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  1. Re:Inaccurate summary on Samsung to Produce Faster Graphics Memory · · Score: 1

    Yes it's still 512 Mbit. I think it's a 32x16.

  2. Inaccurate summary on Samsung to Produce Faster Graphics Memory · · Score: 3, Informative

    it should be noted that it's 6Gbit per pin, not per chip.

  3. Tired of hearing the "race" card. on SixApart Sells LiveJournal to Russian Media Company · · Score: 1

    Especially since it's the HUMAN RACE. If you're going to make bad remarks about an ethnic group, you're an ethnicist, not a racist.

  4. Re:Filtering and Censorship on SixApart Sells LiveJournal to Russian Media Company · · Score: 1

    They're already filtering. Not the day before they announced the sale of LJ they implemented a new flagging system, and reset everyone's accounts to start warning people that they may be viewing a journal which contains 'adult concepts'. The backlash of the new system caused a nice outrage, similar to the Strikethrough of 2007.

    What I find interesting is their TOS, which states:

    "All Content posted to LiveJournal in any way, is the responsibility and property of the author. LiveJournal is committed to maintaining the Service in a manner reasonably acceptable to all audiences but is not responsible for the monitoring or filtering of any journal Content." Those that are paying for LJ's services are no longer getting what was advertised to them.

  5. Re:Excuse to piss in public on New Nerve Gas Antidotes · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Ammonia. One ppm you smell it. two ppm you're dead.

    I'll take my chances with the nerve gas.

  6. Re:Whislt perusing the site... on IBM Sues Company Selling Fake, Flammable Batteries · · Score: 1

    "Was this an intentional pun or one that just happened?"

    Oh, shit. I didn't even think of it that way!!!!!! There goes my coffee, all over my amp!

  7. Whislt perusing the site... on IBM Sues Company Selling Fake, Flammable Batteries · · Score: 3, Funny

    I notice a very poor and typically Eastern usage of our language. Even though the only supposed locale for this place is in NY, I wouldn't put it past the place to be a Chinese-run hackshop, given the company name and the grammar on the website. Shentech? C'mon now, the name alone raised red flags.

  8. having broken my spine before... on Exploding Cell Phone Battery Kills · · Score: 1

    I'll guarantee you the battery didn't cause it. Someone posted two scenarios, iand mentioned the second as the most plausible. I don't think he gave enough thought to his first scenario, which could've well played out as:

    Man's sweat shorts phone contacts (considering how crappily those phones are built, no surprise) battery causes a burn, man falls and breaks his spine and ribs.

    BTW, an EXPLOSION should be audible enough for anyone to hear. Even lithium batteries losing containment and burning make a nice sound!

  9. I'll take a crack at it. on Voyager 2 Set to Reach Termination Shock · · Score: 1

    While it's not as DENSE, since sound is just energy, the atoms carry the energy (and the vacuum between transmits the energy) but there's not enough atoms to really stimulate your eardrum. That is, provided you could take your helmet off in the relative vacuum of space and survive, there's just simply not enough mass present to allow stimulation of our aural system.

  10. Re:Of course it's a terrorist tool... on U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat · · Score: 1

    First off, it was a JOKE. You do have a reasonable comprehension of the English language to know the definition of that word, correct? Also, this is the first time I've said anything like this, and you're going to say I'm repeating?

    Let me repeat something you said - Fuck You. Straight up. Fuck You. Are you going to add anything insightful or funny or informative, or are you going to just throw around expletives and not contribute anything to the actual conversation like the dim-witted trolls you seem to wish to have yourself grouped with?

    Lower UID != Reasonable amount of common sense or the ability to sense a joke. Go take some Adderall, STFU, and apply that gray matter once in a while, and give your UID a rest. You're making it look bad.

  11. Re:Since nobody's mentioning HOW they're gonna do on Google Goes Green · · Score: 1

    TFA is just another update on Google's long-running green initiatives. Google's REC initiative started before TFA companies were even contacted by Google. Part of my money and stock is on this, so I'm kept well up-to date. Nanosolar still remains the best option for Google - in fact, most of their Googleplex is solar-powered (there's a huge solar array on the West? side of the building.)

  12. Of course it's a terrorist tool... on U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat · · Score: 1

    After all, we helped build it, and look at how we're terrorizing the world right now. Damn right it's a terrorist tool - *OUR* terrorist tool.

  13. Since nobody's mentioning HOW they're gonna do it. on Google Goes Green · · Score: 4, Informative

    Google invested heavily in a company called NanoSolar back on 2002. Since then, Google, along with some of the top investors, have given Nanosolar millions and millions of dollars to produce printable roll-out solar cells that uses a conductive foil instead of silicon, making the cells much cheaper and easier to make. For information on Nanosolar's history, you can go here.

  14. censorship tag on Thailand Bans Teen Info On the Net · · Score: 1

    Considering this protects underaged people in many ways, why not tag this "finallyprivacy" or something?

