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  1. Re:The solution is obvious on Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails? · · Score: 1

    Ehm, Ford and GM *do* build small cars and make a profit. Only not in the US. Their European brands are doing pretty nicely, really.

  2. Human level experiments coming soon on Brain Interface Lets Monkeys Control Prosthetic Limbs · · Score: 1

    There is talk about clinical trials on people using this technology. I'm very interested about the feedback they can give, although I suspect it will be something like 'I just move it, I don't know how, dammit'. Now, what would happen if you connect this BMI to an artificial neural network...would it be incorporated by the brain? Sounds like a nice thing to tinker with...connecting software interfaces to other stuff (cams, mics, calculators, whatever) and see what happens. What happens if you attach it to a distributed neural network ? Oh dear, Skynet is human after all :)

  3. Re:I for one... on Carnegie Mellon Gets $14.4M to Build Robo-Tank · · Score: 1

    Yep, finally the Bolo Mk1 makes its appearance. A few years too late, but I really like the idea of continental siege units that are brave, resourceful and witty. I wonder what name they will give the first one ...

  4. Re:BOINC on Building a Silicon Brain · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, that would be sweet! I've been looking for distributed neural networks (BOINC-like) but haven't found anything remotely useful yet. And I can't imagine that this idea hasn't crossed some the mind of some nice, BOINC-loving researchers somewhere...

  5. Re:I don't get it. on Missing Link Found Between Human Ancestors · · Score: 1

    Yeah...God the omnipotent omnipresent all-knowing Homo Sapiens. Since God is a multicellular organism, shouldn't we also revere His individual cells? I mean, if God is infinitly wise and powerful, surely individual cells are too! Well, a lesser order of infinity maybe, but infinite anyway...

    And how about His Omnipotent Colon Bacteria?

  6. Re:Replace Starbucks, I don't think so... on Coming Soon: Self-Heating Coffee · · Score: 1

    I think you tried the 'self hating' coffee there ....

  7. Re:Single sign-on for a browser? on Public Exploit For Windows JPEG Bug · · Score: 1

    Yep, very handy, we do the same thing with intranetsites we develop (including our own)...

  8. Re:Mirror of the video. on First Plasma on the Levitated Dipole Experiment · · Score: 1

    Hmm, that's a novel idea: use slashdotted servers as a new clean source of energy!

  9. Re:One possible explanation on Gravitation Anomaly Measured · · Score: 1

    isn't it true that according to quantum theory, a photon follows all possible paths at once? Would gravity in that case modify the chance of a photon being in a specific location when observed? In this case this would be the chance of observing it at a point along a nicely curved path through space-time ...

  10. Re:Language and concepts are tightly integrated on One, Two, Many - Language Shapes Thought · · Score: 1

    So ... you would call these Nons ? Imagine the look on the candyman's face if you ask for a pound of nons in a candystore :)

  11. Re:In that case on One, Two, Many - Language Shapes Thought · · Score: 1

    Well ... you could also try to teach them the concept '69' ...

  12. Re:Bush knew about this in advance! on Spirit Rover Communications Error · · Score: 1

    Indeed, it must have been a set-up all along! And now you understand why they didn't use WinCE - Rover Edition 1.0 ... too obvious!