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  1. Interestingly on TiVo Buys Six New Patents From IBM · · Score: 5, Interesting

    One of those patents actually depends (in IP sense) on patents bought by IBM from RCA in the 70s.

  2. HA! on Star Wars Fans in Line... at the Wrong Theater · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's funnier than any joke I could attempt to post here!

  3. Canada on Identity Theft Victim Gets Last Laugh · · Score: 5, Informative

    The canadian mounties have a new branch devoted to identity theft and they solved my case in a week. They are amazing.

  4. I've seen it happen on Apple Settles with Tiger Leaker · · Score: 4, Funny

    at the zoo, and boy let me tell you they must drink a lot!

  5. Points on Regular Expression Recipes · · Score: 4, Informative

    I really liked this book, but

    1. the binding broke
    2. the index has a lot of typos.

  6. I for one.... on Lab-Made Fireball May Be a Black Hole · · Score: 5, Funny

    welcome our new Kwisatz Haderach Blackhole overlord!

  7. What about quality ? on Daily Grind Webcomic Challenge · · Score: -1, Troll

    I could update my comic a ton of times a week if it was done poorly.

  8. Binding on Effective XML · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love the book, but once it encountered a humid day the binding fell apart. Anyone else have this experiance ?

  9. The curve of binding energy on Can Terrorists Build a Nuclear Bomb? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I highly recommend this book by John McPhee from 30 years ago. He even discusses the destruction of the world trade center.

  10. Elliptic curves on Cisco Evolving Into A Security Company · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently they are very intersted in elliptic curve cryptography.

  11. Wow on Norway Considers New Copyright Laws · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hear they want to copywrite "Beowulf".

  12. Question about time on Linux on Ask Microsoft's Martin Taylor About Linux vs. Windows · · Score: 1

    Mr. Taylor, how many hours a week do you use Linux ?

  13. Pun on The Quest for More Processing Power · · Score: 2, Funny

    From my point of view, chips lead to more bloat.

  14. Re:There can only be one on The Quest for More Processing Power · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You mean like something useful ? How about modelling weather or geophysical phenomenon or solving Maxwell's equations ? There are a zillion things like that could be amazingly better if we could speed them up. People forget too easily about scientific computing!

  15. Re:There can only be one on The Quest for More Processing Power · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually, quantum mechanics is already modelled with an infinite dimensional Hilbert space, which is why quantum computing is so fast.

  16. There can only be one on The Quest for More Processing Power · · Score: 4, Funny

    the quantum computer!! Until then we'll have to suck it up with these Si things.

  17. Re:Question about your blackberry on PDA Sales Fall for Third Year in Row · · Score: 1

    Ah that's just what I wanted to know though. I need to have my phone ring and warn me about appointments that are on ical. So if I understand you correctly, that doesn't work ?

  18. Question about your blackberry on PDA Sales Fall for Third Year in Row · · Score: 1

    I've been thinking about getting one and syching it with OS X. How well have you been finding it works ? Often things are a little bumpier for OS X since people make hardware with windows in mind,

    BTW. nice highlander reference.

  19. Yes but on PDA Sales Fall for Third Year in Row · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is a technology trend, noted by a study at UPenn that new technology almost always has a dip after its first big increase. So the jury is still out.

  20. Obviously.... on LokiTorrent vs. MPAA · · Score: 5, Funny

    Loki is the god of mischief, so the names says it all. Now if it was Odintorrent, I'd side with them.

  21. Cookie on Rumored iPod Flash Leaked · · Score: 1, Funny

    What flavor cookie though ? Those BW cookies can be pretty big.

  22. Bell on Biodegradable Cell Phones Sprout Into Flowers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Remember when there was a standard phone design in the old days ? Well At&t had a hard plastic version that was biodegradable in the early 80's as I recall.

  23. Interesting book but on The Definitive Guide to MySQL, 2nd Ed. · · Score: 2, Interesting

    the binding on my copy broke after a month. Anybody else have this trouble ?

  24. What is real "halflife" ? on Transgaming to Support Half Life 2 Under Linux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Halflife refers to the amount of time it takes for a radioactive substance to decay to 1/2 of its mass.
    What is the relation to the game, exactly ?

  25. Re:*looks surprised" on Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther · · Score: 1

    That is because it is from a special dialect, whaling Dutch.