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  1. Re:Utter BS on EA Reconsiders Overtime Position · · Score: 1

    Hiring more people could result in too many people during non-crunch time. I assume that the project has dependencies that require that most of the work needs to be done at the end. You couldn't just put more people on to accelerate non-crunch-time tasks because putting more than 1 person on a software task gives you diminishing returns. Perhaps they need to rethink their scheduling to not set unrealistic goals or unlink some dependencies so some of the work can be done earlier.

  2. $12000 USD? on Digital Clock Without Electricity or Moving Parts · · Score: 1

    That's absurdly expensive.

  3. when I saw the title on Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Confirmed · · Score: 1

    I imagined two geeks strapped in front of computers in a big cage with lethal syringes at their necks, playing half-life 2

  4. Re:Followup Q: GPA on How Important is a Well-Known CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    GPA isn't important as long as you pass.

  5. Re:Menu Bar on AOL Releases Netscape Beta, Based on Firefox · · Score: 1

    I thought that was actually a good thing. It saves screen real estate. I never even touch the menubar anyways, so it might as well be gone. The old netscape had tabs on the left on the toolbars that let you shrink them. What happened to that feature?

  6. Re:Same Old, Same Old on Kazaa Trial In Australia Underway · · Score: 1
    sales typically go up as the trend of piracy does
    in other words (well the same words actually): piracy typically goes up as the trend of sales do
  7. Re:Adult stem cells on Paralyzed Woman Walks Again · · Score: 3, Insightful
    For relief you would need a tax in the first place to relieve them of, which there has never been.
    that's riduculous. tax exemption--tax relief, what is the difference?
  8. Re:Water vapor is a greenhouse gas too on Creating Hydrogen With (Very) Hot Water · · Score: 1

    Water also increases the Earth's albedo, so maybe it will balance out temperature-wise. Probably not though. Don't downplay the effects of pollution by water though, contrails from jet planes damage the environment.

  9. Re:not much... on How Much Harm Can One Web Site Do? · · Score: 1, Troll

    7 broken apps is 7 too many

  10. Re:Time to do some pre-typing checks... on Federal Judge: Keystroke Logging Isn't Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    Really, though, that wouldn't be practical unless the employer REALLY wanted to know what you were typing.

  11. Re:Active Electric Braking Torque? on 230mph Electric Car · · Score: 1

    break pads can probably generate more torque than electric motor, without the electricity

  12. Re:that's not really responsive on New Video Game Recreates Kennedy Assassination · · Score: 1

    Political assassination, however, is a third case. I think you're right that we shouldn't see games reenacting the gas chambers or Columbine or whatever, but I'm not so sure about an event that involves heads of state
    Agreed, the President is not a civilian.

  13. IOR of air fluctuations on New Atomic Clock 1000 Times More Accurate · · Score: 1

    Only problem is the non-homogeneity of the index of refraction of air. I don't think you'll be able to get attometers from that.

  14. the wealthy don't spend on material things on California Considers Tracking Your Car · · Score: 1

    They buy services. They buy people. They trade intangible things. They buy companies. I don't think they spend that much on material things. A flat sales tax would necessarily tax these immaterial things or it would be horribly regressive.

  15. 417mm is NOT thin on Thin CRTs to Challenge LCDs in 2005 · · Score: 1

    This article was overhyped. These CRTs are only marginally slimmer than regular, and have nothing on flat panels.

  16. Re:Tried to read it on Interview With Math Legend Benoit Mandelbrot · · Score: 1

    I wrote a mandelbrot prog on my TI-85. I never could run it with more than a few iterations though. It's interesting how nowadays we can calculate a plot of the mandelbrot in the blink of an eye in more detail than what took days to process 20 years ago.

  17. Re:Newton's laws can't be repealed on Will Wind Power Change Earth's Climate? · · Score: 1

    Nah, what heat we take away from the sunlight hitting the ground will be restored by the heaters in our homes, the lights, heat sinks, etc. Temperature shouldn't change much.

  18. get a free DVD player, just complete the following on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 1
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  19. Re:can't stop it.. on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 1

    and the unexpected emails go all unnoticed

  20. spam is ok on Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    Frankly, there is a world of difference between a company whose zombies spam people on innocent ISPs, and a company who sends spam through it's own mailserver. The first inflicts involuntary damage to ISP and client, while the second is undeniably opt-in and doesn't intrude on any other ISP. I'm not suggesting that Google will spam you; I'm just saying it wouldn't be evil to do so.

  21. 5 friends on Rules Set for $50 Million America's Space Prize · · Score: 1
    I've got a gremlin and a huge rubber band... now if I only had 4 friends!
    You mean 5 friends, don't you? Or should I say 5 ex-friends?
  22. Re:Wages are earned. on 3D Election Results Map by County · · Score: 1

    I'm not an economist, nor have I really studied economy, but sometimes a group needs some injection of fresh thoughts to at least think about.

    Minimum wage helps to stabilize the economy. With no minimum wage, the value of money could bounce up and down as the market changes. (On the other hand, the number of people fired probably bounce up and down more.) Also, minimum wage helps to equalize the value of money over geographic regions (provided that the minimum wage in distant states are approximately equal).

  23. Re:The opposite of WINE? on Simplest Ogg Streaming Clients for non-Unix Users? · · Score: 1

    Man, you paint people who don't want to bother with setup in such a bad light. Is there something wrong with wanting a simple self-contained binary which requires no installation other than copying the file and can be de-installed by deleting it?

  24. phpmyadmin on Control Panels for Web Hosting? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how good it is, or how it compares to anything else, but you could check it out

  25. What's so special about custom windows? on Konfabulator Coming to Windows · · Score: 1

    Already there are many apps which do not show the standard window box. How is this different?