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  1. Let's get off this planet first! on Cosmic Rays Could Kill Astronauts Visiting Mars · · Score: 1

    Why are we so concerned about effects of environment on other planets when we can't even haul our a**es of this one. I say we cross that bridge when we get to it - whichever century that may be!

  2. That's a long summary! on Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL E-Commerce · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've never seen one that long on the front page before.

  3. Re:Getting better Google results on A Search Engine Manipulator's Tale · · Score: 1

    I guess the moral of my story is You'll never get luck with "Paris Hilton"

  4. Re:Google is not the ONLY search engine on A Search Engine Manipulator's Tale · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry - but Google is all that matters. 95% of my search engine traffic comes from Googe and it's regional derivatives.

  5. Getting better Google results on A Search Engine Manipulator's Tale · · Score: 1

    I have found that to get the best results from Google you need to remove common words and phrases that have been used by SEO's. For example, I was looking for a particular hotel in Paris recently. If "Hotel" and "Paris" were in the search string, I got garbage. Just naming the hotel got me lucky every time. And don't even bother trying "Paris Hilton" :)

  6. Inquiring minds want to know.... on Project Grizzly Bear-Proof Suit Up For Auction · · Score: 1

    What happened to the previous owner???

  7. Re:I don't get it. on BayStar Interviewed Regarding SCO Investment · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually good news for SCO. THe first indication that Baystar may actually back off on it's threat/request in exchange for for changes in the way SCO does business.

  8. Baystar just looking for changes on BayStar Interviewed Regarding SCO Investment · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It sounds to me that Baystar is unhappy with the way SCO has been doing things and will likely come to an agreement that allows SCO to keep the money (for the moment) in exchange for some management changes - perhaps.

  9. Dishwashers too! on Congress May Force Revealing of Car Computer Secrets · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Saturday last, a repairman came over from Sear's to do a prev maintenance on our dishwasher. All he did was hook up a laptop to a connection inside the machine - executed a few diagnostics and left 3 minutes later! The bill was $114 - but cost us nothing under the warranty.

  10. Re:Missing! on What's in Your Gadget Bag, Cory? · · Score: 5, Funny

    IIRC, Cory "bats for the other team"

  11. Re:Shiny! on Spirit Takes Snapshot of Earth · · Score: 1

    If you look at this image - it seems to me the bright artifical object may be the heatshield.

  12. Re:Why not cinematography on Lord Of The Rings - Oscars, We Loves Them · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Too much CGI - especially in the backdrops. This does not go down too well with the powers that be in this categroy - the cinematographers.

  13. swarmbots and mars exploration on The Swarmbots Are Coming · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I believe Swarmbots and related technology will have a place in future robotic missions to Mars that will precede human exploration. Spirit and Opportunity are independent explorers but future missions will (should) involve specialised rover that will cooperate with each other in mining, materials processing, construction, scientific analysis and exploration.

  14. Re:YES!!!! Thank you, Congress! on Congressional Committee Approves Database Bill · · Score: 1

    Actually already has your stats in a database. Their lawyers will be contacting you shortly :-)

  15. Source is Reuters in Seattle! (Hmmmm) on SCO Approaches Google About Linux Licenses · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Conspiracy folks - please note. The source of this and other recent stories regarding SCO has been the Seattle office of Reuters!
    Hmmmmmmmmmm

    > SEATTLE (Reuters) - SCO Group Inc., the software
    >company that is suing IBM and extracting royalties
    >from other Linux users, said Friday that it had
    >held "low-level talks" with Internet search engine
    >Google about a license agreement. >

  16. Need that constant SCO fix?? on SCO Code to be Protected in Closed Court · · Score: 2, Informative

    For those of you that need a constant SCO fix ... it seems the place to be is on the Yahoo finance boards General consensus is that the stock will tank any day now , I'm looking forward to seeing the blood run freely.

  17. Livin Underground on A Mars Mission's Greatest Challenge: Radiation · · Score: 4, Interesting

    All the futurists depict Martian/Lunar colonies as above ground structures/modules launched from Earth. I am convinced that humans and robots that wish to remain permanently on the moon or Mars will need to bury themselves underground to protect themselves from the radiation. Further, I believe that as a precursor to these permanent outposts, we will send up mining robots to develop the required infrastructure.

  18. Nice followon on California Bans Genegineered Fish · · Score: 0

    Perhaps not a coincidence that an article about TunA is followed by one about fish.

  19. Slashdotted! on The Ten Most Overpaid Jobs In The U.S. · · Score: 0

    Looks like the always-on network just became the always-off network

  20. Obligatory pr0n comment on Info Glut - Five Exabytes of Data Created in 2002 · · Score: 0

    That's an awful lot of pr0n!

  21. Telemarketers will need more employees on FCC To Enforce Do Not Call List, Not FTC · · Score: 1

    Surely, this clause in the legislation which WILL be enforced Wednesday indicates that the telemarketers will need mor folks on hand - insteads of putting the consumer on hold until the next agent becomes free "When a telemarketer calls a residence, a person or recorded voice must begin talking within two seconds after the consumer answers. "

  22. SCO is just yanking our collective chains on SCO Attorney Declares GPL Invalid · · Score: 1

    There can be no other plausible rationale behind this. McBride et al are taking great pleasure from all this.