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  1. Of course... on Brain Controlled Computing a Reality · · Score: -1

    ...he's been a quadroplegic ever since scientists convinced him it would be 1337 to have 100 wires implanted in his brain

  2. In other news... on Two Women Found With HIV-Immune Mutant Gene · · Score: -1

    ...women are more likely to have this gene than be sighted at a LAN party

  3. Re:I'm a bit of a maths dunce but on Google's Math Puzzle · · Score: -1

    Get file with copy of prime numbers.

    Increase hard drive capacity (infinitely).

    Get file with copy of largest precision of e.

    Increase hard drive capacity.

    Use perl to scan for all 10 digit primes and then look for the first one in e.

    Actually, it would be intensely more efficient to do it the other way, scanning digits of e for potential 10 digit primes (those ending in 1, 3, 7, or 9) and then seeing if they are in the list of primes. You have shown that you are also a computer programming dunce with this suggestion.

    Of course it would be more efficent again to not create and/or store the list of 10 digit primes but to simply test each candidate in turn.

  4. Isn't this a crime? on Infineon To Pay $160 Million For Fixing RAM Prices · · Score: -1

    So therefore, there should be convictions and (given the $160M severity of the crime) incarcerations, right? I mean, you obviously can't convict the entire organisation, but somebody had to authorise this behaviour...and they commited a crime and should pay the price for it.

  5. Stripped binaries can == speed up on Review of Yoper Linux v2.1 · · Score: -1

    Smaller binaries means effectively more useful code fits in cache, reducing cache misses. In some cases this can make remarkable speed improvements.

  6. Extradite Bush! on Warez Suspect To Be Extradited, After All · · Score: -1

    Maybe the new government of the sovereign nation of Iraq could extradite George W and charge him (along with Saddam) with mass murder.

  7. Techno-attractiveness on Palmtop Nirvana? · · Score: -1

    It's gotta help pull the chicks, man!

  8. Re:poor guy on "Scotty" Gets Walk of Fame Star · · Score: 3, Funny

    Proof that matter transportation is bad for your health?

  9. Re:Matter of proportion on Windows Not Expected Secure Until 2011, Says MS · · Score: 1, Insightful

    the number of exploits available for all computers systems since the 50's is easily less than the number discovered in Windows in one year.

    How is this possible, when the former category is a superset of the latter?

  10. The third world meets the Superhighway on The Indian Info-Rickshaws · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I work for the Australian arm of a large Indian software company. As part of the community projects run by the company, we fund the improvement of sanitation infrastructure in some of the poorest parts of India. As these places do not receive much information about software development, these projects are the only way my company is known in these areas.

    When people from my company travel to rural India and mention who they work for, people immediately assume they build toilets!

  11. Numeric Accountability on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    The annual National Geographic Survey had thrown up the sad fact that only 23 out of 56 young Americans knew the whereabouts of the Pacific Ocean.

    In other news, 377 out of 453 were unable to select an useful and appropriate survey sample size.

  12. Re:More Distros! on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    Despite their bug ridden software, this MS bashing is somewhat unfair.
    In many ways MS are leaders in increasing programmers' awareness of globalization issues. Anyone who has sat a recent MS certification exam will probably agree.

  13. Re:A factor... on Microsoft Funded Study Cinches 10yr Deal · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong...
    On /. ? No invitation required...