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  1. Re:I love this quote on U.S. Navy to Deploy Rail Guns by 2011 · · Score: 1

    Ideally, you'd want to millions of Joules per second into the target.

  2. Re:WOOO... NO MORE REAL PLAYER!! on Dirac: BBC Open Source Video Codec · · Score: 1

    I loath RP with a passion. I won't even install it on my work PC. Damn, I won't even install it on my bosses PC and I loath her too! It would be nice to view BBC news and archive material without installing pesky spyware. Nice one BBC.

  3. Re:brahmos accuracy on India Plans Hypersonic Space Plane by 2007 · · Score: 1

    If this proved to a problem they could always slow down a bit in the final phase of the attack.

  4. Re:Do what everyone else does! on Making Your Own Board/Card Games? · · Score: 1

    You've probably left it too late for a Xmas present. Particularly if you want it shipped from China.

  5. Re:Wouldn't a donation be better? on Christmas Lighting in Abundance · · Score: 1

    Indeed. But it would be a private act - the exact opposite of stringing up tasteless Xmas lights and publicising the fact on a website. This sort of behaviour serves a similar function to a tatoo. You know what kind of person you a dealing with without the having to speak to them.

  6. Re:When has having an the need on Money Problems May Derail First U.S. MagLev Train · · Score: 1

    Nissan mini-cabs driven by illegal immigrants. They go exactly where you want and don't need any subsidies. What's wrong with that?

  7. Re:Shortages on High-Tech Firms Worry About Taiwan-China Tensions · · Score: 1

    While Walmart customers trample over each other for $30 DVD players the issue of human rights in China rears it's ugly head. Don't worry, Bush is backing the Walmart consumer. Phew!

  8. Re:Livin Underground on A Mars Mission's Greatest Challenge: Radiation · · Score: 1

    Chinese miners linked the East and West coast railroads of the USA. I reckon volunteer Chinese miners will be digging out shielded living spaces on the moon while state funded labs in Tokyo, Brussels and Houston are still pondering the problems of remote controlled lunar digging robots.

  9. Re:Moon kooks... on A Mars Mission's Greatest Challenge: Radiation · · Score: 1

    But it could be a problem for lunar colonies. A one week cruise to the moon and back might be represent an acceptable risk for career astronauts. Builders and miners spending months on the Martian surface would probably like to see the tools and procedures proven where there is at least some hope of recovery to Earth.

  10. Re:neccessary corporate push? on Sun Negotiating With Wal-Mart Over Java Desktop · · Score: 1

    Having tried most of the 'consumer friendly' desktops (Bluecurve, Mandrake Galaxy, etc.) I'd have to say that Ximian Desktop wins hands down. I have a horrible feeling that it's going to get lost in Novell's 'any platform, any architecture' dogma. The best loking, most usable Linux desktop is likely to disappear into product that will only be bought by a handful of mid-size academic institutions. If Novell have no future plans for Ximian desktop they should give it their blessing and release it back into the wild.

  11. Re:Alternative Traffic on Europe Begins Noise Mapping Effort · · Score: 1

    There seems to be a new wave of two stroke scooters that must be the noisiest bastards ever made. Is it beyond the wit of man to build a quiet 2 stroke engine?

  12. Re:NEC-1300A for $103 on New Low Cost DVD Burners Hit The Streets · · Score: 1

    I recently purchased a NEC 1000 for 55 and it works fine. It's DVD+ only but so what. The blanks are about 80p each if you buy online and they work perfectly in my low-end Philips player. Can't fault it at that price.

  13. Re:Nice but on Gnome.org Desktop Integration Bounty Hunt · · Score: 1

    Strange prioties, IMO. Calendar publishing worth less than GAIM integration?

  14. Re:If using laptops means lugging fewer dead trees on New Hampshire to Follow Maine's Lead · · Score: 1

    If publishers offered texts as $1 pdfs then there would be no stopping the uptake of laptops in education.

  15. Re:Hmmm... on RFID Will Stop Terrorists? · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing that Al Queda doesn't buy plutonium or nerve gas precursors at Walmart. I really don't see how this helps the war on terror(ism).