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  1. Re:42!!! on 42nd Mersenne Prime Confirmed · · Score: 1

    But what was the question again?

  2. Cosmic Commercialism on Saturn's New Moons Named · · Score: 1
    Polydeuces is also reported as being a very strange object-- a trojan moon.
    Those damn Trojans, just not satisfied with the territory they had they had they conquered other moons too? Khaaan! Khaaan!
  3. Soylent Green is Made of People! on Stem Cell Injections Pioneering Step Forward? · · Score: 1

    *Now with 10% more stem cells!*

  4. Evil Message on DRM for 1'3" of Silence · · Score: 1

    If you play it backwards, you can hear a silent evil message.
    Quite disturbing.

  5. Re:It's not dead... on Broadcast Flag in Trouble · · Score: 1
    It's resting...
    Awwww. Fair-use restricting FCC regulations are so cute when thier sleeping. Kinda makes you think what life is really all about doesn't it?

  6. Re:Price may not be a problem for long on AgroWaste to Oil a Growing Market · · Score: 1

    Ah, dammit. That other guy said it first.

  7. Re:Price may not be a problem for long on AgroWaste to Oil a Growing Market · · Score: 1
    If a 175-pound man fell into one end , he would come out the other end as 38 pounds of oil, 7 pounds of gas, and 7 pounds of minerals, as well as 123 pounds of sterilized water.
    Soylent Fuel is people, people!
  8. Re:When I was a boy... on Top 100 Gadgets of All Time · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I was a boy, the Greeks attacked and killed the Latins only to steal thier words.

  9. Re:Like I have always known... on Anti-Muni Broadband Bills Country Wide · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, this is bullshit. Why not pass a bill that forbids commercial broadband providers from cornering the market and disallowing startup competition.

    Oh wait, that would fall under anti-trust territory and we all know that "utilities" are basically exempt from that.

  10. What the hell? on Inside the Games Machines of the Future · · Score: 3, Insightful
    From the article:
    With CPUs running at several gigahertz plus a high-performance video card or two, PC gaming is now just as lifelike as its console-based competition.
    This was where I stopped reading. This is a joke right? Because I've played both consoles and PC and the PC is always the fore-front. Allbeit, at a higher cost financially.

    But come on, PCs don't trail behind consoles. It's the other way around. Resolution for starts, 480p vs 1024x768 (native of my front projector) makes a world of difference. I bought the XBox for HDTV but the hardware can't do it apparently, because there are very few games that will output more than 480p.
  11. Re:Not the only way. on Visions Of The Future Of Grid Computing · · Score: 1

    And this all assumes that there is nothing parallelizable about nuclear bomb testing

    Well, if all the bombs went off at once that would be WW3 wouldn't it?

  12. Re:Not the only way. on Visions Of The Future Of Grid Computing · · Score: 1

    This could still be a serial problem. What if each test requires data from the previous?

    For instance, configuration changes would likely rely on what went wrong in previous tests. It does not make sense to just randomly try different configurations if the exercise is to solve a particular problem.

  13. Re:Inspired by? on Visions Of The Future Of Grid Computing · · Score: 1
    Univac - a successor of Multivac, the largest computer in Asimovs world. Nerds - they get everywhere.

    No kidding, the fact you're citing Asimov's Univac and Multivac speaks volumes.

  14. Re:Nipple Fettish on Robotic Arm Controlled By Monkey Thoughts · · Score: 1
    From the article:
    During at least three visits, the suit says, "Patterson communicated to Alperin that exposing one's breasts to Koko is a normal component to developing a personal bond with the gorilla."


    I've tried telling women that a normal component to developing a personal bond with me it for them to show me thier breasts. Using this logic on women has had no success as of yet.

    I await Koko's finger-painted book titled: "Human Women Gone Wild or How I get Chicks to Show me thier Breasts."

  15. Re:Whatever gets AOL off the net is fine with me. on AOL Kills Usenet Access · · Score: 1

    You can't sue Usenet. It's too decentralized.

    It's like the MPAA or the RIAA trying to sue BitTorrent... oh wait.

  16. Re:secret sharer on Comcast Raises Bandwidth in Shot at DSL · · Score: 1

    In the Raleigh, NC area it has been 3Mbps/400Kbps for as long as I have lived here; over 4 years. Just recently they offered Road Runner Premium with 6Mbps/768Kbs. I've upgraded my account and it performs as advertised, but for twice the price ($70/mo) I contemplate if it is really worth it.

  17. All You Seeds Are Belong To Us! on Plant a Seed, Get Sued? · · Score: 1

    They set us up the balm!

  18. Stolen JPL Source Code! on Huygens Probe Lands on Titan · · Score: 1

    //Received transmission:
    String s = "01000001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100010 01100001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01100010 01100101 01101100 01101111 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110101 01110011 00100001";

    //Decode
    //Expected: All your base are belong to us!
    String binStrings[] = s.split("\\s");
    for (int i = 0; i < binStrings.length; i++) {
    System.out.print((char)Integer.parseInt(binStrings [i], 2));
    }

    /* Mission Success! Billions of dollars well spent on interplanetary less-than-instant text message. */
    System.exit();

  19. Sacrafice on Huygens Probe Lands on Titan · · Score: 1

    I for one am one of the few who would put my life on the line to explore the cosmos. Because I consider living on Earth as much if not more dangerous.

    Not many people have a sense of adventure today. It's sad, because without a vision of something greater than what we are, society will not grow very slowly if at all. We'll get bored and take over other countries for thier oil basically.

  20. Re:What if... on Leapfrog Talking Pen · · Score: 1

    It's called a plotter. They can even take special mechanical pencils if you want to go the extra yard.

  21. In Other News on Leapfrog Talking Pen · · Score: 1


    Intense white light projected from Leapfrog Fly pen blinds child.
    Ironically, child now relies on talking pen to describe what he draws.

  22. Re:Not surprised. on Inside TechTV/G4 · · Score: 1

    Comparing the two is like comparing a pop-rock to a nuclear bomb ...

    That's a perfect analogy... except I heard if you mix pop-rocks and soda you'll explode.

    Comparing the two is like comparing TechTV to G4.

  23. Re:Logical step are ... on Samsung Announces Zero Dead Pixel Policy · · Score: 1

    3) PROFIT!!!

  24. Question... on Engineered Enhancers Closer Than You Think · · Score: 1

    Don't these nerds realize that they are making their bully's faster/stronger?

  25. You forgot something.... on FBI Investigating Laser Beams Pointed at Aircraft · · Score: 2, Funny

    5. Profit!