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  1. Re:BASE16 on US Objects To the Kilogram · · Score: 1

    ok, how many microfarads is 100 nanofarads?

    you, i don't know either, good thing for google and it's unit conversions....

  2. Re:BASE16 on US Objects To the Kilogram · · Score: 0

    ok... in my head....
    3 8s is 24, 24 pounds,
    3 9s is 27, 27 oz,
    27 oz is 1lb, 11oz

    25lbs 11oz

    it took longer to type out than it do to multiply it the first time through....
    'course i went to school back in the 80s when they actually taught us how to do math....

    i could also do it in hex, octal and binary if you'd like :)

  3. Re:Get rid of the artifact? on US Objects To the Kilogram · · Score: 1

    check again... *any* matter can be compressed given sufficient force

  4. OOOOO YEEAAHHH!!!! on BSG Prequel Series Caprica Canceled · · Score: 1

    YEH! less of this Sci-Fi shit and more Wrestling!!!!

    ugh... they should cancel that whole fucking channel....
    if they were worth anything they would've picked up Enterprise when UPN dropped it (and changed the opening song, ye gods...) and they would've given JJ Abrams as many blow jobs as he needed to bring firefly to sci-fi.....

    but no.... they're more interested in becoming like SPIKE... good riddance.... first Caprica, then Universe? well, there'll be nothing left for me to watch on that channel...

  5. Re:Note for world domination: encrypt serial no.'s on How Allies Used Math Against German Tanks · · Score: 1

    oh, don't forget Canada.... *shudder*

    http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0803/the-canadian-navy-canadian-navy-demotivational-poster-1207017857.jpg

    'course, during WWII Canada WAS England pretty much....

  6. Re:That's totally beside the point, at least for i on The Android Invasion Cometh; Is Resistance Futile? · · Score: 1

    bullshit, you think Apple giving AT&T exclusivity isn't a subsidy? AT&T, a company which never owned it's own network 'til recently was a bit player at best, until apple came with their zombie legion of ignorant fans frothing at the mouth to suckle at Jobs' teet...

    you're analogy is flawed and you don't know what you're talking about, move along to the next thread please, kthnxbi

  7. Re:I still don't see that much android in NYC on The Android Invasion Cometh; Is Resistance Futile? · · Score: 1

    no *i* put cream in my clam chowder, the correct way to do it.... tomatoes don't belong in clam chowder, everyone knows that...

  8. Re:Note for world domination: encrypt serial no.'s on How Allies Used Math Against German Tanks · · Score: 1

    well... if Hitler actually WERE a genius.... or if any of his followers/lackies had balls enough to lend the man some brains, we'd probably all be speaking German now... so... good thing they did stupid shit like that.....

  9. Re:I honestly don't care what wins on The Android Invasion Cometh; Is Resistance Futile? · · Score: 1

    you didn't buy it though, you paid a discounted rate on a phone subsidized by the manufacturer and carrier for the privilege of accessing whatever network features they decide you should be able to access... that's true for every carrier.

  10. Re:I still don't see that much android in NYC on The Android Invasion Cometh; Is Resistance Futile? · · Score: 1

    no, it's a pretty good sample of the whackos who live in NYC with zero basis in reality when it comes to representing the rest of the civilized world... please..... you people put tomatoes in your fucking clam chowder.... and why are the mets still around?

    NYC is it's own entity.... with no relation to the rest of the US....

  11. Re:Resistance != Futile on The Android Invasion Cometh; Is Resistance Futile? · · Score: 1

    i always thought Z was futile....

  12. Re:Resistance is... on The Android Invasion Cometh; Is Resistance Futile? · · Score: 1

    beat me to it..... bastard.....

  13. so wait..... on Bees Beat Machines At 'Traveling Salesman' Problem · · Score: 1

    the best algorithms a group of socially inept nerds locked up in flourescently lighted rooms could come up with can't compete with either millions of years of evolution and/or an omnipotent, omnipresent guy who may or may not be bearded...

    *boggles*

    whooda thunk it?

  14. Re:(0.999...)st Post! on Proving 0.999... Is Equal To 1 · · Score: 1

    no, i believe you wrote:

    "2+2=6 is a stretch"

    i'm saying it's NOT a stretch, so, clearly you haven't covered it at all...

    You're Welcome.

  15. Re:I went one further on Proving 0.999... Is Equal To 1 · · Score: 1



    <quote>Now curiously that also means you can represent 1/1 = (3*1/3) as 3*0.3333... or 0.99999... It's just a different representation of exactly the same value.</quote>

    </quote>

    nope...

    Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

  16. Re:(0.999...)st Post! on Proving 0.999... Is Equal To 1 · · Score: 1

    for sufficiently large values of 2... such as... oh... 2.8+2.8 or 2.9+2.9

    5.6 and 5.8 respectively, which if we're going to call 2.9 "2" then we may as well call 5.8 "6"
    so for sufficiently large values of "2" 2+2=6

  17. Re:Project Page on Meet NELL, the Computer That Learns From the Net · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "As an ignorant idiot, ..."

    there, fixed that for ya... i realize "academic" and "ignorant idiot" are synonyms, but i didn't think you were smart enough to.

  18. Re:Criminal rather than civil? on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    when a counter-notice is filed, the one filing the counter-notice must file a case in the court, and the court decides the copyright issue, if you swear to the court that your statements are true, and they turn out to be false, THE COURT charges you with perjury...

  19. Re:bullcrap on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    courts in the US have already ruled that in fact, no, answering machine messages and emails are private communications that belong to the sender...

    if Mel Gibson and that whacko chick of his were in MA, she'd be in prison for violating wiretapping laws by recording Mel without his consent... YMMV

  20. Re:bullcrap on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    my great-uncle sold Zenith TVs for decades....
    he had a zenith and some other brand (RCA, sony, whatever) sitting side by side and he'd ask customers to pick each one up... guess which one was heavier, and guess which is still in use 20+ years later....

  21. Re:So they can just keep stolen property then? on UK Man Prevented From Finding Chipped Pet Under Data Protection Act · · Score: 1

    police don't issue warrants, judges do...
    cops act on warrants

  22. Re:So they can just keep stolen property then? on UK Man Prevented From Finding Chipped Pet Under Data Protection Act · · Score: 2

    if their pay is low, they're welcome to find another, higher paying job....
    the problem is, the bottom of the barrel scumbags that end up in uniform aren't smart enough to do any other job which would garner them a higher paycheck.

    a low paying job YOU CHOSE for yourself is not an excuse to not perform your job competently.

  23. Re:porn on Aussie Student Responsible For Twitter Exploit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    +1 Informative

  24. Re:You know life is good on Race Pits Pigeons Against Poor UK Rural Broadband · · Score: 1

    not all of the US needs things done "right now," do a google search for "southern time" and you'll likely find that it's mostly just the east coast/new england where things need to be rushed....
    if anyone in the rural south ever gets around to it, i'm sure they'll tell you the same.

  25. Re:What is your name? What is your quest? on Race Pits Pigeons Against Poor UK Rural Broadband · · Score: 1

    no, European swallow == 0
    African == 1 (because i'm in the states and if they were 0 everyone would be up in arms...)

    so to send data, just stream the appropriate sparrows...