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  1. If you read superhero comics... on City of Heroes Reaches Sunset, NCsoft Paying the Price · · Score: 1

    This was the game you would be playing. Even after the other two came on the stage, City of Heroes was still the best out there for the genre. They had done amazing things graphically with it considering it had an 8-year-old graphics engine. The best part was the the developers who we as approachable as any player. The Devs listened to the community and made them a part of the games evolution. Some players could actually boast that features they suggested were actually in game because of them. The community even bought the Dev staff dinner after the news came out, that's how close they were. It was like family and you got to be a superhero!

  2. Referencing on A.I. Advances Through Deep Learning · · Score: 1

    Computers are great at storing and retrieving data, but what they lack is the ability to reference the data in a meaningful way. An AI can recognize an Eagle, a white star, and red and white stripes, but can't readily see the commonality of those objects to the American Flag. Everything about how humans see the world is pattern recognition, but it is the way we reference those patterns that express our intelligence.

  3. They're gonna regret it! on Cisco Pricing Undercut By $100M In Big Cal State University Network Project · · Score: 1

    I'll admit, Cisco backbone gear is crap, but their campus-level equipment is pretty reliable. The real value comes in the fact that Cisco is so prevalent and so many people have the certs and the fact that Cisco does have seasoned support system. Lucent has been losing market share for years and it shows, you may get the cheaper gear, but you will get what you pay for.

  4. Impersonating a Government Agency... on Spammers Using Shortened .gov URLs · · Score: 1

    ...will get you real federal prison time. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/912

  5. Re:New Scientist? on Quantum Measurements Leave Schrödinger's Cat Alive · · Score: 0

    Same information just more calculations.

  6. Re:whodathunkit? on Quantum Measurements Leave Schrödinger's Cat Alive · · Score: 1

    Actually Star Trek beat them to the punch with the Heisenberg Compensator.

  7. Re:We have to name it... on Quantum Measurements Leave Schrödinger's Cat Alive · · Score: 1

    Funny that Star Trek thought this was possible long before the actual experiments.

  8. Re:We have to name it... on Quantum Measurements Leave Schrödinger's Cat Alive · · Score: 1

    I third this!

  9. Military-Grade Internetwork on Smart-Grid Control Software Maker Hacked · · Score: 0

    We all know the US military maintains their own inter-network. I think the same will be needed for a smart-grid and it should fall under Homeland Security.

  10. Apple: A Force of Will on History Will Revere Bill Gates and Forget Steve Jobs, Says Author · · Score: 1

    In some sense, the OP is right. We can see it now that there isn't much in the way of real innovation coming down the pipe since the death of Jobs. It seems that Jobs himself was the driving force for the company. I don't expect much more in the way of SIRI and sadly it will be a case of falling into pace with other PC and phone company developments, never really breaking new ground.

  11. Re:causality on Quantum Experiment Shows Effect Before Cause · · Score: 1

    If you accept that matter can never occupy the exact same space at the exact same time, you become assured that you can never move fast enough to catch yourself before you start.

  12. Re:causality on Quantum Experiment Shows Effect Before Cause · · Score: 1

    Personally, I think causality is an abstract like infinite mass. The mathematics make the claim in infinite mass at light speed, without factoring in the effects to space-time itself.

  13. Smarter and Smarter on The Cybercrime Wave That Wasn't · · Score: 2

    I think every generation will get more computer savvy, making it harder for 2-bit phishers or lazy hackers to cause any real damage.

  14. Re:Few to admit it, but a lot of parents teach thi on Internet Responds To Racist Article, Gets Author Fired · · Score: 1

    It's examples like this that paint a broad picture of a Black community as violent against Whites. There is no reference as to how long ago this was, what the writes interactions with others was like or if it was just him being singled out. Somehow he thinks that just because he was White, he was a target. I got news for you, being White was just the surface image that was the easiest to distinguish. Kids will single out any difference to use as a target and that goes for any school. Not to say there isn't racism in the Black community, it exist where every there are poor, uneducated people who need a external reason for the life they find themselves in, but lets be fair, the OP didn't find something new in the Black community, he just found the same thing he would have found in any community, just with a darker complexion.

  15. Re:That's ambitious on Humanoid Robots For the Next DARPA Grand Challenge? · · Score: 1

    "First, this requires solving low-speed legged locomotion over difficult terrain. " This is why people have servos in their ankles for fine balance control.

  16. Re:That's ambitious on Humanoid Robots For the Next DARPA Grand Challenge? · · Score: 1

    There are a lot of different platforms doing every aspect of this. The trick is to get them all on one system. There are dextrous arms with fingers, torsos with facial recognition and expression, and the Petman than seems to have the arms and legs (although I would like to see it without the support cables).

  17. The Sammich Test on Humanoid Robots For the Next DARPA Grand Challenge? · · Score: 1

    The ultimate test of robotic ability is if it can go in the kitchen and build me a sammich! With limited or no tele-presense.

  18. Fear of a Black Planet on Jupiter-Sized Alien Planet Is Darkest Ever (Barely) Seen · · Score: 1

    Public Enemy called it!

  19. Re:Maybe if we're lucky . . . on 3D Printing and the Replicator Economy · · Score: 1

    No. What is don't see in the old Star-Trek, was the bulk-matter repository that all the food, clothing, and utensil were converted back into after their use. In the newer Trek, it was all created from energy-to-matter conversions. No pseudoscience BS necessary, since Trek tended to use real science as often as possible.

  20. Troop Numbers on Anonymous Releases Restricted NATO Document · · Score: 1

    I guess they actually draw the line at actually sensitive information. Troop numbers and movement information cost lives. I doesn't matter, the bolder they get the more severe the charges will be when they get caught. I am waiting for the first executions on the grounds of treason.

  21. Re:I always wondered on Scientists Make Biochem "Brain" From DNA Strands · · Score: 1

    I think the errors in retrieving memories is part of a "working-as-intended" system in the brain that allows older pathways to break down to make way for newer ones. Makes having total recall seem like a defect rather than an advantage.

  22. Neanderthal = Conan on Neanderthal Genes Found In All Non-African Populations · · Score: 1

    Larger, more muscular, more pronounce brow http://moviecarpet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/connan.jpg Seems right to me.

  23. Re:What timing... on LulzSec Announces That It Is Done · · Score: 0

    Vigilantism is a crime regardless of the intent. Personal information is call that for a reason. I see no need to differenciate between what Lulzsec is doing and what China is doing. Yes, I will laugh as they ger raped in prison, because they are criminals.

  24. Re:Cui bono? on LulzSec Announces That It Is Done · · Score: 1

    I guess I can use that argument when I rob a bank. Just chalk it up to testing their lax security.

  25. Re:The purpose of the hybrid model on City of Heroes Moving To Hybrid Payment Model · · Score: 1

    They saw the value of the Booster packs and realized that they could get more out of them by parsing them out and having them available more often.