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  1. Illustrates the large and growing power of google. on Google Delists BMW-Germany · · Score: 1

    Google search results directly affect business, and on a frighteningly large scale. Who's to say whether a site's HTML is "deceptive"? It's a subjective decision, and one that presents a conflict of interest to Google.
     
    If Google's ranking system can be fooled by hidden text, is that BMW's fault? I say it should be up to Google to come up with accurate ranks, NOT reset any site that doesn't jive with their system

  2. Re:I've got a better idea on 'Used' A Dirty Word in Gaming · · Score: 1

    Years ago I used to do just that at the public library (I live near Minneapolis, MN). My family had a black and white Macintosh Classic computer. My dad would drive us to one of the larger libraries in the area and we'd check out games and take them home for a week. One such game was called "Uninvited". It was like a text adventure game but with graphics and limited mouse interaction. I loved it!
     
    Of course, these games came on 3.5" disks and after a few years my dad told me that the library didn't have them any more because of something called "viruses".

  3. Pssh. You call that life-like? on SeaMonkey 1.0 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here is the exciting new logo for this suite. Oddly, it looks nothing like a real sea monkey.

    Personally, I think it's a cross between a blue bird and a scorpion stinger.

  4. SeaMonkey - how cute on SeaMonkey 1.0 Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    SeaMonkey? I bet this thing dies in a matter of days.

  5. Re:How is this evil? on Google Agrees to Censor Results in China · · Score: 1

    Sure, complete censoring is worse than a little sensoring. The flaw in your logic is who is being immoral. In the case of complete censoring, it's CHINA's wrongdoing, not Google's. Google would still be an upstanding company if they refused to implement some evil system on behalf of China's demands.

    It's not a matter of who's gonna cave. It's a matter of simply doing what's right. Period.

  6. Re:A job for the manufacturers on Standby Electronics a Waste? · · Score: 1

    I guess Standby is a leftover from old TV's that took time to warm up - that's pretty much gone now & I imagine non existant with flat screen TV's

    I assume you mean flat panel and not flat screen. There are plenty of flat screens (CRTs and DLPs) that take a while to warm up. I'd say my 50" Samsung DLP takes six seconds to turn on the bulb, spin up the color wheel and show the picture.

  7. Re:Push vs pull on New Music Player to Spread Files Wirelessly · · Score: 1

    The way I read it, they're pushing recommendations, not songs. That would be great. But my hangup here is that a song takes a while to transfer over WIFI. It's not like you can pass someone on the street and accept their song recommendation in time to get the whole file. Even a car passing you on the highway might not be next to you long enough.

  8. Re:I love being an undergrad... on Air Force Builds Quiet Mach 6 Wind Tunnel · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the more I read, the more low-tech this actually sounds!

    The quiet Mach 6 wind tunnel is not the first of its kind. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration previously operated a wind tunnel capable of similar performance, but that wind tunnel is not currently in operation.

    The tunnel is relatively inexpensive to operate because each "run" is only about eight seconds. First, air is pumped out of a large tank that is connected to one end of the wind tunnel, creating a vacuum inside the tank. Then a valve is opened between the tank and the wind tunnel, sucking a burst of air through the wind tunnel at high velocity.

  9. I'll do the math for you: on First Military Exoskeleton Reaches Prototype · · Score: 1

    6 feet/sec, 15 min charge = 1 mile maximum range

    For crying out loud, these are soldiers. Save a billion research dollars and have 'em hump the gear for 15 minutes.

    Besides, who wants to worry about exoskeletons when you've dropped off the gear and on your way back down the hill?

  10. it all comes down to the resume on Learning Java or C# as a Next Language? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're going to learn the same programming concepts in either course? Then at the risk of sounding a bit cynical, pick the one you would rather have on your resume. That's really the only difference here.

  11. thin crust, extra cheese on Journey Towards The Center of the Earth · · Score: 1

    "equipped with a 121-meter (400-foot) drill tower that can dig 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) below the seabed"

    They're drilling 7 km into the crust. Am I the only one that thought the mantle was at least 30 km down at fault lines?

  12. Center of the Earth? on Journey Towards The Center of the Earth · · Score: 2, Informative

    "on a voyage to collect the first samples of the Earth's mantle in human history"

    Mantle != Core

  13. Re:Not only are they scanning for infected message on GMail Adds Virus Protection · · Score: 1

    Try renaming your attachment foo.zip to foo_zip. It will get around their filter and it's obvious what the original file is supposed to be.

