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  1. Re:You can't destroy energy Its just a different f on Gadgets For the Ghosthunter · · Score: 1

    "When the machine dies so too does it's energy. There is no atari ghost left behind, and the same is true for the carbon-based machines we call animals/human beings. The brain loses oxygen, the nerves shrivel & disconnect from one another, and the personality erases."

    But what about the THETANS!!!???

  2. Re:Wasn't the phone off? on IPhone 4 Survives 1,000 Foot Fall From Plane · · Score: 1

    Apparently the military doesn't have the same issue as commercial airlines with cell phones distubing avionics.

  3. Re:Damn! on Brazilian Spider Bite May Become the Next Viagra · · Score: 1

    You may want to google "japanese robot sex toy".

  4. 3 choi ces.... on Are 10-11 Hour Programming Days Feasible? · · Score: 1

    Absolutely! I will appreciate the 20-30% increase in company ownership equity that will come with the additional effort!

    or

    Absolutely! I will appreciate the 20-30% in additional salary for the next year for the additional effort!

    or

    Bye-Bye!

    You don't work more for free, even for startups. His alternative is to hire 20-30% more staff, which will cost a LOT more than what you would be asking for.

  5. Corrected URL on 'SMS of Death' Could Crash Many Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    I was getting 404 errors following the original URL.

    Corrected URL below:
    http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/27021/?p1=MstRcnt

  6. Re:Seriously? on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    "Is MSNBC flawed? Hell yes. But it's not a brain dead mouthpiece for a political party like Fox News."

    Translation:

    Is MSNBC flawed? Hell yes. (but I totally agree with most everything they say, so I will over look it.) But its not a brain dead mouthpiece (I think just like they do) for a (the Republican/conservative) political party like Fox News (it is the brain dead mouthpiece for the Liberal/Democrat/Socialist political party).

  7. Re:MOD PARENT UP on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    "Trying to destroy" journalism by citing a reference to a website that is still pissed because John Kerry didn't get elected? Give me a break.

  8. But did they have the liberal gene? on 40 Million Year Old Primate Fossils Found In Asia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What I really want to know is whether or not they had the liberal gene?
    http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20101027/3003/researchers-find-a-liberal-gene.htm

  9. Weird numbers on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Great for filtering, but - on Cloth Successfully Separates Oil From Gulf Water · · Score: 1

    "I would think what you want for an oil cleanup is a material that is oleophilic but hydrophobic,IOW, just the opposite. Dip it in the water, oil sticks, pull it out, oil stays in, water rolls off. Squeeze the oil out into an appropriate receptacle, repeat."

    Actually, letting water pass through but not letting oil stick would let you create a huge net. Water passes through but oil doesn't. Then you haul the net up, all the water drains away and you dump the oil into a containment hold. Non sticks to net. Repeat.

    Perfect!

  11. OBD II Codes on Any Open Source Solutions For DIY Auto Diagnostics? · · Score: 1

    As long as we are referencing Wikipedia, you will need this one as well:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBD-II_PIDs

  12. Where can you vote? on A Peace Plan To End the Flash-On-iPhone Fight · · Score: 1

    The article above says you can vote. I can't find the voting link anywhere in the article.

  13. Re:Another reason to be ashamed of my Eagle award? on Cub Scouts To Offer Merit Pin For Video Gaming · · Score: 1

    You need to re-read the requirements.

    Requirements for the Video Games Belt Loop
    Complete these three requirements:
    Explain why it is important to have a rating system for video games. Check your video games to be sure they are right for your age.

    Which teaches kids what games are appropriate for their age and why.

    With an adult, create a schedule for you to do things that includes your chores, homework, and video gaming. Do your best to follow this schedule.

    Which teaches kids time management and responsability.

    Learn to play a new video game that is approved by your parent, guardian, or teacher.

    Which will hopefully (at cub scouts age) be a game with a bit more value than an FPS. Wii Resort sword fighting, bowling, the flying game and archery are all VERY cool games for cub scouts. i.e. revist the other things you learned as a cub scout.

    Requirements for the Video Games Pin
    Earn the Video Games belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
    With your parents, create a plan to buy a video game that is right for your age group.

    Which teaches among other things, online shopping skills, the value of a dollar and reinforces age appropriate game selection.

    Compare two game systems (for example, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Wii, and so on).
    Explain some of the differences between the two.

    Comparison of features further improves shopping skills. Not really a "scouting thing" I will agree, but still a usefull skill.

    List good reasons to purchase or use a game system.

