Jets Could Replace Dental Drills · · Score: 5, Informative

    For cavities' sake, get checked. I skipped going to the dentist for years because I'd never had cavities, until I went and the guy found 3 :/

  15. Re:Luckily... on DARPA Aims for Synthetic Life With a Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    Then why bother having separate words for natural and artificial? Let's just erase both concepts and blend them into a new word. What shall we call it?

  16. Re:Plane landings? on New Most Precise Clock Based On Aluminum Ion · · Score: 1

    I, for one, want my planes landed to a quarter of a nanometer

  17. Re:it's not enough on Comcast Launches Broadband Meter · · Score: 1

    Yeah well, if you send your packets through carrier pidgeon then implement your own damn pidgeon-statistics solution.

  18. Re:it's not enough on Comcast Launches Broadband Meter · · Score: 1

    Just separating traffic by port would be enough (torrent, http, ftp, pop, smtp, etc). No privacy issues

  19. Re:More than just China and aircraft on China's DIY Aviators Take Flight · · Score: 1

    can you imagine the fit the government will throw when it figures out it can no longer regulate eg. firearms because anyone with a CNC mill can turn one out in a day or two?

    This is already possible and criminals do it.

  20. Re:32 years? on GNU Emacs Switches From CVS To Bazaar · · Score: 1

    Giving it a shot, seems straightforward. Thanks

  21. Re:32 years? on GNU Emacs Switches From CVS To Bazaar · · Score: 1

    Really. I remember using RCS and I won't ever go back there

    What alternatives would you suggest for stuff I'm doing by myself?

  22. Re:small asm, C, C++, python - in that order. on How To Teach a 12-Year-Old To Program? · · Score: 1

    Then jump asm (to learn to address the metal) to Basic/Python

    Woah, skipping a few steps, are we? I hope he built an ALU and then a microprocessor before that!

  23. Re:No antibiotics for me on Microbes That Keep Us Healthy Starting To Die Off · · Score: 1

    Unless I feel like I'm at death's door, I do not go to the doctor

    What about cancer, cavities, hypertension and such?

  24. Re:Result on Man Tries To Use Explosive Device On US Flight · · Score: 2, Funny

    People don't like to blow up so they will beet the crap out of anyone who tries

    Come on, even terrorists don't deserve that kind of treatment

  25. Re:Not a new idea on $300 Sci-Fi YouTube Video Lands $30m Movie Deal · · Score: 1

    Their economy was kicking the bucket, and lots of pilots = more jobs