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  1. Very informative! on Google's Fight Against 'Low-Quality' Sites Continues · · Score: 1
    Your comment seems to be highly informative, but you might find these remarks even more insightful:

    While you run a spider, a "Spider run" is a short excursion into the Underworld where players do a number of tasks. I would like to get 5 trappers together for a spider run. I pretty much know the way. By default, Spider scans all connected drives, but experienced folks are welcome:). The camel spider stories began to spread during the 1990-91 Gulf War, a number of tasks with the purpose of being able to charm a Black Widow, the spider of the Underworld. Can I run a spider without creating a project? Now second I am in need of money and would like to know a very good uw black widow spider - either an HTML application or Remote XUL application.

    What do you think?

  2. Re:how convenient on Scientists Cleared of Misusing Global Warming Data · · Score: 1
    Yep. They all hate America. CO2 is life. It's what the plants eat. And these left wing science humping atheists want to take it away.

    Just remember: For every C they take, they take away 2 Os.

    -----
    Any job openings in your think tank? - I'd be willing to strangle my conscience for food.

  3. So whose fault is it then? on Scientists Cleared of Misusing Global Warming Data · · Score: 1

    .. the Commerce Department's inspector general has found no evidence that NOAA scientists manipulated climate data ..

    But it' s still getting warmer year after year. Who's responsible for that then if not NOAA? Al Gore? Is he manipulating our climate?

  4. not linux -arduino on Researchers Create Computer That Fits On a Pen Tip · · Score: 1

    ...does it run Linux?

    It won't run linux but someone will come up with a way to turn it into an arduino clone.

    - World's smallest microprocessor to blink an led
    (duck)

  5. Berlin Time on UK Government Wants to Spring Ahead Two Hours · · Score: 1

    True, but haven't you considered the value of being in the same time zone as our government? [...] The real benefit is that at long last we will be sharing Berlin Time with the rest of Europe.

    CET is Berlin time?

    Ah right, the favorite past time of the British Islanders: One can kill anything by simply claiming it is a German take-over.

    You forgot, that going to CET was never a sign of German take over but simply a prerequisite.

  6. Re:Que the "Can you hear me now" jokes on Verizon Drops 10,000 911 Calls During Blizzard · · Score: 1

    Why is 2 weeks the magic number?

    2 weeks is of course the length of time a zombie can last without eating brains.

    Not if they have blankets, I just read somewhere that even a widow could last that long if she had blankets.

  7. Re:Not fake IDs, corporate IDs on Air Force Wants Hundreds of Fake Online Identities · · Score: 2

    They want the ultimate in internet troll technology.

    As [ a single mom / a taxpayer / someone who works in this field / someone who just learned about this in high school / a fellow 1ee7 hax0r / someone who's been there ] I must object to the way you talk about [ the people who defend us / our proud military / our overlords / these really cool people ] !!!

    [ I just hope / It seems / I know] that you don't speak for everyone here at [ facebook / twitter / 4chan / salon.com / slashdot/ our liberal internet web-log with user generated content] Because as much as we [oppose / hate / make fun of / resist] our government, at the end we know, they're here for us [insert smiley]

  8. In related news.. on A Car You Can Drive With Your Thoughts · · Score: 1

    .. traffic jam on the beltline after 500 cars turned into the parking lot of the new strip club.
    Toyota claims it's drivers' fault.

  9. And no tin foil radiation on Stanford, UCD Researchers Say 100% Renewable Energy Possible By 2050 · · Score: 1
    And the other nice thing with high voltage DC: No induction through changing EM fields.

    (For what little effect it might actually have or not on you.) But despite the tin foil hat folks, we know little enough about cell diruption and the role of E-fields in brain communication, that I'd better be safe than sorry.

  10. Of course on Egyptian 'Net Killed By Intimidation, Not a Switch · · Score: 1
    Even the mob has figured out that an unspecific threat is more effective than killing people. The more control you have the less you actually have to do.

    If you have control, you just have to ask politely - like for AT&Ts phone data.
    One step up: you just hint at things and companies get the cue.
    And better yet: Let the businesses figure out, what is good for them.

  11. nice name on Lawmaker Reintroduces WikiLeaks Prosecution Bill · · Score: 1
    I would vote for it.
    I just like the names.

    Patriot act?
    SHIELD?

    What's next?
    Securing Homeland's Information Technology?
    Hicks inbreeding clueless klan supporters?

  12. What about the net in internet? on Freedom Box Foundation Wants Plug Servers For All · · Score: 1
    That idea is great for distributing content more democratically so it can' t be "disappeared".

