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  1. Evolution?? on Evolution of Video Game Controllers · · Score: 1

    I cannot really say that its eveolution, to me its probably just a hotch potch, with the same atari controller with more buttons on the same controller.

  2. Multiple Search on Google Toolbar v.4 · · Score: 1

    There is a firefox extension which lets you do the search on different search engines, but I donot know any for internet explorer. However the concept used in clusty search engine looks good.

  3. Obvious on Poor Spelling Beats Google's China Filter · · Score: 5, Interesting

    that not everything can be filtered but this is a search using english alphabets. How good (read horrible) is the filter which searches using chinese langauge ?

  4. A poor replacement for poor on Microsoft OS Smart Phone for Developing Nations · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Its easier to donate them old machines, available aplenty, rather then selling some crappy phone. It requires a screen and a keyboard, when did these become portable without integration as in a laptop.

  5. Re:proves the old argument on Microsoft OS Smart Phone for Developing Nations · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But this cellphone is supposed to work as a PC and this PC is not a yesterday PC. If it is, then probably its better to sell an used machine for 100$ (should be aplenty, my office alone donates 30 machine every year) to the poor instead of wasting that on a useless machine.

  6. Re:Not hard to see why.... on Pixar Eaten by Mickey Mouse · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Disney released twice the number of movies than pixar 1995-2005, but revenue was almost half per movie, so its the same in the end for both. Now are they trying to get disney number of movies with pixar revenue or pixar number of movies with disney revenue

  7. Samba. on Samba 4 Technology Preview Released · · Score: 0

    So now my linux machines do not have to do Samba with with windows. They will get a native partner yuppie :)

  8. Legal spybot generation guide on Botnet Brain Pleads Guilty · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "...includes a step-by-step account of how someone goes about setting up an adware business, manages botnets and (thankfully) gets caught..". Free and legal guide for spybot attacks

  9. Filtering on Bayesian Filters Predict Sundance · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Does it has a white and black list filtering in the algorithm as well?

  10. Disambiguation recent on Penny Arcade Speaks at MIT · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade ***recently*** gave a talk at MIT" What is the definition of recent, how many years, months, days minutes or seconds..Is a talk given in September can be considered recent?

  11. Re:If everything can just be "poorly cited"... on 1UP, Plagiarizing, and Other Bits of Joy · · Score: 1

    Yups, but must remember that all of your code belong to **US**

  12. Of Course on Robot Pets Almost as Good as Real Ones? · · Score: 1

    You can hit them, break them and throw them and they won't complain which is not possible with living pets,Living pets make you feel human and make you care about them.

  13. Dead Treatment on Doctors Claim Suspended Animation Success · · Score: 1

    So, can doctors operate on us as if our organs are like a dead human and they donot have to take extra care for vibrations etc which are a real problem in critical operations.

  14. Re:That's nothing. We're hardwired for calculus. on Humans Hard-wired for Geometry · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I am not sure if it has not been patented yet by someone.

  15. Re:This is why I use Windows on KDE Heap Overflow Vulnerability Found · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Also means if you fix the problem in one component, others are fixed automatically

  16. Legal music on Digital Music Sales Skyrocket in 2005 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    These companies try to prevent downloading illegal music, without providing a platform to download legal music. ITunes was one of the first to cater that and thats why it is a success but more needs to be done especially with files with DRM

  17. Re:This is Big on Easier Way to Convert Proteins into Crystals · · Score: 1

    I always thought that DNA contains proteins , and not proteins contain DNA, ATGTTA....

  18. Disinfect my keyboard? on Keyboards Are Disgusting · · Score: 1

    So should I spray disinfectants on my keyboard every time I use it.

  19. Re:Is this not a two or three year old product now on Ideazon ZBoard Customizable Gaming Keyboard Review · · Score: 1

    Maybe it is a recycled version

  20. Re:Rank 'Em on UK Judge: Who needs software patents? · · Score: 1

    But who will decide the rating, everyone who files a patent application would be trying to prove it a Class A patent, and the patent office idiots will grant that as well

  21. There are a few good patents as well on UK Judge: Who needs software patents? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Though the whole topic of software patents has usually only one solution of abolishing them completely, there were a few good works as well which deserved to be patented for e.g. RSA encryption etc, But these are really very few in number compared to the number of stupid/ridiculous/outrageous patents that are granted.

  22. Try another RMS on Make an RFID-proof wallet · · Score: 1

    Or you try what RMS did at UNO, wear a full foil to avoid RFID tracking

  23. Re:In preperation for WWIII... on Galileo Sends Its First Signals · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think a StarWar is now more probable than the world war, since there are no competitors to US as far as military technology is concerned

  24. Integration with something like google earth on Galileo Sends Its First Signals · · Score: 1

    Would it be possible for a service like google earth to be linked with this. It would be pretty useful, since google currently tracks only US, but most european cities have their own street map sites for driving etc and realt time guidelines should be possible using a browser

  25. Another instance of market dominance on Symantec Competing Unfairly Against Spybot? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If symantec was not the biggest antivirus (or virus) making company, they would not have done such a thing.