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  1. Re:what is this game? on Computer Beats Pro At US Go Congress · · Score: 1

    So would calling it 2-D Othello be somewhat accurate? I've never played but that's the impression I get.

  2. Re:Get your affairs in order, people on Large Hadron Collider Goes Live September 10th · · Score: 2, Funny

    A black hole with the mass of the Earth still only has Schwarzschild radius of 1.5cm

    I see your Swhwarzschild is as big as mine.

  3. Re:Redundant Array of Shaman on Blizzard Beefs up World of Warcraft's Recruit-a-Friend · · Score: 1

    I think the follow command might break if the lead guy got MC'd..

  4. Re:BIOS.... on $12 MIT Computer Based On NES, Not Apple II · · Score: 1

    adding in "select" was only for 2 player games. The two games I used the code on were Contra and TMNT2.

  5. Re:Redundant Array of Shaman on Blizzard Beefs up World of Warcraft's Recruit-a-Friend · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I remember seeing this guy.. wish I could remember his name. During the winter "super snow ball" season I hit his lead toon with a snowball off the AV bridge near the Alliance base... then laughed my ass off as the other 4 all walked off the bridge to their death. I didn't know what really happened until a guild mate explained it to me.

  6. Re:Some random observations on New Search Engine Cuil Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    "Cuil" is a really dumb name.

    That's what everyone said about the Wii as well when it was first announced. I think Cuil is catchy once you know how to pronounce it..

  7. Re:WMU! on American Solar Challenge Racers Head For Canada · · Score: 1

    I was part of the SAE Aero challenge in '99, our team's plane suffered damage during shipping and the WMU guys were the only ones nice enough to even offer help. WMU has my vote, even with a broken car!

  8. Re:Why not go electric at this rate of fill? on Home-Based Hydrogen Refueling Station · · Score: 1

    I've seen them in Ohio... but of course I live about an hour from where the vehicles are built and I know the factory has it's own refueling station. It could just be employees driving them or pool cars.

    There are very few unique components between a normal Civic and a CNG, I doubt there would be any service issues.

  9. Re:Why not go electric at this rate of fill? on Home-Based Hydrogen Refueling Station · · Score: 2, Informative

    And Honda has had a natural gas powered civic on the road for many years already, it is considered the cleanest internal combustion engine ever produced. On top of that they also have a home refueling station you can lease as well called a Phill. It hooks right up to your home gas line.

  10. nice picture... on First Images of Solar System's Invisible Frontier · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was expecting a picture that didn't look like something I drew today at work using MS Excel and autoshapes.

  11. Re:Ah... home! on First US Offshore Wind Power Park In Delaware · · Score: 1

    gah, scrapple. My cousin introduced me to that last month when I visited her in Philly. bleh!

  12. Re:More info for those of us who aren't in the US. on George Carlin Dead of Heart Failure · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here is a cookie.

  13. Re:Hundreds of millions spent and...? on Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 1

    Come on, NASA, you're making yourselves look incompetent.
    You know, because landing a robot on another planet is easy. Every other space agency in the world has a 100% success rate when dealing with Mars, right?
  14. Re:Microsofts heritage on Return of the '70s Microsoft Weirdos · · Score: 1

    Um... let's see.. a CEO who understands the business or a CEO that has no idea about the business...

    Can you see how his ability to program is helpful now?

  15. Re:Microsofts heritage on Return of the '70s Microsoft Weirdos · · Score: 1

    Apparently none of those other companies had a CEO with the business sense to take them towards the top. You're talking about a time when engineers were just engineers and not meant to be personable at the same time. I doubt most of those companies had a business minded person running the show.

    Bill Gates had a business mind AND he could program. That is why Microsoft came out on top.

  16. Re:Thank you on Return of the '70s Microsoft Weirdos · · Score: 1

    Probably... but maybe we'd be 5 years behind where we are now.

  17. Re:Bad headline -- top students have IMPROVED on Helping Some Students May Harm High Achievers · · Score: 1

    That's because most schools spend significant time prepping for the standarized tests now. They don't teach any more, they prep students to take a test so the school can get more money. Do the kids learn, yes. Is it the type of learning that will help them later on, hard to say since I haven't experienced it. Do I think it's the best way to handle things, definately not. NCLB seems to make the rich, richer and the poor, poorer. If your school does bad one or two years in a row, you get less money... and the downward spiral begins.

  18. Lost production? on The Tiger Effect and Internet DDoS · · Score: 1

    I guess since it was Monday afternoon everyone was watching it from work.

  19. Re:Documentation on Do Women Write Better Code? · · Score: 1

    That would've been fine had she used "pwnies" instead...

  20. Documentation on Do Women Write Better Code? · · Score: 5, Funny

    We all know that even if a woman *appears* to document her code well that what is written isn't what she really means!

    Or women don't document at all and just expect the men to know what they are thinking.

  21. Re:good on Microsoft Goes After "Career Pirates" · · Score: 1

    I'm for ruthless enforcement of any law that inconveniences Windows users. The more MSFT turns the screws, the more people will consider alternatives. Except they aren't going after Windows users, they are going after stores that sell illegal copies. Any reasonable company would do the same thing.

    Microsoft turning the screws would mean they start using RIAA tactics and sending letters to 10% of the populace saying they have illegal software and must now pay $500 hush money or prepare to go to court.
  22. Re:Okay. Here's *MY* blog entry, Senator on McCain Asks Supporters To Campaign On Blogs · · Score: 1

    That's why I wait until near the end of the campaigning to figure out where the candidates actually stand. Speeches now are mostly fluff and I'm not going to waste my time trying to figure out if they actually proposed an idea.

  23. Re:Okay. Here's *MY* blog entry, Senator on McCain Asks Supporters To Campaign On Blogs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The 2000 John McCain would not get elected in 2008 if he didn't suck up to as many demographics as possible. Maybe once (if) he gets elected you'll see more of the 2000 McCain.

    I'm not sure about anyone else, but I ignore the rheteric until October, then I look for a summary of each cadidate over the previous 6 months. Obama's campaign is trying to call McCain "Bush Jr." while McCain is trying to label Obama as naive and vague.

    I don't think McCain is Bush Jr. and I don't think Obama is naive (althought I do think he's been pretty vague so far).. that is why I will ignore as much as I can until the final month.. that's when I'll start to pay attention. I'm just glad Billary lost the primary.

  24. Re:People don't learn from history on Barack Obama Wins Democratic Nomination · · Score: 1

    Do you mean just how all Democrats can't mention McCain without trying to parallel him with Bush?

    Welcome to politics.

  25. Re:Maybe to some, not to me. on Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes · · Score: 1

    I forecast future demand you insensitive clod!

    And that requires looking at line graphs for many hours each day :(