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  1. Still doesn't make sense... on UN Official Says UN Not Taking Over Internet · · Score: 1

    "Union says that he does not plan to take over governance of the internet and leave it up to groups like ICANN."

    I mean I know what they want to say, but this sentence still doesn't mkae any sense to me. Shouldn't it be "Union says that he plans to leave it up to groups like ICANN and not take over governance of the internet."

    As much as I dislike the government most of the time. I have no complaints on how the DNS allocation is done...

  2. Re:A question I alwais ask when discussing this... on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Obligatory comment on Mars Rovers' Software Upgraded · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Any one know why they picked Java and not ADA, C(?), or another language? Nothing against Java, it just wasn't my impression that it was used for any NASA stuff. Is it more extensivly used than jsut the MER's?

    BTW, is the VM open source? (:-p)

  4. Re:Is that so surprising? on Saving U.S. Science · · Score: 1

    Of course there is something wrong with ID: It's not science! It doesn't follow the scientific method (it can't be disproven), therefore it is not science!

    Teach it in a philosophy class, but do not spend time in science with it!

    Otherwise I agree with your other 2 points.

  5. Re:Put it back! on The Dolphin With Leftover Legs · · Score: 1

    Who's to say it hasn't mated. Did TFA have the dolphin's age?

  6. Re:From the Horses Mouth on US Citizens To Require ''Clearance'' To Leave? · · Score: 1

    Sorry for the reply to myself.

    This makes me all the more worried about the US. My largest concern is who can change this? Will the Dem's change this when in office, or will the be power hungry too? This has always made me upset about US polotics, there never seems a way to change anything. All politicians seem the same. Its sad that many college age kids (my freinds and I at least), feel this way. What advice do you old times have for us youngins about this? How can we make a difference?

  7. From the Horses Mouth on US Citizens To Require ''Clearance'' To Leave? · · Score: 1

    http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cg i?position=all&page=40035&dbname=2006_register

    (on the next page, but that page starts the section)

    "Sections
    4012 and 4071 of the IRTPA require
    DHS to issue regulations and procedures
    to allow for pre-departure vetting of
    passengers onboard aircraft arriving in
    and departing from the United States
    and of passengers and crew onboard
    vessels arriving in and departing from
    the United States. This proposed rule is
    designed to implement these important
    IRTPA requirements and to further
    enhance national security and the
    security of the air and vessel travel
    industries in accordance with the ATSA
    and EBSA (both of which formed the
    statutory basis for the APIS regulations)."

  8. Re:Abortion on Researchers Find Clue to SIDS Early Detection · · Score: 1

    Not if there are ways to prevent it once the child is born. Then the test coudl help make the parents more aware of anything they need to pay closer attention to.

  9. Re:In short - no life on Mars. on Viking Mars Mission Might Have Missed Life · · Score: 1

    Another case of, I think we're saying mostly the same thing...:-/

  10. Re:In short - no life on Mars. on Viking Mars Mission Might Have Missed Life · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As a molecular biologist, I've learned that whenever I say "this can't/shouldn't happen", nature makes a fool of me. Life can find a niche anywhere.

    1. Hard radiation on surface - Deinococcus radiodurans.
    2. Virtually zero atmosphere - anaerobes (in general).
    3. No (or little water) - I forget the genus.
    4. Highly oxidising compounds on surface - cyanobacteria.

    Granted, it would be complex, but the features we want of each bacteria could be merged (as I said, not an easy of quick process, but in principle possible) to give a bacteria that could fit the bill. And if we can design one to, the natuer can evolve one to (in fact, nature has evolved things that we couldn't even begin to think about builing).

    I agree with previous poster, study the past; but a new mission focused on this is nessicary. We have better devises and methods for analysing samples.

