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  1. Re:Grading based on notes taken == asinine on Professor Bans Laptops from the Classroom · · Score: 1

    While I do write notes, but I almost never referred back to them in the lower level classes (upper division work is usually another story). I tend to remember things as I write them down...

  2. Kiddush cup? The YTMND Connection?! on NASA Reaffirms Big Bang Theory · · Score: 1

    Thereby creating a 'structure' to the universe -- a kiddush cup.

    Don't you mean "Yiddish cup"?
  3. Proof of claim? on Galactic Civilizations II Breaks DRM Mold · · Score: 3, Informative
  4. Re:Yeah. We love those people. on Infinium to Infiltrate Gamer Forums · · Score: 1

    by definition, any skillful and artful attempts will go unnoticed, while the crass and inept ones will be quickly identified (that is, a shill is only skillful and artful *if* he/she goes undetected)

    I also think that the crass ones decrease the visibility of the sneaky shills/infiltraters...especially if the skilled ones themselves denounce the inept spammers.
  5. Re:Vapor-Infiltration on Infinium to Infiltrate Gamer Forums · · Score: 1

    Given its track record, when will we see the infiltration happening?

    It's probably occurring right now, given the number of die-hard Phantom phans I see on certain forums.
  6. Yeah. We love those people. on Infinium to Infiltrate Gamer Forums · · Score: 1

    I frequent one of these "best-in-class" forums (BeyondUnreal), and we get the "HAY CHEK OUT MY SITE" posts all of the time. They usually get banned and culled within five minutes as the community mocks them mercilessly.

  7. Re:GREAT! on Graffiti Game Banned in Australia · · Score: 1

    a while back they started putting spray cans behind locked doors in hardware stores and art supply shops to stop them being stolen - because of course the only tool you can use to graffiti with is a spray can.

    Don't tell them that I used to doodle stuff on bathroom stalls with a pencil.
  8. Re:Blurred on TiVo Causes Increase in Product Placement · · Score: 1
    I don't watch a lot of American television and I was quite confused when, in Tommy Lee Goes To College, the producers blurred out some signs and t-shirts worn by the plebeans. Was this the effect of sponsorship to remove references to competitors? They couldn't all have been offensive (especially the billboards *grin*).

    If I recall, certain countries such as the UK have regulations requiring the censorship of blatant in-show product placements. Any Britons out there can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here...

  9. Re:Cameo? on Bill Gates To Star With Steve Jobs On Broadway · · Score: 1

    ...and the show will go on tour everywhere except Kansas.

  10. Re:Uh, no on Death to the Games Industry · · Score: 1

    The person who pays for the work deserves to own the work. This is the same idiotic logic where we have photographers owning the rights to YOUR wedding pics, even though you paid for them. If the creator wants to own the rights, then the creator should PAY for them.

    The irony is that your very mentality is the reason that many companies are persuing draconian DRM measures to prevent people like you from duplicating and distributing "creative content" without the artist's consent.

    Just my 2 cents here.

  11. Three steps on Paul Graham Explains How to Start a Startup · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Tell a random Venture Capitalist about your new Intarweb Cyberspace killer app startup.
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

    Wait, this isn't 1999...

  12. Re:violent games on Views on Violence in Video Games · · Score: 1

    Just hold down circle, you don't need to keep pressing it.

    I don't know what's funnier, the statement you made or the fact that it's modded "Informative".
  13. Re:Tinfoil on Face Recognition Comes to Cameraphones · · Score: 1

    But what about other people's face-recognizing cellphones? They'll surely spot me. /me duct tapes the tinfoil hat firmly to his head.

  14. Tinfoil on Face Recognition Comes to Cameraphones · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it won't recognize me when I'm wearing my tinfoil hat...

  15. Re:"precise wavelength of most radar waves" on Engineers Devise Invisibility Shield · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I did some research, and I found that VHF and UHF bands (about 6 to .3 meters wavelength) are used for long range serveiliance. So hiding a small object from long range radar may be possible...but other than that it's a long shot.

  16. Re:What about other wavelengths? on Engineers Devise Invisibility Shield · · Score: 1

    That's okay, mnemonic showed us both up and takes the cookie.

    As it turns out, radar has a wavlength range from centimeters to millimeters...so we may be hiding sand a gravel from radar instead of planes.

  17. What about other wavelengths? on Engineers Devise Invisibility Shield · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What if this concept works for other EM waves, like radar, for instance? I don't remember the precise wavelength of most radar waves, but they are rather long (I'm thinking meters). Could an object smaller than the wavelength of a certain radar be stealthed by this "invisibility" shield?

  18. Re:Sounds like someone's been tokin' the hookah on Engineers Devise Invisibility Shield · · Score: 1

    What if this concept works for other EM waves, like radar, for instance?

    I don't remember the precise wavelength of most radar waves, but they are rather long (I'm thinking meters). Could a small-sized object be hidden from radar by this "invisibility" shield?

  19. Re:A lot less invasive on California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car · · Score: 1
    Or are there not enough private roads in California for this to be a problem?

    California's forests have hundreds of miles of private logging roads that are traveled regularly by foresters and loggers.

  20. Re:You guys CAN slow down the slide show on The Dot Com Super Bowl · · Score: 1

    I am no medical genious, but I beleive that this button may make the slide show move slower.

    I would prefer the arcane "Next" button. Of course, I'm certain that Forbes has never heard of such a thing...
  21. Re:its very simple... on EA's Profits Up, Workers Get Layoffs · · Score: 1

    The only good EA labels in my opinion are Maxis and Westwood, the rest just suck.

    It's worse than that. Maxis is now little more then a Sims factory, and Westwood was liquidated for the Command & Conquer label. This "Generals" garbage isn't true C&C in my book.
  22. What about RTS AIs? on Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games · · Score: 1

    Perhaps game developers can imbue more variety and tactics into their strategy game AIs. I've seen way too many real-time strategy AIs take the easy way out by cheating; they frequently know where you are and they often "magically" get more money than they collect.

    Does anyone know of an RTS game with AI's that don't cheat?
  23. Re:Not again on Sega Done with Sports, Take-Two Launches Label · · Score: 1

    Nah, only old Koreans RTFA.

    Besides, it looks like Take 2 is going to be EA's main sports competitor...I'm thinking of an Firefox and IE analogy.
  24. Re:Yes. but... on Through The Steve Ballmer Looking Glass · · Score: 1

    But In soviet russia, only Beowulf Clusters from Nebraska are run.

    Nice shot...but as a Slashdot cliche it should be:

    In Soviet Russia, Beowulf Clusters of Natalie Portman in hot grits run YOU! I for one welcome our old email-reading Korean overlords. Except in Nebraska.

  25. Re:Yes. but... on Through The Steve Ballmer Looking Glass · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only old Koreans use Windows 1.0

    Except in Nebraska.