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  1. Re:comparisons on Our Brains Don't Work Like Computers · · Score: 1

    Yes- but the question is will they run Linux??

  2. Crash and burn.... on First Controllable Solar Sail Launched Today · · Score: 1

    Ok- so apparently this thing crashed. What I want to know is why is this thing being launched off of a Soviet submarine- or any submarine? Is seems like if you were going to perform a difficult task such as putting a new type of craft into orbit- it might make more sense to do it somewhere where the people who worked on it could do a last minute check of everything. If so- it might be nice to do it in a place where there was room for everyone. ie. not a submarinepThe only advntage I can see is when and if a launch goes bad- the debris lands in the sea- away from people (albeit harder to recover). However, the same thing happens at Cape Canaveral. Sure- Russia is probably a cheaper place to launch from- but surely light populated areas of Siberia would work just as well.

  3. Re:So what happened to this reporter? Cancer? on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 1
    Agreed. There is no use trying to justify actions in war by any moral standards-- war is simply not morale.

    Robert McNamara said it best- there are no rules of war- if the US had lost WWII- he and other US officials would have been tried as war criminals.

  4. I think.... on Building the WallTop · · Score: 2, Informative

    This would be a whole heck of a lot easier with a tablet PC. Fuitsu made some really thin ones that are just becoming obsolete right about now.....

  5. Re:So what happened to this reporter? Cancer? on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 3, Informative

    I did some research on Radon when we found out our house had it. Seems that the acceptable dose was never really studied- but inferred from radon levels in mines which are much higher. Workers who worked in mines were in there 40 hours a week- and were fine until the amount of radon in the air reached 100ppm. In the home- they calculated 4ppm (in the us- 10ppm is allowable in Europe) to be safe based off of exposure times extrapolated from the data. Great math- but it could be poor science if this theory proves true.

  6. Re:So what happened to this reporter? Cancer? on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 1
    Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger....

    Actually, low levels of radiation may prove to be beneficial for you. There is actually some scientific data on this..

    Hormesis

  7. Re:So what happened to this reporter? Cancer? on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Civilians who make the weapons of war are not civilians.....

    Welcome to war-- it is never pretty.

  8. Fully loaded.... on PC Prices Reach $300 Milestone · · Score: 3, Funny

    This must be some new definition of "fully loaded" that was previously unaware of.

  9. Second amendment on Rail Guns Closer to Reality · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does the second Amendment protect our right to turn matter into plasma?

  10. So.... on Extending Pop Music Copyrights · · Score: 1

    so if I am in the UK and I have a song on a CD that is over 50 years old- can I freely distribute it on my website? Is the actual recording itself in the public domain- or just the song- meaning that I can record my own version (with my stellar voice) and not have to pay royalties?

  11. Great... on Apple to Recycle your iPod for Free · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All of the hazardous material is handled domestically! Excellent news. So the engineering is outsourced (or partially), the manufacturing is done else where, but the really dangerous work- the stuff that impacts the environment the most- is done stateside by US workers. Globalism rocks.

  12. Just think.... on Longhorn Drops 'My' Prefixes · · Score: 1

    of how many bits that will save. HDD manufacturers should start to worry. How unMicrosoft like to actually do something to make the OS smaller.

  13. Re:cost of FPGA? on Self-wiring Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    They come in many, many sizes- but expect a couple hundred to a couple thousant a piece. Pricing is of course proprietary.

  14. I Git ome.... on Blank Keyboard · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I revemtly boyght ome of tjese keuboards amd it is tje bedt purvjase i habe mafe in a lomg tine.

    I hifgly reconnemd it to ajj of mu friemds and colleahues.

    Mu rtping skolls hsve imorobed drantivally amd I tupu invredibly fadt nuw.

  15. Re:Piracy tool? on Plugin For Winamp Allows Downloading From iPod · · Score: 1
    In Switzerland it is also perfectly legal to launder drug/mob money through the banking system. Actually, it is encouraged.

    Don't get me wrong- I think a private banking system such as the one in Switzerland or the Caymans encourages personal freedoms in ways we could only dream about in the US and other parts of Europe. The same is true about copying music.

    The freedom's that are enjoyed in Switzerland are greater than the one's we have here in the US. Land of the free, home of the brave-- has simply become just a couple of lyrics.

  16. Re:Torrents? on BBS Documentary Now Shipping · · Score: 1

    Kid you not- yesterday our old skool diagnostics guy was showing me how his diagnostics toolset worked. I had to bring up Hyperterminal and transfer my FPGA file to the board using Ymodem or Kermit. Granted- we could have done it with FTP over the ethernet connection we had on the board- but hey- this brought back memories.

  17. Jeez.... on Cybernetic System to Allow Physical Interaction · · Score: 1
    You think Slashdotters would be commenting up a storm on this. I think 90% of the target audience is watching the new Star Wars movie.

    In episode 7, Leia will be able to give you a virtual blow job.

  18. The new Prius..... on Human Blood For Electrical Power · · Score: 1

    You are going to have to eat alot of Twinkies on your way to work.

  19. Re:And I thought battery prices were high... on Human Blood For Electrical Power · · Score: 1
    People go through gastro sugery in order to loose weight. Having a tube inserted seems less risky to me. Similar to a diabetic pump.

    Perhaps this could replace insulin pumps as well. Rather than make the body remove the excess sugar in the blodd- just burn it.

  20. SCO.... on Hyperthreading Considered Harmful · · Score: 1
    He alerted SCO to a flaw in their OS?

    Traitor!!

    Amazing- first time a major security violation doesn't have Microsoft all over it.

  21. Hole.... on iPod Dangerous When Wet · · Score: 1
    that burned a hole in the bed of a

    Yeah- sure it was the iPod that did this. I had one of these in my bed when I was a teenager- and it wasn't from no iPod. Good excuse kid.

  22. Apple... on Bill Gates: Cellphone will Beat iPod · · Score: 1
    Rather than having an MP3 player in my phone- how bout a phone in my iPod? Perhaps Apple will be including them soon.

  23. Re:Outsourcing... on Paul Graham: Hiring is Obsolete · · Score: 1

    You would make enough to fly in one every once in a while.

  24. Re:Outsourcing... on Paul Graham: Hiring is Obsolete · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Because except for some minority cases (think ~1%) the consumer *is* the domestic worker.

    This was the beauty of Henry Ford--- he started the $5 a day wage so that workers could buy cars.

    Nobody bides by this anymore. People get the cheapest stuff at Walmart who doesn't care about workers- only the bottom line.

    It is like buying your mp3s from allofmp3.com. An all America multimillionaire record company CEO gets screwed and a Russia geek profits.

  25. Re:The problem with R&D on Paul Graham: Hiring is Obsolete · · Score: 1

    True enoguh. However, in the case of Hammerhead- Cisco played the role of the VC then picked up the entire company later on if all goes well. I believe they have a Venture Captial arm that plants lots of seeds. Somehow, this money is supposedly different.