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  1. More efficient?? on Smokescreen, a JavaScript-Based Flash Player · · Score: 1

    Interesting. It seems to use less CPU in Chrome on my Linux box than the actual Flash plugin, too!

  2. Re:Optical light? on Intel Shows Off First Light Peak Laptop · · Score: 1

    You've obviously never made a torch out of a branch off a magnesium tree!

  3. Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong on Hidden Cores On Phenom CPUs Can Be Unlocked · · Score: 1

    I remember over clocking the system bus on an old machine of mine. I could run the 133 MHz bus at 140 MHz without issue. When I would bump it to 145 MHz, things worked fine, except some hash computations.

  4. Re:Cheaper solution on Tsunami Warning From Space? · · Score: 1

    Of course the laser idea is stupid! How is the shark going to swim in space? I'm pretty sure they need water to breathe, too!

  5. Waaahoo! on OpenSSL 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fantastic! It's finally ready for production use! I can't until websites start using openssl! And I'll even be able to use a secure shell! Awesome!!

  6. Re:Here's the actual paper. on IBM Claims Breakthrough Energy-Efficient Algorithm · · Score: 1

    The key difference is that they're using stochastic estimation. The answers won't be verified perfect, but close enough for practical usage.

  7. Re:I'm shocked on Google's Experimental Fiber Network · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I was busying thinking about how wanktastically fast it would be.

  8. Re:You cannot compare... on China Is Winning Global Race To Make Clean Energy · · Score: 1

    Free trade is fantastic. It's unfortunate we've never had it. NAFTA is a farce.

  9. Re:Forget bit torrent. on FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Blocks BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    So perhaps the solution to network neutrality is to take away the local monopolies?

  10. Re:Raytheon on Antarctica Needs a Network Engineer · · Score: 1

    As far as I know, it only gets down in the -40's in Montana. It's not that hard to stay warm in -40, really. I've worked in it. But I guess it could be colder up on mountain tops?

  11. Re:Shrimp free zone? on Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone · · Score: 1

    I didn't have to avoid nitrile until I developed a reaction to it, much like how people develop a reaction to latex. The last time I had prolonged contact with nitrile material, I ended up in the hospital. Prior to that incident, I wasn't aware I was developing an allergy, dipshit. I've avoided it since.

  12. Re:There's funny... on Facebook Master Password Was "Chuck Norris" · · Score: 1

    (hu(|<N0rr15

    Wait a minute... that's the combination on my luggage!

  13. Re:Shrimp free zone? on Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone · · Score: 1

    How about a nitrile-free zone? With everyone reacting to latex and vinyl, many places are moving to nitrile materials. I have an anaphylactic reaction to nitrile, include hives and airway constriction, and have been in emergency at the hospital for it. But I take it upon _myself_ to make sure I avoid this increasingly common material. I don't demand that others stop using it.

    Oh, and I'm Canadian, and I don't have a special section on the airplane.

  14. Re:I Second this on What Do You Do When Printers Cost Less Than Ink? · · Score: 1

    I've had no issues with Brother. Canon, on the other hand, is a complete disaster. It's almost impossible to find drivers for Linux or Mac, and the printers are so flimsy everything breaks if you breathe on it.

  15. Re:I heard one of the ants in the experiment speak on Ants That Can Count · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's got to be awful confounding... I bet the poor thing is stumped!

  16. Re:I felt a pang... on Ants That Can Count · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll, too, admit that the thought of having my limbs chopped makes me a bit antsy...

  17. I heard one of the ants in the experiment speaking on Ants That Can Count · · Score: 0

    "Help! Help! I c'ant find my home!" she said.

  18. Re:Freeze him out on Murdoch To Explore Blocking Google Searches · · Score: 1

    That'll never happen. Do you have any idea how much money Google/DoubleClick makes off News Corp through advertising? I don't know the exact numbers, but I'm pretty sure it's not insignificant.

  19. Re:Evacuate this universe! on LHC Shut Down Again — By Baguette-Dropping Bird · · Score: 1

    And if you contribute to the thread, better make it funny, or you'll get egg on your face!

  20. Re:Very obvious civilian application on First Black Hole For Light Created On Earth · · Score: 1

    Except that many police forces are using lasers instead of radar to detect speed now.

    And if you want to use something similar to be invisible to a laser, you might just end up being invisible (depending on the laser frequencies you absorb). Which would be pretty darked cool, except when traffic doesn't see you at night.

  21. Oh yeah? on Dow Chemical Rolling Out Solar Shingles Next Year · · Score: 1

    Slutty Sally snagged solar shingles sexing Sol.

  22. Re:US only on FTC States Bloggers Must Disclose Paid Reviews · · Score: 1, Troll

    Then they don't suffer such fascist oppression. Unless, of course, their country happens to have an extradition treaty with the US...

  23. Re:Not unusual on Exoplanet Has Showers of Pebbles · · Score: 1

    This calls for... a song!

    Give me that Liquid Lava Love, Just can't get enough
    Slow like honey, oh so foamy, I like your flow
    Liquid lava love, you make me erupt
    Overflowing, don't cha know I'm 'bout to explode

    Girl you got my fire burning, body yearning
    Can't take it no more, can't take it no more
    Rain is falling, why you staling
    I can't take it no more, can't take it no more
    This volcano's ready to blow
    So just lay back and take it and let it go
    Let your liquid lava flow...

    Somehow I don't think Keven Michael was thinking about a rocky planet when he wrote Liquid Lava Love haha.

  24. Rock Rainbows? on Exoplanet Has Showers of Pebbles · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Given that different material will have different melting temperatures, that should lead to the different metals coalescing at different heights. At sunset, there ought to be a layering affect as the last rocks fall back to the surface, a rock rainbow in effect. Of course, it probably won't last long with the whole planet being molten.

  25. Re:Why it's more dangerous. on Cosmic Ray Intensity Reaches Highest Levels In 50 years · · Score: 1

    I used to hit my baby brother with Hot Wheels... does that mean cosmic rays are mostly harmless?