  11. Re:blame the Bible on Single-Celled Species' Genome As Complex As Ours? · · Score: 1

    That does not imply to kill it all. In fact a strong belief of christans is that we a re stewards to the planet. We take care of it. My parents have power over me, dominion when I was younger. I did what they said, but they still treated me with respect and such. Also, just because we are made in God's image, does not mean we are supirior.

  12. Re:But... it's free. on Patent Law Ruling Threatens FOSS · · Score: 1

    Because then the guy that has the patent isn't making money, which is why he received the patened in the first place, to amke money.

  13. Re:...like network RAID? on A Move to Secure Data by Scattering the Pieces · · Score: 1

    Is it like RAID? Can one remote location be reconstructed from the other 10?

  14. Re:Missing the point on Some Bands Still Refuse Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    What if music stores offered a discount to peopl buying the whole album in a single download. Like 80-90cents person if you buy the whole albumn, but then most people have their music on random anyway, but hey, there's prob a good many that listen strait through for an albumn chalked full of musict they LIKE.

  15. Re:Helpful image to pass along on War Declared on Caps Lock Key · · Score: 1

    All caps is easier to read. The hospital I work in does all the headers on papers (Patient info and report info) in all caps. It is so much easier to read than if it were in lowercase. The documents themselves are a mix, depending on what the doctor who wrote the section did, but I have never had a heard time reading all caps. There is no reason to have caps/lowercase. It's just a grammar rule someone invented. Some languages done' even have a lower case set.

  16. Re:Garbage Collection in Objective C on New Version of Mac OS X Leopard Leaked · · Score: 1

    > multiple clipboards

    They took my request and used it!!! I feel special:D

  17. Re:Good For Newbs on First Impressions of Freespire 1.0 · · Score: 1

    see http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=193662&c id=15880797 for why you are wrong for why it may be a start and an end in buissiness.

  18. Re:Meh on Homeland Security says 'Patch Windows Now' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When I first heard their name the night they were announced in the pres's speach, I immedialty thought, "Damn, isn't that how the Nazi's took so much power over the MotherLand when they came to power?" It was the motherland/homeland similarity that brought it on, but it seems to not be too far from the mark.

  19. Re:No VB Macros in Office!?! on No Virtual PC for Intel-based Macs · · Score: 1

    I concure OO.o is a pain. NeoOffice works well, but is just a little slow for me. If they could speed it up some, I would def use NeoOffice as often as possible. Never tried AbiWord. The thing that bothers me, though, is that access is a Windows only format. I don't know of any tool for the mac that can edit access files (the places I work use it :-( ).

  20. Re:I'll see your BS, and raise you one. on RIAA Goes after LimeWire · · Score: 1

    Not the same extent, but when you download Limewire,you have to say "I will not download illegal stuffwith limewire," so they are at least bringing the problem to peoples attention

  21. Re:BS on RIAA Goes after LimeWire · · Score: 1

    1) It's stupid
    2) as you said, it was unsuccessfull

  22. BS on RIAA Goes after LimeWire · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is like sueing Remington because guns make it easier to kill people.

  23. This is why... on Stephen Colbert Wikipedia Prank Backfires · · Score: 1

    ...Wikipedia can't be reliable. People do not take it seriosly, and therefore don't care if it's facts are true. I had teachers who would put false info up to see if we would cite it or not. This is a load of bull. If people put what they were sure to almsot certain was true, we wouldn't have these problems.

  24. Re:"pet" projects, nice troll on NASA May Shut Down all Space Station's Research · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree. When I read the summary I was expecting some stupid government thing, but these seem like worthwhile efforts. I'm at least not upset that the money is going towards those goals and not other things (i.e.: Iraq). It almost seems as if the government is *gasp* acting responsibly.

    The proof of your last sentence: Pigeon Hole Principle (sorry, I had to).

  25. Re:This is only a good thing on Microsoft Adds Risky System-Wide Undelete to Vista · · Score: 1

    What makes this differnt from Copy on Write and any security complains there (not that I'm aware of any)