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  1. Re:why people hate corporate America on Plant a Seed, Get Sued? · · Score: 1

    You should be able to replant the seed, just not sell the result or eat it. Its like burning a copy of your owned music CD. Is it really ilegal to control the spread of life?

  2. Re:What about the opposite? on Spam and Spyware Too Much for Some Users · · Score: 1

    Your right. I can't believe how many people's computer I use that are just infested with spyware and virus'es. They just say "this computer is so slow, i should get an new one"..How can you go day to day using a slow slow computer when the fix is so easy?

  3. Re:I don't think it's that dumb on Samsung Launches 3D Movement Recognition Phone · · Score: 1

    Handicapped? They might want to just get a voice activated phone.. Maybe these phones were meant for the mute and handless? Oh wait, then what point would it be to even havea phone?

  4. Re:Traffic light true story. on Self-Adapting Traffic Lights · · Score: 1

    Just take a right, pull a "U" "e" and take another right next time. I'm sure that most cities have implemented the blinking red's and yellow's after a certain time. At Midnight, all the lights basically switch to blinking lights, which makes things much better, especially if you travel the main roads, cause they are all yellow.

  5. In the years to come - Gas relief on Self-Adapting Traffic Lights · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lets just hope this new system comes before we get flying cars. Seriously, sitting at red lights is one of the most boring things you can do. One light after another.
    What I hate is when you have a good speed going and you can see the green light, then it turns red and you have to waste all the gas getting back to speed again. This new system maybe able to solve our gas problem. Less stop and go = less gas.

  6. PC's will be the toy on Chinese PC Maker Looks to Buy IBM's PC Business · · Score: 3, Funny

    PC's will be like the toys at the dollar store some day. you look on the back and it says "Made in China" and it cost only a few bucks.

  7. Re:Experience is key... on How Important is a Well-Known CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    Joining the military does get you a good foot in the door. I joined the AF 2 years ago. The first year I didn't learn anything except for "discipline" I guess. But i've been on the job for over a year now and I've learned real actual trouble shooting of very expensive electronic equipment.

    At first I thought I wasn't learning or getting anything out of it. I thought a monkey can do it. But then I realized how much my supervisors can trust me now taking apart a multimillion dollar peice of equipment. I believe its up to the person, but the military offers some pretty good managerial experiece as well. You may hate the managment, and the people you work with, but you really do get something out of it. The best thing I think the military gave me is the "years". I have aged and learned many lessons in the past couple of years. Like why the hell did I drop out of college? I'm in the AF as a B1-B avionics technition. Not a bad deal, but not the only option one has.

  8. I'm probably wrong but... on Things To Do Before You Die · · Score: 1

    I didn't count 100 things to do? Anyone have the full list?

  9. Re:What do I do? POKER! on What Do People in the IT Field Do for Side Jobs? · · Score: 1

    The only problem with playing poker, is that you always play better when your drinking. And drinking can get expesive. Well, when I play I only start with like $5 or $10 bucks. But if I start to loose, i usually end up pouring more money in. Ahhh, last week I borrowed $5 bucks and made $35, now thats a hell of a profit. 3 card gut anyone?

  10. Re:Artifical foot? on Dolphin Jumps Again with Artificial Fin · · Score: 1

    Have you ever seen the guy that skateboards with an artificial leg? I believe his name is Jon Comer. I can't find any links, but i've seen video of it and he is really good at it. Better than most humans.

  11. Great Idea on Internet Hunting · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This sounds like a pretty good idea, But what is the difference between hunting real deer and fake deer at this point?

    Unless you are actually going to use what you shoot for a purpose, it has no real value to me. I think this is a great idea though, Next thing we can do is put these things in Iraq and shoot enemies this way...Oh wait, that would be to complicated for the governement to handle, we will just stick with deer.

  12. Not new on Waterproof MP3 Player Uses Bone Conduction · · Score: 5, Informative

    This may be new to the MP3 world, but this method is nothingnew.