  14. sure dots are useful, but unnecessary on Dotless Top Level Domains? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the days when people didn't know that "dot com" meant a webpage. In the 90's, advertisements were much more detailed about what an address meant. As years went by, the address got shortened more and more:

    0. AOL keyword "whatever"
    1. Open your web browser and enter "http://www.whatever.com"
    2. "http://www.whatever.com"
    3. "www.whatever.com"
    4. "whatever.com"

    My point being, with no TLD extension, people would just back up a step and say:

    5. "www.whatever"

  15. Re:calculating the resolution of bacteria... on Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels · · Score: 1

    Sheesh. My point was that their logic is flawed. No matter how dense the bacteria, the printed resolution is governed by the negative (in turn governed by the size and density of the grains). The idea that the paper determines the resolution is silly.

  16. calculating the resolution of bacteria... on Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels · · Score: 1

    100 megapixels per square inch with bacteria?

    By the same logic, a photograph developed from a negative has as many pixels as molecules on the surface of the paper. Anyone care to calculate that resolution?

  17. Re:Selling The Hook on Microsoft Loses $126 Per Unit on XBox 360 · · Score: 1

    What about the part in your article where it says,
     
    "Sega went for broke in building the best console they could buy with the Dreamcast, and sold them at less than cost. A lot less than cost."?

  18. iPod Nano on Best of What's New 2005 · · Score: 1

    No iPod Nano? *gasp* Heresy!!

  19. Re:I just want ssh on Linux Tablet to be Released in Two Days · · Score: 1

    FYI, the FloydSSH FAQ says it doesn't work on just any Java phone:

    1) Which phones are supported?

          Generally phones with socket connection support. I am
    testing on Motorola T720i and Siemens S55. Most of Nokia
    phones dont work. As for others i dont know.

      Phone: Telnet, SSH

      Motorola T720, T720i: yes, yes
      Siemens S55, M55: yes, yes
      Siemens MT50: yes, no
      Nokia 6820: yes, no
      Sonny Ericcsson T630: no, no
      LG U8110: yes, yes
      Motorola V500, V600: yes, yes

  20. Re:Patent... on Man Cures Himself of HIV? · · Score: 1

    He can't patent his DNA sequence -- I have at least 90% prior art!

  21. Ubuntu/Debian on Dapper Drake Hits Ubuntu Servers · · Score: 1

    After Warty Warthog, no versions of Ubuntu have worked with my laptop. They install but the graphics are corrupted. I discovered this is because of the migration from xfree86 to xorg. I thought I would have to cling to Warty forever when I discovered that Debian still supports xfree86. In fact, after I installed Debian I was like "wait a minute, I knew Ubuntu was based on Debian but this is ridiculous" The only things I see different about Ubuntu are visual themes and less programs. If you have compatibility issues with Ubuntu, I strongly recommend trying plain old Debian.

  22. Re:Assuming we did teach ID in schools ... on Vatican Rejects Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    Assuming that we did teach ID in schools ... what would be the material?

    Pretty much any allegorical text that can be taken literally. Yes, the Bible... and Animal Farm.

    Little Johnny asks, "How?"

    Shut up Johnny. Pigs can walk and talk and that's the end of it.

  23. don't need 85% to beat IE... on Firefox Achieves 10% Global Market Share · · Score: 3, Funny

    At 11.5 percent, it's still got a long way to go to reach Internet Explorer's 85.5 percent

    Yeah, I can't wait until IE and Firefox are at 85.5%!

  24. what a ten page article is trying to say: on How to Build a $500 Gaming Machine · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ASRock motherboard (AMD Socket 939, PCI Express/AGP, SATA2) - $69
    AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor (1.8GHz, boxed CPU kit with cooler) - $146
    eVGA's nVidia GeForce 6600 (256MB, AGP) - $113
    512MB Corsair Value Select (PC3200, dual-channel DDR400 RAM) - $52
    80GB Western Digital Caviar SE hard drive (WD800JD, SATA 150, 8MB cache, 7200rpm) - $57.50
    DVD-ROM from LiteOn (SOHD-16P9SBLK, 16x read) - $20
    330W PSU from Seasonic (S12-330, ATX 12V) - $59

  25. Re:Plague and religion on Gene Found In Black Death Survivors Stops HIV · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Still think religion in Africa helps fight HIV?"

    YES. It does, if you're a faithful Catholic. Ignoring the scientific mistakes of one church official, their moral teachings definitely benefit the adherents of the religion. How many single-partner/abstinate men and women do you think have been infected?

    Are you saying that religion is no help to the people that ignore everything the church says anyway?