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  1. Re:A better idea on "Crowd Farm" to Collect Energy? · · Score: 1

    The MBTA started phasing out turnstiles about a year and a half ago, and South Station was one of the first stations to get the new motorized glass panels.

  2. Re:Travel and other considerations? on The Search for Dark Matter and Dark Energy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If it doesn't interact by the electromagnetic force, it cannot affect anything chemically. If it doesn't interact by the strong force, it cannot cause nuclear reactions. Even if it interacts by the weak force, the effect would be equivalent to the neutrinos already coursing through us. To my understanding, it's an explanation for effects specifically by gravity, which we already are experiencing.

  3. Move on on Does Adblock Violate A Social Contract? · · Score: 1

    Advertisers just need to move on. Look at Google, for example - their text ads are unintrusive, relevant, and do not slow browsing.

  4. IBM ThinkPad T42p on Laptops with the Longest Battery Life? · · Score: 1

    My new IBM ThinkPad T42p lasts 4-5 hours/battery, and I haven't tweaked the power management yet.

  5. MIT on Teaching History In Schools With Video Games · · Score: 3, Informative

    I worked at MIT last summer in the Games to Teach project. Several games were in development, one of which was Civ III mod that made it more historically accurate. Unfortunately, that never was able to be created due to funding problems (Microsoft ditched us - slashdot bashing anticipated). Also of note was the beginnings of Revolution (briefly mentioned in the article). I am unaware about its current state, but at the point I left, it was to be a total conversion of Neverwinter Nights.

    Most of the games were targeted at a middle school level, where the amount of detail in lessons is normally quite low. In this case, the games would be quite useful. For example, a Civilization style game could help provide an overview of events over a wide period of time, while holding the students attention. Other types of games could be used for more in-depth studies. Revolution, for example, had each student play as a person living in a town in the late 1700s. They would experience scripted events based on the actual causes of the revolutionary war. (this may have changed since last summer)

  6. Re:Okay.... on Renewable Energy From Algae? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, based on the fact that they state that "Some species of algae are ideally suited to biodiesel production due to their high oil content (some as much as 50% oil), and extremely fast growth rates.", I dont think they plan to just harvest from whatever happens to be growing in the swamp. More likely, they are going to pick particular species of algae that do not produce harmful toxins. Not to mention that it was suggested that this be performed in a controlled environment.

  7. Re:Surfing on lava? on Star Wars Episode III : Birth Of The Empire · · Score: 0, Interesting

    According to several star wars references, he does (thats how he becomes vader)

  8. Re:Your civil rights called... on Justice Department Censors ACLU Web Site · · Score: 2, Interesting

    BUSH cant be elected again in 2008, but hes the least of the problems; he doesnt even read his reports. Just think if we were stuck with someone like Karl Rove or Dick Cheney...

  9. Re:Huh? on Comcast Plans Cable Boxes with Integrated Wi-Fi and Snooping · · Score: 1

    IIRC, Comcast is actually better about that than attbi was. I used to have ATT Broadband, and they refused to support routers; they wouldnt help you when the service was down (due to construction/etc.) if they knew you had one. Once Comcast ate them, there werent any more problems.

  10. Bloat on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    But somehow the system wont run much faster than one of today's midrange dells...

  11. Re:What happens when copyright expires? on Microsoft's Janus DRM Software Officially Unveiled · · Score: 1

    They arent that stupid, the entertainment industries (and MS) have plenty of money left for lobbying. I wouldnt count on many copyrights expiring anytime soon, at the rate that extensions are being added.

  12. Re:ahh yes on PacManhattan Relocates Classic Game To New York Streets · · Score: 1

    Its called Florida...

  13. Gator on Take Me Home, I'm Drunk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like what spyware companies have been pushing for years...

  14. Re:Not again... on Florida Ponders Communication Tax on LANs · · Score: 1

    Welcome to America...

  15. Re:Give them a zero budget. on Inside Look at Patent Examination · · Score: 1

    "To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for LIMITED times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to THEIR respective writings and discoveries;"

    - US Constitution, Article I, Section 8.

    Why dont we try adhering to it? It seems that the USPTO and the rest of the government doesnt seem to care about two crucial words in that.

    Limited - yeah right, not with all this copyright term extension garbage.

    Their - the overworked examiners are the problem here, rushing patents through without even googling for prior art.

  16. April Fools on Japanese Inventor's Motor Uses 80% Less Power · · Score: 1

    11 days late...

  17. Re:Distilled water on Sapphire: A Liquid That Won't Get Things Wet · · Score: 1

    I doubt it, as the purity of the water would be ruined as soon as it made contact with a (likely dirty) surface.

  18. Work at home on Paid To Spam · · Score: 1

    Maybe this is the crap they advertise through the work at home - earn big money spam?

  19. Re:Memories? on Task Force Finds Blackout Was Preventable · · Score: 1

    I was at my house in Massachusetts playing Unreal Tournament 2003.

  20. Re:Cusomized on Magazine Eyeballs Its Subscribers · · Score: 1

    So that means we all have large debt and small penises?

  21. Re:Network Searching Programs on Ask Mike Godwin About Internet Law · · Score: 1

    They get angry at a university server for linking to illegal files on another computer, but what about sites like ShareReactor or any other sites with bittorrent/ed2k links?

  22. Why am I not suprised on Lifting The Lid On Computer Filth · · Score: 1

    Well, what do you expect with all the half eaten food people leave and spill all over them? I was moved to a different desk temporarily a while ago, and one of the speakers was glued down by cheap coffee.

  23. LiveCDs on Plumber, Electrician... Digitician? · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I should charge more for checking all those damn boxes by hand in Ad-Aware 6.

    I wonder if there are any tools that could make tasks like this easier, such as a LiveCD Linux distro that included antivirus and spyware tools for cleaning up windows partitions? That would solve problems such as unidentified worms that disable antivirus software.

  24. Re:"An In-depth Look at SMALL SYSTEM Firewalls" on Should You Fire Your Firewall? · · Score: 1

    I dont have any experience with the D-Link 604, but i used to have a 704P and it kept overheating, at which point i would get terrible ping and dialup speeds. I managed to get a couple more months out of it by adding some fans to the side, but when it did finally die, I couldnt touch it for a few minutes. I have a Netgear RP612v2 now, its been working perfectly with regard to both the firewall and the network. I would definately say netgear is the better choice. Lets not even get started on linksys, everything i have bought from them has died on day 1.

  25. Re:Really pathetic showing? on Grand Challenge 1, Competitors 0 · · Score: 1

    Hmm, there was an article in discover or scientific american a while ago about this. The course is not flat or straight, otherwise this race would have been done ages ago.