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  1. Re:Protein? on Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Protein ... and Now Fat · · Score: 1

    I knew schools here were going down hill but have they really started making everyone sound like the swedish chef from the muppet show now?

  2. Re:Also it's not really 1280x720 on OnLive Remote Gaming Service Launches In June · · Score: 1

    It sure sucks that here in america we see 7mbps and go "oh well crap, we're not getting that now are we." As I understand it thats considered slow in many other parts of the world.

  3. Re:where and order by on Facebook Patents the News Feed · · Score: 1

    There are existing mechanisms that allow a user to display information about other users. Some mechanisms may allow the user to select particular news items for immediate viewing. Typically, however, these news items are disparate and disorganized. In other words, the user must spend time researching a news topic by searching for, identifying, and reading individual news items that are not presented in a coherent, consolidated manner. Often, many of the news are not relevant to the user. Just as often, the user remains unaware of the existence of some news items that were not captured in the user's research. What is needed is an automatically generated display that contains information relevant to a user about another user of a social network.

    Is it just me or are the parts I emphasized here simply describing how facebook works?

    Having news presented to me sorted by what order my "friends" happened to stumble upon it seems quite "disparate and disorganized" to me.

  4. Re:The Lady is cool on Make Your Own Open Source Retro Arcade-Style Clock · · Score: 1

    Being a moron and going to sports bars when you don't want loud TVs around you, and trying to impose your will upon other customers who came there to watch TV can get you kicked out of sports bars and beaten senseless.

  5. Re:This is a random comment. on New Method for Random Number Generation Developed · · Score: 1

    The set of all random numbers does not exclude "non-random-looking" numbers.

    This is true.

    I just cherry-picked one for you.

    This, however, is not random.

  6. Re:Was it a cause of his legal trouble? on Our Low-Tech Tax Code · · Score: 1

    Seems to me the way around that would be to hire another employee, even if it's the kid down the street and all they're doing is mowing your yard for minimum wage 2 hours a week. Of course IANA Tax Lawyer, so don't take my word on that.

  7. Re:99% Debauched on The Surreal World of Chatroulette · · Score: 1

    Well, they DID just get linked on slashdot...

  8. Re:I think... on Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal Gets Go-Ahead From EU, US DoJ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would say they sell "search advertisements" as well as "syndicated web advertisement", "on demand video advertisement" and several other products. One could contrast these markets to "billboard advertisements", "tv advertisements" and "syndicated print advertisements".

    Like it or not advertising is huge, and as such it makes sense to pay attention to these (relatively) smaller segments of the entire market for advertising services; especially when making decisions about the health of the market.

  9. Re:on top of a building, bitching it's not a 'scra on Pittsburgh, Seattle Announce Interest In Google's Fiber Trial · · Score: 1

    It makes a little more sense when you consider that the owners of the not-so-tall office buildings have been marketing it as if they were the tallest buildings in the world.

  10. Re:Stunts? on What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts? · · Score: 1

    I think the probability of them making this assumption is a function of the length of your relationship and how often you have provided flowers in the past.

  11. Re:Keep it simple on What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My girlfriend is perverted enough that she would actually like that. I'm thinking maybe I'll hold a box labeled "A gift for your mouth" conspicuously near my crotch and make her open it, only to discover chocolates and a note "What did you expect? My Dick?"

  12. Re:None whatsoever on What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts? · · Score: 1

    Or deliberately not try in the hopes they'll be mad enough to go away.

    Luckily my girlfriend hates slashdot so I shouldn't have to worry about her seeing this (and ruining the plan)~

  13. Re:This can't possibly help dentist suicide rates. on Plasma Jets Could Replace Dental Drills · · Score: 1

    Actually I would think anything that greatly reduces the chance of a dentist visit resulting in painful drilling would eventually work to counter the stigma associated with the profession, and maybe alleviate the "everyone hates coming to see me" depression.

  14. Re:A couple of questions... on Studies Find Harm From Cellular and Wi-Fi Signals · · Score: 1

    I think this has as much to do with the moving definition of the word safe as it does with scientists not understanding what's going on.

    I don't know if this is really happening but my personal impression is that we are considering smaller and smaller statistical correlations as significant enough to deem the associated variable as unsafe.

    I'm just waiting for someone to start lobbying to outlaw red shirts because people wearing red shirts are 0.005% more likely to make food choices that promote gum disease.

  15. Re:Luckily... on DARPA Aims for Synthetic Life With a Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    I didn't see the word natural anywhere in the GP's post. In fact I'm pretty sure half of your post is just rephrasing one of their sentences.

  16. Re:Finally, someone gets it. on Lord Lucas Says Record Companies "Blackmail" Users · · Score: 1

    But this is not a man suing you, its a corporation. My understanding behind that phrase is that by being generous in return for their cruelty, you will hopefully inspire them to be a more generous person themselves.
     
    If the RIAA (or equivalent) sues you for $1000 and you give them $2000, the closest thing to generosity you'll get in return is a confused accountant sending you a check for the amount you overpaid. There will be no appeal to the corporations sense of decency, because they have none.

  17. Re:Another Earth(like)? on Pluto — a Complex and Changing World · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Minor nitpick, Pluto's seasons are primarily driven by its highly elliptical orbit.

  18. Re:Ugh... on Why Time Flies By As You Get Older · · Score: 1

    I'm only 10 years older than you and I already feel wore out enough to take you up on that.

  19. Re:What's the strength of Graphene? on Breakthrough Grows Graphene On Silicon Substrate · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to this 1 atmosphere = 33.932446552 feet of water.

  20. Re:Let me get this straight... on Old Stems Cells Young Again — Via Vampirism · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, going just by the summary, the marrow has to be exposed to the young blood cells. Now I doubt they would survive the digestion process very well, so you probably have to drain their blood and IV it like a heroin junkie while it's still fresh. Or even worse drill or punch a hole in your bone to shoot it directly into the marrow.

  21. Re:Politician's "thinking" on Seinfeld's Good Samaritan Law Now Reality? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's the fastest thing to come up googling, I thought that sounded familiar: Worry Over VZW, Sprint Phones' 911 Alarm

  22. Re:NEVER trust ANYONE on the Internet on Interview With a Convicted 419 Scammer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think it would be gloriously ironic if we one day found out goatse was a steganographic image put up by somebody trying to convey some secret information thinking nobody would look at it for too long, only to have it repeatedly linked on a site full of crypto nerds and hackers.

  23. Re:Eh, just last week? They promised it was in the on Interview With a Convicted 419 Scammer · · Score: 1

    My wallet was stolen on new years and I keep hoping somebody will try to steal my ID or extort me to get it back, but I think the little notebook in it filled with voodoo incantations about omnidirectionally conductive high-adhesion photovoltaic materials and other random ideas I've jotted down convinced them i'm not the best mark.

  24. Re:We told you. on FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Blocks BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Exactly, as long as everybody keeps voting for the big two parties because "they're the only ones with a shot" they'll continue to hold that position (barring a violent coup or overthrow by a foreign power). Last election I voted Libertarian or Independent in every race I could, not because I agree with all of their positions (I don't), but because I think breaking the two party system is the best chance this country has to not fail.

  25. Re:Sooo...... on Tor Users Urged To Update After Security Breach · · Score: 1

    And in many states you can actually have sex with them, you just cant take pictures.