    No intrinsic value, although Wii-fit is a lot of fun.

    Play a video game with family members in a family tournament.

    We have family game night on the Wii. How long has it been since you spent time with your parents?

    Teach an adult or a friend how to play a video game.

    Teaching skills. Video game is just a tool.

    List at least five tips that would help someone who was learning how to play your favorite video game.

    Make them think about more training skills.

    Play an appropriate video game with a friend for one hour.

    Cub scouts. Friendship. Identifying appropriate games. Good stuff.

    Play a video game that will help you practice your math, spelling, or another skill that helps you in your schoolwork.

    Again, trying to reinforce something better than an FPS.

    Choose a game you might like to purchase. Compare the price for this game at three different stores. Decide which store has the best deal. In your decision, be sure to consider things like the store return policy and manufacturer’s warranty.

    More shopping skills, reasearch, feature comparison.

    With an adult’s supervision, install a gaming system.

    Great experience. Learn how to hook up a game system. Why is the cable for sound red and white? Why is video yellow? What is HDMI? How do you select video input sources. Again, not outdoor scouting but all valuable skills.

  14. Yes, scouts do more than glue popsicle sticks on Cub Scouts To Offer Merit Pin For Video Gaming · · Score: 1

    Saturday morning we performed a flag retirement and new flag installation ceremony at my son's school for the new flag our pack purchased with a fundraiser.

    Then we went on a 45 minute hike through a nature preserve (completing 4 wolf requirements and earning 2 belt loops in the process).

  15. Not just pins! Belt Loops Too! on Cub Scouts To Offer Merit Pin For Video Gaming · · Score: 1

    My 8 yr old son told me that he saw they have video game belt loops in Boys Life this month!

    http://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/content/cub_scouts_video_games_academics_pin_and_belt_loop-2035.asp

    Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts may complete requirements in a family, den, pack, school, or community environment. Tiger Cubs must work with their parents or adult partners. Parents and partners do not earn loops or pins.

    Requirements for the Video Games Belt Loop
    Complete these three requirements:
    Explain why it is important to have a rating system for video games. Check your video games to be sure they are right for your age.
    With an adult, create a schedule for you to do things that includes your chores, homework, and video gaming. Do your best to follow this schedule.
    Learn to play a new video game that is approved by your parent, guardian, or teacher.

    Requirements for the Video Games Pin
    Earn the Video Games belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
    With your parents, create a plan to buy a video game that is right for your age group.
    Compare two game systems (for example, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Wii, and so on). Explain some of the differences between the two. List good reasons to purchase or use a game system.
    Play a video game with family members in a family tournament.
    Teach an adult or a friend how to play a video game.
    List at least five tips that would help someone who was learning how to play your favorite video game.
    Play an appropriate video game with a friend for one hour.
    Play a video game that will help you practice your math, spelling, or another skill that helps you in your schoolwork.
    Choose a game you might like to purchase. Compare the price for this game at three different stores. Decide which store has the best deal. In your decision, be sure to consider things like the store return policy and manufacturer’s warranty.
    With an adult’s supervision, install a gaming system.

  16. This will be great! IF we get MSOffice Pro for OS2 on Is OS/2 Coming Back? · · Score: 1

    If we can actually get MS Office ported to the OS2 Window Manager on a decent Linux distribution, Im all for it. I would switch my OS from WinBlows to OS2 in a heartbeat.

  17. Re:Nothing about Wii on the Netflix site yet on Netflix Streaming Arrives For the Wii · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, if you click here: http://www.netflix.com/InstantStreamingDisc?device=Wii After you are logged into your netflix account you can click on "send me the disk". I just did and it said I should have my disk tomorrow.

  18. Nothing about Wii on the Netflix site yet on Netflix Streaming Arrives For the Wii · · Score: 1

    Wii is not listed as a supported player yet here: http://www.netflix.com/NetflixReadyDevices?lnkceData=0&lnkce=gssiclk&trkid=1445376 Nor in the "Watch Instantly" view menu here: http://www.netflix.com/GetStartedStreamingInstantly#

  19. Re:Do terrotists tell the truth? on Narus Develops Social Media Sleuth · · Score: 1

    You are missing the level of complexity of Narus STA when deployed at all of the major ingress and egress points of the largest back bone providers. Search for all occurances of Source IP Match All source MAC Query all destination Query & Store all transferred by file type: JPG, BMP, MOV, MP3 Query and store all (VOIP, SIP) streams data (source (IP,MAC), destination (IP, MAC), start time, end time, QOS, bandwidth, bytes inbound, bytes outbound (set tag, capture all futures streams) Search for MATCH of destination MAC Query and store all IP streams, (set tag, capture all future streams) While this is not exact syntax, this is the level of capability of the NARUS product 8 years ago. On a match based on english driven filter rules, the product could tag, index, analyse and store all sessions to/from any source/destination identified by hostname, IP address or MAC. Whatever encryption you have on the stream doesn't matter if the entire stream (including encyption handshake) is captured, stored in an indexed oracle database and an Analyst is immediately notified that they need to start examining the stream(s).

