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  1. Re:Where's the beef, er iPhones... on iPhone Has 46% of Japanese Smartphone Market · · Score: 4, Informative

    The problem is, I believe (from other sites carrying this story) that the smartphones altogether, have only a 22.7% marketshare. This includes the iPhone.

  2. Re:Funny coincidence on Using Hacked Wiimotes As Scientific Sensors · · Score: 1

    I'll have to dig a bit, it is a pet project of one of the grad students.

  3. Re:It's not about how much it costs to make on Using Hacked Wiimotes As Scientific Sensors · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is because, for the most part, scientists are focused on their research subject and their area of expertise, cost reduction, not so much. You can't really expect everyone everywhere (especially outside of engineering) to know the intricacies of arduinos, NI DAQs, etc. as well as how to best implement them. That's for the engineers, really, and having and extra engineer on the research team most likely costs more than the savings they could help with...plus I'm not sure how many, say electrical engineers, would be interested in that kind of work anyways.

  4. Funny coincidence on Using Hacked Wiimotes As Scientific Sensors · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The lab I work in uses hacked Wiimotes to study visual pecerption in autism, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's. They can be programmed with C#, which our PI and another undergrad learned to work with the Wiimotes...the ease of use and the hackability are pretty good selling points besides the price.

  5. Re:Oh Goody! on Halo Movie Script in the Works · · Score: 1

    Actually, there is a (somewhat) technical reason why movie to videogame merchandising doesn't turn out well: creating a game typically takes longer than a movie, and both have a lot of reworking in script and technical areas, so the videogame is typically rushed very much so it can follow the finalized movie storyline somewhat and be relevant when it comes out (usually close to the time the movie opens). Rushed games typically don't make for good games.

  6. Re:Sound-Proofing on Robots that Lust and Reproduce · · Score: 1

    Although the article is light on details, I think the reproduction may be a sharing, transfer, and combination of software, making a "new" robot. Either that, or the software (of genes) is combined and working in a similar way so that only the best genes are perpetuated (as in genetic computing, although I'm not sure what the real term is), then the robots are able to actually build a robot, or at least provide the improved software for the researcher to build a new robot. The only problem is that the genes would probably be tailored to that build of robot, so some genes may not work so well in a completely redesigned robot. Interesting, nevertheless.

  7. Re:What are they going to do on Hurricane Electric Offers Bit Torrent Service · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A file doesn't need to be overly large, but that was what BT was designed for. It erases many of the bottlenecks that surround typical one-on-one p2p sending and also takes the load off of servers, which is why it is ideal (and, again, designed for) large files. Not that there is anything wrong with trading small files, but using a server would typically do fine with smaller files, such as--from your example--firefox. Low size and high traffic can also be a bit of a killer, though.

  8. Re:Bout time. on WoW Downtime Interview at Penny Arcade · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't say Korean, there isn't really a "z" sound, nor is there typically a "g" sound at the end of a word (it is typically "k"). IANAKS, but from my experience, the language is more likely from either English or some fictional language than from Korean.

  9. Re:Sorry on Writing Fiction Using SubEthaEdit · · Score: 1

    Ah, seems interesting, but since they are looking for a working Windows solution, Wiki seems to be a decent workaround, at least temporarily.

  10. Re:Sorry on Writing Fiction Using SubEthaEdit · · Score: 1

    A wiki can be set up for this, but then one would have to at least password it so only authorized persons can edit.

  11. Re:confused on Supreme Court Asked To Reverse Music Sampling Case · · Score: 1

    AFAIK, the Supreme Court is looking at how it is interpreted and if it complies with the Bill of Rights, etc. If it doesn't, they have the power to throw the bill (or parts of it) out, as has been done in the past.

  12. Re:You were doing fine up until.... on BayTSP Provides Automatic DMCA Notices · · Score: 1

    Most clients have upload speed limiting and many other options.

  13. Who? on Oh! Super Toaster! · · Score: 1

    What does this have to do with KK.Null?

  14. Re:Doesn't add up on $1.5 Million Bar-code Scheme Bilks Wal-Mart Stores · · Score: 2, Informative

    The weight thing doesn't seem to actually measure the weight, it just makes sure something is there. I always put stuff there when I'm buying and it doesn't touch or something I just push down with my hand and it works.

  15. Re:Is it that simple to make UPC codes? on $1.5 Million Bar-code Scheme Bilks Wal-Mart Stores · · Score: 1

    I believe there are programs that do that for you, they have the other products you can search for or something.

  16. Samurize on Modern-Day Pointcast Replacement? · · Score: 1

    Samurize (this site appears to be down, a german version of the site is up at samurize.org)can be manipulated to do that, you just have to find the right plug-ins and create your own configuration, which isn't very difficult, once you get the hang of it.

  17. Re:Rotation on Quake Changes Earth's Rotation, Moves Islands · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure, but I think the rotation would slow back down after other gravitational forces re-exert their inifluence, but I'm not a physics major, so I may be off.

  18. Re:Let's say that the thing will hit on 2004 MN4, Even Higher Probability · · Score: 1

    According to the previously mentioned script, the quake in the ocean would be about a seven. Thanks for the extra information though, and you're right, I know next to nothing about wave properties. I also believed the script said something about the waves, but, again, I forget.

  19. Re:Let's say that the thing will hit on 2004 MN4, Even Higher Probability · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not necessarily, at least, not two cities on either side of the Atlantic. I live right on the coast (a few minute drive from the ocean) and using a script on NASA (?) somewhere to predict the impact, and if it was 2000 miles (or km) out to ocean (about the middle I think) and if it was about 1300 ft (I'm nearly certain, this was a few days ago) deep, I wouldn't even feel it, and the only thing that would occur would be some readings on local seismographs (of course, a few figures were estimates). I hardly think that it is going to be extremely destructive, unless it lands near a highly populated area or a major food producer.

  20. Re:frist post on MPAA Goes After More Bittorrent Site Operators · · Score: 1

    That's because you couldn't figure out how to fix your configuration, something everybody seems to do, hurting those who are properly configured.

  21. Basics on Computer-based Guitar Training? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'd get the basics down first (reading tab notation at least, posture, holding the pick, etc.), and then get GuitarPro*, where you can download tabs and as it goes through, the MIDI sequence is played based on the tablature. It is also quite good for writing music.

    *This is the most popular place for getting GP files, however there is a link to get GP

  22. Re:Missing option on The Ten Worst Products of the Year · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You forgot the beauty part: the post is moved to ten hours in the future, so their "first post" (only if it is the very first one) ends up (typically) in the middle or near the end.

  23. MPAA says... on Game Industry Bigger Than Hollywood · · Score: 1

    Well, it's obviously due to piracy of our intellectual property. Everyone knows that games aren't pirated. What?

  24. IsoHunt on TorrentBits.org and SuprNova.org Go Dark · · Score: 1

    IsoHunt also appears down. I wonder how many smaller, ultra-private servers are going to go up now (especially thanks to the features of the client .....CLIENT DROPPED

  25. **AA going the way of the dinosaur on Examining Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    I really wish the death throes of the **AAs could be more entertaining. If you refuse to adapt to the climate, you die, simple as that. BT (or P2P in general) can be harnessed for good, and, as iTunes, etc. has shown, it works.