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  1. cost of being an alcoholic has gone up on Scientists Turn Tequila Into Diamonds · · Score: 2, Funny

    just like with using ethanol with food, how's this going to affect being an alcoholic?

  2. Re:G1 + WiFi on T-Mobile G1 Faster Than iPhone 3G · · Score: 1

    A lot of apps just ask for access in terms of "internet access" which doesn't care whether it is 3G, EDGE, or WiFi. So, you don't have to have a data plan. It even works on just the $5.99 unlimited plan according to some people. However, I think I get my value worth in NYC. All I need left is tethering...

  3. how is glass different than silicon? on Optical Fiber With a Silicon Core · · Score: -1

    i suppose i should just google, but does someone want to inform the rest of us?

  4. Re:Why should copyright-breakers have it easier? on Judge Tells RIAA To Stop 'Bankrupting' Litigants · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What about the falsely accused?

  5. that's basically what they were doing. on US District Court Says Calculating a Hash Value = Search · · Score: 5, Informative

    you can't generate md5s w/o actually looking at all of the data in the file.

  6. Re:You're Right, Of Course on Should You Break TOS Because Work Asks You? · · Score: 2, Informative

    yes

  7. Re:I was an iPhone user on Is Anyone Buying T-Mobile's Googlephone? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    • side by side, browser is shown to be slower. however, it does support separate windows!
    • bluetooth is in the roadmap for a future update. i have a stereo headset, so i'm definitely interested in this.
    • entering in your google info again when forgetting pattern unlock doesn't require network access, it uses your acct info that it already stored in the phone. (which is a good reason why you should have a pattern lock because your info is in the phone!)
    • free wifi is pretty awesome.
  8. Re:I was an iPhone user on Is Anyone Buying T-Mobile's Googlephone? · · Score: 1

    There is a skype app already. :)

  9. Re:T-Mobile people are smarter - on Is Anyone Buying T-Mobile's Googlephone? · · Score: 1

    this is what i suspect as well. everyone who would have camped out in line has preordered one instead.
    i got mine. i also now have 3 barcode scanners and 20 games... (including a "Set" based puzzle game!)

  10. time to clone them on Scientists To Post Individuals' DNA Sequences To Web · · Score: 4, Funny

    that'll show 'em!

  11. Re:Video on DIY iPhone-Controlled R/C Car · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of the James Bond care that worked exactly like that.

    Except the video screen was a different screen than the touch screen.

  12. Re:Presumably... on Walmart Caves On DRM Removal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think walmart is gambling that before that point comes, people will have forgotten or given up on their DRMed music and they will be able to shut off their servers.

  13. Re:Presumably... on Walmart Caves On DRM Removal · · Score: 5, Informative

    The problem with that is that Walmart probably has a contract with record labels that they made when they started the DRM service, and reoffering nonDRMed files would either require breaking the contract which risks a lawsuit, making a new contract with the record labels to allow them to reoffer DRM tracks for free (which would cost walmart tons because there is no way record labels would be interested in letting that happen w/o being paid a second time).

    the cheapest short term solution to keep their customers happy is just to leave the DRM servers up.

  14. Re:the US tax code on Facebook Finds Grass Greener In Ireland · · Score: 3, Informative
    They aren't moving their palo alto headquarters, they are creating a new one for europe, middle east, and africa.

    Facebookâ(TM)s Dublin headquarters will house the social networking websiteâ(TM)s technical, sales and operations staff. The move is expected to create about 70 jobs and will not affect the websiteâ(TM)s existing London base, which is a commercial, rather than operational, office. Staff in Dublin will cover Europe, the Middle East and Africa, while the rest of the world is covered from Facebookâ(TM)s global headquarters in Palo Alto, California.

    http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article4870354.ece

  15. Re:missing semicolon on The Pirate Bay — "Just a Very Large Hobby" · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and i guess it got fixed. that was fast.

  16. missing semicolon on The Pirate Bay — "Just a Very Large Hobby" · · Score: -1, Troll

    – there you go.

  17. Re:reCAPTCHA on Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA · · Score: 1

    The words it knows the answer to are still words that OCR tech has not solved. They are words that have been solved by humans in previous attempts using reCAPTCHA.

    All the researchers have to do is prime the pump by solving a few words and everyone else does the rest. :)

  18. Re:reCAPTCHA on Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA · · Score: 1, Informative
    If you want to know how it works...

    But if a computer can't read such a CAPTCHA, how does the system know the correct answer to the puzzle? Here's how: Each new word that cannot be read correctly by OCR is given to a user in conjunction with another word for which the answer is already known. The user is then asked to read both words. If they solve the one for which the answer is known, the system assumes their answer is correct for the new one. The system then gives the new image to a number of other people to determine, with higher confidence, whether the original answer was correct.

    http://recaptcha.net/learnmore.html

  19. reCAPTCHA on Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA · · Score: 4, Insightful

    from the dude who coined CAPTCHA, comes reCAPTCHA. using words in old library books that existing OCR tech can't figure out, humans can help digitize books and stop spam at the same time!

    http://recaptcha.net/

  20. Re:So it's Tivoised... on Google Unveils First Android Phone · · Score: 1

    they also said there is no exchange support but that it's open for third party to create a solution. Meaning it's probably the same for skype. They would never ever outright say you could be able to use skype on it even if it is possible. that's just being dumb.

    also, i doubt the wifi would be locked down.

  21. Re:"Hacker" on Palin Email Hacker Found · · Score: 1

    Sure. Why not?

  22. Re:uh huh on Canonical Offers Sale of Proprietary Codecs for Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Except a large part of VLC could be considered illegal.

  23. wiki functionality on Saving Geek Lore and Other Wikipedia Castoffs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    if it uses mediawiki, it has wiki functionality. just not for you

    also. i think it's slashdotted.

  24. Re:Just what we need, more toxins in environment on Nanotech Paint To Kill Bacteria · · Score: 4, Informative
    titanium dioxide is in pretty much every white thing you can see. sorry dude. you even rub it into your skin for sunblock.

    Titanium dioxide accounts for 70% of the total production volume of pigments worldwide. It is widely used to provide whiteness and opacity to products such as paints, plastics, papers, inks, foods, and toothpastes. It is also used in cosmetic and skin care products, and it is present in almost every sunblock, where it helps protect the skin from ultraviolet light.

  25. Re:The summary is misleading on RealNetworks To Introduce a Simple DVD Copier · · Score: 1

    DVD ripper, a computer application that copies the contents of a DVD to a harddisk

    I think what you meant was referring to "unlicensed" rippers. This is still just a ripper.