  20. Re:Interested in Narus? on Narus Develops Social Media Sleuth · · Score: 1

    I knew about this interview but never knew it was made available online. Thanks for the link and the details of where to look. Bannerman talks about only part of the capabilities of a product that has progressed to much more powerful hardware on much faster CPU with much more RAm and MUCH faster storage. Real time data analysis at theoretical full pipe bandwidth with multiple data source aggregation is that much easier. The larger your data sources, the greater the probability of cross identification in the shorter amount of time. Anyone know the maximum number of nodes supported by Oracle 11G RAC (the backend DB for narus devices)?

  21. Narus continues to build "Big Brother" on Narus Develops Social Media Sleuth · · Score: 1

    Narus products have always been about telling you who is doing what with you, when and for how long on your network. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/05/70914 http://www.scribd.com/doc/27629223/All-About-NSA-s-and-AT-amp-T-s-Big-Brother-Machine-The-Narus http://www.xchangemag.com/articles/631feature06.html http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/8/14724/28476 There has even been speculation that their products are at the core of "Carnivore" and/or "ESCHELON" http://www.texaskaos.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2496 Their primary customers are three letter agencies and the biggest of the big IP backbone providers. If you put devices capable of tracking every IP stream, encrypted or not, with source, destination, duration, size and QOS and you can start associating every stream with an identifiable person, adding to that the ability to extrapolate based upon types of user communities, net anonymity will certainly becaome lless possible. Now the question is, who watches the watchmen?

  22. Re:Honestly, officer, it wasn't me! on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you have your cruise set to 65 and it drops you down to 50 to keep from rearending the guy in front of you in a work zone and, when he moves, your vehicle accelerates back up to 65 the problem is behind the wheel. There is no excuse for you running cruise in a work zone and allowing you vehicle to exceed the posted speedlimit.

  23. Correct Advice on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You do NOT turn off the car - this could lock your wheel, preventing you from steering altogether. Whats more, you'll lose power brakes - you know - the things that will stop your car quickly. Instead:

    Put the car in NEUTRAL. The engine will disengage. Hit the brake HARD. Do not pump. Steer the car off the road, and once its stopped, you can PARK it and turn off the engine.

    This is absolutely the correct reaction. A slightly more aggressive tact might be to drop the vehicle in low, which might blow the engine but would also severely limit your speed.

  24. Re:This always made me wonder on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not sure what century you ar ein but "drive by wire" is pretty much the current wave of technology. I would expect manual linkage to steering, brakes and all drive train components to be a thing of the past in the VERY near future. Some of the drive train designs being unveiled at the autoshow put an electric motor on every wheel and eliminate mechanical drivetrain altogether.

  25. Toyota Accelerator "Not an Electronics Problem" on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 1

    A Toyota PR executive has gone on record, on camera, saying this isn't an Electronics issue. Woz stating uncategorically that not only is it tied to Cruise COntrol (an electronic component) but that it is reproduceable at will on the newest version that isn't covered by the planned recalls, underscores that it most certainly IS an electrical issue. Personally, if I owned ANY model of the vehicles currently targeted for recall, I would drive to my nearest dealer, demand in writing that they tell me I will NEVER have the accelerator issue and offer them the chance to take my vehicle and let me drive a vehicle that they will tell me will never have the issue until mine has been repaired. I would record the conversation and tell them in no uncertain terms that should my life be endangered by their product, I will expect the resultant lawsuit to make me a majority owner in whatever remains of their company. An electronics related issue for Toyota is VERY bad since the majority of their vehicles share common electronics components, one of their trademarked solutions for efficient production and manufacturning cost savings. Now for the troll: For all you poor schmucks with your regal attitude for buying non-American vehicles because Toyota has "so much higher quality" I would like to thank you in advance for thinning your end of the gene pool. Especially all you Apple Fan Boyz who bought a Prius to be "just like Woz".