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  1. Re:As a psychologist on Anxiety Disorders Discoverable by Blood Test · · Score: 1

    Well, to some degree they can be responsible.

  2. Re:spiders.txt? on Internet Growth in 2005 Sets Record · · Score: 1

    Probably none. It's permitted to access robots.txt, and once you do you can figure there's a website there. No further investigation required.

  3. Re:spiders.txt? on Internet Growth in 2005 Sets Record · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean robots.txt?

  4. Re:batteries on The Digital Dark Age · · Score: 1

    Include a generator....

  5. Re:My Mossberg emergency item... on Emergency Gadgets Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Have you seen 28 Days Later? Sure it's a zombie flick, but it's good apocolyptic fun!

  6. Re:Dr. Brown on Making Ice Without Electricity · · Score: 1

    Except for the part at the very end... where the time travelling train comes "back" to the future.

  7. Re:computers: still not for lay people on Top 8 Reasons HCI is in its Stone Age · · Score: 1

    Funny, my manual didn't say anything about that particular program. Oh wait, my copy of Windows didn't even come with a real manual... just a really crappy help interface that returns 0 results for a search of msconfig.

  8. Re:you could always.... on Apple To Unveil iPod Cellphone Next Week? · · Score: 1

    Not to mention battery life...

  9. Re:It's become sentient on Graphics Programs Uncover Secret PINs · · Score: 1

    Dude, Bond is plastered the ENTIRE time he's on screen. Remember how in that one movie he slips up and gives the villian his real identity?

  10. Re:Remote DSLAMs on DSL-Extender Brings Broadband 20km · · Score: 1
    neither light nor electricity is 'split'

    Well, it's not split traditionally, but I would expect the signal would need to be demuxed. Unless each house gets it's very own fiber...

  11. Re:Gotta Wonder.. on Crocodile's Immune System Kills HIV · · Score: 3, Funny

    I see you've played immunie-spoonie before!

  12. Re:I don't see why this is so special. on Crocodile's Immune System Kills HIV · · Score: 1

    You had me until "virii".

  13. Re:Not that new if you think about it. on Apple Releases Multi-Button "Mighty Mouse" · · Score: 1

    I know apple does a LOT of testing before they put out a new UI design. I trust that this is easy to use. Also, I've always had the exact opposite of your problem: clicky mouse buttons are always the first to go.

  14. Re:now correct me if im wrong on U.S. Moves to Kill Leap Seconds · · Score: 1

    Smarch!

  15. Re:No on Ice Lake on Mars · · Score: 1

    That's almost as crazy as some sort of "re-biggifier".

  16. Re:Bill Gates on US Education on USA to Pass Science Crown to China · · Score: 1
    A few flailing arguments: 165 sq. km. is a LOT of land. The population is not evenly spaced out in either country. Alaska isn't really a state so it doesn't count -- only the continental US should be taken into consideration

    Seriously, though... dollar for dollar, you could buy a lot more land in China than in the US. I would consider that a more accurate measure than population density, because Chinese farmers are easily displaced.

  17. Re:Bill Gates on US Education on USA to Pass Science Crown to China · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why spend all that money on education when we can just steal smart people from other countries? Also, I know it sounds cliche, but it's historically been freedom that attracted these people. You know, escaping persecution and whatnot. Not the "vast tracks [sic] of land"... if you want land, China has a lot more than we do!

  18. Re:Hitach's? on Hitachi's 500GB SATA-II Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I find the "Win2k will take up an entire 100gb drive and require rams by the gigs" comments hilarious in light of the Longhorn (cough Vista) comments I always see.

  19. Re:No daylight savings time here on Impact of Daylight Savings Time Changes? · · Score: 1

    So... confused... which 8 time zones are these?

  20. Re:I count two, but it is still absurd. on Impact of Daylight Savings Time Changes? · · Score: 1

    Or move to the equator.

  21. Re:Just learned something new about Islam... on Google Moon Debuts · · Score: 1

    Didn't anyone ever tell you not to feed the trolls? Especially after midnight!

  22. Re:Conspiracy! on Google Moon Debuts · · Score: 1

    No deal McCutcheon, that moon money is mine!

  23. Re:Not a good field for DIY on A Practical Guide to DIY LCD Projectors · · Score: 1

    See, you're doing it again. "pixel size would only be limited by the width of the laser beam"... mirrors would have to be very high quality (the last time I was looking at first surface mirrors, they were expensive). They would have to be perfectly weighted to spin quickly without too much vibration. These are non-trivial problems. Either way, DLP or lasers, you are going to have to put a lot into development. Maybe I misunderstood you, but I got the impression you thought it would be easy to build the laser control system.

  24. Re:Nice, but... on A Practical Guide to DIY LCD Projectors · · Score: 1
    Me too!

    But seriously, the spelling is horrendous. The guy couldn't even be bothered to spellcheck the document -- what kind of quality do you think this projector will have?

  25. Re:Not a good field for DIY on A Practical Guide to DIY LCD Projectors · · Score: 1

    Ha! Saying "the resolution would only be limited by the control system" is not very different from saying that the resolution of DLP is "only limited by the number of mirrors you can put on a chip". I guess if you had such a system, you could upgrade JUST the control system w/o replacing the lasers.