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  1. Re:Why? on Fingerprint Scanner That Works From 6 Feet · · Score: 1

    and how is moving the scanner going to help? The marine still has to be at the scanner, which is where the person puts his hand.

  2. Re:I think it's kinda silly on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 1

    gah! meta -> metal

  3. Re:I think it's kinda silly on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 1

    But every context switch costs you some "time" - it takes you away from the task at hand and into the task of finding what you need. If you've got it spread out across several monitors, the task can become as short as "move eyes" vs "search through this pile of windows and then, if needed, mangle everything so you can see what you need seen all together"

    It depends on the task, and as well how close to the 'meta' you're working. If you stop to metaphorically scratch your ass every 5 seconds, then it doesn't really help much.

  4. Re:Umm... I'm confused on BitCoin, the Most Dangerous Project Ever? · · Score: 1

    Only if the keys are tied to something that is tied to you. Which only happens if you do something to cause it to be.

  5. Re:Discovered? on Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Persistent Bacteria Go Down · · Score: 1

    Then it's a poor name. Can you really fault someone in thinking that "blood sugar level" is not "level of sugar in the blood"?

  6. Re:time to stop the black coffee. on Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Persistent Bacteria Go Down · · Score: 1

    I think your issue is less the resiliency of the bastards, and more the difficulty in getting to them.

  7. Re:wikipedia is not always correct on Amazon Removes Yaoi Manga Titles From Kindle Store · · Score: 1

    Yea? And that has anything to do with the first 2 sentences of both, which are merely definitions? You can stop there and see ThePhilips point.

  8. Re:I have Cystic Fibrosis, and this rocks on 16-Year-Old Discovers Potential Treatment For Cystic Fibrosis · · Score: 1

    Well, the drugs interact on their intended targets without interacting with each other. Given that both are safe on their own, the odds of them causing problems together in a more complicated system are lower than it otherwise might be.

  9. Re:Pedophiles! on Baby's First TSA Patdown · · Score: 1

    You can't do that (the detain part). Unless you place an arrest, and being a civilian that means you had damn well be sure about it.

    Note: I've taken the courses and meet the State of Georgia's requirements for unarmed security personnel:
    GEORGIA BOARD OF PRIVATE DETECTIVE & SECURITY AGENCIES, CHAPTER 509-3, RULE 509-3.02

  10. Re:Lame on Why Google Choosing Arduino Matters · · Score: 1

    Don't forget, you can always pull the chip off after you're done testing (replacing any board-specific code with target specific) and burn it into production devices.

    There's no reason it needs to stay on the Arduino dev board. It's just so handy that way that few feel the need.

  11. Re:Does this mean Comcast is not evil? on Comcast Helps Fix Pirate Bay Connection Problems · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You just might when you're convinced the ISP decided to block it.

  12. Re:How does he have the time? on Newt Gingrich's Amazon Book Reviews · · Score: 1

    Whatever position you choose, if you have a mind to read, at least one of you is doing it fucking wrong (pun intended).

  13. Re:Not surprising on Over 7.5 Million Facebook Users Are Under 13 · · Score: 1

    Yea, because there's so little difference between someone in their early 20s and someone who hasn't even reached puberty yet...

  14. Re:stupid on AP Files FOIA Request For Bin Laden Photos · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately this is exactly what it is seen as from their perspective.

  15. Re:stupid on AP Files FOIA Request For Bin Laden Photos · · Score: 1

    You have to trust someone, else anything you haven't personally seen must might not exist!

  16. Re:stupid on AP Files FOIA Request For Bin Laden Photos · · Score: 1

    It's not a question of if it happened. It's a matter of closure.

  17. Re:This story is useless on Zeus Crimeware Kit Source Code Leaked · · Score: 1

    I find it hilarious that the download links are almost all broken.

  18. Re:Yay piracy! on Unarchiver Provides LGPL RARv3 Extraction Tool · · Score: 1

    You might be interested that PAR2 uses Reed-Solomon encoding, which is what optical disks use for their bit-level error correction.

  19. Re:Yay piracy! on Unarchiver Provides LGPL RARv3 Extraction Tool · · Score: 1

    ... which, you should mention, does not require or necessarily even suggest that the compressed files in question are pirated.

  20. Re:Meh. on Consumer Device With Open CPU Out of Beta Soon · · Score: 1

    You apparently have no idea what this device is for. You should try taking a look at it before passing judgement.

  21. Re:I don't think you guys were listening on IEEE Seeks Data On Ethernet Bandwidth Needs · · Score: 1

    Cable pulls might work well in a building through conduits, but it gets kind of difficult to pull a cable several miles...

  22. Re:Build it on IEEE Seeks Data On Ethernet Bandwidth Needs · · Score: 1

    ... and his point is that you're looking at the bottom.

    You need to look further up, where 1000s of those users are trying to cram data through your links. It adds up.

  23. Re:It looks like a stealth assassination copter. on Crashed Helicopter Sparks Concern Over Stealth Secrets · · Score: 1

    ... and if you STILL won't believe it, let NASA prove you wrong: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/wrong1.html

  24. Re:It looks like a stealth assassination copter. on Crashed Helicopter Sparks Concern Over Stealth Secrets · · Score: 1

    Fucking thing ate my link. Here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamic_lift

  25. Re:It looks like a stealth assassination copter. on Crashed Helicopter Sparks Concern Over Stealth Secrets · · Score: 1

    No, they don't. The one and ONLY thing that produces lift is the pressure differential. I'd suggest you go do some research, because you know a good amount, but you are wrong on the parts that are important. Here's a good start. If you don't believe the article itself, the references section is FULL of material that would prove you wrong.