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  1. Mind the time scale .... on Geo-Engineering to stop Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Terraforming Earth

    The clones intend to save planet Earth, no matter how many million years it takes them

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  2. Re:Honestly... on AMD's Showcases Quad-Core Barcelona CPU · · Score: 1

    A quick check reveals that there is more to it than size: IPC, clock rate, wire delay .

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  3. Re:Did you bother to look first? on Princeton ESP Lab to Close · · Score: 1

    Seems to be more complicated when it comes to gravisensing.

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  4. Re:Bah humbug on New Universes Will be Born from Ours · · Score: 1

    3.02 A thought contains the possibility of the situation of which it is the thought. What is thinkable is possible too.
    Lugwig Wittgenstein
    Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

    The question is how to let thoughts seem to be reality, though.

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  5. For those a little more outside Hamburg ... on Linux Kernel 2.6.20 Released · · Score: 1

    ... actually, there was a brewery named Bavaria in Hamburg.
    ( http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria-St.Pauli-Brau erei )

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  6. Re:The likely future for this on Brain Scanner Can Read People's Intentions · · Score: 1

    ... will be denouncing the technology because they believe almost all humans have varied degrees of these illnesses already.

    A fact sheet describing the prevalence of mental disorders in America. (Quote: "Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older -- about one in four adults -- suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.").

    Come to your own conclusions.

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  7. Compensation for damage ??? on Indonesia Stops Sharing Avian Virus Samples · · Score: 1

    What about damage inflicted by "incarnations" of IP that one claims to own?

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  8. Mirror here ... on DNA-rainbow, A New Vision of Human Chromosomes · · Score: 1
  9. Re:A bit rich on Microsoft's "Immortal Computing" Project · · Score: 1

    So it is time that one patents the concept of a time-account as brought up by Paul Van Herck: Where Were You Last Pluterday?

    This way the remains of the poor individuals having subscribed to M$ perhaps have a chance to make M$ richer.

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  10. Re:Honesty.... on Microsoft PR Paying to "Correct" Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Is it a wise move to allow such massive accumulation of wealth and power in what basicly amounts to a sociopathic organization?

    "Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older -- about one in four adults -- suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year." c.f.

    I bet it will turn out to be hard to look for funding for research on whether above areas are somehow connected.

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  11. Re:Ok, how do I zap that part. on Scientists Find 'Altruistic' Center of the Brain · · Score: 2, Interesting

    if you had a way to sort out the most altruistic individuals for committee positions, ...

    Which is the crucial issue (apparently not yet solved). Perhaps works only in small local authorities (which then have to be wired up in a sophisticated way, maybe as in a nD-honeycomb structure that reconfigures due to requirements). Discussed this for hours+ :)

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  12. Re:What's wrong with the UK? on British Cops Hack Into Government Computers · · Score: 1

    Occasionally, you need other friends.

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  13. Re:Thank You on British Cops Hack Into Government Computers · · Score: 1

    ... hot coffee out of my nose and all over my keyboard.

    You hopefully use one of those :)

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  14. Re:Ok, how do I zap that part. on Scientists Find 'Altruistic' Center of the Brain · · Score: 1

    Hmmm ... seems you have mixed up "We" (later redone as "1984") with "Brave New World" - however, IMHO - there is not much room for altruism in either version.

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  15. For those who want to dupe their knowledge ... on Ultra-Dense Optical Storage on One Photon · · Score: 1, Redundant

    http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/1 9/1646212

    ... where the storage device travelled at a reduced speed of light.

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  16. Re:Not exactly the German RIAA. on Germany's RIAA Sues Rapidshare - YouTube Next? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Weniger als ein Zehntel der GEMA-Mitglieder erhalten mehr als 70 % der ausschüttungsfähigen Summe, während über 90% der Mitglieder nur einen Bruchteil erhalten, wie aus einem Jahresbericht hervorgeht. Nur die ordentlichen Mitglieder der GEMA bestimmen die Auszahlungsmodalitäten. c.f.

    Which essentially says that a few determine which 10% of the members get 70% of the bucks.

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  17. Re:Terrorism? on Expensive U.S. Spy Satellite Not Working · · Score: 1

    But, unlike terrorists, the Army does attempt to avoid doing so.

    Well, and cluster munitions are a proven means to be successful in doing so.

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  18. Re:Both. on Is DRM Intrinsically Distasteful? · · Score: 1

    ... and when you only have a few durable copies around, parts of our cultural heritage tend to disappear rapidly from the historical and archaeological record.

    Once upon a time, cultur(e|al) (heritage) was (established|defined) by originals. So maybe non-enduring DRMed copies do not establish culture - or - societies relying on DRM do not produce a sustainable culture - <insert a cadence of decadence here>.

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  19. Fast Thinking ? on The Birth of vi · · Score: 1

    Now that computers are so much faster than you can think ...

    On a (subatomic) level of comparison that most humans, as I perceive, think on in these days.

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  20. Most powerful ?? on The World's Most Powerful Diesel Engine · · Score: 1

    The MAN 14K98MC7 is rated up to 87220 kW (vs. 80080 kW).

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  21. Re:Up next, nano-virus threat to create mutants! on U.S. Warns of Possible Cyber Biz Attack · · Score: 1

    Seriously, you deal with terrorism by NOT being afraid.

    Perfectly right. But perhaps you make deals (rating instrumentalizing as an implicit one) with terrorists by making people afraid.

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  22. Re:Wasn't this talked about at LEAST 2 years ago? on Homeland Security Tracks Information of Travelers · · Score: 1

    it MIGHT be informative if we find out that Visual Analytics is combing the data to look for those who laundered money, started or operated shell companies, illegally diverted restricted materials or technology or got caught doing so

    Unlikely; too risky for those who control the governments (globally).

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  23. Acknowledgement ... on World's Largest Atom Smasher Nears Completion · · Score: 3, Informative

    To whom it conCERNs.

    The world seems to be more complex than just wired up.

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  24. Re:One Microsoft Way on The Long Arm of Microsoft · · Score: 1

    You might do some research on jury-rigged, which seems to be older.

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  25. Re:Helping Hacker Culture Grow on Vista Hackers Get Busy · · Score: 1

    you're fighting a lost battle

    Never mind, my father used "jerry-rigged" means, I still cling to that aspect :)

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