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  1. This is related to a previous article... on Intel Branding Media Center PCs as "Viiv" · · Score: 3, Insightful
  2. Re:Someone inform me? on Water Flowed Recently on Mars · · Score: 1
    Low pressure. Water evaporates (and even boils) in very low pressure. The atmosphere of Mars has very low pressure. So water on Mars would quickly boil away, even though it is cold.

    Also, remember that water turns to a vapor even around its freezing point. Evaporating at cold temperatures isn't out of the ordinary. It seems like an everyday substance to us, but water is incredibly unusual, especially in terms of its volatility.

  3. Re:calendar puzzle on Expert Network Time Protocol · · Score: 1

    I don't have to stand for this interrogation. Don't look at me. Ask pope Gregory!

  4. Re:This begs the question... on Virtual Muggings in Lineage II · · Score: 1

    I prefer my girl, who would watch it with me. We've got to do the Firefly in one sitting thing first, but thanks for the idea.

  5. Correction: Not a Startup on Idaho Companies Tout New Wireless Record · · Score: 1

    I work with the wireless industry (as part of a job in networking software), and I have to point out an error in the summary. Trango is not a "start-up". They have been around selling nice radios for years.

  6. Re:w00t! on Space Meat Coming to your Kitchen · · Score: 1

    Maybe I didn't miss the point, actually. I understand that the goal will be to make meat exactly like real meat. However, a good deal of the flavor and character of meat comes down to the inherent complexity of eating muscle, fat, and so forth. I posit that by the time they are done making synthetic meat, they will at best have accomplished the creation of almost-meat. That it will have similar nutritional content, less fat, and taste not quite right.

  7. Re:splenda on Space Meat Coming to your Kitchen · · Score: 1

    If you are one of the people who can't taste the aftertaste. For many of us, it tastes downright nasty.

  8. Re:w00t! on Space Meat Coming to your Kitchen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, just like artificial sweeteners taste like the finest quality cane sugar or honey. Truly an age of marvels we live in.

  9. Re:No speaker Ars? Clean out the wax... on Review of Apple's "Mighty Mouse" · · Score: 1

    When I looked at the Mighty Mouse web page yesterday, I saw something about this. So after reading the Ars article, I went over there to check-- and the reference is gone. It looks like somebody made a mistake.

  10. Re:Wow! on Death Star Subwoofer · · Score: 1

    I wonder how I could spin the auction of my old G4 to get a front page Slashdot listing.

  11. Re:Menace to the Internet on SpamSlayer - should we DDOS spammers? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Without unnecessary traffic, would there even be an Internet?

  12. Re:OS2? on IBM Officially Kills OS/2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.ecomstation.com/ Someone is carrying on with OS/2 development. OS/2 isn't dead, it just got sold off and given a funny name.

  13. Woah. on Independence Day for Transformers Live Action · · Score: 3, Funny

    At first glance, I didn't parse "The Rock) will direct; " very well. Man was that a scary moment.

  14. My prediction on HP Invents A New Way To Print · · Score: 4, Insightful

    HP makes their money off of ink, not printers. My prediction is that this will allow them to produce cartridges more cheaply, but they will still charge as much for them.

  15. Re:Nokia works with MS too... on Nokia And Apple Collaborate On Open Source Browser · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah. Everyone knows all the cool Holy Wars are between Free/commercial software and secular/muslim nations. Get with the 2000s.

  16. Ah, the sweet comfort of familiarity... on Nokia And Apple Collaborate On Open Source Browser · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When I saw this horribly outdated dupe article, I knew it had to be from either "Zonk" or "samzenpus". It feels so nice to be right.

  17. Mandrivorix on Mandriva Buys Assets from Lycoris · · Score: 1

    ...but I'm wondering: What the hell are they going to call the company now?

  18. Oh, That Dvorak! on Advocating Dvorak · · Score: 5, Funny

    At first, I thought this was about that horrible Internet Troll who calls himself a journalist.

  19. Bull-pucky. on Creative Commons & Webcomics · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Stuff and Nonsense.

    With traditional copyright, you can still authorize people to do all of the things mentioned. Sometimes, I think the only reason there is a movement to create something new is because people don't understand the current standard.

  20. Okay, answer me one simple question on SETI Disrupted By Cell Phones in Airplanes? · · Score: 1

    How is a cell phone 100 miles away, in an airplane, going to cause more interference than a cellphone in someone's pocket at the lab itself?

  21. IBM Processors on MS Worried About Meeting 360 Demand · · Score: 1

    Maybe Microsoft should consider switching to Intel, if they are worried about being able to deliver enough units.

  22. One word: Interface on Will Next-Gen Consoles Kill Off PC Gaming? · · Score: 1
    There will always be a market for PC gaming. The answer is simple... It's the Interface, Stupid.

    Simulation, strategy, and other types of games just need a lot of friggin' buttons. To play games like that, you need to sit down with a keyboard and mouse.

    Besides the fact that input devices on consoles have just never kept up with the standard keyboard that comes with every PC, there's also the simple fact that the arrangement I described above doesn't work on the couch in front of the TV.

  23. Re:Gives new meaning on Virus Hold Computer Files 'Hostage' for $200 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, that's pretty much the original meaning.

  24. Re:wtf on Deadline Looming for Microsoft in Antitrust Case · · Score: 3, Informative
    Let's check that math...

    8 hours x (3000 + (2000 x 34) + 1000) = $576,000

    I can't even see how you got $65,400.

  25. Re:Amputated Hand: Slice of Continuity on Review: Star Wars Episode III · · Score: 1

    I believe it is in the Clone Wars, between II and III. So hopefully, in III, he at least explains it.