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  1. Re:Emotions are not mutually exclusive from work on Emoticons in the Workplace · · Score: 2, Funny

    You clearly understand the difference between sarcasm and irony.

  2. Re:It makes sense with multi-core cpus on Will Pervasive Multithreading Make a Comeback? · · Score: 1

    so worthless it is
    without mentioning summer,
    winter, spring or fall

    Actually even if you do it's still not really a haiku.

  3. Re:Socialised Healthcare is the future for the US on Massachusetts Makes Health Insurance Mandatory · · Score: 1

    Some 60 years ago there were people here in germany with very similar ideas to yours. Just a more direct approach.

  4. Re:They forgot Italy! on U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy · · Score: 1

    Looking from that angle, a working copyright protection system (be it technological or legal) would actually be the best thing that could happen. People would start to think about what is worth their money and what's not and software / content from alternative systems like open source would suddenly become way more interesting. It could be a real revolution.

    So lets push for better DRM and stricter laws! May actually be the best way for people to wake up.

  5. Re:Bush Logic on U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy · · Score: 1

    If I am not mistaken, HIV medication does not decrease likelihood that others are infected, it only increases the lifespan. In that, it actually makes the virus more infectious, in a way, because the patient has more time to spread it.

    If you know that isn't the case, I would be interested to see some sources.

  6. Re:Reliability on Is Your Printer Ripping You Off? · · Score: 1

    The ink cartridges that come with cheap printers have only a small amount of ink in them.

  7. What's the fuzz about? on Does the Windows Logo Mean Anything? · · Score: 0

    It clearly states "Certified for Windows Vista"... No word about working condition.

  8. Re:Wrong on PS3 Linux Performs Real Time Ray Tracing · · Score: 2, Informative

    I made the same mistake as you: I only read the older article that is linked last, so I thought the submitter did not notice that the rendering was done by a blade farm. But that Article is talking about an older project of the same group. The youtube video linked here is about a scene that is renderes in realtime by 3 network-linked PS3s. Just to clarify :)

  9. Re:And far less polluting on French Train Breaks Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Ok, I stand corrected. Seems there was a quite noticable effect...

    Interesting part of the article:

    "These results suggest that contrails can suppress both daytime highs (by reflecting sunlight back to space) and nighttime lows (by trapping radiated heat). That is, they can be both cooling and warming clouds. But what is the net effect? Do they cool more than they warm, or vice versa? "Well, the assumption is a net warming," Travis says, "but there is a lot of argument still going on about how much of a warming effect they produce."

    So there are arguments about wether contrails have a net cooling or a net warming effect.

  10. Re:And far less polluting on French Train Breaks Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Yes, I have heard of "global dimming", but the claim that a few days without air traffic over a small percentage of the earth can cause it to be "measurably hotter". I doubt that.

  11. Re:And far less polluting on French Train Breaks Speed Record · · Score: 1

    > The planet got measurably hotter during the days immediately
    > following 09/11, when all of America's airliners were grounded.

    Either you have a source for this or I call bullshit.

  12. Re:Let's add some heat! on Enormous Amount of Frozen Water Found on Mars · · Score: 1

    Aaah, nice math but lack of vision over there. Let's list your assumptions:

    In the next 400 years
    - Interest rates with typical earth investments will be r.
    - Overpopulation will not lead to massive rise in the value of real estate.
    - There will be no event making vast amounts of earth inhabitable.
    - The money that is saved from not doing terraforming projects is used for nice investments instead (By gouvernments!).
    - A terraformed Mars would lead to no buisness opportunities besides selling land.

  13. Re:loving it on Opera's Slashdot Easter Egg and Speed Dial · · Score: 1

    I think Emacs can do all that, and more.

  14. Re:Why not best of both worlds? on Florida to Scrap Touch Screen Voting? · · Score: 1

    Would be very, very bizarre to SIGN a vote... But I presume, since you never voted, you don't know much about it (or care).

  15. Re:While I would love an iPhone on Apple Turning Cell Phone Market Upside Down? · · Score: 1

    Definitively needs a flux capacitor.

  16. Re:metric conversions are not so easy on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 1

    Your example is funny. Lets suppose you had your way, and (100 cm)^3 were 10 Liter. So you take, lets say, a liter of milk. Not once, but you take 10 of those. So is that 10 Liter? Maybe you put that 10 x 1 L inside your 100 cm sided box. Is it filled? This has nothing to do with metric system but with cubing values. Besides, are imperial units even connected in that way? If you have the lengths of the sides of a cube, can you easily calculate its volume?

    Disclaimer: I don't care what units anyone uses. To each their own.

  17. Think about the superheroes! on Creating Prion-Free Cows · · Score: 1

    Me and my fellow group, the PRIONIC SIX, strongly oppose this development.

    -- prionic6

  18. Re:Credit Cards on iTunes Sales 'Collapsing' · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, they only had access to their own transactions and some from family & friends.

  19. Re:WTF? Copies? Files? on RIAA Wants to Include Song Files it Can't Produce · · Score: 1

    Ok, that makes sense in a way. Thank you.

  20. WTF? Copies? Files? on RIAA Wants to Include Song Files it Can't Produce · · Score: 1

    Ok, I was drunk yesterday and I'm not a native speaker, so maybe the problem ist with me. But even after reading some of the linked pdf and articles I can't comprehend. Can someone tell me in plain words, who has copies of what and would like to have other files that were not produced (babble babble babble). I understand that it is about music and filesharing, I'm not dumb. Is this about an agent of the RIAA downloading files from Ms. Lindor, then they sue her about those and additional files that were there but that they did not download? Or what?

  21. Re:BOOOOOOOOOH! on Wii Now Confirmed to Not be Region-Free · · Score: 1

    > In that case, 99/100 people aren't trying to buy imported games anyway

    You could argue that, if there were no region locking, imported games would be marketed more. So more people would know about them and buy them.

  22. Re:EXACTLY HERE HERE!!! on Windows Games on Macs Without Windows · · Score: 1

    Streaming: http://www.rogueamoeba.com/nicecast/
    There are very few free alternatives and they are somewhat complicated

    Audio Routing: http://www.jackosx.com/
    Free

    DJing: http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=tra ktor3_us
    Not free, but can stream directly to a shoutcast server.

    Almost any multi-channel soundcard works with OS X.

  23. Other good co-op non-FPS on Prey Review · · Score: 1

    I recommend Lego Star Wars (EP 1-3 with EP4 bonus level), a hack'n'slash with some puzzles. LSW 2 upcoming (EP4-6). Has a really nice 2 player co-op.

    Also quite nice is X-Men Legends (1+2), a WoW/Diablo-style RPG. Nice in 4 Player co-op. Although you could argue that co-op in a RPG is pretty standard, looking at the MMORPGs.

  24. Re:Just freakin' great. on Canadian Scientists Regrow Teeth · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you have a problem with sticking your genitals into a female body part that has teeth in it?

  25. Re:Cool on The Doctor Says: Fun is Officially Over · · Score: 1

    I don't know how the parent is "Offtopic" in any way. The misprint is obviosly meant to be "Mr. Ed Talking Horse Cock". Thanks to the AC for pointing that out to me, too :)