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  1. Re:Dear Scientists and Researchers on Anti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis In Its Tracks · · Score: 1

    The whole communist vs capitalism argument. It's old.

  2. Re:Too many Linux-incompatible-with-Linux distros on Red Hat Releases RHEL 6 Public Beta 1 · · Score: 1

    That would be nice, and it's entirely capable of being done... but it's a nightmare of work all put on the package maintainer's shoulders. So, it usually doesn't happen.

  3. Re:Showing its age on Red Hat Releases RHEL 6 Public Beta 1 · · Score: 2, Interesting
  4. Re:Wot? on Treasury Goes High-Tech With Redesigned $100 Bills · · Score: 4, Funny

    That weird smile was more likely a knowing "guess who's gettin' mugged later" look.

  5. Re:Too bad they gave up on XEN on Red Hat Releases RHEL 6 Public Beta 1 · · Score: 1

    RDP I can understand, but please tell me the usage of USB passthrough in a datacenter environment? (that can't be easily done through the host by other means (such as shared directories))

  6. Re:Hmmm. I question this study. on Brain Training Games Don't Train Your Brain · · Score: 1

    That's cool.

    One bother though... if you try the NATO Phonetic mode, the speaker has a very heavy Asian accent.

  7. Writing the first part of my on Woman Tells State Judiciary Committee, "DoD Implanted A Microchip Inside Me" · · Score: 0, Redundant

    post in the subject makes me look like a douchebag.

    You don't do that when you write an email or a forum thread, do you?

  8. Re:A Misdemeanor? Seriously? on Woman Tells State Judiciary Committee, "DoD Implanted A Microchip Inside Me" · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Have you seen the way some people drive? Lowest common denominator, here... any imparement puts you well into the 'likely' zone :P

  9. Re:Ready Pitchforks! on Steve Jobs Recommends Android For Fans of Porn · · Score: 1

    Slashdot doesn't serve me any ads. So I get to flame away!

  10. Re:Who cares? on Photos of Chinese Sweatshop Used By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    No, I don't. I'm hardly in the middle class, if at all.

    And no, the bastards I'm talking about are the one who run the funds. Average Joe doesn't pick a stock and buy into it.

  11. Re:Who cares? on Photos of Chinese Sweatshop Used By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    The shareholders can go fuck themselves. More top-tier elite bastards.

  12. Re:Dear Scientists and Researchers on Anti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis In Its Tracks · · Score: 1

    I think the key point here is the entire chunk of text there isn't necessary to get an idea of what is going on - only if you want to recreate (or verify the method) the experiment.

  13. Re:Dear Scientists and Researchers on Anti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis In Its Tracks · · Score: 1

    I love how you drag 1980s politics into this. Fuck you for that.

  14. Re:Mice of the world, rejoice! on Anti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis In Its Tracks · · Score: 1

    Which is good for people who like mice. One of the major problems with getting female mice is their propensity for tumors.

    I know I know, a mouse is a mouse... but people get attached. If it was your puppy, would you not consider it?

  15. Re:They pay the bills, so STFU on Website Mass-Bans Users Who Mention AdBlock · · Score: 1

    Was this before or after a "shaking dialog" put you into a seizure?

  16. Re:What's the point? on Gizmodo Blows Whistle On 4G iPhone Loser · · Score: 3, Funny

    No. We just found some really good shrooms.

    (there goes a troll mod (vs a frosty-pisser))

  17. Re:WebOS 1.4 on Palm WebOS Hacked Via SMS Messages · · Score: 2, Funny

    Indeed. I actually jumped into the developer's IRC channel to check in on this, and one of them told me about it being fixed already.

    I felt like an ass. Thanks, Slashdot.

  18. Re:WebOS 1.4 on Palm WebOS Hacked Via SMS Messages · · Score: 4, Informative

    1.4 explicitly fixed these issues.

  19. Re:Battery life? on Hardware-Accelerated Ogg Theora For Firefox Mobile · · Score: 1

    Not bad at all. That's half or less the wattage most devices use _in_standby_

  20. Re:Battery life? on Hardware-Accelerated Ogg Theora For Firefox Mobile · · Score: 1

    OK yea. I should stop half-thinking. heh.

  21. Re:Battery life? on Hardware-Accelerated Ogg Theora For Firefox Mobile · · Score: 1

    Aaah, I see. Though it's more like 0.5A. Still. My gaming desktop only uses like 3A...

  22. Re:Hardware Accelerated? on Hardware-Accelerated Ogg Theora For Firefox Mobile · · Score: 1

    Yes. Unless you are using some weird definition for Hardware Accelerated, because SSE (and I assume NEON and AltiVec, since I've never heard of them) are hardware-specific accelerations.

  23. Re:Battery life? on Hardware-Accelerated Ogg Theora For Firefox Mobile · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Looking at the datasheets for a few TI C64 DSPs, we are looking at supply voltages under 2v and current draws measured in microamps (yes, micro, smaller than milli).

    The power draw for these special-purpose devices is teeeny tiny compared to the other hardware.

    http://www.ti.com/lit/gpn/tms320c6424 (PDF) - Page 127 lists electrical characteristics in the normal operating temperature range.

    More models listed here:
    http://focus.ti.com/paramsearch/docs/parametricsearch.tsp?family=dsp&sectionId=2&tabId=217&familyId=477

  24. Re:Hardware Accelerated? on Hardware-Accelerated Ogg Theora For Firefox Mobile · · Score: 4, Informative

    Your mind is wrong.

    Lets look at graphics cards. A DSP is the same "thing" as a GPU is, in that it's a special purpose processing unit (ie, Graphics Processing Unit, Digital Signal Processor...). Rendering with a GPU is a hell of a lot faster than with a general CPU. Likewise, processing digital signals is a hell of a lot faster in a DSP than with a general CPU.

    So, to reiterate: you are wrong.

  25. Re:its partial redone of an old study on Research Suggests Brain Has a 2-Task Limit for Multitasking · · Score: 1

    Key word is "with training"

    Once trained, they are automatic and are not consciously managed. Sure, there's some higher-level stuff, like "listen to your threat indicator" and "scan your gauges" but it's not an "active" process.