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  1. Re:Hah! I knew it. on Cooking Stimulated Big Leap In Human Cognition · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Of course they do. You're asking the person to cook all the taste and texture out of a perfectly good cut of meat.

  2. Re:The big opportunity for capitalism: solar on Gates Issues Call For "Creative Capitalism" · · Score: 1

    And what if you drop this basket which is so conveniently holding all your eggs?

  3. Re:Series of Tubes on Sen. Ted "Tubes" Stevens Is Indicted · · Score: 5, Informative
    While the series of tubes analogy works, its the speech that surrounds that quote that is hilarious. for example:

    I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially.

  4. Re:This could be a very good thing on Comcast Is Reading Your Blog · · Score: 2, Funny

    All I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead.

  5. Re:Oh yeah! Interference FTW. on Global Warming Stopped By Adding Lime To Sea · · Score: 1

    That bicycle? It produced as much or more pollution as the car burning the gasoline to produce it unless you're making it entirely out of wood.

    A bicycle takes more energy to produce than a car? You must ride one HELL of a bike.

  6. Re:Google?? on "New" Words From the Geek Culture · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes. By adding a familiarity to the brand name if nothing else.

  7. Re:Reminds me of those... on Poker Program Battles Humans In Vegas · · Score: 1

    I dont know about over 100%, but I know some of the low denomination machines pay off really well. I guess the idea is you think winning is so easy, you might as well go to a larger denomination machine.

  8. Re: n/t on Intel Says to Prepare For "Thousands of Cores" · · Score: 1

    no text.

    That space intentionally left blank.

  9. Re:"As if the internet didn't have enough arbitrar on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 1

    hm. interesting. how does one register one of these?

  10. Re:Why do we need TLDs again? on The Beginnings of a TLD Free-For-All? · · Score: 1

    sounds like a squatter's paradise

  11. Re:Worst idea ever on The Beginnings of a TLD Free-For-All? · · Score: 4, Informative

    that sucks.

    http://www.regular-expressions.info/ is actually quite a useful site.

  12. Re:Democracy; and the easy solution on Internet Pirates In France To Lose Broadband · · Score: 5, Funny

    It wasn't me! It was the Lexmark X500n!

    The RIAA confirms it!

  13. Re:Espresso on All Your Coffee Are Belong To Us · · Score: 1

    And I was thinking of roasting beans in my top oven! Oven? Oh NO!

    If you're looking for a super-cheap proof of concept style roaster, then what you want is a popcorn popper.

    If you google about you can find advice on which ones are hot enough, but I just scored 2 or 3 from yard sales and one of them worked great. You just put in as much coffee as you would popping corn, and let 'er go until its done (more googling to know when that is, how to recognize first and second crack, etc).

    I used a popcorn popper for about 2 years before rigging up my corretto.

    Nice latte art, BTW! Thanks! Its really not too hard to start getting some sort of results once you have the proper equipment, assuming youre a research junkie like I am.
  14. Re:Espresso on All Your Coffee Are Belong To Us · · Score: 1

    I have a Silvia and Rocky no-doser.

    Extremely happy with my purchase. They came with the stainless base with the little drawers too, as I bought them as a pair.

    The only issue with the Silvia is a the dead gap temperature control. If you want really consistent shots, you either have to temperature surf (google it) or install a PID.

    That said, the pair, with a little practice and my corretto, make some tasty-assed coffee.

    Not the best, buy hey, I'm trying: Latte art image

  15. Re:Got this same email today on Canada's Proposed DMCA-Style Law Draws Fire · · Score: 1

    Yeah same here. I sent an e-mail to my MP about these issues a few months ago, and also got a personal reply. I think mine took a week. It shows you should always take the time to write.

