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  1. Re:What's next, a fake moon walk? on China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch · · Score: 1

    Dewey beats Truman!

  2. Re:I just ordered one!! on Run Mac OS X On Non-Apple Hardware, With a Dongle · · Score: 1

    I did several comparisons about 2 years ago when I was deciding what computer to buy for my home desktop. Macs almost always lose (except for Mac Minis).

    It's just hard to get an _exact_ same configuration. Usually you have something close, like: no webcam but 2Gb of RAM instead of 1Gb. So you'll have to use retail (==expensive) components and that somewhat skews comparison.

  3. Re:This is unheard of, but... on RIAA and Net Radio Broadcasters Reach Agreement · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or compress it to sound louder...

  4. Re:Noone likes DRM on Bad Signs For Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    Currently, USB sticks are not suitable for long-term storage. They bitrot in about 2 years if left unplugged.

    We need another technology without limitations of flash memory (my current bets are on phase-change memory). However, this new technology is not likely to come earlier than 2015, so for the time being optical media is safe.

  5. Re:Rental only on Playstation 3 Video DRM Only Allows One Download · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If this item is broken, then yes they are required to replace it.

    What happens if your PS3 stops working?

  6. Re:Stuck in space - rescue plan? on Japanese Begin Working On Space Elevator · · Score: 1

    A special rescue ship?

    It would be fairly trivial to have several rocket powered ships if you can deliver stuff to GSO cheaply.

  7. Re:Question on Comcast's Throttling Plan Has 'Disconnect User' Option · · Score: 2, Informative

    PLEASE! DON'T USE TOR FOR TORRENT!

    Really, you're abusing the system. It's NOT designed to carry such high loads.

  8. Re:Android is not an iPhone killer on Apple Bans iPhone App For Competing With Mail.app · · Score: 1

    You CAN use native libraries on Android, it's just not officially supported.

    Native apps are a whole can of worms to support, it's much easier to write software in Java then to create a native library with Java bindings.

    I bet we'll see native API for Android later, but now Google just doesn't have enough time for it.

  9. Re:Who would want that? on A Windows CE Shell For Netbooks · · Score: 2, Informative

    Windows CE has a lot of stupid limitations. For example, it is limited only to 32 processes and total address space is limited to something like 64Mb (not sure about that).

    It's incredibly easy to hit these limits on modern mobile phones. And don't even think about netbooks with fast ATOM CPUs and lots of RAM.

  10. Expert sex change, again? on Spolsky's Software Q-and-A Site · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Would it be any different from expertsexchange.com?

    I.e. is it going to be _really_ useful?

  11. Re:Base 2 on Intel Unveils 6-Core Xeon 7400 · · Score: 1

    No, they are designed to be 3-core. That way you only need 3 interconnects to connect each core with all other cores.

    You need 6 interconnects to do the same for 4-core CPU.

  12. Google cache link on McCain Answers Science Policy Questionnaire · · Score: 5, Informative
  13. Re:Why not use this tech to avoid bombing children on Advanced Surveillance Tech for Unmanned Drones Credited In Iraq · · Score: 1

    By the same logic, was it OK to fly planes into WTC?

    If not, then why?

  14. Re:Exactly! on NASA Developing Small Nuclear Reactor For the Moon · · Score: 1

    Still cheaper than the alternatives (oil and natural gas).

    BTW, "cheap" coal is not very cheap if you consider the impact of greenhouse emissions. And wind/solar require massive subsidies too.

  15. Re:Exactly! on NASA Developing Small Nuclear Reactor For the Moon · · Score: 1

    Answer: Germans are afraid of anything nucular, just as Americans.

    France reprocesses nuclear fuel and now they have the lowest electricity price in Europe.

  16. Re:Well, a step in the right direction on Intel's First SSD Blows Doors Off Competition · · Score: 1

    One BIG problem: RAM is volatile. So you HAVE to hit the disk for every not-readonly transaction.

  17. Re:Just like the brain areas "you don't use" on Opposable Thumbs and Upright Walking Caused By "Junk DNA" · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does it share 90% of schematics with Core 2?

  18. Re:Just like the brain areas "you don't use" on Opposable Thumbs and Upright Walking Caused By "Junk DNA" · · Score: 1

    We have an animal with almost none of DNA junk - it's the famous pufferfish. It seems that it doesn't cause them any problems.

  19. Re:Just like the brain areas "you don't use" on Opposable Thumbs and Upright Walking Caused By "Junk DNA" · · Score: 1, Insightful

    But some parts of genome are completely understood. SINEs and LINEs are retrotransposons - they just try to replicate inside your genome and they make the bulk of 'junk DNA'.

  20. Re:Just like the brain areas "you don't use" on Opposable Thumbs and Upright Walking Caused By "Junk DNA" · · Score: 2, Informative

    Because we already know some things about the genome as a whole.

    SINEs and LINEs do nothing - they only propagate themselves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_interspersed_nuclear_element).

    Inactive genes are just that - inactive. They can't be transcribed because they lack crucial parts.

    However, some parts of the DNA which were first identified as a junk do have useful functions and are called 'non-coding DNA'.

  21. Re:Just like the brain areas "you don't use" on Opposable Thumbs and Upright Walking Caused By "Junk DNA" · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not exactly. We _know_ that a large part of DNA (about 40%) is junk, because it consists of simple repeating sequences (LINEs and SINEs).

    It might have some indirect functions (like working as a buffer for mutations), but it's junk by itself.

    There's also a fair amount of inactive genes and other junk.

  22. Re:Why is this important? on Russian Google Competitor Embraces Open Source Messaging · · Score: 1

    A curious fact: Google is the number one search engine in all but three (China, Russia, France - I might be wrong about France) major countries.

  23. Re:Missing info on Russian Google Competitor Embraces Open Source Messaging · · Score: 1

    Empathy on GNOME works fine with audio AND video over the XMPP.

    Jingle is extensible, it can support just about any payload type you can think of :)

  24. Re:Microsoft bashing? on IE8 Beta 2 Fatter Than Firefox and XP · · Score: 1

    Why not? You can just automatically use a page filled with zeros, for example. Or just kill one offending thread and let other threads live.

  25. Re:On the condition... on Unsolicited Offer For My Personal Domain Name? · · Score: 1

    So you can sue them in their own country. What's the problem?

    Also, if you sue them in the US then this company will have problems if they ever try to work in the US.