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  1. Re:That's how it works on SpaceX's Falcon Launches... Sort Of · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They will. In fact, Elon stated that all the difficult problems were surpassed, another test launch probably won't be needed, and the next launch will have actual payload.

  2. Re:Don't be fooled on Microsoft Gives In To the EU · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, they forgot.

  3. Re:No OS X Port? on TrueCrypt 4.3 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It has some advantages: it's portable, and it has plausible deniability (hidden partitions).

  4. Re:Time for... on So You've Lost a $38 Billion File · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Arrg! on Video Racing Games May Spur Risky Driving · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But doesn't that just mean that the formal driving sim was seen more as a game, instead of a sim? I.e. the "it's only a game" though bleeds into the normally serious situation. They should do real-life driving for comparison instead.

  6. Re:The future on Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration · · Score: 1

    In the future, they will be semicolons; properly used.

  7. Re:Posted notice? on Archive.org Sued By Colorado Woman · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that 2880x659 pixel 826KB jpeg hogging bandwidth at the top of the page, and that the javascript terms acceptance click-through accepts "Cancel" as well as "OK".

  8. Re:Insert joke here on ISPs May Be Selling Your Web Clicks · · Score: 2, Funny

    I won't Allow that.

  9. Re:Maybe not.. on International URLs Pass First Test · · Score: 1

    Such mail clients deserve to die already, IMHO. Not that I want to pressure anyone, but really, life and requirements move on.

  10. Re:Of little use on International URLs Pass First Test · · Score: 1

    Not every country has the same special characters, making these very nation-specific. Add to the fact that unless you have a special keyboard, entering these characters is annoying, at best.
    Did you know that it's possible to embed links to other pages in HTML? It's actually fairly popular these days!
  11. Re:An interesting question, indeed. on SCO Says IBM Hurt Profits · · Score: 2, Funny

    Big businesses do not own massive climate controlled rooms filled with panties. We hope.
    That is Google's second best perk, actually.
  12. Re:Yes ... and? on Sweden Admits Tapping Citizens' Phones for Decades · · Score: 1

    Really, kimchi? I'd think bosintang is what repulses people.

  13. Re:irony... on Five Things You Can't Discuss about Linux · · Score: 1

    i just love irony....
    Unfortunately, the mods never get it.
  14. MOD PARENT DOWN TROLL on Five Things You Can't Discuss about Linux · · Score: -1, Troll

    Having a subject like "MOD PARENT DOWN TROLL" is a blatant troll itself.

  15. Re:Will the next step be "robot rights"? on South Korea Drafting Ethical Code for Robotic Age · · Score: 1

    A machine can never be as good as its creator
    Human reproduction defeats that claim, offspring frequently surpass their makers.
  16. Re:Win vs Lin on Linux Systems and the New DST · · Score: 1

    Like I've said elsewhere, it does solve the problem for timestamps, but not calendering apps, since they need to specify future dates. It seems that the issue with calendering apps is not about actual time at all, however, but instead entirely about local time. I.e. we want the meeting to be at 9:00 am, no matter what that really means in terms of universal time. This creates problems. I suggest that calender apps should make a difference between events that need to stay local, and times that need to be fixed wrt. UTC.

  17. Re:Oh yeah, baby. You the PRO! on Open Source Image De-Noising · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Thermal CCD noise is truly random. Quantum mechanical level random.
    Yes, but it's random within constraints. These constraints vary depending on the device, shutter speed and subject, and can be analyzed.
  18. Re:Win vs Lin on Linux Systems and the New DST · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't tell me you're timestamping with local time? Always use UTC and convert to local time on the fly, it avoids all these problems.

  19. Re:"Digital Image Stabilization" on Open Source Image De-Noising · · Score: 1

    In fact, that's not usually what's meant by image stabilisation at all. It's just freezing motion.

  20. Re:He did use real noise. on Open Source Image De-Noising · · Score: 3, Informative
    I'm not the one you challenged, but I took it anyway: Neat Image (left) vs. GREYCstoration

    Note especially the better details in the baby's collar, and faint wisps of hair on the right forehead, which are distorted or gone in the GREYCstoration. Note also the colored noise which is completely removed by Neat Image. In short: better details throughout.

    This is not to say that GREYC can't do better, though. That depends on how much it can be tweaked.

  21. Re:Oh yeah, baby. You the PRO! on Open Source Image De-Noising · · Score: 1

    Nope, the noise that's left after subtracting a dark frame is still not random. The noise will have certain properties across the entire picture, depending on shutter speed. So you analyse one part of the picture that has as few subject details as possible, and then you can remove that same noise over the whole picture.

  22. Re:Hmm! on Character Design For Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    Reading the review, I thought of a school project gone haywire.

  23. Re:What? on Finding an Innovation SSI 2001 Soundcard? · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Analogy on Ocean Floor Crust Wound to Be Explored · · Score: 1

    You don't want to hear his analogy for a volcano - it involves a donkey and a chambermaid.
    ...and a bathtub.
  25. Re:Don't buy a DS-Xtreme on Mass Market DS Homebrew Cart Released · · Score: 1

    Mine is working without problems. Have you contacted support again? Looking at your forum post and the bug tracker, I can't find your issue there at all...