    "The BAHA is a surgically implantable system for treatment of hearing loss that works through direct bone conduction. It has been used since 1977, and was cleared by the FDA in 1996 as a treatment for conductive and mixed hearing losses in the United States. In 2002, the FDA approved its use for the treatment of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss." from here

  13. Re:Oops on Nintendo Threatens Suicidegirls Over IP Use · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how many members they gained over this incident. ha ha.

  14. Re:Einstein's FULL equation on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm pretty sure part of the equation is missing. It has to do with relativity and when things are moving, the mass changes.

  15. Re:One question... on Flying By Brain · · Score: 1

    What I think would make this all work is like this. The Flight Controls will send the stimulus to the neural network, the neural network will respond with a specific set of voltages. And then another computer program will associate that specific set of voltages with what hte flight controls sent it for voltages. And this can go on an on for each and every stimulus the flight controls send the network. So, its not the network learning, its us knowing what the network voltage will be in response to a stimulus. Maybe i'm way off, but it doesn't seem that bad to me.

  16. Stop Now on San Fran Mayor Declares Wireless for All · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "We will not stop until every San Franciscan has access to free wireless Internet service,"

    "He said the city had already made free WiFi service available at Union Square, a central shopping and tourist hub"

    So, everyone run down to the chopping center and get your free wifi. Problem solved.

  17. Wait a second... on The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Kildall seemed to represent the best hopes of the nascent computer industry. But by the time he died at age 52, after falling in a tavern"

    "Kildall's then-wife, Dorothy McEwen, the company's business manager, refused to sign their nondisclosure agreement. She is now ill with brain cancer and can't remember the events, according to daughter Kristin Kildall."

    Do we see a trend here?

  18. Re:GAIM DOESN"T WORK on Could IM Be The Next Step For Google? · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, GAIm worked for me. I'm using Mandrake 10.0 though. I cant remember if I downloaded the RPM or the tar.gz file? Maybe try using something like urpmi or getapt or whatever it is with Suse.

  19. Re:Site on Make Your Own Digital Camera ISO Test Target · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes true, its not free, but just thought it had some more info people might be able to use.

    Looks like you'd need a pretty expensive printer to print these out. Some of the images are 80 cm wide.

  20. Site on Make Your Own Digital Camera ISO Test Target · · Score: 5, Informative
  21. Yeah, 1-CLick, many key strokes on Judge's Ruling Spares 1-Click · · Score: 0, Redundant

    One click of the mouse will bring you to a sign up screen where you fill out lots of information. 1 Click is good if you have already signed up.

  22. Sequence on Canon's new 16.7MP Digital SLR, with WiFi · · Score: 1

    I don't know much about cameras so i'm asking you. Can this camera take multiple shots with clarity? Like say 7 pictures in about a 1.5 second time frame?

    Also, this camera is very ugly, anyone else agree with me on that?

  23. Re:Without reading the article... on NYT On Flying Cars · · Score: 1

    The way to get a flying car to the general public is to make things easy. Flyinc cars should be just as easy to drive as a regular car. I suspect less accidents. Most accidends are collisions of some kind. Into a guard rail, into another car, into a person or deer. If your flying, then their will be less accidents. Lets say you can only fly at like 100 feet and your car malfunctions. then the shoot would open and bring you safe to the ground. You have 100 feet to slow down, unlike if you were in a regular car you would have crashed into something.

  24. Re:Painting Your Way to Safety - half right on Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Will Miss Earth, This Time · · Score: 1

    If you blow it up, 2 things happen that will help.

    1. You do blow parts of the asteroid off course.
    2. A block of ice melts slower than the same amount of ice in more pieces. So if a giant asteroid goes through the atmosphere it will surely not be affected much. But if millions of smaller ones go through, it will burn up a lot more.

    The dust clouds might take years and years to form.

  25. English Version on Windows Fails 8% of the Time · · Score: 4, Informative