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  1. Re:Something new for moths? on The End Of The Light Bulb? · · Score: 1

    Yes, great lamp. The insects fly to the quantum bla bla and then they are grilled by the laser.

  2. Re:Soduku on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    Soduku? I friend them extremely boring. You only have to check where numbers are missing in a mini matrix for each field, thats it.
    Just recently Sodukus had been added to http://www.conceptistech.com/
    You can get free weekly puzzles there.
    My favorites are Pic-a-Pix and Link-a-Pix
    They are not very hard mathematic puzzles but need some basic logic. But they are great time killers.

  3. NEWSBREAK on ePaper To Be Used For Newspapers and Magazines · · Score: 1

    1. The concept of ePaper is not suited for moving images.
    2. thin TV screens are not ePaper.

  4. Re:Isn't it obvious... on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 1

    US and right of free speech? Well, the illusion...
    But to something completely different. At my last visit in Afghanistan i met this very nice guy, Osama. OK, he talked some weird stuff, but despite that he was very nice... wait.... there comes a black minivan to my house... BRB..............
    .
    .
    Every country has its trauma. Germany doesn't like nazi hate speech. But "free speech" doesn't mean that you can s*** on others rights. That is where free speech is limited.
    The US are not that free anymore.

  5. Tourett syndrom on The Mind of an Inventor · · Score: 1

    Watch *shit* those words that *asshole* you record onto that *Microsoft* machine.

  6. Re:Almost admissable proof of monopoly. on Bulky System Requirements for Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    > Blizzard could make an operating system that had lower sysreqs and decent graphics capabilities.

    You are not talking about Blizzard who made Diablo 2, are you? This 2D game that run awfully slow and choppy on powerful hardware and that was restricted to low resolutions to cover the incapabilities of the programmers.

  7. Block the IP space of the USA first... on Blocking a Nation's IP Space · · Score: 2, Informative

    ... according to http://www.trustedsource.org/ featured today in another ./ article the US is the biggest source of spam.
    This is a lot easier if you are outside the US.

    Greetings from a blue country.

  8. CO2, Kyoto, climate change on 9 Weeks to Pump Out New Orleans? · · Score: 1

    I wonder if Mr Bush will now start thinking if global warming is still not a problem. Maybe at least the citizens of New Orleans or the other affected regions will now begin to think if 5.0-V8-engines with a need of 15litre/100km are the future or even a good choice for the present.

    I think mother earth just begins to show us how she likes to be changed by humans.

  9. Re:Codes are for on Opera Turns 10, Gives Away Free Registrations · · Score: 1

    I like the way FF handles tab focus. If you like it to be different, get TabMixPlus and change the focus behaviour.
    And how do you define "real time" for a search in emails? It is not like time stands still if my bat searches the email database. FF ain't an email client, BTW.
    Session saving can be added with extensions and will be integrated in later versions of FF.
    Anyway, enjoy your browser, until it is the IE.

  10. Relativistic Speed on Moody Non-Photo-Realistic Driving · · Score: 1

    lower the zoom factor to the lowest setting to get a relativistic experience

  11. Re:Figures on Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately this will not be the case. People will buy the new OS and if they test the 3D APIs they will find out that DirectX ist much faster than OpenGL. Their conclusion will be that OpenGL sux.

  12. Re:Wait... on U.K. SF Writers Dominate Hugos · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Gouvernator Arnold

  13. About the "GPS-based" tracking: on Fiber Optics Bring the Sun Indoors · · Score: 1

    Cite: "The collector tracks the sun using a microprocessor-based controller that accurately calculates the position of the sun given the local GPS coordinates and the local time."

    So there is no GPS device in the collector. They simply enter the coordinates.

  14. Re:An idea.. on Dutch Pass iPod Tax · · Score: 1

    Would you mind to point me to more info on this levy? I live in germany and don't know anything about a levy on hard drives. Drives are still very cheap.
    I think there is a small levy on optical disc writers and some CDRs for audio purposes but that's it.

  15. "only" half of the spam on Microsoft Researchers on Stopping Spam · · Score: 1

    Clearly, no law of a single country can hope to end spam. Only about half of all junk e-mail comes from the U.S

    Well, "only" is a nice understatement. The population of the USA is about 4.5% of the world population. (OK, not everyone on earth has a PC)

  16. Re:It's unfortunate on BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? · · Score: 1

    > During the heyday of Napster, the University of Wisconsin - Madison had a difficult decision. As it watched the traffic for Napster consume over 70% of total inbound bandwidth at its peak, we asked ourselves: do we start blocking Napster? After all, it's mostly used for stealing music. Right?

    Well, 80% of the Napster bandwidth was illegal. So 56% of all internet inbound traffic was illegal. -> "Shutdown the internet access!!!"

  17. Wooden cases on the Cebit on Wooden-Cased Computers, Small and Extra-Large · · Score: 1

    I have seen a company that made wooden cases for TFT-Screens, wooden mice etc etc. I don't remember the name but the whole computer and peripheral casing was made out of wood. The quality was superb.

  18. Re:PDFs more durable than mail, perhaps on How Do You Store and Reconcile Email Archives? · · Score: 1

    > One assumes, perhaps wrongly, that pdfs are a more durable format than mail.

    Yes, this assumption is wrong, IMHO

    > How do you deal with past mail in different mail programs. If you keep it in pdf format then it probably will be readable regardless of the mail program that generated it.

    probably, indeed. What is wrong with mail as raw ascii? Every mail program, present and future, should be able to import raw messages.
    If the mail program isn't able to save messages as pure text then i won't use it.
    And i think, you will always be able to read text files as long there are computers.

  19. Re:Google Groups on Another Nail In Usenet's Coffin? · · Score: 1

    Urks, Google Groups. I score Google posters down so i won't read them. Most of it is SPAM and the rest are some kind of dumb users who just want to post once or leave some stupid comment. It is not worth reading it, most of the time.

  20. Re:What if? on Smart Guns are Coming · · Score: 1

    > Gun control laws don't work so there's no point discussing them.

    You are talking about the US, aren't you?

    Actually gun control laws do work. Well, almost in every modern country if you look closely.

    The problems are not the guns or the laws, the people are the problem.

  21. Re:That's good news anyways on Arthur C. Clarke Reports From Sri Lanka · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Fact is, _most_ have survived, not "some". The death toll is high but the affected area is also huge.

  22. Re:Real Website on ZAP Smart Car Approved for Sale in the US · · Score: 1

    what we Brits call Vauxhall cars the rest of the world call 'Opal'.

    FYI, it is called "Opel" in Europe and "Holden" in Australia.

  23. Grand Theft Grand Theft Auto on GTA: San Andreas Leaked · · Score: 1

    *obvious*

  24. Re:Take note on Global Air Pollution, From Above · · Score: 1

    http://www.learn-line.nrw.de/angebote/agenda21/arc hiv/03/daten/d8535CO2Top10.htm
    http://www.learn-line.nrw.de/angebote/agenda21/arc hiv/03/daten/CO2abskopf.htm

    The USA produces twice as much CO2 as the average european country. And the european countries are reducing the output of the gases mentioned in the kyoto accord. The USA increases its output. Kanada also a major polluter. China is producing 1/6 of the CO2 that the USA is producing per capita. China 3, USA 19 (tons/year)

  25. Re:Take note on Global Air Pollution, From Above · · Score: 1

    "Some of Chinese coal fires have been dated to the Pleistocene Era." Do all the cars in the US exist so long?