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  1. Re:Just because the math works doesn't mean it's t on The End Of Gravity As a Fundamental Force · · Score: 1

    Then it's not really a wave, is it?

  2. Re:Finally on Blizzard Authenticators May Become Mandatory · · Score: 1

    They were already mandatory to anyone with more than 3 brain cells.

    Do you use online banking? Do you make online purchases? If so, do you use an authenticator for every bank, credit card, mortgage, shopping cart, that you manage online?

  3. Re:Anyone else outgrow Duke Nukem? on Duke Nukem Forever Not Dead? (Yes, This Again) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The first three games in the franchise were platformers.

    What was the third Duke Nukem game before 3D?

    Duke3D stayed Duke3D and I never even managed to get custom levels to work in multiplayer.

    I've played a few.

  4. Re:Indeed on Duke Nukem Forever Not Dead? (Yes, This Again) · · Score: 1
  5. Re:holy shit on Futuristic Sex Robots Now Just "Sex Robots" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If that's not what you meant, how do you figure that getting an outlet for ones urges somehow makes a person even more desperate?

    There are really two ways of looking at this. One the one hand, like you said, it could be "an outlet for urges". On the other hand, it could enhance the urge for "the real thing", or make the pedo think that the next step isn't so "big" (yes, its a slippery slope argument, but not all slippery slopes are imaginary.)

    I think this is something psychologists/psychiatrists needs to weigh in on, and not leave it to "common sense."

  6. Re:Just because the math works doesn't mean it's t on The End Of Gravity As a Fundamental Force · · Score: 1

    Well then, what's the speed of gravity through glass?

    Just think of the applications of refracting gravity!

    Also, if gravity travels as a "wave", can it be canceled out with an identical but out-of-phase wave? And I don't just mean at a point between two masses.

  7. Re:yes on Does a Lame E-Mail Address Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    Hey, if it's good enough for Scott Adams, it should be good enough for everyone.

  8. Re:What a crappy press release on 8% of Your DNA Comes From a Virus · · Score: 1

    Which means we got this DNA from our ancestors after all. And considering we share like 99% of our DNA with chimps, the majority of these 8% must have been inserted into the gene pool a long time back on our evolutionary journey.

  9. Re:Is 3D really THAT great? on World's First Integrated Twin-Lens 3D Camcorder · · Score: 1

    3D is really like HD. How much would you be missing out on by watching the ball game (or whatever) on a 50" CRT vs. a 50" HDTV? It's not like you need to see the individual blades of grass to enjoy the game, right?

    That said, it's hard to go back to lower quality once you've upped your standards.

  10. Re:Black hole with earth-mass? I fail physics? on The LHC, Black Holes, and the Law · · Score: 1

    Point-mass simplification really becomes less useful the closer you get to the center of mass. Think of it this way - the closer you are to the center of mass, the stronger the force of gravity according to Newton's own equations, right? Problem is that once you get close enough to the Earth's center of mass, you'll actually be within the Earth's radius, so the gravity will be pulling you in all directions, mostly canceling out. A black hole's event horizon is simply the extreme case.

  11. Re:Jade Empire on Framerates Matter · · Score: 1

    Core2Duo 3GHz, 8800GT, WinXP Pro. I saw somewhere that disabling the clampFPS property can lead to some errors though. Haven't noticed anything myself, but only played for about 15 min so far.

  12. Jade Empire on Framerates Matter · · Score: 1

    I recently bought Jade Empire on Steam, and when I started it I could tell right away how choppy everything was. Seems by default it runs at 30fps. Tinkered with the config file to unclamp it to 60, and everything became much smoother.

  13. Re:I never understood why... on Framerates Matter · · Score: 1

    I still have an analog CRT monitor that supports much higher frame rates at HD resolutions which gives a very noticeable edge when playing twitch-games like Unreal Tournament.

    I really doubt the "noticeable edge" part.

    However CRT images just look painful at 60Hz refresh rate, regardless of the frame rate. LCDs are just fine.

  14. Re:Black hole with earth-mass? I fail physics? on The LHC, Black Holes, and the Law · · Score: 2

    It's not the mass alone that makes something a black hole, it's the density. For an object of the same mass as Earth to be a black hole, it has to be really tiny. But since the Earth's mass is spread out across the Earth's volume, it's just a normal planet.

  15. Re:Watch out, MW2 lovers... on EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely · · Score: 1

    Well MW2 servers won't be shut down until MW3 is out, so what's the problem, right?

  16. Re:People are terrible at understanding risk on Can Imaging Technologies Save Us From Terrorists? · · Score: 1

    Hear, hear. Your chances of dying in an aircraft terrorism incident are really, really tiny [reason.com].

    And you know why there haven't been many more attacks since 9/11? You really want to know why?

    It's because of the $6,000 Anti-Terrorism charm I bought from a helpful Nigerian prince. YOU ARE WELCOME

  17. Re:Terrorist will just use children on Can Imaging Technologies Save Us From Terrorists? · · Score: 1

    because child porn laws are already being considered with these new machines, in the UK I believe no one under 18 can be scanned with one.

    Which pretty much explains to all the common folk "hey, walking through this scanner is like starring in a porn film." And people are still for this?

  18. Re:Died with Woowoo BS but... on OMNI Magazine Remembered · · Score: 1

    You sound like someone who'd enjoy syfy's (yuck) Eureka.

  19. Re:a game that tells the truth about religion on Religion in Video Games · · Score: 1

    Christians are not a persecuted minority.

    They are in some countries in the Middle East.

  20. Re:First, make a good video game on Religion in Video Games · · Score: 1

    The rating you are looking for is AO, adults only.

    They'll make it M if it spreads the Christian message. And churches will give it out to their congregations for the kids. (Remember The Passion of the Christ?)

  21. Re:It's a Free Market on Microsoft Seeks Patent On Shaming Fat Gamers · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to your medical records, you are a compulsive liar. In order to protect the children, you will not be able to access our online community. If you persist in attempting to register, the FBI will be notified.

  22. Re:Assholes or morons on Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop · · Score: 1

    Citation needed.

  23. Re:Assholes or morons on Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop · · Score: 1

    Have you actually seen a bomb disposal robot merely put 3 rounds into a suspicious object, or do they turn it into Swiss cheese with shotgun/automatic fire. The latter would make much more sense.

  24. Re:Seriously would it have been difficult on $26 of Software Defeats American Military · · Score: 1

    Telling me the key length is a big hint. But 5,632 bytes is only about 11 repetitions of your key. That means I have 512 separate Caesar ciphers to crack, with a ciphertext of 10 or 11 characters each. Even Sherlock Holmes needed more than that to solve the puzzle of the Dancing Men.

    So you admit that it's OK to use a "not-so-one-time" pad, as long as you don't use it too many times before switching? And remember that the drone video feed only really needs to be secure for the duration of the mission. Perhaps a key long enough to only be rotated every few minutes would be enough?

  25. Re:Assholes or morons on Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop · · Score: 1

    Now for my real reply...

    How did your personal experience as an Israeli teach you that making random bullet holes in a device will determine whether or not it's a bomb?