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  1. Re:Nice spin. on SF Writers Sting Supposedly Traditional Publisher · · Score: 1

    Amen to that. Although some of the pre-meds I had to teach last semester have a very postmodern approach to answering test questions.

    Ever considered standard meds as scientists of any sort (of course I understand 'of sorts' is out of question)???

    Man!

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  2. Re:Nice spin. on SF Writers Sting Supposedly Traditional Publisher · · Score: 1

    I'm a graduate student, the lowest rung of professional academic, ... (emphasis mine)

    More like either professional or academic, at least over here (de).

    Never mind, me is just in a bad mood.

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    P.S.: -1 Troll

  3. Re:The invalid acid test for art. on Is Computer-Created Art, Art? · · Score: 1

    kitsch

    Direct hit. Salute, Sir :)

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  4. Re:The invalid acid test for art. on Is Computer-Created Art, Art? · · Score: 1

    For all X: X is art if someone buys it.

    So M$ products are art? Hmm, hard to accept indeed.

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  5. Re:OOo is for the weak. on Hacking OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    Well, but EDLIN was a TRUE nightmare as well :)

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  6. Re:Break the law, face the charges. on Norwegian Student Ordered to Pay for Hyperlinks to Music · · Score: 1

    In Germany, implications are already there (link to German language synopsis) since long.

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  7. Re:OOo is for the weak. on Hacking OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    ... erm ... TECO!

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  8. Re:Animal parts in humans (Non-PC) on Human Animal Hybrid Created in Lab · · Score: 1

    And on the bottom line, you are perhaps raised to consume to increase some profits somewhere.

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  9. Re:Good for them on Microsoft Posts Record Earnings · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To troll or not to ... ... see my sig.

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  10. Re:Learn it all for yourself. It's part of growing on What You'll Wish You'd Known · · Score: 1

    "thirty is the new twenty"

    I was just tought "fifty is the new thirty", now I wonder if this is substractive.

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  11. Re:short-term renevue expectations: the killer arg on MIT Media Lab Europe: An Obituary · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I recall that the strategy of the Japanese was not based on short time revenue expectations when they started to grab the (or part of the) market for cameras or cars over here.

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  12. short-term renevue expectations: the killer arg on MIT Media Lab Europe: An Obituary · · Score: 1

    Analyzing this, I believe that Negroponte's vision of conducting research cannot work out in times of short-term revenue expectations.

    Translate this into: Systems based on short-term revenue expectations will ultimately fall back into a state of mediocrity. Germany (where I live) gives good examples.

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  13. back in 1970 on Getting the Girl · · Score: 1

    At the end of Little House Zappa makes some quick replies to a heckler in the crowd. The guy shouts something like "Take off that fucking uniform before it's too late!" (possibly talking to a security guard that can be heard trying to get people to get back in their seats), and Frank replies "Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, don't kid yourself". The heckler continues shouting, and eventually Zappa just says "You'll hurt your throat. Stop it."

    http://home.epix.net/~eichler/reviews/zappa/burntw ee.htm

    Hmm.

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  14. Re:Comprehensive interviews are very important. on Defining Google · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A company is little more than the team of its employees ...

    Congratulations, very true, because of course there are no social processes whatsoever, no interaction with any environment etc. etc. ...

    This is why Psychology never touched - for instance - any topics that might lead to any performance improvement by adjusting role definitions etc. etc.

    And there also never was any notion that a system might comprise more than the sum of it's components.

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  15. Re:Quick Question on Defining Google · · Score: 1

    Three cheers for English!

    Yes, indeed, as it is rather easy if compared to German.

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  16. RTFA Central ... on German Court Sets Copyright Tax on New PCs · · Score: 1

    Fujitsu Siemens is considering appealing the case, the company said.

    So wait a minute. It was the the District Court of Munich which is entry level.

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  17. Answers first, then questions on Google Suggest Dissected · · Score: 1

    Was not there a saying "Answers first, then questions" ???

    Owen D. Answers first, then questions.
    in D.A. Norman & S.W. Draper (Eds.) User centred system design.
    LEA Associates. pp. 361-375. 1986

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  18. VOD again and again ... on The Other VoIP · · Score: 2, Informative

    From wired 1995:

    SGI's Challenge XL server will be used for the Time Warner Cable trial in Orlando, Florida, which was scheduled to begin late in 1994 and will service a total of 4,000 homes. Customers will have a powerful set-top box, built by SGI and Scientific-Atlanta.

    Never quite worked, though :)

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  19. Perhaps a thing for this Doctorow ... on PA Sues Online 'University' For Spamming · · Score: 1

    ...
    Homeland security honcha has phony PhD
    A senior technical official in the Homeland Security Department has a phony Ph.D. from a diploma mill. I'm thinking that I'd like to get one of these and join my parents (Dr. and Dr. Doctorow) as Dr. Doctorow, Jr.

    (here)

    No, no further remark.

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  20. its technology uses artificial intelligence ... on China Launches New Search Engine · · Score: 1

    A case of "Artificial Intelligence Meets Natural Stupidity".

    McDermott, D. Artificial Intelligence Meets Natural Stupidity.
    In Mind Design: Philosophy, Psychology, Artificial Intelligence (ed. J. Haugeland).
    Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1981.

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  21. e.g. when Supermac became Mac the Knife ... on Programmer Built Vote-Rigging Demo for Florida Politician · · Score: 1

    I recall that there was quite an upstir when Profumo was caught his pants down.

    Article

    Guess there is more than one here who might symphathize (.)(.).

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  22. large PDF on Musicians on Internet & Filesharing · · Score: 1

    Not my best day today ...

    large PDF vs. 302K PDF

    Not that Coding Theory should be everybody's darling, but ...

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  23. Re:These memory cells are so small... on IBM Claims World's Smallest SRAM Memory Cell · · Score: 1

    I developed a compression routine ...

    Careful, still, maybe Black Holes Inc. has a patent filed at the USPTO.

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  24. Crime On Computer ... on Computer Forensics · · Score: 3, Funny

    when a crime has been committed on a computer?

    Must be old mainframes then.

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  25. young savviest ... on AP Reports Young People Use The Internet · · Score: 4, Funny

    Young people are now the savviest of the tech-savvy,...

    Yes, from my point of view, especially those who have failed to learn their native language ...

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