  16. Re:Mac and Linux users... on Canada's Proposed DMCA-Style Law Draws Fire · · Score: 4, Informative
    Clearly you must be wrong. The bill is all sunshine and flowers. Just look at the e-mail I just recieved in my university inbox from the Minister of Industry at Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca :

    The Government of Canada has introduced Bill C-61, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act. The proposed legislation is a made-in-Canada approach that balances the needs of Canadian consumers and copyright owners, promoting culture, innovation and competition in the digital age.

    What does Bill C-61 mean to Canadians?

    Specifically, it includes measures that would:

    * expressly allow you to record TV shows for later viewing; copy legally purchased music onto other devices, such as MP3 players or cell phones; make back-up copies of legally purchased books, newspapers, videocassettes and photographs onto devices you own; and limit the "statutory damages" a court could award for all private use copyright infringements;

    * implement new rights and protections for copyright holders, tailored to the Internet, to encourage participation in the online economy, as well as stronger legal remedies to address Internet piracy;

    * clarify the roles and responsibilities of Internet Service Providers related to the copyright content flowing over their network facilities; and

    * provide photographers with the same rights as other creators.

    What Bill C-61 does not do:

    * it would not empower border agents to seize your iPod or laptop at border crossings, contrary to recent public speculation

    What this Bill is not:

    * it is not a mirror image of U.S. copyright laws. Our Bill is made-in-Canada with different exceptions for educators, consumers and others and brings us into line with more than 60 countries including Japan, France, Germany and Australia

    Bill C-61 was introduced in the Commons on June 12, 2008 by Industry Minister Jim Prentice and Heritage Minister Josée Verner.

    For more information, please visit the Copyright Reform Process website at www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/crp-prda.nsf/en/home

    Thank you for sharing your views on this important matter.

    The Honourable Jim Prentice, P.C., Q.C., M.P. Minister of Industry

    The Honourable Josée Verner, P.C., M.P. Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages and Minister for La Francophonie
  17. Re:Electron microscope? on Dancing Micro-Robots Waltz on a Pin's Head · · Score: 1

    Yep.

    "Image of surface reconstruction on a clean Gold (Au(100)) surface, as visualized using scanning tunneling microscopy. The individual atoms composing the material are visible. Surface reconstruction causes the surface atoms to deviate from the bulk crystal structure, and arrange in columns several atoms wide with regularly-spaced pits between them."

    Link to Image

  18. Re:QoS? on Why BitTorrent Causes Latency and How To Fix It · · Score: 1

    Security by obscurity? Yeah, and it also employs some new strategy. Security by security. You know, actually making things secure. I'm sure it'll catch on other places soon.
  19. Re:wonderful on Cell Metabolism Artificially Enhanced · · Score: 1
    Quoth wiki, in case anyone got excited:

    The triffid is a highly venomous fictional species
  20. Re:Unless they're off the grid it isn't 100% on First Town In US To Become 100% Wind Powered · · Score: 1
    quoth the same wiki page you linked

    The required static inverters are expensive and have limited overload capacity. At smaller transmission distances the losses in the static inverters may be bigger than in an AC transmission line. The cost of the inverters may not be offset by reductions in line construction cost and lower line loss.
    Your post is misleading at best. While there is a 3% loss on the lines, there is a much larger end-to-end loss.
  21. Re:Nice on Use BitTorrent To Verify, Clean Up Files · · Score: 1

    ah neat. I guess its been a little while since I've nntp'd :)

  22. Re:Unless they're off the grid it isn't 100% on First Town In US To Become 100% Wind Powered · · Score: 1

    if you neglect transmission loss.

    seems like a big mistake though.

  23. Re:Nice on Use BitTorrent To Verify, Clean Up Files · · Score: 1

    kind of. Par files are parity files, and you need one par file for each missing rar file.

  24. +1 funny on Making Free Phone Calls With Google's GrandCentral · · Score: 1

    but alas, I've already posted. damn.

  25. Re:Not available outside the US ... on Making Free Phone Calls With Google's GrandCentral · · Score: 1

    what area code? I just checked 2 area codes in Ontario, and neither are available.