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  1. Link? on Robotic Camera Extension Takes Gigapixel Photos · · Score: 1

    To some sample pictures?

  2. Nohoo! on Yahoo To Reject Microsoft Bid · · Score: 1

    That is all

  3. The Onion Said it Best on Prosthetic-Limbed Runner Disqualified from Olympic Games · · Score: 1
  4. Re:good, no precedent on Prosthetic-Limbed Runner Disqualified from Olympic Games · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet that if he would have been allowed to compete some athletes would have been tempted to have certain parts of their bodies amputated and replace with more efficient artificial parts.

    The Onion is already got this: "Olympic Runners Feeling Stupid For Cutting Off Legs Before Finding Out About Prosthetic Ban" http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/olympic_runners_feeling

  5. World Record Smashed! on Prosthetic-Limbed Runner Disqualified from Olympic Games · · Score: 1

    Is this really that different from just putting him behind the wheel of a car? We would be looking at 0 to 100 meters in ~ 4 seconds upwards of 75mph while the other runners were not even halfway down the track. A preemptive comment regarding those who say it is not human powered. Fine, put him in a bicycle and watch the records fall.

  6. Re:Outside on The Blackest Material · · Score: 1

    Outside of that gravity thing. Sounds more like standing outside in the country.
    Nope, they still appear to float. The room is coated with the stuff so in theory the ground is so dark it remains unseen, hence items appear to "float" in space.
  7. Comparison of # of Titles on No Ceasefire in DVD Format Battle · · Score: 1

    The Current Score is HD-DVD 211 to Blu Ray's 210. Source: Amazon

  8. Regards? on 5 Predictions for Apple in 2007 · · Score: 1
    2006 is coming to a close, and all anyone can think about (in regards to Apple, at least)
    Sorry, but it is Friday before New Years and I can't contain myself on this one. Search Google for "regards" and many of your hits will be about its misuse. Here is one:

    • "Business English is deadly enough without scrambling it. "As regards your downsizing plan . . ." is acceptable, if stiff. "In regard to . . ." is also correct. But don't confuse the two by writing "In regards to.""

    http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/regards.html - Patentmat

  9. Old News on A Working, Winged Jetpack from Switzerland · · Score: 1
    Well not that old, but still, I did totally mention it last week. Be sure to check out the electricity man too.

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=213172&cid=173 37636

  10. Re:So if they filmed it... on Giant Squid Caught Near Japan · · Score: 5, Informative
    The video is right here: (mod please)

    http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoChannel.aspx?stor yId=0e4daf2c9503387b6a614482bc1d5d8a4ae79972&rpc=2 3

    After the video ends be sure to watch the video of super-electricity man and the new Swiss jetpack

  11. Re:A ways to go before element 137 on Element 118 Created · · Score: 1
    You both read it wrong, go read it just one more time, very carefully - - it states 138 is possible but certainly does not indicate it is the heaviest possible.

    >138 is certainly possible.

  12. then change companies on Comcast Blocks Yet Another ISPs E-Mail · · Score: 1

    You toss around "right to censor" as if Comcast were a fourth branch of government. If you don't like it than leave.

  13. Dell Already has one on Notebook with Huge 20 Inch Screen Reviewed · · Score: 1

    The top of the line XPS laptop has a 20.1 inch screen too, and unlike the Acer they didnt bolt on one of their other products as a screen. http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetail s.aspx/xpsnb_m2010?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

  14. There is no need on Public Patents? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The whole purpose of a patent is to grant a limited time monopoly for the patent holder. Since this would be of no interest to one inventing for the public good, all that person need do is publish everything he or she has. As always, see (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_publicatio n for more, but really all you would need to do is lay all the details of your invention out on a web page. No one else will be able to patent that material because your published work would be "prior art" against it.

  15. Nothing Illegal here Move along on EOE Concerns w/ Electronic-only Job Application? · · Score: 1

    I really dont think your know how at a computer terminal is what so many fought for in 1964. This is another case of someone knowing just a tiny bit of law and then howling lawsuit because they feel things are not fair.

  16. "SOE Looses SWG licence? Debunked." on Star Wars and Raph Leave SOE? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Subject was a direct quote from the article, move along.

  17. One's actually a bullet to the brain but . . . on The Most Dangerous Bacteria · · Score: 1
    That fungus must be pulling some strings, else why would a list of six bacteria say: "the list, which includes five bacteria and one fungus, is described in the current issue of . . " Even our own summary has to admit that "one's actually a fungus but"

    So anyway, yeah I hate fungus.

  18. Sony is saying their ready? on PS3s Online Services to Compete With XBox 360 · · Score: 1

    Where do they get these writers? Unless Sony has something called "ready" (and its theirs) I think just maybe this guy is a bit confused as to the workings of the English language. So sad too, he put it right in the headline.

  19. But what about Fishy? on Lucene in Action · · Score: 1
    It is true, for many purposes there is no need for a bookmark. Google will take you just where you need to go, and will keep you informed if a better source for what you need becomes available and makes its way up the results page.

    But other times, the search engine screws you over. Case in Point - fishy

    The other day at work I wanted to play Fishy, so I typed it into Google, went to the top link, and started playing. What??? They changed FISHY?? NO, they didnt, the top link was some bizarro version of fishy (bizarro at least to me) that was not nearly as good as the one I remember growing up on. http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=fish y For anyone who hasnt played fishy, you need to put down what you are doing and go play

  20. Re:Watercooling 'Mishap' on 10 Computer Mishaps · · Score: 3, Funny

    This happened three times? This guy is persistant to drink from your computer, I'll hand him that.

  21. Re:Here's a thought: on Patent Examiners Flee USPTO · · Score: 1

    I used to do tech support, and I remember trying to convince a customer that that there was no need to unplug her keyboard after use because viruses can't "live" in keyboards! Its been a while, but I assume people are not so misinformed nowadays?

  22. Re:Fundamental change is needed... on Patent Examiners Flee USPTO · · Score: 1

    Additional protection is not needed, the public already sees all patents 18 months after filing, and for most patents, this is before they issue. The protection comes in the fact that after the patent finally issues, the patent holder can then go after whoever was infrinnging during the time when the patent was only in the applicationn stage.