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  1. Re:I'm sick of this on LittleBigPlanet Delayed Due To Qur'an-Sampling Audio · · Score: 1

    As I said below, I would agree in that some of these people need to grow some skin and learn to deal with shit.

  2. Re:The original complaint on LittleBigPlanet Delayed Due To Qur'an-Sampling Audio · · Score: 1

    Too bad. Grow some fucking skin, it's a big wide world out there.

  3. Re:Good luck with that on EFF Sues To Overturn Telecom Immunity · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then don't vote for them. Democrats and Republicans are not the only parties, and it really gets me irritated that people (en masse) seem to think they are.

  4. Re:Good luck with that on EFF Sues To Overturn Telecom Immunity · · Score: 0

    Of course they don't fear your shotgun. But they already banned what they would fear.

  5. Re:Okay... on Mainframe OpenSolaris Now Available · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a dog and a cat.

    Hmm... Armageddon is nigh! Run!

  6. Re:protection racket on FBI Says Dark Market Sting Netted 56 Arrests · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they didn't go so far as to say "hey, talk about stealing credit cards here!"

    Giving someone a room to talk in is hardly entrapment.

  7. Re:Instant On? on Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows · · Score: 1

    Mine hangs while some USB device gets picky and refuses to accept addresses. If not for that, it would be up within a minute.

    I still haven't determined which device is being snobby though.

  8. Re:Full windows? on Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows · · Score: 1

    30 seconds isn't instant. Instant means it's on instantly. Sounds like someone is applying buzzwords to things they don't fit on.

  9. Re:What an original idea - NOT! on Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows · · Score: 0

    They have earned that reputation.

  10. Re:Nope. on Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows · · Score: 1

    It shows. My systems have never crashed on their own, only when I do something stupid and try to twiddle something a way it's not to be twiddled.

  11. Re:Why give an option? on Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows · · Score: 1

    They used to. That went away with the death of the Win9x branch.

  12. Re:Mod parent down on Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows · · Score: 0

    Mobius Mod!

  13. Re:sweet!! on Single Neuron Wired To Muscle Un-Paralyzes Monkeys · · Score: 1

    Thanks for correcting my understanding of the heart's pacemaker.

    Hopefully the diaphragm is able to be connected like this, I believe it would as it behaves as a skeletal muscle? (and what is that darn nerve called?)

    As far as sensory information goes, I could see this being used for that, if not perfect it would be better than no sensations. The fun part about those is that, while binary signals may work for them, I would really prefer no sensation to the choice of "OK" and "OMG MY HAND IS ON FIRE" with no gradient between.

    I don't really know what I'm talking about though, so I likely don't understand how this works beyond a basic level.

  14. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    Callboxes were handy, and between a raised hood and an upraised thumb, someone would eventually stop to help ;)

  15. Re:Cue the activists... on Single Neuron Wired To Muscle Un-Paralyzes Monkeys · · Score: 1

    Right, because permanent damage was done to the monkeys.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromuscular-blocking_drugs

    Trolly troll-troll!

  16. sweet!! on Single Neuron Wired To Muscle Un-Paralyzes Monkeys · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Am I the only one who's more interested in the medical significance of this, instead of the silly aspect of monkey-gaming? Holy crap guys, use your brains.

    This means that we have the potential to repair neural damage, potentially severe damage as well!

    I see particular use with pacemakers. Rather than just pulse the heart at a given frequency, read what the brain wants the heart to do, and do that! You could do the same thing for the lungs as well, although I'm not sure how often someone who damages that nerve makes it to the hospital in time.

    Other use could be with amputation victims. Helping restore function to reattached appendages/digits, or controlling prosthesis...

    I wonder if, further down the line, it would be possible to do this to sensory nerves as well, not just motor control/response...

  17. Re:flaws maybe on Sex Offender E-Mail Registry Signed Into Law · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One would also hope that there was a way to reliably be removed from said list, by proving who you are with said address.

  18. Re:No 64-bit on Linux Now an Equal Flash Player · · Score: 1

    Really, how much of a fuckup does something need to be to make 32->64 bitness a problem?

  19. Re:What's Next.... on Banjo Used In Brain Surgery · · Score: 1

    You generally don't get pregnant from oral sex. Generally.

  20. Re:Not into the thalamus on Banjo Used In Brain Surgery · · Score: 1

    We appreciate the citation, but next time more info than a last name and year would be useful. There were a lot of Franks running around in 2006, I'm sure.

  21. Re:He must have had a lot of guts.. on Banjo Used In Brain Surgery · · Score: 2, Informative

    It also helps that you don't have pain receptors (or pressure receptors?) inside your brain, only around it.

  22. Re:Just needed a PA on the guitar... on Banjo Used In Brain Surgery · · Score: 1

    Holy aspect distortion!

    Shit like that makes me hate things like youtube.

  23. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    I have no trouble stopping with my brakes at high speeds. Then, I also have the habit of applying them in a burst fashion (and I've got ABS, and always have, so this habit came from somewhere I don't quite know), and I don't use them unless I have to.

    This may be important to this, but I drive an automatic with disk brakes all-around.

  24. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    Ug. Your cylinder head would have warped, with an end result the same as a severe head gasket leak (or just blown gasket), not to mention mechanical problems with your valves etc.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_gasket
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_head

    Sorry about that.

  25. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like your head gasket went. You probably had an aluminum one, and that temperature spike was enough to warp it. That would explain all the fluid leaks - all that is under the head gasket and if that is damaged/warped, they all leak out and intermingle.

    Even if it ran, it would run horrid - you would have water and oil in your firing chambers, oil and gas in your coolant, and water/gas floating around your camshafts etc... not very healthy for such a machine.