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  1. error! on U of Michigan creates first Quantum Microchip · · Score: 1

    "The cadmium atom that has lost an electron becomes a negatively charged ion" ^from the article. I think that if it loses an electron it becomes a _positive_ ion. Eh?

  2. Re:Is there a solution? on Decrypting Kryptos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    of course not, it's just some random chars generated by the Arethusa cipher, seeded with the string COMSTOCK.

  3. meh on Downhillbattle.org Bounty For P2P Gaim Plug-in · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't know if I like this idea. This would only allow sharing between buddies and buddies of buddies. Just use limewire or something.

  4. Re:Do you have to think in Russian? on Flying By Brain · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, the rat brains have man animals.

  5. Re:Abby someone on Flying By Brain · · Score: 3, Informative

    In Young Frankenstein, the guy is always saying, That's Frank (short o sound) en steen. In German, the second letter does get the sound, so it's ien, not ein. Unless you're talking about the original. Then it's Frankenstein.

  6. Re:Abby someone on Flying By Brain · · Score: 1

    that's Frankenstien.

  7. teh living computer on Flying By Brain · · Score: 1

    I like the idea...it wouldn't run very fast, but surely it would increase speed as it grows. Like a 50,000 processor sponge. And extra matter could probably be added in no particular order.

  8. Re:TV License in the UK on New Fee For Internet-Capable PCs In Germany · · Score: 1

    Couldn't a Faraday Cage be used to prevent detection, just like to prevent van Eck Phreaking? ...but then you wouldn't be able to get the signal for your shows unless you gots teh cable :-/

  9. Re:t4c frosty on The Newton O.S. Creeps Toward New Hardware · · Score: 0

    -5 overrated

  10. rants are annoying on Groklaw Rants On Software Patents · · Score: -1, Troll

    Rants are for people who can't take the time to format shit into a readable essay. Rants are for blogs, not ... groklaw.

  11. this guy would be evil on Playing God in The Sims 2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.livejournal.com/users/nematoddity/13371 1.html How long can a neighborhood of sims go without urinating?

  12. Re:But in episode... on Obsessively Detailed Map Of Springfield · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and let's not forget that Moe's is four doors down from the Simpsons, and that George Bush and Gerald Ford live across the street!

  13. moo-lah on Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All? · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. Make three cool movies
    2. wait a long time
    3. make six shitty movies
    4. profit!

  14. six worst on What's the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? · · Score: 1

    Top six worst movies (that I've seen): 6. Crybaby 5. 9 to 5 4. Battlefield Earth 3. Star Wars Episode II 2. Runaway Jury 1. Swordfish Runaway Jury sucks. How is the gun company responsible for a guy who *steals* one of their guns, then illegally sells the gun to a guy who then uses said gun to kill another guy?

  15. Re:This may sound crazy... on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 1

    The risk that I die in an attack is the same as the risk that you would die in an attack.

  16. Re:Hey, whose side are they on? on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 3, Informative

    And that's what I get for forgetting to close my a tag. And for forgetting my formatting tags. God I suck at basic posting stuff :P

  17. Re:Hey, whose side are they on? on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 2, Funny
  18. This may sound crazy... on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 1

    I am totally serious when I say: If a few people may get killed because of this rocketry program which is helping to advance science and understanding, then that's a risk I'm willing to take. If you can't advance knowledge, there's no point in living.

  19. Re:fix? on Fingerprint Scanners Still Easy to Fool · · Score: 1

    Well, then even the thief would have the same temp as the intended person.

    How about a plain ol' number/key pad.

    p498mgyespr2fmg is harder to crack than a fingerprint.

  20. fix? on Fingerprint Scanners Still Easy to Fool · · Score: 2, Interesting

    An easy way to fix this, although I am no expert, is to make the fingerprint scanners heat sensitive. If the fingerprint matches and is within 1 degree of 98.6 F, then it opens. I think that would prevent people from holding a thing of gelatin against it, and it would prevent people from holding a lighter under it, because it has to be within 1 degree. It's not a flawless way to fix it, but it would make it at least a bit more difficult to foil, neh?

  21. Re:Profit! on Profiting From A Vague Patent HOWTO · · Score: 1

    Sorry. I had it on HTML formatted instead of plain text. Didn't insert br.

  22. Re:I doubt it's as bad as it sounds... on Profiting From A Vague Patent HOWTO · · Score: 1

    "...A system of distributing video and/or audio information employs digital signal processing to achieve high rates of data compression..." It never gives the algorithm used. Sounds a lot like patenting an idea to me. So they were just issued part of a patent on gzip, bz2, zip, Z, etc?

  23. Re:Profit! on Profiting From A Vague Patent HOWTO · · Score: 0

    1. Be smarter than everyone else. (a nerd) 2. Profit 3. Failing that, take over the world. 4. Profit.

  24. I doubt it's as bad as it sounds... on Profiting From A Vague Patent HOWTO · · Score: 3, Informative

    I did some googling, and they hold the same patent in Japan and Europe. It seems like Europe has a pretty good record of not approving silly patents.

    I can't find the actual text of the patent. I tried searching the patent search engine dealy linked to in the original article, but I couldn't find it. Could someone link to it?

    And the reason they call it a patent of a HOWTO is because I do not believe Acacia Research Corporation has actually implemented the streaming video stuff that they patented. I don't think it's as broad as it sounds, but it does sound a lot like patenting an idea.

  25. pfft on Yahoo Changes Protocol, Blocks Third Party Clients · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, blocking people from chatting with their protocol will help anything.

    I think it blocks gaim also.