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  1. Why is it okay.. on Fermilab Reports Dark Energy Not Needed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    for Fermilab to announce some scientific result by press release, but if some other institution does it they get slammed for it.

    Shouldn't they at least wait until the paper is peer reviewed and accepted before doing a public announcement like this?

  2. Re:SPOILER on UPN Officially Cancels 'Star Trek: Enterprise' · · Score: 1

    So funny I see this mentioned. I just finished watching the Fallout episode of the Prisoner and the video guide from the DVD set. A very strange series, but strange enough to get me wanting to watch the next episode.

  3. Re:Data storage on Volatility of Human Memory · · Score: 1

    There are also different ways a memory gets associated. Quite often I can not describe to someone how to do something on the computer until I actually sit down and let my fingers go through the motions. A very strange sensation to say the least.

    So it is possible you may not be able to immediately tell someone your PIN number without actually( or in your imagination) going through the process of typing it in.

  4. Re:Carpal Tunnel? on Programming Until Retirement? · · Score: 1

    Learn to use the mouse with your other hand. When one wrist starts feeling a little stressed I switch.
    Drives people nuts. They do not know if I am left handed or right handed.

    Now that I have a mouse wheel I tend to find I get repetitive stress in the tip of my index finger. After a while it will start tingling. So I also switch between using my index and middle finger for the wheel mouse. Would that be carpal finger syndrome?

  5. Where is the sound.. on Titan Photos and Sounds · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Where is the sound of it hitting the ground. I just heard air/methane rushing by. Seems there should been a crunch, bang, squish or something when it hit the surface.

  6. Doing the same thing on PCs For A Workshop Environment? · · Score: 1

    I am in the process of getting a shop building built as well. My plan is to go with a mini itx box that network boots from the main machine inside my house. The plan is that I can remote in to the main machine using rdp or vnc to access any cad programs I may have or just to do a quick lookup for information on the internet.

  7. Tried Copernic, but... on Desktop Search Engines Compared · · Score: 1

    Actually downloaded Copernic yesterday before this article even appeared. I let it run all last night and all day. It was still indexing when I got home from work. I tried to few test searches, but then Copernic locked up and I had to kill it. Now everytime I start up Copernic it just stays locked. I guessing due to database corruption. The last thing I need is an indexing tool that spends several hours indexing my data just to lose it all due to a crash.

  8. Last Straw on The Tech Support Generation · · Score: 2, Funny

    After the most recent iteration of fixing problems with my parents machine, I gave them a Knoppix cdrom and told them this will be their next OS if they break their Windows install again.

  9. Check with your local museum on Art Tips For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    I recently took some evening classes through my local museum in basic drawing and composition. It did not make me any kind of an artist, but it made me more aware of the techniques and terminology. A very enlightening class for a geek such as myself.

  10. Re:So why is the buoyancy changed? on Underwater Robots for Everyone · · Score: 1

    Are you saying that mineral oil, as mentioned in the article, is compressible? I do not think so.

  11. So why is the buoyancy changed? on Underwater Robots for Everyone · · Score: 1

    How does just pumping the mineral oil from the inside to the outside of the robot change buoyancy if the bladder is still attached?

  12. Re:Skin culture experiment looks fun on Interview with Natalie Jeremijenko · · Score: 1

    Be neater if they had the neuron culture experiment.

  13. Is it what it really seems. on What's Going On in Canada? · · Score: 1

    Is it that the Canadian government suddenly felt concern for civil liberties or that DirecTV got rid of an annoying law that allows them to make more money and it just happens to benefit the general population.

    I am sure DirecTV would have been even more thrilled if the court had ruled they are the only satellite tv provider of Canada.

  14. What if the neurons reproduced? on Flying By Brain · · Score: 1

    So what would happen if these nuerons were able to start dividing. Would it just automatically start becoming a better pilot. If enough neurons were generated and could be sustained, could a cluster of biological neurons become sentient?

  15. Solaris, VNC and Java GUI Problem on Which VNC Software Is Best? · · Score: 1

    This topic works out conveniently. I currently have a problem with VNC and Solaris when running Java Apps on the server console. If I use VNC to access the server console, the gui from my java apps appear all black. Has anyone else run into this issue or have a solution.

  16. Re:How about RSS synching for iPod on How to Podcast · · Score: 1

    I bought my software from a company called Natural Readers. When you buy the basic software package you can buy extra voices including the ATT voices.

  17. Re:How about RSS synching for iPod on How to Podcast · · Score: 1

    I am already doing something similar to this, but with an MPIO. I use Natural Voices software, convert to MP3 and dump onto my MPIO. It gives me a chance to listen to what I am interested in while driving into work.

  18. Re:Balance on Origins Mini-Series Airs Tonight · · Score: 1

    I can sympathize. I tend to get cranky when religious types try to be scientific.

  19. Censorship is China's problem. Not Googles. on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 2, Insightful

    China is a large part of the worlds population, but there are still billions of other poeple that can access Google. Google has a great opportunity to lead by example and take the moral high bround by telling China it is their problem to restrict sites. Giving in like this is sort of like giving in to terrorists demands. It leads to more demands.

  20. A mass a billion times that of our sun. on Simulating the Whole Universe · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So they are simulating a universe full of black holes?

  21. How about a little physics check here on Remote-controlled Bolts and Screws · · Score: 1

    What exactly is this self actuating bolt going to push against to thread/unthread itself?

  22. Forget the etch a sketch. STM project on Build Your Own Electric Etch-A-Sketch · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A class a few years earlier built an scanning tunneling microscope. http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/Fin alProjects/s2002/sm242/index.htm

  23. Can also use news aggregator with groups beta on New Google Groups in Beta · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The nice thing about the google groups beta is that you can track your favorite usenet group using a news aggregator that supports atom.

    The only downside I have found is when you select the article you do not get an option to view the article in context like you get if you are doing an ordinary search. Hopefully they will fix that.

  24. Tritium Saltwater? on Spider-Man 2 Has Over 30 Mistakes · · Score: 1

    What is this comment about tritium saltwater concentrated somewhere in the Pacific. That makes no sense at all.

  25. java -version on Java 1.5.0 Now Officially Java 5.0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The question is what will java -version or System.getProperty("java.version") show. This could be a big deal for installers that expect a specific version format string. A similar case is in Windows 2000 the api version returns 5.0 and Windows XP returns 5.1