    But what about the net-part? All they have to do is tell 3 major providers to stop their DSL services.

    That's the Egyptian option.
    The American option is to tell the providers, that they might be liable for users' behavior and they will come up with some acceptable content restrictions all by themselves.

  13. Honest student ratings on Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students · · Score: 1
    For a long time I've had this exact great idea: One could have a website with student ratings.

    Professors could warn others not to let that one angry anti-scocial kid enroll, or watch out for the guy that really copies all of his assignments.

    I would call it "Rate my student" and professors could click on a dimness scale, or give three tears for really, really whiny..

  14. Re:Bigger picture? on 1Gbps Wi-Fi Coming Soon To a Billion Devices · · Score: 1
    No.

    The higher you go in frequency, the closer you get to line of sight.
    A mesh network made up of pure consumer devices might be possible, but only if you have a sufficient device density.

    I guess, the other alternative would be a mesh with some super nodes / cell towers. Kind of a mix between clearwire and an ad-hoc wireless. As long as the super-nodes would be redundant and wouldn't belong to some company but to individual neighborhoods, that would be still decentralized.

  15. Re:My cell phone makes me feel funny (not...) on Research Finds That Electric Fields Help Neurons Fire · · Score: 1

    .. if EM fields like the ones emitted from a cell phone had a drastic effect on brain function, wouldn't we notice?

    Whether it is in line at the supermarket, in an airport, driving, or at a restaurant - the people that seem most annoying and stupid are usually holding a cellphone up to their ear.

    At least with this new research, I now can stop getting angry and don' t have to yell at them anymore. It's not their fault, that they don't have a working brain.

  16. Hacker competition on Algorithm Contest Aims To Predict Health Problems · · Score: 1

    I like how everyone and their uncle suddenly runs a competition with a grand prize for the lucky one who meets the goal.

    Need a new company logo? You could hire a graphic designer. Or you run a design competition, first prize an iPad. Much cheaper than paying someone, and the blogs will pick it up for free advertisement. Then you shell out the shinny gadget and look charitable.

    Anyone interested in a basement-cleanup-competition?

  17. Re:Who cares? on Designer Tweets Egyptian Riots Due to His New Line Coming Out · · Score: 1

    Thats a silly reason, every living thing dies.

    Yeah, but not every person dies because they get slaughtered by government thugs while fighting for their basic rights.
    Some luckier ones get a few more decades to enjoy sitting at the pool watching others die.

  18. Re:succession plan on Shareholders Push Hard For Apple Succession Plan · · Score: 1

    Why would Apple want to publish a plan if they have one?

    Easy enough to find out:

    1. Monitor Wikipedia to see which bio gets altered (watch for "hacker", "garage", "always been a visionary..")
    2. Talk to the person painting the parking lot.
    3. Monitor the stores selling black turtle necks.
  19. Re:not science on The Hidden Reality Draws Ire From Physicists · · Score: 2

    But something pretty peculiar has happened, particularly with some of the string theorists, in that they tend not to speak in the normal, cautious language that physicists usually do when talking about very hypothetical models.

    Don't worry, there is at least one possible world in which theoretical physicist are much more careful in their popularizing efforts.

  20. Re:Knee-Jerk Reaction on Egyptians Find New Ways To Get Online · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What really matters is who's in power when the Reichstag goes up in flames.

    Or a plane hits a building.

  21. Re:Well, duh. on Kilogram Gets Controversial; Why Not Split the Difference? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that would be a kibigram.

    Don't let the industry fool you. They introduced that distinction so they can put less in a box and still sell it to you as 1kg of Mac and Cheese.

  22. Re:"real holography" on A Kinect Princess Leia Hologram In Realtime · · Score: 1

    ...developing a holographic display device. Thats far more interesting to me than Princess Leia

    The force must not be strong in you.

  23. Re:Religiosity gene? on Model Says Religiosity Gene Will Dominate Society · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We have religious conservatives arguing that homosexuality is a choice, and we have university academics arguing that religious leanings are genetic.

    This study just proves it:
    The believing-that-everything-is-genetic gene is about to dominate science!

    I wish there was a way to prevent this stupidity from recurring. But that wish is probably just something I'm predisposed to. Bummer.

  24. Re:What's the Catch? on Egypt Cuts the Net, Net Fights Back · · Score: 1

    Caeucescu was in Romania, not Czech Republic...

    You obviously forgot that the Securitate had secret tunnels.

  25. Bullocks on Today Is EPOCH Day 15000 · · Score: 1

    15000?
    Wake me up for 16384!
    That's when we gonna party!