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  1. Re:Questions of SW developer on Toward On-Chip Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    Is it able to solve chess game?. "Solving" of the chess game like American Checkers was solved is not really a problem of computational speed (I mean it could be done by our civilization if we decided it would be worth it), but more of storage. There are more possible chess positions then there are atoms on Earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_number http://pages.prodigy.net/jhonig/bignum/qaearth.html
  2. Re:Not all GPL violations get handled as smoothly on Beware of "Backspaceware" · · Score: 1

    You can sign over your copyright to the EFF (correct me if I'm wrong) and they will defend your code vigorously.

  3. Re:I remember... on Riding the Failure Cascade · · Score: 1

    ... there was once a group of players I regularly hung out with when the ex was at work (...) Everyone would hit a Quake 2 WF server in the wee hours,

    If you still have doubts as to why that relationship ended, I might have a few pointers for you. ;)
  4. Re:mmmm on Dutch Government Adopts Open Source Software Initiative · · Score: 1

    As I understand it the NEN (Dutch Standards Orginisation) isn't a government organization. Any influence would therefore have to be indirect.

  5. Re:Just need some Unobtainium on How We Might Have Scramjets Sooner than Expected · · Score: 1

    Isn't carbon-carbon a bit to brittle for use at lower altitudes (where birds fly)?

  6. Re:2 seconds of research reveals... on How We Might Have Scramjets Sooner than Expected · · Score: 1
    That's a bomber, not a fighter. (Does it come with any Anti Aircraft weapons?)

    From your link:

    Designation
    Most modern U.S. military aircraft use post-1962 designations in which the designation "F" is usually an air-to-air fighter, "B" is usually a bomber, "A" is usually a ground-attack aircraft, etc. (Examples include the F-15, the B-2, and the A-6). The Stealth Fighter is primarily a ground-attack plane so its "F" designation is inaccurate.
  7. Re:SR-71 Blackbird on How We Might Have Scramjets Sooner than Expected · · Score: 4, Informative
    Much like the bow shock of a boat, a "sonic boom"'s intensity is determined by the speed of the aircraft. GP's statement is flawed, it should read:

    A sonic boom is produced when pressure waves compound near Mach 1.
    It should be noted that all sound waves are pressure waves (with infinitesimal pressure increase), but not all pressure waves are sound waves. If you want to learn more about the subject, stay away from Wikipedia and read a good book on the subject (anything from John D. Anderson jr. would be good).
  8. Re:Bluff? on Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft · · Score: 1

    When he was co-writing the Vendrick motion? Because that's surely how Microsoft interpreted it.

  9. Re:easier on The Home Library Problem Solved · · Score: 5, Funny

    Having both Wife and Girlfriend installed may cause serious problems. Although some people have reported long term success, there have been no definitive studies.

  10. Re:Bluff? on Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I love M$ bashing as much as the next guy. But Arjen... your company Gendo is likely to profit from this as well, isn't it?

    On a completely unrelated note ... do you have any job openings?

  11. Re:Microsoft whining in the press on Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft · · Score: 1
    I especially liked this quote of Microsoft spokesman Rinsema, from Webwereld(in dutch):

    'Je kunt open source zonder open standaarden hebben. Het lijkt dat ze onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden zijn, maar dat is niet zo.'

    You can have 'open source' without 'open standards'. It may seem like they are inextricably linked, but that is not the case. If I only had a Microsoft memo on what "open standards" means, I could understand this statement.
  12. Re:US$3 million! on 2008, The Year of the Spaceship · · Score: 1

    3,000,000*0.000020778865=62.336595
    3,000,000*0.000020778855=62.336565

    There is no cent value in that range, I'm hoping that the GP will explain this conundrum.

  13. I am ... on Brain Changes When Viewing Violent Media · · Score: 1

    I am Jack's desensitization to violence.

  14. Conspiracy on The First 100 Dot Coms Ever Registered · · Score: 3, Funny
    This confirms our theories:

    STARGATE.COM August 5 1986

  15. Re:Whole section of the report not covered on Firefox Security Head Says Microsoft Obscures OS Holes · · Score: 1

    ... because you're still waiting for those security patches for Phoenix 0.1?

  16. Re:"ohnoitsroland" -- Why? on Helium Leads to Geothermal Energy Resources · · Score: 1

    Also Roland doesn't play nice when it comes to photographs. Please compare http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/helium_isotopes_may_uncover_new_geothermal_energy_sources with Roland's blog: http://www.primidi.com/2007/12/02.html#a2025. Btw van Soest has apparently been working on this subject for some time. Check out his publications list on his personal info page http://www-esd.lbl.gov/ESD_staff/van_soest/index.html

  17. Re:Terms of service on Babelfish Sparks Minor Diplomatic Row · · Score: 1

    Click on "Terms of service" on this page and read it yourself.

  18. Terms of service on Babelfish Sparks Minor Diplomatic Row · · Score: 3, Interesting
    They should have read the Babelfish terms of service, they're probably liable now.

    6. MEMBER CONDUCT
    (...)
    You agree to not use the Service to:
    (...)
    o. translate any correspondence, of any kind, which could lead to diplomatic rows, a chilling of diplomatic relations, armed hostilities, and/or Global Thermal Nuclear War.
  19. Re:The question we're all thinking. on Babelfish Sparks Minor Diplomatic Row · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Remember kids, it's pronounced (using similar sounding english words): "pa-the-stool-an".

  20. Re:The question we're all thinking. on Babelfish Sparks Minor Diplomatic Row · · Score: 1, Informative

    They were translating from Hebrew to English.

    Why are these journalists, who should have had _some_ form of education, not able to write English? Is the most relevant question.

  21. Re:Flawed Philosophy on The Economic Development of the Moon · · Score: 1

    "Nothing in nature is a value, without something living that gives it that worth."

    Or something that will live, I'm not saying that mining the moon is big no no. But we should consider the possible value for future generations.

  22. Re:Judgement day is upon us.... on Eleven Finalists in Pentagon's Robotic Rally · · Score: 1

    You astroturf for the new TV show "Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles" and this is the best you can come up with?

  23. Re:For those who are too lazy to do some digging.. on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 1
    It looks like they allow mirroring and caching:
    http://www.cybertriallawyer.com/robots.txt

    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /Backup
    Disallow: /Form
    Disallow: /acl_users
    Disallow: /MailHost
    Disallow: /test
    Disallow: /test1
  24. From the response letter... on How Not to Write a Cease-and-Desist Letter · · Score: 1
    From the response letter:

    Instead of suing in Canada, why not bring suit in Tashkent? At least you'd get an exotic trip out of it and litigation in a totalitarian state would be more consistent with the view that the Internet makes it to easy for consumer criticisms to be heard . But Leonard won't bother to defend a lawsuit in either location. Ladies (as if) and gentlemen, we have found the lawyer hero that the US was so desperately craving for, his name is Paul Alan Levy.

    *Goes of to register paulalanlevy-fanclub.org*
  25. Re:Except that on Rocket-Powered 21-Foot Long X-Wing Actually Flies · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I was a bit angry. I should know better then to post such a rant on Slashdot.