  15. Re:Wrong, wrong, wrong on Researchers Sour on Vista Service Pack 1 Performance · · Score: 1

    What? Weren't you taught organization in school/military/college like pretty much everyone else? I understand some people just have a hard time keeping organized, but seriously. I know this old lady three houses down I clean her house. EVERYTHING is organized, hell even her shelves are labeled! One day I look at her computer because she's having issues opening files, everything's a massive mess. The very same principles she used in her house could have just as easily been applied to her computer.

  16. Re:Wrong, wrong, wrong on Researchers Sour on Vista Service Pack 1 Performance · · Score: 1

    "Unless you have a photographic memory and know where all of your documents are, you won't be saving much time if you are manually searching for your documents."

    Is it honestly that hard to organize one's system to not need memorization? I have a Games folder, a Documents folder (separated by document type, like sheet music, tablatures, resumes, job orders, etc) a music folder (sorted by genre) so on and so on.

  17. But that's why Guitar Hero sucks to begin with on Guitar Hero Maker Sued - Cover Song Too Awesome · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The moment I heard the horrible covers of songs like Symphony of Destruction and Laid to Rest, I went and returned the game.

    Seriously, listening to a song that awesome that has become that badly mangled (not to mention I have those songs memorized and can play them on a real guitar) by a cover band immediately turned me off to the game. Why couldn't the game studios just ask for access to the original multitrack parts? Seriously, any studio worth it's salt should have separate tracks for a mixdown, from vocals to drums to guitars. Would it have been that hard to get the music as it was originally written, instead of a mangled cover-band version?

  18. Why do we have levels? Simple. on Why Do Games Still Have Levels? · · Score: 1

    You think you're going to fit all of the level data of STALKER into 2-4 gigs of RAM?

  19. Re:Monster Cable, my friend. on Multiple FLAC Vulnerabilities Affect Every OS · · Score: 1

    WTF, is it that hard to do? I just bought HDMI ends and used individually shielded wires (soldering was a bitch) and got no issues with noise, for maybe 15 bucks total and some labor. Maybe most of these companies don't know jack about extra grounds.

  20. Re:will it work on exisitng laptops on Killer Mobile Graphics — NVIDIA's GeForce 8800M · · Score: 1

    Someone needs to work in a laptop repair depot, sometime.

  21. Slightly inaccurate summary+article on Cannabis Compound Said To "Halt Cancer" · · Score: 1

    Smoking produces a fair amount of CBD and CBN only if the marijuana was harvested well before maturity. THC (tetrahydrocannibinolic) acids are produced from CBD (cannabidiolic) acids. CBN (cannabinolic) acids are the degraded THC acids. Too much CBN will make you feel sick and give you a headache. You find large amounts of THC and CBD in a very ripe and mature bud, so I don't know what these particular scientists are smoking.

  22. Monster Cable, my friend. on Multiple FLAC Vulnerabilities Affect Every OS · · Score: 1

    Gold shielded power, speaker, and headphone cables to avoid picking up noise that masks the differences between MP3/AAC and FLAC: $2000. I call bullshit. Looks like someone's never heard of Monster Cable. Seriously, they try to advertise a "clearer digital signal" and charge you a fucking premium.

  23. Unless backbone providers spend billions to upgrad on Study Warns of Internet Brownouts By 2010 · · Score: 1

    Hey, AT&T, BellSouth, et. all, what happened to that couple hundred billion you got from the American public to upgrade the infrastructure, huh?

  24. Re:PP2P2P2PP2P on Comcast Targets Unlicensed Anime Torrenters · · Score: 1

    Yea, it's all over youtube. Most anything fansubbed can be found on youtube (can't say anything about the crap quality) but then again, for others like us that live in a city with a huge anime store (Hoo-ray Animax) we can buy all kinds of stuff, even if it's Japan-only.

  25. Re:Anime is porn.. on Comcast Targets Unlicensed Anime Torrenters · · Score: 1

    What's the obsession? Take Rule 34 of the Internet. That rule applies outside of the internet, to the anime world. Except you can find more than porn. You get loads of polar opposites and stuff that wouldn't DARE air on TV here in the USA. For example. Dokuro-chan, the Club to Death Angel. Holy hell, are you in for it. That storyline will drop your jaw to the floor with it's near-pedophile intent. Then take Hajime no Ippo. That particular storyline shows the rise of a champion in a boxing ring, from a total pussy to a hardcore ring killer, and you get the emotional thrill as part of the ride.

    One thing anime does well at is conveying emotion. You can feel what they're wanting to provoke, the intent. Dokuro-chan, despite it's nature, is a pure comedy. Wanton, bloody, but still a comedy, and you will laugh more than likely if you've got a flexible mind. Hajime no Ippo will potentially have your heart pumping rapidly. You don't get into any big fights and thrills for awhile, but they're keeping it realistic.

    If you can't see the appeal, perhaps you're not seeing the right material?